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News: Book / Magazine

100 Answers to 50 Questions on the Music Business

April 13, 2011

Tweet 100 Answers to 50 Questions on the Music Business is truly the first book for every music business professional, established or aspiring. The guide book is structured to take you from garage to Grammy. Each section addresses the issues and challenges faced in the five basic phases of every recording career. (Including: I Just Joined a ...

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News: Obituary

Billy Bang (1947-2011): An Appreciation

April 13, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron The jazz world suffered a significant loss Monday with the passing of violinist Billy Bang. Reportedly afflicted with lung cancer, Bang, born William Vincent Walker, was 63 years old. Given his stage name from friends as a youth, a name taken from a cartoon character, Bang's life was anything but comical. He ...

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News: Recording

Darius Jones and Matthew Shipp - Cosmic Lieder (2011)

April 13, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron Going from unknown two years ago to co-leading a duet record with Matthew Shipp is a meteoric rise in the avant jazz world, much less any world, but that's just what alto saxophonist has accomplished in this short time frame. In the fall of 2009, Jones released his debut album, the critically ...

News: Video / DVD

DVD: Peter Gabriel - Growing up Live (2003)

April 13, 2011

By Tom Johnson Perhaps it was a reaction to claims by fans and detractors alike that Peter Gabriel's previous live offering, Secret World Live, was really more “live" than live, that Gabriel decided to both offer up untouched soundboard recordings of each show on his summer tour and to quickly release a live DVD documenting a ...

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News: Event

Record Store Day Co-Founder Michael Kurtz on How Independent Artists Can Use Record Store Day

April 13, 2011

To many participants and onlookers, Record Store Day is a really big deal. On one day every year, thousands of music fans across the country have a perfect excuse to glut themselves on vinyl, buy limited edition releases, and generally revel in the sights, sounds, smells, and feelings of going to a record store again. And ...

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News: Recording

Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Deluxe Edition) (Polydor 1970, 2011)

April 13, 2011

This staple of classic rock radio has been around so long it's hard to believe that it is just reaching its fortieth birthday. Rolled out once again in a nice double disc package, complete with nice liners and photographs, this may not be the definitive version of this evergreen, but it will certainly foot the bill ...

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News: Recording

Blaise Siwula, Solo Tenor Sax, "Live in London"

April 13, 2011

How many solo saxophone records have I heard? A good many. Are they all wonderful? No. If the player is not imspired or comes to the date unprepared, it can be slow going for the listener. Happily that is not the case with Blaise Siwula's Live in London (No Frills Music 001). It's from two separate ...

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News: Recording

Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua (ECM 1131)

April 13, 2011

Pat Metheny New Chautauqua Pat Metheny electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass Recorded August 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Produced by Manfred Eicher Pat Metheny is one of those rare artists whose virtuosity is so fluid that it ...

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News: Recording

Jack DeJohnette: New Directions (ECM 1128)

April 13, 2011

Jack DeJohnette New Directions Jack DeJohnette drums, piano John Abercrombie guitar, mandolin Lester Bowie trumpet Eddie Gomez bass Recorded June 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Produced by Manfred Eicher This album was indeed a new direction for drummer ...

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News: Recording

Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys (ECM 1126)

April 13, 2011

Art Ensemble of Chicago Nice Guys Lester Bowie trumpet, celeste, bass drum Joseph Jarman reeds, percussion, vocal Roscoe Mitchell reeds, percussion Malachi Favors Maghostus bass, percussion, melodica Famoudou Don Moye drums, percussion, vocal Recorded May 1978 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Engineer: Martin ...