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Meet Edward Blanco

by AAJ Staff
March 20, 2013

I currently live in: Miami, FL. I joined All About Jazz in: 2005 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? The desire to participate in some small way, in helping to promote and become a part of the jazz music I love. AAJ is the top jazz resource on ...

News: Recording

Aaron Diehl: Trio and Quartet

March 20, 2013

I spent the day yesterday writing and listening to pianist Aaron Diehl's new album, The Bespoke Man's Narrative (Mack Ave.). I love Diehl's chord voicings and acute sense of drama. In his playing, you can hear the suspense of Red Garland and patience of Ahmad Jamal. And yet he sounds like himself. Diehl's trio here features ...

News: Book / Magazine

10 Insights from Andrew Dubber's "The 360 Deal" - Connecting with People is Part of the Business

March 20, 2013

“The 360 Deal“ is not actually about contracts that seek to involve a label in everything an artist does in order to expand the label's revenue streams. Instead it's a collection growing to include “360 words of wisdom by 360 musicians and music professionals“ with a minimum price of $3.60. More importantly it's full of useful ...

News: Technology

Austin Tech Talk at SXSW: Interviews with Tom Silverman and X5's Scott Reilly

March 20, 2013

The following excerpts are from 2 days of interviews conducted by Helsinki based streaming company LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. These interviews were filmed and streamed live on Austin Tech Talk from the LiveMusicStage booth at digitalmusic.org's lounge. LiveMusicStage is an online venue where fans can participate in interactive live-streamed concerts, broadcast by venues, festivals and studios ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet David A. Orthmann

by AAJ Staff
March 19, 2013

I currently live in: Newfoundland, NJI joined All About Jazz in: 2000What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I wanted the freedom to initiate and write articles about jazz without being subject to excessive editorial guidance. There are any number of artists whose work I admire. And it's important ...

News: Recording

MAXJAZZ Releasing Ben Wolfe's New CD from Here I See on Tuesday, April 2

March 19, 2013

The St. Louis-based independent label MAXJAZZ has scheduled the release of bassist/composer Ben Wolfe's new CD From Here I See for Tuesday, April 2. The album is Wolfe's second for MAXJAZZ, which previously released his CD No Strangers Here back in 2008. The NYC-based Wolfe is known for his work with Harry Connick Jr., Diana Krall, ...

News: Recording

Sam Most: "East Coast Jazz"

March 19, 2013

A long-forgotten Sam Most album on the Bethlehem label has just been remastered and reissued. Recorded in 1955, I'm Nuts About Most...Sam That Is! was the ninth and final album in the series of “East Coast Jazz" LPs that Creed Taylor produced while at Bethlehem. Creed launched the “East Coast Jazz" series in 1954 to distinguish ...

News: Performance / Tour

Join the Universal Orchestra and Play Live Online

March 19, 2013

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. This morning, I composed and played music with someone in Spain and some people standing around in a museum in London. You can do it too, for free, right now, as soon as you're done with reading all the new articles on Evolver.fm. All you need is the Google Chrome ...

News: Technology

Mico Headphones Let Your Brainwaves Choose the Music

March 19, 2013

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Music is starting to listen to us, for a change. The signs are popping up everywhere — and not just in music services that make great guesses about what a particular human wants to hear, but quite literally, with magic bracelets and heart-healthy music apps that alter musical programming or ...

News: Performance / Tour

Hot 8 Brass Band to Perform at the Demo on Sunday, April 7

March 18, 2013

New Orleans' Hot 8 Brass Band (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, April 7 at The Demo, the recently opened live music venue at 4144 Manchester Blvd in the Grove neighborhood. The Funky Butt Brass Band will open the show. Formed in 1995, the Hot 8 Brass Band are known ...