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News: Festival

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Should Be Stellar

February 15, 2011

Fest Creator George Wein returns to perform and be honored on Walk of Fame Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for 2010, a marked improvement over last year's edition, though there was plenty of good music last year. At the two-day, two-stage event, there is always good music, even if there are acts scattered ...

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News: Recording

John Coltrane - Kind of Coltrane (Brilliant Jazz, 2007)

February 15, 2011

I was scoping out the Princeton Record Exchange a few weeks ago, dismayed at the lack of music (much of the floor space is given over to DVDs now) and looking for anything to buy when I spied a number of these boxed sets for several different jazz artists including Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and ...

News: Technology

Sonicbids Integrates Songtrust Services...

February 15, 2011

Downtown-owned Songtrust is now quickly reaching out to artists. On Monday morning, the company brokered an app inclusion deal with Sonicbids. Essentially, the game plan is simple: Songtrust's range of publishing services will be integrated as an app option within Sonicbids artist accounts. Songtrust offers a range of DIY-focused song registration, royalty collection, and related self-publishing ...

News: Award / Grant

The "Indies" Didn't Just Win the Grammys. and Neither Did the Majors...

February 15, 2011

t's 2011. Can we please move past this artificial, cooked-up “indie v. major" divide? On Monday, we received an email from A2IM declaring that “indies" had “reigned" at the Grammys, while citing Arcade Fire's Album of the Year award. And within the first two paragraphs, past victors like Taylor Swift,Robert Plant, and Alison Kraus were cited. ...

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News: Obituary

George Shearing - R.I.P.

February 15, 2011

The great pianist George Shearing died earlier today in Manhattan of congestive heart failure. The British born pianist turned 91 on August 13 and had been retired from music for several years, his last album being the lovely trio outing Like Fine Wine (Mack Avenue, 2005). Shearing made his name with a quintet that became one ...

News: Interview

Reissuing CTI: The Richard Seidel Interview

February 15, 2011

If you've bought more than one jazz CD in the past thirty years or so, chances are you have at least one that was made possible courtesy of producer Richard Seidel. During his two plus decades at the Verve label, Seidel was responsible for rescuing some of jazz's greatest recordings for the digital age and promoting ...

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News: Award / Grant

Esperanza Spalding Smashes Grammy Precedent

February 14, 2011

The young bassist, composer and vocalist Esperanza Spalding last night shattered decades of pop and rock dominance of the Grammys to become the first jazz musician ever to be named best new artist. She edged out the teen idol Justin Bieber and three other pop performers. Spalding's Chamber Music Society CD broke through several categories in ...

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News: Interview

Moody in Norway: An Update, Illustrated

February 14, 2011

James Moody toured in most parts of the world and made friends wherever he went. Following his death in December, the Norwegian pianist Per Husby sent the story of his encounter with Moody a couple of decades ago and the touching question Moody asked him the day after their concert. The pictures and captions below will ...

News: Music Industry

The Creativity Never Ceases

February 14, 2011

The Montreal International Jazz Festival's innovative programming is one of the creative charms that keeps jazz fans coming back for more. Every year, there's a new twist or musical pairing that makes its presentations stand apart from other venues. It's a staggering jazz festival just in the quantity of its 600 or so performances. But the ...

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News: Award / Grant

Jazz Grammy Nominees (2011) for 53rd Annual Grammy Awards

February 14, 2011

Its here...Jazz nominees list for The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011) on JAZZzology! Well...its the eve of February 13, 2011 and its time once again for the Grammy Awards. Most of the hype goes to the rock scene contenders but at least they still give awards to what they call at The Grammys, the “Jazz Field." ...