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The News from Jazztimes: It's True
The following announcement is posted on the JazzTimes web site: Important Message From JazzTimes Management By JazzTimes To our readers and members of the jazz community: JazzTimes has temporarily suspended publication of the magazine and has furloughed the bulk of its staff while it finalizes a sale of its assets. The brand and ...
Bad Times at Jazz Times
Unconfirmed reports continue to filter out of Silver Spring, Maryland, that Jazz Times magazine's precarious advertising revenue position will force it to cease publication. In his latest post on the matter, my artsjournal.com colleague Howard Mandel quotes a recently dismissed Jazz Times associate editor as saying that it's doubtful the magazine would be able to survive ...
Jazz Times Crisis Confirmed
An associate editor of JazzTimes until a couple of weeks ago when I was laid off" has confirmed that the magazine is in deep trouble. There was some hope of a new buyer coming to the rescue," he writes, but as of my last contact with the guys it wasn't looking good." I'd heard previously that ...
Radio & Records Magazine Goes out of Business
ALL ACCESS has confirmed that venerable trade publication R&R will close its doors, after 36 years, on FRIDAY (June 5th), which will mark the final issue. The R&R site has already been pulled down. Up to 40 employees are exiting, some sooner than later. Most of the chart information will be included in future editions of ...
Losing a Jazz Mag?
Rumors abound that JazzTimes magazine is folding -- it's laid off employees, notified writers of waits for May payments, not shipped its June issue to the printers and failed to sell itself to a new publisher. A senior contributor says he was told not to write his next column until asked for it. These are rumors, ...
Music and the Creative Class: A Fruit Fly Industry
(Part 1) Richard Florida and his 2005 bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life gave voice to a movement to revitalize cities by attracting and nurturing the creative class" - a socioeconomic group of 40 million that makes up 30% of the US workforce. There is ...
Former Jimi Hendrix Roadie Saves You the Trouble of Buying His Book
A conspiracy theory regarding rock legend Jimi Hendrix began making the Web rounds on Sunday, courtesy of former roadie James Tappy" Wright. He happens to have a book coming out next month, and in it he alleges that Michael Jeffery, Hendrix's manager, was responsible for the musician's death. The Telegraph today has a story about a ...
AllAboutJazz-New York June 2009 Issue Now Available!
Every June we begin getting excited for jazz festival season in the city. Unfortunately, for the first time since 1984, New York City, once the jazz capital of the world (a title threatened by New Orleans, Berlin or maybe one of several Canadian metropolises), will be without a JVC Jazz Festival. Of course, the truth is ...
Linear Jazz Improvisation: Hot Licks ~ Jazz Standards
ByrneJazz.com announces the release of LJI Hot Licks ~ Jazz Standards. This 36-page collection of hip, polished melodic lines applies the Linear Jazz Improvisation Method to well-known standards in a rewarding and fun way. Use these lines on gigs! Product Details: Convenient e-book format Clear, concise text Free Finale & mp3 sound ...
Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits
Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits by Barney Hoskyns The enigmatic singer-songwriter emerges as a fascinating, if frustrating, subject to tackle. Self-mythologizing is as much a part of rock as the 15-minute guitar solo. Tom Waits knows the drill: He's been messing with our heads for a full generation. Like Bob ...


