City: KANSAS CITY
State: Kansas
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
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Category: Blogging
ARC NEWS: November 2009 Media Guide and Member Updates - http://lnk.ms/2rkyt
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
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Category: Blogging
Artists Recording Collective | Leavenworth, KS
> Official Site | > ReverbNation Profile
Virtuoso Jazz Violinist, John Blake, Jr. joins ARC | ARC Member updates and more... ---
Co-founding Members: CHRIS BURNETT; ERICA LINDSAY; and, SUMI TONOOKA.
Member Artists and Labels: BILL CALDWELL; GENE PERLA; GEORGE KAHN; JEFF SIEGEL; JIM MAIR; JOHN BLAKE, JR.; KANSAS CITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA; LEE SHAW; LOREN PICKFORD; MARK TAYLOR; MATT OTTO;MICHAEL JEFRY STEVENS; PM RECORDS (Ed Bickert, Elvin Jones, Doug Riley, Bug Alley, Pat La Barbera, Bernie Senensky, Sonny Greenwich, David Liebman, Nina Simone, Steve Grossman, Kathryn Moses, Stone Alliance, Johnson / Abercrombie / Hammer, Open Sky, Don Thompson, Carlos "Patato" Valdes); RICHIE PRATT; STAN KESSLER; TONI GATES; TRACE ELEMENTS; and, WILL MATTHEWS.
Honorary Members: LEON BRADY and KANSAS CITY YOUTH JAZZ. 
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Sunday, October 04, 2009
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Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
CD Reviews | Feature Article | and More...
MATTHEWS CD REVIEW The Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors Magazine (JAM) has reviewed COUNT ON SWININ' (ARC-2109) by Will Matthews in their latest issue. We send our sincere thanks to Tristan Smith for the thoughtful and descriptive narrative of this outstanding recording found on page 33 and 34 in their classy regional magazine. JAM is published bi-monthly by the non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of Kansas City jazz. The publication is available in both print and .pdf formats, both editions are free. “TRADING POST” SOUTHERN EXCURSION QUARTET (ARC) * * * * In addition to charting on jazz radio, this expressive release by the Southern Excursion Quartet continues to garner positive reviews at all levels of the media. Personnel are: Don Aliquo tenor or soprano saxophones; pianist, Michael Jefrey Stevens; bassist, Jonathan Wires and drummer, Tom Giampietro. PRESS AND MEDIA INQUIRIES WELCOME Please contact ARC to initiate your request for:
> Artist Interviews via telephone and email
> Jazz Radio Programmer requests for CDs for airplay
> Published Journalist requests for CDs to review
> Music Licensing Inquiries ARC CONTINUES TO GROW The recent addition of new members, Matt Otto (tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator) and Grammy nominated saxophonist, Loren Pickford highlight the continued positive growth of the Artists Recording Collective. There is considerable interest among the worldwide music community at large in joining the ARC roster. Stay tuned for more to follow...
----- GRAMMY - CHICAGO CHAPTER NEWS On Monday night, October 5th, the New Music Seminar will hold their opening night reception from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Smart Bar (3730 N. Clark Street, Chicago). Chicago Chapter members are invited to network with other music people from the area and around the country who are attending the Seminar the following day. You don't need to be registered for the conference to attend the mixer. MR. BRADY SELECTED - A "BEST OF" KANSAS CITY Honorary ARC Member, Leon Brady was recently honored and recognized by The Pitch magazine in Kansas City. Congratulations to Mr. Brady and the Kansas City Youth Jazz (KCYJ) organization from ARC. Thanks for the vital work you do to perpetuate the American musical artform. Visit Mr. Brady and KCYJ at: www.KCYouthJazz.org Check out the full article link after this exerpt... Arts & Entertainment - The Teacher STORY BY: C.J. Janovy (The Pitch) (Photo by Angela C. Bond) Leon Brady knows what people say about the art form that put Kansas City on the world's map. "I tell people: If you think jazz is dying or dead, visit 1317 Central." Throughout the year, Kansas City Youth Jazz bands will play constantly, taking as many gigs as Brady and his wife, Linda, can book — at the Blue Room at 18th Street and Vine; at private parties; at the gritty Kansas City, Kansas, Street Blues Festival in late June; at the Red Cross annual Red Ball fundraiser at the Sprint Center. The Bradys started this project eight years ago, but Leon has been teaching music in Kansas City since he got here in 1957. He had grown up in New Orleans, standing outside clubs and listening to the music inside, then he joined the Air Force. The way he tells it, he didn't want to peel potatoes, so he lied and said he could play the drums. He went to military music school and ended up in a combo with other players who went on to be superstars, though Brady won't divulge them to Pitch readers because he doesn't want to look like a name-dropper. By the time he got to Kansas City, lured by its jazz reputation, the heyday was fading. He took teaching jobs at Northeast Junior High School in KCK and, later, at Sumner High School. Often, big touring acts passing through town hired him to sit in on drums. In return, Brady strong-armed them into visiting his classes. That's how generations of young Kansas City players got face time with Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Max Roach, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Kenton, Grover Washington Jr. and Dizzy Gillespie.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Category: Blogging
21ST CENTURY MUSICIAN: "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing"
[Musing In Cb on Thursday, September 24, 2009 | Download .pdf of this Musing In Cb]
We are almost a decade into the 21st Century and I still run into too many people working as professionals in the music industry today who harbor attitudes that are more in line with those of people who worked in the industry 50-70 years ago. And, at this point, there is a perversion of many of the old ways of thinking that were necessary "back in the day" that seemingly ignore that conditions for musicians have drastically changed due to the changes in the industry. I say perversion, because most of us were not alive or even significant working pros of those times.
When I hear people younger than I am portending to “know” what it was like “back in the day”, I find such a dynamic comical at best and cynical at worst. I am 53 years old - with adult children and young grandchildren; and I was only 4 when “Kind of Blue” was released. So, anyone younger than I am should really get a grip on themselves in this context because they surely got their information from a book, a class or by word of mouth from some other human who may or may not have all of the facts correct …
The point is that you can't utilize a half century old business mindset and social paradigms of the past to engage an audience in our times - it doesn’t work. You can't use archaic leadership and management styles in contemporary application of presenting the artists of today - no one will come out to your productions, much less sustain the art. Historic figures are great, but there are not many of those musicians still living and working today. And, the music that most of us creative musicians perpetuate isn’t intended to be an historic relic of the art form.
Everybody's got a thing
But some don't know how to handle it
Always reachin' out in vain
Accepting the things not worth having ...*
Okay, let's run it down...
I believe there is a conditioned reflex where the jazz music genre is concerned. In an effort to not be left behind, some aspects of the establishment do not want the industry to move forward. Rather than remain current with the times and technology, too many seem to find it easier to stay in whatever comfort zone they might find themselves. That’s naturally human nature – we despise change in most any context and will usually resist it to the death. We often also habitually cling to the familiar, no matter how abusive or dysfunctional it may be…
They say your style of life's a drag
And that you must go other places
But just don't you feel too bad
When you get fooled by smiling faces … *
I also believe that many areas in our profession will remain stagnant until we, as artists, have collectively moved into an attitude of self-reliance; rather than one that seems to be looking for a record company (or some other patronizing institution) to support our existence as artists.
Today, if you can gain access to a computer and Internet connection (your own machine or use of one at most any public library), there are so many resources available to artists in our age. Many of these resources are free. We have never seen this type of autonomy in human history.
Changing of the guard – is a good thing...
Jealousy over another artist getting signed in this age is almost too stupid. All, yes all, of the signed artists I've ever come across and interacted with personally were more than gifted performing musicians. They were also astute business people who had an assembled organizational team around them that had usually been operating as such for many years - regardless of the artist’s age.
When someone who has never been signed to a major record label tries to tell me who should be (or rather deserves to be) signed to a major record label contract, it is all I can do to keep from laughing out loud at how ridiculous that sounds. And yet, there are many esteemed colleagues who perpetuate this dynamic – not only among peers and in public, but they fill the heads of our young kids under their tutelage with this type of nonsense. That’s obscene.
Everybody needs a change
A chance to check out the new
But you're the only one to see
The changes you take yourself through … * I personally know a pianist who was eventually signed to a major record label contract. This young cat has been an organization since he was 11 or 12 years old. So, it surprises me when I hear older musicians "hate on" him, because in doing so these "haters" reveal that they really don't have a clue how business actually works.
Gatekeepers
I have also heard too many colleagues state that there is so much mediocrity being released and promoted on CD today. I almost always laugh, if not out loud when I hear such nonsense, at least to myself. Most of the people in every profession or field are mediocre – if we consider the use here as a “put down” for being the average B+ student that most people inherently are.
Gatekeepers generally have had the power to say who gets recognized for their work in the field of music. Additionally, gatekeepers have also had the power of deciding who should be presented to the public and then what the public should think about the chosen ones. I say this was as much of a social condition as it was anything artistic. Yes, it is a given that the artist must be a first-rate talent. We won’t even go there. But, the society of jazz musicians during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and part of the 1970s was not as open to minorities and women as our 21st Century society is. Research the expatriate movement among jazz musicians as validation.
Such power is now in the hands of the listener and buyer – where it should always be…
If someone is in this music to be a gatekeeper as they existed in the old school paradigm of the jazz world, they need to get another angle because folks don’t need others permission to create or present their music to the world. You may keep me out of your club or festival, but you can’t keep my music from reaching people via the Internet or through concerts in my community. You certainly do not have the power to keep me from writing original music, doing research in the field, then making professional recordings and releasing them to the world.
It's a big world. There is opportunity for everyone to be very successful...
Peace, Cb
© Christopher L. Burnett. All Rights Reserved.
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*From the verses of: "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" by Stevie Wonder
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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Category: Blogging
 Big Band Meets Hollywood, Friday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m.
at the Folly Theater in KCMO
The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra plays a fun evening of songs made popular by movies and TV shows from the 1940s through today. These memory-invoking tunes arranged for a big band will be easy to recognize and easy to enjoy! To enter this contest, CLICK HERE.
IMPRINT ARTISTS RECORDING COLLECTIVE (ARC) is an internationally recognized brand and professional recording label that emphasizes promoting and facilitating the distribution and utilization of the works created by our members. ARC provides a viable 21st Century Music Industry Platform for world-class talent!
Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area with its main office located in the City of Leavenworth, Kansas, ARC serves artists-producers and boutique record labels who require a dynamic and multi-dimensional platform to present their works and services in an environment that is not under compulsion or creative restraint.
No drama, no egos, no bad trips - just one collective and positive mission of sharing great music with the world. ARC is a music label concept and business model that is inherently compatible with modern times...
ARTISTS RECORDING COLLECTIVE, LLC
POST OFFICE BOX 47
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS 66048-0047 USA
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BUSINESS CONTACT FORM AT: http://ArtistsRecordingCollective.info
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Monday, September 21, 2009
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Category: Blogging
MATT OTTO JOINS ARC
Matt Otto
Matt Otto
studied music performance and composition at the Indiana University, Berklee
School of Music, The New School for Social Research (BFA) and California
Institute of the Art (MFA). Having lived in Japan, New York City and Los Angeles
he has performed with a variety of artists, including Reggie Workman, Charlie
Haden , Larry Koonse, Rashid Bakr, Ben Monder, Wada Leo Smith, Willie Jones III,
Anthony Wilson, Alan Ferber, Tom Harrell, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gregory
Hutchinson, Joe La Barbera, Junior Mance, Leroy Vinegar, Jimmy Smith and others.
He currently plays and has recorded with the Anthony Wilson Nonet ("The Power of
Nine" Groove Note 1035, 2006), Joeless Shoe ( Joeless Shoe, 634479655630, 2007)
as well as leading his own groups (53 West 19th, Noir Records 1996), (Red,
Origin Records 2000) and appearing on 15 CDs as a side man.
MEMBER ARTISTS &
LABELS
Co-founding
Members: CHRIS
BURNETT; ERICA
LINDSAY; and, SUMI
TONOOKA.
Member
Artists and Labels: BILL
CALDWELL; GENE
PERLA; GEORGE
KAHN; JEFF
SIEGEL; JIM
MAIR; KANSAS CITY JAZZ
ORCHESTRA; LEE
SHAW; LOREN
PICKFORD; MARK
TAYLOR; MATT
OTTO; MICHAEL JEFRY
STEVENS;PM
RECORDS (Ed Bickert, Elvin Jones,
Doug Riley, Bug Alley, Pat La Barbera, Bernie Senensky, Sonny Greenwich, David
Liebman, Nina Simone, Steve Grossman, Kathryn Moses, Stone Alliance, Johnson /
Abercrombie / Hammer, Open Sky, Don Thompson, Carlos "Patato" Valdes); RICHIE
PRATT; STAN
KESSLER;TONI
GATES; TRACE ELEMENTS; and, WILL
MATTHEWS.
Honorary
Members: LEON
BRADY and KANSAS
CITY YOUTH JAZZ.
IMPRINT
ARTISTS
RECORDING COLLECTIVE (ARC) is an internationally recognized brand and
professional recording label that emphasizes promoting and facilitating the
distribution and utilization of the works created by our members. ARC provides a
viable 21st Century Music Industry Platform for world-class talent!
Based
in the Kansas City metropolitan area with its main office located in the City of
Leavenworth, Kansas, ARC serves artists-producers and boutique record labels who
require a dynamic and multi-dimensional platform to present their works and
services in an environment that is not under compulsion or creative restraint.
No drama, no egos, no bad trips - just one collective and positive
mission of sharing great music with the world. ARC is a music label concept and
business model that is inherently compatible with modern times...
ARTISTS RECORDING COLLECTIVE, LLC
POST OFFICE
BOX 47
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS 66048-0047 USA
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OFFICE/FAX: 913.758.0730
| ARTIST & LABEL INQUIRIES: featured FAQ
BUSINESS CONTACT FORM AT: http://ArtistsRecordingCollective.info
Honoring the past, present and future of
music...™AS FEATURED IN "DOWN BEAT" MAGAZINE ARTICLE ( "75th
Anniversary Issue" - March 2009) Official Logo Designs by Paul Tsang
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Category: Blogging
YOUR NAME on the CD! What's it about? Check this out
http://www.burnettmusic.com/executiveproducers/purchasepage.html
Hello everyone!
Just a note to ask you to get involved with my new project at http://VirtualJazzCD.com ... it's a pretty cool concept ...
Purchasing a CD today makes you an official Executive Producer of this project and you will receive (1) a copy of the final Limited Edition CD product, along with (2) your name printed on the actual CD artwork panel.
Go here:
http://www.burnettmusic.com/executiveproducers/purchasepage.html
You are buy a buying a CD, but are making it possible for me to produce a professional recording at the same time. As a sincere form of tangible appreciation for your purchase, I am including your name on the actual CD package as one of my Executive Producers!
Thanks!
Peace, Cb
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Chris Burnett
www.BurnettMusic.com
www.BurnettPublishing.com
www.ArtistsRecordingCollective.info
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
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Category: Blogging
First City Festival in Leavenworth... hope to see you there!
LIVE JAZZ OPPORTUNITY REMINDER:
Metro Big Band has a concert on Thursday evening from 6-8pm to open up the First City Festival in Leavenworth...
The program is going to be progressive journey using music that will also to the history of the Leavenworth community too. I get to play lead alto with this group that is led by Mr. Bob Cowan, a great trombonist, who is also the former owner of the Tune Shop!
And, Chris Burnett Quartet (Chris Burnett, alto saxophone; TJ Martley, piano; Jonathan Tennant, bass; and, Tyree Johnson, drums) will be performing the first set of Jazz at Haymarket Square on Friday 6pm...
I purposely put together a young group of great musicians for this gig. My motivation was based upon the fact that I have an opportunity to teach so many local Leavenworth area instrumental music students woodwinds privately each week. I thought such a situation could not only be a great chance to play jazz with a professional ensemble here, but also another encouraging situation for the students to see and hear folks near their own age who perform at a very high level in this context.
Please help spread the word... THANKS!
First City Festival in Leavenworth... hope to see you there!
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
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A big THANKS to those who have already ordered their CDs! With every order we get closer to reaching our goal and moving to Part I and Part II of booking musicians and going into the studio.
Buying Members are official Executive Producers since you are helping to produce the record. You get a great limited edition CD product that has your name listed in the technical credits on the CD itself...
Peace, Cb
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Sunday, September 06, 2009
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Category: Blogging
Words and Music by Chris Burnett Verse 1: Sometimes we look at our own future …
Through the heart with eyes that no longer can see, oh … Verse 2: Sometimes we make up our own reasons …
Through a head without sense for pure fantasy, oh … Verse 3: Providence tells us just don’t worry …
Through the stone our days are just what they should be, oh … Chorus: Prov – i -dence, oh it’s just …
Prov – i -dence, oh … — “Providence” was written for, and is to premiere at, the 2009 One By One Concert. The "One By One" concert series is fund-raising event that is produced each year in Kansas City by vocalist, Toni Gates.
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