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SF MusicTech Announces Fall Date, May Be It's Last
SF MusicTech has announced that its next summit will be held on November 11th at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. (Early registration is open here.) Sadly, this 16th must-attend gathering of the music and tech tribes may be the last. “We've been doing this for 7 years now, and while we love throwing Summits, they are ...
Ticketmaster Affirms Settlement, Will Return $400 Million to Fans
Ticketmaster has agreed to a tentative settlement in a class action suit that stretches back more than a decade. If approved, the deal would issue about $400 million in credit to 50 million ticket buyers. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2003, alleges that Ticketmaster, now owned by Live Nation, but then part of IAC/InterActive Corp., misled consumers ...
U.S. Justice Department to Review Music Streaming Royalties
In the wake of a series of court cases involving music streaming service Pandora, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department has announced that it plans a review of the agreements that govern songwriting royalties. The DOJ said it would review the consent decrees, which in some cases date back to 1941, between two major performing ...
Midem Moves Cannes Conference to June, Announces New Initiatives
International music industry mega-conference Midem is moving from its usual January/February time frame to June 5-8 in 2015. The gathering is staying in Cannes, but adding an enlarged program to support labels and artists looking for international deals along with new exhibition space and content devoted to tech and innovation. The new program adds more live showcases ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 6-12
With the Twin Cities Jazz Festival just three weeks away, we seem to be steadily building toward that climax with a busy jazz weekend and beyond. Former AQ owner Kenny Horst returns to the trapset; the Dave King Trucking Company wraps up a Midwest tour; the festival's “pre-game" series in Saint Paul Libraries launches with a ...
Video: Teddy Edwards, 1962
In the tenor sax pantheon, there's Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. But then there are dozens of smaller giants who were solid, fluid, soulful players, including Wardell Gray, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, Harold Land, Hank Mobley, Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis, Frank Wess and Sonny Stitt. Often forgotten today is Teddy Edwards, ...
Jazz This Week: Peter Brotzmann Trio, Peter Martin and Vivian Sessoms, Kurt Elling, New Mastersounds, Jamie Cullum, and More
It's the first week of a new month, and a very busy one for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several noteworthy headliners in town. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the all-star free jazz trio of saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, drummer Hamid Drake and bassist William Parker (pictured) performs at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. ...
Mundell Lowe: 'Souvenirs'
Every great jazz musician has a handful of albums that stand out even above their vast catalog of superb works. I call these “sweet spot" recordings, which feed right into what you love best about the artist. Guitarist Mundell Lowe is no exception. According to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, he has recorded on more than 360 ...
Must Watch: John Oliver's Funny, Smart and Dead-on Explanation of Net Neutrality
Net neutrality. “The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are ‘featuring Sting,’” says HBO host “Last Week Tonight" John Oliver at the start of his brilliant comic explanation of the issue that should have every net user up in arms. Oliver explains the controversy and lets viewers know how they can voice ...
Videos: Bossa Nova
I love everything about bossa nova—the sound, the rhythm, the melody, the harmony, the feel and the enthusiasm by artists and fans, especially those in Rio. Like the blues, the bossa nova can wrap itself around virtually anything if it's applied tastefully. In celebration of warmer weather, here are five favorite bossa nova clips... Here's João Gilberto ...
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Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
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Miles Okazaki's Monkathon: The Complete Thelonious...
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Scott Kinsey: Thought Distortions and the Art of the Left...
Live Review
Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
Reanimating Conversations Past
John Scofield: Meant To Be
From the Inside
The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Phil Schaap's Jazz Room
Franc Williams: Live From The West End
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