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Carmen McRae: At Ratso's
Ratso's was one of Chicago's leading jazz restaurant-clubs in the 1970s. It stood on Lincoln Avenue, between West Altgeld and West Montana streets. Bob Briggs owned the club from 1969 to 1977 and named the place after Ratso Rizzo, the Dustin Hoffman character in Midnight Cowboy. By 1975, several major Chicago jazz clubs had folded, including ...
Lisa Rich: There Was A Delay
In the 1980s the singer Lisa Rich seemed on her way to a long and successful career. She was featured with symphony orchestras and her recordings received enthusiastic reviews from critics including Leonard Feather in The Los Angeles Times. She was on the Jazz Times national airplay chart for fifteen weeks. In 1985, she became one ...
Erskine Hawkins: At Midnight
In the mid-1930s, just as the jazz trumpet was becoming popular in the swing era, Erskine Hawkins formed his 'Bama State Collegians in Montgomery, Ala. The band would go on to create a new swing sound that was more relaxed with a strolling groove. Born in Birmingham, Ala., Hawkins started playing the drums and trombone as ...
Pandora Expands Independent Artist Music Submissions Tool
Pandora is expanding its Independent Artist Submissions tool to make it easier to submit music for consideration. Unlike Spotify, Apple Music and even Pandora's own Premium streaming service, not all artists are chosen by its internal Music Genome Project for inclusion on the basic free Pandora ad-supported service. The redesigned and enhanced tool enables more submissions and ...
An Evening With Chet Baker, 1980
On February 29, 1980, Chet Baker performed at the Dreher Club in Paris. He was backed by Maurizio Bianmarco (ts), Dennis Luxion (p), Rcardo Del Fra (b) and Donny Donable (d). Fortunately director Leon Terjania was there with three cameramen to capture the set. The Dreher was located at Place du Châtelet, on the corner of ...
HMV To 1000 Indie, Unsigned Bands: 'Come Play Our Stores'
Doug Putman and HMV have announced that the famed UK music retail chain is opening its doors to developing artists and unsigned bands for in-store performances. The move is in line with the chain’s ambitions to restore its specialist credentials and create a music retail community hub, similar to Putman’s Sunrise Records in Canada. While in ...
Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue' Was Released 60 Years Ago This Week
Sixty years after the release of one of the most iconic albums of all time, we look back on the legacy of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, and the cultural impact it had on music, race, and beyond. Guest post by Caleb J. Murphy of Soundfly's Flypaper Sometimes an album comes along that changes things — ...
Can't Tour? Give This A Shot Instead
While most artists would benefit from embarking on a tour, the financial, an inability to be away from home, or any other number of factors can make touring an impossibility for some. Luckily, there are other ways to promote your act in the music business. Guest post by Patrick McGuire of the ReverbNation Blog Whether it’s ...
David Brubeck Trio: 1949-'50
In 1950, New York had the George Shearing Quintet, a group that Shearing harmonized by combining the voicing of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the block-chords piano style of Milt Buckner. In San Francisco, the Dave Brubeck Trio was equally delicious to the ear. The trio consisted of Dave Brubeck (piano), Ron Crotty (bass) and Cal ...
5 Steps For Building A Music Marketing Plan
The idea of constructing a marketing plan can seem intimidating at first, particularly when it comes to the expense involved, but in reality a solid and effective marketing plan can be more about goals and careful planning than total dollars spent. Here we look at the five steps to putting together a solid music marketing plan. ...
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