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Dexter Gordon: "Ernie's Tune"

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 9, 2013

In the late '50s, Jack Gelber wrote a play called The Connection, which dramatized the lure of narcotics and the stark perils of addiction. The play—which opened in New York at the Living Theatre on July 15, 1959—featured jazz musicians who were initially going to improvise music on stage. But when pianist Freddie Redd wrote a score, he persuaded Gelber to use it and Redd, alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, bassist Michael Mattos and drummer Larry Ritchie performed it during the ...

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Creed Taylor on Phil Ramone

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 4, 2013

Producer Creed Taylor deserves enormous credit for the American bossa nova movement of the early 1960s. Instead of recording jazz artists interpreting the new Rio de Janeiro sound—as many jazz producers at the time were doing—Creed [pictured above] carefully blended the two. By recognizing the jazziness and seductive qualities of Antonio Carlos Jobim's melodies, Creed was able to insist that the two styles feed off each other—giving each equal expressive footing. During Creed's years at Verve—between 1961 and 1966—this new ...

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Interview with Peter Gotcher, Executive Chairman of Dolby Laboratories and Chairman of Topspin Media

Source: HypeBot
April 2, 2013

By Emilie Bogrand from the Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. Peter Gotcher is Executive Chairman of Dolby Laboratories and Chairman of Topspin Media, Inc. He founded Digidesign Inc. in 1984 and served as its President, CEO and Chairman. He won a Grammy (2000) and an Oscar (2004): both were for Technical Achievement and honored Digidesign's contributions to the recording and film industries. In the late 1990s, Gotcher became a founding partner at Redpoint Ventures of Menlo Park, California, ...

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David Amram on Gregory Corso

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 28, 2013

David Amram [pictured] is one of the last surviving members of the Beat Generation scene and a forefather of the countculture movement of the '60s. Not only was the French hornist and composer there in the '50s, he was part of the Beats' inner circle. Yesterday—March 26—Beat poet Gregory Corso would have been 83 (he died in 2001). Recently, David was asked by Greek journalist Michalis Limnios for his recollections of Corso, which David included in his upcoming book David ...

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Bringing Together Latin Jazz, Salsa, and New Orleans: Jamie Dubberly and Orquesta Dharma

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
March 28, 2013

Taking a musical project from idea to reality is certainly a process that involves a number of different resources. On the one hand, time is a major factor – individuals not only need to out in the time for logistics, but they also just need space to dedicate some creative energy to the cultivation of their concept. They may need to invest some time into creating sheet music or doing demo recordings; there’s a multitude of items at consume time. ...

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Interview: Benji Rogers of PledgeMusic

Source: HypeBot
March 26, 2013

From interviews conducted by live music streaming startup LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. They were streamed live on Austin Tech Talk from the LiveMusicStage booth at digitalmusic.org's lounge. Here's a video of the full interview. Excerpts are below: Benji Rogers from Pledge Music @ Austin Tech Talk SXSW 2013 “99% of PledgeMusic artists launch with a charitable component. As an artist, when you go into making an album, knowing that it's already been pre-sold, you go into it in a different ...

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Jazz Face: Nakatani in St. Paul

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
March 22, 2013

Tatasuya Nakatani is a mystic of percussion. A native of Osaka based in Easton, PA, he's not only a master of the standard trapset, but a genie who summons other worlds from a formidable arsenal of intended and unintended “instruments" - gongs, cymbals, sticks, mallets, bowls, boxes, bows - pretty much anything one can hold and hit, rub or scrape. My first two encounters with Nakatani were at the Rogue Buddha Gallery in northeast Minneapolis, a long narrow space that ...

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#SXSW 2013 Interviews with Bandpage's Chris Wiltsee and CD Baby's Brian Felsen

Source: HypeBot
March 22, 2013

The following excerpts and videos are from 2 days of interviews conducted by Helsinki based streaming company LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. These interviews were filmed and streamed live on Austin Tech Talk from the LiveMusicStage booth at digitalmusic.org's lounge. LiveMusicStage is an online venue where fans can participate in interactive live-streamed concerts, broadcast by venues, festivals and studios from around the world. Interviews with BandPage's Chris Wiltsee And CD Baby's Brian Felsen Chris Wiltsee, BandPage (Interviewed by David Hazan) “BandPage ...

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