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Jukely Adds $8 Million In Funding To Expand $25/Mo. Concert Subscription Service
Jukely promised tickets to unlimited concerts for just $25 a month; and they appear to be delivering in way that's exciting live concert fans and encouraging discovery. To fuel expansion, investors have just added $8 million in funding. Concert discovery app Jukely has raised $8 million in a seed extension round from existing investors, led by ...
Jazz this Week: Benny Green, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Dave Dickey Big Band, and more
View more events at stlouis.jazznearyou.com. As Jazz Appreciation Month winds down and we head into May, it's another busy weekend for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several touring headliners in town and a number of noteworthy events featuring local performers, too. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, April 29 Pianist Benny Green ...
Marty Napoleon (1921-2015)
Marty Napoleon, a stride pianist who was as at home playing New Orleans and Chicago jazz as he was swing and who played with numerous bands and ensembles from the 1940s on, most notably Louis Armstrong and the All Stars, died on April 27. He was 93. [Photo above of Marty Napoleon and his late wife, ...
The Frank Strazzeri Film
Thanks to Rifftides reader Marla Kleman for sending an alert to the posting of a film about one of the late pianist Frank Strazzeri’s loveliest albums. Strazzeri died last year at about this time. He was 84. The album was his Woodwinds West with saxophonists Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper and Jack Nimitz, bassist Dave Stone and ...
Dizzy Gillespie in London, 1973
In August 1973, the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet went into Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London for a two-week stay. Gillespie was backed by Al Gafa on guitar, Mike Longo on piano, Earl May on electric bass and Mickey Roker on drums. The gig was recorded by the club, one assumes. The results have been issued on ...
4 Music Promotion Hacks The Lazy (Or Insanely Busy) Musician
Not many have the luxury of being full-time musicians with no other commitments. Typically, musicians juggle a career, school, day job, family, or a combination of the four. Unfortunately, they're often a bit too busy to put the hours that they want into music. Or, on the flipside, music is just a fun hobby or, hey, maybe ...
25 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your YouTube Channel
What do all successful YouTubers have in common? They create great videos. But beyond that, smart video creators are using some of YouTube’s tools and features to harness the power of those videos and their intended viewers. Is your channel optimized? Guest Post by Chris Robley on The DIY Musician Here’s a simple checklist you can reference to make ...
Tony Bennett and Bill Evans
In 2009, the last time I wrote about the two albums recorded by Bill Evans and Tony Bennett (The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album in 1975 and Together Again in 1976), I was rather hard on the work, viewing the albums as an overrated, operatic mess. Back then, I found the pairing to be a mismatch—two great ...
What Is Bitcoin And Why Should Musicians Care?
Music has a long history with peer-to-peer technology. Napster was the first to allow us to download mp3s directly from our peers. Music fans were so frustrated with the pricing strategy and delivery mechanisms dictated by the music industry that they felt justified not paying for tracks. So what killed Napster? Guest Post by Alan Cross ...
8 More MPS Jazz Records
Back in March, I posted about three albums originally released on Germany's MPS label—It's Nice to Be With You (1969) by Jim Hall, Intercontinental (1970) by Joe Pass and Rass! (1974) by Monty Alexander. As noted, Edel AG, an independent German music and entertainment group, acquired the MPS catalog in 2014 and has been re-issuing jazz ...
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Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland
Interview
Boney James: A Simple Man And A Lifetime Study
Interview
Miles Okazaki's Monkathon: The Complete Thelonious...
Interview
Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
Musician 2 Musician
Steve Coleman on Dave Holland
Live Review
Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
Reanimating Conversations Past
John Scofield: Meant To Be
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