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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Dianne Reeves and Peter Martin

January 17, 2010

This week, let's check out some clips of singer Dianne Reeves, who will be coming to St. Louis on Friday, February 5 to perform at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The show will serve as the kickoff performance for the new Peter Martin Music series conceived and curated by ...

News: Technology

TuneCore CEO Jeff Price Takes On Soundscan

January 18, 2010

"In 1991, Soundscan launched and shook up the music industry by electronically tracking and reporting weekly music sales based on information reported to it from music retail stores across the country..." “Labels, managers and artists used the data to leverage MTV, commercial radio, get more record into retail stores, justify marketing and tour budgets, ...

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News: Obituary

Ed Thigpen 1930 - 2010

January 18, 2010

The esteemed drummer Ed Thigpen, known for his elegant bearing and tasteful timekeeping in support of jazz luminaries such as Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, died Wednesday in Copenhagen, Denmark at age 79.Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, Thigpen also had a couple of connections to St. Louis. Between college and his ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tim Kuhl @ The Windup Space in Baltimore on January 19th

January 18, 2010

Hello AAJ Readers! I will be traveling to Baltimore, Tuesday, January 19th, and playing in a special weekly event called Out of Your Head. The event is hosted by two local talented Baltimore musicians, Adam Hopkins and Matt Frazao. I will be playing in two very exciting trios ... with endless possibilities. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Seattle Jazz Artists Head to Europe

January 18, 2010

As we had previously mentioned, Ray Vegas East/West Trumpet Summit, featuring Seattle musicians Thomas Marriott, Jeff Johnson and Matt Jorgensen, just returned from a week in Switzerland performing at Marians Jazzroom. Next week will see more concerts throughout Europe featuring Seattle jazz musicians. Trumpeter Chad McCullough has four up-coming shows (three of which feature John Bishop ...

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News: Interview

Drummer Mickey Roker Interviewed at AAJ

January 18, 2010

Drummer Mickey Roker is a mainstay and icon of the jazz world, having a played with Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lee Morgan, and many of the other signature groups of modern jazz. Yet he has always maintained his Philadelphia roots, and is and has been a regular at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in that city for ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom

January 18, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bobby BroomBobby Broom was a young teenager when he first heard Thelonious Monk’s piano playing. He had a copy of Bird and Diz, the classic 1950 album on which Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Cedar Walton

January 17, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Cedar Walton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Cedar WaltonFor over 25 years, pianist Cedar Walton has enjoyed an uptempo career, which never seems to slow down. Maintaining a non-stop itinerary, Walton has accompanied a litany of Jazz greats while also fronting his ...

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News: Music Industry

Picture of Elvis and Nixon is Worth a Thousand Words

January 16, 2010

Behind the famous photo is a little-known story of an unlikely meeting in which the king of rock 'n' roll had his wish granted by the president. The National Archives is like a safe-deposit box for America's really important papers -- the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the $7.2-million canceled check for the purchase ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Duane Eddy Tops Deke Dickerson's Guitar Geek Festival

January 16, 2010

The influential rock guitarist leads a lineup in Anaheim that also includes 'Honeyboy' Edwards. One of the musical highlights in recent years of the National Assn. of Music Merchantsannual trade show, now under way in Anaheim, has been Deke DickersonsGuitar Geek Festival, which the roots rock guitarist and band leader only half jokingly bills as “the ...