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Reminders of the Future of Jazz
For those naysayers and/or moldy figs who say, perhaps tongue-in-cheek, that jazz is dead, don't buy it. The music isn't even on life support, given the attention and interest it receives from music educators and their serious students at college, high school and lower levels. Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington" competition each ...
Decade of Meteoric Sales of Mostly Mediocre Music
The recorded music industry may feel like its in a death spiral, but that didn't stop The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) from releasing a celebratory tally of the decade's highest Gold and Platinum award achievemecelnts. TOP ARTIST TALLIES Each level of multi-Platinum counts as its own unit and contributes to the tally. ...
Notes from the Net: Win the Miles Davis 70-CD Box Set; Orchestrion Unleashed; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More
Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* We always like to start this feature with any news of St. Louis' most ...
The Be MO Jazz Project
Baltimore has a significant jazz history. Deep in Mid-Atlantic region jazz presenting lore is B'more's historic Left Bank Jazz Society. People in the Baltimore-Washington area still speak fondly of their now-legendary presentations, with their BYOB good-time atmosphere, coupled with the true joy-of-jazz. Some of those singular LBJS presentations were preserved on CD by the late Joel Dorn ...
Red Cat Publicity - Upcoming Events
RED CAT PUBLICITY - UPCOMING EVENTSThe Jazz Academy of Music (501c3) Proudly Announces The 2010 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival - February 19-21, 2010 - Rockville, MDwww.midatlanticjazzfestival.orgIn addition to a cadre of the finest regional talent, artists scheduled to appear include Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Lewis Nash, Terell Stafford & Marc Cary! # # ...
National Trust Considers Buying Abbey Road Studios
The National Trust, a British preservation charity, has emerged as a possible buyer for Abbey Road Studios in London. A statement on its Web site says that because of an astonishing outpouring of public emotion in response to a suggestion by a BBC radio announcer, the organization would consider buying the complex, where the Beatles recorded ...
Johnny Cash: The Hospice Sessions
On 'Ain't No Grave,' it's a vulnerable Johnny Cash, accepting his physical state and making the best of it. Anyone who has lived with the decline of a loved one will feel the raw emotion. Let me tell you a story about my dad and Johnny Cash. Many American music lovers of a certain age could ...
FTC Orders Refunds Sweeping Changes in Ticket Resale Market
Calling for an end to deceptive bait and switch" tactics, the Federal Trade Commission Thursday announced a settlement with Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s Ticketmaster unit that requires the company to provide full refunds to consumers who bought tickets to 14 Bruce Springsteen concerts at dramatically inflated prices. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said thousands of fans were ...
Music on Oscar's Mind
Some insights into the way Academy members vote. Is there a formula for winning a music Oscar? Are there certain guideposts or telling patterns that can correctly predict a win for song or score? This awards season, Variety set out to find the answer, examining half a century of Oscar history and talking to Academy veterans ...
Universal in Tune with Mike Knobloch
Film-music veteran Mike Knobloch has been named president, Film Music and Publishing, for Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley and vice chairman and COO Rick Finkelstein announced Wednesday. Knobloch, until recently exec VP of Film Music at 20th Century-Fox and Fox Music Inc., will be responsible for all creative and production aspects of Universal films' ...


