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10 Music Industry Predictions For 2019
While predicting the future is no easy task, a careful look at the best can least give us a sense of where the industry might be headed in the coming year, whether its the next development in the ongoing streaming war, the future of live music, or something else altogether. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of ...
How Music Streamers Could Empower Fans On The Road Toward Sustainability
While Spotify's recent stock market roller coaster has failed to offer much benefit to artists, Chris Castle here looks at how some interesting moves by streamer Tencent could be adopted by other streaming companies to put fans on a path to greater artist sustainability. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Solution After the one-time ...
Shirley Horn: Bern, 1990
Happy New Year to all of my JazzWax readers around the globe and to my Facebook friends and 10.7K Twitter followers! As a New Year's Day treat, I'm sharing a link that pianist Leslie Pintchik sent along featuring the splendor that was Shirley Horn. In the video, she sings and plays at the International Jazz Festival ...
Chet Baker: '60s, '70s & '80s
The last day of the year always feels exhilarating and melancholy. Exhilarating, because we're on the threshold of a new year fresh with promise and hope. Melancholy, because another year is sliding from the present to the past, becoming a memory rather than a real-time experience. It's a day of sighs. The horn that sounds most ...
Advice All Music Writers Should Follow In 2019
As another year turns over, the music business has become unrecognizable from how it was almost 20 years ago, where the value of music journalists and their role in the industry has been called into question. Here we look at how music writers can best navigate this rocky new landscape moving into 2019. Guest post from ...
Rare Docs: Goodman and Byas
Two rare videos surfaced this week. The first is The Art of Performing, taped for television in 1967. It features Benny Goodman (cl), Clark Terry (tp,flglh), Zoot Sims (ts), Hank Jones (p), Gene Bertoncini (g), Milt Hinton (b) and Ed Shaughnessy (d). Earlier versions of this taping were bottle green and largely unwatchable. The second is ...
Maintaining Your Sanity While The Music Biz Is On Holiday Break
While the holidays can be a festive and relaxing time for some, those particularly tuned into the music industry and its many happenings may find the annual slump far less welcome. Here we look at how and why the seasonal slowdown can actually be beneficial for even the most motivated music biz workaholics. Guest post from ...
10 Basic Concepts For Success In Today’s Music Business
As with so many industries, the music business has undergone a massive transformation over the past few years, meaning the rules for success have changed as well. Here we look broadly at ten basic concepts for advancing in the contemporary music business. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Much has changed in the music ...
Billy Eckstine: Mr. B in Paris
One of the least known albums recorded by singer Billy Eckstine is one of his best—Mr. B in Paris. Recorded for Britain's Felsted label while Eckstine was on tour in Europe between releases for Roulette, the album features the baritone singing 12 songs in French backed by the Bobby Tucker Orchestra. Mr. B in Paris was ...
Have yourself a jazzy, merry Christmas
Best wishes to you, your families and friends for a very Merry Christmas 2018, joyous New Yearand hopeful 2019from the Jazz Notes staff. A toast to you all as we share some vintage musical cheer from among our holiday favorites. Raise your glass, whatever your favorite libation! The holiday season would not be complete without the ...


