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WGBH FM Boston Cuts Prestigious Jazz Programs Featuring Eric Jackson And Steve Schwartz
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Sue Auclair Promotions
Local and National Jazz Communities Express Outrage Boston, MA: WGBH FM a long-time key provider of highly respected jazz programming in Boston, today notified jazz hosts Eric Jackson and Steve Schwartz that their shows would be discontinued as they currently exist, beginning July 1, 2012. Schwartz's Friday night show which has aired for 27 years will be cut altogether, while Eric Jackson's 30 year show which currently airs Mondays through Thursdays from 8pm to Midnight will now exist only on ...
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Coltrane's Ashe III: 34th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert, hosted by Eric Jackson
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Mary Curtin Productions
Coltrane's Ashé III: 34th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert. Honoring José Massó ("Con Salsa" on WBUR) and hosted by Eric Jackson (on WGBH). Saturday, October 22, 7:30 pm. Tickets: $25 general admission (plus $2 order fee per ticket); discounts available to groups, NU faculty & staff, WGBH Members, NU & non-NU students, and seniors. Northeastern University, Blackman Theatre, Ell Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston. Wheelchair accessible. For tickets, visit or call for information: 617-373-4700 (TTY 617-373-2184); hours Mon.-Fri., noon to ...
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Eric Jackson over the years and at Jazz Week on May 2nd and May 6th
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Chris Rich
Learning about this music in the early 70s in greater Boston was, in retrospect, an unusual and happy coincidence for me. A friend handed me Volunteered Slavery from Rahsaan Roland Kirk and I was good to go. I got so much of my basic sense of the idiom from FM radio. It is important to note that FM back then was an exotic and mysterious thing for audiophiles and classical music. We were still mainly an AM top 40 culture ...
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Eric Jackson and Dayla Santurri Talk About Boston's JazzWeek '11 on BNN
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Jazz Week 2011 Marks Fifth Anniversary with Salutes to Eric Jackson, Hundreds of Events in Greater Boston
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Michael Ricci
With the theme “This Is Jazz," from April 29 to May 8 Greater Boston's Jazz Week '11 celebrates a music that defies definition and recognizes no boundaries. For the fifth straight year, Jazz Week is being coordinated and promoted by the nonprofit JazzBoston, which also marks its fifth anniversary in 2011. More than 200 events at nearly 80 venues will take place during the 10 days of Jazz Week. For details, check the Jazz Week Schedule of Events on the ...
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Eric Jackson Presents "Jazz in America" Lecture at the Wenham Museum on Tuesday, April 10
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All About Jazz
"Music in America" Lecture Series Jazz in America Eric Jackson Tuesday, April 10, 7 p.m. Eric Jackson, radio personality and host of the region's best-known jazz program, “Jazz with Eric in the Evening" on WGBH 89.7 FM, presents Jazz in America. Jazz aficionados and interested novices will enjoy learning about Boston's unique contribution to the world of Jazz from this noted jazz authority. In his enlightening lecture, Eric examines a variety of perspectives, exploring the 19th ...
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