NEWS FROM THE JAZZ WORLD
News from other sources about jazz journalism, jazz in our communities and the business of jazz.
- Experienced radio hands analyze WGBH jazz cuts
WGBH Slashes Jazz Programming - Berkshire Fine ArtsThis week's news that WGBH is downgrading its local jazz programming by more than 50% has ignited a firestorm in the tightly-knit communi...- A future for radio? Applicable to jazz?
After 95 Years, a Royalty Deal for ArtistsThe largest U.S. radio broadcaster and an independent Nashville record company said Tuesday they have reached a novel agreement that repr...- Jazz radio endangered
There Are Now Fewer than 400 Jazz DJs on the Air-and Yes, There Are Cultural Consequences - Look-Listen - June 2012 - St. Louis MOSince at least the 1940s, the recording industry has been fixated on "hits" and making large amounts of money by manipulating the books o...- Steve Schwartz loses jazz radio show; Eric Jackson's on air time cut
- Jazz programming on WGBH-FM being scaled back, a blow to local jazz fans - The Boston GlobeWGBH-FM (89.7) is dropping jazz programming on weeknights, moving longtime host Eric Jackson to weekend duties only and dropping Steve Sc...
- Grassroots DC jazz-scene partnerships triumphs over trends
The Independent Ear | DC Jazz Festival swimming smoothlyIn this pinched economic atmosphere, one which has been further constricted by a DC city administration that doesn't appear as favorably ...- The point of a CD is to get people to hear it
New Study Says Leaked Albums From Popular Artists Lead To More SalesTorrentFreak alerts us to an interesting new research paper from Robert Hammond, an assistant professor at North Carolina State Universit...- In Oregon, grades 7 and 8 big bands swing like mad
Portland man brings big band spirit to middle school jazz bandTom Halvorson sat in the audience of the Skyview Jazz Festival in Vancouver, listening to one middle school band after another. "I sat th...- What if there were only ONE "major label"?
The Merger Music Fans and the Government Should FearEven by the standards of major corporations, big record labels have never been the most sympathetic of creatures, prone as they are to su...- Hard data on a changing, challenged medium
Does Radio Matter? | Future of Music CoalitionFor decades, commercial radio airplay was considered the silver bullet for success: a form of promotion with sufficient power and reach t...- Ticketed vs. free festival: Who wins?
Whistler Jazz on the Mountain festival ends on a discordant noteThe producer of Jazz on the Mountain at Whistler has pulled the plug on the festival and is threatening legal action against the resort m...- Applicable to music critics' across genres
WQXR Blog - How to Reinvent the Role of the Music CriticIn the intermission feature (above) from WQXR’s recent broadcast from Carnegie Hall, we consider the role of the music critic again...- New organizing institution for the Portland jazz festival that calls itself " The largest and oldest free jazz festival west of the Mississippi."
- Jazz no more on Los Angeles AM radio
