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Calvin Jackson: Ghost Piano
Many jazz fans are unfamiliar with Calvin Jackson, a Philadelphia-born pianist who has been largely forgotten today despite an exceptional career. After studying at Juilliard in the late 1930s, Jackson played piano in New York and led a band. According to Danish jazz enthusiast Timme Rosenkrantz in Harlem Jazz Adventures: A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969, “Calvin ...
Muzeek Receives Seed Investment to Disrupt the Gig Booking Process [updated]
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Muzeek is a music tech startup headquartered in Australia that provides a platform for managing the gig booking process for all involved from artists to venues. Launched back in February, Muzeek recently completed an undisclosed seed investment round with The Sydney Angels and was also recognized for growth momentum by business data company SIGNL. I spoke ...
Bandpage CEO J Sider on the State of the New Music Industry
Op-Ed by J Sider, the founder & CEO of BandPage, a leading service for musicians to engage their fans across the web. He's been named to Billboard and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for the last 3 years. 2013 was a year when the full scale of the Internet became increasingly useful for the music industry. The collected engagement across ...
6 Tips for Setting up Your Online Store
It’s no secret that at Bandzoogle we believe that your website should be your main hub on the Internet. So if there’s any place online that fans should be able to buy your music and merch, it’s on your own website. Why sell direct to fans? By selling direct to your fans, you not only get ...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Names 2014 Inductees: Nirvana, Kiss and More
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 inductees. They are Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt. The E Street Band will be given the Award for Musical Excellence. Original Beatles manager Brian Epstein and original Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham will each receive the Ahmet Ertegun ...
Passings: Stan Tracey, George Buck
Stan Tracey, the pianist sometimes called the godfather of British jazz, died on December 6. He was 86. Tracey helped to draw international attention to jazz in the United Kingdom and influenced the development of scores of younger players. Through most of the 1960s he was the house pianist at Ronnie Scott’s club in London and ...
Anita O'Day: 1963 and 1970
Singer Anita O'Day appeared in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1963 and Oslo, Norway, in 1970. In both cases she was in superb form—slickly wriggling into songs like a tight dress, moving above and below notes to make songs her own. As always, O'Day was in complete control and a consummate professional. Fortunately her performances were captured on ...
Musicians: Put Yourself on the Map, the Google Street View Map
Though many of us are balking at Google's ongoing drive to connect products, such as the widely attacked, integration of Google+ comments on YouTube, sometimes those connections open up great new possibilities. In this case, Google's connecting their Photo Sphere tech for 360 degree photo creations and Google Maps' Street View to allow you to create ...
Radio Still Rules and Pirates Subscribe According to New Consumer Research
Last week MIDiA Consulting released a new report by Mark Mulligan regarding a UK consumer survey, “Decoding the Digital Music Consumer," that reveals only one digital activity in the top 5 music activities of today's consumers. Watching music videos came in second to that long-time winner listening to the radio. Third in line? Buying CDs! Takeaways ...
Recent Listening: Holiday Albums
Every year, albums of Christmas music by jazz artists pop up in late October or early November, provide pleasure through the season, then are mostly forgotten. Once in a while, we get lucky with new releases that not only entertain us for the holidays but also leave music of permanent value. Think of Duke Ellington’s and ...
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Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
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Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
Reanimating Conversations Past
John Scofield: Meant To Be
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The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Phil Schaap's Jazz Room
Franc Williams: Live From The West End
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