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Rockwired.Com's "Jazzed and Blue" Presents: Baritone Saxophonist and Bass Clarinetist Brian Landrus of The Landrus Kaleidoscope and Their New CD "Capsule"
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Rockwired Media LLC
The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with baritone saxophonist and bass clarinetist Brian Landrus of The Landrus Kaleidoscope and their latest CD “Capsule." In the opening segment Landrus discusses the inspiration behind the buoyant sound featured on his adventurous CD, working with the electro-acoustic quintet The Landrus Kaleidoscope and the inspiration behind such choice cuts as Striped Phase, Like The Wind and ...
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Jazz Now! Seattle - Special Episode 7 - Earshot Jazz Festival Preview
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Contextual Radio: Deliradio Streams Music from Bands Playing Local Shows
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HypeBot
Live performances continue to be at the cornerstone of an artist's prowess and prominence in the music business, but the age-old question for many bands (and venues) continues to persist—“How do we get more people to come to our shows?" Taking music discovery to the next level, Deli Radio is a contextual Internet radio station and streaming service that actually curates music based on who will be performing in your city's local venues. Listeners create a streaming radio station according ...
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Charlie Christian's Riffs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week Riverwalk Jazz salutes Benny Goodman's pioneering Sextet featuring the early electric guitarist Charlie Christian. Our guests are both life-long devotees of the Benny Goodman Sextet. Clarinetist Allan Vaché and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen join Cullum band reedman Ron Hockett on “Swinging on a Riff: The Legacy of the Benny Goodman Sextet." 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. On ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 3, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Giacomo Gates Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs Of Gil Scott-Heron (Savant) 201 213 -12 0 54 1 8 2 2 3 Cedar Walton The Bouncer (HighNote) 198 195 +3 0 54 2 8 3 5 1 Warren Wolf Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue) 185 178 +7 1 48 1 8 4 4 6 Deep Blue Organ Trio Wonderful! (Origin) 180 186 -6 0 49 1 9 5 9 8 ...
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The Eccentric Genius of Jelly Roll Morton This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actor Vernel Bagneris joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for “Wild Man Blues," a musical biography based on personal diaries of Jelly Roll Morton. 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. One could reasonably argue that Jelly Roll Morton, born October 20, 1890 in New Orleans, was the first great composer and pianist in jazz. Morton ...
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