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News: Recording

K.D. Lang - Recollection (2009)

August 12, 2011

By Mark Saleski I can't exactly remember either the song or the awards show I saw her perform it on. It had to be either Roy Orbison's “Crying" or maybe “Constant Craving." I also want to say that it was on the Grammy awards. Now that I think about it, I remember running out to buy ...

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News: Recording

Sonny Rollins - On Impulse/There Will Never Be Another You (Impulse!, 1965; Verve Re-Issue, 2011)

August 12, 2011

The great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins only recorded a few albums for the Impulse! label in the mid 1960's, and presented on this compilation is the On Impulse LP, plus a live album from the same year that was previously unreleased (in the U.S. at least.) The On Impulse album is almost a Sonny Rollins sampler ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Summertime ... and the Living is Easy?

August 10, 2011

As we head into the last few weeks of summer and the coming end of Festapalooza, things are a bit light this week. However, you can see the great Hammond B-3 organist Joey Defrancesco on Sunday AND eat Abbott's frozen custard ... now that's livin! Check out the listing below. Hey, I wanted to remind you ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sheldon Concert Hall, Metrotix Offering Online Presale of Single Tickets for 2011-12 Season

August 10, 2011

Single tickets for the Sheldon Concert Hall's 2011-12 season go on sale at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday, August 13, but the Sheldon and Metrotix are offering a presale that gives online buyers a couple of days worth of head start. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 11, online buyers can purchase single tickets for concerts in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Monterey Jazz Festival's 2011 Jazz Legends Gala Honors Terence Blanchard, September 15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey

August 10, 2011

Gala Celebration Features Cocktails, Dinner, Silent Auction, and Entertainment by Grammy-Winning Pianist, Hiromi Proceeds Support Monterey Jazz Festival Education Programs Monterey, California; The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that it will honor the four-time Grammy-winning trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Terence Blanchard, at its Annual Jazz Legends Gala on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the ...

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News: Interview

Russ Garcia + Others on O'Day

August 10, 2011

While writing my post the other day on my favorite Anita O'Day album for Verve (Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart), I reached out to arranger-composer Russ Garcia in New Zealand for a comment. Here's what Russ had to say, followed by a few other stories from readers [Photo of Anita O'Day by ...

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News: Festival

All-Star Lineup to be Featured at the 2011 Earshot Jazz Festival

August 10, 2011

The Earshot Jazz Festival gets kicked off in Seattle on October 14th and runs through November 6th. While the full schedule does not get released until September, the early bookings feature a wonderful variety of top tier musicians. Included are: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette—"Very simply, this is jazz at its finest" (Don Heckman, ...

News: Music Industry

Top Tips for Youtube Music Marketing

August 10, 2011

(Updated) Though making real money with music on YouTube still requires millions of views, ideally from aggregating a catalog of music, the marketing benefits can be substantial as we're all well aware. Here are 8 tips for maximizing your music marketing on YouTube taken from a dash of David Choi, a dose of the Social Media ...

News: Music Industry

Music Services Raise Prices, Drop Links to Keep Apple Happy

August 10, 2011

This guest post comes from The EchoNest's Paul Lamere and Evolver.fm. Turmoil surrounds the important issue of how iOS developers can sell products and subscriptions within apps. Apple dictates that if you sell stuff within your app, you have to give it a 30% cut [although at least now developers can charge whatever they want elsewhere]. Apple also ...

News: Festival

7th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival on Cape Cod Runs August 12, 13, 15

August 11, 2011

Jazz Singer Dane Vannatter The 7th annual Provincetown Jazz Festival on Cape Cod in Massachusetts runs from this Friday, August 12, 2011 in Provincetown to Monday, August 15 in Cotuit, Cape Cod. Opening this year's festival is New Zealand jazz duo Adrienne and Josh Hindmarsh, followed by String of Pearls, a trio of women jazz vocalists ...