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Boston Globe Story on Jazz in Massachusetts

January 11, 2010

Travel writer Chris Klein explores the vibrant jazz scene in Massachusetts in the January 10, 2010 issue of The Boston Globe's Travel Section. The story is titled: Jazz Vibes and Venues Add Volume: Massachusetts tourism's new repertoire plays on upbeat destinations. There's also a sidebar entitled Get a Grove on Here All Year with ...

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Live Jazz Music Venues - Los Angeles - 2010

January 6, 2010

Here is a list of the venues in Los Angeles, CA that offer live jazz music, call or contact for details... (photo: John Pisano “LA Jazz Institution")2nd Street Jazz366 E. 2nd St.Los Angeles, CA 90012(213) 680-004755 Degree Wine3111 Glendale BoulevardAtwater Village, CA 90039626 Reserve Wine ...

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Music Tech Investments up in '09 Despite Economy

January 6, 2010

Band Metrics founder and CEO Duncan Freeman has completed his annual review of investments in music technology companies for his Indie Music Tech blog. Despite the down economy and what many believed to be a retrenchment from music tech investments, Duncan found some very hopeful trends: There were almost $4 billion in transactions, up from ...

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eMusic Payments Don't Rise Despite Price Increase

January 6, 2010

This guest post on third quarter artist and label payouts from eMusic in the post-Sony era comes from David Harrell who blogs at Digital Audio Insider and plays with indie rockers The Layaways. The first full-quarter label/artist payout from eMusic after the introduction of the Sony catalog (and the restructuring of its subscription plans) was just ...

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A Framework for Music Marketing in 2010

January 6, 2010

Most know Bruce Warila as the glue that holds the Music Think Tank blog together. But he's also an entrepreneur who has been involved in many tech startups over the last 15 years (the last 5 in music tech), and the chart above is the conceptual framework for his next project. On the chart, the outer ...

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Line for Lyons, Twice

January 6, 2010

Rifftides reader Ty Newcomb sent a link to video of the Dutch singer Fay Claassen doing Gerry Mulligan's “Line for Lyons." After enjoying it, I noticed that YouTube has another version of the piece by The Dave Brubeck Quintet. What to do? Why, show you both, of course. First, we see and hear the composer with ...

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The Final Soundcheck-Jazz/Blues Music Deaths in 2009

January 3, 2010

Here's the full list of jazz, blues and related music industry creative talents that passed in 2009 (ordered by instrument or creative talent)...Accordionist:Mat Mathews (a.k.a. Mathieu Schwartz). Banjoist:Albert Leet (a.k.a. Buddy Lee). Bassists:Leanne Butts, Jeff Clyne, Leopoldo Fleming Sr., Leonard Gaskin, Hugh Hopper, Orlando “Cachaito" Lopez, Sirone (Norris ...

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Jazz and Metal, Riffs in Arms

January 3, 2010

JAZZ is metal. Well, of course it isnt, really. They dont sound alike on their outer layers. And their audiences dont overlap. From the evidence of hundreds of jazz shows Ive seen all over the country this past decade, a whole lot of Americans over 60 feel a tremendous fondness for jazz and help it survive. ...

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Brett Watanabe's Top 10 of 2009

January 3, 2010

from KBCS' RadioActivity newsletter: Nicole Mitchells Black Earth Strings: Renegades, Delmark Vijay Iyer: Historicity, Act Music + Vision Charles Tolliver Big Band: Emperor March-Live at the Blue Note, Halfnote Victor Noriega: Fenceless, Pony Boy Matt Wilson: Thats Gonna Leave a Mark, Palmetto Joe Lovano: Folk Art, ...

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Jazz Music is for Everyone!

January 2, 2010

By Jason Parker [Reposted from his One Working Musician blog] My wife recently emailed me a link to a blog post by Natalie Christie, The Tiny Soprano. Christie's post is about learning and mastery and resonated with me as a musician. In this post was a link to a TED talk by Benjamin Zander, conductor of ...