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News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Wayne Wallace (Part 3)

February 3, 2011

Music evolves in a fluid nature, but key individuals and turning points serve as milestones in the musical history of any one region. Certain ideas and approaches are just simply so powerful that they permeate the culture and popular thought of an area. These concepts don't evolve in a vacuum; they are the result of collaboration ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #237: Rodrigo Amado

February 3, 2011

Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amados new album, Searching For Adam (Not Two, 2010), features Taylor Ho Bynum, John Hebert and Gerald Cleaver. In this interview, Amado describes how he chose his bandmates without having played with them before; talks about his decision to record freely improvised music; and tells the story of the amazing transformation of the ...

News: Recording

Jazzwax List: 5 Best Bonds

February 3, 2011

John Barry, who died on Sunday, will always be remembered as the composer and orchestrator of 11 James Bond movie themes, including Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker. He also orchestrated the theme to Dr. No, which is probably the most identifiable of the all the Bond ...

News: Technology

Cash Music's "Seed" is Creating Free Digital Tools for Musicians and You Can Help

February 3, 2011

What Wordpress did for bloggers, non-profit CASH Music hopes to do for musicians. They've been creating free open source digital tools for for several years, and now they are reaching out to artists and the industry to help complete their most ambitious project yet, Seed. Details, A Video Intro & How You Can Contribute: Seed is ...

News: Technology

Make It Count - 1 out of 4 Apps Are Used Only Once

February 3, 2011

More and more, artists are looking to release apps to distribute extra content and connect with their fans. Companies like Mobile Roadie and SoundAround provide artists with great solutions to create apps, but do fans even use them? According to a new study released by Localytics, 26% of all apps are only used once after installation. That's ...

News: Technology

Bamboozle Rewards Loyal, Social-Media Savvy Fans

February 3, 2011

The annual three-day music extravaganza that is Bamboozle doesn't kick off until April 29, but in the meantime, the festival is striving to keep their biggest fans engaged. They have now launched their fan appreciation program called BoozleTwist. The program, powered by CrowdTwist, allows fans to earn points for online promotional activities like following Bamboozle on ...

News: Music Industry

EMI CEO Says Citi Takeover Relieves Pressure

February 3, 2011

In an extensive round of media interviews and meetings with staff yesterday, EMI CEO Roger Faxon sent a singular message: Citigroup's acquisition and recapitalization relieves pressure on the music group and makes it possible for EMI to “pay attention much more directly to the operating performance of the business and to driving for growth in the ...

News: Award / Grant

A Grammy Twist That's Good for Jazz

February 3, 2011

Bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding has taken the jazz world by storm with her talent and youthful enthusiasm. That's not a bad thing. A smattering of White House jazz gigs and performing at President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize concert were a help. So, too, will be her high profile at the 53rd annual GRAMMY Awards in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Black History Month: Ayana McDonald Performing at Boston's Villa Victoria on February 5

February 3, 2011

Gospel and R&B singer Ayana McDonald is performing at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston's South End on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. She'll be joined by various performances by local youth and community groups. The free event—featuring, music, dancing and soul food—is one of many Black History Month celebrations taking ...

News: Recording

Unsigned Treasures: Pablo Embon - Second Chances (2011)

February 3, 2011

From Pablo Embon's MySpace pageBy Nick DeRiso Experimental, yet very approachable, Argentina-born Pablo Embon's Second Chances is an ear-friendly blend of the best elements of straight-ahead jazz, classical, fusion and free jazz forms. That means thrilling runs on the acoustic piano, skidding throwback synthesizer, interesting polyrhythms and gutsy turns on the saxophone, often all within the ...