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Power Swing Band Live on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, March 4th
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Ed Bell
Tune in for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, March 4th, 2011 Featuring EVER SO KLEVER Led by guitarist/vocalist Rich Plaza, Ever So Klever has grown into a ferocious band. Utilizing various musical genres (Jazz, Blues, Ska, Swing, Rockabilly and Funk among others), they now number nine very talented members. Their horn section has grown to five members including Sam Savage—Trombone, Sapo Gonzalez—Baritone Sax, Taylor Vega—Tenor Sax, Jesus Matos—Trumpet and Paula Monique—Trumpet. Drummer ...
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The Traneumentary: Joel Dorn
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Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
Producer, disc jockey, record executive and all around jazz authority Joel Dorn (aka The Masked Announcer) talks of Trane from his first hand accounts as a radio DJ in Philly, young producer at Atlantic Records and reissue producer (Anthology and The Heavyweight Champion). Joel gets right to the core of the matter with his discussion of Coltrane's ascent with Giant Steps and My Favorite Things. He also describes the Coltrane Quartet “live" experience and what it was like attending the ...
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Why the Connected Car May Kill Local Radio
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HypeBot
In the past, I have made the case that the connected car may kill traditional radio, because the addition of apps like Pandora and MOG will give it heavy competition. These apps may not kill radio, but it would be the first time since the rise of the personal music collection and satellite radio that radio will have to vie for mindshare in the car. It's also possible, however, that radio will kill radio. We take one thing for granted with radio ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 21, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 — Kurt Elling The Gate (Concord Jazz) 301 151 +150 4 69 1 2 2 2 6 Jeremy Pelt Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote) 261 191 +70 1 57 2 4 3 1 1 Joe Lovano Bird Songs (Blue Note) 211 200 +11 0 57 1 6 4 9 26 Various Artists Disney Jazz, Volume 1: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Disney Pearl Series) 210 130 +80 2 ...
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In Studio with Benny Green
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Groove Notes
CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO When pianist Benny Green agreed to come to KPLU's Seattle studios for a solo piano performance he was on tour with his band doing a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk so it seemed logical to have his studio session consist of Monk compositions. That was the plan, anyway ... However, just before the session was to begin, in a conversation with KPLU Evening Jazz host Abe Beeson, Benny was surprised and saddened to learned ...
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New Podcast For Independent Jazz Artists Launched; Listeners Play Role In Helping Their Careers
Source:
Bill Bowman
The Indie Jazz Café, a new weekly podcast designed to highlight the music of independent Jazz musicians from around the world, has launched. The podcast is available at indiejazzcafe.podbean.com; its main Web site is at indiejazzcafe.com. The podcast is unique in that it encourages subscribers to help play a role in the careers of the musicians it features, and it pays the artists for their music. After they have listened to the weekly podcast, subscribers are asked to return to ...
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In Studio with Pianist Vijay Iyer
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Groove Notes
CLICK TO HEAR AUDIO The Vijay Iyer Trio's latest release, Historicity, won a number of “Album Of The Year" awards in 2010 and has been nominated for a 2011 Grammy as “Best Jazz Instrumental Album." Pianist, Vijay Iyer, seems pleased by this recognition but not really fazed by it. In fact, during his trio's visit to the KPLU performance studios on February 8, they only played one piece of music from Historicity—"Smoke Stack" by one of Iyer's mentors, Andrew Hill. ...
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