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The Jazz Session #116: Wayne Wallace

Source: Michael Ricci
November 30, 2009

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On Guaraldi, on the Radio

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 28, 2009

Tomorrow morning, November 28, I will be with Scott Simon, host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday to discuss Vince Guaraldi. I had the privilege of writing the essay accompanying the new two-CD compilation of Guaraldi recordings. Celebrated for his Charlie Brown Christmas music, Guaraldi is the focus of a Weekend Edition feature. Mr. Simon and I will discuss the pianist's career from his early years as a sideman to his fame as the musical alter-ego of cartoonist Charles ...

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The Jazz Session #115: Paquito D'Rivera

Source: Michael Ricci
November 27, 2009

Paquito D'Rivera is equally at home in the jazz and classical worlds, a fact he showcased during his performance at the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. In this interview, D'Rivera talks about several of the pieces he performed that night: Conversations With Cachao and The Panamericana Suite. He also discusses “Fiddle Dreams," a rare commission from the Library of Congress; and why he thinks the jazz and classical worlds can learn from one another. The music in this program is taken ...

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The Jazz Session #114: Edmar Castaneda

Source: Michael Ricci
November 25, 2009

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 16, 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
November 24, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 6 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 205 217 -12 1 53 1 7 2 5 1 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 202 190 +12 2 57 1 4 3 1 3 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 191 262 -71 1 42 1 7 4 2 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 188 251 -63 0 49 2 8 4 4 4 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) ...

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The Jazz Session #113: Benny Reid

Source: Michael Ricci
November 23, 2009

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The Producer's Corner with Spud Too Tight Grooves in Conversation with Chart Topping Eclectic Smooth Jazz Guitarist/Vocalist Songwriter Joyce Cooling

Source: entertainmentPR
November 22, 2009

Minneapolis - One of the hottest and most unique celebrity driven radio podcast platforms to hear some of Billboard's chart topping music producers, composers, arrangers and engineers discuss their production techniques and preferences, influences, music instruments, their craft, state of the art recording equipment and upcoming projects is The Producer's Corner with Spud Too Tight. Music Producer/Composer Spud Too Tight is also prolific and gifted on keyboards, guitar/bass, drum programming, engineering and is an avid Logic Pro 8 and MacBook ...

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