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Other Places: The Ellis Marsalis Center

August 26, 2011

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Harry Connick and Branford Marsalis vowed to see that New Orleans musicians affected by the storm would get long-term help. Six years of their hard work and the cooperation of hundreds of others are about to make a tangible difference in the city's musical community and beyond. A new center ...

Jazz This Week: Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa, Wild Cool and Swingin', and More

August 26, 2011

While indie rock fans at least have this weekend's LouFest to enliven their late August existence, jazz and creative music listeners in St. Louis have fewer options during the annual interregnum between the end of various summer concert series and the start of the fall presenting season. But rather than complain about what's not happening, instead ...

Jazzwax List: '60s Wedding Songs

August 25, 2011

In the 1960s, many jazz musicians found club gigs harder to find. Many top players joined TV studio orchestras or went to work for Muzak. Others took teaching jobs. And a good number performed at weddings. Back then, kids often were dragged along to the fussy marriages of uncles, older cousins and friends of parents. The ...

Pandora Reports Record Revenue and Listener Growth. Now 3.6% of U.S. Radio Listening

August 26, 2011

(Updated) In it's first report to investors since becoming a publicly traded company, Pandora reported record quarterly revenue of $67 million growing 117% year over year.  Pandora also had record growth in total listener hours and the accompanying increase in royalty costs. Listener hours reached 1.8 billion, up 125% year over year, resulting in a record ...

Streamjam Launches as Stageit and Backbeat Competitor

August 26, 2011

[Updated] StreamJam announced their launch out of beta this week and I checked out a concert to see how their platform for streaming and monetizing live performances worked. Though I like many aspects of their overall concept, I found the interface overly busy and confusing which makes me feel it just doesn't stand up to the ...

Band Creates Wild Cover Art from Music's Vibrations [video]

August 26, 2011

Latvian based Instrumenti's sound is a mix of indie-pop and experimental electro, and they are using there songs in a unique way—to create cover art for their album. “Every piece of the album art was created by the song itself," according to the musicians. “We might have help by pouring paint onto blasting speaker membranes and ...

Bud Powell - Jazz Giant (Verve: 1950, 1988, 2001)

August 26, 2011

Of all of the great jazz musicians, it's hard to imagine one whose life was as star-crossed as the great pianist and composer Bud Powell. One of the leading architects of the bebop style of jazz, Powell battled misunderstanding, mental illness, and police brutality and still persevered to become a legendary figure in jazz. The tracks ...

Miles Davis, Expressed in Animated Sheet Music...

August 26, 2011

Ernie Krivda Stokes the Flames with "Blues for Pekar"

August 26, 2011

Tenorist Ernie Krivda has unassumingly been at it for decades, building up a rather voluminous discography of hard swinging jazz with roots in the hard bop of the mid-late '50s through early sixties. Many of those disks are quite fine; many were made for the Cadence-CIMP label complex Bob Rusch heads. And herewith, a new offering ...

Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review, August 19-25

August 26, 2011

Some special music this week, from some of our youngest artists, and from one of our oldest-still working veterans. And a few in-between. Miguel Hurtado Sextet at the Artists Quarter, August 19. In his teens he was a frequent participant in the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Now the Manhattan School of Music graduate is making his ...