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WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Presents Big Band Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
January 21, 2010

Please join our audience for another musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 Featuring The Bobby Rodriguez Orchestra Formed in 1981, The Bobby Rodriguez Orchestra, a 19-piece big band, has performed for numerous corporate clients, municipalities and charitable organizations around the country. Made up of an all-star line-up, its members have performed with The Miami Sound Machine, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Count Basie Orchestras. Bobby conducts the orchestra and is featured as lead ...

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Tony Foster's "In Between Moods" Moving up to #12 on CMJ Radio Charts!

Source: Lisa Reedy Promotions
January 21, 2010

In Between Moods will be #12 on the next CMJ Jazz Chart, Issue 1135 of CMJ's New Music Report Magazine to be published in a few weeks. The album marks the debut of Canadian-born pianist and composer Tony Foster, and mixes up some inspired Foster originals with some cover tunes (where Foster pays tribute to some of his influences like Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal) to create several different moods on the album. Foster's arrangement of “Take The 'A' Train" ...

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The Jazz Session #136: James Weidman

Source: Michael Ricci
January 21, 2010

Pianist James Weidman is well known as an accompanist to some of the most heralded singers of our time, from Abbey Lincoln to Cassandra Wilson. In recent years hes travelled the world as a member of Joe Lovanos band. On his new CD, Three Worlds (Inner Circle, 2009), Weidman leads an eclectic ensemble of improvisers through his own creative compositions. In this interview, Weidman talks about his early decision not to be pigeonholed; why he usually writes music away from ...

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Who Says Satellite Radio is Dying?

Source: HypeBot
January 20, 2010

Sirius XM Adds 257,000 4th Quarter Subscribers

(UPDATED) A poor economy and competition from free internet radio did not stop Sirius XM Radio from adding 257,000 net subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2009. The service. ended 2009 with 18.8 million radio subscribers. The company also reported that it had $100 million in free cash flow last year after negative free cash flow of $552 million in 2008.

“Improvements in automotive sales, conversion rates and better than anticipated self-pay churn ...

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Listen to Thom Yorke and Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio

Source: JamBase
January 20, 2010

Thom Yorke Joins Gilles Peterson To Co-Host BBC Radio Show

Thom Yorke Radiohead's Thom Yorke joins BBC Radio 1's Gilles Peterson to co-host a special radio show. BBC's website bills the show as: “joining the musical dots - soul, hip hop, house, Afro, Latin, dubstep, jazz and beyond."

You can listen to the entire show at www.bbc.co.uk.

Here's the complete track list from the show:

Christoph de Babalon - Are You Talking To Me? Cross Fade Entertainment Floating ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 11, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
January 19, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 6 13 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 175 126 +49 0 51 1 12 2 3 8 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 169 151 +18 0 47 1 15 2 1 5 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) 169 182 -13 1 46 1 16 2 — — Somi If The Rains Come First () 169 — +169 33 40 2 1 5 11 15 The Mike Longo Trio Sting Like ...

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The Jazz Session #135: Amy Cervini

Source: Michael Ricci
January 18, 2010

Vocalist Amy Cervini is one of a handful of jazz singers who are successfully taking their repertoire from outside the Great American Songbook. On Cervinis new album, Lovefool (Anzic Records, 2009), she tackles everything from the Cardigans to Depeche Mode to Nellie McKay and makes it all work. In this interview, Cervini talks about how she chooses her repertoire; the response of jazz and pop fans to the music she sings; and how shes managed to build both performing and ...

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The Jazz Session #134: Marty Ehrlich

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

Marty Ehrlich is everywhere. Since moving from St. Louis to New York in 1978, Ehrlich has established himself as both an in-demand sideman and a leader with a distinct and multi-faceted musical vision. His CD Things Have Got To Change (Clean Feed, 2009), finds Ehrlich leading his Rites Quartet through a program of music written by, or inspired by, saxophonist Julius Hemphill, with whom Ehrlich played. In this interview, Ehrlich talks about his pan-stylistic approach to composition; the influence of ...

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