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Record Labels File Suit Against Ellen Degeneres Show
One day shes a judge, the next a defendant: a consortium of major record labels has filed suit against Ellen DeGeneress syndicated daytime talk show. Saying that their copyrights to more than 1,000 songs were violated when they were played on the show without their permission, The Associated Press reported. The suit was filed Wednesday in ...
Pianist Danilo Perez Signs with Mack Avenue Records
Pianist Danilo Perez Signs with Mack Avenue RecordsReturns to Perform at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz FestivalMack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of Grammy winning pianist Danilo Perez. The signing was made official at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival, where Perez returned to active performing with ...
Gibson's New Zoot Suit Guitar: It's a "Zoot Suit Riot"
Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument maker and leader in music technology, and Steve Perry of the veteran Ska band Cherry Poppin' Daddies are making a Zoot Suit music riot. Universally recognized for the hit single Zoot Suit Riot," Steve Perry of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is now jiving away on his own Gibson SG ...
Jazz Doesn't Need to be Saved -- It's Doing Fine
Cultural critic Terry Teachout recently wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled 'Can Jazz Be Saved?' It caused a stir among jazz musicians, critics, cognoscenti and fans. There's even Twitter campaign to prove Teachout wrong (use #jazzlives if you want to Tweet live). The thrust of the early part of the piece quotes jazz ...
International Songwriting Competition Deadline Approaching Soon
Music Celebs To Judge 2009 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Enter Your Songs Now! September 10, 2009 - McCoy Tyner, John Scofield, Mitchell Cohn (VP of A&R, Verve Music Group), Seymour Stein (Chairman/CEO, Sire Records); Amanda Ghost (President, Epic Records); and Monte Lipman (President/CEO, Universal Republic Records) are among the 56 music icons to select 2009 ISC ...
George Wein Seeks Title Sponsor for Newport Folk Festival
GEORGE WEIN ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR 51st ANNUAL NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL NEW YORK, NY, September 9, 2009 - The world-renowned Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI, which was founded in 1959 by George Wein and folk icon Pete Seeger, is available for sponsorship. The festival celebrated its 50th anniversary August 1 - 2, 2009, with more ...
Forrester Study Offers Plan to Save Music Industry
A Summary & Commentary - Forrester Research has released an aggressive road map of changes that analyst Mark Mulligan says are necessary to save the music industry from the current Media Meltdown it finds itself in. The CD is dying, the 99 cent download model clearly isn't enough (nor is live), and ad supported and subsidized ...
Notes from the Net: A Miles Davis Mega-Set; Jimmy Forrest Remembered; 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.What with the time demands of the recent site re-design, keeping up with breaking news, ...
Jay Leno: When You're Innocent, Because of All the Secrecy, No One Shakes Your Hand and Says, 'Welcome Back into the Fold,
The Writers Guild Cleared Jay Leno, but Now Must Indict Itself Few issues during the November 2007/February 2008 writers strike stirred as much anger and emotion as whether Writers Guild, West, member Jay Leno violated the unions strike rules during his return to hosting The Tonight Show. The WGAws investigation into Leno was conducted with utmost ...
Wells Fargo Exec Used Malibu Colony Home Lost by Madoff-Duped Couple
A top bank executive was seen spending weekends and hosting parties in the $12-million beach house. The bank says it will 'conduct a thorough investigation of the allegations' by neighbors. The Malibu Colony home formerly owned by Lawrence and Linda Elins is a sleekly modern, 3,800-square-foot, two-story structure built in the early 1990s by clothing designer ...


