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The Oak Room Farewell
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Visits to New York won't be the same now that the Algonquin Hotel has closed the Oak Room. Since Ben Bodne sold the hotel in 1987, it has changed hands several times and is now operated by the Marriott chain as one of its high-end properties. With each change, another layer of the Algonquin's mystique seems to evaporate. The Oak Room existed as an elegant dining and listening post for only 32 years of the hotel's 110-year history, but from ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 3-9
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Having missed much of the last week of local music (in favor of a few days in New York), I am doubly looking forward to the coming week and yet another weekend filled with delightful dilemmas. Another new venue (The Lexington) previews its jazz schedule, one of our local bands-gone-international returns to the Artists Quarter; an internationally renowned cellist performs gratis at Macalester; and one of our free improvising ensembles reinvents itself, yet again, with a re-debut at Studio Z. ...
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At Last, the Miles Davis Stamp
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RJ on Jazz by R.J. DeLuke
U.S., France to honor Prince of Cool Word is finally out now that the U.S. Postal Service, in some kind of conjunction with France (Don't ask me what. Do we ever know what France is up to? They are music lovers tho, and have proven over decades to be jazz lovers), is issuing a Miles Davis postage stamp this year. The likes of Bird, Trane, Billie, Ella, Duke, and Pops have received the honored. Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. This ...
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McCartney Tribute: Tony Bennett, Foo, Neil Young and Crazy Horse
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JamBase
STAR-STUDDED TRIBUTE TO MUSICARES PERSON OF THE YEAR PAUL MCCARTNEY An impressive star-studded cast will come together to honor 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year honoree Paul McCartney during a sold-out gala on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, two days prior to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Hosted by actor/comedian Eddie Izzard, artists set to perform are current GRAMMY nominees Tony Bennett, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Neil Young & Crazy Horse (in their first live performance since 2004), Norah Jones, James ...
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Angry Birds CEO: If Piracy is Too High, It's Probably Your Own Damn Fault...
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Digital Music News
It's been official for a while now: the music industry of 2012 is exactly where other industries don't want to end up. Especially the part that includes lawsuits against fans, mispriced content, endless infighting, and disastrous profit-plunges. “We could learn a lot from the music industry and the rather terrible ways they've tried to combat piracy..." The comment came during Midem from Mikael Hed of Rovio Mobile, whose Angry Birds is among the most successful games of all time. But ...
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Music Ownership: eMusic's Molly Neuman Looks at Consumer Motivations
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HypeBot
For a large segment of music consumers, downloading music to own is something that's seen as music's past. But for an even larger share, owning and collecting is hugely important. Compounding the issues at hand, streaming has taken on different meanings to today's consumers, including streaming your MP3 files to a device from the cloud, or streaming to your desktop via an internet radio station, a la Pandora or eMusic Radio. Streaming a term that's talked about in the industry ...
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Gehry Has Designs on the Jazz Bakery
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
There is good news today for a premier west coast jazz listening establishment. Architect Frank Gehry, creator of some of the most dramatic buildings in the world, is donating his services to the Jazz Bakery. The Los Angeles performance hall lost its lease in 2009 and has functioned in an assortment of rented or donated spaces while it looked for a new site. Now, it has found one on a sliver of land not far from its former Culver City ...
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Ourstage Raises $650k of $10m Funding Round
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HypeBot
Boston based musician opportunity platform OurStage.com has raised $650,000 of a $10 million funding round. 19 unnamed investors were involved according to an SEC filing which earmarked $300,000 for executive compensation. Through an ongoing series of competitions and live performance opportunities, OurStage offers exposure to independent artists. The company recently begun shooting season 2 of its signature online video show, The Our Stage Panel. Founded in 2006, past and present OurStage partners and sponsors include Intel, AOL, Live Nation, CMJ, ...
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