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News: Recording

Mack Ave Records Presents "Detroit" by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra

July 23, 2009

MACK AVENUE RECORDS PRESENTS DETROIT, THE LATEST RELEASE BY THE JAZZ WORLD'S GREATEST LIVING ORCHESTRAL COMPOSER, GERALD WILSON A SIX-PART SUITE COMMISSIONED BY THE DETROIT INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL; TO BE PERFORMED AT THE 30TH ANNUAL DIJF ON WILSON'S 91ST BIRTHDAY To commemorate its 30th anniversary, the Detroit International Jazz Festival called on Gerald Wilson, the preeminent ...

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News: Festival

Free Agent Taylor Eigsti Goes His Own Way at the 2009 Stanford Jazz Festival

July 23, 2009

STANFORD, CA — Taylor Eigsti--the Bay Area-born piano phenom who has already released two CD’s through the Concord Records jazz label and has two Grammy noms under his belt at the ripe old age of 24--brings his new project, Free Agency, to the Stanford Jazz Festival for its West Coast premiere on Sunday July 26, 2009 ...

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News: Music Industry

The Artist as a Startup and Label as a Venture Fund

July 23, 2009

Is A New Model Emerging? During the panel that I was a part of at yesterday's New Music Seminar, we briefly floated the idea of the artist as a start-up company. Not only is there value in thinking of an artist's career (or any career for that matter) as a business and embracing an ...

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News: Radio

More on the Proposed Changes at KBCS

July 23, 2009

The up-coming changes to KBCS programming will deal a huge blow to the Seattle Jazz Community and local jazz on the radio. A number of long-time volunteers and KBCS fans have grouped together to form Save KBCS. As their website says, they want to “Keep the ‘Community’ in Community Radio.” For the full list of proposed ...

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News: Recording

The Phenomenal Handclap Band:Self-Titled

July 23, 2009

By: Aryeh Carni The Phenomenal Handclap Band, fronted by DJs turned producers Daniel “The Witch Doctor" Collas and Sean “The Medicine Man" Marquand, is a Brooklyn-based collective with almost too much talent. Their self-titled debut album (released June 23 on Friendly Fire Records) features myriad talented and diverse musicians and vocalists, each boasting unique musical backgrounds. ...

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News: Recording

Vic Chesnutt Album: W/ Fugazi and Godspeed Guys

July 23, 2009

Vic Chesnutt's At The Cut Out September 22 Vic Chessnutt At the Cut, the latest effort from Athens, GA-based singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, is due September 22 on Constellation Records. A collaboration with Fugazi's Guy Picciotto and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt. Zion, At the Cut is the follow-up to Chesnutt's 2007 collaborative ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Paul McCartney | 07.17.09 | New York

July 23, 2009

Words by: Ron Hart Paul McCartney :: 07.17.09 :: Citi Field :: Flushing Meadows, NY The Beatles at Shea Stadium 1965 One of my all-time favorite stories about my mom was the time she had my grandfather take her and her girlfriend to Shea Stadium to see The Beatles in 1965. Now, depending on who ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Warmly Balancing Mind and Heart

July 23, 2009

Marcus Roberts draws few distinctions between the playful and the professorial. As a pianist, bandleader and composer-arranger he balances erudition against reserves of charisma and wit. His first set at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Tuesday night was typical: generous in its warmth and strategic in its pacing, with a wealth of serendipitous detail. Mr. Roberts filled ...

News: Festival

Add Detroit to a Year of Big Numbers for Jazz

July 23, 2009

50, 30, 55. The numbers have been all over the lot this year with significant anniversaries for historic recordings, jazz festival foundings or longevity. You name it, there's been or will be a lot of hoopla.Now you can add 30 and 91 with the Detroit International Jazz Festival to the mix this Labor Day ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Show Tunes, Through a Jazz Wringer

July 23, 2009

When he was a teenager, the jazz pianist Bill Charlap recalled at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday evening, he met the composer Jule Styne and asked him for the secret to writing a good popular song. Mr. Styne, choosing his words carefully, replied that it had to be “melodically simple and harmonically attractive.” Mr. Charlap ...