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Modern Jazz Guitar

by AAJ Staff
April 13, 2015

Six strings, ten fingers, improvisation, and a sense of adventure: these are the tools required to play modern jazz guitar. While guitar greats like Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall laid the foundation for bop guitar, a whole new crop of musicians came of age starting in the late '60s. Modern jazz guitar, for lack of a ...

6 Lessons Indie Labels & Musicians Have Learned About Streaming Music

April 11, 2015

With tighter budgets and thinner margins, the loss of revenue as music consumption shifts online is particularly concerning for independent artists and labels. But they're quickly learning to adapt. Organized by UK music trade organization AIM, the recent Music Connected conference brought together record labels, distributors and music marketers.  Here are some key takeaways, as reported by ...

Who Is Listening? Internet Radio Consumption By Age [INFOGRAPHIC]

April 11, 2015

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Tuning in to Robert Glasper

April 11, 2015

This week, let's take a look at some video clips featuring keyboardist Robert Glasper, who's bringing his group the Experiment back to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23 at Jazz at the Bistro. Glasper, a native of Houston who turned 37 just last week, will be returning here for the first ...

Jazz this week: Gaslight Cabaret Festival, Bosman Twins, Dave Dickey Big Band, and more

April 10, 2015

View more events at stlouis.jazznearyou.com. It's been a busy spring so far for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, and though this week's lineup may be light on touring performers, there still are plenty of gigs featuring local musicians to sate your appetite for live sounds. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, April 9 Pianist ...

8tracks Launches Music Library To Help Share Indie Music, Partners With INgrooves, CDBaby

April 10, 2015

Two-thirds of 8tracks 30 million monthly listening hours are streams from indie labels and musicians. Now 8tracks has solidified their commitment to independent music with new partnerships and features that encourage the creation of indie based playlists. Playlist based radio app 8tracks is launching the 8tracks Library and DJ Crate to help users discover and create ...

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 10-16

April 10, 2015

The weather is predicted to take a turn for the better this weekend, days are getting longer, and the birds seem happier. Maybe spring is jumping up after all! Come rain or come shine, there's definitely a lot of warm jazz in the air, from the veteran Eric Kamau Gravatt's quartet at Jazz Central to the ...

Max Roach Meets the Backbeat

April 9, 2015

Modern jazz survived and flourished in the 1950s largely because many gifted artists didn't sell out. Imagine what would have happened if Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Bill Evans decided to open music stores or take jobs at universities rather than tour and record? Or if artists like Max Roach, Jimmy Cleveland, ...

Reaching Music Industry Influencers The Right Way

April 9, 2015

In today’s ultra-crowded and competitive marketplace, artists should use every tool they have to reach out to the influencers who can help their careers. Unfortunately, many go about it in the wrong way, coming across as naive and tone-deaf. Are you one of them? Guest Post by Cortney Harding, Director of Media Relations for Muzooka.com This article ...

Ed Bickert: Canada's Secret

April 8, 2015

Canadian jazz artists don't get enough respect. American fans swoon over Belgians (Bobby Jaspar), French (Martial Solal), British (Tubby Hayes) and even Argentines (Gato Barbieri). But when it comes to Canada, many jazz fans yawn, viewing them as doppelgängers at best, or pale comparisons to U.S. jazz musicians. The problem has always been that Canadian jazz never ...