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Sinatra on TV: The DVDs
It's easy to forget how many TV specials Frank Sinatra taped over the decades. Let's just say it's dozens. A glance at his entry at IMBD.com can make your head spin. There are the ones you know, ones you don't and ones that you'd love to see in full if you could, like The Frank Sinatra ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The legacy of Oliver Nelson
Today, we pay a birthday tribute* to one of St. Louis' all-time jazz greats, the late saxophonist, arranger, and composer Oliver Nelson, who was born here on June 4, 1932. Called “one of the most significant jazz voices of his generation" by AllAboutJazz.com, Nelson probably is best known these days for the classic album The Blues ...
Videos: Shorty Rogers, '80s
Arranger and trumpeter-flugelhornist Shorty Rogers was one of the primary architects of West Coast jazz in the early 1950s. The dry, harmony-driven style reflected the enormous optimism and drive of superb young musician-arrangers, many of whom who settled in the Los Angeles suburbs and found abundant work in the studios and clubs just as television and ...
Review: Meet Rob Clearfield
Rob Clearfield, Islands (ears & eyes records) Pianist and composer Rob Clearfield is a member of Chicago’s under-30 jazz community,admired for work as a sideman with bassist Matt Ulery and pianist-singer Patricia Barber, among others. He debuts as a leader with a trio album due out June 3 that is peaceful, almost placid—except for the moments ...
Booking Career-Building Shows: What Many Bands Don't Understand
As and independent artist, your time, energy, and money are all limited, meaning you can't afford to play too many shows that don't in some way help you build your career. Here we look at the sort of characteristics which a career-building show has, and how to recognize a good opportunities. Guest Post by Liam Duncan ...
As on-demand streaming loses its novelty, music needs personality
With the exception of the occasional flashy exclusive, its harder for the average streaming music users to tell the services apart. So, to combat user fatigue and spur growth, Slacker Radio has added both curation and personality; and CEO Duncan Orrell-Jones makes a strong case that most users want more than just continuous music. Guest post by Duncan Orrell-Jones, ...
Understanding Streaming Music Income
In this piece we look at the details of streaming music royalties, how they're determined, and why the initial parameters which we once used even as recently as in the time of downloading, no longer apply in the streaming era. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 In Part 3 on my series on streaming music royalties, ...
Jazz Scene USA: Barney Kessel
Yesterday I found a nifty video of guitarist Barney Kessel on Oscar Brown Jr.'s Jazz Scene USA in 1962. Kessel was one of the most active West Coast studio guitarists starting in the late 1950s and was featured on all types of recorded music—from film scores and ads to jazz, rock and pop. Brown asks him ...
When Rappers Are Affected By White Fragility [Talib Kweli Greene]
In this essay, Talib Kweli Greene takes on the complex issue of how 'white fragility' affects rappers, as he walks us through Twitter battles and unfounded accusations of racism from fellow hip-hop artists Remedy and Diabolic. Guest post by Talib Kweli Greene Let’s deal with the facts. Hip-hop was primarily created by black and Latinx youth living ...
The Milt Jackson Quartet, Then And Then
A video of The Modern Jazz Quartet has been getting wide viewership on the internet. The YouTube presentation does not disclose that the group we see and hear is the MJQ’s predecessor, the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie’s big band from 1946 to the early fifties. To give his brass section rests during concerts, Gillespie occasionally ...
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Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland
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John Coltrane At 100: A Global Perspective
Interview
Boney James: A Simple Man And A Lifetime Study
Interview
Miles Okazaki's Monkathon: The Complete Thelonious...
Musician 2 Musician
Steve Coleman on Dave Holland
Reanimating Conversations Past
John Scofield: Meant To Be
Live Review
Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
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