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Neil Cowley Trio - Radio Silence (2011)
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Something Else!
As the poignant, expressive piano voice behind both of Adele's albums, Neil Cowley has a sound that seems immediately familiar. Yet he doesn't simply rely on that famous association to push along Radio Silence. As often as he performs with a similarly recognizable delightful grace (as on the title track and the “Portal"), Cowley also displays this flinty sense of interplay with bassist Richard Sadler and drummer Evan Jenkins on this, their third recording together. They tear through the randy ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Charles "Bobo" Shaw and Lester Bowie - Bugle Boy Bop
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
For this installment of the StLJN Audio Archive, we tune into Bugle Boy Bop, an album of duos recorded by drummer Charles “Bobo" Shaw and trumpeter Lester Bowie issued on the Muse label in 1983. The original LP (pictured) was recorded live at saxophonist Sam Rivers' NYC loft venue Studio Rivbea on February 5, 1977, with famed producer Michael Cuscuna overseeing the eventual release. Although Bugle Boy Bop never has been reissued on CD, you can still hear it via ...
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Pandora CTO: Majority of Americans Pay $0 for Music...
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Digital Music News
How many people are actually reaching for their wallets to enjoy music—at least once in a given year? The answer could be depressingly slim, according to talking points jotted down by TechCrunch. “Over half of the US doesn't pay anything for music each year," estimated Pandora CTO Tom Conrad atGigaOm's Roadmap Conference. On top of that, another 40 percent fork over about $15 a year, perhaps the cost of an album with a few a-la-carte downloads tossed in. Which means ...
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Tribute to Gennett Records This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Riverwalk Jazz this week pays tribute to the Gennett recording studio in Richmond, Indiana, one of the pioneering documentors of early jazz. The show features musical guests Duke Heitger, Dick Hyman and Nicholas Payton, among others. 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. Between 1922 and 1928, a ragtag recording studio in rural Richmond, Indiana, became a focal point for a ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 31, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 11 31 Tony Bennett Duets II (RPM / Columbia) 269 140 +129 7 56 1 6 2 17 27 Kyle Eastwood Songs From The Chateau (Mack Avenue) 186 117 +69 0 60 2 9 3 2 1 Poncho Sanchez & Terence Blanchard Chano y Dizzy (Concord Jazz) 179 222 -43 0 57 1 6 4 1 3 Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue) 177 231 -54 0 51 ...
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The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (2011)
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Something Else!
By Matt Reynolds The year was 1966, and the Beach Boys were riding a wave of energy across the musical landscape of the times. The Hawthorne, California quintet's sound was evolving into one of the most respected and unique in the industry after the release earlier that year of its now profoundly important album Pet Sounds. In a few short years, the Beach Boys had transformed from a pop band with catchy harmonies and songs about surfing, cars and teen-love, ...
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Catherine Russell and Dick Hyman Jam Session This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
On Riverwalk Jazz on public radio, the scene for this week's jam session is Pearl Stable on the grounds of Pearl Brewery built in 1883 along the east bank of the San Antonio River, close to downtown. A functioning brewery for more than 100 years, the complex was reborn in 2002 as a 22-acre culinary and cultural gathering place along the extended Paseo del Rio—River Walk. The oval-shaped Pearl Stable, now a state-of-the-art venue, once housed draft horses delivering Pearl ...
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Sirius Might Be Staring at Its Own 'Netflix Moment'...
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Digital Music News
If you love your Sirius XM, then you probably love music just as much. Which means you have lots of options at your fingertips, most of them free. Sure, Sirius curates the chaos, but do you need that curation, especially when it's not your only hangout? Can you live without your Stern, your MLB, your Shade45? Well, Sirius is about to test its listener loyalty like never before. And if you don't think these are fragile consumer relationships,just ask Netflix. ...
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