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News: Recording

Art Pepper: Rare Lighthouse (1952)

December 18, 2012

Alto saxophonist Art Pepper may well have been the earliest exponent of what would become known as West Coast jazz. At the end of 1951 and top of '52, Gerry Mulligan hadn't yet arrived in Los Angeles, Shorty Rogers was still emulating Dizzy Gillespie and Shelly Manne was still under the influence of Max Roach. But ...

News: Radio

Updated: Royalties Sirius XM Pays Artists, Labels to Rise 37.5%, Soundexchange Responds

December 18, 2012

UPDATED: The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set new statutory royalty rates for satellite radio that will see the percentage of gross revenue paid to artists and labels increase gradually from the current 8% to 11% by 2017. SoundExchange, which collects the royalties had wanted Sirius XM to pay up to 20% by 2017. The Judges ...

News: Obituary

Ana Grace

December 17, 2012

Among the 20 elementary school children killed in yesterday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was Ana Greene, the 6-year-old daughter of saxophonist Jimmy Greene. She is on the right in the photograph with her father, her mother Nelba Marquez-Greene and her brother Isaiah, also a student at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Isaiah is reported unharmed. Six ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bhob Rainey to Perform Sunday, December 23 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

December 17, 2012

In what's become a holiday tradition, improvising saxophonist Bhob Rainey will be back in St. Louis just before Christmas to perform at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. The concert at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 23 also will include sets from composer Jack Callahan and epicycle, featuring Travis Snyder and Mark Sarich. This is the eighth year ...

News: Music Industry

Euclid Records to Relocate in 2013

December 17, 2012

Euclid Records, the independent record store in Webster Groves that offers an extensive selection of jazz (and many other genres as well), will be moving to a new location in 2013. In a news release on Friday, Euclid owner Joe Schwab said he's buying a building at 19 North Gore in Webster, roughly a mile west ...

News: Recording

Art Pepper: 1951-52

December 17, 2012

Alto saxophonist Art Pepper may well have been the earliest exponent of what would become known as West Coast jazz. At the end of 1951 and top of '52, Gerry Mulligan hadn't yet arrived in Los Angeles, Shorty Rogers was still emulating Dizzy Gillespie, and Shelly Manne was still under the influence of Max Roach. But ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 2

December 16, 2012

This week, we continue with part 2 of our look at some of the touring jazz and creative musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first few months of 2013. (You can see part 1 of the preview here.) Today's first clip features Sachal Vasandani singing “Take The B Train" in a show ...

News: Video / DVD

Eddie Palmieri, Jazz Master

December 15, 2012

On January 14, the pioneering Latin jazz artist Eddie Palmieri will be among those honored by the National Endowment for the Arts as 2013 NEA Jazz Masters. The others are pianist, singer and songwriter Mose Allison; alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson; Owner Lorraine Gordon of New York’s Village Vanguard; and writer A. B. Spellman. Tonight and tomorrow ...

News: Recording

Saxophonist/Composer Ilia Skibinsky Releases "The Passage" on David Binney's Mythology Records.

December 15, 2012

Street Date: February 12th, 2013 Ilia Skibinskys' “The Passage" presents the listener with an outstanding approach to the recording layout. All nine original compositions are of completely diverse styles: A contemporary jazz composition with a big band feel, a Klezmer/Middle Eastern influence, then followed by an almost classical/cinematic piece featuring a string quartet and so on. ...

News: Career

5 Media Outreach Tips from the Essential Guide to Hip-Hop Marketing and Publicity

December 15, 2012

Though “The Essential Guide To Hip-Hop Marketing & Publicity" is focused on hip hop, its insights emphasize basic principles that are relevant across music genres. Written by hip hop publicist Kayla Calloway, this short ebook covers such topics as media pitching and mixtape marketing including advice for outreach to writers and editors in both print and ...