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News: Trends

6 Key Digital Marketing and Music Industry Trends for 2014

January 4, 2014

By Marcus Taylor, Director at Venture Harbour, from Econsultancy. One of the interesting things about being a digital marketer that specialises in a certain niche is that you get to understand your niche from many different angles. Over the past 12 months I’ve talked to hundreds of music companies; understanding what works, what doesn’t, and where ...

News: Website

A Special Thank You to All About Jazz's Sponsors

January 3, 2014

Please join us in thanking and supporting the forward-thinking businesses that sponsored All About Jazz and our sister website Jazz Near You in 2013: ECM Records Mack Avenue Records Nonesuch Records Motema Records Jazz Cruise, LLC Jazz at Lincoln Center Annenberg Center for the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Funky Butt Brass Band, Nathaniel Bartlett, West End Stomp, St. Louis Guitar Fusion, and More

January 3, 2014

The first part of the New Year traditionally is a bit a slow for the live music business, but if you're willing to brave the cold and snow, there still are some noteworthy jazz and creative music performances happening around St. Louis in the next few days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, trumpeter Jim Manley ...

News: Recording

Anne Phillips: 'I Remember Birdland'

January 3, 2014

In 1959, Anne Phillips recorded Born to Be Blue (Roulette)—one of the finest female vocal albums of the year. I posted about it here in 2011 along with my conversation with Anne. A few days ago, Anne and I exchanged emails and she shared with me new lyrics she wrote to the melody of Lullaby of ...

News: Music Industry

Are Clueless Labels Ruining Mix Platforms Like SoundCloud?

January 3, 2014

By Adam Singer of The Future Buzz. [Summary as this is a long post]: SoundCloud’s content ID, implemented due to pressure from record labels, incorrectly flagged one of my uploads as infringing material. As a paying customer and huge fan of SoundCloud I am fearful clueless labels may be senselessly setting a precedent that will destroy ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 3-9

January 3, 2014

Is there jazz after the Artists Quarter? Fortunately, yes, if not in a traditional jazz club setting, at least there are a number of venues around the metro that present jazz at least some of the time, and at least one that still considers jazz a major art form deserving its sole attention. This week visitors ...

Article: Year in Review

Top Ten "Most Read" Album Reviews: 2013

by AAJ Staff
January 2, 2014

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top ten published in 2013. Sex Mob Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti (Sex Mob Plays Fellini) Wayne Shorter Quartet Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without a Net John Scofield John Scofield: Uberjam ...

Article: Year in Review

Top Ten "Most Read" Articles: 2013

by AAJ Staff
January 2, 2014

All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top ten published in 2013. 1. Diana Krall: Rediscovering Vaudeville in Glad Rag Doll 2. The Harlem Renaissance and American Music 3. John McLaughlin: Risk, Magic And Mystery

News: Video / DVD

LH&R: 'Playboy's Penthouse,' '59

January 2, 2014

In October 1959, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross appeared on Hugh Hefner's new TV variety show, Playboy's Penthouse. The show, hosted by Hefner, actually was taped in the Chicago studios of WBKB-TV, with the set designed to appear as though the viewer were attending a hip, late-night adult party at Hefner's rooftop apartment with ...

News: Technology

Trending into 2014: Music and Tech Trends

January 1, 2014

2013 was an eventful year in which a lot of things happened but only a few of my expectations and predictions were fulfilled. So rather than predicting things I'm going to share some specific trends related to music and tech that I think are worth keeping in mind as one evaluates the New Year. In addition ...