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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Pat Martino

November 21, 2010

With Russell Malone playing at Jazz at the Bistro last month and both Mike Stern and John McLaughlin in town this week, St. Louis audiences have had opportunities to hear some outstanding guitarists this fall. There's one more yet to come before winter officially arrives, as Pat Martino will ...

News: Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: Duane Allman

November 21, 2010

TRULY A HOLY ROLLIN' SOUND Duane Allman would have turned 64-years-old today. We couldn't let the day pass without tipping our hat to Skydog and honoring the ever-lingering legacy of one of the 20th Century's most influential musicians. (Dennis Cook) We begin with some insights into Duane's genius and contribution to music.

News: Technology

What is Twitter and the Evolving Music Industry

November 21, 2010

This week on Music Think Tank, we explored the meaning of Twitter and related monkeys to the music industry. Bruce Warila posed the question: What is Twitter? Twitter describes itself as “The best way to discover what's new in your world," but what is Twitter to you? Ariel Hyatt highlighted an interesting post from her Music ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz in God's Living Room

November 21, 2010

Jazz has been considered “the devil's music" at times. More in distant decades and in some places more than others, and even among random people today. So it is ironic when we get to hear it performed in church. I'm not talking about St. Peter's (the “jazz church" in midtown Manhattan) or other ministries that offer ...

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News: Recording

One Track Mind: Billy Preston, "Outa-Space" (1972)

November 21, 2010

By Nick DeRiso A massive reissue project from Apple Records had me digging back through the old Billy Preston sides. None is more titanically funky, and lastingly influential, than “Outa-Space," with its greasefire groove and afro-shaking new clavinet sound. “Outa-Space" is not to be confused with his similarly named No. 4 hit of a year later, ...

News: Recording

From the Stacks: Pico's 2010 Stacks, Volume 6

November 21, 2010

By Pico Here we are at Volume 6, and while there's still a few dozen CD's that are worthy of mention sitting on my shelves or lying somewhere on the floor, this is likely going to be the last installment of “Pico's 2010 Stacks." A post-Thanksgiving version covering a few major 2010 jazz releases that we've ...

News: Interview

Yusef Lateef @ 90

November 17, 2010

Some years ago the Jazz Journalists Association, as a tribute to friend and colleague the late Harlem jazz writer Clarence Atkins sponsored a group of aspiring African American music writers to attend a journalism conference in California. I'm happy to say that for the most part they have continued to write particularly on jazz, and in ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dark Star Orchestra Recreate 12/31/76 Show on Nye

November 17, 2010

DSO TO PLAY HISTORIC 12/31/76 SHOW; “FROM A CITY NEAR YOU TOUR" STARTS NOV. 26; 2011 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Dark Star Orchestra will close out 2010 in style at The Klein Auditorium in Bridgeport, CT December 30 and 31. On 12/31 Dark Star Orchestra will be recreating the legendary Live at the Cow Palace show from ...

News: Technology

Why Facebook's New Messaging System Could Hurt Music Marketing

November 17, 2010

Yesterday, Facebook announced their own “modern messaging system" that combines email, text messaging, and instant messages into a single stream that founder Mark Zuckerberg says goes well “beyond email." The new service, which will debut Monday with an iPhone app and roll out over the next few months, mimics the behavior of teens who are already ...

News: Music Industry

Protecting the Present While Building the Future

November 17, 2010

Eric Garland, CEO of Big Champagne, argues that the cultural industries must protect the present without forgetting to build the future. In his interview with CNET, Garland had a number of highly insightful things to say about the future of music and movies. One of which is, “You have to put at least as much energy, ...