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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kevin Eubanks

November 15, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Kevin Eubanks' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Kevin EubanksKevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American jazz guitarist who has been the leader of the Tonight Show Band with host Jay Leno since 1995. He played with ...

Cindy Blackman Interview

November 14, 2009

Cindy Blackman Interview 2 This interview is part of the book project “Under your skin" which includes Interviews with David Murray, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, ...

Haftor Medboe Group Releases "A Box of Monkeys"

November 14, 2009

Fabrikant Records announces the limited release on November 16th of A Box of Monkeys by Haftor Medbe Group available in CD and download formats exclusively from fabrikant-records.net with worldwide digital release scheduled for 01/01/10. This fourth album by Haftor Medbe Group features exquisitely lyrical vocals by Anneke Kampman and helter-skelter programming by Gavin Hislop (aka Babyshaker) ...

Recent Listening: Dick Katz (RIP)

November 14, 2009

Dick Katz, The Line Forms Here (Reservoir). The news of Katz's death at 85 last week sent me to the shelf for this 1996 recording. It covers the range of his talents as pianist, composer and arranger. He plays alone in a moving performance of Duke Ellington's “Lotus Blossom," in a trio supported by bassist Steve ...

Recent Listening: John Hollenbeck

November 14, 2009

John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside). The ensemble is Large, all right, in the size of the band -- 20 pieces -- and in the expansiveness of Hollenbeck's vision. He is a composer who moves into, out of and beyond established categories of musical thinking and a drummer who brilliantly meets the challenges he sets ...

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November 14, 2009

Interview: Lennie Niehaus (Part 5)

November 14, 2009

Lennie Niehaus has been writing music for major motion pictures since the early 1960s. And since 1984 he has worked on virtually every movie Clint Eastwood has appeared in and directed. These include Bird, Absolute Power, Space Cowboys, Bridges of Madison County, The Unforgiven and The Rookie and many others. In each case, Lennie was given ...

As Spotify Stalls, MOG May Have U.S. All to Itself

November 14, 2009

Word came yesterday that Spotify had to delay its promised before the end of the year U.S. launch. Behind the delay is Spotify's inability of license music at a price that they can afford given their freemium (free basic and paid premium) model. Just as the labels have discovered that Spotify and music streaming appears to ...

Would You Pay for Myspace?

November 14, 2009

MySpace Music is “almost certainly" going to restrict free streaming and move to a paid model says TechCrunch citing multiple sources. “They are spending $20 million/month on streaming royalties, and that just isn't sustainable," said one source. Many believed that MySpace Music was immune in part because it is co-owned with the major label groups.

Salvador Santana Solo Album

November 14, 2009

SALVADOR SANTANA DEBUTS SOLO ALBUM, COLLABORATES WITH MONEY MARK, DEL, AND GZA Keyboard City Out February 2 Via Quannum/Various Music Salvador Santana Music is a burst of choices. Not only what note to play when and with what instrument, but whether to play a note at all. Salvador Santana, the 26-year-old keyboardist, vocalist, composer, ...