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The Gals of Gunn
Earlier this week, I featured a clip of Lola Albright singing How High the Moon on TV's Peter Gunn in the late 1950s. The other young actress-singer who appear on the detective series was Linda Lawson, whom I've posted about in the past about her sole superb album, Introducing Linda Lawson. She was cast on Peter ...
Leadership Music Now Accepting Class Of 2018 Applications
Last year I had the honor of being part of the Leadership Music Class of 2016. I can honestly say that the days spent with my 47 classmates- “The Best Class Ever"- were among the most rewarding in my music industry career. Each year, Leadership Music gives about 50 diverse music industry professionals that same opportunity. ...
33% Of US Net Households Pay To Stream Music: Amazon Prime Music Surges 50% To #1, Spotify #2
A new study reports that a third of all U.S. broadband users now subscribe to a paid steaming music service. with Amazon Prime Music surging 50% in a single year to cement the title of America's most popular paid music streamer. Most paid streaming music services experienced an increase in U.S. subscribers in 2016, with Amazon ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 10-16
Warmer weather, hotter music, maybe spring is not that far off after all!. And we'll have some smoldering jazz in the metro this week, a slow burn til it all explodes at O'Shaughnessy Thursday night when Maria Schneider and Orchestra make a long-overdue return to the Twin Cities to perform her Grammy-winning “Thompson Fields." Not that ...
Svend Asmussen, RIP
Svend Asmussen, the Danish violinist who thrived in eight decades of stardom, died yesterday—three weeks short of his 101st birthday. He was one of the handful of violinists who in the 1930s proved the instrument capable of swing and emotional expression at the highest jazz level. He may well have been the only man still alive ...
Jazz this week: Bruce Barth, Erin Bode, Victor Goines, Lynne Fiddmont, and more
With some relatively mild weather in the forecast and a nice variety of performances happening over the next several days, the weekend leading up to Valentine's Day should be a good time for jazz lovers in St. Louis. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, February 8 Pianist Bruce Barth returns for the first of two nights ...
New York Times Subscribers Now Get Free Spotify Premium
On-demand music streamers are all pretty much stuck charging $/€/£ 9.99- much to there detriment, according to MIDiA's Mark Mulligan. So to attract new customers, they are constantly experimenting with discounts, pricing and partnerships like the one that Spotify and the New York Times announced today. The New York Times announced today that new digital All Access ...
For Continued Growth, Music Streaming Needs Product & Pricing Innovation [MARK MULLIGAN]
Issues with pricing are nothing new in the streaming economy. Although $9.99 remains something of a standard, many company's are working to ease customers in with steeper discounts, with the result of devaluing the service, and the industry is in need of a more stable pricing strategy. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog ...
Art Pepper: West Coast, 1980
In 1979, the Japanese owners of Atlas Records made Art Pepper an offer we should all be grateful he didn't refuse. They wanted him to record in his 1950s West Coast style backed by a range of equally gifted musicians. The money was good, but there was a problem. Pepper was signed to Fantasy. So Pepper ...
10 Pandora Initiatives It Says Are Moving The Music Industry Forward
Not long ago, if you asked someone in the music industry about Pandora, you'd get an earful about aggressive attempts to pay lower royalties. Now, their not paying much more than they always did; but most would give the streamer a thumbs up. That shift is largely because artist-friendly founder Tim Westergren took control and launched ...
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John Coltrane At 100: A Global Perspective
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Boney James: A Simple Man And A Lifetime Study
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Steve Coleman on Dave Holland
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