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Bucky Pizzarelli + Pearl Django
Sometimes, a YouTube clip says it all. This one's precious: Here's Bucky Pizzarelli visiting NPR station KPLU-FM in Seattle recently to play I'll See You in My Dreams with Pearl Django, a Northwest gypsy jazz band. The result is pure magic. A special thanks to JazzWax reader Duane Peirick. And guys, how about an album?... ...
Pete Jolly: Early Piano
Much has been written about Lester Young's influence on West Coast jazz saxophonists. Much less has been written about Bud Powell's impact on West Coast jazz pianists. In the early 1950s, many California pianists from Claude Williamson and Carl Perkins to Hampton Hawes and Russ Freeman were enthralled by Powell's bop attack and ability to storm ...
Sell Your Act with Music "Metrics That Really Matter"
In an age when social proof is taken seriously at all levels of the game, with Likes and Follows serving as a proxy for caring and support, it's important that musicians market themsevlves with “metrics that really matter." This topic was part of a larger discussion at DJ TechTools regarding the best way to respond to ...
Toshiko Akiyoshi: Early Piano
Toshiko Akiyoshi, 84, is best known today as the long-time leader of a big band. During the latter half of her career, that band has been co-led by Lew Tabackin, whom she married in 1969. She also formed several bands with her previous husband—alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, whom she married in 1959 and divorced in 1967. ...
RBC Records Owner: Social Media is Key to Building an Artist's Career
Brian Shafton, owner of RBC Records, has been deeply involved with both hip hop artist and label marketing and distribution. Both running a label and supporting artist-owned indie labels gives Shafton a full view of not only what it takes to break an artist but to maintain a career. In a recent interview, Shafton repeatedly noted ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Metheny Expands Unity Group for New Album and Tour
It's been nearly four years since guitarist Pat Metheny was last here in St. Louis, performing in May 2010 at the Touhill all alone on a stage full of instruments as part of his Orchestrion project. Since then, the peripatetic plectrist has toured with several different configurations of musicians, the most recent of which, the Pat ...
Jack Teagarden: Stars of Jazz
In 1956, pianist and singer-songwriter Bobby Troup began hosting a Los Angeles TV show for ABC called Stars of Jazz. On one of the shows (sponsored by Budweiser), Troup featured trombonist Jack Teagarden and other legends of Chicago jazz, including Matty Matlock's Rampart Street Paraders: Matty Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Abe Lincoln (tb), Clyde Hurley ...
Songcoin: An Alternative Currency for the Real Life World of Music?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The music business is about to get its own alternative currency, called Songcoin. The alternative currency phenomenon is real, as weird as that might feel to those of us who would never consider shelling out cash for points to buy special pixels for that Farmville game we never really got ...
Global Digital Music Market to Grow to $9 Billion in 2014, Says New Study
The digital music market grew 9% in ' 12 and will grow to $9 billion worldwide in 2014. It's driven by expansion in international and regional music brands and 20%+ smartphone growth in South East Asia, India and Africa. The study, by Mahindra Comviva and Ovum Consulting, predicts that Asia-Pacific digital music markets will approach $450 million and Latin America will top $200 million in 2014. Lean Back vs. Lean ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 26 - March 6
It's hard to believe that the Twin Cities Jazz Festival begins in 4 months - is “hot summer" really that close? At ten below, as I write this, summer seems pretty remote. At least there is music to warm our ears and hearts if not our heads and feet! This week, both Patty Peterson and Dave ...
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