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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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Changes at KPLU
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Seattle-Tacoma, WA) Beginning October 28, 2012, 88.5 KPLU’s Sunday program schedule will change between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. KPLU’s Assistant General Manager/Director of Content Joey Cohn said the station is discontinuing broadcasts of Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland from 2 to 3 p.m. The 94 year-old McPartland hasn’t recorded a new show for over two years, and KPLU has been airing reruns. “It was not an easy decision (to drop the show) as Marian McPartland has been on KPLU ...
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Scott Yanow On Jazz Films This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Get the popcorn ready.The curtain is about to go up on Kid Ory—Lionel Hampton—and Louis Armstrong. This week, we take a look at some of the world’s top jazz artists—who not only provided music for Hollywood movies—but appear on the silver screen as well. Scott Yanow, author of Jazz on Film, joins David Holt in the studio to talk about the great—and sometimes not so great—Hollywood movies featuring high-level jazz performances on camera. We’ve provided links online to video clips ...
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Salute To San Antonio Bandleader Don Albert This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band—augmented by five horn players—takes the stage of the Jo Long Theatre at San Antonio’s Carver Cultural Center to re-create the sounds of the territory bands of the '30s and San Antonio swing. Much of this music has not been heard in 70 years or more. In a script inspired by Sterlin Holmesly’s oral history collection, the award-winning Broadway and Hollywood actor Vernel Bagneris brings to life the world of Don ...
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South Florida Jazz Orchestra Performs On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, October 12, 2012
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Ed Bell
Please join our audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, October 12th, 2012 Featuring the SOUTH FLORIDA JAZZ ORCHESTRA Under The Direction Of CHUCK BERGERON Founded in 2005, the SFJO quickly became the premier big band in the area. Under the direction of former Woody Herman and Buddy Rich Big Band bassist and composer, Chuck Bergeron, the SFJO released their ...
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