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Live Audio from Chris Potter's Underground!

Source: Michael Ricci
May 28, 2010

Chris Potter has recently teamed up with ArtistShare to launch his Underground Live project. Chris has been recording Underground performances from around the world, and would like to offer you complete access to the project by clicking here. Keep an eye out for regular updates! Have you ever wanted to pick the brain of a master musician? Chris Potter's Online Lessons Project from ArtistShare gives you just that opportunity. Participants will gain access to a streaming lesson from Chris Potter, ...

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Alto Saxophonist Dave Glasser Charts on His 3rd Jazz Chart

Source: Kari-On Productions
May 27, 2010

Glasser has been described by Nat Hentoff in this way; “Having heard Glasser primarily in the context of other bands, I was not prepared for the original quality of his composing and arranging. His writing is, first of all, like his playing in that it is utterly without pretentiousness and self-serving display of virtuosity for its own sake. His work reminds me of something Dizzy Gillespie once told me: “It's taken me years to know what not to play."

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Jazz.FM91 Goes Global Via the Free Jazz.FM91 Mobile App

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Toronto, Ontario -- JAZZ.FM91's Mobile App has surpassed 100,000 downloads after its launch just over 5 months ago. The application, available free of charge from the iTunes Store, offers jazz fans worldwide the ability to stream content live from Canada's Premier Jazz station on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Trending reports show that a significant number of downloads come from outside of North America, including Europe and Asia. Part of JAZZ.FM91's mandate is to showcase Canadian jazz talent and ...

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Continuum, a Journey Through Jazz - "The Atlanta Jazz Festival" Part 2 - On soulandjazz.com

Source: Michael Ricci
May 26, 2010

SoulandJazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Episode #7 / “The Atlanta Jazz Festival" - Part Two Hosted and Produced by Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist"

Available now - free, legal, and CD quality, right here

This week we continue on last weeks journey through jazz in the city of Atlanta, GA where we are preparing for one of the best jazz festivals in the world - and it's absolutely free to the public! So, listen to both ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 17, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
May 25, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 9 6 Tom Harrell Roman Nights (HighNote) 207 150 +57 1 54 1 6 2 1 3 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute To Duke Ellington (Telarc) 166 211 -45 0 37 1 11 3 3 1 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart Of Mine (World Village/Harmonia Mundi) 156 185 -29 0 40 1 7 4 10 14 Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee ...

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A Hank Jones Listening Opportunity

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
May 23, 2010

Broadcast tributes to Hank Jones continue. Jim Wilke of Public Radio International's Jazz After Hours alerts Rifftides that he is preparing two for this weekend. From the Jazz After Hours alert:

Jim remembers the rich legacy of pianist Hank Jones, who died last week at the age of 91. Hank Jones' career spanned over sixty years, from Jazz at the Phil with Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, and others to the present decade; he was to play with Joe Lovano at ...

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