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How Records Were Made

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 27, 2014

Back before Spotify and clouds and downloads and iTunes and CDs, there were things called records, which today are making something of a comeback. First came single-song sides spinning at 78rpm, followed by the 10-inch album, 7-inch 45rpm and the 12-inch LP. Turntables came with a tonearm and a needle attached. When you placed the needle on one of those records, music magically emerged from the speakers. The whole concept was ingenious and baffling—a platter with music hidden in its ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Rashad Becker and Eli Keszler

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 26, 2014

This week, let's take a look at Rashad Becker and Eli Keszler, two musicians who will be sharing a bill playing separate sets in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, November 8 at The Luminary. The German-born Becker is known in the music industry as a mastering and cutting engineer with more than 1,200 albums to his credit. His own music uses real-time synthesis and sampling to realize what Becker calls “traditional music Of notional species." You ...

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Ray Anthony: Big Band Story

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 23, 2014

In 1963, bandleader and trumpeter Ray Anthony hosted a TV show from Hollywood called The Ray Anthony Show. In the following six-part video series, Anthony pays tribute to the swing bands of the late 1930s and '40s. What's fascinating about this showcase is that you get to see how the bands voiced their individual sounds as well as the crack musicians in Anthony's all-star band, many of whom take solos. We also get to see arranger Jerry Gray, Ann Richards, ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of the Cunninghams

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 19, 2014

This week, our video spotlight shines on The Cunninghams, a duo comprised of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and former St. Louisan Don Cunningham and his wife Alicia, a singer and pianist. The Las Vegas-based couple are returning to St. Louis for a show next Saturday, October 25, at the Ozark Theatre. Billing themselves as the “Super Jazz Vocal Pair," the Cunninghams' main calling card is their close harmony vocals, delivered in a style that may remind jazz fans of Lambert, Hendricks and ...

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Trombonology: 8 Videos

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 15, 2014

Yesterday, I was listening to a wide variety of jazz trombone players. So I did a little YouTube digging to ensure you wouldn't miss out. Here are eight superb videos featuring top trombonists... Here's J.J. Johnson in 1961... Here's Urbie Green with Bobby Hackett in 1962... Here's Kai Winding with the Giants of Jazz in Copenhagn in 1971, with an introduction by Sonny Stitt... Here's Bill Harris with Lester Young (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b) ...

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Bandcamp CEO on the Best Way to Support Artists, Bootstrapping a Profitable Startup

Source: HypeBot
October 15, 2014

Six years ago, Ethan Diamond co-founded Bandcamp to offer musicians an affordable way to stream and sell their music directly to fans. By starting small and determined to stay independent, Bandcamp has built something uniquely pure and useful for both artists and fans. Already a profitable company, Bandcamp pays out $3 million monthly to artists and small labels - over $80 million since launch. Recorded in September 2014 at XOXO, a Portland, Oregan arts and technology festival, Diamond shares the startups ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The World of Weckl

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 12, 2014

This week, our video spotlight shines on drummer Dave Weckl, the St. Charles native who's made a name for himself in the jazz world over the past 20+ years both as a solo artist and bandleader and as a standout sideman to Chick Corea, Mike Stern, and others. Weckl will be back home in St. Louis this coming Monday, October 13 to present a drum clinic sponsored by Fred Pierce Studio Drum Shop at the Airport Hilton. He's had a ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Chick Corea Plays Solo

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 4, 2014

Chick Corea has been considered one of the top pianists in jazz for 50 years now, and he's played in St. Louis numerous times over the years. Corea was here most recently in 2008 with Return to Forever at the Fox Theatre and in 2013 in a duo concert with banjo player Bela Fleck at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Though his newest album release Trilogy is a triple-CD set recorded live with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, this ...

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