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MOJA Radio/Weekly Features (22-28 March 2010)
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Michael Ricci
This Monday, March 22nd, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time we'll focus on the great GEORGE BENSON on the day he turns 67 years old. You'll hear all about George's beginnings in his hometown of Pittsburgh, his move from rock to jazz, how he's confounded the critics and jazz purists by being a vocalist as well as a great instrumentalist and much more. Listen for MONDAY WITH ...
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Senator McCaskill Weighs in on KFUO Sale
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) has joined her Show-Me State colleague Senator Christopher “Kit" Bond (R-Missouri) in expressing support for the classical music programming of KFUO (99.1 FM). In a post on the Culture Club blog yesterday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Sarah Bryan Miller published the following statement made by Senator McCaskill last week during a conference call with Missouri radio stations: “I'm not aware what, if anything, we've heard back from the FCC on that, but I'm happy to ...
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James Zollar - #40 at JazzWeek National Jazz Radio Chart
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Kari-On Productions
James Zollar debuts at #40 today on the national jazz radio chart Jazzweek. Zollar is enjoying success on the Jazzweek, CMJ and RMR national jazz radio charts with his new release Zollar Systems. The Zollar Systems CD contains a wide range of music for the musical palate, from swing, bebop and funk to avant-garde to bossa novas to sweet ballads. Add in soaring vocals on select tracks in different languages, it even has a bit of opera. Truly showcasing the ...
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Jenni Brandon, Reviewed Today by Indiana Public Radio
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Kari-On Productions
Jenni Brandon's Songs of California contains some of the most imaginative, ingratiating recent chamber music for winds I've heard. Five Frogs (in six movements) is a pond-side exploration of the constituent members of the woodwind quintet at which Thoreau would have smiled. The bullfrog/bassoon swells contentently and flies buzz languidly (courtesy of the detached oboe reed). The disc contains thoughtful solo works for flute, Bb clarinet, and bass clarinet, and the concluding Sea Quartet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano ...
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Dave Samuels Podcast Interview Now Online
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Jazz St. Louis has put online the latest in their series of podcast interviews with musicians who are coming to St. Louis to play Jazz at the Bistro.The latest installment features a conversation with vibraphonist and marimba player Dave Samuels of the Caribbean Jazz Project, who will be here this week to perform Wednesday, March 17 through Saturday, March 20 at the Bistro. You can listen to an audio stream of the interview here, or download it as ...
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