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The Jazz Session #268: George Cables

Source: AAJ Staff
May 17, 2011

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 9, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
May 17, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 2 Monty Alexander Uplift (JLP) 196 187 +9 0 55 1 8 2 3 1 Eric Reed The Dancing Monk (Savant) 182 180 +2 0 50 1 9 3 5 4 Terell Stafford This Side Of Strayhorn (Max Jazz) 166 171 -5 1 48 3 4 4 6 4 Brian Lynch Unsung Heroes (Hollistic) 161 159 +2 0 46 3 10 5 15 19 'Papa' John DeFrancesco A Philadelphia Story ...

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Rockwired.Com Announces New Weekly Online Radio Show Entitled "Jazzed And Blue: Profiles In Blues And Jazz" In The Summer Of 2011

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
May 15, 2011

(May 11, 2011) With the daily online radio show Rockwired Radio Profiles continuing to shine a light on indie music from throughout the U.S. and abroad and the weekly show Aboriginal Sounds' coverage of contemporary Native music, Rockwired.com has been keeping busy. Now, the online radio station will be launching a new weekly online radio series entitled Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz. This new show is tentatively scheduled for June/July 2011, every Sunday at exclusively at Rockwired.com. ...

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The Jazz Session #267: Slumgum

Source: AAJ Staff
May 15, 2011

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Brilliant Sketches: Herb Alpert

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
May 13, 2011

The brilliant Miles Davis recording Sketches of Spain turned 50 in 2009 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, who reissued a special collector's edition CD that same year, I produced a podcast series celebrating this masterpiece. For this series it was important to find artists who could speak with authority, not only about the impact of Miles' playing at that time but also about Gil Evans, the recording itself and the album's huge influence on the music. Our cast of ...

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Maxine Sullivan's 100th Birthday Celebration on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
May 12, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Arbors recording artists Rebecca Kilgore and John Sheridan join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for a program devoted to Maxine Sullivan's 100th birthday called Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm. Over a five decade career, Maxine Sullivan brought a light, subtle approach to jazz vocals that paved the way for the “Cool School" of singing. Sullivan first came to New York in the summer of 1937. She said, “I auditioned every gin mill from 155th Street to ...

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