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News: Performance / Tour

Yes/Asia | 07.29 | New Jersey

August 11, 2009

By: Kevin Schwartzbach Yes/Asia :: 07.29.09 :: Wellmont Theatre :: Montclair, NJ Yes by Gottlieb Bros. “Progressive" is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days. And in the many different contexts it seems to be manifested, it can have vastly ...

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News: Recording

Return to Forever:Returns

August 11, 2009

By: Ron Hart Back when I was the music editor for this wannabe hipster rag out of NYC, I was told by my editor-in-chief, when pitching the idea of reviewing--if my memory serves me well--a Jaco Pastorius reissue, that, “Our magazine is serving a primarily hipster set which is into hip-hop, rock, electronica, some kitschy pop ...

News: Recording

Miles and Sonny on Prestige

August 11, 2009

Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins recorded upward of 25 tracks together for Prestige between 1951 and 1956. These are stunning summits for variety of reasons: The recordings reflect what was happening in jazz at the highest level between the bop and hard bop periods. They provide us with a sense of what might have been had ...

News: Music Industry

The Jazz Audience

August 11, 2009

When The National Endowment for the Arts study on Public Participation in the Arts came out a few weeks ago, the survey's bad news about the size of the jazz audience caused ripples of concern. It showed that over a six-year period, the number of Americans attending jazz events dropped to a low of 7.8%. In ...

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News: Interview

Reedman/Composer Matt Renzi Interviewed at AAJ

August 11, 2009

Matt Renzi is a multi-reedist, best known for his tenor sax playing and clarinet (his two main horns), but who has a knack for picking up other instruments as needed such as oboe, piccolo and flute. His New York City-based trio has been well-recognized for its group improv and composition and has recorded several CDs. Performing ...

News: Recording

"QSF Plays Brubeck": New CD from Quartet San Francisco Due August 31

August 11, 2009

Grammy nominees for their 2006 Latigo and 2007 Whirled Chamber Music, Quartet San Francisco pays homage to the legendary pianist and composer Dave Brubeck on its new ViolinJazz Recordings CD, QSF Plays Brubeck. The acclaimed cross-genre string quartet will premiere the material at a special CD release appearance, at Yoshi's in San Francisco, on the August ...

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News: Radio

B.J. Jansen Interviewed Aubrey Johnson on the Jazz Life

August 11, 2009

B.J. Jansen Interviewed Aubrey Johnson, Creator of the Jazz Half This interview is Part 13 of Jansen's Jazz Industry Talks, exploring the future of the Jazz Industry behind the music. The Jazz Half is found here. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to ...

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News: Recording

Gerald Clayton - Picking Up Press

August 11, 2009

After being released on ArtistShare on July 1st, Gerald Clayton's debut release, Two Shade has already been getting rave reviews. Everywhere from blogs to the New York Times, listeners are buzzing about Gerald and his trio. From the New York Times If you have the CD, you know what the buzz is all about. If you ...

News: Technology

Despite Hype Most Teens Don't Use Twitter

August 11, 2009

Twitter's growth and the accompanying hype has encouraged music marketers to find innovative ways to use the service to help artists to stay hyper-connected with their most loyal fans. But a small Morgan Stanley sampling last month claimed that Twitter adoption was not equal among all age categories. Now a far greater group, Nielson's 250K strong ...

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News: Technology

Mozilla Moves on to Firefox 3.6's Developer Release

August 11, 2009

The paint is hardly dry on Firefox 3.5. That hasn't stopped the Mozilla developers from charging ahead on the next point upgrade, the developer release of Firefox 3.6, code-named “Namoroka". As that version number indicates, the release is truly intended just for developers and testers, and it's far from being ready for mass consumption. The next ...