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Recent Listening: Carter, Raney, Broadbent, Deardorf

May 28, 2011

James Carter, Caribbean Rhapsody (Emarcy) Carter tailors his saxophone virtuosity to “Caribbean Rhapsody" and “Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra," by theAmerican composer Roberto Sierra. Sierra studied with György Ligeti, the Hungarian master of tone clusters and chromaticism, but there is no Ligeti atonality here. Sierra bases the pieces in lyricism and accessible melody. In the concerto ...

The Miles Davis Festival to Debut This Year in St. Louis

May 28, 2011

The estate of the late jazz trumpeter Miles Davis will team up this summer and fall with several St. Louis area organizations and venues to present the Miles Davis Festival, a series of concerts, exhibits and celebrations of Davis' musical legacy that organizers hope will become an annual event. In a news conference held on Thursday—the ...

Los Angeles Musicians Protest the Elimination of the Latin Jazz Grammy

May 28, 2011

A unified community full of strength and conviction can overcome any odds when they join together, a fact currently being proved as musicians from the Latin Jazz world and beyond battle the “restructuring" of the Grammys by NARAS. At first glance, this struggle may reflect a bit of a David and Goliath scenario, with the big ...

The Jazz Session #273: Dave Douglas

May 28, 2011

Nate Wooley - Trumpet/Amplifier (Smeraldina-Rima 2011) *****

May 28, 2011

By Joe Higham This is one of the strangest records I've listened to in a while, and yet it's also an easy record to give 5 stars to simply because what you hear on this record defies any expectations of what a solo trumpet record, even with an amplifier, would or should sound like. It's this ...

DMB Chicago Caravan Adds Moe. Umph, YMSB, Cornmeal

May 28, 2011

SINGLE DAY AND 3-DAY GA TICKETS AND VIP PACKAGES AVAILABLE NOW The second Dave Matthews Band Caravan in Chicago has added moe., Umphrey's McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Cornmeal to the three-day lineup set for Chicago's Lakeside on July 8-10. Located on Chicago's south shore of Lake Michigan, just a short distance from downtown, the ...

NYC Drummer Meet-Up, June 12th

May 28, 2011

MusicianWages.com and NYC drummer Jeremy Yaddow are organizing a drummer meet-up in New York City on June 12th at 8pm. Come have a drink and meet your fellow drummers! When: July 12th, 2011 at 8pm Where: Valhalla (9th Ave between 53rd & 54th) Please visit the RSVP on Facebook and please share with your ...

Google Offered Labels $100 Million to License Cloud Music Service

May 28, 2011

(UPDATED) Google offered the for major record labels an advance of as much as $100 million to license a more cloud music service than it launched last month as Google Music Beta, according to Businessweek. The labels reportedly refused unless Google did more to stem piracy. Some question if the labels are not also giving Apple ...

Napster and Kazaa Founders Answer: Does Innovation Always Have to be This Messy? [video]

May 28, 2011

At eG8 in Pairs, Reuters TV asked Kazaa and Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström and Napster and Facebook co-founder Sean Parker, if disruption of an industry always has to be messy; and if their current investments in subscription music services including Spotify are atonement for the upheaval they caused in the music industry.

From Pirates to Fans

May 28, 2011

Piracy is a serious topic in the music industry of which we've all been long aware. Approaches have varied from heavy handed lawsuits that have eroded good will to direct discussions with pirates that require good will to succeed. Here is one indie software developer's experience with personal appeals to those who have pirated his software ...