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Uncategorized – Jack's Cats http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats A New Old Sound Is Comin' to Town! Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:54:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 May Musicians be Considered Independent Contractors under California AB-5? A Thought Experiment http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2020/01/may-musicians-be-considered-independent-contractors-under-california-ab-5-a-thought-experiment/ http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2020/01/may-musicians-be-considered-independent-contractors-under-california-ab-5-a-thought-experiment/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:10:09 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=3111 Warning: The following piece suggests a legal test strategy devised by a musician. California’s new law, AB-5, is causing fear and panic because many have assumed it will disallow freelance musicians from continuing to work as independent contractors. Changing musician’s workplace status to “employees” creates so many tax and reporting difficulties that it threatens to […]

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]]> http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2020/01/may-musicians-be-considered-independent-contractors-under-california-ab-5-a-thought-experiment/feed/ 0 New video: Jack’s Cats “Chasin’ The Rabbit” at the Cicada Club http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2020/01/new-video-jacks-cats-chasin-the-rabbit-at-the-cicada-club/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:53:14 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=3108 When folks ask Jack who his favorite saxophonist is/was, the answer is usually “Johnny Hodges!” “The Rabbit” (as Hodges was known for his childhood love of lettuce sandwiches) was Duke Ellington’s star alto sax man for many decades. For a brief period in the late 50s and early 60s he recorded with his own small […]

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]]> Syncopated Times reviews Jack’s Cats “The State of Swing” http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/10/syncopated-times-reviews-jacks-cats-the-state-of-swing/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:50:44 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=3016 We are enormously thrilled and grateful for this swell review from the journal of record for vintage jazz, the Syncopated times! Read it for yourself here!

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]]> Jack’s Cats On Riverdale http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/04/our-tune-on-riverdale/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:14:46 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2796 We are thrilled to announce Jack’s Cats’ original song, “Ain’t Gonna Be Blue” will be featured on The CW Network‘s hit show, “Riverdale” episode fifty-four, “Fear the Reaper.” Tune in to the fun on April 24th. Our studio version of this tune — and thirteen others — are on Jack’s Cats brand new album, “The […]

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]]> Cicada Rehearsal http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/01/cicada-rehearsal/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:46:59 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2671 Say! Drop in and visit our studio whydoncha as we rehearse for our residency at Maxwell DeMille’s World Famous Cicada Club. We’ll be there three nights a week, every week, beginning January 31st. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCfCU1q3Ito All sorts of info about our residency here.Check out the Cicada Club here.

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]]> Tops in Torrance http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/01/tops-in-torrance/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:27:16 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2630 Enjoy this swell write-up on the origins of Jack’s Cats by the Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation. They tell the story better than we could!

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