Results for "AAJ Staff"

A jazz event 50+ years in the making...

February 18, 2017

To say it was long overdue is an understatement. Joshua Breakstone and Don Mopsick grew up in Linden. NJ. Their families knew each other and sometimes hung out together back in the 1960s, long before either man had any designs on a career in music. Guitar modernist Breakstone and Mopsick, best known as the bassist in ...

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 17-23

February 18, 2017

We're looking forward to another star-filled week of jazz in the metro, including a revisiting of Ellington's Money Jungle, a rare performance by What Would Monk Do, a homecoming for sax great Bobby Watson, a new show with the amazing Cecile McLorin Salvant and two pianists... and more. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 17. Jeremy ...

How To Build A Spotify Playlist That Appears In A Search

February 17, 2017

If you're hoping to get your song on a major Spotify playlist, it's important to first cut your teeth on lower-level playlists, until eventually Spotify's algorithm picks up on what's going on down below and elevates your song to the top. One good way of doing this is to build your own playlists. Guest post by ...

Barbara Carroll (1925-2017)

February 17, 2017

Barbara Carroll, a gifted jazz and pop pianist who made a name for herself in New York in the 1940s as a standout bop player with a proclivity for block chords and impeccable time, died on Feb. 12. She was 92. Carroll came up at a time when most skilled female jazz pianists could find steady ...

Live Video Streaming? Which Platform Delivers The Biggest Audience? [CHART]

February 17, 2017

Cherry Wainer: Funky Organ

February 17, 2017

Virtually unknown in the States, Cherry Wainer was a British organist who appeared most often on German television in the 1960s as a duo with her husband, drummer Don Storer. What she lacked in time and swing she more than made up for with energy and charisma. Wainer died in 2014. Here are a few clips: ...

Sirius XM Wins Flo & Eddie Pre-1972 Royalties Case As Judge Reverses Lower Court Decision

February 17, 2017

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Federal District Court ruling. Today's decision means that there are no performance fees due on sound recordings created prior to 1972; and that there were no alternative grounds for finding against. This ruling effectively ends Flo and Eddie’s attempt to obtain performance fees under New York ...

Pandora Makes The Case For Building A Full Stack Streaming Music Company

February 17, 2017

Songkick's Ian Hogworth apparently coined the term, but I first heard about “full stack" music companies during a webinar that PledgeMusic and DotBlockchain co-founder Benji Rogers gave for BerkleeOnline. He was referring to the rollup of PledgeMusic, Noisetrade and Set.fm into a multi-faceted artist services company. Now, Pandora's Glenn People's makes the case that their acquisition of ...

After 40 Years, Is The CMJ College Radio Chart Dead?

February 17, 2017

After 40 years the CMJ Chart—the only chart that measures college radio- may be gone forever. If true, its a blow both to college radio and to the many indie artists and labels that used it to launch their careers.  For the last two weeks, CMJ has failed to publish its weekly college radio charts. Adam Klein ...

Four Companies Could Buy Spotify And None Are U.S. Based, Says Mark Mulligan

February 17, 2017

According to multiple reports, Spotify will delay its IPO until at least 2018. That's an expensive choice, thanks to a $1 billion loan with an escalating interest rate. But there may be another reason that Spotify is taking its time.  A buyer could swoop into save the rapidly growing but very unprofitable company; and that buyer ...