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New Videos: Oscar Peterson
Last week, Mattias Nilsson in Sweden sent along four links to new videos of pianist Oscar Peterson in action on TV in Sweden, Canada and the U.S. The Dick Cavett Show appearance has been featured at JazzWax, but this is a fresh print with better sound. Here's OP putting on a spectacular show... Here's Oscar Peterson ...
5 Big Takeaways From IFPI's Music Listening Report 2019
IFPI, the global recorded music trade organization, today released its Music Listening 2019 report, which surveys how music consumers 16-64 engage with recorded music across 21 countries. Here are five big takeaways. The IFPI Music Listening report has been published in previous years under the title IFPI Music Consumer Insight Report. 5 IFPI Report Highlights 1. ...
Jimmy Heath: Holland, 2012
A mysterious CD arrived a couple of weeks ago from a reader. The album's title is The Voice of the Saxophone, featuring the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw of the Netherlands, conducted by Henk Meutgeert and featuring solos by tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath. That's all the information that came with the CD, and the sender said ...
Every Artist Manager Needs To Master These Skills
While the role of a music manager has changed dramatically over time, the skillset required to do the job well has, in many ways stayed the same. Here Angela Mastrogiacomo breaks down what the skills are and how managers apply them. Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo of the Symphonic Blog When you say the words “music ...
Instrumental, Corite Join For Global New Artist Discovery
Stockholm-based Corite and London-based artificial intelligence-driven talent discovery platform Instrumental have announced a global collaboration to identify emerging musicians on the verge of success on Corite's recently-launched fan funding service. Founded by industry veterans and Universal Music Group alumni Mathias Tengblad and Emil Angervall, Corite allows fans to invest in music and get rewarded in the ...
Stationhead Adds Recording To Free Radio Station Creation App, Driving More Paid Music Streams
Stationhead, the social radio station creation app has added the ability to record shows with music drawn directly from Spotify and Apple Music. The app's streaming integration eliminates the need for costly licensing while ensuring rightsholders are properly compensated, as well as empowering artists and podcasters to create content that showcases music. The Stationhead app already ...
This Chart Shows What Streaming Services Are Paying (Maybe)
While everyone in the music business wants to know what the various streaming services are paying out to artists, the number of variables involved in determining the actual amount are so many that it can be difficult to get any more than an educated guess. Here we look at a chart that outlines, with some accuracy, ...
Harold Mabern: 1936-2019
Harold Mabern, a pianist who came relatively late to prominence but quickly carved out space as a hard-bop and soul-jazz legend, died September 17. He was 83. Born in Memphis, Tenn., Mabern was self-taught and came under the sway of local jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. In 1954 he moved to Chicago, where he began recording ...
Big band bebop at its finest
A 17-day family road trip brought me back to Rhode Island for the second time in a month, returning in September, not long after my August visit to cover the Newport Jazz Festival. The scheduling gods worked their magic for this September journey. In other words, I got to hear the splendid John Allmark Jazz Orchestra ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Ben LaMar Gay
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay, who's coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, October 5 at Off Broadway. While Gay has been working in Chicago's busy improvised music scene for a while, he gained a new level ...
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