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Take the Best of Radio, Leave the Flaws Behind
Recently, I spoke with Jonathan Sasse, who is SVP Marketing at Slacker Radio. In this interview, Sasse talks about the challenges of combing the best of radio with an online service, how they've worked to enable artists to connect with fans through their platform, and their efforts to provide fans with a compelling experience. Soon, Slacker ...
Recent Listening: Randy Weston, McNeil/McHenry Quartet
Randy Weston, The Storyteller (Motéma). This is the latest chapter in the 84-year-old pianist's long-running love story about Africa. Weston's African Rhythms Sextet includes the greattrombonist Benny Powell in one of his last recordings, alto saxophonist T.K. Blue, bassist Alex Blake, drummer Lewis Nash and conga specialist Neil Clarke. He made the album almost exactly a ...
Grammy Nominees on the Jazz Session
Several artists who've appeared on The Jazz Session were nominated for Grammy awards this year. Congratulations to all the nominees. Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group Vijay Iyer for Historicity (Listen to the interview) Danilo Perez for Providencia (Listen to the interview) Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Darcy James Argue for Infernal Machines (Listen to ...
The Jazz Session #221: Patrick Cornelius
Saxophonist Patrick Cornelius has put together a chordless ensemble for his new album, Fierce (Whirlwind Recordings, 2010). In this interview, Cornelius talks about his particular approach to composing for a band with no chordal instrument; his various musical projects at home and abroad; and his travels in the music from his home in Texas to Boston ...
Oscar Peterson and Toni Harper
Oscar Peterson accompanied a number of leading jazz singers as the house pianist at Norman Granz's Verve label in the '50s. But one of the finest albums he made in this capacity was for a singer who today is largely unknown. The album was Toni: Toni Harper Sings, and it's positively splendid. Half the album was ...
From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta (PT. 1)
Guitarist-educator, and now author, Pascal (Bokar) Thiam aims to broaden the historical timeline of blues and jazz well beyond the romantic notion of 'up the Mississippi from New Orleans...' Though I had the pleasure of spinning Pascal's in-performance '07 CD Savannah Jazz Club on radio, I didn't have the opportunity to meet him until about two ...
Bluesfest 2011: Dylan, ZZ Top, Costello, B.B., Harper, Toots
APRIL 21-APRIL 25 2011 IN BYRON BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Bluesfest from Byron Bay, Australia's favourite counter-culture, family-orientated, artistically diverse music festival, today unveiled its second artist announcement. Tickets are on sale now here. The festival dates next year over Easter are from Thursday April 21 through to Monday April 25, 2011. The second Bluesfest ...
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Three New Live Clips
THE ODYSSEY CONTINUES Lovers of instrumental gold with a jazz soul know that Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is a great fount of such richness. The relatively new incarnation of the quartet with double bassist Jeff Harshbarger joining Brian Haas (keys), Josh Raymer (drums) and Chris Combs (lap steel) earlier this year. The foursome has been busy ...
Indie Artists and Labels Grab 50% of Grammy Nominations
Independent music labels and artists received 273 of the 542 or just over 50% of the nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, according to indie trade group A2IM. Independent releases are nominated in 88 of the 108 Grammy categories including top categories Album of the Year (The Suburbs on Merge) and Best New Artist (Mumford ...
Discover Music on Artist Curated Radio Stations
Slacker Radio and Far East Movement have paired up to create a station that features songs from the group, as well as, those that have influenced their sound and style throughout the years. Every couple of songs, a member of Far East Movement picks up the mic and introduces their favorite song. They explain how it ...
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Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
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Scott Kinsey: Thought Distortions and the Art of the Left...
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801 Live at 50: A Short-Term Experiment with a Long-Lasting...
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The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
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Arcanum at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
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Six new releases from Michael Pagan Big Band, Ron Vincent,...
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Enrico Rava: The Secret Corners of a Master
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