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UMG Global Digital Chief Rob Wells Loves Spotify, Calls Pandora "Dumb" [video]
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HypeBot
On a new episode of This Week In Music, Ian Rogers interviews Rob Wells, Universal Music Group's President of Global Digital Business. Wells was an early champion of Spotify and streaming services: “its incremental revenue not cannibalistic revenue." He sees them able to monetize younger fans and create scale to generate significant revenue. “They provide an opportunity to monetize the 95% of music that is consumed without licenses." But Wells is strongly critical of Pandora: “It's a very dumb service...they ...
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Backtrack: Nostalgia
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On this date in 1956, Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley drove over New York's George Washington Bridge on their way to Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, N.J., to finish work on Introducing Lee Morgan for Savoy. Joining them on the session were pianist Hank Jones, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor. One of the tracks they recorded 55 years ago today was Tadd Dameron's Nostalgia, a song based on Out of Nowhere. Take a November moment to listen ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Shaping Sound with Keith Fullerton Whitman
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's examine some footage of electronic musician Keith Fullerton Whitman, who will be in St. Louis to perform at 7:30 p.m. next Saturday, November 12 at White Flag Projects, 4568 Manchester Ave, in a concert presented by New Music Circle. (Whitman also will lead an electronic music workshop at 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Luminary Center for the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.) Whitman, 38, was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and attended ...
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Saxophonist Kim Waters Releases "Am I A Fool," The Debut Video From His 17th Album This Heart Of Mine
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1888 Media
“Am I A Fool" Features Lead Vocal by Soul Prince Calvin Richardson Kim Waters has been heralded as “simply one of the planet's best saxophonists" by Jazz Times Magazine and touted as a “romantic pied piper" by The Washington Post. Waters has built an impressive and enviable career giving his fans what they want, along the way garnering praise from critics and fans alike and becoming one of the top five best-selling instrumentalists in jazz. His winning combination of sensitivity ...
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Talking Heads: Chronology DVD
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JamBase
CAREER-SPANNING DVD OUT NOVEMBER 21 Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a career-spanning Talking Heads DVD, Chronology, on November 21. Beautifully put-together with classic performances and interviews, the viewer gets to see the transition from the early three-piece days (singer/songwriter/guitarist David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz in 1975) to a quartet (keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison joined in 1977), on into an ensemble of multi-cultural proportions. A deluxe edition of the release will also be available that will include a ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Straight Ahead with John Scofield
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As observed here a few weeks ago, it's been a pretty good fall in St. Louis for fans of jazz guitar, with George Benson, Stanley Jordan and Ralph Towner all playing here during the month of October. Next up, and in our video spotlight today, is guitarist John Scofield, who will return to St. Louis next week with a quartet to play Wednesday, November 2 through Saturday, November 5 at Jazz at the ...
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Halloween Special: Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops DVD (2008)
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Something Else!
What better way to spend Halloween than with (as it's lovingly referred to in the liner notes) this thing? “The Torture Never Stops"—a 24-song, two-hour blast of almost indescribably brilliant/crazy rock from an Oct. 31, 1981 concert by the equally brilliant/crazy Frank Zappa—affords us a unique opportunity to experience one of popular music's most original guitarists, composers and personalities. Just as fitting, the mood is absolutely right for a late October night: Zappa and Co. are literally immersed in a ...
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