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Notes from the Net: Lester Bowie Reissued; Jimmy Cobb's so What Band Reviewed; 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.Starting off, as we usually do, with a couple of items about Miles Davis, it ...
NARM Launches a Digital Music Think Tank
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers has launched a Digital Think Tank task force of NARM members dedicated to resolving issues surrounding the business of digital music. Members include: 7digital, Amazon.com, E1, EMI, IODA, Iris, iTunes, Microsoft, Mix & Burn, Napster, Nokia, The Orchard, Rhapsody, Rhino, Sony, Topspin, Universal, Verizon, WEA, and Wind-up. At yesterday's kick-off ...
Five More Worth Following
Overwhelmed by Twitter-mania? From time to time Hypebot will help you sift through the tweet pileup to find the few music industry, tech and business voices that are really worth following. Here's the second installment of Hypebot's Five Worth Following: @musicadium - Australian based flat free digital distributor (think Tuncecore Downunder) Musicadium uses ...
Jazz and Folk Intermingle - Paying It Forward
Louis Armstrong is credited with saying: “All music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song." Another variation on the quote is “All music is folk music, because we're all just folk."Quotations aside, there are some interesting jazz-folk synergies at work this autumn. Some may have been surprised when 90-year-old folk troubadour ...
Bill Cosby Enters Rap Game
Bill Cosby Enters Rap Game Bill Cosby, the 72-year-old comedian, sitcom, and Pudding Pop legend, is entering the rap game with Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency. Set for release digitally on October, 20 and physically on November 24, you can hear two tracks right here, right now: Bill Cosby
When Music Meets Science
In addition to their strong musical interests, John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood share interests in biology and science. The longtime bandmates melded those interests philosophically with their latest, and perhaps most ambitious project, The Radiolarians Series. It is named after the Radiolarian, a type of single-celled marine organism with a very intricate exoskeleton. MMW ...
Keeping the Faith, Growing the Jazz Faithful
There are examples here and there of jazz clubs, jazz festivals and jazz musicians doing their part to increase the audience and give the jazzfaithful an economic break in these difficult times. Some do it low key, some even anonymously. Wynton Marsalis is doing his part. The trumpeter and Jazz at Lincoln Center artistic director will ...
Michael Jackson's Single 'This is It' Dates to a 1983 Collaboration with Paul Anka
Though officially released less than 24 hours ago, Michael Jackson's first posthumous single, “This Is It," has turned out to not be so new after all. After rampant speculation Monday that the song has decades-old roots, a representative to the special administrators for the Jackson estate has confirmed that “This Is It" was originally co-written with ...
Recording Studios Are Being Left Out of the Mix
Inexpensive software is shifting music-recording to the home. Industry experts estimate that up to half of the commercial studios in the L.A. area have closed or been sold to artists for private use. Some experts estimate that half of the L.A. area's commercial studios have closed or been sold to artists for private use. Tom McCauley ...
What is Jazz, Anyway?
What is “jazz,” exactly? I sure as hell don’t know. And neither, I would suggest, does anyone else. Sure, everybody knows what they think jazz is, and which particular elements music has to contain to qualify as jazz — swing, the blues, improvisation, etc. But put to the test, it turns out the word is extremely ...
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