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News: Festival

Legendary Downbeat Magazine Devotes a 16-Page Insert to the "Best of the Fests"

October 8, 2009

Montreal - In its October 2009 edition, bearing the signatures of influential jazz journalists and critics Ed Enright, Michael Bourne, Joshua Jackson and Michael Jackson, highly respected DownBeat magazine paid the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal a very special tribute, describing it as the jazz festival par excellence: “Bigger! Better! Best, actually..." A 16-page insert ...

News: Performance / Tour

Ian Hendrickson-Smith and David Hazeltine at Tula's - October 15

October 8, 2009

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 TULA’S JAZZ CLUB 2214 2nd Ave, Seattle 7:30pm Reservations: 206-443-4221 Saxophonist Ian Hendrickson-Smith, who has been to Seattle a number of times recently with the wildly popular soul group Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, shares the bill at Tula’s Jazz Club with pianist David Hazeltine on ...

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News: Music Industry

Nobody Cares About You, so Raise Your Baton

October 8, 2009

The new music industry offers the opportunity for an artist to go it on their own without a record label, a manager, agent, publicity firm, merchandise company or publishing company. The same is true at startups - bootstrapinstead of buying your way in, use open source tools, virtual offices, online colloboration, Skype, Google tools and more. ...

News: Interview

Interview: Sonny Rollins (Part 2)

October 8, 2009

Way Out West is a jazz concept album. It was conceived by Sonny Rollins in 1957 as an homage to the Wild West and the Westerns of his youth. But for years, some thought the recording was an imposition on Sonny by kitschy West Coast commercial interests. Nothing could be further from the truth. On tour ...

News: Recording

Recent Listening: Martin, Strickland, Felten

October 8, 2009

Brand New: In Brief Joe Martin, Not By Chance (Anzic). Martin is a versatile and rounded bassist who has collaborated with a wide range of musicians at the heart of the 30-something generation of jazz players in New York. Here, he enlists two fellow members of that generation's elite, pianist Brad Mehldau and saxophonist and clarinetist ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Houston Person; "Rapology" with Troupe, Bell and Burrage; Larry Ochs; "A Jazz Heaven"; and More

October 8, 2009

It's another busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, so let's go right to the highlights:Tonight, saxophonist Houston Person (pictured) opens a four-night stand that continues through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. A seasoned veteran who's had a lifetime of experience wrapping blues, bop and ballads into a crowd-pleasing package, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bernard Harris to Perform Friday, October 16 at Regency Conference Center

October 8, 2009

Bassist Bernard Harris will headline a concert of “inspirational smooth jazz" at 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 16 at the Hilton Regency Conference Center, 400 Regency Park Drive in O'Fallon, IL.Citing influences such as Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke, and Louis Johnson of The Brothers Johnson, Harris is a left-hander who plays in a “lead bass" ...

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News: Award / Grant

Jazz Singer/Songwriter Halie Loren Wins Just Plain Folks 2009 “Best Vocal Jazz Album” Award

October 8, 2009

Eugene, Oregon-October 7, 2009- Halie Loren has made her mark in Indie music over the years with several highly acclaimed releases. Most recently the jazz singer and songwriter was awarded for her excellence in both vocals and recording at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2009. Halie walked away with the coveted ...

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News: Recording

Multiple Award Winning Composer / Violinist Catya Mar Releases New Album

October 8, 2009

Catya Mar, Hollywood Music Award nominee, Billboard World Song Contest winner, now nominated for the Hollywood Music in Media Award, will release a new album, Destination Love in February 2010. Catya Mars new album Destination Love will be released worldwide in February 2010 and pick up where her previous critically acclaimed album, “Remembering The Day", left ...

News: Music Industry

Warner Music Group Names Producer Rob Cavallo Chief Creative Officer

October 8, 2009

Warner Music Group, in a sign that the struggling recorded music company is seeking to bolster its ranks of artists, has tapped producer Rob Cavallo for the newly created position of chief creative officer. In that role he will help develop acts across all of the Warner music labels including Atlantic, Asylum, Electra and Warner Bros. ...