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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 21, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
November 29, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 10 9 Ted Rosenthal Out Of This World (Playscape) 205 142 +63 0 49 1 7 2 2 1 Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue) 202 215 -13 0 56 1 8 3 4 4 George Benson Guitar Man (Concord Jazz) 193 166 +27 0 41 3 8 4 1 20 Pat Martino Undeniable: Live At Blues Alley (HighNote) 159 231 -72 1 50 1 3 5 8 ...

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Pandora Posts Profits and Listener Growth, but Wall Street Doesn't Care

Source: HypeBot
November 25, 2011

Despite growing competition, Pandora beat expectations managed strong growth in Q3 actually turning a profit of $638,000 compared to a loss of $1.77 million a year ago. The company reported quarterly revenue of $75 million, twice that of a year before and and up from $67 million in the second quarter. Total listening hours hit to 2.1 billion hours, double the amount of a year ago and up from 1.8 billion in Q2. Active users grew to 40 million, up ...

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Frim Fram Sauce & Other Delicacies This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
November 24, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz celebrates the beginning of this holiday season with a concert of cuisine-inspired jazz tunes. While you listen to our show, you can chop, slice, saute, bake and broil your way to a heavenly meal. Featured on the show are performances by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests Vernel Bagneris, Topsy Chapman, Vince Giordano, Dick Hyman, Leon Oakley, John Pizzarelli, Catherine Russell, Mike Walbridge and Bob Wilber. The program is distributed in the US by ...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Pandora is Now Profitable...

Source: Digital Music News
November 23, 2011

Wall Street was mostly unimpressed, but by music industry standards, this is a moment. On Tuesday, Pandora revealed something remarkable: profitability, at least for a fleeting three months. During its quarterly wrap-up today, Pandora (P) reported a slim profit of $638,000, a reversal from a year-ago decline of $1.77 million.

The number translates into break-even on a per-share basis, and solidly beats a year-ago per-share loss of 15-cents. And, it was enough to beat analyst expectations, thanks to more-than-doubled revenues ...

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Paul Motian Memorial Broadcast on WKCR

Source: AAJ Staff
November 23, 2011

Drummer, bandleader, and composer Paul Motian passed away Tuesday November 22nd at the age of 80. Motian's career took off starting with his work in the influential Bill Evan's trio alongside bassist Scott LaFaro in the late 1950s. Thereafter, he went on to record and perform with artists ranging from Charlie Haden and Lee Konitz to Marilyn Crispell and Bill Frisell, developing a distinctive style along the way, a key contribution in an era in which the drums continued to ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 14, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 20 — Pat Martino Undeniable: Live At Blues Alley (HighNote) 231 114 +117 0 66 1 2 2 1 4 Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue) 215 261 -46 0 57 1 7 3 3 5 Roy Haynes Roy-Alty (Dreyfus) 172 184 -12 0 55 2 8 4 4 8 George Benson Guitar Man (Concord Jazz) 166 180 -14 0 37 4 7 5 2 3 Poncho Sanchez & ...

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Tribute to Red Allen This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
November 17, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to Henry 'Red' Allen, one of the last great trumpeters to come out of New Orleans in the 1920s. Joining the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on the bandstand at The Landing in San Antonio are Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Clint Baker, New Orleans clarinetist Evan Christopher, New York clarinet legend Kenny Davern, New Orleans trumpeter Duke Heitger and frequent Riverwalk Jazz collaborator and pianist Dick Hyman The program is distributed in the US by Public ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 7, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
November 15, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 1 Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue) 261 177 +84 1 55 1 6 2 3 2 Poncho Sanchez & Terence Blanchard Chano y Dizzy (Concord Jazz) 213 179 +34 1 63 1 7 3 5 7 Roy Haynes Roy-Alty (Dreyfus) 184 176 +8 1 48 2 7 4 9 4 Warren Wolf Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue) 180 143 +37 0 50 1 13 4 ...

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