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News: Recording

Jon Eardley and Phil Woods: Pot Pie

April 13, 2011

Jazz was so crowded with talent in the 1950s that it's easy for great artists from the decade to slip into obscurity today. This is especially true of trumpet players. We fixate on Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Kenny Dorham and Clifford Brown, not to mention Dizzy Gillespie, Harry “Sweets" Edison and Roy Eldridge. Rightfully so, but ...

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News: Recording

Free Fall - Gray Scale (SMJZ, 2010) ****a1/2

April 13, 2011

By Paul Acquaro Free Fall is a trio of Ken Vandermark, Havard Wiik, and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on clarinets, piano and bass respectively. The trio, apparently modeled after the early 1960s Jimmy Giuffre's Trio with Paul Bley and Gary Peacock, has delivered a challenging and sophisticated effort that reveals itself more with each listen. The albums ...

News: Music Industry

Part 3: Community Building

April 13, 2011

In November of 2008 I moved to New York City. I'd been working in local, regional theatre and tours for over ten years and I was determined to get a job playing keyboards on Broadway. This is part three of a five part series. For the full story, visit the series home page: How I Became ...

News: Technology

How to Increase Engagement in Facebook Wall Posts, a Statistical Review

April 13, 2011

Buddy Media, a company that provides a “social media platform" for Facebook marketing, recently released a free white paper titled Strategies for Effective Facebook Wall Posts: A Statistical Review. The report is based on Facebook posts made over a two week period by 200 users of the Buddy Media Platform described as the “world's largest brands" ...

News: Music Industry

Tuncecore CEO Jeff Price Responds: "When Artists Become the Product"

April 13, 2011

Last week, Hypebot published a guest post, “D.I.Y. Music—When Artists Become The Product“ by William Gruger which questioned the value of the growing “online industry dedicated to earning money and exposure." Today, Tunecore CEO Jeff Price responds. JEFF PRICE: The challenge with articles like this is they imply some sort of “magic wand" which, if waved, ...

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News: Music Industry

Amazon Email Tells Labels Cloud Launch "Boosted MP3 Sales", "Not Looking For Licenses"

April 13, 2011

(UPDATED) In a letter obtained by Hypebot and sent by Amazon to record labels this week, the internet giant says that customers have “embraced" their controversial new cloud music locker and player. While offering no stats, Amazon told labels that by, “removing the friction associated with managing your personal music files, our launch of Cloud Player ...

News: Music Industry

Full Text of Amazon's Cloud Music Email to Labels

April 13, 2011

Amazon unleashed a storm of industry criticism recently when it launched it's music Cloud Locker and Cloud Player. Some even called it illegal. Yesterday, Amazon answered its crtics with a letter directly to the record labels. (Hypebot has detailed analysis of the letter and surrounding issues here.) Read the full text of Amazon's cloud music email ...

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News: Video / DVD

Astronaut Cady Coleman and Ian Anderson - A Flute Duet out of This World

April 13, 2011

American astronaut Catherine “Cady" Coleman and Scottish flutist Ian Anderson from the band Jethro Tull played the first-ever flute duet between Earth and space. The duet played the tune Bourree in E minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was in honor of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, who became the first man to enter outer space fifty ...

News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Daniel Bennett - Performing Live on Wicn and at Liberty Hotel on Wednesday, April 13

April 13, 2011

Innovative jazz saxophonist Daniel Bennett is giving an interview and performance on WICN 90.5 FM Public Radio on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. In the evening Bennett and his group perform an acoustic jazz set at the Liberty Bar in Boston's Liberty Hotel, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. A graduate of the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Wally's Jazz Cafe in Boston Features Female Musicians on Wednesdays

April 13, 2011

Wally's Cafe, one of Boston's legendary jazz clubs, has a regular feature every Wednesday night from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. called Birth of LaFemme, celebrating the work of female musicians. This Wednesday, April 13, the night is devoted to female vocalists. Located at 427 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston's South End, Wally's has been a fixture in ...