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Webb City
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
I'm still tucking in the frayed ends of daily life after extended duty in the trenches of extracurricular writing. Soon, there will be a new batch of Doug's Picks as the blogging routine returns to normal, whatever that is. I am told that the first rule of survival in the weblog game is to keep the blog fresh. So—to give you useful information and avoid turning this into a mere video disc jockey operation—here is a cross-generational performance of Bud ...
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Esperanza Spalding on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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AAJ Staff
February 27th, 2011—IMN Update: Best New Artist Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, February 28th as the musical guest. Also featured on the show was talk show host Bill Maher. Watch video of the show below:
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D.I.Y Bootcamp: Fanbridge Fan Management [video]
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HypeBot
EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a series of videos that provide a virtual tour of the new music industry and some of the tools that make it work. Hypebot will feature one a day for the next few weeks. In this installment, Noah Dinkin of Fanbridge offers a tour their email and fan relationship platform. Fanbridge clients collectively power over 60 million fan relationships using the service. Recently the company added DamnTheRadio, a robust Facebook Fan Page tool, to their portfolio. ...
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Progress Report
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
In my Modern Jazz Quartet project, I'm roundin' third and headin' home (for mystified readers in Brussels or Bangkok, that's a baseball metaphor). I hope to be back to more or less regular blogging early this week. In the next few days, the Rifftides staff will have news about a new look for the blog. In the meantime, why not share the MJQ wealth? In my research, I ran across this video made in London in 1982. Sigmund Romberg and ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Journey
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JamBase
STILL THEY RIDE With one song Journey went from being a big band to a worldwide sensation that continues to this day. Jonathan Cain, the co-writer of “Don't Stop Belivin,'" turns 61 today. Already a well-established musician and member of the charting band The Babys with future solo star John Waite, Cain left to join Journey in 1981. His often-romantic keyboard work and his Manilow-esque classic pop songwriting chops shifted the band's direction a good deal, unearthing a new audience ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Chris Potter Goes Underground
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check in on saxophonist Chris Potter, who's bringing his electric band Underground to St. Louis next week to Wednesday, March 2 through Saturday, March 5 at Jazz at the Bistro. Potter, who just turned 40 last month, played St. Louis most recently in January 2009 with bassist Dave Holland's quintet at the Sheldon Concert Hall. (You can read StLJN's review of that gig here.) He also led his acoustic group ...
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