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Molly Ringwald Joins Gail Boyd Artist Management
Gail Boyd Artist Management is very pleased to announce the addition of singer/songwriter/actress Molly Ringwald to it's roster. Molly Ringwald has always surrounded herself with a love of culture and good taste. A true renaissance woman, she has been surrounded by music, theater, film, and literary pursuits her whole life. She was introduced to jazz by ...
Jazz Face: Jason Moran, Jazz Advisor to Kennedy Center
Only 36, pianist Jason Moran has been appointed Artistic Advisor for Jazz for Kennedy Center, a post held by NEA Jazz Master Dr. Billy Taylor until his death this past year at age 89. Despite his youth, Moran's appointment is hardly from left field as the Texas native has held numerous residencies including through the Walker ...
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts names Jason Moran Artistic Advisor for Jazz
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today named Jason Moran as its Artistic Advisor for Jazz effective immediately. Mr. Moran is the second person to hold the position, and is preceded by Dr. Billy Taylor, who served in the same capacity from 1994 until his death in 2010. As Artistic Advisor for ...
Monterey Jazz Festival Names Paul Contos as Director of Education
The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce that saxophonist, jazz educator, and director Paul Contos has been named as the Festival's Director of Education. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Paul Contos has been an essential part of the Monterey Jazz Festival's Jazz Education Programs ...
Danny Bennett on Managing Tony Bennett and the #1 Album Duets II [part 2]
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With the recent release of Duets II, Tony Bennett is not only making headlines but has also achieved his first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. He has done so by staying true to himself and charting a path created with his son and manager Danny Bennett. Yesterday I wrote about Danny Bennett's approach to ...
Danny Bennett on Managing Tony Bennett, Alternative Marketing and Digital Music [part 1]
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Danny Bennett has been instrumental in the career of his father, Tony Bennett, yet he's received relatively limited public attention over the years. I recently spoke with Danny about his career, his marketing approach for Mr. Bennett and his longtime desire to push the music industry towards digital music and the web. Though this is a ...
How to Conquer Your Musical Niche
The internet has done a lot of wonderful things for musicians. By somewhat leveling the playing field on a global scale, musicians can now market their music and expand their brands further than ever before, quicker than ever before. Day after day we are inspired by the success stories of others who came out of nowhere, ...
Danny Melnick Joins Team of Newport Festivals Foundation Producers
NEWPORT, RI: George Wein, Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. and Producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, today announced the addition of Danny Melnick to the Foundation's team of veteran concert and event producers. Melnick, who worked for Wein's Festival Productions, Inc. (FPI) from 1990 and again from 1998, returns to the Festival family as ...
How to Find Work as a Gigging Musician
There's a scene in the movie Inception where Cobb asks Ariadne how they came to be sitting outside a cafe in Paris. When she couldn't recall, Cobb pointed out that we can't remember how our dreams start; therefore she knows she's dreaming if she can't remember how she arrived someplace. Sometimes I try to remember how ...
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970; 2011 Audio Fidelity Remaster)
Recorded in the waning days of the 60's, James Taylor's second album became one of a handful of albums that defined the pop and rock landscape in the immediate wake of the Beatles' breakup. Sweet Baby James needs no introduction to just about anyone over the age of 45, but over four decades later, the album ...
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