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Maurice Hogue's "One Man's Jazz" moves from CKUW/Winnipeg to taintradio.org
Source:
Bob Rogers
Taintradio.org is pleased to announce that veteran program producer/host Maurice Hogue (formerly at CKUW/Winnipeg), will join taintradio's alliance of independent producers. One man's jazz, a weekly three-hour program, will debut on taintradio at 9pm (eastern) on Thursday, January 19th. The program will repeat Mondays 4-7am (eastern). We are confident that Maurice Hogue and taintradio are a perfect match. Hogue noted, “The show has moved after much consideration, given that I had been at CKUW since it began operations in 1999. ...
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Live Jazz On WLRN.org featuring Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion
Source:
Ed Bell
Please join our audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat on Friday, January 13th, 2012 Featuring SAMMY FIGUEROA and his LATIN JAZZ EXPLOSION This New York born (Bronx), Miami resident is one of the world's leading percussionists. He has performed and recorded with legends in Pop, Rock, Latin, Jazz, Brazilian and Rhythm and Blues for decades. Stars such as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Chaka Kahn, David Bowie, Mariah Carey, Dave Sanborn, Quincy Jones, Lena Horne, ...
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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Blues Queens Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey
Source:
Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actor Vernel Bagneris and singer Topsy Chapman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band in a tribute to Ma Rainey, her Rabbit Foot Minstrels and blues shouters of the Deep South in the 1920s. 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. Long before Mamie Smith had the first hit blues recording in 1921, “blues shouters" in traveling tent ...
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Pat Metheny Headlines the Premier of Reeds & Deeds II
Source:
Lydia Liebman
Reeds & Deeds II, the popular jazz radio program broadcast from Emerson College in Boston, premiers a 4th season this Sunday, January 15th at 6pm. The show is continuing on its great success of the past three season. From September to December 2011, Reeds & Deeds II interviewed greats such as Kurt Elling, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stanley Sagov and The Jacob Fred Odyssey as well as up and coming jazz students including Jeremy De Jesus and The 427 Factory. This seasons' ...
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The Jim Cullum Jazz Band Celebrates 50 Years
Source:
Don Mopsick
Riverwalk Jazz this week celebrates the 50th Anniversary of The Jim Cullum Jazz Band in a concert recorded live in San Antonio. Bandleader and cornetist Jim Cullum Jr. traces the history of the band through five decades of performances at home and on the road, from Carnegie Hall—to a bull ring in Mexico—and concert halls in Siberia. 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 ...
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Last Call Late Night Jam This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
Source:
Don Mopsick
Often at late night jam sessions, when the bartender is about to give “last call," the best jazz of the evening can be heard and savored. Those who stick around get rewarded with some of the hardest swinging, most creative music there is. It was on a night like this, at the end of the Sacramento Jazz Festival, that we captured these energized performances for broadcast this week on Riverwalk Jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public ...
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Pandora Launches Web Hub for Live Concert Series
Source:
HypeBot
Pandora has announced an online extension of the free, live concert series that the company debuted earlier in the month. The Pandora live concert series hub is currently sponsored by Budweiser. The Pondora live concert series launched in Portland, Ore. on December 13 with Dawes, an emerging rock band from Southern California. As the official launch sponsor, Budweiser presented the inaugural concert free of charge to more than 230 fans, and is now bringing the experience online via the dedicated ...
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Songs That Made the Phones Ring for 2011
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
In the spirit of The Masked Announcer, the ancestor Joel Dorn, ace record producer (Atlantic Records, 32Jazz, etc.) who first made his mark on the music spinning platters in Philly and subsequently released a must-have compilation titled “Songs That Made the Phones Light Up," we present our annual “Songs That Made the Phones Ring" listing for 2011. These were the tunes that elicited strong listener response (and made the studio phones light up) on the Ancient Future radio program, hosted ...
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