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33 Years of Record-Setting Jazz!
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AAJ Staff
Montreal: The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, is entering its 33rd edition. In other words, for 33 years, the Festival has spun out its annual celebration of musical pleasure, a jazz groove that also crosscuts with musical forebears and relatives, from blues to world music, showcasing all the timeless hits and classics as well as the rarities, “B-sides” and unknown gems that we delight in discovering. After over three decades ...
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The Blackhawk Gets Its Due
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
In my notes for the final volume of Shelly Manne & His Men At The Blackhawk, I wrote: During my years of labor at KGO-TV in San Francisco, I never passed the parking lot a block away at Turk and Hyde without regretting the injustice of a world that puts more value on the storage of automobiles than on preserving historical landmarks. To be accurate, the Landmark Preservation Commission never actually got around to trying to save the Black Hawk ...
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John Scofield on Brookmeyer
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1981, guitarist John Scofield received a phone call at his hotel in the Netherlands while touring with his band. On the other line was a local TV-show producer. He needed a sub to play with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer that night on a show. John jumped at the chance. The result of that appearance is below and features Bob and John performing Moonlight in Vermont as a duet. Listen to what Bob does with the melody and where he ...
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Mobo Winner Yolanda Brown Tops UK Jazz Charts
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Ivan Brown
Multi MOBO award winner YolanDa Brown has topped the UK iTunes and Amazon jazz charts with her debut album “April Showers, May Flowers". The album was released in February 2012 with tow special concerts at the London HMV Hammersmith Apollo accompanied by the London Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and special guests including Ian Shaw, Jacqui Dankworth, Omar and Nigerian saxophonist Mike Aremu. The album has risen to the top slot amidst much critical and music loving acclaim from public and aficionados ...
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Chet Baker: Germany, 1956
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In March 1956, Chet Baker was touring in Germany when he was paired with French singer-guitarist Caterina Valente. For those of you unfamiliar with Valente, she would become a pop sensation in the '60s with her ability to record flawlessly in about a dozen languages. In other words, Valente was a record company's dream, especially when a label wanted the same song in multiple languages for sale in those markets. Sadly, combining Baker with Valente in a Baden-Baden studio was a ...
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Sources: Yahoo Music is Now Being Dismantled...
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Digital Music News
As the dust settles on a massive layoff round at Yahoo, there's this: it now appears that Yahoo Music was a major part of the downsizing, according to sources dislcosing information to Digital Music News. Yahoo representatives declined to share any details beyond its top-level, 2,000+ layoff round completed this week, though one informed source pointed us to exits that include John Lenac (Head of Programming & Artist/Label Relations) and Gina Juliano (Director of Programming). Other members of Lenac's staff ...
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Three Quarter Offers Musicians New Model: "We Run the Business, You Run the Art"
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HypeBot
Three Quarter is a new music startup with a hybrid business model. They describe it as “part record label, part venture capital firm, part management firm, part marketing/pr firm." A catchier take, also provided by Three Quarter, goes, “3/4 runs the business, the artist runs the art." Founded by David Airaudi, former Strategy and Business Development Executive at Interscope, Three Quarter is an important step forward out of the quagmire of current music industry practices. David Airaudi, with whom I ...
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Music Supervisors Explain How They Find Indie Music for Movies and TV
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HypeBot
After posting about indie music in advertising, I was asked about the process of bringing one's music to the attention of music supervisors and others who can get your music on tv, in films and in commercials. I had already been gathering a series of interviews with music supervisors so it seemed timely to feature some of their comments on how they find music. The following quotes from music supervisors who find music for movies and tv were taken from ...
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