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Blossom Dearie: '54, '65, '72 And '83
Singer-pianist Blossom Dearie was a singular artist of fascinating contrasts. She was hipper than many of the men she played with and could swing just as hard. She had a “good girl" look yet struggled with a husband (Bobby Jaspar) who was addicted to heroin. She was a jazzy cocktail-cabaret act but could arrange vocal and ...
Youtube to Launch Subscription Music Service Within Months
In what could be the biggest threat to Spotify's growth yet, YouTube is putting the finishing touches on an on-demand subscription music service to launch later this year. The outline of the licensing deals were completed in May alongside the launch of Google's All Access music service; and industry insiders have been telling Hypebot about the ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 25-31
Seems lots of things are winding down — Fall 2013, farmers' markets. And the Artists Quarter. So far, there's no official word on a reprieve, replacement, relocation. Meanwhile, Minnesota Monthly, among others, wonders if this means a loss of opportunities for local jazz artists? That seems obvious — it surely is a loss of a first-class, ...
Jazz This Week: "A Night in Treme," William Parker's in Order to Survive, Harry Connick Jr., TKT Scholarships Benefit, and More
No doubt about it, St. Louis this week definitely is in the grip of World Series fever. And with the first game of the fall baseball classic tonight, StLJN is getting word of some gigs featuring local jazz musicians being canceled or postponed to avoid conflicts with either the televised games tonight and tomorrow or this ...
Mike Barone: Hollywood, 1968-'69
Based on the flood of emails I received this week, readers seem to get a kick out of my big band posts—particularly when I write about superb recordings that they may have missed. Today I'm going to tell you about two albums led by Mike Barone recorded in late 1968 and early 1969 that are out ...
Kickstarter Hits Crowdfunding Milestones but Successful Music Projects Lag
Five million backers have successfully funded more than 50,000 projects on Kickstarter, the company has announced, cementing their place as the world's top crowdfunding platform. Projects on Kickstarter have a 43.8% success rate and $720 million has been passed on to fully funded campaigns. Music projects, however, did not always raise impressive sums. Just over 45% of the 24,500+ ...
Go Beyond D2F Sales and Create Music Campaigns That Fully Engage Your Fans
D2F or direct-to-fan is a key topic of our time whether considered as an approach to ecommerce or a core focus of business. Numerous D2F services now exist making it possible for musicians and/or their teams to take music, merch and ticketing sales directly to fans using self-serve online tools. But once you get past a ...
Notes from the Indie Label Front Lines
Some aspects of running an indie record label weren't changed by the web. Everybody used to work really hard and had to adjust to changing realities that were often quite harsh. But these days there's more of a sense that everything's up for grabs and that there is no one right way forward. I've been checking ...
Henri Renaud: Paris, 1951
Clamart is a French town about five miles southwest of Paris. Each year since 1949, a jazz festival has been held there. In June 1951, soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet was injured in a car accident on his way to the festival and was replaced by Don Byas. Also at the festival was French pianist Henri Renaud ...
Dizzy Gillespie: London, 1966
In August 1966, Dizzy Gillespie appeared in London on the BBC's Jazz 625 TV show. Gillespie was introduced by British “trad jazz" trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and then appeared with James Moody (ts,as,fl), Kenny Barron (p), Chris White (b) and Rudy Collins (d) for a five-song set. While parts of this video have been up on YouTube ...
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Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
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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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Arcanum at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
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