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The Good and Bad of Artist Development Lands At #1
This guest post was submitted by Max Willens, the editor of We All Make Music, a website dedicated to helping musicians thrive in a post-label world. Last week, Atlantic Records artists sat atop the U.S. and the U.K. In the U.S., B.o.B.'s B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray landed in the top slot, while ...
Violin Jazz Perform "The Music of Eddie South" on Dorian Sono Luminus - Now Available
On The Music of Eddie South", Jeremy Cohen and his ensemble Violin Jazz shine new light on the music of one of the earliest great jazz violinists. Born in 1904, Eddie South was one of the most highly regarded jazz violinists of his time. A classical violin prodigy, he switched to jazz because of limited opportunities ...
Brubeck, Desmond, Mulligan: All the Things
The counterpoint that Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond generated in the early-to-mid 1950s leads many serious listeners to consider the period the creative height of their partnership. For all the success of their later work, including Take Five," after the late fifties counterpoint was a less frequent, less concentrated part of their work. There were exceptions, ...
Seeking Fresh Talent - And Honoring Dr. Fast Hands
This is the 16th consecutive year that faculty members from Boston's Berklee College of Music will jet to San Juan for one of its (now global) outreach programs. Berklee in Puerto Rico will provide classes and award $300,000 in scholarships for young musicians to attend Berklee. Saxophonist Miguel Zenon, a participant in Berklee in Puerto Rico's ...
Metheny's Starry Homecoming
Two nights before concluding phase one of his Orchestrion tour, Pat Metheny stopped by Boston to provide a glimpse of his project to make ambitious, multi-layered music in which he is responsible for every note.There's Metheny and a few of his custom guitars and an Orpheum Theatre stage filled with four levels of instruments ...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Del McCoury to Perform October 23 at Family Arena
What happens when New Orleans jazz meets bluegrass? The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and singer/guitarist Del McCoury (pictured) and his band are exploring the possibilities of combining the two forms of American roots music on a joint tour this year that includes a just-announced concert at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, October 23 at the Family Arena in ...
Gov't Mule: Summer Tour
MULE HITS RALEIGH, BOSTON, BUFFALO AND MORE Gov't Mule Gov't Mule has announced ten new By A Thread" Summer Tour dates. They will kick off their U.S. Summer Tour on July 16 at The Raleigh Boutique Amphitheatre before heading to Charlotte, NC (7/18), Birmingham, AL (7/22), Cocoa, FL (8/01), Mrytle Beach, SC (8/03), Glen Allen, VA ...
All-Vinyl Record Store Phono-Mode Now Open
Phono-Mode, a new record store specializing in new and collectible vinyl, has opened at 2308 Cherokee St. in south St. Louis. According to a post yesterday by Diane Benanti on the Riverfront Times' A to Z blog, the shop is emphasizing rock, pop and soul LPs and 45s but also may carry some jazz items from ...
Interview: Buddy Collette (Part 3)
Between 1945 and 1972, only about a dozen groups changed the sound of jazz. In almost all cases, these highly influential ensembles introduced a completely new jazz style through innovative composition and instrument configuration. One of those groups was the Chico Hamilton Quintet, which in 1955 brought a new level of sophistication to jazz. Chico's vision ...
Jazz This Week: Jazz Education Network Conference, Jeff Hall, Monika Herzig, Legacy Jazz Quintet, and More
The big jazz and creative music event this week in St. Louis is the first-ever Jazz Education Network conference at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, a three-day extravaganza with hundreds of attendees from around the country that will be highlighted by a series of public concerts Thursday through Saturday evenings at the Touhill Performing Arts Center

