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News: Recording

Jesse Harris: Through the Night and Cosmo

August 8, 2010

THROUGH THE NIGHT OUT AUGUST 24; COSMOS OUT SEPTEMBER 28 Jesse Harris Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jesse Harris has announced the release of two new albums. Through The Night is out August 24 and features a quartet of Bill Dobrow (Martha Wainwright, Sean Lennon) on drums, Mauro Refosco (Atoms For Peace, David Byrne, Forro In The Dark) on percussion, ...

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News: TV / Film

Jerry Garcia Film in Doubt

August 7, 2010

BIOPIC CALLED INTO QUESTION BY GRATEFUL DEAD PRODUCTIONS Jerry Garcia The future of the recently announced Jerry Garcia film is in doubt, as Grateful Dead Productions have announced they will not allow any Grateful Dead recordings to be used in the film, nor will they allow access to any members of the Garcia family. A statement ...

News: Music Industry

The Music Consumer in the Modern World

August 8, 2010

This post is by cultural critic and essayist Eric Casero. We are all well aware by this point in time that the music industry is undergoing a process of massive change. As popular music continues to evolve and change as a form (or series of forms), technological evolution continues to alter the ways in which ...

News: Music Industry

WMG Reports Wider Losses on Declining Revenue

August 8, 2010

Blaming a weak release schedule, Warner Music Group reported a widening loss of 16% in Q3 compared to the prior year quarter on total revenue of $652 million. This is the six consecutive quarterly decline for the major label group, but beat many analysts expectations. Other highlights of this morning's report: Digital revenue was $179 million, 27% of total revenue ...

News: Trends

Bands Collaborating Instead of Competing: Cross-Promoting with Headliner.FM

August 8, 2010

This blog re-post is by Hilke Ros (@colorlessgreen) at Music Music Manager. In my opinion, there is changing something in the economy because of the internet. Before the internet, it was the best strategy to protect your goods from your competitors if you wanted to be successful and get rich. Nowadays, you get rich on ...

News: Recording

Visualizing Kind of Blue

August 8, 2010

Visualizing Kind of Blue is a new series of designs depicting jazz music concepts and elements, much like the Periodic Table of Jazz. Visualizing Kind of Blue: Flamenco Sketches attempts to show the improvisational form and harmony used by each soloist on the fifth track of the classic Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue. Currently ...

News: Recording

Prince Lasha - Insight (Dusty Groove/CBS UK)

August 8, 2010

Flirtations with major labels are an infrequent occurrence for most free jazz musicians. For Prince Lasha the call came during a European sojourn in the mid-60s. Lasha assembled a crew of ten musicians in a UK studio, mixing and matching them on a standards-weighted program of six tunes. Fielding plastic alto like his old pal Ornette ...

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News: Recording

The Either Orchestra - Mood Music for Time Travellers (2010)

August 8, 2010

By Mark SaleskiI'm going to begin by saying something that will probably horrify many a jazz lover: I never liked Duke Ellington or Count Basie all that much.It's true. I know that a jazz writer shouldn't be admitting to such things but sometimes you have to stick with honesty. OK, and while ...

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News: Recording

Frank Sinatra - Only the Lonely (1958)

August 8, 2010

By Nick DerisoAll due respect to Nelson Riddle, but this didn't seem like it would work. “Only the Lonely," at first—even to Sinatra—felt more temperamentally suited to Gordon Jenkins, the man most closely associated with much of Frank Sinatra's more string-oriented, darker work. (See the very good CD “September of My Years," featuring “It ...

News: Opinion

Tyner-in-Amber Or: Jazz and the Kali Yuga

August 8, 2010

Hindus break up history into extremely long time spans. We're nearing the culmination of the Kali Yuga, an era of dissolution and breakdown that sets the stage for the next cycle of rebirth.It's always easy to believe you're living in a period of dissolution-it's part of a golden age/nostalgia spiral that's very appealing to ...