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News: Rights

What the Music Industry Should Do About Copyright

October 23, 2010

This guest post is by Charlotta Hedman (@fjoms), a journalist who blogs for the Music 4.5 project, a series of events for the tech and music industries. Copyright is confusing. Is it working, isn't it working and if it isn't working, what should be done about it? We decided that the best way to make some ...

News: Economics

Can Christmas Cure Music's YTD Sales Slump?

October 23, 2010

The pressure is on inside every major label, as radio promotion departments scramble to find a few major hit singles to help reverse yet another year to date sales slump. With only 11 shopping weeks remaining in 2010, the recorded music industry overall is down 13.6% from last year with both digital and physical sales factored in. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz Music (October 22 - October 29, 2010) Schedule

October 23, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates October 22nd thru October 29th, 2010... (photo: Bill Klewitz-Chicago Jazz Guitarist and Photojournalist) Andy's Jazz Club 11 East Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60611 312.642.6805 ANDY'S WEEKENDS FRIDAY & SATURDAY HEADLINERS! $10 Admission until 8:30 pm; $15 Admission after 8:30 pm Upcoming performances ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Celebrity Series of Boston Presents Chucho Valdes and Afro-Cuban Messengers on October 28 at Berklee Performance Center

October 23, 2010

Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer Chucho Valdes is performing with the Afro-Cuban Messengers at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Thursday, October 28, 210 at 8:00 p.m. The performance is part of the Celebrity Series of Boston, which for over 70 years has brought the world's best artists to Boston for performance and arts-based education. ...

News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978)

October 23, 2010

By Mark Saleski What is it about a vacation? Let's say that there's just the two of you, a house, no kids. Then, you go on vacation, arriving at your destination spot. So now the house has been swapped for a nice hotel room with a view (in our case, a view of the side of ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Michael Formanek

October 23, 2010

Bassist and composer Michael Formanek has worked with many leading North American and European jazz musicians over the span of his 35 year career, including Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Evan Parker, Dave Burrell, and several ensembles with Tim Berne. His new quartet with altoist Berne, pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Gerald Cleaver premiered at The Stone ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, October 22-28

October 23, 2010

There's big names hanging out in the Twin Cities this weekend and into the coming week, but perhaps the biggest gig in area jazz is not a musician but a radio station. KBEM, or “Jazz 88," celebrates 40 years on the air, with the past two decades or as a fulltime jazz ("and traffic") station, one ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Dan Pinto

by AAJ Staff
October 22, 2010

Meet Dan Pinto: I would like to thank All About Jazz for allowing me to speak a bit more about myself and the music that I write... I began playing drums at age 11 and expanded into piano about two years afterwards. Been playing both ever since and have added all ...

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News: Recording

Cultural Application vs. Textural References: Dave Holland, Pepe Habichuela, Hands, and Flamenco Jazz

October 22, 2010

Every piece of the jazz world is completely splintered into so many individual niches today, it's hard to keep track of genre, style, and cultural connections. Modern jazz artists generally specialize in one area of this vast stylistic plane and then they dabble in many other corners. A post modern acoustic jazz musician might spend most ...

News: Interview

Interview: Louis Hayes (Part 3)

October 22, 2010

In 1960, when drummer Philly Joe Jones was asked by jazz writer and critic Ralph J. Gleason for the name of his favorite drummer, Jones answered “Louis Hayes." Just 21 years old at the time, Louis had just ended a three-year stay with the Horace Silver Quintet to join the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. The parting was ...