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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 19, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 5 Houston Person So Nice (HighNote) 169 141 +28 0 46 1 7 2 1 1 Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue) 150 232 -82 0 45 1 12 3 3 7 Pat Martino Undeniable: Live At Blues Alley (HighNote) 140 161 -21 0 41 1 7 4 23 45 Ellis Marsalis A New Orleans Christmas Carol (Elm) 134 87 +47 0 46 4 3 5 8 6 ...
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If You Hated Radio in 2011, then You'll Really Hate Radio in 2012...
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Digital Music News
Can't get enough of repetitive playlists and huge commercial breaks? Then there's good news: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to leave its ownership rules around terrestrial radio stations unchanged in 2012, while proposing to loosen cross-media ownership restrictions between newspapers, TV stations and radio.
Which means less people owning more stuff, and lots more Maroon 5, Drake, and Lil Wayne. But the FCC found that there are still a “sufficient number of independent radio voices" and competition from other ...
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Wizard of Oz With Vernel Bagneris This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes to life as Broadway actor Vernel Bagneris portrays all the characters in a new script for radio based on the original L. Frank Baum book. Harold Arlen's songs from the 1939 movie score are heard in new jazz arrangements by John Sheridan. 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. The Wonderful ...
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Mickey Hart and George Lucas: The Skywalker Sessions
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JamBase
THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS Fresh off the road from a sold out 15 date tour, Mickey Hart fans can tune in to the first in a series of videos featuring Mickey with director/filmmaker George Lucas telling stories of their work together, the importance of sound in film, and the power of music. “Episode One" finds George & Mickey “Back the Big Room" at Lucas' Skywalker Ranch where Hart recorded the Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir and the ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 12, 2011
Source:
Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue) 232 214 +18 0 61 1 11 2 14 14 John Scofield A Moment's Peace (Emarcy) 168 121 +47 1 51 2 10 3 7 7 Pat Martino Undeniable: Live At Blues Alley (HighNote) 161 153 +8 0 47 1 6 4 5 13 Houston Person So Nice (HighNote) 141 161 -20 1 43 4 6 5 2 2 ...
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Special Riverwalk Jazz Christmas Show Available on PRX
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Don Mopsick
This holiday season, Riverwalk Jazz offers to listeners and longtime fans a special hour-long Christmas broadcast, “Hot Jazz for a Cool Yule," fro streaming through the PRX website. This show will not be broadcast over the airwaves or on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Here's the link to this special Christmas show. The special holiday show features musical guests singer Carol Woods ("Santa Baby"), soprano saxophonist Bob Wilber, piano legend Dick Hyman, singer Banu Gibson and tap dancing sensation Savion Glover. The ...
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Inside Spotify Radio vs. Pandora - The Echo Nest Makes the Difference
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HypeBot
Every time a new “Pandora killer" launches, my first question is what technology is driving song selection. The answer matters because that's who/what is deciding what we listen to. Pandora has its own “Music Genome Project" which is really just a bunch of humans grading music. The result is that some indie bands have been left off Pandora playlists. Doesn't quite seem fair, does it? The Echo Nest offers a data driven alternative and Spotify Radio, which rolls out today, ...
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William Warfield in Show Boat This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, William Warfield is heard in an encore presentation joining The Jim Cullum Jazz Band as narrator in a 1995 production of Show Boat, combining the Band's original jazz transcription of the Kern score with a script based on the Ferber novel. 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. “The scene is a glorious summer day on the ...
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