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Man Dies After Brawl at Southfield Jazz Club
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Michael Ricci
SOUTHFIELD - Five individuals were arrested after an Aug. 9 jazz club brawl that left one man dead and five people injured. An unidentified 33-year-old Southfield man with head trauma was rushed to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak at approximately 1:30 a.m. and died as a result of his injuries after possibly being hit with a liquor bottle and a chair, according to the Southfield Police Department. “Preliminary reports are that the fight ensued because a female patron was possibly ...
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Jazz: A Museum Piece or a Living, Breathing Artform? It's up to Us!
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Michael Ricci
Peter Hum over at Jazzblog.ca has become one of my favorite writers in the jazz blogosphere. He writes consistently thoughtful and insightful pieces on the issues we face, the music we play and the personalities that make up the jazz community. His latest post raises the question of why jazz is not appealing to a young audience and he promises that he will posit some opinions on the subject in his next piece. On the same day, Terry Teachout at ...
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The Jazz Audience
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
When The National Endowment for the Arts study on Public Participation in the Arts came out a few weeks ago, the survey's bad news about the size of the jazz audience caused ripples of concern. It showed that over a six-year period, the number of Americans attending jazz events dropped to a low of 7.8%. In a population of 301 million, that translates to attendance of 2,347,800 each year at jazz clubs, concerts and festivals. As if that weren't discouraging ...
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Can Jazz Be Saved?
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Michael Ricci
The audience for America’s great art form is withering away. In 1987, Congress passed a joint resolution declaring jazz to be “a rare and valuable national treasure.” Nowadays the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis is taught in public schools, heard on TV commercials and performed at prestigious venues such as New York’s Lincoln Center, which even runs its own nightclub, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Here’s the catch: Nobody’s listening. No, it’s not quite that bad—but ...
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Warner Music Reports Mounting Losses
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HypeBot
In a report to shareholders this morning, Warner Music Group revealed that in the quarter ending June 30th, 2009, total revenue decreased 9.3% and operating income from continuing operations declined 51%. Total losses from continuing operations swelled to $37 million from $9 in the prior year quarter.
WMG improved its financial position during the quarter with a $1.1 billion offering of secured notes which the company used to pay off previous loans. But the new new notes carry a hefty ...
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New S.F. Music Venue: Coda
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JamBase
New Live Music Venue & Restaurant - Coda - Debuts in San Francisco's Mission District
Scott Amendola On Tuesday, August 4 a new music venue/restaurant, Coda, opened in San Francisco's Mission District at 1710 Mission St. at Duboce Avenue. Coda, a musical term meaning the place you return to, is an intimate 70-seat restaurant and 200-person venue that will predominately feature jazz music. The new establishment will serve dinner, a fresh blend of Northern California and Mediterranean cuisine, and music ...
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Buckingham Palace Makes Jazz List
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Michael Ricci
Buckingham Palace has been included on a shortlist of locations crucial to the development of jazz in Britain, part of a competition to pick the most important British site in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue, the BBC reported. The British royal family's London residence made the list, along with the Hammersmith Palais and celebrated clubs like Ronnie Scott’s, because Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band played there in ...
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