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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: The Test Of Time: A Century Of Song
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band gives the “hot rhythm treatment” to rags, parlor songs and spirituals composed a century or more ago. From Jack Norworth’s “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” to Kerry Mills' Cakewalk “At a Georgia Camp Meeting” and Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag,” we’ll explore the roots of hot jazz in a century of song, with help from guest artists Topsy Chapman, Bob Barnard, Mike Walbridge, Evan Christopher and Kenny Davern. ...
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Johnny Smith: Roost Sessions
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Each jazz instrument in the '50s had a different set of competitive criteria. Trumpet players were about tension and heat, saxophonists about developing a smooth and swinging sound, and pianists about speed and percussive intensity. As for jazz guitarists, rankings often revolved around the taste of the artists chord and note choices and who could sound most appealing to the ear. Both of these bars were set by the instrument's own rhythm-keeping role and the need to develop soft, elegant ...
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Radio.SC Turns Soundcloud Users into Radio Stations
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HypeBot
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. SoundCloud was originally designed to help musicians send songs (or bits of songs) to each other and their “people" within the industry. Maybe that's why it still has so many users who seem to be either professionally, semi-professionally, or just obsessively involved with music. We hear SoundCloud even has a really cool Fletch ringtone among its many treasures, which include early mixes, remixes, exclusives, mashups, and other super fresh material from various ...
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Fats, Hoagy And W.C. Handy This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week Riverwalk Jazz explores the rich legacy of three jazz heroes whose work has inspired The Jim Cullum Jazz Band through the years—Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael and the blues-driven work of W.C. Handy. Series favorites Vernel Bagneris, Topsy Chapman and Shelly Berg join the band on the stage of Pearl Stable, a century-old limestone horse stable transformed into a state-of-the-art theater at San Antonio’s historic Pearl Brewery. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on ...
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WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Announces The Jazz Bee, HD Radio Channel
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO Proudly Announces the jazz bee, A New Showcase for Emerging Jazz and Artists Available 24 Hours A Day at 88.3 HD-2 and WBGO.org NEWARK, NJ: the jazz bee, WBGO’s new showcase for emerging jazz artists, is now being broadcast digitally 24 hours a day at 88.3 HD-2 in the New York City area and worldwide through wbgo.org, it was announced by Cephas Bowles, President and Chief Executive Officer of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM. The new channel is also a ...
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Remembering Ralph Sutton This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
In an encore presentation this week, Riverwalk Jazz presents pianist Ralph Sutton’s 2000 visit to The Landing in San Antonio with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Between tunes, Sutton talked with host David Holt about his early experiences and influences and how he came to join Jack Teagarden’s band. Longtime Jim Cullum Jazz Band pianist John Sheridan shares a story about an afternoon lesson with Sutton in San Antonio. Sutton offers rarely-heard stride piano repertoire including Fats Waller’s “Clothesline Ballet” ...
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Lil Hardin's Life With Louis Armstrong This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz we hear the story of Lil Hardin's life with Louis Armstrong in rare interviews first released by Riverside Records in the 1950s. Trumpeters Duke Heitger and Bob Barnard join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to perform pieces composed by Armstrong and Armstrong. 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. Louis Armstrong and Lil Hardin were as different ...
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Jim Cullum Jazz Band At Stanford Jazz Workshop This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band presents a collection of early jazz classics from New Orleans and beyond. It's a summer concert captured live at the Stanford Jazz Workshop with Evan Christopher on clarinet. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band brings a fresh approach to its classic repertoire in nightly performances in San Antonio and on our show. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed ...
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