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News: Special Offers

Chris Spencer's Recording Studio Special

January 8, 2011

Guitarist Chris Spencer has also been making a name for himself as a studio owner and recording engineer. We got an email from him announcing the remodel of his studio and offering a special Winter Rate. Read below. Over the past 18 months I've been working on a remodel of my recording studio space, Sofia Hat ...

News: Education

The Pendulum Swings Back to the Tristano School

January 8, 2011

HAD he enjoyed a different sort of jazz career, you might say that Ted Brown was finally making a comeback. A tenor saxophonist drawn to a light and lyrically swinging style, Mr. Brown turned 83 last month, with just a handful of albums to his name. For the better part of 30 years, from the early ...

News: Interview

Billy Taylor's Legacy

January 8, 2011

To the Editor: Re “Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 89" (obituary, Dec. 30): The arts world has lost a great friend in Billy Taylor, not just as a brilliant jazz pianist—which he was—but also as an educator, policy adviser and ardent spokesman for the arts. Some 30 years ago I had the privilege of working ...

News: Video / DVD

A Cool Ocean Breeze of Jazz

January 8, 2011

For anyone who hasn't seen Bert Stern's jazz documentary, Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960), go rent it immediately. This immensely enjoyable film, shot at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, is visual and aural candy. It is equal parts great jazz and people watching and both prove fascinating. The jazz audience of fifty years ago is ...

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News: Recording

Ferit Odman - Nommo (2010)

January 8, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Drummers, even the rare ones who find fame, are enablers. They spend the bulk of their time refocusing the spotlight on others. It's no different on Nommo, the sterling new quartet release by Turkish-born Ferit Odman. He assembled a thoughtful group of notables for sessions held in Brooklyn, N.Y., and then smartly allowed ...

News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1974)

January 8, 2011

By Mark Saleski “Dear Betsy,—To begin; Hi! I Miss you & Love you. You seem to be the echo of all of my thoughts. I am going to try very hard to convey my feelings on this paper. It is hard for me sometimes. I'm not at all sure of them myself. When I think of ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Book Review: The Penguin Jazz Guide by Brian Morton

January 8, 2011

The Penguin Jazz Guide by Brian Morton My rating: 5 of 5 stars After many iterations going back to the ancient Penguin Guide to Jazz on LP, Cassette and Compact Disc (written in Cuneiform script on clay tablets) the venerable guide has changed its format. Gone are the star ratings and the oft-argued about crowns that ...

News: Opinion

Scamtunes, I Mean, Zaptunes is Back... Rebranding Itself as a Music Social Network

January 5, 2011

ZapTunes, the despised music service, is being reborn as a social network. They're no longer offering free music downloads. This announcement is at odds with their previous press release that claimed they would be back “stronger, cheaper, and unlimited forever." That effort obviously failed. Not that this hurts their creditability, seeing as they didn't any to ...

News: Music Industry

Spotify: "URL Will Become Universal Music Format."

January 5, 2011

Spotify's Jonathan Forster thinks 2011 will bring us one-step closer to this. The URL becoming the new universal format for music. We won't send out MP3s or links to YouTube videos, the URL itself will be the primary way that fans are exposed to music. You click it and music plays—not for thirty or ninety seconds, ...

News: Interview

An Interview with Thumbplay Music Ceo Evan Schwartz on Designing a Great Music Service

January 5, 2011

This is part two of my interview with Evan Schwartz, who is the CEO and co-Founder of Thumbplay Music. In this segment, Schwartz talks about balancing passive consumption with active engagement in the fan musical experience, as well as, how elements of gaming can be incorporated into a streaming music service. Hypebot: As we empower passive ...