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News: Performance / Tour

Questing After Coltrane's Messy Transcendence

August 28, 2009

The dauntless, combustible energies of jazz’s 1960s avant-garde have long held a deep attraction for the guitarist Marc Ribot. His public profile may involve a great deal of tact and concision — he works widely as a gun for hire, often infusing low-gloss pop albums with a proper hint of twang — but as a bandleader ...

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News: Recording

Bob Dylan: Holiday Album

August 28, 2009

Columbia Records Has Announced The October 13 Release Of Bob Dylan's New Album Of Holiday Songs, Christmas In The Heart Bob Dylan The holiday centric release Christmas In The Heart will be the 47th release from Bob Dylan, following his worldwide chart-topping Together Through Life, released earlier this year. Songs performed by Dylan on ...

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News: Education

SF's Pyramind School Presents: Skerik Master Class

August 28, 2009

Pyramind Presents Skerik: Recording Chaos and Acoutronica Concepts September 19 Skerik San Francisco's Pyramind proudly welcomes acclaimed musician Skerik as the next guest in their “Elite Sessions" series of weekend master classes. Pyramind is the leader in digital audio, recording, and electronic music training in the heart of San Francisco. Skerik is a highly acclaimed musician ...

News: Radio

Sirius XM Announces Two New Radios

August 28, 2009

XM just announced two new “dock & play" radios. Both use something called “PowerConnect" technology (italics theirs) to work through your car's power system. That already sounds complicated to me, but the company promises that installation is easy. The Sirius model, the Stratus 6, supports the company's much-hyped but little used a la carte option, which ...

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News: Award / Grant

Derek Trucks Jams w/ Already Free Contest Winner

August 28, 2009

Derek Trucks Band “Get Out Of My Life Woman" Featuring Mike Gannon, Indaba Music Contest Winner In February of 2009, Indaba Music partnered with the Derek Trucks Band and their label, Sony Music, on a unique program that invited musicians from all over the world to collaborate with the band on their (then) new ...

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News: Interview

Bill Frisell: Keep Your Eyes Open

August 28, 2009

By: Dennis Cook Bill Frisell by Michael Wilson The first time you hear Bill Frisell play will change the way you hear guitar forevermore. His approach is so textured, nuanced and wholly individual that it stands the instrument on its head and makes one rethink ...

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News: Interview

The Prez Centennial

August 28, 2009

Lester Young was born 100 years ago today and died in his 49th year in March, 1959. Billie Holiday called him the president of the tenor saxophonists. His nickname became Prez, and he called nearly everyone else Prez. There is an endless list of musicians who played as they did mostly because of Young. It includes ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Music of Horace Silver at the New Orleans

August 28, 2009

PREVIEW: SUNDAY, SEPT 6 THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER THE NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT 114 1st Avenue South 8:00pm Reservations: 206-622-2563 Trumpeter Thomas Marriott leads an all-star lineup of musicians in a musical tribute to pianist and composer Horace Silver on Sunday, September 6th, 2009 at the ...

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News: Radio

More on the Potential Sale of KFUO, Changes at Wsie

August 28, 2009

The fate of classical music, jazz, and local St. Louis arts coverage on radio station KFUO (99.1 FM) remains in doubt, as the station's owners consider whether or not to sell.St. Louis Post-Dispatch classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller has been doing good work on this story since rumors of a possible sale first ...

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News: Interview

Photostory 7: Med Flory

August 28, 2009

Today's Med Flory's birthday. Med is a Los Angeles-based saxophonist whose recordings in the 1950s are legendary for their power and swinging out-choruses. After recently interviewing Med here, I received an e-mail from Indianapolis photographer Mark Sheldon, a regular contributor to Down Beat, who sent along a few photos of Med. I loved them so much ...