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News: Video / DVD

Formulating an Effective Youtube Strategy

April 6, 2011

The accessibility of Youtube has ushered in an unprecedented level of focus on video content —both for bands and for fans. For any artist that wants to maximize his impact online, it is essential to develop a video content strategy for YouTube that not only represents them well, but also helps their fan base connect and ...

News: Education

Passing It On

April 6, 2011

Colleges are among the major supporters of jazz across the country, not just because there are many schools now where musicians can study jazz. Major, and not-so-major, jazz musicians supplement their income teaching. But colleges are also routine sites for jazz concerts—good gigs. And very often when someone comes to play, they put on some kind ...

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News: Recording

Ralph Bowen - Power Play (Posi-Tone, 2011)

April 6, 2011

Saxophonist Ralph Bowen has carved out a fine niche for himself on the mainstream jazz scene as an educator at Rutgers University, and as a recording artist (BTW, back when the Library where I work had money I actually booked him for a concert!) This is a fine mainstream jazz hard-bop recording where Bowen is performing ...

News: Music Industry

The Majors Really Hate the Cloud. Just Ask mSpot...

April 6, 2011

Not-so-little mSpot has had a cloud-based music service for months, yet they are likely to get eclipsed by the likes of Amazon, Google, and Apple. So goes the game, and this is one thunderstorm that could be tough to weather. But instead ofenabling licensing to sell MP3s within their cloud structure, major labels eventually denied those ...

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News: Event

The Complete List of Record Store Day Exclusives...

April 6, 2011

Sure, Record Store Day may be a bit of a prayer in the grand scheme of things, though April 16th will offer a nice bump for participating retailers. And, that's especially the case for those showcasing performances. The lineup now includes Foo Fighters in Long Beach, but also a long list of very limited-edition stuff.

News: Recording

New Naxos Recording of Wuorinen's Chamber Music

April 6, 2011

Naxos has done a fine job producing and making available at budget prices state-of-the-art recordings of modern American composers in an extended series of individual volumes. The music of Charles Wuorinen is a good example. By my count the CD up for discussion today is at least the fifth one released, and it's a good one. ...

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News: Recording

Lovano Flies High! (Flock to the Dakota Tonight)

April 6, 2011

It's been two years since Joe Lovano launched his firecracker quintet, Us Five, releasing one of the top CDs of the year, Folk Art. Initial appeals of the ensemble were the unusual 2-drum format and the presence of soon-to-be-Grammy-upstart Esperanza Spalding on bass. Although she rejoins Us Five in the recording studio and some tour stops, ...

News: Video / DVD

Mulligan's Birthday

April 6, 2011

Today is the 84th anniversary of Gerry Mulligan's birth. He died in 1996 at the age of 68. There are many contexts in which to remember Mulligan—as a precocious teenaged arranger for Tommy Tucker, Elliott Lawrence and Gene Krupa; one of the key figures in the Birth of the Cool recordings; the leader of groups from ...

News: Recording

One Track Mind: Bruce Cockburn, "Pacing the Cage" (1996)

April 6, 2011

By Tom Johnson Some people just have a gift for the odd twist of phrase that makes a song mean so much more than just a bunch of words or even just a mood. Bruce Cockburn, the Canadian sorta-Christian singer/songwriter is one such guy, and in “Pacing The Cage," from 1996's beautiful The Charity Of Night, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Erin Bode, Peter Martin to Play in Benefit on Monday, April 18 at Roberts Orpheum

April 5, 2011

Singer Erin Bode (pictured) and pianist Peter Martin will help kick off St. Louis' Design Week 2011 with a performance at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 18 at the Roberts Orpheum Theater. The event will raise funds for pancreatic cancer research, and also will include a performance from members of Circus Flora and the Zoppe Family; ...