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Trombonist/Composer Andy Hunter Releases New CD "Think Like a Mountain"

October 10, 2012

The new Andy Hunter album, Think Like a Mountain, will be released October 30th, 2012. The album features Alex Sipiagin on Trumpet, Jason Marshall on Baritone Saxophone, Dave Kikoski on Fender Rhodes, Boris Kozlov on Bass, and of course, the writing, arranging, and Trombone voice of Andy Hunter. About Andy Hunter: Andy Hunter is an exciting, ...

News: Recording

Beach Boys: Mono/Stereo

October 10, 2012

The Beach Boys' recent 50th anniversary tour had its ups and downs. First Brian Wilson said he wasn't going to re-join the group. Then he agreed. The reunited band played Good Vibrations during the Grammy Awards with some technical difficulties. Then the band hit the road, where they took some heat for creakiness and rote renditions. ...

News: Opinion

The Success of the Online Music Market Will Be Won or Lost in Translation

October 10, 2012

"The net effect is the creation of a sort of musical babelfish." Guest post by Jason Herskowitz ( @jherskowitz ) of Tomahawk and Official.fm. This post originally appeared on sidewinder.fm. It only takes a quick glance at your favorite social network to see that people love sharing their favorite music. But the people on the receiving end are often less than enthused, either ...

News: Recording

Jackie McLean: 'Jackie's Bag'

October 9, 2012

Not all Blue Note sessions are alike—even though label owner-producer Alfred Lion favored a cookie-cutter approach that resulted in hundreds of hard-bop albums carrying a distinctive, muscular sound. Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean's first leadership date for Blue Note was Jackie's Bag—a stand-out album that consisted of two different sessions separated by almost two years. [Pictured above: ...

News: Recording

Hidden Downloads: David Allyn

October 8, 2012

One of my favorite male vocal albums is A Sure Thing: David Allyn Sings Jerome Kern. Recorded originally for World Pacific 55 years ago this November, the album was arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Johnny and David were both in Boyd Raeburn's band at the same time in the mid-1940s and maintained a lifelong friendship. A ...

News: Event

SF Musictech Summit Next Week; Interview with Coordinator Brian Zisk

October 8, 2012

Next Tuesday (10/9) in San Francisco, the SF MusicTech Summit kicks off from the Kabuki Hotel in S.F.'s historic Japantown district. The ever-popular event continues its tradition of bringing together some of the top minds and companies within the music and technology sectors, along with a number of developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and ...

News: Opinion

Are Music Fanatics a Dying Breed?

October 8, 2012

Guest post by Alex May of sidewinder.fm A recent video of an album teaser by Muse quickly separated the fans from the critics. The hatred expressed toward the band erupted over a clip of a song on an album that hasn't been released yet. Several listeners suggested that even though they're fans of Muse, this song has ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Evolution of Christian Scott

October 7, 2012

This week, we take a closer look at the latest phase in the career of trumpeter Christian Scott, who will be in St. Louis to perform Wednesday, October 17 through Saturday, October 20 at Jazz at the Bistro The 29-year-old New Orleans native a couple of months ago released ...

News: Performance / Tour

St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers Concert Series Announces 2012-13 Season Schedule

October 8, 2012

The St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers series has announced their schedule of free concerts for the 2012-13 season. The concerts take place on the third Sunday of each month, except in December, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church of St. Louis, 9030 Clayton Rd. (1/3 mile west of the St. Louis Galleria ...

News: Opinion

Enthusiastically Disorganized Music

October 8, 2012

Why is it that, having found a perfect quote, I can never find it again when I want to quote it myself? Sitting on a plane recently, reading (laboriously) through The Rise of a Jazz Art World by Paul Lopes, I found what feels like the perfect -if really inaccurate—phrase to describe jazz, particularly for those ...