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Bob Keene: 1951-'52 Sessions
As part of my continuing series on big band recordings from the '50s that may have escaped your radar, let me hip you to Bob Keene's Dancing on the Ceiling. Originally issued as a series of singles in 1951 and '52, the LP on Los Angeles' Whippet label featured clarinetist Bob Keene, who was 29 at ...
Moogfest Returns in 2014 with New Music Tech Conference and 5 Days of Music
Moogfest is a music festival in Asheville, NC created by the folks at Moog Music. Sometimes referred to as an electronic music festival, Moogfest has included such towering figures as Morton Subotnick but also books acts like The Flaming Lips and Nas. Of course, Moog's creations have been used by many acts and Moogfest 2014 isn't ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on William Parker
This week we feature some video clips of bassist William Parker, who will be here with his In Order To Survive quintet to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle next Friday, October 25 at Mad Art Gallery. A 61-year-old native of the Bronx, NYC, Parker first gained wide attention in the 1980s with ...
It Takes More Than Metrics to Understand a Musician's Audience
(UPDATED) In a new study by Microsoft researcher Nancy K. Baym, the author discusses musicians, music companies and their use of metrics. She interviewed a number of musicians and business people about their use of data gathering tools to identify and relate both online and offline audiences. The picture is as you might imagine with musicians ...
3 Critical Steps for Musicians to Build Fan Engagement
C. Vincent Plummer ( @cvpmusic ) is a Musician, Co-Founder, & Social Strategist for Bedloo. Over the years, I've sat at a lot of breakfast tables with local musicians recapping last night's gig. Usually the conversation starts about the nuts and bolts of the evening itself, but many times, the theme of the conversation moves towards ...
Jazz This Week: Bill Watrous, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, William Cepeda, "Jazz Heaven," and More
This week's menu of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features visits from two very different touring trombonists, plus a traveling extravaganza featuring Wynton Marsalis fronting a cast of 85 musicians and singers, and as usual, plenty of homegrown talent, too. Let's go the highlights... Tonight, trombonist Bill Watrous will be at Mineral Area College ...
Terry Teachout on Ellington (PT. 2)
The impact, influence and sheer longevity of Duke Ellington's jazz career is astonishing, rivaled only perhaps by Louis Armstrong's. From his first recordings in 1924 until his last at Georgetown University in 1974 just three months before his death, Ellington was essentially responsible for creating jazz's national highway system. Thanks to the trails he blazed, other ...
Tom Waits, Derek Trucks, Sinead O'Conner, Others to Record Kickstarter Funded Blind Willie Johnson Album
A Kickstarter to fund a tribute album to Blind Wille Johnson launched yesterday. Tom Waits, Sinead O'Connor, Lucinda Williams, Luther Dickinson, Cowboy Junkies, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Blind Boys of Alabama and Rickie Lee Jones have agreed to record songs for the project, which as of Wednesday morning had pledghes total $16,000 of a $125,000 goal. ...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2014 Nominees: Nirvana, Ronstadt, Gabriel and More
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 nominees. Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt and Peter Gabriel lead the list that also includes The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Meters, Chic and ten more. The complete list of 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Chic Deep Purple Peter ...
Terry Teachout on Ellington (PT. 1)
Back in the early 2000s, Terry Teachout and I were sitting in my living room listening to Erroll Garner when I asked him what his motivation was for writing. Terry thought for a moment and said, “To connect with average readers in the simplest and most engaging way possible so I can turn them on to ...
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