Eight Million YouTube Views and a Sonny Rollins iPhone App

Bret Primack is pleased to report that his YouTube Jazz Video Guy channel has passed eight million views and that he’s just released a Sonny Rollins iPhone App. On the cutting edge of technology and music since he co-founded Jazz Central Station the first major Jazz website in 1994, Bret is an advocate for utilizing new media as marketing and distribution tool for Jazz. “To reach new listeners," Bret believes, "and consolidate the existing global Jazz audience, it’s important to provide access to Jazz on all new media platforms like YouTube and the iPhone, as well as social media networks Facebook and Twitter.”


The Jazz Video Guy
Bret has produced and posted over four hundred videos YouTube and websites for artists and labels. Working closely with Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano, Billy Taylor, the Concord Music Group and Mosaic Records, Bret has developed a reservoir of content and a loyal, enthusiastic worldwide following. “What’s different now," Bret explains, is that my audience communicates directly with me through email, Facebook and YouTube comments. Jazz is truly a global medium and the internet empowers musicians and record labels to facilitate the creation and distribution of content with a direct connection to the listener."

The Sonny Rollins iPhone App
The Sonny Rollins iPhone App, Bret’s latest creation, is a mini-website where users can listen to Sonny’s music, watch videos, and purchase concert tickets. “Once the free App is downloaded from iTunes, it’s very easy to sample and purchase the music, from any location. One click the music is automatically downloaded to the iPhone. Thirty five million iPhone users is a considerable potential audience for Jazz Apps worldwide."