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Did Folk Music Kill Jazz?
Over the past few weeks, jazz writers and researchers once again have been burning up the web with a Hatfield v. McCoy perennial: Is jazz dead or dying? Those who argue that jazz is on the ropes point out that album sales and audience knowledge and interest have been steadily declining. They also point out that ...
Forbes Gets Around.
The Outpost Chronology was a hit and now I'm looking over web video snippets for other area notables. Forbes Graham is engaging in a run of performances over the course of December at the Outpost and he was recently featured in a piece by Gordon Marshall at All About Jazz. In many ways Mr. Graham is ...
Jazz needs more... fun.
Michael Kaeshammer is an artist that has a lot of fun during his shows. The audience has fun too. His approach is a win/win for both him and the audience and that earns him an induction into The Fun Jazz Society. It's the very first induction ever. Congratulations sir! Medals are being made. Wheeeee! So what's ...
Swing and the Blues: Still Essential Skills and Wisdom for Successful Jazz Musicians?
In what we anticipate will be a series of commentaries from young jazz musicians (in this case we're talking 20 and 30something artists). Our first respondent is the very thoughtful and grounded pianist Aaron Goldberg. Born & raised in Boston, Goldberg's advanced music studies began at age 17 at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary ...
"When Money Comes in the Door, Duende Goes out the Window"
By Steve Provizer Duende was first a fairy or goblin-like creature in Spanish and Latin American mythology. Eventually, it became a concept-something that you could have, or which inhabited you; a way of describing the passion inherent in flamenco or other folk musics. The concept has had two main popularizers: Frederico Garcia Lorca and George Frazier. ...
Top 10 Jazz Fashion Crimes
By Tim Tamashiro Jazz musicians are incredible at what they do. They are Ferrari's of musical capability and horsepower. So why are jazzers the perpetrators of so many crimes against fashion? I'm no expert when it comes to fashion but I do know that a suit and tie can go a long way for a gentleman ...
It's War Again: PCmag Flips RIAA the Bird
Just when it seemed music companies and Silicone Valley had found common ground, PCMag throws the drama back into 2005 hostilities. Moses Avalon If you ever had any doubt that the ISP industry is at war with music and other content providers, this should put the controversy to rest. When a popular consumer computer magazine acutely ...
Why Tiered Pricing Works on Concert Tickets
Early Tuesday morning, word got out that Kanye West would play a surprise show at the 550-person capacity Bowery Ballroom for later that night. The Bowery Ballroom is a fraction of the size of the arenas West will be selling out over the next year, and tickets for this unique experience were priced at $100 (with ...
"The Myth of 'The First'"
By Steve Provizer There's a guy who recently said he's identified the World's First Rock-and-Roll Song Id'ing the first of anything is alluring; even better than finding the Biggest Spruce Tree or the Skinniest Model. Arguing about the First Of Something has the same kind of endless circularity you get in a stoned conversation about “Best ...
A Journey to The Self: Tribute to Esbjorn Svensson / Trio
By Mehdi El Mouden He never claimed to play jazz and was often at pains to explain his music. Esbjorn Svensson could blend together electric frenzy along with jazz swing. The result is often a tripping music, punctuated with ending trance. The first notes leave the impression of climbing stairs. Repetitive, rapid and accompanied with drums, ...
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