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Linda Presgrave Makes Fourth Appearance at Italian "Women in Jazz" Festival
Pianist, composer and St. Louis expat Linda Presgrave last month performed a concert in Frascati, Italy as part of the annual series Donne in Jazz (Women in Jazz), presented by the Italian cultural organization Fondazione Adkins Chiti. The concert on November 4 was Presgrave's fourth appearance in Frascati. She first played there in 2003 as part ...
The Opportunity of Streaming Services for Artists
Guest post by Rishi Mirchandani (@rmirchandani) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. He handles operations for Turntable.fm. There has been a lot of debate over streaming services and the royalty rates they pay. Critics point to royalties from services like Spotify, where it takes 200 streams to earn the equivalent of one download, as evidence ...
Brubeck: Things Ain't What They Used to Be
With Dave Brubeck’s passing, interesting bits of arcana about his life and music are rising to the surface. BBC Radio 4 replayed a portion of an interview from 2000 on the network’s Front Row program with John Wilson. Brubeck tells Wilson about the role of vitamin B-6 in saving his hands and the unusual use of ...
Webster Groves HS Jazz Bands to Perform Christmas Show on December 12, at the Pageant on January 11
The Webster Groves High School jazz bands have announced two upcoming public concerts. Getting in the holiday spirit, WGHS' Jazz I big band will perform Stan Kenton's 1961 album A Merry Christmas in its entirety at 7:00 p.m. this Wednesday, December 12 at Webster Groves Presbyterian Church, 45 W. Lockwood Ave. The concert is free and ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2013 Jazz Preview
As we head into the final weeks of 2012, let's take a look at some of the touring jazz and creative musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first part of 2013. Though there will be more extensive previews here of many of these performances as we go along, this post and its ...
CD Baby Milestone: $250m Paid to Indie Musicians
CD Baby, founded as a backroom enterprise by Derek Sivers and sold to DiscMakers in 2008, announced that it has paid out over $250 million to artists for digital download sales, on-demand streaming revenue, physical CD sales, and sync licensing royalties. $50 million was paid in this year alone. “For years, we've been paying musicians every ...
A D.I.Y. Artist's Successful $30 Download Experiment
By Laurence Trifon, manager for indie electronic act Trifonic (@ltrifon). Will fans pay $30 for a digital download of a band's new album? In Trifonic's case, the answer is yes. A Unique Offer for Fans For the release of Trifonic's Ninth Wave album last month, we offered the typical assortment of direct-to-fan packages on our website: ...
On Dave Brubeck
There is no guarantee that a great artist will be an admirable person. Many sublimely gifted musicians, painters, sculptors, writers and actors fail as human beings. Dave Brubeck was on the positive end of the scale. Among the dozens, perhaps hundreds, of obituaries and remembrances of Brubeck that have emerged since his death yesterday morning, a ...
Jazz This Week: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Oikos Ensemble, Craig Pomranz, St. Louis Rivermen, Andy Coco's Rhythm Section Road Show, and More
If you feel like combining jazz and Christmas this weekend, you're in luck, as there are several holiday themed performances by local and touring musicians coming up over the next few days around the St. Louis area. And if you're not quite ready to go the full-on holiday music route just yet, you can also find ...
Grant Stewart: 'Live at Smalls'
Grant Stewart continues to be one of my favorite modern tenor saxophonists. He has a huge sound, he's nimble and knows when to turn on the speed, and he loves showing off on standards. I'm old school—jazz to me is about showing your stuff, competing hard, and having respect for the music's grand tradition. Grant hits ...
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