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The Music Publishing Sham
By Steve Provizer On the more-or-less 143rd anniversary of the invention of the phonograph, the right to physically publish sheet music has become largely irrelevant-especially for jazz musicians. Yet “publishing" continues to exist as an anachronistic impediment to the recording careers of musicians. The imposition of publishing into the process of making a recording is a ...
Moody's from Heaven
Anyone who has experienced the joy of hearing the great NEA Jazz Master James Moody's hilarious turnaround on the old Tin Pan Alley tune “Pennie's From Heaven," which he re-cast as “Bennie's From Heaven" can appreciate that this fabulous man has ascended on a one-way ticket to heaven. While it is with great sorrow that we ...
From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta PT. 2
Guitarist-educator-author-jazz club impressario Pascal Bokar Thiam, who is of Senegalese descent, continues our conversation on the origins of blues & jazz and how that story has been distorted down through history. What was your ultimate mission in writing the book “From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta" To share with the African American community that we are ...
The Number of Sites Offering Illegal Content Has Sextupled Since 2007...
And you thought that file-sharing was going down? Maybe as a percentage, but this is a pie that is definitely getting bigger—and a lot more complicated. “It is true that P2P's percentage share of total traffic is down from previous years; but in large part this is attributable to increased use of streaming servicesand cyberlockers as ...
Clark Terry is 90
Today is Clark Terry's 90th birthday. Admired for his trumpet, flugelhorn, singing and blues mumbling, Terry has been an idol of trumpet players since the teenaged Miles Davis took him for a role model in St. Louis in the 1940s. From his days with Charlie Barnet, Count Basie and Duke Ellington through his national prominence in ...
Eddie Higgins: Christmas Songs
Every year at this time I choose a favorite jazz Christmas album to share with you. My annual selection has nothing to do with new releases or hot new artists. My criterion simply is beauty, which isn't so easy, since a great Christmas album is hard to find. For me, most tend to be too solemn ...
Andrew Bird: West Coast Dates
USELESS CREATURES LP AND CD OUT NOW ON FAT POSSUM RECORDS Andrew Bird is set to play in select west coast cities this winter in addition to a rare performance at Mexico City's Teatro de la Ciudad in March. On the heels of a successful run of intimate performances that cap off with three sold-out nights ...
Standing Next to the Grooveshark Sales Funnel
Look. You can scratch, claw, scream, and bitch about Grooveshark and services like it all you want, but fans don't care. I'm not saying its morally correct, but the average fan doesn't care if artists are getting paid for streams. Fans don't care if the labels make money off Grooveshark. Most of all, fans don't care ...
Best of 2010: The Most Interesting and Innovative Music Start-Ups
This post was written by Chris Bracco, and originally appeared on his blog, Tight Mix. You can follow Chris on Twitter or subscribe to his . The end of the year is approaching rapidly, and a lot has happened in the music industry over the past twelve months! There have been many incredible albums released this ...
YouTube Launches YouTube Trends
YouTube has launched YouTube Trends as “a destination for daily insight into the zeitgeist of the world's largest video site." With 35 hours of new videos a minute being uploaded to the site YouTube is trying to find new ways to identify and showcase its most viral and newsworthy content. Watch a video overview:
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Interview
Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
Interview
Scott Kinsey: Thought Distortions and the Art of the Left...
Groove Orbit
801 Live at 50: A Short-Term Experiment with a Long-Lasting...
From the Inside
The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Live Review
Arcanum at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
Interview
Enrico Rava: The Secret Corners of a Master
Radio & Podcasts
Six new releases from Michael Pagan Big Band, Ron Vincent,...
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