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News: Event

Donovan to Headline David Lynch Foundation Show

March 18, 2010

MUSIC ICON DONOVAN TO HEADLINE DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION BENEFIT CONCERT ON MARCH 19 AT THE EL REY THEATER IN LOS ANGELES Donovan Legendary folk-rock-pop troubadour Donovan ("Mellow Yellow," “Sunshine Superman," “Epistle to Dippy," “There is a Mountain," “Wear Your Love Like Heaven," “Hurdy Gurdy Man," etc.) will headline a benefit concert for the David ...

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News: Recording

Ray Charles: New Jazz Collection

March 18, 2010

Ray Charles' Genius + Soul = Jazz is Centerpiece of 2-CD Deluxe Edition Retrospective of the Artist's Jazz Recordings of the '60s and '70s Ray Charles Ray Charles was best known for his work in the idioms of R&B, rock 'n' roll and even successful forays into country. But he also recorded influential jazz ...

News: Interview

Interview: George Avakian (Part 3)

March 18, 2010

If you were a record producer in the late 1940s, you pretty much had to invent the job. At the dawn of the LP era, there were no rules, no models and no mentors. As George Avakian discovered at Columbia Records, new ways to package pop and jazz music for long-playing albums had to be developed. ...

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News: Recording

Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune (Experience Hendrix)

March 18, 2010

Please excuse the prevalence of first-person commentary in this piece, but it just seems the smoother route to go in describing my personal reactions to this release. The commodification of Hendrix continues with this latest posthumous collection of odds and sods on the Sony-licensed Experience Hendrix imprint. I've lost track of the legal-wrangling within and without ...

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News: Recording

Vertical Voices: The Music of Maria Schneider

March 18, 2010

AVAILABLE NOW ON ARTISTSHAREVERTICAL VOICES: THE MUSIC OF MARIA SCHNEIDERJULIA DOLLISON AND KERRY MARSH “What these two stellar musicians have done here is nothing short of amazing. What an extraordinary combination of talent, ambition and heart! I'm most impressed."- Maria Schneider When vocalists Julia Dollison and Kerry Marsh first ...

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News: Music Industry

Jazz This Week: Caribbean Jazz Project, Fareed Haque, Diverse and More

March 18, 2010

Along with the official start of spring, this weekend brings several events of interest to fans of jazz and creative music in St. Louis.The weekend's best-known headliners are Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project, who will open a four-night run this evening at Jazz at the Bistro. You can see some video of ...

News: Social Gathering

Jazz St. Louis Plans NYC Trip for May 19 - 23

March 18, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has scheduled its third annual group trip to New York City for Wednesday, May 19 through Sunday, May 23. This year, the St. Louis Art Museum is co-sponsoring the excursion with JSL, and the itinerary will be expanded to include tours of galleries, artists studios and private collections as well as visits to ...

News: Performance / Tour

Actress/Singer Sally Kellerman's "Opening Night" at Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club April 29, 2010 Studio City

March 18, 2010

There will be lots of festivities surrounding actress/singer Sally Kellerman's “Opening Night" at Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club on April 29, 2010. Showtime is 8pm and it is called “Opening Night" because it is the opening of a series of concerts at Vitello's with Sally Kellerman. Sally has one of the most recognizable voices in the ...

News: TV / Film

3D or Not 2D, That is the Question

March 18, 2010

'Dragon' versus 'Titans' versus 'Alice' in fight over 3-D screens Studios are using high-pressure tactics to book their films into theaters. In the wake of the blockbuster “Avatar," Hollywood's obsession with 3-D has hit a roadblock. Paramount Pictures is using high-pressure tactics against theaters to book DreamWorks Animation's upcoming big-budget 3-D film, “How to Train Your ...

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News: Music Industry

'Bones' Howe & Tom Waits the Odd Couple?

March 18, 2010

When label boss David Geffen teamed respected engineer 'Bones' Howe with an unknown and very strange songwriter called Tom Waits, he set in motion one of the great artist-producer partnerships. PHOTO: Bones Howe, Crystal Gayle and Tom Waits during the recording of 1982's “One From The Heart" soundtrack. There might not have been an odder long-term ...