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News: Music Industry

The Tel Aviv-N.Y. Pipeline for Jazz

July 15, 2009

One of the surprising developments in the New York jazz scene in the last 15 years has been the influx of Israeli players who have brought with them a sophisticated Middle Eastern rhythmic and melodic sensibility. From former Chick Corea bassist Avishai Cohen to saxophonist-clarinetist Anat Cohen (no relation) to pianist Omer Klein, the musicians have ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Jon Hendricks (Part 2)

July 15, 2009

Jon Hendricks thinks like a saxophonist curled up in a bass drum. His sense of timing has always been rooted in his early skills on the snare and cymbals. His gift for wordplay comes from curiosity and a deep passion for literature. And his swing? Well, that's a New York thing--an early 1950s marinade of uncertain ...

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News: Recording

Gerry Mulligan, Live in Paris

July 15, 2009

Inner City Records happily announces the re-release of IC 7017 - Gerry Mulligan, Live in Paris. This album, recorded at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in 1954, presents Mulligan in one of his famed pianoless quartets. He is joined by Bob Brookmeyer on trombone, Red Mitchell on bass, and Frank Isola on drums. Though French audiences ...

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News: Technology

A New New Myspace is Coming

July 15, 2009

Following some serious staff shakeups and layoffs, comes word that MySpace is going to reposition itself yet again as an entertainment portal. In a brief interview with the Wall Street Journal, News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said MySpace needs to be re-focused “as an entertainment portal." Mr. Murdoch described his vision ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "B.D. Lenz - Hit It and Quit" Giveaway Contest

July 15, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “B.D. Lenz - Hit It and Quit“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 14th. Click here to enter the contest (Following B.D. Lenz at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...

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News: Music Industry

Chris Anderson: "Labels the Least Important Part"

July 15, 2009

“We wrongly correlated, or equated, the music industry with the record labels. It now turns out in fact that the labels are now the least important part. If you look at the rest of the industry now, from the bands to the fans from Apple to tour promoters, everyone's doing OK, except ...

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News: Recording

Otis Taylor:Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs

July 15, 2009

By: Dennis Cook The most exciting, creative new voice to emerge from the blues world in the past decade continues to confound expectations on his tenth album, Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs (released June 23 on Telarc). As the title implies, the theme of love swirls in this latest baker's dozen, but the ribbons, bows and ...

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News: Recording

Beck: Modern Guilt Acoustic More Vu Covers and Waits Interview

July 15, 2009

Beck Does Modern Guilt Acoustic, Continues Record Club with More VU Covers And Launches “Irrelevant Topics" Interview Series with Tom Waits Modern Guilt was released one year ago this week! For the occasion Beck is putting up acoustic versions of the entire album recorded earlier this year after returning from the Japan tour (under ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Boss Adds U.S. Dates

July 15, 2009

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND ADD 25 NEW US DATES FOR 2009 As Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are still in the midst of a massive European Tour, 25 new U.S. dates have been added to the band's 2009 “Workin' On a Dream" tour. The Boss' five night run at Giants Stadium ...

News: Performance / Tour

Steve Earle | 06.19.09 | Texas

July 15, 2009

Words by: Sarah Hagerman | Images by: Manny Moss Steve Earle :: 06.19.09 :: Paramount Theatre :: Austin, TX Steve Earle :: 06.19.09 :: Austin, TX In 1972 at The Old Quarter in Houston, a seventeen-year-old was playing to a nearly empty room. In ...