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Danny Bennett on Managing Tony Bennett, Alternative Marketing and Digital Music [part 1]

October 19, 2011

Danny Bennett has been instrumental in the career of his father, Tony Bennett, yet he's received relatively limited public attention over the years. I recently spoke with Danny about his career, his marketing approach for Mr. Bennett and his longtime desire to push the music industry towards digital music and the web. Though this is a ...

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News: Trends

Digital Music Sales to Triple in 4 Years to $20.1 Billion [report]

October 19, 2011

The digital music industry is set to double from $7.4 billion to $20.1 billion in 2015, according to a new study. That's a compound annual growth rate of 22.1% over the period. Subscriptions will be the fastest growing segment, growing at a compound annual rate of 60.8% to 2015. In terms of digital music market value, ...

News: Video / DVD

Sean Parker: "I'm Not Sure Why You Would Sign with a Record Label" [video]

October 19, 2011

At Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Sean Parker, venture capitalist and co-founder of Facebook and Napster and Spotify investor, sat down to talk about his take on the future of the music industry. “I'm not actually sure why you would sign with a record label," quipped Parker. On Spotify, Parker says its “an attempt to ...

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News: Event

34th John Coltrane Memorial Concert is on Saturday, October 22 at Northeastern University in Boston

October 19, 2011

The 34th John Coltrane Memorial Concert presents saxophonist John Coltrane's music in contemporary interpretations, illustrating influences from Afro-Caribbean music cultures. This year's concert honors Jose Masso, host of “Con Salsa" on WBUR, who is celebrating his 36th year of of presenting the best of Afro-Latin music. The concert features the John Coltrane Memorial Ensemble, an outstanding ...

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News: Recording

Cinque, Featuring Joey Defrancesco and Steve Gadd - Catch a Corner (2011)

October 19, 2011

The trio of respected Canadian sidemen who complete the Cinque band, though nowhere near as famous as Joey DeFrancesco and Steve Gadd, end up providing the structure and verve for this celebration of good-time soul jazz. You'll come in listening for the familiar rhythms of Cinque's celebrated organist and drummer, but go away deeply impressed with ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Rahe

by AAJ Staff
October 18, 2011

Meet Rahe: Composer/guitarist/multilingual vocalist (she speaks fluent Portuguese and Castilian Spanish), Rahe (pronounced “Ray") spent most of her childhood in Japan and Spain (the land of her heritage), before settling in Colorado at 13. Her first profound musical experiences occurred in Andalucia at age five, where she was invited into the Flamenco circles of ...

News: Recording

The Roots: New Album

October 18, 2011

NEW ALBUM UNDUN SET FOR RELEASE 12/6 Amidst The Roots' busy schedule, from performing as the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to recently fronting a Pre-Emmy Awards jam session, the legendary crew has returned with their latest musical creation, a new album entitled undun (Island Def Jam). Set for release on December 6, ...

News: Technology

Techdirt Opens New Media Biz-Models Message Board; Offers $10k for Best Case Examples

October 18, 2011

Last week, media blog TechDirt launched a new message board designed to pool the ideas and experiences of musicians, filmmakers, and writers experimenting with new ways to monetize and support their work. Additionally, TechDirt founder Mike Masnick is offering $10,000 to those who submit the best case studies and/or experiences they've had in building alternative business models. “In ...

News: Recording

David Paul Mesler - Just A Lucky So And So (2011)

October 18, 2011

Many a jazz singer has stumbled through the Great American Songbook, slowed by imitative missteps or the inability to keep pace with a swinging quartet surrounding him. David Paul Mesler is not that singer. In fact, on the new Just a Lucky So and So, issued on Emerald City Records, includes a number of familiar standards ...

News: Recording

Recent Listening: Cecilia Coleman

October 17, 2011

Cecelia Coleman Big Band, Oh Boy! (PandaKat). Before she moved to New York 13 years ago, Coleman established a solid reputation as a pianist and arranger in her native southern California. Studies with Charlie Shoemake and Tom Kubis provided a solid theoretical foundation for imaginative charts that she wrote for a variety of small groups she ...