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Dick Hyman, Topsy Chapman Celebrate Teddy Wilson This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Teddy Wilson backed Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday—then became a star playing with Benny Goodman. He made history as one of the first black musicians to join a white band in public performances. Wilson’s understated, delicately-swinging piano style defined the Swing Era. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, pianist Dick Hyman (who took piano lessons from Wilson in New York) and vocalist Topsy Chapmanjoin The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate Teddy Wilson's magic touch. The program is distributed in the ...
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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Gary Giddins On Louis & Bing
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Don Mopsick
Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong struck up a friendship in the 1920s that flourished as they worked together—for almost half a century—on stage, in movies, and on radio and TV. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Gary Giddins, author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940 shares a look into the friendship between Bing and Louis. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the ...
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Aaron Lebos Reality Performs On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 11/16/12
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Ed Bell
Please join our worldwide audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, November 16th, 2012 Featuring AARON LEBOS REALITY Despite winning Florida state classical piano competitions at the tender age of 5, Aaron Lebos is now cutting quite a renowned path as a modern Jazz guitarist. A graduate of the prestigious University of Miami Jazz/Studio Music Program and the FIU School of Music, this versatile guitarist has performed with Latin Pop stars and ...
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Class Of 29: Jazz On The Move On Riverwalk Jazz This Week
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, from Hollywood movies to jazz recordings. 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. In 1929, jazz was making its way into mainstream America, moving from Chicago to New York, blossoming in Harlem nightclubs, on the Broadway stage and in New York studio sessions. Everyone ...
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Heroes Of Swing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week Riverwalk Jazz salutes the great soloists of the 1930s who propelled jazz to a new level. We’ll hear the music of two Irish-American brothers from Pennsylvania who shared a drive for musical perfection—Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey; as well as the work of the self-taught European gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, whose solo playing re-invented jazz guitar. Also on the bill is music from a trio of highly inventive reedmen—Benny Goodman, Bud Freeman, and Benny Carter. The program is distributed ...
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Internet Radio Fairness Coalition Forms to Overhaul Net Radio Royalties
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HypeBot
The Internet Radio Fairness Coalition, which has been assembled by several Internet and broadcast radio services including Pandora, Clear Channel and many others, officially launched last week. The Coalition comes together with a mission of urging Congress to support legislation of the Internet Radio Fairness Act of 2012 (IRFA), which they believe will bring the royalty system for Internet radio into the 21st century. The Coalition believes that the IRFA will create a sustainable business model for the music ...
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Swingin' On A V-Disc This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz it's the story of the V-Disc, a WWII morale-boosting recording initiative that created novel collaborations between jazz artists of the era. By September 1945, total production reached 4.5 million records. By the end of the program, it is estimated that more than 8 million V-Discs were distributed. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays jazz recorded for the series. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can ...
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Full Text of Mel Karmazin Letter to Staff on His Exit as Sirius XM CEO
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HypeBot
Outspoken Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin will step down on Feb. 1, 2013, after his contract expires, according to an official release by the company. The satellite broadcaster's board has formed a search committee to consider both internal and external candidates to replace him. Here is the full text of Karmazin's email to staff: Dear Friends, Today I told the Board that I will be stepping down as CEO of SiriusXM on February 1, 2013, following the expiration of ...
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