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News: Recording

Clare Fischer: Extension (1963)

June 5, 2012

West Coast jazz artists of the '50s and early '60s tend to be viewed stereotypically as plaid-shirted hot-dog musicians relentlessly recording upbeat contrapuntal originals. In truth, West Coast labels produced quite a number of heavy dates during this period, including Russ Garcia's Wigville (1955), Jimmy Giuffre's Seven Pieces (1957), Ornette Coleman's Something Else!!! (1958) and Fred ...

News: Opinion

Digital Music Prices: Is Cheaper Better?

June 5, 2012

If you visit Amazon's digital music store and browse the top albums chart one thing you might notice is how low the prices are. Almost every album is “on sale" in some way making it one of the cheapest places to buy digital music. On the other side, glancing at the iTunes top album charts you ...

News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County All-Star Band and Vocal Honor Jazz Ensemble Perform in British Columbia and Seattle, June 29-July 4

June 3, 2012

Monterey Jazz Festival’s Monterey County All-Star Band and Vocal Honor Jazz Ensemble Perform in British Columbia and Seattle, June 29-July 4 All-Star Band and Vocal Ensemble Perform at San Jose Jazz Festival, August 11; Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos, August 22; West End Celebration in Sand City, August 24; and at 55th Monterey Jazz ...

News: Opinion

How Music Streaming Services Could Help Artists, Fans, Labels, Charities and the Music Industry

June 3, 2012

Guest post by Benji Rogers (@benjikrogers), Founder & CEO of PledgeMusic. I'm not into streaming. I've never really made a secret of that, and as such it occurred to me that rather than simply bashing it and those who seek to profit from it, I should come up with a solution that would make it work ...

News: Video / DVD

Historic Jimi Plays Berkeley Concert Documentary Now on Blu-Ray/DVD and Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child Blu-Ray Both Coming July 10

June 3, 2012

EXPERIENCE HENDRIX LLC & LEGACY RECORDINGS RELEASING RESTORED & NEWLY EXPANDED EDITION OF HISTORIC JIMI PLAYS BERKELEY CONCERT DOCUMENTARY ON BLU-RAY AND DVD Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child Blu-ray Also Coming Tuesday, July 10 Experience Hendrix LLC and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release a restored and newly expanded ...

News: Music Industry

Vinyl Business Booming: Third Man Records, Independent Label Market, Origami Vinyl

June 2, 2012

One of the bright spots in music sales is the still growing love of vinyl. Events like Record Store Day fuel the boom as does the desire for tangibility in an age when digital media feels as cheap and insubstantial as tap water. Examples of the boom include the success of Jack White's Third Man Records, ...

News: Technology

Samsung's New Music Hub Takes On Spotify, Pandora, iTunes and iCloud

June 2, 2012

One year ago this week, we wrote about a company called mSpot and its quest to dethrone music service titans like Spotify, Pandora, and iTunes/iCloud by combining everything they all do into one unique package. Samsung acquired mSpot earlier this month, and already, we're seeing what the electronics giant has planned for its acquisition — you ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Genius of Louis Armstrong

June 2, 2012

This week, in anticipation of Byron Stripling's gig next Saturday, June 9 at Powell Hall in which the trumpeter and singer will join forces with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra to deliver a tribute to Louis Armstrong, we're going back in time to check out some clips of Armstrong ...

News: Performance / Tour

Kirk Whalum to Demonstrate at Saxquest, Perform at the Sheldon

June 2, 2012

Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (pictured) is coming to St. Louis later this month to demonstrate a new line of saxophones, and again in September to perform in a fundraising concert. On Sunday, June 10, Whalum will appear at Saxquest, 2114 Cherokee St, for “A Taste of Keilwerth," demonstrating and performing on the manufacturer's latest models of saxophones. ...

News: Interview

Interview: Mike Stoller (Part 4)

June 1, 2012

Songwriters Mike Stoller and the late Jerry Leiber wrote Hound Dog and K.C. Lovin' (Kansas City) in Los Angeles in 1952 just as Gerry Mulligan was forming his pianoless quartet with Chet Baker a few miles away. My point is that Mike may be among the most significant living figures in the evolution of post-war R&B ...