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Jazz Daddies This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Like father, like son—or daughter for that matter. With a nod to Father's Day, this week Riverwalk Jazz lifts a toast to “Jazz Daddies," as jazz artists tell us what it means to follow in the footsteps of their musical fathers, and The Jim Cullum Jazz Band performs tunes written by jazz-musician fathers for their kids. 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 ...
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The Traneumentary: Joshua Redman
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Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
Saxophonist Joshua Redman is one of the leading players and personalities in jazz. His stellar recording's Wish and Moodswing not only set the tone for emerging jazz musicians back in the middle 90's but help establish the charismatic saxophonist to become a fan favorite and critical success. Throughout the years, Joshua has been extremely active as a band leader, recording artist and touring musician. He was also artistic director for the San Francisco Jazz Festival and the first leader of ...
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5 Reasons I'd Buy Today's Pandora IPO, Even at New $16 Share and $2.5 Billion Valuation
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HypeBot
(UPDATE: Pandora opened above expectations at $20 a share and has ranged from $23—$25 this morning.) Pandora raised the price of shares again for today's IPO to $16 giving the company a valuation just north of $2.5 billion. That's usually a sign of investor interest, despite new warnings from several major analysts. I understand the problem with Pandora's business model—the more people that listen, the higher they're royalty costs go. That's a real concern, but I'd still buy Pandora's IPO ...
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Rockwired.com's Latest Edition of Jazzed and Blue Feature Blues Legend Tracy Nelson, Jazz Artist Kellylee Evans and Sci-Fi Icon/Chanteuse Jane Badler
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Rockwired Media LLC
The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz will be available on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at 12pm (EST) exclusively at Rockwired.com. The two-hour show will be hosted by Rockwired founder Brian Lush and will be available for both streaming and download. “Personally, I am truly excited to be getting this show off the ground!" confesses Lush “Along with all of the excitement is a great deal of anxiousness as well. Jazz and Blues are nothing ...
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Pandora $1.9b IPO to Debut Wednesday. Hit or Miss?
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HypeBot
Pandora is expected rock Wall Street on Wednesday with a $1.9 billion IPO. But will the offering soar to the top of the charts or fail to meet its target? Thanks in part to a growing awareness that internet royalty rates are eating up half or more of all Pandora revenue, a growing group of analysts are skeptical.Today respected Wall Street Journal “Heard On The Street“ columnist Rolfe Winkler wrote: “Rare is the company that grows too fast for its ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 6, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 4 Monty Alexander Uplift (JLP) 188 171 +17 0 47 1 12 2 2 5 Terell Stafford This Side Of Strayhorn (Max Jazz) 182 173 +9 0 52 2 8 3 3 1 Benny Green Source (JLP) 181 172 +9 0 47 1 4 4 6 20 Eric Alexander Don't Follow The Crowd (HighNote) 165 142 +23 3 48 4 3 5 8 11 Karrin Allyson Round Midnight (Concord Jazz) ...
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