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At 70 Legendary Jazz Label Asks Now What?
At a recent 70th-anniversary reception for Blue Note Records at Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, the alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson played his trademark hit, “Alligator Boogaloo," from 1967. Norah Jones, who made her multiplatinum debut in 2002, mingled at the bar. And presiding over the evening was Bruce Lundvall, who has run the label for the last 25 ...
Producers Track Record as a Label Executive is Raising Questions
Less than two years after Sony Music Entertainment made a daring move by hiring the legendary music producer Rick Rubin to run its Columbia Records label, the company is learning a lesson from baseball: sometimes the best players dont make the best managers. Sony hired Mr. Rubin a founder of Def Jam Records who has produced ...
Artist of Famed Obama Poster Arrested in Boston
L.A.-based artist Shepard Fairey created the now-ubiquitous graphic of Obama, who wrote to him, Your images have a profound effect on people. BOSTON -- A street artist famous for his red, white and blue “Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said today. Shepard Fairey, ...
Las Vegas is One Long Happy Hour
I love martinis. I average about two a year, usually here in Las Vegas, where they are known to spawn. A cold glass of beer is a splendid sight, and a glass of Chardonnay has a lovely sort of moon glow. But a martini comes with that great stiletto heel. And after the first sip of ...
L.A. to Consider Landmark Status for Puppet Theater
Fans turn out at a commission meeting to voice support for the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, which is struggling to stay afloat. Pinocchio danced on the table and wise-cracking Fred Mingo sat on it Thursday as they helped convince Los Angeles officials to consider making a marionette theater near downtown an official city cultural site. Fans ...
Major Record Company Seeks U.S. Jazz Talent
Compass Management, along with one of the worlds largest and most respected record companies, are creating an original and exciting new jazz act to launch in the Autumn of 2009. The act will be stylish, dynamic, aspirational and will bring something new and very unique to the worlds music stage. The concept of the project is ...
Springsteen Blasts Ticketmaster over on-Sale
Bruce Springsteen and his manager Jon Landau are blasting Ticketmaster for redirecting customers attempting to buy Springsteen tickets to their secondary ticketing site, TicketsNow. On Monday, fans trying to make face-value purchases for tickets were instead sent to TicketsNow, “even when other seats remained available at face value," says a letter posted on BruceSpringsteen.net. “We condemn ...
Joe Russo Can't Be Stopped
By: Andrew Bruss Joe Russo by Rod Snyder Drummer Joe Russo's stature on the concert circuit saw a drastic rise during the summer of 2006, a season that opened up a whole new world to him. But for every door that opened, it seemed as though two more closed in its ...
Correspondence: Hard Bop
Rifftides reader and occasional correspondent Red Colm O'Sullivan writes from Ireland (where else, with a name like that?):And here's another frequently used term that has no meaning whatsoever: “Hard Bop". I have NO IDEA what that MEANS (as opposed to supposed to mean). That brought to mind something I wrote for a 2000 compilation ...
Edition Records Signs Deal for Their UK Distribution with Harmonia Mundi
2008 proved to be a very successful first year for Edition Records. Following a sequence of critically acclaimed, beautifully produced and packaged CD’s from Dave Stapleton, Matthew Bourne, Bourne Davis Kane, Paula Gardiner and Kevin Figes, 2009 looks even better with the first 3 releases of 2009 including Geoff Eales' new album with Chris Laurence and ...
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