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News: Award / Grant

NEA Jazz Masters Honored Today

April 4, 2017

Funding for the arts in The United States may be eliminated or drastically reduced if the Trump administration has its way, but an established arts showcase will be presented this evening, we hope not for the last time. The 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters will be honored at the John F. Kennedy Center ...

News: Video / DVD

Henry Mancini: Dreamsville

April 4, 2017

One of the most sensual mid-tempo ballads ever written is Henry Mancini's Dreamsville. It was written by Mancini for the TV-detective series Peter Gunn, which aired from 1958 to 1961. The song's melody first appeared in the “Kidnap" episode, during season 2, as well as on several other episodes. I found it here, at 27:14... The ...

News: Music Industry

2016 Was A Year Of Progress For Music, says RIAA's Cary Sherman

April 4, 2017

Cary Sherman, RIAA Chairman and CEO, analyzes their new report showing how much the music business grew and advanced in 2016. But is also highlights how far it has to go; with streaming paying too little to artists and a music business operating at half the size it once was. Guest post by Cary Sherman, Chairman & CEO, ...

News: Career

Artist, Manager Relationship - Recording Industry Management Agreements [Part 1]

April 4, 2017

In the first of a series of articles exploring different music business agreements, Just M. Jacobson explores the agreement which dictates the relationship between the talent and the personal manager. Guest post by Justin M. Jacobson Esq. of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This is a guest blog written by Justin M. Jacobson, Esq. Justin is an entertainment and media ...

News: Video / DVD

Warne Marsh: Oct. 1987

April 3, 2017

On Sunday, October 18, 1987, Warne Marsh was leading a quartet at a San Francisco concert. The performance was held just two months before the cool-jazz tenor saxophonist would collapse and die of a heart attack on stage at Donte's in North Hollywood at age 60. Backing Marsh in San Francisco was Larry Koonse (g), Seward ...

News: Performance / Tour

Guitar mastery on full display for jazz fans

April 3, 2017

Diego Figueiredo's Brazilian guitar artistry will make your jaw drop. His nylon-stringed acoustic guitar is merely the vessel for astonishing sounds that come out of his musical psyche, delivered by unusual blends of technique and fingerings. Such was the case at Saturday, April 1's sold-out show at the Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center in Sarasota ...

News: Video / DVD

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Keyon Harrold sampler

April 2, 2017

This week, let's peruse some videos featuring trumpeter and St. Louis native Keyon Harrold, who now lives in NYC but is coming home to perform on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 at Jazz at the Bistro. Harrold will be part of an ensemble including pianist Lawrence Fields and drummer Kimberly Thompson, two more former ...

News: Career

How To Find Music Supervisors Using Tunefind [Hypebot's Music Biz Weekly Podcast]

April 1, 2017

Amanda Byers, the Managing Director of Tunefind, joins host Michael Brandvold this week for Hypebot's Music Biz Weekly Podcast. TuneFind helps fans find music from their favorite TV shows and Movies, and artists can use Tunefind to locate music supervisors and get a better understanding of the type of music they work with. Amanda explains how artists ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 31-April 6

April 1, 2017

Finally it seems we're into spring mode, just in time for April and some outstanding options in jazz for the coming week, from local stars the Atlantis Quartet to visiting upstart Greg Ward to such seasoned internationally renowned performers as Freddy Cole and Stacy Kent. Add in a three-show debut of Arne Fogel's revue of the ...

News: Video / DVD

Video: Bobby Jaspar, 1958

March 31, 2017

Since we're on a bit of a flute kick, let's end the week with Belgian flutist (and saxophonist) Bobby Jaspar. In the following video clip, he's performing in Cannes, France, in July 1958 with Donald Byrd (tr), Walter Davis Jr. (p), Doug Watkins (b) and Art Taylor (d). They're playing a contrafact on I'll Remember April—a ...