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The "Chromatic" Chet Williamson Now Radio Host On WICN.org
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319 Public Relations
On Monday, December 3, 2013 Chet Williamson made his debut as the new host of the drive time hours of Jazz Matinee. This popular radio show features everything under the umbrella of the great American art form known as jazz, paying particular attention to local, regional, and emerging artists. As both a writer and musician, Williamson brings to the program an extensive knowledge, an insider’s connection, and passion for the music. (He is the author of the Jazz Worcester Real ...
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Unplugged Jazz With Guitarist Marty Grosz This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Riverwalk Jazz this week features a giant of jazz rhythm guitar—Marty Grosz. His career spans over 60 years. Equal parts showman, jazz scholar and raconteur, Marty is a virtuoso in a playing style that’s both timeless and so far off the radar it’s all but lost in today’s music world. 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. If you ask him who ...
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Zach Brock Quartet Featured On WNYC Soundcheck December 10
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Claudia Artzer
Violinist and composer Zach Brock will be at WNYC FM studios in New York City on Monday, December 10 for an interview and performance on the show SOUNDCHECK with host John Schaefer. The session will stream live and air in early January. Catch Zach and his quartet the next day, December 11, at their debut at Jazz Standard. Zach Brock’s first release on the European label Criss Cross Jazz features top-rank musicians Aaron Goldberg on piano, Matt Penman on bass ...
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"Gershwin Cabaret" With Dick Hyman This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
George Gershwin’s bold and innovative compositions embraced high and low culture—and just about everything in between. Gershwin enjoyed giving parties in the living room of his Manhattan penthouse, sitting at the piano entertaining his friends. With a nod to that intimate setting, jazz piano master Dick Hyman joins host David Holt in the studio with “A Gershwin Cabaret for the Holidays." Hyman talks about Gershwin’s music, demonstrates musical examples at the piano, presents favorite performances with The Jim Cullum Jazz ...
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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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