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accujazz.com Launches "Best of 2009" Channel!

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2009

It's the time of year for giving gifts, spending time with family, and, of course, making year-end top-10 lists. Dozens of jazz critics and bloggers have taken it upon themselves to publish their opinions about the jazz of the last 12 months, and AccuJazz.com has been keeping tabs. The Internet jazz radio site has launched a free, streaming channel called “Best of 2009," playing music from the albums most frequently cited by critics as being among the best of the ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 14, 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 3 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 182 186 -4 0 50 1 12 2 1 2 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 174 212 -38 0 44 1 11 3 4 1 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 172 180 -8 0 45 1 11 4 5 4 Houston Person Mellow (HighNote) 165 170 -5 0 39 4 8 5 6 12 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) 158 165 -7 ...

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The Jazz Session #125: Harry Babasin

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2009

You'd think that helping to invent a new genre of music and being the first person to play your instrument in a jazz setting would be enough to get you some headlines in the jazz history books. You'd be wrong. Meet Harry Babasin, the bassist who played on the very first recordings of what became bossa nova, and then became the first person to play pizzicato cello in a jazz group. He's now largely forgotten. In this interview, his son ...

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My Top 10 Jazz CDs of 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
December 18, 2009

These lists are always a bit ridiculous to compile, given the near impossibility of rating art and the sheer number of CDs released each year. That said, I compiled the list below for the 2009 Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll.

TOP 10 Artist Album (Label)

Fay Victor The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue) Vijay Iyer Historicity (ACT) Darius Jones Manish Boy (AUM Fidelity) The Fully Celebrated Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones (AUM Fidelity) The Respect Sextet ...

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NPR & WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Ring in 2010 with Live Coast-to-Coast Broadcast

Source: Michael Ricci
December 18, 2009

NPR MUSIC AND WBGO/Jazz 88.3FM RING IN 2010 WITH LIVE CONCERTS COAST-TO-COAST ON TOAST OF THE NATION

NINE HOUR PERFORMANCE SPECIAL FEATURES BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, THE BAD PLUS, JOHN PIZZARELLI, ANAT COHEN AND IRVIN MAYFIELD

The 30th annual New Year's Eve special Toast of the Nation rings in 2010 with coast-to-coast live concerts by John Pizzarelli, The Bad Plus, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and more from some of the best music ...

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The Jazz Session #124: Ted Sirota

Source: Michael Ricci
December 18, 2009

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Internet Broadcasting Grows as Radio Stumbles

Source: HypeBot
December 17, 2009

A new Bridge Ratings survey asked, “With all the devices at their disposal, which is their primary mobile medium, the one they use the most each day?"

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Their AM or FM radio stations are still the primary daily device of 30% of the sample. That's a 9% drop in primary preference. Internet radio and cell phones with the increasing penetration of smartphones. Study sample information:

Sample size: 3000 persons 13+, Error +/- 1.8%

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Danny Lerman to Appear on Joey Reynolds Show on Monday 12/21 @ 1am - WOR Channel 9

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service
December 16, 2009

Saxophonist Danny Lerman, in NY for a Big Band appearance at the well known Iridium Jazz Club, returns as a guest to the popular late night talk show “Joey Reynolds Shows" on early Tuesday morning, December 22, 2009 at 1 am. Heard across the east coast, the listening audiences have enjoyed Joey's hosting duties for many a year, and his appeal to the younger audiences of jazz. The “Joey Reynolds Show" which runs from 1 am to 3 am on ...

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