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STLJN Audio Archive: John Hicks - Hells Bells
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
For today's Audio Archive post, we feature Hells Bells, the very first session recorded as a bandleader by the late pianist and former St. Louisan John Hicks. Hells Bells—spelled without the apostrophe on the album cover (pictured), but sometimes with it in other references—was recorded in 1975 for trumpeter Charles Tolliver's Strata-East label, though it wasn't issued until 1978. There was a CD reissue of the album in 2000 by the Charly label, which now is out of print. As ...
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Breakthru Radio's "The Jazz Hole" Celebrates 3rd Anniversary
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Linus Wyrsch
New York, NY—BreakThru Radio (BTR) is the world's leading source for the best independent music on the Internet using a unique on-demand programming approach. Three years ago, on February 1st 2009, Linus Wyrsch joined the team of DJs and took over the bi-weekly jazz show “The Jazz Hole." Being a sought-after musician himself in the Big Apple, Linus embraces a unique relationship with the style and its musicians, consequently providing the listeners with a backstage pass to the New Yorker ...
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Rockwired.Com's 'All New Jazzed and Blue - Profiles in Blues and Jazz' Profiles Grammy-Winning Baritone Saxophonist Gary Smulyan and His Latest Release "Smul's Paradise"
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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 Grammy-winning baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan regarding his brand new release Smul's Paradise. In the opening segment, Smulyan discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of his new CD, working with Mike LeDonne, Peter Bernstein and Kenny Washington and his affinity for the organ jazz trio sound. The second half of this edition ...
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Catherine Russell, Dick Hyman This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Catherine Russell joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with frequent guest artist Dick Hyman on piano, at the historic Pearl Stable in San Antonio. They present a selection of songs from Catherine's recent CDs. Catherine talks about her beginnings as the daughter of a pioneering woman of jazz, to what she looks for in choosing songs and how she feels the spirit of her father in her music. The program is distributed in the US ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 16, 2012
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 11 — Jimmy Owens The Monk Project (IPO) 179 100 +79 3 56 1 2 2 2 1 Houston Person So Nice (HighNote) 150 153 -3 0 37 1 9 3 5 3 Pat Martino Undeniable: Live At Blues Alley (HighNote) 138 133 +5 0 44 1 9 4 48 — Deep Blue Organ Trio Wonderful! (Origin) 132 52 +80 0 45 1 22 5 1 2 Christian McBride Big Band ...
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SiriusXM Launches "Just Jenny" with Jennifer Hutt
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Susan Blond, Inc.
SiriusXM personality, author and television host Jennifer Hutt is hosting Just Jenny, a newly-launched live, daily call-in show airing Monday through Friday from 1:00ר:00 pm ET on SiriusXM Stars (channel 107). On the show, Jennifer tackles subjects you would only think to discuss with your best friends, inviting listeners to engage an honest, humorous dialogue on a variety of topics and issues. Her willingness to talk about everything—from grieving the loss of a parent, to transforming her body and spirit ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Grant Green - Visions
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Fortunately for fans of jazz guitar, much of Grant Green's output for the Blue Note label in the 1960s and 1970s remains in print today. One exception, though, seems to be Visions, a 1971 session that featured the St. Louis native's versions of some then-current pop hits along with a couple of originals and one classical piece. Vinyl copies are scarce, as you'd expect for a 40-year old recording that probably got just one pressing back then. There apparently was ...
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Janis Joplin "The Pearl Sessions" Available Tuesday, April 17
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Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
LEGACY RECORDINGS COMMEMORATES JANIS JOPLIN'S BIRTHDAY WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PEARL SESSIONS DEFINITIVE TWO-DISC EDITION OF JANIS JOPLIN'S FAREWELL ALBUM MASTERPIECE DEBUTS NEWLY DISCOVERED STUDIO OUTTAKES, BANTER & RARITIES INCLUDING NINE PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE TRACKS Janis Joplin—The Pearl Sessions—Available Everywhere Tuesday, April 17, 2012 On the occasion of Janis Joplin's birthday (January 19), Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Pearl Sessions, a newly-curated definitive two-disc edition of Joplin's final studio album premiering, for the first time, ...
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