Music Industry News

Judge Gives a Go-Ahead to James Brown Auction

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

The personal possessions of the soul singer James Brown, the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Soul," will be auctioned

On Thursday as scheduled after an appeals court judge declined on Monday to block the sale. Christie's, the New York auction house, will offer nearly 350 items, including hair curlers, several performance outfits and a green vinyl sofa, in a sale expected to fetch up to $2 million.

Judge Jasper M. Cureton of South Carolina appeals court said, however, that the South Carolina ...

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Justin Time Records Celebrates 25 Years

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2008

The Montreal-based record label Justin Time Records first recording was inspired by a particularly swinging evening at local jazz club. It was there that founder Jim West first heard the Oliver Jones Trio, immediately sensing they should be recorded. It was, shortly thereafter, and Justin Time Records was born. Named for West's then infant son, the label's first release was Live at Biddle's Jazz & Ribs by Oliver Jones Trio (with bassist Charlie Biddle and drummer Bernard Primeau). It was ...

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Capitol Records Underground Protected

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2008

Saga of Capitol Records Los Angeles Approves Condo Next to Capitol Records With Provisions to Protect Underground Studios

The city of Los Angeles has approved the building of a new development near the famed Capitol Records building. However, the planned condominium building must provide measures ensuring the recording studios underneath the building are not damaged. Both EMI and Hollywood conservationists expressed concern that the development and its planned underground garage, both to be built at 6230 Yucca Blvd., ...

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For Knitting Factory, Westward Ho (Brooklyn, Too)

Source: Michael Ricci
July 15, 2008

Jared Hoffman has a vision for the Knitting Factory: smaller, leaner and outside of Manhattan. Far outside. The Knitting Factory's Jared Hoffman says the club's future is no longer in Manhattan.

For 21 years the nightclub has been a symbol of downtown New York music, gaining an international reputation for an eclectic, finger-on-the-pulse aesthetic. At the Knitting Factory's original location on East Houston Street on the Lower East Side, and at 74 Leonard Street in TriBeCa, where it ...

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Golden Arms and Glasses: When Algren Met Holiday

Source: Night Lights Classic Jazz
July 15, 2008

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MegaHz - Call for Submissions

Source: RVAjazz
July 15, 2008

HzCollective Presents: MegaHz Experimental & Noise Festival **October 11th-12th, 2008*Call For Submissions:HzCollective Presents: 'MegaHz', a festival of international, touring andlocal artists presenting experimental, noise & avant garde music and visualmedia. Taking place between Charlottesville [Saturday October 11th] &Richmond, VA [Sunday October 12th], 'MegaHz' will serve as an opportunityfor artists to collaborate, share & present their ideas of improvisation andavant garde composition to the perceptive experimental communities thatexist within these ...

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Ticketmaster Accused of Price Gouging in Canada

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

As if the imminent Live Nation ticketing venture wasn't enough for Ticketmaster, the company now has to deal with accusations of “price gouging" by angry Elton John fans in Saskatchewan.

When tickets for Elton John's performance in the capital city of Saskatoon went on sale, fans discovered that Ticketmaster had already sold out of their allotment, and instead recommended fans try to buy tickets at Tickets Now, a secondary ticketing site owned by Ticketmaster. Not only did Tickets Now already ...

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One More You Wrote Through Us: Horace Tapscott

Source: Night Lights Classic Jazz
July 14, 2008

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