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News: TV / Film

Miles Davis: 60 Minutes

March 30, 2012

60 Minutes' producer Don Hewitt made a terrible mistake when he assigned Harry Reasoner to interview Miles Davis in 1989. Reasoner had little understanding of Davis the combative jazz artist. Reasoner also asked a large proportion of dumb questions that unfairly tried to cast Davis as a rotten piece of work and an unentitled freak. As ...

News: Video / DVD

Jobim and Regina: The Waters of March

March 30, 2012

While two days of March remain, it would be a good idea to revisit an Antonio Carlos Jobim classic. It is, of course, “Águas de Marco.” March is the rainiest time of year in Rio de Janeiro. Jobim fashioned the progress of the music and the Portuguese lyric to suggest the storm waters’ relentless flow toward ...

News: Performance / Tour

Alan Evans Trio to Play Saturday, May 5 at the Old Rock House

March 30, 2012

Drummer Alan Evans (pictured) of the funk/jazz group Soulive is bringing his new trio to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5 at The Gramophone. Evans will be touring this spring in support of the release of his album Drop Hop, which, much like Soulive, incorporates the influence of Booker T. and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Madeleine Peyroux to Perform Sunday, May 20 at the Sheldon

March 30, 2012

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Madeleine Peyroux (pictured) will make her St. Louis debut in a performance at 7:30 p.m., Sunday May 20 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Noted for a vocal sound that's been compared frequently to Billie Holiday, Peyroux released her first record back in 1996, but didn't really gain widespread attention until her 2004 ...

News: Video / DVD

New Take On Music Crowdfunding from Cooking Vinyl's Pete Lawrence and Book Publisher Unbound

March 30, 2012

Pete Lawrence, founder of England's Cooking Vinyl record label and The Big Chill festival, is launching another more intimate festival called Alfresco. But instead of directly crowdfunding the festival, he's releasing a book full of stories about his past and offering tickets with pledges via Unbound, a book crowdsourcing and publishing service in London. For a ...

News: Interview

Jazz Face: Hiromi, Virtuosity in Service to Art

March 30, 2012

So what's so bad about being so good? Ever since she burst onto the jazz scene nearly a decade ago, pianist Hiromi Uhera has experienced from what I will call the Oscar Peterson curse—criticism for her unashamed displays of technical virtuosity. Peterson in fact was an early supporter, as were Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea. Three ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Nicholas Payton, Larry Ochs and Kinhoua, and More

March 29, 2012

From free improv to fusion to big band to neo-soul/hip-hop influenced experimentation, this week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis has a variety of offerings to suit different musical tastes. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, New Music Circle presents saxophonist Larry Ochs and Kihnoua in concert at Kranzberg Arts Center. In addition ...

News: Obituary

Leon Spencer Jr. (1945-2012)

March 29, 2012

Leon Spencer Jr., one of the most melodically funky organists during Prestige's Hammond B-3 era in the early 1970s and whose voicings and guitar-like touch on the instrument provided a powdery groove behind lead horn players, died on March 11. He was 66 and lived in Houston. Spencer's recording career began in 1968 but didn't become ...

News: Career

6 Essential Elements for Every Artist's Homepage

March 29, 2012

Guest post by David Dufresne, CEO of musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. Your homepage is usually the first page visitors to your website will see, so it's important to make sure that you have the right elements in place to grab their attention, make a strong first impression, and keep them on your site. A well-designed ...

News: Radio

Pandora's Choking on Advertising. and It's Getting Worse...

March 29, 2012

Internet radio keeps surging; it appeals to more people now than ever before in history. And one of the biggest beneficiaries (and drivers) of this growth has been Pandora, whose active listener base nearly doubles every year. Yet Pandora is still profitless, still boxed out of Britain, and a dog on Wall Street. So what's wrong ...