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Notes from the Net: Still More Miles to Cover; Brubeck on the Mend; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

December 9, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest: Starting with some Miles Davis news, here's a recent article by PopMatters.com's Will Layman that asks, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz St. Louis Announces More Bistro Bookings for 2011

December 9, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has announced additional bookings for Jazz at the Bistro filling the open dates for winter and spring 2011 in their previously announced season. Most of the musicians booked are local, but two touring acts have been added to the schedule as well. Guitarist Julian Lage will make his Bistro debut in a one-night ...

News: Interview

Kenton Declares Jazz is Finished

December 9, 2010

Six months before Stan Kenton recorded Kenton Plays Wagner, the bandleader let jazz have it in an April 1964 Down Beat article. Like the January 1964 Granz interview that I posted yesterday, Kenton blamed jazz's woes on folk—a rather quaint scapegoat of choice among one-time jazz powers. Folk surged in popularity in the 1950s but never ...

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News: Recording

Frank Zappa: Hammersmith Odeon 3-CD Set

December 9, 2010

IN HONOR OF FRANK ZAPPA'S 70TH BIRTHDAY ON DECEMBER 21 Early in 1978 Frank Zappa played London's Hammersmith Odeon and these concerts provided the source for the Basic Tracks for 1979's Sheik YerBouti. Hammersmith Odeon, compiled & produced by Gail Zappa and Joe Travers is now available in the Special Party Pack 3-CD set designed to ...

News: Music Industry

Hot Club of Cowtown: What Makes Bob Holler

December 9, 2010

BAND TO APPEAR AT SXSW AND NPR MOUNTAIN STAGE Bob Wills has always been a core inspiration for the Hot Club of Cowtown's sound, but it has taken the Texas-based trio a dozen years to fully honor the King of Western swing. A fortuitous tour in England last spring led the band to London's Specific Sound ...

News: TV / Film

Hot Buttered Rum Headed to Africa to Study, Record, Film

December 9, 2010

HBR, LEBO, MEMBERS OF IZABELLA AND POOR MAN'S WHISKEY HEAD TO GHANA TO REALIZE A DREAM AND YOU CAN HELP! Though very much an American string band, San Francisco's Hot Buttered Rum has long had roots in African music, mingling the original Motherland inspirations with their modern take on acoustic music. Now the band is making ...

News: Performance / Tour

Robert Randolph: Winter Dates

December 9, 2010

WE WALK THIS ROAD OUT NOW Robert Randolph & The Family Band have announced Winter 2011 tour dates, beginning January 20 in Fayetteville, AR and ending in Burlington, VT at the Higher Groundon February 20. Presale is happening now for the San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX dates. Check out all tour dates below. TOUR DATES ...

News: Music Industry

Video: Spotify CEO Careful Not to Upset Labels

December 9, 2010

Here's a video of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek speaking at the recent D:Dive into Mobile conference. If you've been following the Spotify story closely, in watching this interview, there's not much new to be learned. The thing that I found to be interesting about it is comparing how Sean Parker speaks publically about the service as ...

News: Technology

RealNetworks to Step Back into Music with Unifi Digital Cloud Locker

December 9, 2010

Ever since spinning off it's Rhapsody Music service, the exit of longtime chief Rob Glaser and left a with a gaming service and products like RealPlayer that are declining in popularity, RealNetworks has been struggling to find it's corporate reason d'tre. But yesterday at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, the company revealed its next big ...

News: Music Industry

Myspace CEO is Not Interested in Selling Music

December 9, 2010

Some surprising news from the CEO of a company openly for sale by parent NewsCorp for not producing profits: “My goal is you come to MySpace, you listen to some new bands and connect to those bands," MySpace CEO Mike Jones told LeWeb conference in Paris this morning. “I don't wanna be the place that replaces ...