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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Matt Wilson and Arts and Crafts, Straight Ahead, Grand Marquis, and More

March 22, 2012

While there would seem to be no great thematic or conceptual ideas, either intentional or serendipitous, unifying this week's offerings, some fairly nice spring weather and a variety of jazz on local stages should make this a good weekend in St. Louis to get out and hear some music. So let's go to the highlights... Tonight, ...

News: Recording

Jazzsnap: Anita O'Day (C. 1945)

March 22, 2012

Here's singer Anita O'Day with the Gene Krupa Orchestra at New York's Capitol Theater, circa 1945. The trombonist is Leon Cox. This snapshot comes from Betty's fabulous collection of photos, sent along by her friend Chris. Betty has pinpointed the year based on the note on the back of the photo. The movie showing was Her ...

News: Crowdfunding Campaign

Musician Ryan O'Neal on Spotify, Kickstarter and Leaving Interscope to Go D.I.Y.

March 22, 2012

Liisten: What do you think of renting (spotify) music vs. owning and buying music? RYAN: I feel like the biggest challenge as an independent musician is getting new ears to hear your music. Although it is a very sad fact that music has so little monetary value nowadays—I feel like Spotify, iTunes, Pandora, etc. are all ...

News: Technology

Fanfueled Attracts Major Music Clients to Their Social Ticketing and Fan Engagement Platform

March 22, 2012

FanFueled, the social ticketing and fan engagement platform, has developed quite a bit since we last covered them at Hypebot back in November. Between returning clients and new clients as well as the further development of their social engagement technology, FanFueled is taking a strong position in the crowded field of contenders for ticketing service supremacy. ...

News: Music Industry

Clark Terry Home from Hospital; Benefit to be Held Monday, April 23 in NYC

March 21, 2012

According to a blog post yesterday from his wife Gwen, the legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry (pictured) is back home from the hospital and doing well after the amputation of his left leg. Terry, who's 91, has been in and out of the hospital since October, and earlier also lost his right leg ...

News: Performance / Tour

Matt Wilson and Arts and Crafts to Present Free Performance and Clinic on Thursday, March 22 at Saxquest

March 21, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson (pictured) and his band Arts & Crafts will present a free performance and clinic starting at 6:00 p.m. this Thursday, March 22 at Saxquest, 2114 Cherokee St. Wilson and the band, which includes trumpeter Terell Stafford, keyboard player Gary Versace and bassist Martin Wind, are in St. Louis this week to do an ...

News: Recording

Harpist/Composer Edmar Castaneda Releases "Double Portion" Featuring Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Miguel Zena^3n from Arpa Y Voz Records.

March 21, 2012

Edmar Castaneda's new album may be titled Double Portion (Arpa Y Vaz Records, Street Date April 17th, 2012), but don't be surprised if you find yourself wanting more of this sumptuous meal after you've tasted it. Castaneda, who has virtually reinvented the role of the harp in jazz singlehandedly within the past several years, explores fertile ...

News: Opinion

An Argument Against "Pay What You Want" Pricing

March 21, 2012

Guest post by Brian Hazard of Passive Promotion. Lady Gaga shot to the top of the sales charts upon the release of her last album, in part because it was deeply discounted on Amazon. Radiohead pioneered the “pay what you want" approach, with most downloaders opting to pay nothing at all. Last week I asked my ...

News: Music Industry

Collectively, the Major Labels Still License 80% of Downloads Sold in America...

March 21, 2012

That's according to the fairly massive legal team representing the Temptations, who are now suing Universal Music Group in federal court. The group is filing against UMG over a number of royalty concerns, and part of a growing class action lawsuit sparked by Eminem's publishing group, F.B.T. Productions. “It is estimated that the licensing of master ...

News: Performance / Tour

Review: Herbie Hancock at the Touhill Performing Arts Center

March 20, 2012

For a musician who's been around as long as Herbie Hancock, part of the challenge of each new tour can be just figuring out what to play. If there's a new record to promote, the process can be as straightforward as picking the best stuff from the album and assembling it into a set list. Without ...