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The Jazz Session #199: Beth Schenck

Source: AAJ Staff
September 13, 2010

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Maria Schneider - The Eastman Recordings

Source: Clay Wilson
September 10, 2010

Best known as the composer and conductor of the “Maria Schneider Orchestra," Maria Schneider and ArtistShare have teamed up to provide an inside look into some of Maria's early works with “Maria Schneider—The Eastman Recordings." To start things off, Maria has posted three recordings from her Eastman School of Music Master's recital. These recordings offer a rarely heard glimpse of Maria's writing for jazz small groups and an impressive insight into the beginnings of Maria's unmistakable sound as a composer. ...

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Michele Rosewoman Interviewed on WKCR, September 15, 2010

Source: Seton Hawkins
September 9, 2010

On September 15, 2010 WKCR-FM will interview Michele Rosewoman and broadcast rare live recordings of her performances at the now-legendary venue Soundscape. The venue emerged as a vital part of the city's live music spectrum thirty years ago, as the brainchild of music producer Verna Gillis and her late husband, sculptor Bradford Graves. Soundscape served as the first New York venue to present Michele as a leader, and also proved a vital location for the further development of her unique ...

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The Jazz Session #198: Theo Bleckmann

Source: AAJ Staff
September 9, 2010

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WSDM-FM with Yvonne Daniels Chicago Jazz Radio That Combined Sex and Class

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
September 8, 2010

There was a time when Chicago jazz radio was both classy and sexy. Currently in ChiTown there is jazz regularly available only on WDCB-FM (90.9 mhz), the smooth jazz station WLFM-FM (87.7 mhz), and the college station WNUR-FM (89.3 mhz). As a young lad when I would hang out with my Father while he worked in his den on business projects for the American Oil Company, he would always have his radio on and set to the only FM jazz ...

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Matt Garrison Jumps up the JazzWeek Chart To #13

Source: Kari-On Productions
September 8, 2010

Garrison's debut CD Familiar places is quickly winning over listener's at jazz radio. Charting on 3 of the national jazz radio charts, Jazzweek, CMJ & RMR, Garrison this weeks lands at #13 on the Jazzweek jazz radio chart. A great way to kick off the month of September.We took some time out to get into the mind of this wonderfully talented player and got the opportunity to have him describe his latest release in his own words. When I was ...

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Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "Last of the Summer Jam"

Source: J. Scott Fugate
September 8, 2010

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" As always, the show is absolutely free, completely legal, fun for the whole family, and available to listen to anytime, anywhere, ad infinitum, right here: http://bit.ly/97N7st This may be a bit late for your Labor Day pool or BBQ party . . . but I recorded it on Monday for a personal party of my own—and thus, by listening to it today or ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 30, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
September 7, 2010

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks123Tamir Hendelman Destinations (Resonance)220224-415515241Kenny Burrell Be Yourself (HighNote)195176+1905517326—James Moody Moody 4B (IPO)17692+8465232432Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)173187-14049111564Amina Figarova Sketches (Munich)164143+2115544676Michael Dease Grace (JLP)153138+1505147715—The Marsalis Family Music Redeems (Marsalis)152110+42349728——Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)13622+1144528193120Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast)13076+540622201085Fred Hersch Whirl (Palmetto)126131-504611011109Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory 6 String Theory (Concord)121122-1039310125—Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)120150-301425213——The Waitiki 7 New Sounds of Exotica (Pass Out)11833+8505013414128Steve Davis Images (Posi-Tone)114115-1039310152222Janis Mann Blow Away (Pancake)109102+7052153161524Adam Schroeder A Handful of Stars (Capri)105110-5037155172111Cory ...

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