Editor's note

Two things on my mind this week, apart from winning the lottery and bringing about world peace, are jazz and women. Now there are people that will tell you that one of these items is always on my mind, so what's new? - But in this case my pondering is upon the much greater proportion of the popular music scenario taken up of late by both this musical genre and singers, musicians and songwriters of the female persuasion.

Maybe it has always been the way, but there definitely seem to be more and more successful women on stage, in the news, and on the charts all over the world. As an example as reported here the nominations for APRA Awards in Australia, still perceived by many as a somewhat macho country are definitely dominated by female artists and writers. However the percentage of successful female artists, seems to be a lot higher than the proportion of women to men in the business, maybe this is set to change as well.

My mind was focussed on jazz in New York recently when I was privileged to be given a guided tour of the still under construction three venue building which will house Jazz at the Lincoln Centre by Wynton Marsalis, a great gentleman.. There is no denying the current boom in jazz and artists who are fully committed to the genre, or at the least influenced by it, and who are taking the music to new audiences. Jamie Cullum's performances at ILMC 16 and SXSW were as appreciated and talked about by live music practitioners as any of his ticket buying audience. In this edition of the News we look at a small part of what is happening in the growing jazz, or as some will have it 'nu-jazz' world.

We do, of course, also look at all areas of our active live music industry, and as usual invite your comments on anything mentioned here and anything that you would like to bring to the attention of our readers.

 

The International Jazz Festivals Organisation (IJFO) is an umbrella organization to at present 13 leading jazz festivals worldwide.

 

David Bowie's show at the James L. Knight Centre in Miami was cancelled last Thursday (May 6) scheduled following the death from a fall of a local stagehand before the performance.

 

Official comment is not available but from the light of various media reports it looks as though sooner or later, something will be announced concerning the future of Viva.

 

Denis Jeter is a jazz singer and trumpet player, who has worked extensively in all areas of live and recorded jazz, for the past ten years he has been Director of Touring & Special Projects for Wynton Marsalis Enterprises.

 

The Amsterdam Dance Event is still offering early bird bookings for registrations for the convention until May 15. The registration fee is 175 Euro and can be booked online at www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl.

 

The MCPS-PRS Alliance, the music industry body which monitors live performances in the UK in order to collect royalty payments have produced a list of the most popular music played by tribute and 'covers' bands in the clubs and pubs of Britain.

 

The Australasian music business and their Governments have been particularly active in the last couple of years, aggressively marketing and supporting their new talent overseas, this year's SXSW saw a veritable invasion of showcasing acts from Australia, some of whom figure in these nominations, and New Zealand.

 

The dates for the Pan-European off air road show the "Isle of MTV" are set. MTV have put an 11 dates tour together that will take place all over Europe.

 

A new managing director has been appointed for Holiday on Ice, he will take up his new post on August 1, 2004 and will replace Eric-Paul Dijhuisen who has been with the company since the 1999/2000 season.

 

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two musicians who claimed they were owed royalties for their work with Ozzy Osbourne.

 

John De Mol, TV Producer and inventor of TV series such as Big Brother has bought 900.000 shares in the Sanctuary Group. Along with shares purchased previously, De Mol, through his company Talpa Beheer BV, now holds 10,895,000 shares, which represent 3.25% of the issued shares for Sanctuary. No information was available about the price paid for the shares, but the transaction is worth approximately £450,000.

In March De Mol bought shares of German TV company Viva Media and currently holds 5 % on the music station network

 

10 Cent ($) per common shares will be paid quarterly for share holders of Clear Channel. This has now been agreed by the company board and made public. Clear Channel, as reported in the last issue is currently under scrutiny by rating agency Moody`s for a possible upgrade on the debt rating of the company.

 

Clear Channel (CCU.NSE.): Whilst still under scrutiny down from 43.93 USD on April 23 to 40.48 on May 7.

CTS Eventim (EVD.FSE): Things looking better for CTS, up 1.95 Euros from last reported 12,15 Euro to 14.10. DEAG (ERM.FSE): The Company's recent tax rebate must have helped, holding things steady at the same price reported in the last News, 2.45 Euro.

Mean Fiddler (MEF.ISE): Response to sell out Festival results which helped raise last reported price to 62,50 Pence seems to have cooled with price back to 57 Pence, same as reported in News before last.

Sanctuary (SGP.ISE): Down by 1.50 from 52.00 Pence last time to 50.50.

 

This year "Wiesen" celebrated its 28th anniversary as Austrias festivalcapital. What Franz Bogner started in 1976 with a jazz festival has reached its peak in this years fantastically successful season. Meanwhile the 8.000-capacity-venue holds 6 festivals, which are:

Mind Over Matter - metal event
Spring Vibration - 1st reggae festival
Forestglade - 1st alternative fest (sold out for the last 4 years)
GrooveQuake - nomen est omen - this year with marvelous MANU CHAO Jazz Festival - Austrias biggest jazz fest
Wiesen SunSplash - reggae & afro festival
Two Days A Week - 2nd alternative fest (sold out this year)

For acts please see www.wiesen.at

BUT, the Promoters Group Wiesen does not only promote festivals. We also book a lot of tours and concerts in Austria. We represent exclusively for Austria:

H.I.M.
Jestofunk (GAS & Hungary)
all Buena Vista Social Club artists, e.g. Ibrahim Ferrer oct. 28th in Vienna
In Extremo
Entombed
Afrob
Luciano
Lucky Dube
Bomfunk Mc's
Agnostic Front and many more

Owner: Franz Bogner
General Manager & Booking: Ewald Tatar
Booking: Thomas Zsifkovits
Booking: Paul Debnam
Production Manager: Günter Lotter
Production Assisstant: Paul Korbatits
Accountant: Franz Erhardt
Graphics & Ticketing: Sabine Stöger
Marketing Manager: Martin Vögel

 

Roskilde Festival is the largest international music festival in Northern Europe – attracting audiences from all over Europe. It is an independent, non-profit festival organised by The Roskilde Charity Society. Roskilde Festival presents an up to date and progressive music programme ranging from contemporary rock to electronic music, hip hop and global beat plus an extensive programme of events, art and activities. Each year, more than 150 acts play at six stages during 4 days from Thursday to Sunday. The camping areas open on the Sunday before the festival with music on the Camp Stage and many activities during the days up to Thursday. An extensive environmental programme is implemented each year, including refund on drinking cups. All profits from the festival are donated to national and international humanitarian charity and cultural purposes. The festival is located on the Festival Site, outside the town of Roskilde, 35 km from Copenhagen.

Roskilde Festival was established in 1971 and have since then presented acts like Aerosmith, Beastie Boys, Björk, Blur, David Bowie, David Byrne, Nick Cave, Ray Charles, Chemical Brothers, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Cure, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Garbage, The Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, London Chamber Orchestra, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Bob Marley, Metallica, Van Morrison, New Order, Nirvana, Oasis, Pet Shop Boys, Pretenders, Primal Scream, Pulp, Radiohead, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lou Reed, REM, Simple Minds, Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, Suede, Talking Heads, U2, Underworld, Robbie Williams, Neil Young and many many others.

The festival has four main camping areas, each with a central plaza as a focal point. The facilities include : hot and cold showers, cooking areas, food stalls, beer stalls, clothes stalls, cinema, street sports, skater ramp with DJs, massage, luggage storage and various events.

In 2004, Roskilde Festival takes place from 1 – 4 July.

 

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