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News: Video / DVD

Rubblebucket: Live DVD/CD, Daytrotter Session, Spring Tour

February 17, 2012

NEW LIVE DVD/CD LIVE IN CHICAGO OUT IN MARCH; DAYTROTTER SESSION TODAY AT 3:30 EST This March the rapturous octet Rubblebucket will be bringing their colorful live show directly to your living room. Aptly titled Live in Chicago, Rubblebucket is releasing a live CD/DVD package that contains a full concert filmed this past October at Chicago's ...

News: Interview

Interview: Rudy Van Gelder (Part 5)

February 17, 2012

Before I left Rudy Van Gelder's historic recording studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., a few weeks ago, I couldn't resist asking a favor. Rudy's eyebrows went up in agreeable arches. Out came my copy of Horace Silver's Horace-Scope, one of my favorite Blue Note albums. Though it was recorded in Hackensack, N.J., in 1960, I still ...

News: Technology

A Bright Future for Music Tech: Lessons Learned at SF Musictech X

February 17, 2012

The number ten is quite a symbolic number, representing the start of a whole new order of numbers, and the culmination of the numbers that came before it. The number ten also implies the completeness of order. Last Monday at the Kabuki Hotel in San Francisco, the SF MusicTech Summit celebrated its tenth summit. With what ...

News: Performance / Tour

New Black Eagle Jazz Band Performs at Rogers Center in N. Andover on February 17

February 17, 2012

The New Black Eagle Jazz Band, one of New England's foremost disciples of the New Orleans jazz tradition, is performing in concert at the Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College in North Andover on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. The band formed in 1971 and since then has played in concert halls ...

News: Music Industry

The Fashionista's Legal Guide to Licensing Music...

February 16, 2012

Music is fashion, and sometimes it's hard to tell where the runway ends and the stage begins. But incomplete licensing will draw another type of fashion police, which is why attorney Steve Gordon penned this comprehensive legal guide to licensing music for fashion events. This is a legal roadmap for designers and producers of fashion shows ...

News: Music Industry

42 Different Ways That Artists Can Earn Money...

February 16, 2012

This has become a running list from the Future of Music Coalition (FOMC), which now counts 42 different, discrete revenue streams that artists can exploit. Take a look; add your own. Songwriter & Composer Revenue 1. Publisher advance Bulk payment to songwriter/composer as part of a publishing deal. Paid to: songwriter composer by publishing company. Rate: ...

News: Interview

Interview: Rudy Van Gelder (Part 4)

February 16, 2012

For much of this week, JazzWax readers have been sending emails urging me to ask engineer Rudy Van Gelder about specific sessions he recorded for Blue Note, Prestige and other labels. All suggestions were wonderful. The problem is Rudydoesn't think back on these sessions the way we do. We sit back and enjoy the music. Rudy was ...

News: Performance / Tour

Nolafunk Jazzfest Series: 7 Walkers, Salmon, Lobos, Alo

February 16, 2012

ALL SHOWS GO ON SALE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 AT NOON EST The first annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series, produced by Creative Entertainment Group (CEG), will take place April 27—May 5, 2012, during the evenings of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The inaugural event will launch at Republic on Friday, April 27 with a lineup that ...

News: Music Industry

Jim McCarty Discusses Jeff Beck's Ouster from the Yardbirds: "He Had to Go"

February 16, 2012

The Yardbirds, famous for such 1960s-era tracks as “For Your Love," “Over Under Sideways Down," and “Heart Full of Soul," served as a launching pad for three of rock's most recognizable guitarists—Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Co-founding drummer Jim McCarty recently returned to the band's separation from Beck, which actually happened on tour after ...

News: Radio

Live Bates! Bassist Leads His Band Through "Open Sessions"

February 16, 2012

Last week, Chris Bates sent out his usual update. But this time, the listing was not so usual. In addition to the gigs in which he plays a critical sideman role, Chris invited us to one of his first forays into bandleading, and not just on a gig. We were invited to a ringside seat of ...