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Interview I: Mario Pavone
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Ars Nova Workshop
On December 12, bassist and composer Mario Pavone will be in Philadelphia with Orange Double Tenor. The sextet, featuring saxophonists Tony Malaby and Marty Ehrlich, trumpeter Dave Ballou, pianist Peter Madsen and drummer Gerald Cleaver, will perform Pavone’s new work, Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po. Commissioned by Chamber Music America’s 2009 Jazz Works, and released last month by Playscape Recordings to coincide with Pavone's 70th Birthday, the work shows Pavone looking back on his extensive and flourishing life as a musician. ...
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VH1: Still Saving the Music, 13 Years Later
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HypeBot
At the end of the day, what we're all trying to do is save the music. To get a better idea about how optimistic we should be about its future, I decided to talk with Paul Cothran. He's Executive Director of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. I thought it would be interesting to speak with someone who's trying to save the music in places where people actually live. We talk quite a bit about the health of the record ...
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Jelli Interview: Help Indie Artists Get Radio Airplay
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HypeBot
This week Apple made Jelli a “Featured" app in the App Store. Recently, I spoke with Mike Dougherty, who is CEO of Jelli, a crowdsourced and social radio service. In this interview, Dougherty talks about how his company is teaming up with traditional radio and the ways in which Jelli has enabled indie artists to get airtime on radio stations—without massive marketing budgets. Hypbot: How are you changing traditional radio? Mike Dougherty: Terrestrial radio reaches 239 million people every week, ...
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On the Road with DJ Shadow Part 5 - Marketing Successes on Tour and How They Achieved Them
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HypeBot
Michael Fiebach is the Project, Marketing & Merchandise Manager for DJ Shadow. As they've toured North America, Hypebot readers have gotten an exclusive look inside how they market and stay connected to fans. (Read , & Part 4) Touring with DJ Shadow throughout North America has been an amazing experience. Now that I have had 5 days to hang out with my family for Thanksgiving, and reflect a bit on the tour, I have a good perspective on the successes ...
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From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta (PT. 1)
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Guitarist-educator, and now author, Pascal (Bokar) Thiam aims to broaden the historical timeline of blues and jazz well beyond the romantic notion of 'up the Mississippi from New Orleans...' Though I had the pleasure of spinning Pascal's in-performance '07 CD Savannah Jazz Club on radio, I didn't have the opportunity to meet him until about two months ago at the first in a series of book signing & reading events for African Rhythms: the autobiography of Randy Weston (Composed by ...
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Oscar Peterson and Toni Harper
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Oscar Peterson accompanied a number of leading jazz singers as the house pianist at Norman Granz's Verve label in the '50s. But one of the finest albums he made in this capacity was for a singer who today is largely unknown. The album was Toni: Toni Harper Sings, and it's positively splendid. Half the album was recorded on December 29, 1955—a day after Peterson recorded with guitarist and trio-mate Herb Ellis on Ellis in Wonderland and a day before Peterson's ...
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At Home with Dave Brubeck
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On the day before Thanksgiving last week, I pulled my car into the driveway of Dave Brubeck's home in Connecticut. From the front, the residence looks like a Japanese teahouse. But once inside, you realize that it's a modern split-level structure perched on a granite bluff and that the back features two-story, floor-to-ceiling windows with a Heidi view of a rushing stream, pine trees and a lily pond. Architecturally, the house is a brash contemporary statement cloaked in a kimono. ...
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Why We're All Fans, and We're All Artists Now
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HypeBot
This is part two of my interview segment with Aram Sinnreich, who is assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University and author of the book Mashed Up: Music, Technology, And The Rise Of Configurable Culture. In this interview, Sinneich talks about the challenges of democracy in the digital age; why we're all fans and artists, in our own right; and how music provides us with a roadmap for social evolution. Will the RIAA ever succeed in their ...
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