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Jazz this week: Stefon Harris, Miles Davis Jazz Festival, Jeremy Davenport, and more
The unofficial start of summer in St. Louis this week brings with it several jazz and creative music events that local audiences have come to expect around this time of year, including the annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival in Alton; the start of the Whitaker Music Festival; benefit performances raising money for the Sheldon Concert Hall ...
Interview: Meredith d'Ambrosio
Yesterday I was listening to Meredith d'Ambrosio accompany herself on piano while singing Love Is a Simple Thing. The song appears on her sterling album Another Time (1981), which is one of my favorites of hers. Meredith and I have emailed for years, since she loves JazzWax and I love her voice and piano. As I ...
Embracing Virtual Reality Could Enable Streaming Services To Finally Move Forward [Cortney Harding]
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Rhapsody's recent announcement that it plans to launch a VR app is raising some interesting questions about how VR tech will influence the future of streaming services, and if they'll be able to successfully bring it to a more mainstream audience. Guest post by Cortney Harding A few days ago, streaming service Rhapsody announced it was ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 3-9
Can't you just feel it? Jazz Festival season is in the air, and artists and venues seem determined to put us all in a festive mood, with the best of local and national acts scheduled this month and a great sampling this coming week. Big Gigs This Week Friday, June 3. One of our favorite voices ...
Warne Marsh: Dahoud
In the fall of 1953, while on tour in North Africa with Lionel Hampton, trumpeter Clifford Brown and the band stopped in Algeria. There, it is assumed the essence of his composition Daahoud came together. It's unclear who Daahoud was, Daahoud being Arabic for David. When Brown returned to the States and began to record as ...
Music Education Monday: Tips on developing solo ideas from organist Eddie Landsberg
When organist Eddie Landsberg was mentioned here a few months back as part of a pair of posts collecting info of interest to beginning B-3 players, it was noted that he's got a YouTube channel that features a number of instructional videos. Today's installment of Music Education Monday spotlights a couple of those videos, in which ...
Doc: History of British Jazz
European jazz musicians looked to American jazz artists and their recordings for jazz's secret formulas and a road map. Then countries and individual artists developed their own sounds based on cultural experiences and personal aesthetics. How did jazz unfold in the U.K.? Here's a terrific BBC documentary on the evolution of British jazz: Here's Part 1... ...
Pirate Radio Stations Are Making A Comeback
Although many may have assumed that pirate radio's best days were behind it, a recent report from the Associated Press shows that these renegade terrestrial broadcasters are on the rise once again. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Once upon a time pirate radio stations were big business and a big influence, with Radio ...
Get Your Music Into YouTube Content ID: A How To Guide
Although YouTube's Content ID system certainly has its fair share of detractors, it's important to keep in mind that the system can be useful to artists, and gives them a degree of agency and control over their work. Here we examine the process of getting your music into the Content ID system. Guest Post from the ...
HANDS ON: Indie Label Light In The Attic Records Keeps Organized Using Evernote
Here Patrick McCarthy, Reissue Producer and Project Manager for Light in the Attic Records, an independent company which works to bring deluxe vinyl music to the listening public, discusses how his use of Evernote has allowed him to make the company a success. Guest Post by Pamela Rosen on Evernote For a generation that never experienced ...
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