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2004 International Association for Jazz Education Conference
by Russ Musto
If jazz audiences in New York City seem a bit larger, better educated and more diverse than usual during the third week of January this year it will be because they probably are. The International Association for Jazz Education is holding its 31st Annual International Conference here, scheduled to attract more than 7,000 jazz musicians, teachers, ...
When Pat Metheny Sits Down...
by Gregory J. Robb
When Pat Metheny sits before the audience at New York's Beacon Theatre, on November 14, he will start the concert by playing an instrument that the native of Lee's Summit, MO left alone until 2001: the baritone guitar.Pat Metheny changed gears again with his 2003 release of One Quiet Night (Warner Jazz). The album ...
"One Quiet Night" with Pat Metheny
by Gregory J. Robb
The latest offering from contemporary jazz guitarist Pat Metheny will again put him front and center. Pat Metheny: One Quiet Night (released by Warner Jazz) will feature Metheny on baritone guitar.One Quiet Night is the result of Metheny's solo explorations in one evening of November, 2001. The native of Lee's Summit, Missouri set up ...
Naxos Classical I: A Snapshot of the Changing the Face of Classical Music Marketing
by C. Michael Bailey
In 1997 Naxos International, the budget classical music label inaugurated its Jazz subsidiary with the release of six diverse recordings . During the intervening six years, the label released 65 critically well-received discs, all which have been reviewed within these pages. Now, it appears the Naxos Jazz Label is dormant. While retaining its place on the ...
Norah Jones and the Grammy Awards
by C. Michael Bailey
Dateline, Little Rock, Arkansas, Monday, February 24, 2003.Subject: The 2003 Grammy AwardsThis morning, Bruce Lundvall, President of Blue Note Records, woke up, as if from a dream, the happiest man in the world.Why, might you ask?Because, in addition to selling over six million copies of her debut recording ...
The Vinyl Age
by Andrey Henkin
I have a problem. I have stacks of records I have listened to once or twice. I have precious little room for any more. Yet I can't pass by a record store or even a pile of discarded records in a trash bin without stopping and flipping, flipping, flipping. The stains on my fingers are more ...
