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News: Video / DVD

Brubeck and Company in Belgium, Part 2

July 12, 2010

This time, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Gene Wright and Joe Morello play “In Your Own Sweet Way." Because of the quality of the song, the quartet's popularity and the Miles Davis seal of approval, by the time of this performance in 1964 it was a jazz standard. Attention, tune detectives: Brubeck's Matt Dennis quote suggests that ...

News: Recording

1,000 Jazz Albums You Should Hear Before You Die (661-670)

July 12, 2010

For those of you who have been following along with the list, you know that we add twenty albums each week. We are going to tweak things a bit for the remainder of the list, adding anywhere from 5 to ten albums at a time, but posting the lists a bit more frequently. Additionally, we will ...

News: Festival

Postcards from Montreal

July 12, 2010

Here are a few visual treats from my coverage of the 31st annual Montreal International Jazz Festival. The musical choices were bountiful and at times painful--with as many as three or four significant offerings simultaneously during peak evening hours. As the outdoor Quartier de Spectacles continues to evolve, there was a noticeable increase in the number ...

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News: Recording

Kerry Politzer - Blue in Blue (2010)

July 12, 2010

By PicoLast May 7, Piloo Records issued the 5th album by pianist, composer and vocalist Kerry Politzer, called Blue In Blue. Playing the piano since the age of four, Politzer studied classical piano for 14 years before falling under the spell of jazz, and she has committed herself to playing and composing in that ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Keyon Harrold

July 11, 2010

This week, let's look at some clips of trumpet player, arranger/composer, producer and St. Louis native Keyon Harrold, who's coming back home on Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31 to lead his quintet at Jazz at the Bistro.Touted by Wynton Marsalis in an interview a ...

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News: Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: Bela Fleck

July 11, 2010

HAPPY 52nd BIRTHDAY, MR. FLECK! No one has done more to innovate and expand the language of the banjo in the past 50 years than Bela Fleck. From his early rise with New Grass Revival to the truly alien invention of Bela Fleck and the flecktones to his international exploration with Toumani Diabate to his flirtation ...

News: Music Industry

Music Publicity 101 and then Some...

July 10, 2010

I just read this very good short piece on music publicity. These are some of the things I tell my own artists and thought I'd share them with you.The article is from the DIY musician blog written by Mike King of Berklee College of Music. For those of us out in the world doing ...

News: Interview

Sweet, Hot and Smooth Roots

July 10, 2010

Now, ladies and gents, the promised jazz cage scrap between Fletcher 'Hatchet' Henderson and 'Grapplin' Guy Lombardo, or should we say, the familias Henderson and Lombardo. It's tag team, as both come brothered-up, but Fletcher and Horace are outgunned by the Lombardo mob: Guy, Carmen, Liebert and Victor.Henderson does higher ed. and pledges Alpha ...

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Article: Live Review

2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Days 4-6

by AAJ Staff
July 9, 2010

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-10 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJune 25th--July 4th 2010 Day 4 Here come the Dutch! From South Africa to Vancouver, Holland is at the forefront of everyone's minds--and ears. The customary early afternoon set at Performance ...

News: Music Industry

Seth Godin on Payola and Music Marketing

July 8, 2010

Marketer Seth Godin published this interesting insight today on his blog: “For 20 years, the Billboard charts were easy to manipulate. By paying radio stations and some retailers, record labels could push an act to the top 40, which would increase sales. People liked buying what they heard on the radio, and the radio played what ...