Jul 9, 2024 11:35 AM
Trumpeter, Educator Jim Rotondi Dies at 61
Jim Rotondi, a renowned hard-bop trumpeter, composer and educator, died suddenly on July 7 at a hospital in France. He…
You might notice something different about DownBeat.com today (besides the fact that we have posted the April issue of the magazine). A new digital music service, Rhapsody—The Jazz & Blues Catalog, will change the way that you listen to music on your computer forever.
To launch this digital music subscription service, Down Beat parterned with San Francisco-based Listen.com. This co-branded version of Rhapsody will give subscribers unrestricted on-demand access to a 25,000-track library of recordings from more than 1,300 of the world’s most cherished jazz and blues artists (from John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington to Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker and Medeski Martin & Wood) for $7.50 a month.
“For 69 years, Down Beat has been the definitive source of news, reviews, and education for the jazz community,” said Kevin Maher, publisher of Down Beat. “Working with Listen will help Down Beat continue to stay at the forefront of the jazz world, reaching readers with an innovative, easy-to-use music service that offers instant access to many of the world’s greatest jazz and blues recordings.”
Rhapsody is the only subscription service to offer consumers legal access to music from four of the five major music companies, giving subscribers access to a trove of the most notable recordings in the history of jazz and improvised music. This library includes releases from many of the world’s most respected labels, including: Blue Note Records and the Capitol Jazz, Pacific Jazz, and Roulette Jazz imprints (divisions of EMI Recorded Music); Epic Records, Columbia Records, and Legacy Recordings (divisions of Sony Music Entertainment); Arista Records and the RCA Victor Group, including RCA Victor, Bluebird, Private Music, and Windham Hill (divisions of BMG, the worldwide music division of Bertelsmann AG); and Warner Brothers Records (a division of Warner Music Group). Listen.com has also licensed music from nearly 50 independent labels, including Alligator Records, Concord Records, and Knitting Factory Records.
“Working with Down Beat will help us reach a passionate and dedicated audience of music lovers with Rhapsody’s large library of jazz and improv music,” said Sean Ryan, CEO of Listen.com. “Given our success in licensing a broad spectrum of music and our expertise in organizing music genres and music information, Listen is especially well-suited to provide jazz fans - and any other specialty music community- with a rewarding online listening experience.”
In addition to unlimited access to music on-demand, Rhapsody gives registered users more than 50 free Internet radio stations (including seven jazz- and blues-specific stations) and a vast collection of editorial recommendations and music information developed by Listen.com’s expert editorial staff. Consumers will also have the option of signing up for an “All Access” Rhapsody subscription, which gives unlimited access to more than 115,000 songs from some 7,000 artists for $9.95 a month.
So head over the the Rhapsody—The Jazz & Blues Catalog page on Downbeat.com today. We promise that your computer never sounded so good.
Jim Rotondi was acclaimed for his wide, round trumpet tone, remarkable virtuosity and assured swing.
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