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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 15, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Live (Motema) 227 215 +12 1 57 1 6 2 4 3 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Forever (Concord) 186 168 +18 0 57 1 12 3 3 4 The New Gary Burton Quartet Common Ground (Mack Avenue) 175 174 +1 0 60 3 12 4 6 7 Stefon Harris, David Sanchez, Christian Scott Ninety Miles (Concord Picante) 170 159 +11 0 53 4 ...
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Rockwired.com’s Latest Edition Of Jazzed And Blue Presents: The Multimedia Extravagance Of The King Hat Review And Music From Dee Dee Bridgewater, Veronneau And Tracy Nelson
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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 Bobby Bragg of The King Hat Review regarding their exciting multimedia production which details the history of American music through song and dance. In this opening segment, Bragg discusses the inspiration behind the project, working with co-creator Johnny Williamson and their plans for an all out, tour de force production. The second half of this ...
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Battle of the Bands This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents an epic battle of the bands between The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and Banu Gibson's Hot Jazz from New Orleans. The battle, captured for our broadcast, took place in 1994 at the Zaragoza Theater at the Fiesta Texas Park in San Antonio Stage legend William Warfield acted as referee. Tap dancing sensation Savion Glover performed with both bands—with Banu Gibson in “Wrap Your Cares in Rhythm and Dance" and with the JCJB in the Bill ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 8, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 5 Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Live (Motema) 215 184 +31 1 62 1 5 2 22 18 Jay Ashby & Steve Davis Mistaken Identity (MCG Jazz) 179 107 +72 0 43 2 4 3 4 3 The New Gary Burton Quartet Common Ground (Mack Avenue) 174 175 -1 0 48 3 11 4 3 2 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Forever (Concord) 168 183 -15 0 44 1 11 ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Quartette Tres Bien - Boss Tres Bien
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today's Audio Archive post features the Quartette Tres Bien's debut recording for a national label, and comes to us via the blog Soundological Investimigations. QTB were one of the better known groups of St. Louis' Gaslight Square era, and were sometimes compared with Ramsey Lewis, the Three Sounds, and other piano-based groups playing groove-oriented music. The members of the group as heard on Boss Tres Bien were Jeter Thompson (piano), Richard Simmons (bass), Albert St. James (drums) and Percy James ...
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