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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 20, 2012
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jimmy Owens The Monk Project (IPO) 194 210 -16 0 47 1 7 2 2 2 Bruce Babad A Tribute To Paul Desmond (Primrose Lane) 176 178 -2 1 43 2 6 3 3 3 Gary Smulyan Smul's Paradise (Capri) 162 147 +15 0 44 3 6 4 8 — Catherine Russell Strictly Romancin' (World Village) 156 118 +38 2 37 4 2 5 14 10 Christian McBride ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Oliver Lake - Ntu: The Point from Which Creation Begins
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As Black History Month winds down for this year, it seems an appropriate time to revisit an historic session involving musicians from St. Louis' original Black Artists Group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Recorded in 1971 here in St. Louis, saxophonist Oliver Lake's album Ntu: The Point From Which Creation Begins was issued in 1976 on the Arista Freedom label, which was putting out a lot of avant-garde and “loft" jazz around that time. It's been out of ...
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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Features Jazz Saxophonist Hulon and His Latest Release "After Hours"
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Rockwired Media LLC
The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with jazz saxophonist Hulon regarding his brand new release After Hours. In the opening segment, Hulon discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of his new project, collaborating with fellow saxophonist and mentor Steve Kashiwa and balancing his passion for music with his own medical practice. The second half of this edition of ...
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"Porgy and Bess" Part 2 This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, Riverwalk Jazz offers an encore presentation of the concluding episode in George Gershwin's folk opera, Porgy and Bess, featuring acting legend William Warfield as narrator. This two-part series features an original jazz transcription of the music from Porgy and Bess, created by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and recorded at the Landing in San Antonio in 1992. Among his many accolades, Mr. Warfield is known for his 1950s role as Porgy on Broadway opposite Leontyne Price. The program ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 13, 2012
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jimmy Owens The Monk Project (IPO) 210 207 +3 0 58 1 6 2 2 4 Bruce Babad A Tribute To Paul Desmond (Primrose Lane) 178 169 +9 0 48 2 5 3 3 6 Gary Smulyan Smul's Paradise (Capri) 147 155 -8 0 48 3 5 4 5 3 Chick Corea Further Explorations (Concord Jazz) 133 142 -9 0 46 2 6 5 10 13 Jack DeJohnette Sound Travels ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Oliver Nelson and the Berlin Dreamband - Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
For today's Audio Archive post, we revisit an out-of-print session by saxophonist, arranger and composer Oliver Nelson. Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra originally came out in 1971 on the long defunct Flying Dutchman label, and has been preserved online thanks to the music sharing blog Flying Dutchman Records (which, as the name suggests, is devoted expressly to collecting all of that particular label's output). The album (pictured) features two extended suites, “Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra" and “Impressions of Berlin," that Nelson ...
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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Features The Susan Krebs Band and Their Latest Release "Everything Must Change"
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Rockwired Media LLC
The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Susan Krebs of The Susan Krebs Band regarding their brand new release Everything Must Change. In the opening segment, Krebs discusses the inspiration behind the song selection for this new project, working with a stellar combo comprised of longtime collaborators Rich Eames and Jerry Kalaf and what she hopeslisteners will take ...
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Porgy and Bess Part I This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Riverwalk Jazz presents a two-part special—The Jim Cullum Jazz Band's acclaimed jazz transcription of George Gershwin's American folk opera Porgy and Bess. Theater legend William Warfield, the award winning bass-baritone famous for his memorable stage role as Porgy, appears as narrator in this encore presentation. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. DuBose Heyward, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, wrote the ...
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