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33% Of Internet Users Paid for Digital Music Online

January 1, 2011

According to the results of a survey conducted by The Pew Internet organization, 33% of Internet users have paid for digital music online. It's hard to say. Is this newly released statistic surprising or upsetting? At first, it's impressive to think that anyone buys digital music, considering the prevalence of file-sharing. Then again, it's upsetting that ...

News: Music Industry

Ariel Hyatt: 7 Things I Hope for the New Music Industry in 2011

January 1, 2011

Happy New Year everyone! I'm raising my glass to MORE! 1. More Support For Each Other. It takes a team to launch any effort, whether it's releasing an album, getting a song licensed or just getting more fans and followers. I see all too often artists going for it all alone without any help and support, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Liberty Hotel in Boston Swings into New Year Sinatra-Style

January 1, 2011

Boston's Liberty Hotel is swinging in the New Year with an extravaganza of Vegas-style entertainment by the Sinatra Band, plus live DJs, dancing, specialty cocktails and culinary delights. The event is for ages 21 and over, and begins at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $25 each and can be ordered online. Overnight packages at the hotel are ...

News: Award / Grant

One Year in Jazz: Nine of the Best and One of the Worst.

January 1, 2011

1. Chris Standring/Blue Bolero: Playing jazz in America would serve as a great cover for someone in the witness protection program. A musician can labor at jazz for years and put together a nice body of work, but the music industry, the media, and the public may barely notice in their search for the next teenage ...

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News: Recording

Forgotten Series: Tab Benoit - Wetlands (2002)

January 1, 2011

By Pico Ten years before Wetlands, a young Cajun kid from Baton Rouge walked into a Houston studio and produced some of the most refreshingly honest rock-tinged swamp blues ever heard. Yet, one worried that Benoit would go the way of may bluesmen who've tasted success and eventually dilute the pure sound of 1992's Nice And ...

News: Video / DVD

"Big Bands on the Edge-Video One"

January 1, 2011

By Steve Provizer In 1989, I got an irresistible urge to lose a lot of money and produced a concert called “Big Bands On The Edge" at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston. The bands were: Either Orchestra (Russ Gershon, leader), Orange Then Blue (George Schuller, leader) and Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra (Darrell Katz and Ken ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, December 31-January 6

January 1, 2011

New Year's Eve gigs dominate the weekend, while 2011 gets underway on some upbeat notes. Highlights, Last Week The 11th annual holiday visit to the Dakota from The Bad Plus, with three relaxing nights of mostly original music and favorite covers, from Aphex Twin to Ornette and even a dash of Rogers and Hart. But my ...

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News: Radio

Pianist Norman Simmons Leads WDNA FM Jazz Encounter

December 31, 2010

Legendary pianist Norman Simmons leads the Jazz Encounters at WDNA 88.9 FM Jazz Gallery on Friday, January 21 and at the University of Miami Afro-Cuban Concert at UM Gusman Hall with special guest Ignacio Berroa on Thursday, February 3rd. Simmons is a consummate musician, best known for his ability to connect with jazz singers like Carmen ...

News: Award / Grant

The Reluctant Lister: A Confession

December 31, 2010

At this time of year, those who write about music, books, plays, motion pictures, sporting events, chili cookoffs, hog-calling contests and—for all I know—goldfish breeding, are expected to compile lists of the year's best. I have been complicit in this questionable activity, but I've been trying to quit. In the case of jazz recordings, the notion ...

News: Music Industry

STLJN 2010 Year in Review

December 31, 2010

On this final day of 2010, let's take a look back at some of the most newsworthy, noteworthy, popular and/or interesting items posted here on St. Louis Jazz Notes over the past 12 months: January 2010More filings in KFUO saleThe Bad Plus' Reid Anderson interviewed for “A to Z"Emmis launches 96.3 HD-3 with smooth jazz formatConcert ...