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Jazz at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center This Friday, March 4

March 4, 2011

A great night of jazz is on tap at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center on Friday, March 4, 2011. The Ben Schwendener Group takes the stage at 7:30 p.m., celebrating the release of its new CD Apfelschaun: New Episode. The group includes pianist composer Ben Schwendener, saxophinist Uew Steinmetz, bassist Bridget Kearney and drummer Michael Calabrese. ...

News: Recording

Fred Hersch - Alone at the Vanguard (2011)

March 4, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron When reviewing Vijay Iyer's sublime piano-only disc Solo last year, I tossed out my personal maxim that “when a great, small combo jazz pianist makes a solo record, it usually doesn't signal that pianist's arrival, it means he's solidifying his legacy." Well, Alone at the Vanguard is Fred Hersch's fourth solo piano ...

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News: Recording

Bob Marley and the Wailers, Live Forever (2011)

March 4, 2011

By Nick DeRiso The aptly titled Live Forever, a newly released concert set by Bob Marley and the Wailers, doesn't sound anything like a man just moments away from the end. Instead, it underscores the indominable spirit of the singer and his song. Marley had collapsed while jogging in New York just two days before, on ...

News: Music Industry

The Rights and Wrongs of Making Remix Records

March 4, 2011

The idea of the remix album is not new. Though they have been around since the late '70s, they only began to garner mainstream attention in the mid-'90s, and since then remix releases have been embraced as two-way marketing tools. Artists and labels alike have used them to get extra mileage out of a particular album ...

News: Performance / Tour

Composer Portrait | Fieldwork

March 4, 2011

On March 11-13, Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present Composer Portrait: Fieldwork. These three nights of live music will provide an intimate glimpse at the collective and individual work of three widely celebrated and critically acclaimed composer-performers: pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. “A jazz power trio for the new century” ...

News: Opinion

Music: A "Great Hobby" in 5-10 Years?

March 4, 2011

Will music be reduced to a mere hobby over the next decade, even for bands like Cake? That's not the rosiest of forecasts, though Cake lead singer John McCrea is admittedly pessimistic. “Can you put food on the table with music? Probably not. I see music as a really great hobby for most people in fiveor ...

News: Music Industry

Customer Acquisition: Is It Just Too Expensive in This Space?

March 4, 2011

Sirius XM has more than 20 million subscribers, but at what cost? The company barely skirted bankruptcy in 2009, and the Sirius+XM merger happened out of necessity, not choice. Meanwhile, the company has been hemorrhaging cash since the beginning, and its current earnings are modest (when they're profitable). And this is a great service we're talking ...

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News: Recording

Swing Revival Chicago-Style: John Burnett Orchestra

March 4, 2011

John Burnett's Orchestra (big band) has been holding forth in and around Chicago for a number of years. Their new, third album Down For Double (Delmark 596) comes out of two live and one studio session from 2000 through 2010. It's subtitled “Saluting the Best Bandleaders of Swing" and that's what it does. That doesn't mean ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town

March 4, 2011

A few recent gigs in the Twin Towns not only keep the jazz flame alive, but remind us that one of the genre's historically significant artifacts—gathering and reinterpreting sounds—is its insurance of a vibrant future. Some would not define Lizz Wright as a “jazz singer" despite her use of improvisation and roots in the blues. Hers ...

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News: Award / Grant

Sonny Rollins Honored at the Whitehouse

March 3, 2011

The Man, who personified art, gets a medal for it. At last. “Jazz is life," the legend, Sonny Rollins, told me a couple of years back. “It's what happens every minute of every day. It's fresh and new. Creative, just like life itself." It's kind of a summary, and yet the tip of the iceberg with ...