Exclusive PEANUTS record player to be sold as perfect companion to 50th-anniversary remastered vinyl of Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown LOS ANGELES, Calif.a€'Fantasy Records, via Concord Music Group, is pleased to announce a collaboration with select record stores to sell an exclusive accompaniment: a remastered vinyl reissue of Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown featuring...
A different kind of musical dawn is coming with flashes of rowdy big band, simmering soul and swaggering rock 'n' roll as Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses prepare to ignite a new legacy with their second full-length album, Blow out June 10 on Warrior Records/Universal Music Distribution. With Blow, Prima and the Witnesses revive a boogie woogie spirit for the modern generation. "The message is to...
Google's video streaming service YouTube has reached an agreement to acquire the popular video game streaming website Twitch in a deal reportedly worth more than $1 billion. The deal is part of YouTube's increasing emphasis in live video. According to Variety, the all-cash offer is expected to be officially announced soon. If it comes to fruition, the acquisition will be the largest in the history...
Rdio has partnered with BandPage to integrate musiciansa€(TM) content into the music streamer's artist stations and artist profiles. The partnership provides opportunities for musicians to grow their fan base and increase revenue while powering new features on Rdio. BandPage powers the online profiles of 500,000 musicians and delivers select content to major music sites including Clear Channel,...
Brandon Dorsky, Esq. is an attorney licensed to practice in the state of California; he can be reached via Dorsky Legal. Everything is peachy when things in a band are going right; the music feels like a perfect marriage and all the members are excited about the opportunity horizon.A But just like divorces —- the realities of band break ups can be extremely ugly and financially damaging.A A...
Crowdtilt launched as a way for groups to pool money and has grown into a multifaceted service for pooling money, fundraising and selling things all of which share elements of crowdfunding. Earlier this year they launched Crowdtilt Open, an open source platform for DIY crowdfunding, and yesterday they launched Sell Something, a platform for selling anything that uses a crowdfunding approach to determining...
With the exception of m: Sun Ra , few jazz artists were more visually arresting than m: Rahsaan Roland Kirk . Blind from adolescence, Kirk wore dark glasses and often performed with multiple reed instruments hung around his neck or lodged in his mouth. Uninitiated listeners automatically assumed Kirk's music wouldn't be easy to grasp or likable. The funny thing about Kirk is that his music was always...
Music From The International Airport Hotel Lounge is the newest release by guitarist and composer m: David Wright . Following up his 2013 releases Jazz Socialand Juniper Snowberries this release ventures into new territory for David. "Stylistically, this is something I've been wanting to do for a long time " states David. Weighing in at just under forty minutes the recording featuring eight 'modern...
All About Jazz is celebrating Fats Waller's birthday today! Jazz music\'s first organist and one of the giants of piano jazz Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was born on May 21, 1904 in Harlem into a musical family. His grandfather was an accomplished violinist and his mother was the church organist. His family had moved to New York City from Virginia in the late 1880s and his father was the pastor of the...
Available NOW on Motema Music, May 20, 2014 Reassembled after ten years, The David Weiss Sextet delivers a brilliant set of music that serves as a beacon of musical excellence, and a reflection on a year of loss CD RELEASE CELEBRATION - JUNE 25 AT SMOKE JAZZ AND SUPPERCLUB, NYC When Words Fail Features: David Weiss- Trumpet, m: Marcus Strickland - Tenor Saxophone, m: Myron Walden - Alto Saxophone,...
Tuesday, June 17 will mark the first Blu-ray release of Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle of Wight, the enrapturing film that documents the guitar legenda€(TM)s August 1970 performance before an audience of 600,000. It was the largest show attendance-wise he would ever play and came just 18 days before his untimely death. Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle of Wight,...
LEE, Mass. a€' The summer jazz season opens in the Berkshires June 5-8, when the third annual Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend brings marquee performers and local jazz musicians to downtown Lee. Sponsored by Berkshire Gateway Preservation, Inc., in collaboration with Berkshires Jazz, Inc., the weekend event will be highlighted by the appearances of Sonny and Perley; The Sounds of Shearing; and...
Former President Bill Clinton will get a chance to play his saxophone when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honors him with its Foundera€(TM)s Award. The Monk Institute announced Monday that Clinton will receive the award at a Nov. 9 concert at Los Angelesa€(TM) Dolby Theater featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater and others. The proceeds...
Alan Parsons of The Alan Parsons Project has a long history of success but he's faced with a very different musical world today. One of his current projects is the elimination of the MP3 which he's begun with plans to release his own lower cost, higher quality downloads direct-to-fans. He's also set to speak at Subscribed 2014, a unique conference focused on the "subscription economy" which is increasingly...
Swedish-based Epidemic Sound is a music library that pays composers an upfront fee offering licensees subscriptions for non-exclusive use as well as innovative approaches such as licensing by the second. Much of their activity is in Europe but they've also cut deals with MCNs such as Disney's Maker Studios. Apparently it's working well enough that VC firm Creandum has funded a $5 million Series A round......
Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs @ Jazz at the Kitano on Thursday February 13, 2014 The Kitano Hotel Jazz Bar and Lounge 66 Park Avenue @ 38th Street (Grand Central Station) New York NY 10016 Tel: (212) 885-7000 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm Sets $15 Cover, $15 Min. RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED......
All About Jazz is celebrating Bob Florence's birthday today! For close to 50 years now the release of a new Bob Florence recording has been a major cause for celebration in the jazz world and with each album, going all the way back to 1958\'s "Name Band 59", it seems that he has reached an absolute pinnacle in the possibilities of contemporary big band writing. But he has continued to surprise us,...
All press releases and news announcements submitted to All About Jazz's Jazz News Central will now appear on the new Jazz Music News Twitter page. If you're jazz news junky, follow us. If you're a publicist and looking to give your announcements a boost in circulation, submit them to here. Though the AAJ news service is free, we do require website registration, you must be approved to post, and we...
Tags are an essential part of the All About Jazz gallery and are the primary means by which your images are found. Follow these useful tips when tagging your images: It's best to tag all images with any combination of the following information: musician name, venue name, event name, photographer name, city name. Photos tagged with a city name will appear on the city's Jazz Near You page. e.g. philadelphia.jazznearyou.com......
As his hearing grew worse and the distortion in his head louder, Mark Flugge struggled to perform the jazz music he loved. The double-punch proved particularly painful for the lifelong pianist. He battled nonstop tinnitus and hearing loss a€' as well as related depression a€' for nearly two years......