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EFT: Spatial Awareness
by Eyal Hareuveni
The third album of the Israeli Electro Free Trio--EFT--marks the constant evolution of this working band. This powerful outfit always searched for ways to blend on-the-spot free improvisation strategies with live electronics, noise and metal but now has reached a balanced interplay that stresses the original, constant-evolving voices of each of the musicians--guitarist Ido Bukelman, in his many solo projects, drummer Ofer Bymel, the drummer of choice of countless local experimental outfits, and electronics wizard Daniel Davidovsky, who keeps expanding ...
read moreBackgrounders: Basie With Quincy and Hefti
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1958, the French Vogue label put out a double LP in Europe entitled Count Basie Plays Quincy Jones & Neal Hefti. Essentially, it was a re-issue of two previous Roulette releases—Basie One More Time: Music From the Pen of Quincy Jones (1960) and Basie Plays Hefti (1958). Both are classics in the Basie canon and remain masterpieces today. Quincy Jones and Neal Hefti, alone with Ernie Wilkins and Frank Foster were among the leading composer-arrangers for Basie's New Testament ...
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Drummer, Composer Billie Davies Has Left New Orleans
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Billie Davies PR
After spending eight years in New Orleans and recording three albums as a leader, Billie Davies has made a permanent move to West Palm Beach, Florida. She decided it was time to return to her favorite environment in the world—the beaches at the Atlantic Ocean—in her preferred sub-tropical climate. In her words: “There is a time and a place for everything." She is thankful to the many venues that have given her the opportunity to perform including The New Orleans ...
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Moka Efti Orchestra Announces New Album 'Erstausgabe' Out Now On Six Degrees Records
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Press Junkie PR
Moka Efti Orchestra is an international sensation that first gained notoriety on the hit Netflix series Babylon Berlin. The 14 member ensemble were first cast as musicians for the series and are all renowned players. The group was pieced together by composer and show music supervisor Nikko Weidemann, & composer Mario Kamien, along with saxophonist/arranger Sebastian Borkowski. The series invites the viewer into the Moka Efti, a re-creation of the famous pre-World War II Berlin club, with the goal to ...
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Neal Hefti at the Movies
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Like Henry Mancini, arranger-composer Neal Hefti turned to the movies for work in the 1960s and beyond. Best known in the '50s for updating the swing of Count Basie's band, Hefti wrote movie scores in the '60s that were distinctly jaunty, jovial and wistful They crystallized the young-adult mood of those years. He knew how to write simple, catchy melodies and bring strings together with horns and reeds in a way that kept the music hip and light. [Photo above ...
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Identity Theft New Trend In Music Piracy
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HypeBot
Music piracy has existed as long the music industry itself, but like every thing else in the biz, it's constantly changing and adapting. The most recent trend appears be impersonation, and has digital buccaneers pinging labels and publicists, claiming to be an artist or manager in order to access their music. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Digital thieves are pirating music by pretending to be everyone from musicians to industry professionals. Music piracy is as old as the music business. ...
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Qwest TV by Quincy Jones: Only 1 day left to fund "The Netflix of Jazz" (Kevin Le Gendre - BBC Radio 3) on Kickstarter
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Michael Ricci
Qwest TV is self-financed. The Kickstarter campaign has to be a success and we need to give birth to Qwest TV. We're approaching our goal on Kickstarter. Now is the time to help get Qwest TV to the finish line! To give everyone unlimited access to the music that helped to shape our cultural foundations: Jazz! Support with us Quincy Jones’ dream, Qwest TV spiritual godfather. Let's build together a service dedicated to jazz and beyond that embraces music lovers ...
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Tina Raymond CD Release Celebration For "Left Right Left," Thursday, April 6th At The Blue Whale, Los Angeles
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Mouthpiece Music
One of the most in-demand jazz drummers in Los Angeles, Tina Raymond, unites with two legendary musicians, pianist Art Lande and bassist Putter Smith on her debut CD, Left Right Left (Orenda Records). A politically inspired album, Left Right Left features anti-war anthems, union songs, and other sociopolitical works from America's history, re-imagined through modern jazz. The CD will be available April 7th on Orenda Records and at the CD release celebration on Thursday, April 6th at 9pm (PDT) at ...
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Trump Advisor Pens Useless, Uninformed Piece On Intellectual Property Theft
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HypeBot
Although it's hardly at the forefront of current political issues, a recent and rather clueless piece in Business Insider regarding intellectual property and its theft from one of the members of Trump's transition team does not bode well for the music industry. Guest post by Mike Masnick from Techdirt I realize that there are much bigger issues at hand right now, but those of us who follow copyright, patent and trademark policy have been somewhat perplexed about what a Trump administration might ...
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As Paid Music Streaming Escalates Paying Downloaders Can't Be Left Behind
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HypeBot
Although paid streaming subscriptions have continued to grow at a steady rate, the far more rapid decline of paid downloads, along with CD sales suggests that streaming services need to grow their paying subscriber base at an even greater rate. Guest Post by Russ Crupnick on Music Watch As rapidly as the music business is moving to paid streaming subscriptions from paid downloads there’s an argument to be made that it needs to move even faster. At the MusicBiz conference ...
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Prince, An Artist Who Controlled Every Aspect Of His Music And Career, LEFT NO WILL
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Prince famously controlled of every aspect of his music and career. But his legacy may be left to warring relatives and the courts. That's the almost inevitable result of news that broke yesterday: Prince left no will. Prince's sister Tyka Nelson has filed documents in probate court indicating that she believes the singer did not leave a will and requesting that the court appoint a special administrator for the estate. According to The Los Angeles Times, Nelson said her brother left ...
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