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News: Recording

John Lennon - Double Fantasy Stripped Down (2010)

October 9, 2010

By Nick Deriso “Double Fantasy" never felt dangerous enough to be a great John Lennon record. That started with this too-slick, of-its-moment presentation. No surprise there, really: I've always thought that the best of Lennon's solo stuff after 1970's “Plastic Ono Band" would resonate more completely today if the period-piece production had been stripped away. Early ...

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News: Recording

One Track Mind: John Lennon "Instant Karma!" (1970)

October 9, 2010

By Pico Note: To commemorate the 70th birthday of John Lennon, we're revisiting this single from early in his post-Beatles career. One of the things I find most fascinating about the man was how he was able to impart blunt, timeless wisdom about our lives while struggling to make sense of his. “Karma" was one of ...

News: Opinion

"Like, so Not Swingin', Gate"

October 9, 2010

By Steve Provizer Yankee Dog mentioned Frank Gorshin's hep cat role in “Where the Boys Are." I have no doubt that there's a large sub-division of the Academic Culture Industry that has chewed on the subject of jazz/beat portrayals in film and TV like a chia pet on a licorice rope. But boys, if you're reading, ...

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News: Recording

Exploding Star Orchestra - Stars Have Shapes (Delmark, 2010)

October 9, 2010

Led by cornet player and musical visionary Rob Mazurek, the Exploding Star Orchestra is a post modern big band that draws on great instrumentalists, found sound and electronics to create a soundscape like no other. Echoes of John Coltrane's Ascension and Sun Ra's long form experimental works like Atlantis and The Magic City are here, but ...

News: Music Industry

Jazz Around Town: Autumn Leaves ... Now There's a Song

October 7, 2010

They are turning and falling and you know what will start falling soon. Our local jazz station, WGMC Jazz 90.1 is starting up their Fall pledge campaign soon and if you pledge early you get a special CD gift (more here). A little light later in the week, but here are the jazz listings for the ...

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News: Interview

Rita Reys and the Jazz Messengers

October 7, 2010

As far as I can tell, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded behind a singer only once. That session took place in May and June 1956 in New York and was released on Columbia and the Netherlands' Philips label, which makes perfect sense since the vocalist was Rita Reys, a Dutch jazz singer. Interestingly, the ...

News: Opinion

Why We're Less Happy with Music Now Than Ever: The Paradox of Reversible Decisions

October 7, 2010

At their core, BitTorrent and LimeWire are a flight simulators, not a piracy machines. Their appeal is in their ability to let fans preview their music decisions, not solely because they enable fans to download music for free, without paying for it. That they don't buy the music once they have it is a consequence of ...

News: Education

Losses at We7 Highlight Streaming Music Struggles

October 7, 2010

Losses at UK based we7 offer insights into the struggles facing all music streaming services unless ad revenues jump, labels and rightsholders become more flexible or both. We7 reported a loss in 2009 of £3.66 million after taxes, up from a £2.61 million loss in 2008. At the end of last year, we7 had total remaining ...

News: Technology

Sony Launches Ariama Classical Retail Site with Some Features Others Should Copy

October 7, 2010

Sony Music Entertainment continues its campaign to drive purchases back to its own branded retail outlets with the launch in public beta for Ariama.com, their new classical music online store. 50 major and independent labels are selling CDs, MP3s and lossless digital downloads. In addition to offering a mix of physical and digital goods in one ...

News: Technology

Spotify Coming to Windows Phone... in the U.S.?

October 7, 2010

In what may be an early clue that Spotify is coming to the U.S. before the end of the year as promised, the streaming music service will available on the new Windows Phone 7. The handsets will be available in Europe on October 21st and the U.S. November 8th according to the Spotify blog. Since there ...