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News: Performance / Tour

Power Banjo, Extreme Jazz and a Bit of Twitchy Punk

July 10, 2009

Seabrook Power Plant began and ended its set on Tuesday night at Zebulon, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a grimly combative clamor. Jared Seabrook, the band’s drummer, bashed a manhole-cover-size ride cymbal and viciously pummeled his snare; Tom Blancarte clawed at his upright bass with something like frenzied desperation. In the foreground Brandon Seabrook, Jared’s brother, was ...

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News: Recording

Revisiting an Old Boss Named John Coltrane

July 10, 2009

The pianist Steve Kuhn can play John Coltrane’s music meaningfully without sounding as if he lives by it. That shows self-possession, for a couple of reasons. Coltrane was the most influential jazz musician in the late 1950s and 1960s, when Mr. Kuhn got started. And Mr. Kuhn, now 71, also has something many of his peers ...

News: Music Industry

There's Still a Place Where Albums Outsell Singles

July 10, 2009

Many say that the album is dead and they have the proof. According to Nielsen SoundScan, sales of individual digital tracks led digital album sales by 16 to 1 (1.07 billion to 65 million) in 2008. But there ares still places where the album reins supreme. Digital delivery and marketing platform Bandcamp says that their albums ...

News: Festival

The Week of the Sponsorship

July 10, 2009

Just a day after George Wein announced that CareFusion will be the title sponsor for his jazz festivals in Newport starting this year and New York starting in 2010, The Montreal International Jazz Festival today announced that it has a new presenting sponsor.TD Financial Group (Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries) is stepping up to ...

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News: Award / Grant

Ornette Coleman Winner of the Miles Davis Award

July 10, 2009

The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal this year offered the prestigious Miles Davis Award to the peerless free jazz titan Ornette Coleman. He was given the prize by Alain Simard, founder and president of the Festival. For over five decades, saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, 79, has played a major role in the evolution of ...

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News: Award / Grant

Toots and the Maytals, 6th Winners of the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award

July 10, 2009

Montreal - Reggae pioneers Toots & The Maytals were honoured by the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal with the awarding of the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award. The prize was presented to them by Laurent Saulnier, vice-president of programming of the Festival, on stage at their concert on Thursday night. Toots & The Maytals are the ...

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News: Recording

Genesis Rounds out Reissues with Live Box Set

July 10, 2009

When Genesis released “Genesis: 1970-1975," its third boxed set of studio albums, last fall, keyboardist Tony Banks told Billboard.com that “the next logical thing to do would be something with the live albums. We have a few of those, and we have quite a bit of stuff in the vaults that could be added to flesh ...

News: Technology

Google's Chrome Os: Next Up, a Web Tablet?

July 10, 2009

Google's evolution follows an interesting trend. And if the line holds true, I think we can guess what comes next after the Chrome OS. I tweeted as much earlier yesterday, (with a timeline error or two; blame the doctor's office) but I'll recap it here and extrapolate out further. Google began as a search engine using ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Pearl Jam: Album/Tour

July 10, 2009

PEARL JAM ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM, BACKSPACER Backspacer in Stores September 20, 2009 Ben Harper and Relentless7 to Open All Dates Except Spectrum Shows Pearl Jam Pearl Jam announced today that they will play a series of select North American tour dates ...

News: Recording

The Motet Dig Deep

July 10, 2009

The Motet New Album Release The Motet Packed with all new material and masterfully produced by drummer Dave Watts, The Motet's highly anticipated studio release, Dig Deep, will be celebrated in true Motet fashion with three CD release parties in Colorado starting July 9. Dig Deep is a tapestry of sound that pushes the expectations of ...