An interesting interview with Doug Morris, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music.
“There was a cartoon character years ago called the Shmoo,” he says in a raspy tenor. “It was in Li’l Abner. The Shmoo was a nice animal, a nice fella, but if you were hungry, you cut off a piece of him and put onions on it, and if you wanted to play football you just made him like a football. You could do anything to him. That’s what was happening to the music business. Everyone was treating the music business like it was a Shmoo.”
A great new online resource for all things Canadian Jazz.
- archived performances from 30 years of the JAZZ.FM91 Sound of Jazz (formerly Sound of Toronto) Concert Series
- in-depth documentaries on iconic Canadian jazz artists
artist biographies and a chronology of jazz in Canada
- fun classroom-ready teaching tools canadianjazzarchive.org
Tonight at the Rex it’s the Rich Underhill Quintet CD release at 9:30 pm. Friday things get going early with the Hogtown Syncopators followed at 6:30 by Sara Dell, and finally wrapping the night up with the Rosemary Galloway & Jane Fair Quintet at 9:30 pm. The Gale/Rodriguez Group take over Saturday for there CD release, but not before the Mr. Justin Bacchus warms things up from 7pm.
Pianist and vocalist Dave McMurrow is in at the Opal Jazz Lounge until Saturday.
The Pilot has the David Virelles Quartet in Saturday afternoon from 3:30 – 6:30 pm, and then it’s the PatCarey Quartet in Sunday.
Sunday you can catch the Artie Roth Quartet at Chalkers Pub from 7:00-10:00 pm, or head over to The Cobourg for catch John Alcorn.
November 15th at 9pm at the Rex Hotel, Richard Underhill releases his new CD ‘Kensington Suite.’ The 3rd CD from this Juno Award winner and 2-time nominee.
A great new online resource for all things Canadian Jazz.