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The Jazz Session #254: Bruce Barth

Source: AAJ Staff
April 5, 2011

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 28, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
April 5, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Kurt Elling The Gate (Concord Jazz) 244 289 -45 0 61 1 7 2 2 2 Various Artists Disney Jazz, Volume 1: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Disney Pearl Series) 218 228 -10 0 53 2 8 3 22 — Monty Alexander Uplift (JLP) 193 101 +92 3 55 3 2 4 3 6 Brian Lynch Unsung Heroes (Hollistic) 180 188 -8 0 51 3 4 5 6 ...

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The John Coltrane You Haven't Heard airs on Reeds & Deeds II

Source: Lydia Liebman
April 4, 2011

This Sunday's broadcast of radio program Reeds & Deeds II on WECB will feature exclusive, rare, and in some cases, never before heard tunes from jazz legend John Coltrane. Live performances from Penn State 1963, Paris 1961, outtakes from Coltrane's 1965 “Sun Ship" sessions with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones, as well as the only live recording of the complete “A Love Supreme" are among the featured tracks. Lydia Liebman will be hosting the broadcast from 6 to ...

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The Traneumentary: Lenny Pickett

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
April 1, 2011

One of the most recognizable tenor saxophonists over the last 20 years, Lenny Pickett turned heads working in the original Tower of Power horn section. In 1985, he joined the Saturday Night Live band and since 1995, he has been the band's musical director. Over the years, Lenny has became a sought after session player recording with a variety of jazz artists as well as popular artists such as David Bowie, Elton John and the Talking Heads. He also serves ...

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The Jazz Session #253: Brian Lynch

Source: AAJ Staff
April 1, 2011

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Clarinet Great Kenny Davern This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
March 31, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with never-before- broadcast tracks featuring the great reedman Kenny Davern. The hour-long program is carried in the US on the Public Radio International network, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Kenny Davern was a kid when he first heard Pee Wee Russell play “Memphis Blues" and he knew then that he wanted a life in jazz. Over five decades, his world-class playing on clarinet ...

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IMRadio.com - Independent Musician Radio

Source: Daryl Boehlke
March 31, 2011

IMRadio—By Musicians, For Musicians Independent Musician Radio (IMRadio) will become a revenue-share internet radio station, revolutionizing the age old royalty based model of traditional radio stations. Instead of paying royalties on the original songs that it airs, IMRadio puts money directly into the musicians' pockets. At absolutely no cost, any artist in the world can upload their original songs for airplay, as well as creating their own online store for their merchandise. With IMRadio, every artist, singer, songwriter, band, poet ...

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Hot Afro-Cuban Jazz Performance On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, NPR In SE Florida

Source: Ed Bell
March 31, 2011

Please join our audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, April 1st, 2011 With PAN CON BISTEC Featuring BOBBY RAMIREZ Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Bobby Ramirez has grown as a musician expressing his roots in Afro-Cuban rhythm, Latin music and American Jazz. His musical talents have blossomed within South Florida's multi-cultural environment. This multi-dimensional artist is also a writer, marketing expert, dancer and painter. His band includes Antulio Mora—piano, Nicky Orta—bass, ...

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