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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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]]> Phil’s Boogie live performace http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/10/phils-boogie-live-performace/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:55:10 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=3081 Who doesn’t love hot boogie woogie, especially when it’s a brand-new, original tune, especially when it features Jack’s Cats ace piano-man Phil Small? Enjoy one of the tunes from our album “The State of Swing” served up here live!

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]]> Something Latin This Way Comes, the very live version. http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/10/something-latin-this-way-comes-the-very-live-version/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:47:49 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=3024 We’re proud when one of our originals — in this case Something Latin This way Comes — powered by our great percussionist Paul Kreibich, inspires sizzle on the dance floor. This clip is from our recent show at the Cicada Club.

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]]> Jack’s Cats videos at last! http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/10/jacks-cats-videos-at-last/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:59:33 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2998 On a recent, warm, September night we let the cameras roll at Los Angeles’ Cicada Club, Jack’s Cats’ “Home Base.” Our goal was to capture enough good material for a 60-second highlight reel, but the results are so fun we’ll share complete clips of much of the evening’s goings on. Our first installment, When You’re […]

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]]> Look Who The Cats Dragged In: Clifford Bailey! http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/09/look-who-the-cats-dragged-in-clifford-bailey/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:15:34 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2954 Working as we do in glittering Hollywood (entertainment capital of the world), we’re always thrilled (but not surprised) by who shows up in our audience. At a recent night out at our home base, The Cicada Club, I was introduced to a friendly fellow who’d arrived equipped with pen and sketchpad. Turns out it was […]

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]]> Q: When is a Cat not a Cat? http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/08/q-when-is-a-cat-not-a-cat/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:58:42 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2913 A: When she’s Gretje “Kitten” Angell singing “…in any key.” Everyone in Jack’s Cats vintage swing band was getting impatient. Our vocalist, Gretje “Kitten” Angell, had been working on her mysteries solo project for, well, …a long time! Because we regularly see Gretje send vintage jazz tunes in jumpin’ nightclubs, because we know she puts […]

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]]> Praise for The State of Swing http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/05/praise-for-the-state-of-swing/ Tue, 28 May 2019 16:15:51 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2876 We’re very grateful to noted author, critic, and jazz historian Wanda Waterman for her kind words about our latest album. Read all about it!

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]]> Letterpress Printing for The State of Swing http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/2019/05/letterpress-printing-for-the-state-of-swing/ Fri, 10 May 2019 17:41:55 +0000 http://jackmalmstrom.com/JacksCats/?p=2854 In this digital age of instant gratification and the expectation of music for free, an idea as old-fashioned as the CD (wink) needs to be dressed up with something special. That’s why we decided to offer Jack’s Cats fans The State of Swing encased with full liner notes in a signed, limited edition (only 500!), […]

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