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News: Recording

"Solar" (Davis) or "Sonny" (Wayne)?

July 5, 2012

A long-running discussion (or argument) about the authorship of a major jazz tune may have been resolved once and for all. The tune is “Solar,” copyrighted in 1963 with name of Miles Davis as composer, nearly a decade after he recorded it. It is a 12-bar piece based, with certain departures, on the harmonic structure of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Victor Wooten, Reggie and Mardra Thomas, and More

July 5, 2012

Though many StLJN readers may be getting time off for Independence Day, and some even enjoying a bit of additional vacation this week, the business of live jazz and creative music goes on. Here are few of the highlights happening in and around St. Louis for the next few days: With regard to tonight, while there ...

News: Music Industry

'Solar' Wasn't by Miles Davis

July 5, 2012

Who wrote what and when? This question pops up often when jazz fans try to figure out who composed their favorite jazz standards. And like most lamppost shadows that form in the dead of night, nothing is as it seems. For example, Richard Carpenter is credited as the composer of Walkin'. Yet little is known about ...

News: Video / DVD

Encore: America the Beautiful, Eddie Higgins

July 4, 2012

Two years ago on July 4, we presented this performance by the late Eddie Higgins. When it didn’t appear in 2011, we heard from disappointed Rifftides readers. Perhaps we should establish it as an Independence Day tradition. We’ll make up for last year’s oversight by bringing on Mr. Higgins a day early. Happy birthday, United States ...

News: Performance / Tour

Ronnie Burrage to Play Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28 at Robbie's House of Jazz

July 4, 2012

Drummer Ronnie Burrage, who grew up in University City and has performed with many jazz greats, is coming back home to lead his own band in performances at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Burrage (pictured) has worked with musicians such as McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Joe ...

News: Opinion

Roman Candles Across the Stars

July 4, 2012

The title of today's post is abridged from Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Here's the full passage: “I shambled after, as I've been doing all my life, after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, ...

News: Trends

Artists and Labels Must Accept the New Music Industry

July 4, 2012

Guest post by Gregory Haberek, artist manager and co-founder of All For The Addicts Management. Music has been a part of human culture since the beginning of history, and it continues to transcend language barriers, belief systems, and remains completely open to interpretation. Musicians create works of art through emotional expression and artists create because they ...

News: Festival

Music Festivals Profit from Cultural Shifts to Quality Topped off with Luxury

July 4, 2012

The Researchist, a market research blog, recently took a look at luxury offerings at three music festivals, Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. Since I don't follow the luxury market and haven't gone to any of these festivals I had not realized the kind of amenities afforded those with money to burn. However, their brief report is somewhat ...

News: Recording

Beach Boys + David Bowie

July 3, 2012

Last month, on the same date, EMI Music released two fascinating rock albums—one a new recording by a '60s rock band and the other a remastered classic by one of the most influential artists of the '70s. The new one is the Beach Boys' That's Why God Made the Radio, and the remastered CD is David ...

News: Technology

Twitter's Breakup with Linkedin Signals a New Direction - But is It the Right One?

July 3, 2012

After a nearly three-year partnership, LinkedIn has announced that posts from Twitter will no longer be displayed on their site. The news comes as Twitter works to encourage users to visit its own services directly and not through third parties, or as Twitter's Chief of Products Michael Sippey said in a recent blog post, to provide ...