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News: Recording

Rudresh Mahanthappa - Samdhi (Act, 2011)

November 14, 2011

Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa has become an important force on the modern jazz scene, leading his own groups and touring with legends like drummer Jack DeJohnette. This is Mathanthappa's most experimental recording to date, combining music from the Indian sub-continent, jazz and fusion to create a potent and heady brew. Accompanying him are David Gilmore on ...

News: Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: Peterson and Cavett

November 13, 2011

Not that I'd dream of turning Rifftides into an educational institution, but here's a chance to learn from a great pianist as he plays and talks about his music. Over the years, Dick Cavett has hosted his show on six networks. These two clips come from his period with the Public Broadcasting Service, 1977-1982, long before ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Through the Gate with Kurt Elling

November 13, 2011

When singer Kurt Elling last visited St. Louis in December 2009 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro, he was touring in support of his then-recent CD Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane & Hartman. Elling will be back again next week to play the ...

News: Radio

Pandora CTO: Majority of Americans Pay $0 for Music...

November 11, 2011

How many people are actually reaching for their wallets to enjoy music—at least once in a given year? The answer could be depressingly slim, according to talking points jotted down by TechCrunch. “Over half of the US doesn't pay anything for music each year," estimated Pandora CTO Tom Conrad atGigaOm's Roadmap Conference. On top of that, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Battles | Philadelphia | Review | Photos

November 12, 2011

By Jake Krolick Battles :: 10.31.11 :: Theatre of the Living Arts :: Philadelphia, PA It's hard to wave goodbye to summer, especially when the fall was whisked away with a nasty northeastern wind that stole the warmth right out from under our feet. Halloween helps ease the pain of a long winter, as do songs ...

News: Music Industry

Full Text of Citi Statement Announcing Sale of EMI Publishing to Sony/ATV Group

November 12, 2011

Investor Group Including Sony Corporation of America Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire EMI Music Publishing from Citi New York, London and Abu Dhabi—An investor group comprised of Sony Corporation of America ("SCA"), in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson; Mubadala Development Company PJSC; Jynwel Capital Limited; the Blackstone Group's GSO Capital Partners LP; and ...

News: Music Industry

Read CEO Roger Faxon's Letter to EMI Staff on Sale to Universal

November 12, 2011

(UPDATE) In an email circulated today, EMI CEO Roger Faxon informed his team that despite his best efforts, label and publishing would be split with the recorded music division sold to Universal. While widely reported in the media as a done deal with Sony, Faxon says that he hopes “to be able to share more detail on ...

News: Performance / Tour

Japanese Jazz Pianist Yoko Miwa Performs at Ryles on Sunday, November 13

November 12, 2011

Japanese jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing at the Sunday Jazz Brunch at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To see the Sunday Brunch menu, click here. For upcoming jazz events at Ryles, located at 212 Hampshire Street in Inman Square, click here. You can ...

News: Recording

Jake Saslow - Crosby Street (2011)

November 12, 2011

Born in Soho and raised mostly at Long Island, the sights, sounds and ways of the Big Apple were never foreign to tenor specialist Jake Saslow. Imbued with a strong jazz sensibility starting with growing up downstairs from Barry Altschul to learning from Terence Blanchard and Dave Liebman, Saslow's deeply lyrical but thoroughly modern sax dialect ...

News: Performance / Tour

Triplet, "Imaginary Perspective": A Visionary Trio Performs Nine Conceptually Advanced Free Improvisations

November 12, 2011

Triptet does something rather rigorously avant on Imaginary Perspective (Engine 040). Each of the members (Michael Monhart, sax, percussion, Tibetan horn; Greg Campbell, drums, percussion, French horn, Tibetan horn; Tom Baker, fretless guitar, electronics) for any particular piece chooses a particular playing parameter and sticks with it, so that each piece has a kind of three-fold ...