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Celebrating 30 Years Online!

Celebrating 30 Years Online!

No to Spotify

I left Spotify years ago when they decided they were rather pay millions of dollars for exclusivity rights to a…

images of Chris Standring and cover to the Time of Change album

Chris Standring Embraces a New Chapter with Time Of Change

cover to the 2026 album Authentically Norman by Norman Brown

Norman Brown Returns With Authentically Norman

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Love this from @allaboutjazzmedia : “Over time, serious concerns have emerged about how streaming platforms compensate musicians. That issue alone has been widely discussed within the jazz community. More recently, however, additional concerns have surfaced around the attribution and presentation of recordings on the platform—concerns raised publicly by respected artists including Jason Moran and Benny Green. Taken together, these developments have led us to a clear decision: we can no longer support Spotify as part of our editorial ecosystem.”

Guitarist Chris Standring has experienced some big changes in his life recently and it’s reflected in the music on Time of Change. @chrisstandring1 #contemporaryjazz

Norman Brown returns with his 15th album! #contemporatyjazz #smoothjazzguitar #smoothjazz @normanticmusic

My latest buy: Bad Benson from one of my favorite guitarists @georgebensonguitar . With Phil Upchurch, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, and Steve Gadd. #jazzguitar #guitarjazz

New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice have announced the 2026 Next Jazz Legacy cohort, highlighting seven emerging artists who represent the future of jazz. https://contemporaryjazz.com/next-jazz-legacy-2026

This track just burns. #davidsanborn #marcusmiller #contemporaryjazz

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