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Is the Pot Calling the Kettle Black?

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
October 28, 2009

I got a chuckle today when reading a Web posting (Kenny G Steps Back Into the Spotlight) by AOL's PopEater entertainment news and celebrity gossip site about the Pied Piper of non-jazz saxophonists. It's an update on his career including work on a track ironically called “I'm Your Daddy" on alternate rock band Weeezer's latest album, Ratitude. The saxophonist (I get a kick whenever the esteemed New York Times refers to him as “Mr. G" on second reference) ...

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The Youth Movement + New Music

Source: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
October 27, 2009

There's been a lot of chat on the jazz internet about the music “dying" and a lack of interest from young people.  That may be true in some areas but, over the past few years, a number of fine young musicians under the age of 35 have created some impressive music.  Performers/composers such as saxophonists Sam Sadigursky and Noah Preminger, guitarist Julian Lage, composer Nicholas Urie, and pianist Taylor Eigsti are among a heady crop of young folks striving to ...

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Kompoz Offers Collaborative Self-Publishing

Source: HypeBot
October 27, 2009

Music collaboration site Kompoz, has launched an online publishing feature which allows musicians to self-publish collaborative projects while retaining all rights to the original work.

Musicians can use Kompoz to launch a project, work with other musicians around the world to complete the song, publish it and offer customized licensing options for use in films, TV, and other commercial projects extending the Creative Commons license attached to each song. The system generates a custom PDF license agreement with pricing options ...

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Jazz Bums

Source: Indaba Music Artist in Residence with Greg Osby
October 27, 2009

Somewhere along the way, I haven't determined exactly when, it became acceptable for some musicians to think showing up for live (Jazz) performances wearing the same clothes that they wear anywhere else is the thing to do. These days it isn't that uncommon that a patron of the music, with hard-earned cash in hand, will venture out for an evening with hopes of enjoying some high art but instead will be offered a gig where some of the cats who ...

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Sweet Rhythm Quietly Ends Run as Village Jazz Stage

Source: Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel
October 27, 2009

The 7th Ave. home in the '80s and early '90s of Gil Evans' last orchestra, David Murray's octets, Abdullah Ibrahim's bands, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy and other avant-gutsy acts closed last night (Oct. 24) without notice or fanfare. Sweet Rhythm nee Sweet Basil was one of the coolest spots to listen, drink and hang out in Greenwich Village, a wood-paneled room with fine sound, sightlines, bookings and bartender, but it never recovered from what its most recent owner described as ...

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Notes from the Net: Lester Bowie Reissued; Jimmy Cobb's so What Band Reviewed; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 26, 2009

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.Starting off, as we usually do, with a couple of items about Miles Davis, it seems that Kind of Blue drummer Jimmy Cobb's So What band played last week at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, and the show ...

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NARM Launches a Digital Music Think Tank

Source: HypeBot
October 24, 2009

The National Association of Recording Merchandisers has launched a Digital Think Tank task force of NARM members dedicated to resolving issues surrounding the business of digital music. Members include: 7digital, Amazon.com, E1, EMI, IODA, Iris, iTunes, Microsoft, Mix & Burn, Napster, Nokia, The Orchard, Rhapsody, Rhino, Sony, Topspin, Universal, Verizon, WEA, and Wind-up.

At yesterday's kick-off meeting, the Digital Think Tank formally established working groups that will tackle three broadly defined issues identified by the NARM membership: digital supply chain ...

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Five More Worth Following

Source: HypeBot
October 24, 2009

Overwhelmed by Twitter-mania? From time to time Hypebot will help you sift through the tweet pileup to find the few music industry, tech and business voices that are really worth following. Here's the second installment of Hypebot's Five Worth Following:

@musicadium - Australian based flat free digital distributor (think Tuncecore Downunder) Musicadium uses its Twitter feed to share what's happening in the new music industry on their side of the worlkd and globally. @cyberpr - The Twitter ...

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