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Jeff Coffin Officially Joins Dave Matthews Band
Jeff Coffin Officially Joins Dave Matthews Band [Jeff Coffin's] boldness, intensity, and verve set him apart from other saxophonists. - JazzTimes Jeff Coffin Jeff Coffin, saxophonist/composer, and three time GRAMMY Award winner with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, will begin touring as a touring member of Dave Matthews Band on April 14 with their NYC appearance ...
Young Women Have Their Own Take On Empowerment
I sat on a panel at the West Hollywood Women's Leadership Conference last month, featuring pioneers and activists. Its title -- “The F Word: Reflections of Feminism and the Portrayal of Women in the Media" -- made our mission clear. So we panelists came armed with stories, symbols and statistics that reflected our struggle for equality: ...
Jazz Aspen: Abb, DBTS, Um
JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS PRESENTS 2009 Summer Lineup The Allman Brothers, Drive-By Truckers, Umphrey's McGee Black Eyed Peas, Smokey Robinson, Al Jarreau and many more JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS JUNE FESTIVAL JUNE 18-27, 2009 New in 2009, the JAS June Festival has been expanded to a ten day event which will include three nights ...
Phil Spector Jury Again Interrupted by Illness
For a second time, deliberations in Phil Spectors murder retrial have been interrupted by juror illness. The panel, which began weighing evidence March 26, went home at midday today after a juror became sick. Because of court holidays and a prior instance where a juror was ill, the panel has deliberated only about 27 hours over ...
Blockbuster Warns That It Might Go Under
Blockbuster Inc, the largest store-based U.S. movie rental chain, said the risk that it may not complete a deal to amend its credit facilities raises “substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern, according to a securities filing on Monday. Blockbuster Chief Executive Office Jim Keyes warned investors last month that the company's ...
Spector's Long Legal Battles May Be Sapping His Fortune
The producer collects royalties from dozens of pop hits. But expenses from two criminal trials appear to be depleting his fortune. He's also facing a wrongful-death suit by Lana Clarkson's mother. When Phil Spector was booked for murder in 2003, he was a jet-setting millionaire who stayed in luxury hotel suites, left $450 tips on $13 ...
Future of Music Coalition Wants to Rewrite Rules of the Music Industry
Artist lobbying group, The Future Of Music Coalition, has issued a “Principles for Artist Compensation in New Business Models". The goals is the adoption of “legitimate digital business models and legitimate digital music marketplaces" which FOMC believes are “critical to musicians' ability to promote, distribute and earn compensation for their music". Highlights include: Licensing, Collection and ...
The Big Band Thing: New Perspectives
Comments are still arriving about Bill Kirchner's list of recommended big band recordings since 1955. You will find the original item here and followups here. Not all of the comments are coming to Rifftides. As discussions will in the internet age, this one gravitated to other sites. Here is a little of what the unfailingly provocative ...
Harry Meets Frank: Sweet Lorraine
While it's common knowledge that Frank Sinatra idolized Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and other jazz artists, he sadly recorded with too few of them in the 1940s. Much of this neglect was due to the image Columbia fashioned for him, his marathon schedule, and corporate fears and racism. Like film-industry movie stars of the period, top ...
Saxophonist Osby teams up with jazz legend Willie Akins
Alto saxophonist Greg Osby is among the foremost jazz artists of his generation. His albums for the esteemed Blue Note label, including “Art Forum" (1996), “Banned in New York" (1998) and “Channel Three" (2005), set a standard for improvisational risk-taking. Osby's popularity is international, and his eye for talent is admirable: Acclaimed pianist Jason Moran first ...
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