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News: Technology

40% Can't Name a Single Online Music Service

March 10, 2010

From 7 Digital to Spotify, there are 20 major music servicesin the UK. But a new survey says that 40% of consumers have never heard of any of them. Of the 60% who are familiar with digital music, 85% have only heard of two - iTunes and Amazon. “The music industry is shooting itself ...

News: Recording

Herbie Hancock New Album w/ Matthews, Jeff Beck, Trucks

March 10, 2010

HERBIE HANCOCK'S THE IMAGINE PROJECT SET FOR RELEASE JUNE 22 CD AND DOCUMENTARY RECORDED AROUND THE GLOBE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TOUR DATES TO COINCIDE WITH HANCOCK'S 70TH BIRTHDAY Herbie Hancock Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project, the new CD from multiple Grammy-winning artist and musical pioneer Herbie Hancock, is an unprecedented ...

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News: Performance / Tour

John Mayer | 03.01 | Milwaukee

March 10, 2010

Word by: Cal Roach | Images by: Derek Dysart John Mayer :: 03.01.10 :: Bradley Center :: Milwaukee, WI John Mayer :: 03.01 :: Milwaukee, WI You have to keep your appreciation for music separate from your opinions about the musicians, even when those musicians are doing everything possible to frustrate your efforts. ...

News: Interview

Billy Verplanck Said It

March 10, 2010

In April 1958, Coleman Hawkins recorded Meets the Big Sax Section for Savoy. The session lived up to its billing. Hawkins was teamed with Count Basie's Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Frank Foster and Charlie Fowlkes. The result, as you can imagine, was heavenly, inserting Hawkins' big bossy tenor into Basie's refined saxes. I posted about this ...

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News: Recording

Ornette Coleman is 80

March 10, 2010

Today is Ornette Coleman's 80th birthday. In my admiration for Coleman's independence, faithfulness to his vision and inspiration, I yield to no one--except my artsjournal colleague Howard Mandel, whose lengthy Jazz Beyond Jazz tribute today is replete with Coleman history and analysis and links to recordings and books. As addenda to Howard's account of Coleman's initial ...

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News: Recording

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records to Release Anima, the Debut Recording from Trombonist/Composer Mike Fahie

March 10, 2010

BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND RECORDS To Release ANIMA, The Debut Recording From Trombonist/Composer MIKE FAHIE Featuring Bill McHenry, Ben Monder, Ben Street and Billy Hart! Available March 30 on BJURecords.com On March 30, 2010 Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records proudly releases the debut recording, Anima, from Ottawa-born, Brooklyn-based trombonist/composer Mike Fahie (pronounced “fay"), featuring the thrilling ensemble of ...

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News: Technology

Notes from the Net: More Miles Davis Biopic News; Jamie Cullum's Pursuit; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

March 10, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* Via Miles Davis Online, there's a bit more news this week about actor Don ...

News: Technology

Your Computer Really is a Part of You

March 10, 2010

An empirical test of ideas proposed by Martin Heidegger shows the great German philosopher to be correct: Everyday tools really do become part of ourselves. The findings come from a deceptively simple study of people using a computer mouse rigged to malfunction. The resulting disruption in attention wasn't superficial. It seemingly extended to the very roots ...

News: Technology

Apple's Secret Plan to Control the Universe

March 10, 2010

The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe. Much has been written anecdotally about the Apple app-approval process, with the words “arcane" and “Kafkaesque" coming up a lot. But the letter (and crimping spirit) of the agreement was a ...

News: Technology

Supreme Court Takes 'Informational Privacy' Case

March 10, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court is agreeing to decide how much personal information the federal bureaucracy may acquire on its workers. The justices, without comment, decided Monday to review a lower-court decision surrounding the concept of so-called “informational privacy." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco struck down intrusive background checks last year on ...