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Musical Capitalism

January 11, 2012

With the music industry suffering huge defeat in the onset of the digital age, the tendency to be all embracing of the latest glimmer of hope has become commonplace. To call foul of new developments often results in accusations of living in the past. However, for those who do wish to plough headlong into any reshaping ...

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This Month's Legacy Need 2 Know Artist Billie Holiday

January 10, 2012

Billie Holiday, nicknamed “Lady Day," was an American jazz singer and songwriter who transformed jazz and pop singing in the 20th Century. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday “changed the art of American pop vocals forever." Billie Holiday

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Canon USA Inc, Unveils First-of-its-kind Crowd-Sourced Music Video for Herbie Hancock

January 9, 2012

Canon USA Inc, Unveils First-of-its-kind Crowd-Sourced Music Video for Herbie Hancock's Classic Song “Chameleon." The Print-Inspired Music Video was Created using Canon's PIXMA PRO-1 Professional Inkjet Printer , a Product Unveiled at Canon's “Legends in Imaging" Event in October 2011 LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.—Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, collaborated with Herbie Hancock, a legendary ...

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Menyou: Partner with Fans to Sell Your Music

January 7, 2012

Menyou, one of midemlab's 30 finalists, offers an embeddable online store for your music that your fans can also use to sell and get a cut. Artists are provided with an ecommerce option, fans can spread the word via sales from their own sites and social media outlets and Menyou makes sure everyone gets paid. A ...

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Webster Records to Close January 31

January 6, 2012

According to a story by Deb Peterson published Wednesday on STLtoday.com, Webster Records will close permanently on January 31. The story says the store has been in operation for 58 years, which would make it St. Louis' longest-running independent music retailer and one of the more long lived businesses in the Old Webster business district of ...

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American Jazz Museum's Blue Room Named Among Down Beat's Top International Jazz Venues

January 6, 2012

The American Jazz Museum's Blue Room jazz club is the first among two Kansas City venues to be named to Down Beat Magazine's “212 Great Jazz Rooms—An International Listing of the Best Places to See and Hear Live Jazz." The Blue Room was also distinguished by a gold highlighted listing. “We are pleased, humbled and grateful ...

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Josef Skvorecky and Jazz

January 5, 2012

he influential Czech novelist Josef Skvorecky, an admirer and champion of jazz musicians and the freedom they represent, has died in Toronto. He was 87. Skvorecky and his wife moved to Canada after the reforms of the Prague Spring were trampled by the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. His novels portrayed the perverse absurdity of ...

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Jazz Around Town: New Year's "Resolutions" and Live Jazz in Rochester

January 5, 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:00 pm Anthony Gianavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm The John Palocy Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Nate Rawls Group @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm Friday, ...

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Jazz Around Town: Don't Let the Door Hit Your Backside on the Way Out, 2011 ... Come On in 2012!

December 29, 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:00 pm Anthony Gianavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Julie Ketchum Duo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Mike Kaupa Duo Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm Fred ...

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Sean O'Bryan Smith signs with Wolf Entertainment (Australia)

December 28, 2011

Internationally acclaimed solo artist, producer, and composer Sean O'Bryan Smith signs with Sydney, Australia's Wolf Entertainment Group" Dec. 19th, 2011 Internationally acclaimed bassist, solo artist, producer and composer Sean O'Bryan Smith has announced that he will be joining the Wolf Entertainment Group family. Sean will be joining the Sydney, Australia based company as one of their ...