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CEO Benji Rogers on Why Pledgemusic is Building an A&R Team
Last week PledgeMusic posted a call for full and part-time A&R Scouts. While any business that offers services to musicians might conceivably need folks to seek out talent and build relationships in the industry, something about the post suggested that this was a more serious step for PledgeMusic. Though technically on vacation, CEO Benji Rogers was ...
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: 1985
A year before his death in 1986, Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis was in Copenhagen on tour with a quartet. For those unfamiliar with Lockjaw (or “Jaws"), the tenor saxophonist was a spectacular soloist dating back to the '40s, when his gruff, pushy style was admired and adopted by R&B honkers. Originally an East Coast bebopper, Lockjaw recorded ...
Ron Aprea: Remembering Blakey
If you're going to record a tribute to drummer and hard-bop boss Art Blakey, you'd better come to burn. Alto saxophonist Ron Aprea and the band he assembled do just that on Remembering Blakey (Early Autumn)—one of the strongest small group albums of the year. Instead of miming songs recorded by Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, ...
Leroy Vinnegar: Walks Again!
Bassist Leroy Vinnegar was born in 1928 in Indianapolis, began playing professionally in 1948, became part of the Bee Hive club's house rhythm section in Chicago in 1952 and moved to Los Angeles in 1954, where he recorded for the first time with pianist Lorraine Geller and drummer Larance Marable. In L.A., Vinnegar became a prolific ...
How Google Music Works: Somebody Tell Jimmy Iovine They Don't Just Rely on Algorithms!
As it turns out even Google, possibly the company most associated with removing humans from decision making systems, is using human curation in its development of the Google Play Music All Access streaming subscription service. Insiders recently explained how Google combines algorithmic decision making and human insights to power its music experience. It's a good thing ...
RFTD and Cashless Payment: Intellitix Founder Not Interested in Ticketing
By Kat Drucker (@kitkat5656), event consultant and conference programming for and Digital Media Summit. Sitting down in Quebec City with Serge Grimaux, founder of Intellitix, I intended to discuss ticketing and the social media integration potential of RFID. Knowing about the success of last year's Ford sponsorship at Bonnaroo (See Video) and having heard that the ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Partyin' Traditional Style with Kermit Ruffins
This week, let's check out some video clips featuring trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, who's coming to St. Louis to play on Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25 at The Gramophone. The 48-year-old New Orleans native first gained fame for co-founding the Rebirth Brass Band while still a high-school student. He's gone on to establish a career ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 12-18
Had your fill of jazz festivals yet? For me, it was two glorious weekends in a row, at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival at Mears Park and then the Iowa City Jazz Festival over the holiday weekend. Yet a new, low-key festival is on the schedule this Saturday when the St. Croix Winery in Stillwater hosts ...
Art Hodes: I Remember Bessie
The end of World War II remains the most profound demarcation in jazz history. Jazz changed so radically and abruptly after 1945 that fans of the music split into two bickering camps. Pre-war jazz fans argued that their music had structure, charm and romanticism that post-war jazz lacked. Post-war jazz fans countered that their music was ...
Jazz This Week: Anita Jackson, Feyza Eren and Steve Davis, Erin Bode, Sarah Jane and the Blue Notes, and More
Once again this week, the schedule of touring jazz musicians visiting St. Louis is light to non-existent. And once again, local musicians are more than filling the gap with a variety of events, including some free outdoor shows plus gigs showcasing several of our town's fine female vocalists. Here's what's going on over the next few ...
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The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Phil Schaap's Jazz Room
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Arcanum at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
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Monktober continues with covers from Abbey Lincoln, Art...
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