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Something Else! Sneak Peek: The Headhunters, "Tracie" (2011)
The Headhunters have completed an ambitious new jazz release—one that continues to push the edges of fusion, incorporating hip hop and funk with the presence of Snoop Dogg and George Clinton, yet still retains the band's fonky core sound. That's perhaps nowhere better heard than on this standout track from Platinum, to be issued by the ...
NARM Convention 2011 Preview: So You Think You Don't Need a Label, Huh?
Next week, our friends at NARM are holding their annual Music Business Convention out in Los Angeles. The Convention, which runs from May 9-13 at the Regency Hyatt and features a murderer's row of guest speakers and panelists, is an unmissable opportunity for people at almost every level of the industry food chain. Though the convention ...
Don't Just Tour a Market. Live That Market...
It's not touring that's important, it's HOW you're touring. And according to some of the most successful managers and artist development executives, the secret is to really sink your teeth into the territory. That means NOT passing through, saying 'hi-bye' and expecting an impact. “You won't be in the fabric," Glassnote Entertainment founder Daniel Glass warned ...
Duo Jalal Explores the Convergence of Indigenous Mid-Eastern, Modern Compositional and Improvisational Approaches on "A Different World"
We of course live today in a global village. We take as a matter of course that musical traditions that centuries ago would reach our shores solely in the form of immigrants now can be studied in depth via recordings and live concerts by world-class practitioners from every corner of the globe. We may only be ...
The Traneumentary: Michael Cuscuna
Mosaic Records founder, renowned reissue producer and overall jazz authority Michael Cuscuna shares his intimate thoughts on the experience of seeing the classic John Coltrane Quartet and he also talks about how the music of Trane has moved him in his life. Excerpts featured in this episode: “Spiritual," “Alabama," “Ascension" and “Transition."
Tristano and the Robots
The animated digital robot spoofs springing up on the internet include several aimed at the jazz-insider culture, in particular at the hipper-than-thou talk exchanged among students of the art who may be ever so slightly over-educated and just too cool—but not too cool for words. There are plenty of words in these cartoons. One of the ...
The Franzettis: Alborada
It's rare when classical and jazz merge perfectly. Most efforts tend to be ponderous and bombastic, particularly because most composers and arrangers forget that for such hybrids to win over American ears, the fusion needs to be an equal partnership with a dose of cinematic drama. Too often, jazz-classical efforts have been more classical than jazz, ...
Randy Weston Captures Prestigious Guggenheim
NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston has been announced as a 2011 recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim fellowship award. This particular award is a purpose-driven honorarium and Randy does indeed have big plans for his Guggenheim. I spoke with Weston recently on this subject after he'd surprised me with the great news in the midst of a ...
From the Stacks 2011, Vol. 4: The Cookers, Jon Lundbom, Shane Endsley, Others
By S. Victor Aaron This year's fourth installment of From The Stacks is, as has been the pattern, all jazz. But it's jazz in its many incarnations, from straight ahead post-bop to whack jazz. The protagonists here range from experienced old vets to hungry young newcomers. The common element among all six of these new releases ...
An Evening with Dave Grusin
The music of the great composer, pianist, conductor and arranger Dave Grusin has graced many a jazz album and film/TV soundtrack. And along the way Grusin has scored some particularly notable and memorable music that matter to both genres. Indeed it's difficult to delight in either jazz or film this day in age without appreciating a ...
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Arcanum at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
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