Results for "AAJ Staff"

Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins - A Scarcity of Miracles (2011)

June 3, 2011

By Tom Johnson It was only a matter of time before Robert Fripp came out of hiding again. Notoriously reclusive, the unusual guitarist seems to disappear just when things seem to get really interesting, such as a few years ago when a new incarnation of King Crimson began gelling on stage as the 1980s lineup of ...

Keith Jarrett - Radiance (2005)

June 3, 2011

By Mark Saleski Some musicians have the ability to transcend their physical talents to put on display their thought processes, a sort of direct conduit between the hands and that mysterious inner pool of music. Or... in Keith Jarrett's case, the lack of thought: How we arrive at profound thoughts has a lot to do with ...

Tips for Collecting, Blasting, and Loving Your E-Mail List

June 3, 2011

Bands hear it all the time: your e-mail list is extremely important; an e-mail is more valuable than a Facebook Like or a Twitter Follower; e-mail allows bands greater access to fans; the only piece of information more valuable than an e-mail is a phone number. All of this is true, of course. E-mail addresses are ...

AACM | Francis Davis on Henry Threadgill

June 3, 2011

For Ars Nova Workshop's AACM: Great Black Music Festival, we've asked several leading jazz scholars and journalists to engage performers in a series of pre-concert public discussions about the history, present, and future of the AACM. At 6pm on Sunday, June 5 at Christ Church Neighborhood Theatre, award-winning jazz journalist and author Francis Davis will talk ...

Want More Fans to Pay? Then Double the Price...

June 3, 2011

This is the part where you burn your Econ 101 textbook. Because in certain situations, fans will actually buy more if the price is higher. In the car business, this has been a lesson for brands like Cadillac, where experiments in lower-priced models destroyed the perception of higher-end quality. Once the prices were lifted again, status-conscious ...

The CD Slide: It's Way Worse Than You Think...

June 3, 2011

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, June 3-23

June 3, 2011

OK, call this the “pre-festival lead sheet" as it is the only one I will be posting before Twin Cities Jazz Festival weekend. I'm heading west for 12 days of driving, hiking, camping, driving, hiking....no laptop, no email. Plenty of jazz but all on CD. So for the most part, this is a preview of what ...

Shying Away from Comfort Zones with Adam Kolker

June 3, 2011

Over the course of his storied career as a sideman, Adam Kolker has worked with the likes of The Village Vanguard Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Big Band, Bruce Barth, Judi Silvano, Kenny Wheeler's Large Ensemble, Ben Sher, Bobby Previte, Gunther Schuller, and others. On the solo front, his latest album, Reflections has the Grammy-nominated sax and ...

Jonathan Singleton Performing at Cafe Tatant in Roxbury on Thursday, June 2

June 2, 2011

Renowned gospel and choral leader Jonathan Singleton is performing a jazz set at Cafe Tatant, Roxbury Center for the Arts, on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. It's a dinner club format, reminiscent of old style jazz clubs. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for drinks, followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m., and the music begins ...

"Jazz Notes" by Sanford Josephson

June 2, 2011

The 197 pages of Sanford Josephson's Jazz Notes: Interviews Across the Generations (Praeger) go quickly when you are reading. Admittedly it is a short book. It consists of twenty principal interviews conducted years ago by the author, then supplementary follow-up interviews of artists who either played with the person originally interviewed, or who are admirers of ...