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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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"Best of 2011" Radio channels from AccuJazz.com
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Lucas Gillan
Savvy jazz listeners spent much of December poring over hundreds of “Best of 2011" lists, left only to wonder what the vaunted music actually sounded like. To satisfy curious listeners and highlight the excellent music, AccuJazz Internet radio has created a Best of 2011 channel playing the most critically-acclaimed jazz albums released last year. The streaming channel is free to listen to and available 24 hours a day. The channel's programming is based on Francis Davis' Rhapsody.com critics poll (formerly ...
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Live Bates! Bassist Leads His Band Through "Open Sessions"
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Last week, Chris Bates sent out his usual update. But this time, the listing was not so usual. In addition to the gigs in which he plays a critical sideman role, Chris invited us to one of his first forays into bandleading, and not just on a gig. We were invited to a ringside seat of the creative act itself, observing his quintet's first encounter with new music during public rehearsals at Jazz Central. “Attendees will be witness to the ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 6, 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) 207 248 -41 0 51 1 5 2 4 11 Bruce Babad A Tribute To Paul Desmond (Primrose Lane) 169 136 +33 0 41 2 4 3 6 4 Gary Smulyan Smul's Paradise (Capri) 155 121 +34 0 48 3 4 4 36 — Deep Blue Organ Trio Wonderful! (Origin) 152 60 +92 0 50 1 25 5 3 2 Chick Corea Further Explorations ...
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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Profiles the Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo and Their New Release "Afropean Affair"
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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 Oscar Perez of the Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo regarding the brand new release Afropean Affair. In the opening segment, Perez discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of his new project, working with a stellar combo comprised of saxophonist Stacy Dillard, trumpeter Greg Glassman, percussionist Emiliano Valerio, drummer Jerome Jennings, and bassist ...
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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Profiles Talking Cows and Their New Release "Almost Human"
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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 Robert Vermeulen of the Talking Cows regarding their brand new release Almost Human. In the opening segment, Vermeulen discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of this new project, his rapport with the other members of the band including saxophonist Frans Vermeerssen, drummer Yonga Sun and bassist Dion Nijland and the lunatic ...
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