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Hart 4 + SF7

September 25, 2009

(photo by John Rogers)Listener alert!  WBGO-FM and NPR presented the Billy Hart Quartet live in concert last night (9/23/09) and you can download the concert as well as Josh Jackson's informative interview with the drummer/ bandleader by going hereAnd, the next time someone informs you that “jazz is dying" or ...

Lawsuit Claims Guitar Center, NAMM Fixed Prices

September 25, 2009

A nationwide class-action lawsuit has been filed against Guitar Center and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) claiming the two conspired to fix retail pricing on guitars, allowing the music retail giant and other major retailers to reap higher profits and squash competition at the expense of consumers. The suit filed earlier this week ...

Songwriter William Garvey Dies

September 25, 2009

Corea, Clarke and White | 09.08 | Minneapolis

September 25, 2009

By: Joe Lang Corea, Clarke and White :: 09.08.09 :: Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant :: Minneapolis, MN Chick Corea by Susan J. Weiand If 2008 was the year of reunions, 2009 has to be the year of spin-offs. While last year saw seminal bands including Van Halen, Return to Forever and The Police reunite, ...

Illegal Downloaders Also Buy and Stream Music

September 25, 2009

Twitter Syncs with AIM, Bebo, and AOL.com

September 25, 2009

On the heels of a Twitter-MySpace linkup, the micro-blogging site on Thursday announced that it is also synching with several AOL products. “As a proud partner in AOL Lifestream, Twitter will be smoothly integrated into AIM, Bebo, and AOL.com," Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote in a blog post. Stone said that services like YouTube, Flickr, Digg, ...

Dick Collins: Horn of Plenty

September 25, 2009

The beauty of jazz is that there's always a great musician you've never heard of lurking in the e-bins of online jazz stores. One of these fabulous phantoms was trumpeter Dick Collins, whose horn had a pert, lyrical sound that wasn't too hot or too cool. During the 1950s, Collins recorded as a sideman with various ...

Joey Defrancesco, Alyssa Graham Switch 2010 Dates at Jazz at the Bistro

September 25, 2009

Jazz St. Louis has announced another change in the season schedule for Jazz at the Bistro. From the letter sent out to subscribers:“Due to scheduling conflicts, Joey DeFrancesco has been forced to reschedule his dates for March of 2010. To make things easier for everyone, we have switched his dates with those of Alyssa Graham. ...

Indian Summer

September 25, 2009

Indian Summer is glorious in this precinct of the northern hemisphere. Skies are cloudless. The mountains stand out crisply on the horizon. Daytime temperatures are in the 80s and 90s, dropping to the high 40s at night. That makes for red apples and great wine crushes in the vineyards. The fine weather also makes for happy ...

Sam Carr Drummer Known for Delta Blues Dies

September 25, 2009

Sam Carr, 83, a drummer who was considered an anchor in the blues scene that continues to draw fans to the poverty-stricken Mississippi Delta region where the music form was born, died Monday of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in Clarksdale, Miss. Carr had a reputation as one of the best blues drummers in ...