Music Industry News

Jazz Management Company To Accept 10 New Artist This Season

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2002

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Andy Hamilton: A Remarkable Story

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2002

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With Sales Flat, The Jazz Industry Has Lost Its Groove

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2002

By Fred Kaplan, Globe Staff, 8/4/2002

NEW YORK - Way back in 1968, on an avant-garde album called “Congliptious," trumpeter Lester Bowie slyly asked, “Is jazz as we know it dead?" Then, after taking a blazing solo, he replied, “That all depends on what you know, heh, heh, heh."

If Bowie were still alive, he might not find the question so funny. Jazz is not dead, but few would call it healthy.

Americans spend $13 billion a year on compact ...

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The Avishai Cohen's of Jazz: Distinguishing the Bassist/Composer from the Trumpeter

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2002

Bassist/pianist Avishai Cohen -- who is also a member of Chick Corea's Trio and The International Vamp Band -- is being confused with the trumpeter AVISHAI E. COHEN, a member of the Lemon Juice Quartet.

Avishai Cohen is who we hear on such CDs as Colors, Devotion, Adama, Unity and on Chick Corea's PAST PRESENT AND FUTURES and COREA. CONCERTO is the same Avishai Cohen that was voted one of the most important bass players of the 20th Century by ...

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Orbert Davis, Jazz Consultant to "Road to Perdition"

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2002

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Kangaroo Amp Covers with Pockets

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2002

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JAZZIZ New Orleans: Live Music Venue and Restaurant

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2002

The publishers of JAZZIZ magazine are opening a live music venue at 214 Decatur St., directly across the street from House of Blues.

In January 2003, JAZZIZ magazine celebrates 20 years of publishing, but its publishers are already celebrating the pending launch of JAZZIZ New Orleans, their first live music venue and restaurant -- at 214 Decatur St., directly across the street from House of Blues.

The entry of JAZZIZ into the New Orleans nightclub scene has as many intriguing ...

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Toshiba Shows off Hot New Music Player

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2002

Gigabeat device features a removable hard disk, allowing it to store as many as 1,000 songs.

By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service

Toshiba's new digital music player is a hot little number. Instead of using a removable flash memory card, the company has chosen a removable hard-disk drive, which means a physically larger player but one with a much greater capacity for your favorite music.

The Gigabeat will playback music stored in the MP3, WMA, or WAV digital audio file ...

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