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The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day (1997)

December 31, 2011

I'm one of those people who tend to not remember their dreams. Most mornings, I have a feeling that some dreams have come to pass, but couldn't tell you about any of them in much detail. When I'm particularly tired it's common for me to have a lot of dreams, with the fragments having a little ...

News: Opinion

Signs of Jazz Life in the Local Universe, 2011 (Part 1)

December 31, 2011

The Variety section of Friday's Star Tribune was filled with “best of" lists -night life, quotes, albums, live acts, songs. The only mention of anything jazz-related was in the article, “No. 1 Sign the Local Music Scene Was Alive and Well in 2011," which provided responses from 9 panelists of the Twin Cities Critics Tally and, ...

News: Video / DVD

New Year's Gigs + Ball Drops

December 30, 2011

Many top-rank rock and pop acts skip performing on New Year's Eve. Probably because their families insist they spend the evening at home after months away on the road. Really small acts pass as well, mostly because they aren't big enough to command the big ticket prices that many venues command on the last night of ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, December 30 - January 5

December 30, 2011

The joy of celebrating and anticipating the New Year is tempered this week with the loss of our dear friend and jazz chanteuse Christine Rosholt. But she would be the first one to tell us to get out and share some good music with friends and family. So let's do it, there's enough to keep us ...

News: Obituary

Jazz Face: Christine Rosholt, RIP

December 30, 2011

I first heard Christine Rosholt sing at the Dakota, maybe in 2004. She had a sincere perkiness that was contagious and carried over into her renditions of great tunes from the 30s and 40s. She was just at the beginning of her singing career, and her voice was still finding its mark. But she already knew ...

News: Music Industry

Jazz Around Town: Don't Let the Door Hit Your Backside on the Way Out, 2011 ... Come On in 2012!

December 29, 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:00 pm Anthony Gianavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Julie Ketchum Duo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Mike Kaupa Duo Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm Fred ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: New Year's Eve and More

December 29, 2011

The week between Christmas and New Year's usually is fairly quiet for live jazz in St. Louis, and New Year's Eve, contrary to what you might think, hasn't been an especially busy night either in recent years. Nevertheless, there are a few noteworthy shows coming up, and a handful of NYE jazz performances as well. Let's ...

News: Radio

Songs That Made the Phones Ring for 2011

December 29, 2011

In the spirit of The Masked Announcer, the ancestor Joel Dorn, ace record producer (Atlantic Records, 32Jazz, etc.) who first made his mark on the music spinning platters in Philly and subsequently released a must-have compilation titled “Songs That Made the Phones Light Up," we present our annual “Songs That Made the Phones Ring" listing for ...

News: Rights

Is Music Piracy the Problem... or the Solution?

December 29, 2011

Yesterday in a comment left on one of Hypebot's Best of 2011 articles, one reader expressed a viewpoint that ending piracy is the #1 route to a professional career in the music industry. They went on to say: “You can't have jobs where there's no money. People who aspire to professional careers need to learn who is ...

News: Radio

Pandora Launches Web Hub for Live Concert Series

December 29, 2011

Pandora has announced an online extension of the free, live concert series that the company debuted earlier in the month. The Pandora live concert series hub is currently sponsored by Budweiser. The Pondora live concert series launched in Portland, Ore. on December 13 with Dawes, an emerging rock band from Southern California. As the official launch ...