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Jazz Heroes 2014
The Jazz Journalists Association has named 24 Jazz Heroes, recognizing them as “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz.” Among them is Jim Wilke, whose Sunday Jazz Northwest program we at Rifftides sometimes tell you about. It airs today at 2:00 pm PDT on KPLU-FM, 88.5 in Seattle and streams here on the internet. Jim ...
Sonny Rollins: Montreal, 1982
Back in 1982, Sonny Rollins appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival and brought the house down. The quality of Sonny's ideas and blowing here is truly remarkable. And he looked great—dig how his body moves with the ideas coming out of his horn. Jimi Mentis in Athens sent along a link to Sonny's performance. Backing Sonny ...
Take Five: Studio Vibes, Jazzin Mandolin, 2 Drums, 7 Psalms, and Desert Island Picks
The Star Tribune has a good idea — every Sunday you can read about recent arts happenings from two perspectives, dubbed Pick Six. Two writers — usually a Strib staffer and an invited guest—each select three highpoints in their arts week. Once in a while, a jazz event makes the cut. Not often enough. So I ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: In the Tradition with Catherine Russell
Today, let's get acquainted with singer Catherine Russell, who will be making her St. Louis debut as a headliner next Saturday, April 19 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Russell is from New York, born in 1956 to Luis Russell, a pianist, composer and longtime bandleader for Louis Armstrong, and Carline Ray, a bassist and vocalist who ...
Hip Jazz for Hip Listeners
Singer Giacomo Gates wide-ranging musicality, humor and swing were on full display Saturday night at JD’s Bistro & Grille as he opened the Port Charlotte FL venue’s Jazz Masters series of special jazz events. Gates fit the bill perfectly with his approach to jazz, including his instrument-like scatting and use of vocalese. The latter technique, ...
Researchers Claim That Releasing Youtube Music Videos Reduces Album Sales
A new report on the relationship of posting videos on YouTube and album sales claims that posting on YouTube reduces album sales. Taking the Warner Music YouTube blackout period in 2009, researchers apply advanced statistical methods to find causation and then total up losses using a “rough back-of-the-envelope calculation." This innovative use of mixed methods leads ...
Heartbleed Bug: A Musician's Guide to the Web's Biggest Security Threat
Ideally you've already heard of Heartbleed and are acting accordingly. If not, you need to know that a “crypto bug" in OpenSSL has been identified that, if exploited, “allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications, steal data directly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users." Yeah, yeah, sounds scary but what's a musician ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 11-17
Those rumors of spring might be true! At least in the jazz neighborhood, it will be a hot weekend with enough sizzle to keep us in melt-down mode through the week! And it is an eclectic week ahead— from CD releases from our “Minnesota Ellington" and “Magica Improvisado," an outstanding outstate gig, and an Orchestra Hall ...
Jazz This Week: The Wee Trio, Take 6, J.D. Parran and George Sams, Scott Kirby, Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola, and More
With spring appearing finally to have sprung here in St. Louis, it should be a fine weekend to get out and hear some live jazz and creative music, and fortunately, our local stages will be filled with intriguing possibilities. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, Good 4 The Soul plays their monthly gig at BB's Jazz, ...
9 CD Discoveries of the Week
I've been traveling quite a bit lately, so my CD discoveries have been piling up. Finally, this past week, I had some time to write about the new albums I love... Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra—Strength in Numbers (Summit). A solid, tasteful big-band album arranged by McGuinness whose writing constantly wriggles the orchestra in and out of ...
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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...
Interview
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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