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News: Recording

Bill Dixon - Bill Dixon with the Exploding Star Orchestra (2008)

November 27, 2011

had this discussion about jazz with a friend of mine once. He really couldn't deal the sound of a full-bore, large-scale ensemble (he doesn't like any jazz, honestly, but that's sort of irrelevant here). I can't remember exactly what CD was playing in my car, but it seemed to make him nervous. “How can you stand ...

News: Opinion

Blogger Criticizes Artists for Making Money; Tunecore CEO Jeff Price Responds

November 26, 2011

TuneCore CEO Jeff Price responds: Before I say another word, yes, I know I'm rising to the bait. I know this response means more eyeballs for Digital Music News—a semi-legitimate music industry blog that tends to be sensational to drive eyeballs. I know that Paul Resnikoff's constant personal attacks on TuneCore and me are a goad ...

News: Book / Magazine

The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for Turning Your Art into a Career

November 26, 2011

Artspire, a web community that provides such services to artists as fiscal sponsorship and a platform for soliciting donations, recently released “The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for All Artists in the Performing, Literary, and Visual Arts." The Profitable Artist is a more solid offering than most of the business of art type books I've checked out ...

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News: Recording

Piano: Sunna Gunnlaugs; Dred Scott Trio

November 26, 2011

Sunna Gunnlaugs—Long Pair Bond (Sunny Sky, 2011) Icleandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs performs her latest album with the help of Porgrimur Jonsson on bass and Scott McLemore on drums. The group works very well together, on first listen it seems to be a self-functioning unit like the Keith Jarrett or Brad Mehldau trios, but closer listening shows ...

News: Performance / Tour

Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review: November 18-24

November 26, 2011

The week leading up to a major holiday is often hectic, to say the least. Taking time to hear some great music is a good stress reducer. And with the options of the past week, I feel like I've been to the jazz spa. Laura Caviani Trio at the Artists Quarter, November 18. No matter how ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, November 25-December 1

November 26, 2011

It's Thanksgiving weekend, and on my list of gratitudes is the Twin Cities jazz scene. Just this week alone, you can celebrate the release of four diverse recording projects—a creative sax/piano quartet featuring two Minnesota natives, a locally-based piano trio with international potential, a Twin Cities big band release of previously unrecorded Stan Kenton charts, and ...

News: Music Industry

PT. 8: What Musicians Expect from Music Critics and Journalists

November 24, 2011

This is the space where a series of musicians have responded to the burning question: When you read music journalism & criticism what qualities are you looking for in the writer and the writing? TED NASH, saxophonist-composer “It's important that the writer/critic understands the music well enough to speak intelligently about it. I occasionally get some ...

News: Music Industry

Anatomy of a Dinosaur: Notes from One of the Last of the Retail Record Men

November 24, 2011

Last spring after reading a New York Times account of the demise of one of the last of a dying breed, the retail record store, I knew the proprietor of this Brooklyn record outlet was someone we should interview as part of a series of oral history interviews for the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn. So ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Have Some Jazz with Your Turkey and Stuffing...

November 25, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011 Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans, Eastway, 5:30 pm Bobby Dibaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Pultneyville Grille, 7:00 pm Ryan T Carey @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm Last Friday Heritage Jazz Series with Dr. Carl Atkins @ Baobab Cultural Cednter, 7:00 ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Jeremy Davenport, Slso Plays Ellington's "Nutcracker," and More

November 25, 2011

If you're looking to follow your Turkey Day dinner with some jazz and creative music this weekend in St. Louis, here's what's on the menu: On Friday and Saturday, Jeremy Davenport returns to Jazz at the Bistro for his annual Thanksgiving week homecoming shows. The trumpeter, vocalist and University City native continues to serve as the ...