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Former EMI Exec Syd Schwartz Opens Linchpin Digital Music Consultancy

October 7, 2010

Digital marketing veteran Syd Schwartz has formed Linchpin Digital to provide marketing and strategic solutions for the music, media, gaming and technology industries. Initial clients include Dympol, his former employers EMI Music and Wind-Up Records, Red Light Management and Umphrey's McGee “Linchpin's focus is in creating business opportunities and marketing strategies around the relationship between fans ...

News: Festival

All About the Kurt Rosenwinkel Monvínic Experience

October 7, 2010

What is the fantastic wine/music experience programmed for Monday 15th November, as part of the 42nd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival? In order to explain exactly what the Kurt Rosenwinkel Monvínic Experience is, we will refer to the article written for La Vanguardia's recently-published special supplement on the festival, by Sergi Ferrer-Salat, founder and owner of ...

News: Opinion

"The Marvelous Ego Labyrinth"

October 7, 2010

By Steve Provizer Too much of a bad thing, no doubt, but being unemployed has induced hyper-posting. My Little Grey Cells, otherwise preoccupied for the last 12 years with idle strategies for world domination have lately been inspired by things people write in the comments. In this case, the ego posting. The interplay of ego on ...

News: Opinion

Guest Post: Henry Rollins on Matthew Shipp

October 7, 2010

Henry Rollins has been a fiery tongued advocate for independent music and creative culture since he was the frontman of seminal hardcore band Black Flag in the early 1980s. He has since released numerous solo music and spoken word albums, written several books on travel, politics, and music (including Get in the Van: On The Road ...

News: Opinion

7 Things the Majors Would Do Right Now, if They Really Had the Balls...

October 7, 2010

But, wouldn't it have been ballsier not to sue freckle-faced college kids, and devise riskier model adjustments in the face of disruptive chaos? Or, make difficult changes in the business instead of expensive trips to the Hill? Here are 7 things the majors would do right now, if they really had the balls... 1. No more ...

News: Recording

In Breve (2): Rosenthal, Carter, Bang, Chang

October 8, 2010

Continuing the not quite helter-skelter survey of recent recordings that we began last week, here are four more worth your attention: Ted Rosenthal, Impromptu (Playscape). Rosenthal interprets classical composers' themes with respect, but he is not reluctant to add or subtract an element to make them work for improvisation. Thepianist, bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Quncy ...

News: Festival

The Seasons Fall Festival and Scott Robinson

October 8, 2010

Among the dozens of musicians either already here or headed toward my current home town for the eight days of The Seasons Fall Festival are Tom Harrell and his quintet, Bill Mays, Martin Wind, Matt Wilson, Scott Robinson, the African percussion expert Michael Wimberly, composer Daron Hagen and a raft of classical players, composers and conductors. ...

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News: Recording

MAXJAZZ to Release Russell Malone's Triple Play on Tuesday, November 2

October 8, 2010

The St. Louis-based label MAXJAZZ will release guitarist Russell Malone's latest CD Triple Play (pictured) on Tuesday, November 2. The disc, which features the guitarist in a trio setting for the first time with East St. Louis' Montez Coleman on drums and David Wong on bass, is Malone's fourth release for MAXJAZZ. In addition to leading ...

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News: Recording

Overlooked Treasures: Something Old, Something New

October 8, 2010

Really getting a sense of the bigger picture of Latin Jazz history requires a lot of listening, digging up music from both the past and the present. Many musicians built a solid foundation for the style over the past hundred years, and since the forties and fifties, much of that was caught on recordings. A deep ...

News: Interview

"Giving Frank Foster a Hand"

October 8, 2010

Tenor saxophonist Frank Foster is best known for his monumental work in the reed section of Count Basie's “New Testament" band starting in 1953. Over the decades that followed, Foster composed and arranged many songs for the Basie orchestra, including Shiny Stockings. Today, Foster, 82, lives with his wife Cecilia in Virginia. Brian Grady is a ...