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Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger Tapped for Alto Chair in Either/Orchestra - Berklee Sophomore Also on NPR's Jazzset Starting 10/01
(Boston, MA - September 28, 2009) Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger (pronounced NICE-wonger), a 19-year-old sophomore studying jazz performance at the Berklee College of Music in Boston on a full scholarship, has been selected as the new alto saxophonist in the Either/Orchestra, saxophonist Russ Gershon, the founder and music director of the Cambridge, MA-based band announced today. Miss ...
Roman Polanski's Attorneys Stunned by Arrest
Director Roman Polanski and his attorneys were stunned by his arrest in Switzerland on Saturday on a child sex charge filed decades ago in Los Angeles, according a French newspaper report. “We absolutely were not expecting such an arrest, in so far as he regularly goes to Switzerland, and he’s done so for several years,” lawyer ...
Brian Setzer Recruits Visionary Arranger Frank Comstock
What does a modern-day big band leader do when they want to re-create the sounds of classic 1950s film noir music? For Brian Setzer, the answer was simply to go to the source, the legendary Frank Comstock, who wrote arrangements for Benny Carter, Stan Kenton, Les Brown, and Judy Garland, penned the theme songs for Rocky ...
Rhino Records Lays off 30-40
Are More Cuts Ahead? WMG's catalog arm Rhino has pink slipped 30-40 staffers with cuts across all departments. A statement from Rhino blamed “fundamental transformation of the physical new release and catalog business" for the cuts. Rhino will evolve into a leaner division that “handles WMG's global digital catalog initiatives, film, TV, videogame ...
A Must Read: Wynton Marsalis's Enduring Opus
The Thursday, September 24 edition of the Wall Street Journal contains a terrific piece by Larry Blumenfeld taking a close look on the positive impact that Jazz at Lincoln Center has had on the New York and national jazz scene since its founding in 1986 and principally since moving into its own three-venue performance space five ...
David Crosby's Reason for 1985 Golden Bear Show Cancellation Beats Them All
When a concert venue cancels a show these days, nine times out of 10 the reason given is scheduling conflicts, a catch-all phrase that can mean “We couldnt sell enough tickets" to “The star attraction got a better gig." Cancellation explanations dont get much better than the one issued by the Golden Bear back in 1985 ...
Lawsuit Claims Guitar Center, NAMM Fixed Prices
A nationwide class-action lawsuit has been filed against Guitar Center and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) claiming the two conspired to fix retail pricing on guitars, allowing the music retail giant and other major retailers to reap higher profits and squash competition at the expense of consumers. The suit filed earlier this week ...
Who Says CD Sales Are Dead? Remastered Beatles Sell 2.25 Million in 2 Weeks
Without the help of a single digital download, The Beatles have broken multiple chart records around the world following the 9-9-09 CD release of their digitally re-mastered catalog. In the major music markets of North America, Japan and the UK, consumers purchased more than 2.25 million copies of The Beatles' re-mastered albums during the first five ...
RIAA Chief Says the Music Industry Has 5 Reasons for Optimism
Now that the RIAA is tiring of suing individual filesharers, its head Mitch Bainwol needs a new soapbox to stand on. Apparently he's decided that what's needed is a record label cheerleader to cut through all the doom and gloom indicated by the sales numbers. To kick off his campaign, he released an essay “5 Reasons ...
The Music Industry Pays the Price of Negativity
It's Time For A New Conversation New calls for three strikes laws and P2P taxes in the UK have spawned strong reactions from high profile artists including Lily Allen, James Blunt, Muse and Elton John. Their calls to end piracy seem strange this many years after Napster changed the face of the music industry and only ...
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