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One Year Later: Why I Don't Love Spotify

July 18, 2012

Guest post by Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs. I've had Spotify for exactly one year. When I first started using Spotify, it sparked an emotion that I hadn't felt since I encountered Audiogalaxy, an early file sharing client, for the first time. I sought out all the music I could think of, amassing a library ...

News: Recording

Joe Alterman: 'Simple Life'

July 17, 2012

Over the past 95 years, jazz has repeatedly had to drag fans kicking and screaming into the future. Most fans like what they like and don't care much for new jazz styles, especially those that are radically different from the music they favor. While jazz certainly must evolve if it is to survive beyond the museum, ...

News: Event

Highlights from the Recording Academy's Independent's Day Conference

July 17, 2012

Last Saturday in Philadelphia, the local chapter of The Recording Academy held a one-day conference geared towards “entrepreneurship for the music-maker" appropriately named “Independent's Day." Panels consisted of representatives from a wide spectrum of the music industry music including Red Bull Records, CD Baby, SoundExchange, ReverbNation, BIM, and many more. Hypebot's Hisham Dahud was in attendance ...

News: Interview

Bob Willoughby: 'Body and Soul'

July 16, 2012

Photographer Bob Willoughby was a friend of JazzWax. Before his death in December 2009, we corresponded about a book idea he was shopping around from his home in Vence, France. Bob and I first became acquainted when I asked him for the story behind his famous photos of tenor saxophonist Big Jay McNeely performing at the ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Swingin' St. Louis

July 14, 2012

Last week in this space, we served up a six-pack of videos from St. Louis-based musicians working in the experimental and free improv genres. This week, we journey to the polar opposite end of the musical spectrum with a sampler of six local groups working in early, pre-WWII swing ...

News: Event

A Look at Tomorrow's Independent's Day Music Conference in Philadelphia

July 14, 2012

Tomorrow in Philadelphia, the local chapter of the Recording Academy is sponsoring a one-day music conference called Independent's Day, focused on entrepreneurship for the music-maker. The event is broken up into several themed discussions focusing on the digital and business aspects of today's music industry, and we'll be there to give you the inside scoop. Speakers ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Good 4 the Soul, Sandy Weltman, a Benefit for Stacy Johnson, and More

July 13, 2012

Ready to hear some live jazz this weekend in St. Louis? Well, it's been a hectic week here at StLJN HQ, the result being that this post is going to be a rather minimal names-days-and-places kind of thing, without much in the way of additional commentary or recommendation. Since all the touted gigs involve St. Louis ...

News: Technology

Echo Nest Adds $17.3m from Norwest, Expands Api to Explore Music as Predictor of All Behavior

July 13, 2012

Music intelligence platform The Echo Nest, has closed a new $17.3 million financing round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Prior investors Matrix Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Fringe Partners, Jim Pallotta and board member Michael Brown also participated in this round. The Echo Nest says it will use the funds to support sales, international expansion and new ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sonny Rollins Reschedules St. Louis Concert to Saturday, June 22, 2013

July 12, 2012

St. Louis jazz fans who are eagerly anticipating another chance to hear the man known as the “Saxophone Colossus" will have to wait a bit longer. Jazz St. Louis has announced that saxophonist Sonny Rollins (pictured) has rescheduled his performance at the Touhill Performing Arts Center from Friday, October 12 of this year to Saturday, June ...

News: Interview

Bill Charlap on Bill Evans

July 12, 2012

Next week, pianist Bill Charlap will begin a series of concerts at New York's 92d Street Y that will show off his versatility and depth. Bill will back singers Ernie Andrews and Freddy Cole (July 17), play an evening of Richard Rodgers songs (July 19), dual with fellow pianist Dick Hyman (July 24), play in a ...