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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #72: Gene Ludwig

August 17, 2009

Listen Gene Ludwig tossed a coin to decide whether to be an engineer or a musician. With that out of the way, Ludwig came on the scene in the late 1950s and has made a living playing the organ ever since. Hes been in the bands of Sonny Stitt and Arthur Prysock, and has played opposite ...

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News: Radio

Board of Directors to Debate KFUO Sale This Week

August 17, 2009

"The board of directors of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod will debate selling radio station KFUO-FM when it meets this week, with the fate of classical music broadcasting in St. Louis hanging in the balance," begins the story by Sarah Bryan Miller in this Sunday's edition of the Post-Dispatch. “The leading candidate to buy KFUO ...

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News: Music Industry

Tamela D'Amico Named Myspace's Celebrity Rising Star

August 17, 2009

Tamela's Road to Stardom Mix equal parts of Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand, a teaspoon of Ella Fitzgerald and a dash of Peggy Lee and you’ve got a hot fresh talent named Tamela D'Amico. It’s no surprise that television star, Peter Krause, a v eteran of groundbreaking quality projects himself (Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money), ...

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News: Music Industry

Boosey & Hawkes Lands Global Synch Deal with Savoy Label Group

August 17, 2009

Boosey & Hawkes (B&H) is pleased to announce its representation of Savoy Label Group, home to veteran jazz label, Savoy Jazz, for synchronization on a worldwide basis. The deal includes all of Savoys label imprints, including the jazz catalogs of Savoy, 32 Jazz, Muse and Landmark, the classical label Denon Classics, and SLGs growing indie rock ...

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News: Education

Kind of Blue: Why the Best-Selling Jazz Album of All Time is so Great

August 17, 2009

Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, which was released 50 years ago today, is a nearly unique thing in music or any other creative realm: a huge hit the best-selling jazz album of all time and the spearhead of an artistic revolution. Everyone, even people who say they don't like jazz, likes Kind of Blue. It's cool, ...

News: Recording

The Drummer Leads the Way

August 17, 2009

Eternal Interlude - John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble (Sunnyside) - John Hollenbeck is a very busy musician. He leads the Claudia Quintet, works and records with Meredith Monk and Bob Brookmeyer (among others) and has had works commissioned by the Bang on a Can Allstars, Ethos Percussion Group and the Painted Bride Art Center of Philadelphia.

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News: Recording

Bassist Kam Falk Releases "Retro-Respect"

August 17, 2009

Kam Falk has just completed a new 10-song CD with 11 very special guest artists all contributing stellar performances. A complete departure from his debut entitled, Native Tongue, this CD was completed in partial fulfillment of a master's degree in commercial music and contains 10 arrangements of songs by pop icons such as Chaka Khan, Steely ...

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News: Event

Henry Grimes & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for Harlem Textile Works at the Black Box Theater on September 12th

August 17, 2009

On Saturday, September 12th, 2009, the legendary and visionary jazz musician Henry Grimes (acoustic bass, violin, voice), along with his esteemed bandmates Andrew Lamb (reeds, flute, percussion) and Michael Wimberly (drums, percussion), will present a benefit concert for Harlem Textile Works at the Black Box Theatre, 308 West 133rd St. just east of St. Nicholas Ave. ...

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News: Interview

AAJ Interviews Some of Today's Most Intrepid Big Band Leaders

August 17, 2009

The big band in jazz has a long and glorious history. It was a prevalent form in jazz music in the '20s and '30s, comprising a substantial part of America's popular music heard on radio, spun on gramophones and record players, and enjoyed in dance halls. In the post-World War II era music began to change, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Joe Albano and the Meanderthals Live at the Stone NYC!

August 17, 2009

The best band you never heard! Don't worry though, you soon will. This Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Joe Albano and the Meanderthals will have their Manhattan debut concert at the Stone. The performance starts at 8pm sharp and ends at 9:30pm. $10 at the door. All proceeds go straight to the musicians. Support live creative music! ...