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News: Performance / Tour

Santana and Michael Franti: North American Tour Dates

May 7, 2011

TOUR BEGINS AUGUST 25 IN AUBURN, WA Santana and Michael Franti & Spearhead have announced details of a North American tour set to begin August 25 in Auburn, WA. The tour will wrap up with an October 1 date at the Hollywood Bowl. Comedian George Lopez will be opening all dates which do not include Michael ...

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News: Recording

Ronnie Mathews: Doin' the Thang!

May 9, 2011

Ronnie Mathews is barely known today, but the pianist was a distinguished sideman starting in 1960 and a leader through the years. As a sideman, he appeared on Freddie Hubbard's Breaking Point (1964), Lee Morgan's Rumproller (1965) Max Roach's Drums Unlimited (1965) and Dexter Gordon's The Homecoming (1976), as well as on albums by many leading ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz in the Library: Rhonda Laurie Brings "Happy Days" to Small Town Audiences

May 9, 2011

How did a gal raised in Queens end up singing Irving Berlin tunes in a library in Delano, MN? If you know Rhonda Laurie, the connection isn't that remote. The Twin Cities-based vocalist, teacher and former paralegal spent childhood summers in the Catskills where her grandfather performed vaudeville shows. She got another taste of musical theater ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Returns to NYC

May 9, 2011

Boston's Acclaimed Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Returns to New York City Bringing their Avant Second Line New Orleans Funk Back For the First Time in Two Years “The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, a writhing, horn-heavy group led by the Boston-based saxophonist and composer Ken Field, dresses in feathered masks and sequined robes and covers a broad range of ...

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News: Recording

Gil Evans/Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere

May 9, 2011

Shortly after graduating college in 1987, I ventured to New York City with the naïve hope of finding a job. It was a miserable time and a memorably awful experience. My hope was to land a job in advertising. I ended up with a film pass for a great foreign film from a prestigious film distributor ...

News: Opinion

The New Music Industry is Not Coming

May 7, 2011

According to Taurean Casey on MusicThink Tank, the new music industry is already here. Different business models are reshaping how we market and distribute music. Change is inevitable and the three companies that are battling for the chance to shape the music industry aren't even record labels. (Read On) “The only thing that will change is ...

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News: Technology

Rootmusic Upgrades Free and Paid BandPages Facebook App

May 7, 2011

RootMusic has released a major upgrade for both free and paid users of its BandPages Facebook app. BandPage is the social network's #1 music app with 150,000 musicians driving 22 million active monthly users. 50% of the top 100 artists on Facebook use BandPage, according to the company. BandPage Basic users now have access to free ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Recognizing Reptet

May 8, 2011

Today, let's check out some videos of Reptet, a Seattle-based band that will be making their St. Louis debut next Saturday, May 14 at 2720 Cherokee. With two brass, two reeds, bass and drums, the six-member Reptet incorporates a variety of influences, including jazz, funk, cartoon music, New Orleans ...

News: Radio

Joe Lovano Us Five - Taking Bird to New Heights

May 8, 2011

CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO Live sessions in the KPLU Performance Studio are always fun. However, when saxophonist, Joe Lovano, stopped by with his group, Us Five, it was more than fun. It was also an honor. New York Times jazz critic, Ben Ratliff, put it very succinctly: “It's fair to say that (Lovano's) one of the ...

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News: Recording

Nate Wooley - (Put Your) Hands Together (Clean Feed, 2011)

May 8, 2011

Trumpeter Nate Wooley has played in a plethora of situations from relitavely straight post-bop to free improvisation. On this Clean Feed date, he combines all on these influences in a very well donce album where he is joined by Josh Sinton on bass clarinet, Matt Moran on vibraphone, Eivind Opsvik on bass and Harris Eisenstadt on ...