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News: Video / DVD

Broadbent's Short Tour

December 20, 2011

Shortly before Alan Broadbent moved from Southern California to New York, he told the Los Angeles Times: People are making more out of this than they need to. The bulk of my work is as a touring musician, and I can do that from anywhere. One of Broadbent's shorter tours these days is on the train ...

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News: Recording

Sonny Stitt: Varitone Redux

December 20, 2011

By the end of 1964, the saxophone's fate was pretty much sealed. For more than 30 years, the reed instrument along with the trumpet had been played by superstar jazz performers who typically led groups or were at least main soloists. But with pop-rock's arrival in the early 1960s, the Beatles' euphoric invasion in '64 and ...

News: Interview

A Chat with Keller Williams

December 20, 2011

By Dennis Cook Bass, the new album from Keller Williams (released December 13 on SCI Fidelity Records), begins with a warming blast that's akin to finding expected sunlight outside when one opens the door. It's a thick, inviting sound and the studio debut of Keller's live reggae-funk band Kdubalicious, where he's joined by Jay Starling (keyboards) ...

News: Video / DVD

Exclusive Look Inside Artist Growth Musician Career Management Platform [video]

December 20, 2011

Artist Growth won't launch until January 17th, but we've got an exclusive look inside this mobile software platform which offers musicians career management tools, task tracking and group project coordination. Created by Nashville based musicians turned entrepreneurs Matt Urmy and Jonathan Sexton, Artist Growth's proprietary technology integrates finances, calendars, inventory, contacts, social media and mentoring resources within ...

News: Education

New Music Seminar Returns to NYC June 17-19, 2012

December 20, 2011

This year's New Music Seminar (NMS) has been announced for June 17-19, 2012 in New York City. the conference will open with keynote speaker Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel. Pittman has been a key player in Clear Channel Radio's Pandora-like digital radio platform, iHeartRadio. If past New Music Seminars are any indication, these three days ...

News: Recording

Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash (1969, 2011 Audio Fidelity Remaster)

December 20, 2011

Coming on the heels of the Sweet Baby James reissue by Audio Fidelity, the outfit that releases limited edition remastered versions of classic rock albums, is the widely celebrated debut album by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Going back about a year earlier than Taylor's breakthrough record, Crosby, Stills & Nash also signaled a shift away from ...

News: Performance / Tour

Ars Nova Workshop's Spring 2012 Season

December 20, 2011

Ars Nova Workshop's 13th year is coming soon! We wrapped up our 2011 season in late-November with two maximum capacity concerts by Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog and a double-header with Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown and the Claudia Quintet + 1. Thanks to everyone who came out to support ANW this year, and we wish you all a ...

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News: Advocacy

A Letter to Congress, from the Guys That Invented the Internet...

December 19, 2011

The following open letter was recently sent to members of US Congress, with an urgent warning to vote against SOPA. It comes from 83 engineers and innovators responsible for creating the internet, including TCP/IP creator and “father of the internet" Vint Cerf and Paul Vixie, author of the widely-used DNS server software BIND. We wrote and ...

News: Recording

Harry Connick Jr. Trio - Music from 'The Happy Elf' (2011)

December 19, 2011

This plays like Vince Guaraldi for a new generation, as Harry Connick Jr. performs an all-original, Christmas-themed set that recalls the spirit of the season without falling into the cliches that often follow better known Yuletide classics. And Connick's done his share—including the 2003 best-selling album Harry for the Holidays, which featured the original vocal version ...

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News: Obituary

Bob Brookmeyer: 1929-2011

December 18, 2011

Bob Brookmeyer died in his sleep Thursday night in a hospital near his home in Grantham, New Hampshire. He would have been 82 on December 19. The cause is reported as congestive heart failure. Several weeks ago, Bob sent me a test pressing of the next album by his New Art Orchestra. He attached a note: ...