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Live Concert Business is a Broken Model

February 4, 2010

It's hard to think of Tim Leiweke, chief executive of AEG, which owns the L.A. Kings hockey team, as an underdog. He's orchestrated concerts for the likes of Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas and Celine Dion. His company, Anschutz Entertainment Group, owns some of the world's biggest venues, including Staples Center, Target Center and The O2, ...

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Fred Hersch = Lebron James?

February 4, 2010

Fred at the piano is like LeBron James on the basketball court. He's perfection. – Jason Moran David Hajdu's recent New York Times Magazine profile of pianist Fred Hersch is an odd amalgam of hyperbolic praise (above), made-up trends ("A new movement in jazz has surfaced over the past few years—a wave of highly ...

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ARC for the Week of February 1, 2010

February 4, 2010

ARC for the week of February 1, 2010: Music industry news and label headlines from the Artists Recording Collective (ARC). SUMI TONOOKA/ERICA LINDSAY - ARC is pleased to announce that Initiation, the dynamic new Artists Recording Collective CD by pianist Sumi Tonooka (pronounced To-NO-ka) and tenor saxophonist Erica Lindsay, entered the JazzWeek ...

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Trumpeter Anthony Wiggins Hospitalized

February 4, 2010

Local trumpeter and jazz educator Anthony Wiggins is in the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm last week. According to Phil Dunlap of Jazz St. Louis, where Wiggins is one of the instructors in the JazzU program for student musicians in middle school and high school, “He was airlifted to SLU hospital last week (Wednesday evening/Thursday ...

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Jazz This Week: Dianne Reeves and Peter Martin, Lou Donaldson, Flow, St. Louis Musicians for Haiti, and More

February 4, 2010

It's looking like a very good weekend of live music in St. Louis, with a number of events of interest to fans of jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights, presented in chronological order:Things get started tonight with the veteran saxophonist Lou Donaldson (pictured), who's back in town to perform at Jazz ...

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Notes from the Net: More on WSQ and M'boom; Metheny's Orchestrion Released; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

February 3, 2010

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:* In the latest Miles Davis-related news, Lucid Jazz Lounge in Seattle just put on ...

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Duncan Sheik to Compose 'American Psycho' Musical

February 3, 2010

Drenched in equal parts blood and hit '80s pop tunes, Bret Easton Ellis' novel “American Psycho" chronicled the fissured state of mind of Patrick Bateman, a homicidal New York yuppie who harbored a taste for designer suits and blunt instruments. The 1991 novel's runaway success spawned a movie starring Christian Bale, which opened in 2000. A ...

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Songwriter Makes $1.25m Bail in NY Sex Case

February 3, 2010

Oscar-winning Joseph Brooks accused of molesting 13 women. “You Light Up My Life tunesmith Joseph Brooks is staying free while fighting charges of molesting a string of would-be actresses in his Manhattan apartment. Defense lawyer Jeffrey Hoffman said Tuesday that the Academy Award-winning songwriter sold stock to come up with $1.25 million cash bail. The 71-year-old ...

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Ask Aretha Franklin

February 3, 2010

She hardly needs an introduction -- in fact, she doesn't even really need a last name. Aretha -- also known as the Queen of Soul -- burst onto the scene in the 1960s, when she signed on with Atlantic Records to release hits like Chain of Fools, “Respect" and “Natural Woman." In 1987, she became the ...

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Best Original Song Nominee List Missing a Few Songs of Note

February 3, 2010

ORIGINAL SONG U2, Paul McCartney and Mary J. Blige are among those who miss out on the short list. By most criteria, Paul McCartney and U2 have little reason to regard French composers Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas with envy. But Tuesday, Wagner and Thomas scored an Oscar nomination for best original song -- ...