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TOC: You Can Dance (If You Want)
by Eyal Hareuveni
The French trio TOC--part of the musicians collective Muzzix in Lille, breaks all the rules and musical barriers on this, its second release, same as it did on its debut, Le Gorille (Circum Disc, 2009). These three skilled improvisers move freely between contemporary music, experimental pop, art and psychedelic rock, noise and fiery jazz with reckless energy, as if aiming to close the cultural gaps between the followers of composer Igor Stravinsky and those who listen to Sonic Youth--all done ...
read moreTed Nash Plays Frank Comstock
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Frank Comstock is a name today that has long been forgotten. Many of those who are familiar with Comstock probably associate him with the Hi-Lo's vocal group, for whom he arranged and conducted their first eight albums in the 1950s. Or they know him as the composer of the theme for the Rocky and His Friends TV cartoon series in the 1960s. But Comstock was a much bigger deal. He arranged for Les Brown's cool, contrapuntal band from 1943 to ...
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The First Public Company For Jazz 'BeBop' Makes History On The Stock Market
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Sue Veres Royal
The BeBop Channel Corporation (OTC PINK: BBOP), made history earlier this month as the first Jazz public company, giving a Wall Street voice to the world of Jazz – America’s classical music. Many people in the New York area are already familiar with ‘BeBop’ from their programming, including their recent Off-Broadway production God Doesn’t Mean You Get to Live Forever, the New York Jazz Film Festival, and the television series Giant Steps starring the late Mickey Bass and many top ...
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Bud Powell: Stockholm and Oslo, 1962
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sixty years ago this week, during the first week of 1962, Bud Powell was in Paris stealing drinks. As author Peter Pullman writes in his biography, Wail: The Life of Bud Powell, the pianist was at the Blue Note resorting to an old bar trick. Between sets, he'd quietly approach someone else's drink, stealthily snatch the glass off a table, down its contents and return the glass to where it had stood. Then Powell would move on. Except on one ...
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Axon Radio Recruits Oz Noy For Stocking Shelves
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Axon Radio
Axon Radio’s newest single ‘Stocking Shelves (featuring Oz Noy)’ is available today for download and streaming. This highly anticipated release is the fourth single from Axon Radio’s upcoming album Shadow Logic. “The energy around this music is super exciting," says Cory Carleton (bassist for Axon Radio). “We have a lot of great players and we’ve been flooded with emails and comments on social media. Everyone wants to know when the Oz Noy song is coming out!” Like many Axon Radio ...
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The Bebop Channel Issues Stock Grants To Official Selections Amid Worldwide Festival Cancellations
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Gregory Charles Royal
Many up-and-coming filmmakers' dreams for success have been crushed indefinitely due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. As pointed out in Shirley Li's piece in The Atlantic entitled The Pandemic Is Hitting One Part of Hollywood Especially Hard, film festivals around the world—arguably the most important life-line for new filmmakers—have been cancelled. One festival has given over 750 of these young and up-and-coming filmmakers from over 85 countries something positive in the face of the crisis. In a move that is ...
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Stockholm Pianist Max Agnas releases Komposition VII on Loumi Records
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All About Jazz
Max Agnas’s compositions find surprising and elegant ways to express himself within fairly traditional frameworks. You’ll hear captivating and atmospheric ballads next to rhythmical tunes with jingle-like melodies, often with a twist that puts everything into a new light. Although it’s paradoxical to say about a twenty-year-old, Agnas's playing sounds remarkably refined and mature. Having the quality of very often saying more with less and always letting the music, as opposed to technique or ego, dictate what musical decisions are ...
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STOCK WATCH: Eventbrite, Spotify and Snap
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HypeBot
With more music and music related stock traded on the public markets, Hypebot is stepping up its coverage of the markets, quarterly reports and earnings calls. Here, with a help from CelebrityAccess, are updates on Eventbrite, Spotify and Snap. Snapchat parent company Snap saw its stock drop in pre-market trading Wednesday, after divulging that regulators at the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether it misled investors before the launch of its IPO last year. Meanwhile, ...
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Eventbrite Stock Up 60% In Market Debut
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HypeBot
Concert and event ticketing platform Eventbrite stick soared as much as 70% during its Thursday IPO. Eventbrite shares had been priced $23 but at opened at $36 and climbed as high as $39.30 before ending the day up 59% at $36.50 per share. The self-service Eventbrite platform is popular with smaller venues and promoters, and its Ticketfly platform is one of the most aggressive alternatives to Ticketmaster. The Eventbrite IPO is one of the biggest opening-day gains in recent months. ...
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WMG Sells All Spotify Stock, Pays Artists, Labels $126M
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HypeBot
Warner Music Group has sold its entire holdings in Spotify stock for $504 million and will begin payments to artists and labels this month, the company announced on an earnings call Tuesday. “In February 2016, we were the first major to announce a policy to share proceeds from equity in streaming services with artists,” said WMG CEO Steve Cooper. WMG's sale of Spotify stock will result in “$126 million credited to artist accounts on their June 30 royalty statements which ...
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Sony Sells $250M Spotify Stock, Labels Eye $3B Windfall
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The three major label groups own Spotify stock now valued at as much a $3 billion. That's led to speculation about what the major record labels will do with their equity stake, now that the music streamer has started trading publicly, as well as, how they will share their windfall with artists. Earlier this week, Sony Music offered some clarity when they disclosed that it owned a 5.7% stake in Spotify and had sold 17.2% of its shares for more ...
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