Radio News

The Checkout May 11: Featuring Yours Truly

Source: Lubricity
May 11, 2010

As a part of my M.A. degree at Rutgers, I have had the pleasure of interning at WBGO, the NYC areas leading jazz radio station. Working closely with producer Josh Jackson, I have begun to learn the ropes for putting together their weekly showcase for new jazz trends, The Checkout.

Since its finals week and all, Josh decided to hand the reins over to me for this weeks show (well, Josh still helped, but Ill take the glory anyway.) Tune ...

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The Jazz Session #167: Paul Pines

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

Paul Pines is a poet with roots deep in the jazz world. In the 1970s, he opened and ran the Tin Palace, a bar in the Bowery where he booked many of the great jazz names of the day and others who would get some of their earliest gigs at the Palace. Pines has published several books of poetry and fiction, including the recent Last Call At The Tin Palace (Marsh Hawk Press, 2009). In this interview, recorded after a ...

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Playlist for "Continuum, a Journey Through Jazz" on soulandjazz.com

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

"Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz" on SoulandJazz.com Episode 5: “Kind of Cool #3"... with your tour guide Scott Fugate, the Jazz Evangelist

Podcast: Available right now, free, legal, and CD quality at 320 kbps. Click here.

We continue our Journey Through Jazz this week with the 3rd consecutive episode devoted to the sound of “Cool" and “West Coast Jazz".

This week we start our exploration with the cool Turkish rhythms of Dave Brubeck, and follow his saxophonist Paul Desmond ...

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Music Choice Airs Tribute to Lena Horne

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

Music Choice, the multi-platform video and music network, will celebrate the life of singer/dancer/actress LENA HORNE through May 18th on its SINGERS & SWING Audio Music Channel. Horne will be featured at the top of the hour during the Singers segment at 10am, 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm 10pm, 2am, 3am, 4am, & 5am. In addition, the attached panel will be airing on the station as a tribute. Horne is one of the most popular African American ...

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FCC Approves KFUO Sale

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 7, 2010

Bad news for St. Louis area fans of classical and jazz music: According to an item by Post-Dispatch music critic Sarah Bryan Miller on the Culture Club blog at STLtoday, the Federal Communications Commission has given final approval to the sale of radio station KFUO (99.1 FM). The blog post, in its entirety:“The Federal Communications Commission has approved the sale of the license of KFUO-99.1 FM by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to Gateway Creative Broadcasting, which broadcasts “Christian contemporary" ...

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MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: May 10-16, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
May 7, 2010

This Monday, May 10th, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on one of the most important drummers in jazz today, BILLY COBHAM, just six days before he celebrates his 66th birthday. You'll hear all about his move from Panama to New York City and his emergence in the fusion era working with Miles Davis and The Mahavishnu Orchestra. You'll hear his great solo work ...

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Dick Lapalm's DJ List

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 7, 2010

Dick LaPalm is a legendary jazz and pop record promoter who made his reputation in the 1950s and 1960s. Back in those days, Dick's job was to get records on the air for artists like Nat King Cole, Ahmad Jamal and others. Often musicians consulted with him to determine what types of songs and albums would have the best shot of clicking with listeners. Which meant enormous musical knowledge on Dick's part as well as super networking skills and a ...

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The All Shorter Show on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: Michael Ricci
May 7, 2010

Sunday from 5 PM 7 PM EST 90.1 FM WDCE Richmond Listen online via live webcast at wdce.org Archived shows uploaded at freedomjazzdance.net two days after each live broadcast. Want your Wayne Shorter in short order? Dont want to short yourself on Wayne Shorter? Perhaps you are longing for Wayne Shorter? If so, Freedom Jazz Dance is for you this week. This Sunday from 5-7 PM, Ill be devoting a whole show to the jazz saxophone legend Wayne Shorter, jumping ...

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