Music Industry News

Trumpeter Anthony Wiggins Hospitalized

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 4, 2010

Local trumpeter and jazz educator Anthony Wiggins is in the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm last week. According to Phil Dunlap of Jazz St. Louis, where Wiggins is one of the instructors in the JazzU program for student musicians in middle school and high school, “He was airlifted to SLU hospital last week (Wednesday evening/Thursday morning) due to a brain aneurysm. They didn't have to do brain surgery but there was a procedure he had to undergo and he ...

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Jazz This Week: Dianne Reeves and Peter Martin, Lou Donaldson, Flow, St. Louis Musicians for Haiti, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 4, 2010

It's looking like a very good weekend of live music in St. Louis, with a number of events of interest to fans of jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights, presented in chronological order:Things get started tonight with the veteran saxophonist Lou Donaldson (pictured), who's back in town to perform at Jazz at the Bistro through Saturday. For more on Donaldson, see this video post from a couple of weeks ago, and this recent podcast interview ...

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Notes from the Net: More on WSQ and M'boom; Metheny's Orchestrion Released; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 3, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* In the latest Miles Davis-related news, Lucid Jazz Lounge in Seattle just put on a multi-show tribute to Miles and the different eras of his career featuring trumpeters Owuor Arunga, Scott Morning, Ahamefule J. Oluo and Jason Parker. ...

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Duncan Sheik to Compose 'American Psycho' Musical

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

Drenched in equal parts blood and hit '80s pop tunes, Bret Easton Ellis' novel “American Psycho" chronicled the fissured state of mind of Patrick Bateman, a homicidal New York yuppie who harbored a taste for designer suits and blunt instruments. The 1991 novel's runaway success spawned a movie starring Christian Bale, which opened in 2000. A musical theater adaptation has been in the works for a while and now appears to be on the fast track, with Duncan Sheik signed ...

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Songwriter Makes $1.25m Bail in NY Sex Case

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2010

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Ask Aretha Franklin

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2010

She hardly needs an introduction -- in fact, she doesn't even really need a last name.

Aretha -- also known as the Queen of Soul -- burst onto the scene in the 1960s, when she signed on with Atlantic Records to release hits like Chain of Fools, “Respect" and “Natural Woman." In 1987, she became the first woman to ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has won 18 Grammy awards and performed at three ...

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Best Original Song Nominee List Missing a Few Songs of Note

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

ORIGINAL SONG U2, Paul McCartney and Mary J. Blige are among those who miss out on the short list.

By most criteria, Paul McCartney and U2 have little reason to regard French composers Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas with envy.

But Tuesday, Wagner and Thomas scored an Oscar nomination for best original song -- for “Loin de Paname" from the little-seen French movie “Paris 36" -- while neither “Winter," U2's contribution to the soundtrack of Jim Sheridan's “Brothers," ...

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Michael Jackson's Doctor Prepared to Surrender

Source: Michael Ricci
February 2, 2010

A lawyer for Michael Jacksons personal physician said Tuesday that the Houston-based doctor is in Los Angeles and prepared to surrender if authorities file charges against him in the pop stars death.

I dont have any specific information that leads me to believe he is going to be charged this week," said lawyer Ed Chernoff, “ but if he is, weve made it clear hes available to turn himself in. The arrival of Dr. Conrad Murray and Chernoff, his lead ...

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