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News: Trends

Brightcove Study Shows Online Video Shift

September 14, 2010

Video platform Brightcove and analytics firm TubeMogul have issed their Online Video & the Media Industry Research Report for Q2 2010. The report, which showed some important shifts in the online video landscpaed, surveyed nearly 2,000 news and entertainment websites representing 3.4 billion video streams. Some key findings: Rapid Growth: Online video consumption grew across all ...

News: TV / Film

For Fans, by Fans: A Crowd-Sourced Radiohead Film

September 14, 2010

I've finally gotten the chance to read Clay Shirky's previous book Here Comes Everybody; this fan initiative struck me as right up that alley. Last summer, 62 fans attended a Radiohead show in Prague and filmed the concert using various handheld devices. They pooled their footage together and edited it together into this two-hour film of ...

News: Obituary

Remembering Hadley Caliman, Continued

September 14, 2010

We've received an amazing number of remembrances for Hadley Caliman. We've opened up another post for people to share their memories. Click here to post your own memory of Hadley. Click here to read other postings. The memorial for Hadley will be Saturday, September 18 at 11:00am Seattle First Baptist Church

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News: Festival

Giving Credit Where It is Due - And then Some...

September 14, 2010

When you've made an indelible imprint on an art form—people take notice. Particularly when that effort has helped fuel their own successes. Such is the case with George Wein, the producer of the first jazz festival as we know it today back in 1954 in Newport RI. In June 2009, as part of the Montreal International ...

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News: Obituary

Noah Howard Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Free Jazz Alto Saxophonist Dies at 67

September 14, 2010

American-born free jazz alto saxophonist Noah Howard has died at the age of 67 years early morning Friday, September 3rd, 2010...a free jazz artist of the 60s and 70s, Mr. Howard came to critical acclaim again after returning to free jazz in the 90s due to recorded efforts with Cadence Jazz among other labels...first recorded in ...

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News: Festival

Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary, September 15-25, 2010

September 14, 2010

The 10th annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival kicks off this Wednesday, September 15 and runs to Saturday, September 25, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. The annual festival is hosted by the Berklee College of Music, the world's foremost jazz university. This year's festival pays tribute to the music and culture of New Orleans, and features artists from ...

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News: Event

Sonny Rollins + Ornette Coleman at the Beacon

September 14, 2010

Toward the end of his concert at the Beacon Theatre, the great Sonny Rollins announced that there was someone in the house “with a horn" who wanted to wish him a happy 80th birthday. The announcement suggested the imminent appearance of the mystery guest, but Rollins plunged into his next number, “Sonnymoon for Two," without any ...

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News: Opinion

Music Service ... or Disservice?

September 14, 2010

I subscribe to several music services, including Napster and eMusic, for accessing music for my listening enjoyment, for work and for teaching. All of these sites offer their helpful “picks" or recommendations, but there's a huge difference between the recommendations made by the sites. Compare Napster's top picks to eMusic's: Napster: Lyla by Avishai Cohen The ...

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News: Opinion

Growing Pains

September 14, 2010

By Matt Lavelle Everyone that plays,listens,and is a part of Jazz,.has their own version of what the music is,what is important to them in the music,and especially,.the music they like and don't like.That's true across the board in all music,and life,.but in Jazz I feel we are ever more particular.I don't think there are even 2 ...

News: Technology

What Press Releases Do That Twitter Can't

September 14, 2010

As the music business continues to groan and writhe and metamorphose into its newest form, a lot of its former features have begun to fall off like sheaths of dead skin. Artist development budgets? Gone. Albums as the primary unit of sale? So 2002. But press releases? AdAge's Simon Dumenco posted an article today which supposes ...