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News: Music Industry

The Final Week of the Hypebot Hit Song Contest

September 2, 2010

As Bruce noted in the more news section yesterday, this is the final week of the Hypebot Hit Song Contest. It looks like entries have rounded off since my last update. We encourage all of you to go here and vote for your favorite entries in the competition. Since the end of the contest coincides with ...

News: Music Industry

Bandwidth Video: HeadlinerFM on the Future of the Music Industry and Twitter's Matt Graves on Subscription Services

September 2, 2010

In this next set of footage from the Bandwidth Conference,Danny Dee talks with Mike More & Bill Cromie of HeadlinerFM on the future of the music industry. Then, he speaks with Twitter's Matt Graves on the right price point for subscription services and Graves gives his thoughts on Ultimate Chart. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Free Concert Thursday: The Kora Band at City Hall

September 2, 2010

Hear The Kora Band for free at Seattle's City Hall Plaza on Fourth Avenue on Sept. 2. From The Seattle Times: Like a good cup of coffee, The Kora Band is a rich blend, combining traditional West African music with American jazz. Hear the quintet for free at noon Thursday at City Hall plaza, ...

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News: Interview

Happy Birthday, Gene Harris!

September 2, 2010

Pianist Gene Harris (1933-2000) recorded prolifically during his long career. He started out playing in Army bands during the early 1950s. In 1956, he formed The Three Sounds with Andy Simpkins on bass and Bill Dowdy on drums. (Actually, it was originally The Four Sounds, but saxophonist Lonnie “The Sound" Walker dropped out after a year.) ...

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News: Recording

Deep Cuts: Chicago Transit Authority "Free Form Guitar" (1969)

September 2, 2010

By Pico We all know this, but sometimes we need to be reminded that Chicago is a mainstream rock band that was once a rock/jazz/blues/R&B/whack jazz masquerading as a mainstream rock band. Wait a minute, you say, “whack jazz"??? Not just whack jazz, but the extreme kind of whack jazz. If you still have a worn-out ...

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News: Recording

Joan Jeanrenaud, PC Munoz - Pop-Pop (2010)

September 2, 2010

By Mark Saleski If you want to really scare yourself, wait until everybody else in the house has gone to bed, turn out all of the lights, and put the Kronos Quartet's Black Angels on the stereo. You will be assaulted with George Crumb's terrifying “Black Angels (Images I)," a piece so full of tension and ...

News: Opinion

Incomplete Communion: Engaging Contemporary Post-Bop

September 2, 2010

I'll admit it—while I find a lot to enjoy in straight-ahead jazz, it's really hard to review straight-ahead jazz CDs. Part of this is a result of questioning where tradition and the mainstream fit in together, and if indeed they actually parallel one another in creative music. Bill Dixon had a way of putting this conundrum ...

News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Hilario Duran (Part 3)

September 1, 2010

There are many potential elements that can constitute a successful and inspired Latin Jazz career, but one thing is guaranteed—constant change. A creative individual rarely stays on one artistic track for too long during their career, it's simply not in their nature. They might shift between different artistic directions at several points during their career, taking ...

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News: Interview

Charlie Parker and McKusick's Suit

September 1, 2010

In early 1945, saxophonist Hal McKusick found himself in Los Angeles sharing a hotel room with arranger and pianist George Handy. Weeks earlier, Hal and Handy had been in Boston with Boyd Raeburn's band. But just before Christmas 1944, they quit in protest. Raeburn was handing solos meant for tenor saxophonist Al Cohn's to alto saxophonist ...

News: Performance / Tour

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe: Vegas Show After Panic/Mule

September 1, 2010

SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 AT 2 AM AFTER WIDESPREAD PANIC & GOV'T MULE AT THE JOINT Karl Denson's Tiny Universe will be taking the stage at the House of Blues in Las Vegas at 2am Saturday, October 23 (officially early Sunday morning) to play into the wee hours. Doors will open at 1am following the Widespread Panic/Gov't ...