Contemporary Jazz on Twitter in July

John Hilderbrand — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:31:07 +0000

I’ve posted over 500 tweets of contemporary jazz news, release dates, and site information on Twitter in the last few months. It’s how I communicate quick contemporary jazz items of interest. In today’s quick-moving world, this is how I get most of my information – through brief, one-sentence notifications. Later, I can go back and read more about something or compose a blog post. Follow my tomorrowjazz tweets on Twitter!

I keep a list of my most recent tweets here on the site, but here are some items you might have missed.

Smooth jazz takes another blow as The Weather Channel replaces it with classic rock for Weather on the 8′s.
Miroslav Vitous’ new CD honors Weather Report http://is.gd/1oYMf
New release from jazz pianist Eldar coming August 25. Called Virtue, it has guests Nicholas Payton and Joshua Redman.
Pandora and three others might be ok but that doesn’t mean it’s smooth sailing Internet radio. http://is.gd/1sYhv
Mike Stern’s Big Neighborhood out 8/11 w/ Dave Weckl, MMW, Steve Vai, Esperanza Spalding, Eric Johnson, Terri Lyne Carrington, and more.
B.B. King calls George Benson “the best guitarist in the world in all kinds of music.” http://is.gd/1yQhp
One of today’s greatest jazz composers, Terence Blanchard, releases Choices on August 18th. Recorded in New Orleans. http://is.gd/1zHt7
Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge release The Comet’s Tail: Playing The Compositions of Michael Brecker on 8/11 w/guest stars. http://is.gd/1AYmC
Pat Metheny writes about his upcoming “orchestrionics” recording. It’s going to be interesting. http://is.gd/1L7tI
Far Out Recordings-Brazilian Music Sampler Free at Amazon MP3 Store. With Marcos Valle, Joyce, Azymuth, Sabrina Malheiros. http://bacn.me/9ja
Didn’t know Larry Carlton was joining Steely Dan on six dates during their current tour.

Jazz on Twitter: What You Might Have Missed

John Hilderbrand — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:58:13 +0000

I’ve been tweeting on Twitter for a few months now. I find that it’s the easiest and fastest way for me to communicate news and other contemporary jazz items of interest. There is a good community of jazz fans on Twitter. I keep a constant search on for ‘jazz’ and am inspired to see it update so frequently. Even if you filter out tweets mentioning “jazz hands” and “all that jazz,” there is a considerable amount of people talking jazz.

I keep a list of my most recent tweets here on the site, but you might have missed a few things of interest. Among my nearly 350 updates, I’ve reported:

New Rick Braun recording, All It Takes, out on July 28. Trumpeter worked w/ Philippe Saisse on it.
Savoy Jazz free at Amazon’s MP3 Store today. Includes Bird, Basie, Dizzy, McPartland, and more! http://bit.ly/17jSH7
Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis http://bit.ly/YCGaR
Join Joyce Cooling’s Walk Team in San Francisco on May 30. Benefits Natl Assc. on Mental Illness. http://is.gd/ztad
Most viewed Legends of Jazz video on YouTube: Marcus Miller, George Duke, Lee Ritenour on “Panther”. cool. http://bit.ly/O2eSE
Jazziz magazine celebrates 25 years. I really enjoyed that magazine over 15 years ago. They’re celebrating w/ a cruise: http://is.gd/vpFq
Next release from Maysa will be a live recording. Good article on her at http://bit.ly/148r38

Twitter isn’t a fad. It’s here to stay and I’m happy to have this way to share information. Follow me!

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Contemporary Jazz on Twitter in July

Jazz on Twitter: What You Might Have Missed