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News: Recording

Saxophonist Tia Fuller Takes "Decisive Steps," on Mack Avenue, March 16

January 14, 2010

SAXOPHONIST TIA FULLER TAKES DECISIVE STEPS ON HER MARCH 16 RELEASE FOR MACK AVENUE RECORDS The astonishingly gifted, Colorado-born, alto / soprano saxophonist / flautist Tia Fuller is at home at all points of the musicverse - from her show-stopping solos as a member of superstar Beyonc's all-female band, to her scintillatingly swinging jazz dates and ...

News: Obituary

Consuela Lee, 83, Pianist and Educator, Dies

January 14, 2010

Consuela Lee, a jazz pianist who fought to establish an arts school for children in rural Alabama on the grounds of a moribund academy founded by her grandfather, died Dec. 26 in Atlanta, where she had lived since 2007. She was 83. Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Monica Moorehead; her mother had Alzheimers disease, ...

News: Technology

Freeallmusic Nabs Universal for Ad Funded MP3's

January 14, 2010

FreeAllMusic.com has signed a deal with Universal Music Group to offer free ad supported digital music downloads. FAM will offer DRM free mp3 downloads in exchange for watching a brief video commercial. There is no software required and after the download the users' music selections and sponsoring brands are only promoted externally through an opt-in ad ...

News: Music Industry

Think About These 2009 Music Sales Figures...

January 14, 2010

2009 U.S. music purchases up 2.1% over 2008 Music sales exceeded 1.5 billion for the second consecutive year Overall music sales, digital track sales, vinyl LP sales all hit new highs Digital accounts for 40% of total U.S. music purchases More than 10 Billion music purchases in the U.S. for the decade The ...

News: Interview

Charlie Hunter: A New Beginning

January 14, 2010

By: Jarrod Dicker Charlie Hunter by Greg Aiello Charlie Hunter can do it all. Creating an instrument that translates all his musical desires, Hunter simultaneously plays bass lines, rhythm guitar and lead with incredible ease; making him one of the most exceptional jazz players currently ...

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News: Festival

Anita Rosamond Performing on Dave Koz Smooth Jazz Cruise

January 14, 2010

Singer and pianist Anita Rosamond (pictured) is escaping the St. Louis winter cold this week, heading down to the Caribbean where she's been added to the roster of performers for the 2010 Dave Koz Smooth Jazz Cruise.The sold-out cruise, which starts Saturday and continues through January 24, is produced by St. Louis-based Jazz Cruises ...

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News: Performance / Tour

King Sunny Ade Coming to the Old Rock House on Tuesday, April 20

January 14, 2010

Nigerian singer and guitarist King Sunny Ade, who helped popularize African music in the US and Europe during the 1980s, is back on the road and is bringing His African Beats to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 at the Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th Blvd (between downtown and Soulard).

News: Recording

Catching up (3): Blake, Dorham, Sadigursky, Longo, Stowell, Wright

January 14, 2010

Seamus Blake, Bellwether (Criss Cross). Since 1993, when Seamus Blake was 22, Gerry Teekens of Criss Cross Records has been traveling from Holland to New York to record the gifted Canadian tenor saxophonist. Teekens was one of the first recording executives to document Blake's work, and he has been doing it ever since. Bellwether is Blake's ...

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News: Video / DVD

Brecker and Blake

January 14, 2010

Speaking of Seamus Blake (see the item below), I looked for a video clip with him in action and came across one of the 28-year-old Blake in heavy company. He follows the late Michael Brecker in solo on Charles Mingus's “Goodbye Porkpie Hat." All of the other information I can give you is that this was ...

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News: Recording

Django Reinhardt's 100th Anniversary Celebrated by Gipsy Virtuosos Rosenberg and Lagrene !

January 14, 2010

Coming this 23rd of January, the Django Reinhardt Centennial anniversary will be celebrated all along 2010, and all across the globe, with all major gypsy artists paying a tribute. The Rosenberg Trio, the world's most reputed gipsy jazz band, have teamed up with their friend guitarist extraordinaire Birli Lagrene, and deliver a smashing new project: Djangologists--celebrating ...