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Hoagy Carmichael's Music This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band welcomes piano legend Dick Hyman and vocalist Stephanie Nakasian for a concert of Hoagy Carmichael's music, recorded live at the historic Filoli Gardens near San Francisco. 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. Hoagy Carmichael's songs have never fallen out of fashion. In the modern era, they've been widely recorded by artists including Barbra Streisand, ...
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Rockwired.com's Latest Edition Of Jazzed And Blue Presents: Native American Jazz Combo Red Hot & Red And Music From Curtis Stigers, The Dangling Success And Hulon
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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 music and an exclusive interview with drummer Louie Speaking Eagle of the New Mexico-based jazz combo Red Hot and Red. In this opening segment, Speaking Eagle discusses working with pianist Steve Figueroa and bassist Rob “Milo" Jaramillo of Red Hot and Red, connecting with the audience and their plans to cut an official release on their terms. The second ...
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Part Pandora, Part Turntable.FM, Radical.FM Opens to Indie Musicians
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HypeBot
Radical.fm is part Pandora, part turntable.com. When it launches later this year, this personalized streaming music service includes the ability to “RadCast" streams in real time. A related service, Radical Indie will offer a free, worldwide internet radio service for musicians and fans of unsigned artists. A DJ feature allows musicians to host their own programs and speak directly to fans. How Indie Artists Can Get Involved Now: Prior to launch, Radical.fm is encouraging indie artists to upload music and ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 1, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 15 16 Ben Williams State Of Art (Concord Jazz) 199 119 +80 0 64 1 7 2 5 12 Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Live (Motema) 184 160 +24 1 53 2 4 3 2 1 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Forever (Concord) 183 176 +7 0 49 1 10 4 3 5 The New Gary Burton Quartet Common Ground (Mack Avenue) 175 172 +3 0 47 3 10 5 12 ...
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STLJN Audio Archive: Clark After Dark: The Ballad Artistry of Clark Terry
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
For this StLJN Audio Archive post, we feature Clark After Dark: The Ballad Artistry of Clark Terry, a 1970s session featuring the legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry. It's available online as a free download thanks to the blog Magic Purple Sunshine, which collects and presents out-of-print recordings originally issued on the old MPS label from Germany. Clark After Dark was recorded in London in September, 1977 and, as the title suggests, features Terry playing flugelhorn over orchestral ...
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Rockwired.com's Latest Edition of Jazzed and Blue Presents: Singer and Russian Television Personality Oleg Frish and Music from Diane Schuur, Elvin Bishop and Hulon
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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 music and an exclusive interview with celebrated Russian television personality Oleg Frish. In this opening segment, Frish discusses his forthcoming release Bring Me Sunshine, working with The Patrick Williams Big Band and plans for future recordings. The second half of this edition of Jazzed and Blue will feature music from such jazz and blues artists asDee Dee Bridgewater, Diane ...
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