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News: Economics

What's Your Criteria of Making a Living from Music?

November 10, 2010

First, if you're making a living from music or know someone who is, we'd like to hear from you. For the rest, we're curious as to what making a living from music means. Yesterday, we talked about the stat touted by Ian Rogers that fewer than 30,000 artists make a living from music. As expected, lots ...

News: Interview

Cool, Hip and Funny

November 10, 2010

I interviewed singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli for a profile that will be in the December issue of Hot House in conjunction with a mid-month (December 14 to 18) run with his quartet at Birdland in Manhattan. As is usually the case with these encounters, John had far more to say than space allows in the magazine. I'll ...

News: Performance / Tour

Roy Haynes - Live at SFJazz

November 10, 2010

One can only bow to the master. Drummer Roy Haynes has played with a who's who of jazz greats over the course of his long career: Lester Young, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Chick Corea. Now 85, he shows no signs of slowing ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Sobre Lee Konitz I Steve Wilson

November 10, 2010

El jove saxofonista Marcel·lí Bayer, que durant dos anys consecutius (2008 i 2009) va tocar al festival com a membre de la Big Band de l'Esmuc, enregistra aquests dies el seu primer disc com a líder, Nonitz, amb un nonet i uns arranjaments que s'inspiren en l'obra de Lee Konitz. Aprofitant la vinguda d'aquesta icona incontestable ...

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News: Recording

Cassandra Wilson - Silver Pony (2010)

November 10, 2010

By Nick Deriso Cassandra Wilson, who consistently defies convention as this restless chanteuse, doesn't disappoint with Silver Pony—issued today on Blue Note as the long-awaited part-in studio, part-live followup to her celebrated Loverly. She has the vocal phrasing, the dusky intellect, of Charlie Parker and the elastic intuition of Betty Carter. Yet, Wilson is no throwback. ...

News: Recording

Introducing "From the Stacks": Pico's 2010 Stacks, Volume 1

November 10, 2010

By Pico There's a shelf right above my computer monitor where I place all the new release CD's I intend to review. Over the course of the year, that batch has grown and as I type this, the shelf has 115 CD's on it. With less than two months left in 2010, that doesn't leave a ...

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News: Opinion

Junko Simons Cello Magic.

November 10, 2010

Ms. Simons with Tom Plsek, (Courtesy of Thomas Simons) Ms Simons has made major contributions to the quality of my life as a music gallery gnome. She brings out the best in her collaborators and rides a whirlwind of activity teaching and performing in the region. What brought you to music? “I come from a family ...

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News: Recording

Joe McPhee and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten - Blue Chicago Blues (Not Two, 2010)

November 10, 2010

Joe McPhee has played with a number of European improvisers during his long and distinguished career, and the rapport he strikes with bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten is immediate and compelling. McPhee plays alto saxophone while Haker-Flaten plays both bowed and plucked bass. The range of sounds and textures that that are able to get some such few ...

News: Performance / Tour

Metrotix, Sheldon Offer Two-for-One Discount on Tickets to Victor Goines

November 9, 2010

The Sheldon Concert Hall and Metrotix are offering a two-for-one discount on tickets for the concert by saxophonist Victor Goines (pictured) this Saturday, November 14 at the Sheldon. Billed as “The Two Sides of Sonny," the concert will feature Goines' tribute to the music of saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. Regular ticket prices are $40 ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mike Gordon | Haight-Ashbury Free Show | Review

November 9, 2010

Words & Images by: Steve Silberman Mike Gordon Band :: 11.07.10 :: Haight-Ashbury :: San Francisco, CA The rollicking free set on Sunday afternoon by Mike Gordon's band was a dream come true for Phish phans in the Haight-Ashbury. Though the neighborhood has a glorious legacy of street entertainment (including the landmark show by the Grateful ...