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News: Recording

Skip Heller - Homegoing (2002)

August 18, 2011

By Mark Saleski Artists deserving wider recognition. You see this kind of thing all the time in music polls. And do they ever gain wider recognition? Not usually. Mostly because they're maybe a little too esoteric, too interesting for the mainstream public. I know that's playing kinda fast and loose with musical stereotypes ... and heck, ...

News: Technology

Google Just Launched 'Magnifier,' a Music Blog...

August 18, 2011

We could pontificate all day about what this means for Google's broader music strategy. But that assumes that Google knows what this means for its broader music strategy. And with that, the search behemoth quietly introduced 'Magnifier' on Wednesday, a blog that features lots of new music. And that means free downloads, videos, images, interviews, songs ...

News: Performance / Tour

Single Tickets on Sale for Jazz at the Bistro 2011-12 Season

August 17, 2011

Single tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. today for Jazz St. Louis' 2011-12 season shows at Jazz at the Bistro. Among the musicians performing at the Bistro next season will be Ramsey Lewis, John Scofield, Kurt Elling, Greg Osby (pictured), The Bad Plus, Robert Glasper, Joshua Redman with Brad Mehldau, and Stanley Clarke. (Tickets for ...

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News: Recording

Sarah Vaughan: Roulette Years

August 17, 2011

Jazz artsts' recordings in the late 1950s and early '60s were often a direct reflection of their labels' budgets, producers' visions and arrangers' whims. Count Basie, for example, sounded a bit stiff and buttoned up on Verve but unleashed on Roulette. Sonny Stitt sounded thought out and on point on Roost but a bit let's-get-this-over-with on ...

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News: Recording

Woody Witt - Pots and Kettles (2011)

August 17, 2011

If you're a jazz fan in the Houston, Texas, area, you've surely heard of saxophonist Woody Witt. A tireless music educator around town, the manager and artistic director of one of Houston's few jazz clubs, and a recording artist in his own right, Witt has a long list of credentials that could easily make up an ...

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News: Recording

Warren Wolf - (Self Titled) (Mack Avenue, 2011)

August 17, 2011

Vibraphonist Warren Wolf has a light and dexterous sound that makes this album an appealing mainstream jazz experience. He in joined on this recording by Christian McBride on bass, Peter Martin on piano, Greg Hutchinson on drums, Tim Green on alto and soprano saxophone, and Jeremy Pelt sits in on trumpet for a few tracks. Opening ...

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News: Trends

30 Years of Music Industry Change, in 30 Seconds or Less...

August 17, 2011

If you liked our ten year recap, you'll love this. Each pie shows the revenue contribution from various formats, 1980-2010, based on RIAA revenue figures. If you want to see it again, just wait a few seconds for the animation to start over. This is US-based data, and each pie represents 100% of total recording revenue. ...

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News: Music Industry

Ken Vandermark Solo "Furniture Music"

August 17, 2011

If you think it's easy to make a solo woodwind improvisation album and keep it interesting, then you have an optimistic outlook on just about everything, I would think. It's you, your instrument and a microphone or two and that's it. Ken Vandermark made such an album a few years ago. He perhaps ironically titled it ...

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News: Video / DVD

Joel Miller: Jazz in Montreal, Baby

August 16, 2011

There is more to jazz in Montreal than the sprawling festival that takes place in the Canadian city every summer. Keeping up with developments there is easier because of the work of filmmaker Randy Cole. Cole's latest short film is about the influence of a new daughter on the life and work of tenor saxophonist Joel ...

News: Rights

SoundExchange Signals Rate Increase Fight Ahead. Digital Music Royalty Battle Reignites

August 16, 2011

The battle over digital music royalties has begun again. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Judges have opened a new proceeding to set the statutory rates for 2013-2017 with a decision expected by the end of 2012. In recent weeks, Sirus XM has reportedly been talking to record labels and other rights holders about direct licensing. At the ...