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Ivo Perelman Quartet - The Hour of the Star (2011)

September 12, 2011

Sao Paulo-born tenor man Ivo Perelman assembles a whack jazz quartet that rivals in star power to the foursome David S. Ware recently assembled with William Parker, Cooper-Moore and Muhammad Ali. But Perelman's six improvised performances with Matthew Shipp (piano), Joe Morris (acoustic bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums) come off much better. With this being free ...

News: Music Industry

What the Music Industry Looked Like on September 11th, 2001...

September 11, 2011

Here's a snapshot of what the music industry looked like on September 11th, 2001... There were 5 major labels: Warner Music Group, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), and Universal Music Group. CDs accounted for 94.5 percent of overall recorded music sales, according to the RIAA. Cassettes still accounted for roughly 2.5 percent of ...

News: Radio

STLJN Audio Archive: Human Arts Ensemble - Whisper of Dharma

September 12, 2011

This week's Audio Archive post comes to us once again from the fine avant-jazz music sharing blog Nothing Is v2.0, and features Whisper of Dharma, a rare album by the Human Arts Ensemble that originally was issued in 1972 on the Committee for Universal Justice label (pictured, above left), and later reissued in 1977 on Arista ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bob Seger Announces Fall North American Tour

September 11, 2011

TOUR STARTS NOVEMBER 2 IN YPSILANTI, MI Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band will go back out on the road this Fall for a second leg to their 2011 North American Tour. The new dates will extend from coast to coast with stops expected in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tampa, Orlando, ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Improvisations of Joe McPhee

September 11, 2011

This week, let's take a look at some video clips of multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, who will be performing next Saturday, September 17, at the Kranzberg Arts Center in a concert presented by New Music Circle. The show will feature McPhee with his band Survival Unit III, which also includes Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and electronics and ...

News: Video / DVD

Former Major Label Chief al Teller on Radio, the Death of the Old Music Industry and the Future

September 11, 2011

Al Teller ran CBS, Columbia and MCA Records, but in this interview with Ian Rogers on This Week In Music, he shares a visionary view of where the music industry is headed. It starts as a history lesson, but things get interesting around 17:30. Topics include how (sadly) mass-saturation radio play is still the most powerful ...

News: Recording

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator (2011)

September 11, 2011

Ever since Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi married in 2001, the two have frequently contributed to each other projects and performed together. But through (and likely because of) the rigors of The Allman Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi's own band, and the rigors of raising two kids, they never fully consummated their musical marriage. That ...

News: Recording

Juanita Fleming - I Come to You (2011)

September 11, 2011

Juanita Fleming uses her stirring life experiences to inform a new gospel-jazz project, I Come To You. Before turning her gift toward God, Fleming's was a life spent around jazz giants, big-budget soundtracks and the stage. Each of those influences finds a place here, propelling the album into a series of brilliant vistas. I Come To ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Sonny Rollins - Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Decca, 2011)

September 11, 2011

The legendary saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins is renowned for his extraordinary live performances. On this second volume of live recordings he is releasing under the Road Shows banner, the music focuses on 2010 and his interaction with special guests. He sounds completely at ease on stage, talking to the crowd and introducing his band and ...

News: Recording

Jazzwax List: Detective Jazz

September 11, 2011

In the very late 1950s and early '60s, jazz, TV and the movies merged. During those years, movies and TV shows increasingly featured swinging big band jazz for themes and incidental music—particularly action films and detective shows. The hipper the leading man, the cooler the orchestration. Here are five of my favorites albums of this genre ...