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A Time for More Important Things
A note from Mike Palter of “Jazz is a Rainbow" I have just received a call from one of the supporters of our “Jazz is a Rainbow" projects informing me that Carefusion has decided to cease its support of the Newport Jazz Festival. Because part of our JIAR project involves bringing under served, Providence area children ...
The Limits of Delocalized Music Culture
Logic says that if people can get something for nothing, they will. Every day, millions of fans download music and don't pay for it. Critics are quick to regard this as stealing. Fans are taking songs—without the permission of artists—and doing so without compensating them for their creativity. The primary victims of this act are major ...
Testing the Monva-Nic Experience
Kurt's party in front of Il Vino d'Enrico Bernardo in Paris. On Sunday October 31st, at the beginning of his European Standards Trio tour, Kurt Rosenwinkel and his team were in Paris having lunch at the one star Michelin restaurant Il Vino d'Enrico Bernardo. This was in order to taste the wines selected for the Monvínic ...
Who's Really Destroying Music? Take a Closer Look...
If you want to beat up on the majors, have fun—there's plenty of material to go around. But just be prepared to beat up on the tech sector as well, because they're just as responsible for devaluing music and lowering artist welfare. It's the only balanced way to view the crisis that music finds itself in ...
Leibinger loves the conversation of music
For trombonist Doug Leibinger, the new Director of Jazz Studies at Sonoma State University, learning to play jazz is a lot like learning to talk. First, you acquire the vocabulary. Then, you figure out how to string words together into sentences. Finally, you forget everything you've learned, listen deeply, and respond to what others are saying. ...
Clifford Brown and the Great Tree
By Matt Lavelle Hearing the opening of the Clifford Brown birthday broadcast on WKCR at midnight this past Saturday,a 30 hour marathon,got me to reflect again on what I call the trumpet brotherhood,.and Clifford Brown's towering place inside of it.In 2010 it's hard to find members of the brotherhood,.but we still exist.Of course We all start ...
Vote with Your Ears-Dizzy for Pres
By Steve Provizer Herbert Hoover's advisers no doubt warned him that getting endorsements from Red Allen or Miff Mole might backfire. Ditto Harry Truman, who never sought the support of Bird-or even Tommy Dorsey. Ronald Reagan never thought that the backing of Archie Shepp would seal the deal. Through most of its history, even in its ...
Parker: The High-Tech Hitler?
With Limewire Gone is Spotify the New Napster? I Don't Know. Is Sean Parker the New High-Tech Hitler? Is there no limit to this guy's narcissism? The old saying goes, when three people tell you you're drunk, maybe you should sit down. When, the US Supreme court says, you are a thief who stole from millions ...
Is Music Helping Shred a Senseless Cold War Remnant?
After all these years, is there anything more senseless than the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba? I think not, but some are bound to disagree. But the arts are thawing the iceberg a bit—and jazz is at the forefront of that relaxation. Larry Blumenfeld had a riveting two-part coverage in the Wall Street Journal in early ...
Why the Whole Music World Should Not Go Digital
Vinyl records have resurged; it is no secret. The bigger question that looms is why have they? Tye L. at The Music Cycle thinks it is because of two factors. First, records produce a sound that is unique to them. They are richer or more natural sounding than their digital counterparts. In addition, they give fans ...
