Results for "AAJ Staff"

Pandora Hits 65 Million Registered Users; up 8% Since July...

October 5, 2010

Pandora founder Tim Westergren may be getting squeezed on recording royalties, but everything is peachy on the audience side. During a keynote discussion at the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit in Washington on Monday, Westergren pointed to a registered userbase of 65 million, up from just 60 million in late-July (as then disclosed by Pandora ...

Dan Block / Duke Ellington at Chautauqua 2010

October 4, 2010

The multi-talented reed wizard Dan Block thinks as deeply as he plays. Dan's evocation of the musical world of Duke Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn) is more than a trip through familiar Ellingtonia; rather, Dan seeks to inhabit that singular world and at the same time make it his own (as he's done brilliantly on his new ...

The Jazz Session #205: Stephen Haynes

October 4, 2010

The Acoustic Reign Project at Gallery 1412

October 4, 2010

Saturday, October 9—The Acoustic Reign Project Featuring: Michael Bisio—bass Jim Knodle—trumpet Michael Monhart—saxophone Brian Kent—saxophone Jack Gold-Molina—drums Gallery 1412 1412 18th Ave 8:00 PM $5 Suggested Donation , All Ages Sol Disk is proud to present ...

Legendary Chicago Saxman Von Freeman Celebrates 88th Year! Happy Birthday Man!

October 4, 2010

Several years ago I had the pleasure to meet Von Freeman and for a while became a regular at the vaunted New Apartment Lounge Tuesday-night jam sessions on the south-side of ChiTown...(photo from http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/) where he has a band usually comprised of local jazz greats Matt Ferguson (stand-up bass), Mike Allemana (guitar), Michael Traynor (drums) that ...

African Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke Performs at UMass/Amherst on October 7

October 4, 2010

Lionel Loueke, one of the most innovative new guitarists on the jazz scene today, is performing with his Trio at Bower Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. Born in Benin, West Africa, Loueke was named Up and Coming Jazz Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists ...

One Track Mind: The Doobie Brothers "Nobody" (2010)

October 4, 2010

By Pico As I was putting the final touches on my last New Release Roundup, I learned that yet another former arena rock act was putting out a brand new record of brand new songs. Maybe it's because the record is an indie release, but the Doobie Brothers' first new album in ten years deserves a ...

Axis Trio - Anthem (2010)

October 4, 2010

By Pico This past July the Axis Trio released Anthem, and it's one of those defining records for this young and fledgling jazz threesome. The Axis Trio is comprised of pianist Amino Belyamani, bassist Sam Miniae and drummer and percussionist Qasim Naqvi. Belyamani is from Morocco, while Miniae is Iranian-American and Naqvi is Pakistani-American. Though the ...

In (Mild) Praise of Ego

October 4, 2010

By Steve Provizer The conversation around the fear-and-confidence post was rejuvenated and made me think in terms longer than a reply comment. Much of the conversation-externally and internally-revolves around trying to figure out the difference between “self-expression" and “communication." But is there really a difference? I don't think there is. Ego is in both and unless ...

FMC Policy Summit Recap: What Really Works in Direct to Fan

October 4, 2010

Our FMC Policy Summit coverage begins with a panel on Direct to Fan sales and marketing strategies. We spoke with moderator Jem Bahaijoub about this stuff last week, but there were some especially enlightening and interesting takeaways that we felt compelled to share. Free Doesn't Have to Stay Free Amir Mohamed, better known to ...