Radio News

"Where Dead Voices Gather" Launches Inaugural Podcast

Source: Michael Ricci
December 6, 2009

"Where Dead Voices Gather" announces its inaugural podcast. The podcast, hosted by Alexander M. Stern, will focus on music recorded on 78 RPM records during the 1920s through the 1950s. Styles of music to be featured include jazz, blues, country, folk, western swing, gospel, and various international musics. New episodes will be posted weekly. Also visit the blog, “Where Dead Voices Gather: The Anthology of American Folk Music Project ," an in-depth, track-by-track examination of Harry Smith's Anthology of American ...

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WBGO to Broadcast Dave Douglas Quintet on Live at the Village Vanguard on December 9th

Source: Michael Ricci
December 5, 2009

New York, NY -- In June of 2008, WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM and National Public Radio launched a new series, Live at the Village Vanguard, which offers monthly concerts for live, free streaming on WBGO. As the legendary club prepares to celebrate their 75th anniversary, WBGO's Josh Jackson, host of Live at the Village Vanguard, has been busy setting up an unforgettable lineup of broadcasts.

On December 9, the Dave Douglas Quintet performs new material, yet to be recorded. They'll ...

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Get Your Jazz Workout with Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: Michael Ricci
December 3, 2009

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. Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance for the unstoppable sound of freedom in the groove with the latest, greatest performers and rare recordings throughout the history of jazz. This week, I'll be featuring tracks from multi-instrumentalist Joe Farrell, trombonist Vittor Santos, Richmond drum virtuoso Brian Jones and dusty grooves ...

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Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb on Jazz Northwest

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
December 3, 2009

photo by Jim Levitt

Tenor saxophonists Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb first played together in LA in the 60s and have remained friends ever since. They reunited in Seattle last month to record a CD together for Origin Records and to play at The Ballard Jazz Walk. Highlights from their reunion (with Bill Anschell, Chuck Deardorf and John Bishop) will air Sunday, December 6 at 1 PM Pacific on Jazz Northwest from 88-5, KPLU. The program will also ...

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The Jazz Session #117: Eldar

Source: Michael Ricci
December 2, 2009

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Petitioners Challenge KFUO Sale

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 2, 2009

Reports published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch say that three petitions have been filed with the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to stop the sale of radio station KFUO (90.7 FM). KFUO is the only radio station in the St. Louis area that broadcasts classical music, and also is home to Don Wolff's long-running program I Love Jazz, which airs on Friday nights.In two blog posts and a news story, classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller writes ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 23, 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
December 1, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 236 191 +45 2 53 1 8 2 2 5 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 220 202 +18 1 66 1 5 3 4 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 195 188 +7 0 46 2 9 4 1 3 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 190 205 -15 0 51 1 8 5 6 6 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) 181 ...

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Extension: Clare Fischer in the 1960s

Source: Michael Ricci
December 1, 2009

Clare Fischer is a pianist, composer and bandleader whose influences are wide-ranging--the post-World War II bebop and progressive jazz of pianist Bud Powell and saxophonist Lee Konitz, the dissonance flavorings of classical composers such as Bartok and Shostakovich, the tonal colors of Duke Ellington, and the rhythms of Latin jazz and bossa nova. Though he's focused primarily on jazz throughout his career, in recent decades Fischer has written for pop artists such as Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Prince, and ...

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