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News: Video / DVD

Amanda Palmer: "Toward a Patronage Society"

July 14, 2010

The ever-intriguing Amanda Palmer has a really great talk that she gaveat Harvard's Drama Center. In it, she relates he career as a street performer to where the music industry is heading in the digital age. Towards, as she puts it, a virtual patronage society, where every artist proudly stands on their box and isn't afraid ...

News: Music Industry

Ioumusic: New Artist Crowdfunding App Launches

July 14, 2010

How Does It Compare To Other Fan Funding Sites? IOUmusic, in a similar vein as other grassroots, crowdfunding applications such as Kickstarter and RocketHub, is a new donation website that's focused on assisting musicians and providing them with alternative means to fund their creative projects. As well, they are positioning themselves as a way for fans ...

News: Recording

Music Think Thank: "Jango Listeners Are Real People Who May Become Real Fans."

July 14, 2010

Over at our sister blog Music Think Tank, there are two new posts up. One is from Ariel Hyatt of Ariel Publicity, on why Madina Lake's bassist Matthew Leone is s hero. The other, from Brian Hazard of Color Theory, is a fascinating case study on passive promotion and Jango. From The Essay: "I doubt I made ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Noise Night out @ The Resbox 7.15 w/ Smegma, Joe Potts, Wormses

July 14, 2010

July's Resbox is for the noise fan It will feature legendary noise outfit Smegma, Joe Potts, and Wormses!Come check it out Thursday the 15th at the Steve Allen...- SMEGMAhttp://myspace.com/smegmatheoriginalhttp://lafms.com/- JOE POTTShttp://tinyurl.com/2cg752g- WORMSES (San Francisco)feat. Bobby Adams (Loachfillet) + Tony Dryer + Jacob Felix Heule (Basshaters)

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News: Recording

Lenny Popkin - 317 East 32nd (Choice)

July 14, 2010

The title on this one is a telltale wink as to the stylistic roots of its principal: Lenny Popkin was and remains a Tristanoite at heart. Like many in the blind pianist's orbit, the tenorist's recording opportunities have been unduly sparse over the decades. This album, recorded by pianist Connie Crothers in front of a New ...

News: Recording

Jay D'Amico Trio - Nocturne: Jazz Under Glass (2010)

July 14, 2010

By PicoA couple of years ago, pianist Jay D'Amico put out a record that made a fine illustration of his ability to combine the classical stylings of Chopin with the suppleness and relaxed feel of a traditional jazz trio. Tuscan Prelude: Jazz Under Glass was a successful melding of the styles, which has been ...

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News: Recording

Harvie S - Cocolamus Bridge (2010)

July 14, 2010

By PicoAcoustic bassist Harvie S has appeared on over 350 recordings for a very good reason. He has an unshakeable sense of swing, a flawless tone and otherworldly dexterity on his instrument. For a example of his amazing technique, just eyeball the video I embedded in a recent review of a Carol Morgan record. ...

News: Music Industry

Is Jazz a Young Person's Music After All?

July 14, 2010

From Stereophile.com Fred Kaplan Blog Is Jazz a Young Person's Music After All? By Fred Kaplan A week ago, I went to see Chris Potter lead a top-notch quintet at the Jazz Standard. It was a great set. Potter's big tenor-sax sound keeps getting more swinging, more virtuosic, yet at the same time tonally ...

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News: Video / DVD

Brubeck and Company in Belgium, Part 3

July 13, 2010

From a DBQ television appearance in Europe, we have the piece that served as the quartet's concert opener for more than a decade. First, a couple of observations, one from me, one from Eugene Wright: From me: Whoever decreed that white men can't play the blues never really listened to Desmond and Brubeck personalize the idiom ...

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News: Recording

Illinois Jacquet: Jumpin' at Apollo

July 13, 2010

In the mid-1940s, Illinois Jacquet was one of only a few tenor saxophonists who played in the styles of both Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Most tenormen of the period picked one influential approach or the other. Jacquet's ability to swing between both styles allowed him to chop away like Hawkins on r&b sides and sail ...