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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 5, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Giacomo Gates Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs Of Gil Scott-Heron (Savant) 218 220 -2 0 57 1 4 2 14 5 Warren Wolf Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue) 187 133 +54 0 53 2 4 3 5 9 Cedar Walton The Bouncer (HighNote) 178 174 +4 0 56 3 4 4 8 2 Jay Ashby & Steve Davis Mistaken Identity (MCG Jazz) 173 157 +16 0 43 2 8 5 ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Human Arts Ensemble - Whisper of Dharma
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's Audio Archive post comes to us once again from the fine avant-jazz music sharing blog Nothing Is v2.0, and features Whisper of Dharma, a rare album by the Human Arts Ensemble that originally was issued in 1972 on the Committee for Universal Justice label (pictured, above left), and later reissued in 1977 on Arista Freedom (pictured, below left). The Human Arts Ensemble was an offshoot of St. Louis' Black Artists Group, created as a vehicle for musicians of ...
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WICN to be the Home of the New England Jazz Hall of Fame in Worcester, Massachusetts
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
WICN 90.5 FM Public Radio is going to be home to the New England Jazz Hall of Fame, a tribute to the greats who have made the region's jazz scene so vibrant. The Hall of Fame is a special project of the New England Jazz Alliance (NEJA), which initiated it as a traveling exhibit in 2001. A decade later, the scope and popularity of the Jazz Hall of Fame has required organizers to find a permanent home. That will be ...
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Jazz Radio Returns a Second Time! Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back!
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Lydia Liebman
'Reeds & Deeds II' is returning for a second full year on WECB! The jazz radio program that made a big splash on the internet airwaves is back with more exclusive content, brand new tracks and exciting interviews. Lydia Liebman's radio program ran from September to May last year on Emerson College's internet radio station, WECB. Interviews were held with Dave Liebman, George Garzone, Mermans Kenkosenki, Jason Yeager, Ilona Kudina, Gregory Porter, Jay Phelps, and Somi as well as a ...
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Riverwalk Jazz Archive Finds Permanent Home at Stanford University Libraries
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Don Mopsick
Stanford's Celebrated Archive of Recorded Sound to provide continuous stream of Jim Cullum's radio programs beginning 2013. “Fans will be able to view an extensive collection of Riverwalk Jazz ephemera like, posters, photos, behind the scenes broadcast elements and artist correspondence at the Library and listen to the entire collection online beginning 2013 and for generations to come," says Margaret Moos Pick, the show's Executive Producer. Riverwalk Jazz, now in its 22nd season, is distributed by Public Radio International (PRI) ...
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Stanford Libraries acquire Jim Cullum's "Riverwalk Jazz" archives
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Michael Ricci
BY CYNTHIA HAVEN Now and then, a great jazz performer or band makes a splash on the American musical landscape, keeping the nation's indigenous musical genre alive and popping. But a few maestros have gone light years beyond that, building over decades to create jazz empires. Jim Cullum, musician and radio host, is one of them. His program, Riverwalk Jazz, now in its 22nd season, is distributed by Public Radio International (PRI) and heard on stations in more than 200 ...
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New Orleans Clarinet with Evan Christopher This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, Riverwalk Jazz spotlights the rich legacy of jazz clarinet players from the Crescent City. The sound of New Orleans jazz is unique. The distinctive New Orleans clarinet sound blends with cornet, trombone, drums, bass, banjo and piano in polyphonic New Orleans-style jazz bands, just as filé spice binds ingredients together in a gumbo stew. Evan Christopher, a contemporary New Orleans-based player dedicated to this unique clarinet tradition joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on stage at The Landing. ...
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