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News: Opinion

NARM's Bill Wilson: Music, Investment, Innovation and the New Music Business

May 10, 2011

This guest post comes from NARM's VP of Digital Strategy and Business Development, Bill Wilson on the first day of NARM's Annual Convention in LA. The sound of schadenfreude is deafening. "The music business is dead." “The companies aren't changing." “The licensing and acquisition of music products is a third rail to investors." I understand, I used ...

News: Rights

China Begins New Era of Copyright Protection

May 10, 2011

This guest post is by Mathew D, Vice-President of R2G/wa3.cn, one of China's leading digital music distributors. He blogs on the music industry and copyright reform in at The Global Outpost. New music copyright protection guidelines have been announced by the Beijing Copyright Bureau which aim to redress the burden of proof imbalance between copyright owners ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Boston Pops Opening Night Features Linda Eder Singing Judy Garland, Wednesday, May 11

May 10, 2011

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops kick off the 2011 Spring Pops Season on Wednesday, May 11, with a gala Opening Night tribute to the music of Judy Garland featuring Broadway star Linda Eder. The concert, which is being repeated on May 12 and May 13, takes place at Boston Symphony Hall at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, ...

News: Recording

Billie and the Blessed Child

May 10, 2011

Billie Holiday recorded what was almost her last hit song, “God Bless the Child," on this date in 1941,with the Eddie Heywood Orchestra featuring Roy Eldridge on trumpet. Shortly before this session, she had co-written this tune with Arthur Herzog, Jr., asongwriter with whom she sometimes collaborated. In her autobiography, LadySings the Blues, Holiday claims that ...

News: Recording

Claire Ritter - The Stream of Pearls Project (2011)

May 10, 2011

There is a sensuous, lush quietude to this recording, which notes on the front that it was “inspired by water." Ritter's playing—trickling and ruminative one moment, bubbly and adventurous the next—certainly echoes the theme. The Stream of Pearls Project, available for purchase through Ritter's Web site, eventually encompasses trips she took from Boston's Charles River ("The ...

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News: Recording

Kenny Werner - Balloons (Half Note, 2011)

May 10, 2011

Pianist and composer Kenny Werner brings together a fine post-bop unit consisting of David Sanchez on tenor saxophone, Randy Brecker on trumpet, John Pattitucci on bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums. This album was recorded live at the Blue Note Club and features four long improvisations that allow for excellent ensemble playing and soloing on a ...

News: Performance / Tour

Reality: People Typically Attend One Show a Year...

May 10, 2011

It's a brutal reality, but also a major opportunity. “Most people go to one concert a year," said Ian Hogarth, cofounder and CEO of Songkick during a SF MusicTech Summit panel on Monday. “And when they find that concert they want to go to, they want to go with two or three really close friends. And ...

News: Recording

David Mott's Latest and Best Unaccompanied Baritone Set "Dragonhorn"

May 10, 2011

David Mott, baritone sax. Up there in Canada. A real player. He's had one or two solo baritone recordings out. They are very good. The new one, Dragonhorn (MAE 013), I think is his very best. With David's solo work, there is virtually always an energy component, motor repetition, sound color and structured improvisational ideas. What's ...

News: Performance / Tour

New and "Precarious" Sounds: Zeitgeist Meets Accordion

May 10, 2011

I think what appeals to me most about jazz, and more generally what is often dubbed “experimental music," is witnessing the act of creation on stage. That creative act might be as subtle as a minor alteration of a well-known melody such that it evokes a slightly different feeling; or it might be as dramatic as ...

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News: Obituary

Cornell Dupree - R.I.P.

May 10, 2011

The legendary guitarist Cornell Dupree died on Sunday, May 8, 2011. He was 68 years old. Dupree had earlier been diagnosed with emphysema and was to have had a lung transplant. A benefit concert was held at BB King's New York City club on March 11 to help raise funds for Dupree's medical expenses. Born on ...