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John Pizzarelli's Box Lunch Serenade

Source: Groove Notes
March 15, 2011

In addition to being a popular jazz host on KPLU, Dick Stein also has a weekly conversation about food with Seattle Times food blogger Nancy Leson.

In addition to being a popular jazz musician, John Pizzarelli also loves food.

The three met up after Pizzarelli performed live in KPLU's performance studio. Below highlights part 1 of 2 of their discussion.

By Dick Stein and Nancy Leson

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The only difference between John Pizzarelli and a real ham ...

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The Jazz Session #248: Alexis Cuadrado

Source: AAJ Staff
March 15, 2011

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 7, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Kurt Elling The Gate (Concord Jazz) 286 225 +61 1 68 1 4 2 4 4 Various Artists Disney Jazz, Volume 1: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Disney Pearl Series) 248 197 +51 3 59 2 5 3 3 2 Jeremy Pelt Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote) 209 211 -2 0 47 2 6 4 1 3 Joe Lovano Bird Songs (Blue Note) 193 296 -103 0 55 ...

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Jazz Backstage: Jack DeJohnette

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
March 12, 2011

Musicians and drummers, in particular, across all genres have been blown away by the work of Jack DeJohnette. Whether Jack is leading his own groups or playing behind a cast of world class artists, his drumming is always fresh, inspired and most of all, musical. One of Jack's trademarks is his unique cymbal sound. On this Jazz Online Jazz Backstage podcast episode, listen as Jack talks about his famous cymbals and creating that signature sound.

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My Midlife Jazz Crisis - Stage 3: Jazz Radio RIP

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
March 11, 2011

The other day my 10 year daughter walked into my office as I was listening to one of the prominent jazz radio stations on the east coast. She listened for a bit and then bluntly asked me why jazz sounds like an old fashioned movie. When I realized the station was actually playing a new jazz release, it struct a nerve and got me thinking just how out of touch many jazz radio stations are in their programming of the ...

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The Jazz Session #247: Sarah Manning

Source: AAJ Staff
March 11, 2011

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Riverwalk Jazz Salutes The International Sweethearts of Rhythm

Source: Don Mopsick
March 10, 2011

In honor of National Women's History Month, Riverwalk Jazz this week presents a salute to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first racially-integrated “all-girl" jazz band in the country, featuring interviews with two surviving members of the band—trombonist Helen Jones Wood; and alto saxophonist Roz Cron. The radio series is carried nationally by Public Radio International and XM/Sirius satellite radio as well as streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Named by Down Beat magazine as America's #1 All-Girl Orchestra ...

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National Public Radio CEO Abruptly Resigns...

Source: Digital Music News
March 10, 2011

This couldn't have come at a worse time, though National Public Radio (NPR) CEO and president Vivian Schiller is now resigning following a bizarre sting operation. The incident surrounds NPR top executive Ron Schiller (no relation we're told), who wasvideotaped while calling members of the Tea Party 'racists' and 'xenophobes,' a major bias problem. “They're seriously racist, racist people," Schiller told a fictitious Muslim Action Education Center, all part of a setup put together by activist James O'Keefe. And so ...

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