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News: Recording

Aram Bajakian - Aram Bajakian's Kef (2011)

July 27, 2011

Listening to the guitarist Aram Bajakian is lot like listening to Marc Ribot, and Aram follows much of Ribot's wildly divergent style that incorporates the vintage forms of swing, punk and rock and roll into a fresh and daring style. So it's fair to state that if you like Ribot, you're gonna like Bajakian, too. That's ...

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News: Recording

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. - The Rat Pack Live at the Sands (2001)

July 27, 2011

By Derrick Lord This is an act the Rat Pack—Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.—had down to a T and it really shows. A fun slice of musical history. Completely un-PC which is a much welcome change of pace. It was recorded in 1963. Funny how people seemed to have more of a sense of ...

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News: Recording

Michel Camilo - Mano a Mano (Emarcy, 2011)

July 27, 2011

Pianist Michel Camilo has developed over the years a remarkably consistent series of musical releases, ranging from solo excursions to trio albums and even large scale classical re-interpretations. This album finds him in the similar format as the excellent Triangulo album from several years ago, returning to the trio format he has been so successful with ...

News: Music Industry

Oh, It's On: Eventbrite Now Selling in Ticketmaster's Backyard...

July 27, 2011

If you purchased Warped Tour tickets this year, you probably went through Ticketmaster. Except if you went to the recently-staged event in Ventura, CA, where Eventbrite stealthily injected itself as an experimental ticketing provider. Pretty sneaky, huh? Well, if the strategy is to chip away at the behemoth, it seems to be working. The Ventura gig ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Cylinder Plays New Jazz with a Thoughtful Smoulder

July 27, 2011

We met up with bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and her notable first album on the Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog (see link on this page). We cross paths with her again today, this time with the group Cylinder (Clean Feed 219). This, as the liner notes tell us, is a San Francisco-based cooperative group. The players share ...

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News: Obituary

Frank Foster R.I.P.

July 27, 2011

The great composer, band leader, educator, humanitarian and reed player Frank Foster, died today of complications from kidney failure at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia. He was 82. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 23, 1928, Frank Benjamin Foster took up the clarinet at age 11, switching to alto saxophone two years later. He became so ...

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News: Obituary

Rush - Roll the Bones (Audio Fidelity Remaster) (1991, 2011 Reissue)

July 27, 2011

By Tom Johnson I have owned four copies of this album—that is to say, three versions of it four times. The first time was the day it came out, September 3, 1991, bought shortly after a college class got out, and then I drove quickly to a friend's place where she put up with me giving ...

News: Career

10 Tips to Advance Your Music Business Career

July 26, 2011

No matter where you are in your career, it's important to look back at the basics. It allows you to think like a beginner again; back to when you could visualize the most possibilities. The following ten tips, taken from a NARIP event in San Francisco, will help move forward your career in the music business—however ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Exodus to Jazz 2011-2012 Season Has Something for Everyone....

July 26, 2011

Recently, Jose DaCosta, the main man behind the great Exodus to Jazz series announced that tickets were on sale for the 2011-2012 Season of ETJ. There are some great artists here coming from a number of diverse directions—some are new to ETJ, some familiar to those of you who have caught an ETJ concert in the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Win Free Tickets to See Return to Forever, Zappa Plays Zappa on Thursday, August 25 at the Fox Theatre

July 26, 2011

The Fox Theatre is conducting an online promotion to give away free tickets to the concert by Return to Forever IV (pictured) and Zappa Plays Zappa on Thursday, August 25. The winner gets a pair of tickets and also will receive “an autographed Return to Forever set list." To enter, go here, read the rules and ...