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Joe Diorio: Exquisite Guitar
Joe Diorio is a jazz guitarist whose name may be unknown to you. I first came across Diorio on two Sonny Stitt albums from 1963—Move on Over and My Main Man. Diorio added so much taste on those dates that I began collecting his work. One of his finest solo guitar albums is To Jobim With ...
How To Protect Your Music
The rise of social media, websites, email lists, platforms for music promotion has impacted the music industry in a positive way, but with all upsides come downsides. Yannick Ilunga spoke with New York-based attorney Jo-Ná Williams to discuss best practices to protect your music on The Jazz Spotlight. The Internet is a key component of today’s music industry. Social ...
Musicians Rally Behind FCC Chairman In Advance Of Net Neutrality Vote
Musicians and creative cultural contributors rallied behind Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in an open letter thanking him for his unwavering commitment to strong net neutrality rules, penned prior to the Commission's vote on February 26th. The letter, co-organized by Future of Music Coalition (FMC), a national non-profit research, education and advocacy organization for musicians and composers, follows an ...
Les Brown Plays Richard Rodgers
Les Brown's albums in the late 1950s and early 1960s are largely hit and miss. Some have punch while others sort of go through the motions. But when they hit, they're way out of the park. No other band had a swinging Hollywood sound like Brown's. Maybe it's because many of the recording band's West Coast ...
The Impending YouTube Music Showdown
YouTube multichannel networks (MCNs) like Maker, Machinima, and Fullscreen have reshaped the business of online video, but there's still one dicey area that hasn't yet been worked out to everyone's satisfaction - the music that accompanies many of those videos. Read more from Bobby Owsinski. It's about to get interesting in that regard as music library Freeplay Music recently filed a lawsuit against some ...
GigCave Combine Free Electronic Press Kits With Music Mentors
Newly launched GigCave offers a simple but potentially powerful mashup of two important services for musicians—a free electronic press kit and paid professional mentoring. On the GigCave platform , musicians can create, manage and host a free electronic press kit where music industry gatekeepers—live music bookers, managers, labels, publishers and others - can learn more about that ...
CD Baby Pro's Publishing Catalog Grows 250%, Exposes New Revenue Streams For Indie Musicians
In an industry where musicians are constantly vying for any source of substantial income, CD Baby's rights management service known as CD Baby Pro forges ahead into 2015 with promise worthy of indie artist's attention. CD Baby prides itself on being owned and operated by musicians for musicians and has established itself as a global leader ...
7 Basic Things That All Bands Should Invest In, And Usually Don’t
From hiring a songwriting consultant to hiring a light and sound man for your performances, Bobby Borg shares 7 basic things that a ll bands should invest in, and usually don’t. I can’t tell you how many indie bands I’ve seen that are quick to drop money they don't have on some “3 month Internet campaign” with a ...
Clark Terry Is Gone
Clark Terry has died at 94 following his long battle with the effects of advanced diabetes. His wife Gwen posted the announcement this morning on her Facebook page. Our beloved Clark Terry has joined the big band in heaven where he’ll be singing and playing with the angels. He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, ...
Clark Terry (1920-2015)
Clark Terry, one of the most admired and accomplished jazz trumpeters and flugelhornists of his generation who appeared on an astonishing 928 known jazz recording sessions and played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra throughout the 1950s before recording extensively as a freelancer, died on Feb. 21. He was 94. Like a tap dancer, Clark liked to ...
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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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