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News: Opinion

More Road Music: Canon for Canyon Country

June 20, 2011

After that 15-hour drive to Detroit last September, I swore I'd never do such a trip again. But the opportunity to explore the national parks of southwest Utah was too tempting, and besides, we were breaking up the drive into manageable segments, round trip from the Bozeman, MT area. I was warned there would be absolutely ...

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News: Recording

Celebrating CTI Records 40th Anniversary - Part 4

June 20, 2011

Masterworks Jazz continues the 40th anniversary celebration of the great CTI Records with another four newly re-mastered discs including George Benson's Body Talk, Hubert Laws's In the Beginning, Freddie Hubbard's Straight Life, and Stanley Turrentine's Don't Mess with Mister T. Originally produced by Creed Taylor and in most cases recorded by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder, ...

News: Interview

Q&A: Mike Metheny

June 20, 2011

We last heard from Mike Metheny on his excellent and insightful blog Doc Severinsen-A Legend, And A Friend. Since then he's been working on another musical project close to his heart, a compilation of his own favorite recorded tracks over the past 20 years. So we meet up again in the Q&A to talk about his ...

News: Festival

Making My Way Through Day 8 of the Rochester International Jazz Festival

June 19, 2011

The Kenny Barron Trio brought the hall down at Kilbourn during the first set with a mixture of standards and his own compositions. In addition to bassist Kiyoshi Kitagowa, Barron completed his trio with drummer Johnathan Blake, who I've seen perform here before with Joe Locke in 2008, and more recently at Exodus to Jazz with ...

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News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Bobby Sanabria (Part 3)

June 19, 2011

A full time dedication to music is an honorable way for a person to spend their life, and their legacy should be honored at every turn. When an individual focuses their complete energy upon artistic growth and the extension of a musical tradition, they take the road less traveled, insuring a life outside the mainstream. Unfortunately, ...

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News: Radio

Allen Toussaint Live at KPLU

June 19, 2011

Allen Toussaint performing live in our Seattle studios in front of a lucky group of KPLU Leadership Circle members on June 1, 2011. Justin Steyer / KPLU CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO Pianist, vocalist, producer and songwriting legend (and Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame inductee), Allen Toussaint stopped by the KPLU studios on June 1 and ...

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News: Recording

Guilty Pleasures: Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)

June 19, 2011

By Mark Saleski Smack in the middle of the initial Norah Jones explosion (remember? When it seemed like the radio was tryin' to brainwash you by playing “Don't Know Why" every 20 minutes or so ... and you kept thinkin' “gee, aren't there any other songs on that CD?) it was pretty easy to pick up ...

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News: Recording

Brainkiller - The Infiltration (2011)

June 19, 2011

Remember last month when I said I have more examples of weird-assed trios coming up? Here's another one. Inspired by the long running Ray Anderson-led BassDrumBone trio, Brainkiller has Brian Allen manning the trombone and Hernan Hecht on drums, but substitutes the bass for keyboards and effects by Jacob Koller. Despite sporting a name that would ...

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News: Recording

Father's Day Special: Bruce Springsteen, "You're Missing" (2002)

June 19, 2011

This song, issued in the wake of the devastating attacks on New York City in 2001, nearly overwhelmed me with grief the first time I heard it. I thought of my father. He's been dead more than 20 years, and I must admit that—like everything from that long-ago time—there are moments when it is hard to ...

News: Performance / Tour

New Marketing Study Shows More Content Could Mean More Fans

June 18, 2011

The results of a HubSpot study offers conclusions that can be as useful to musicians and labels, as they are to the traditional businesses surveyed. The study makes a compelling case that “more is better" when it comes to posting. Those that create more content, generated more traffic in return. A summary of study findings: Companies ...