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Tribute To Henry "Red" Allen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to Henry ‘Red’ Allen, one of the last great trumpeters to come out of New Orleans in the 1920s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Off the bandstand, trumpeter Henry ‘Red’ Allen was reserved—as a performer, he ...
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Pandora Predicted to 'Dominate' Web Radio for Next Few Years
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HypeBot
With concerns about profitability and iTunes Radio about to launch, there's a lot of uncertainty around Pandora's future. But one recent report from IBISWorld claims that Pandora will continue to dominate web radio. Given that its stock recently hit new highs and mobile advertising is showing strong growth, Pandora actually has a lot going for it at the moment. The recently teased IBISWorld report (via RAIN) notes that over the last five years: “The number of mobile internet connections grew ...
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WBGO Launches Ad Campaign And Social Media Contest #makejazz In NJ & NY
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Launches Media Campaign with Billboards and Kiosks in New Jersey and New York Varick Street Billboard Sparks Friendly Controversy and Host-An-Hour Social Media Contest NEWARK, NJ: Do you want to be a guest DJ on WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM? Here’s how: Find WBGO ads on telephone kiosks, street pole banners, billboards and digital billboards located throughout New Jersey and in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including by the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. Before midnight on September 9, ...
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Catherine Russell And Dick Hyman In Riverwalk Jazz Jam Session
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Don Mopsick
For this week’s Riverwalk Jazz radio show, bandleader Jim Cullum welcomes two guest artists. One is piano master and old friend Dick Hyman, a guest on our first radio show in 1989. The second is a new friend, making her Riverwalk Jazz debut in 2010—jazz singer Catherine Russell. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a ...
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The Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week our radio show explores the Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions. Joining The Jim Cullum Jazz Band are master pianist Dick Hyman and Portland, OR-based vocalist Rebecca Kilgore. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller earned his reputation in the 1920s ...
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Josh Jackson Named WBGO's New VP Of Content
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
NEWARK, NJ: Josh Jackson has been named to the newly-created position of Vice President of Content of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, it was announced today by Amy Niles, the station’s Acting President and CEO. Jackson, who continues as host of WBGO’s hour-long music magazine, The Checkout, was previously Special Projects Producer. “I am pleased to name Josh as our Vice President of Content, ” said Niles. “This new position reflects the evolving nature of WBGO as both a creator and ...
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Two Of A Kind: Swinging Duos At The Landing On Riverwalk Jazz This Week
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz we're pairing up some of our favorite jazz artists in a broadcast of swinging duos. On their own, each one of these musicians lights up the stage, but together, they’re off the charts. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded ...
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Music And Poetry Of The Harlem Renaissance This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week Riverwalk Jazz captures the high spirit of the Harlem Renaissance with a program combining the music of Duke Ellington,Eubie Blake, Fats Waller and James P. Johnson with the poetry of Langston Hughes, the “Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance." The show features theater legend William Warfield and Broadway's Vernel Bagneris performing Hughes' poetry; and piano virtuoso Dick Hyman joining The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite ...
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