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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 1, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 One For All Return Of The Lineup (Sharp Nine) 227 258 -31 0 60 1 7 2 3 4 Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch) 207 208 -1 3 67 2 6 3 4 5 Stanley Clarke Jazz In The Garden (Heads Up) 187 202 -15 1 45 3 6 4 2 3 Diana Krall Quiet Nights (Verve) 186 224 -38 2 47 1 10 5 8 ...

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The Jazz Session #61: Lisa Sokolov

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2009

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Radio and Records and Performing Songwriter Stop Publishing

Source: HypeBot
June 5, 2009

Two magazines that served the professional music industry are closing due to the tough economic climate and increases in online media consumption. Music and radio industry trade Radio & Records will shut down this week after 36 years. R&R's airplay charts and some other content will be added to Billboard Magazine. All 40 staffers will loose their jobs. Established in 1993, Nashville based Performing Songwriter will end publication with its June issue. ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 25, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 7 One For All Return Of The Lineup (Sharp Nine) 258 240 +18 1 58 1 6 2 3 1 Diana Krall Quiet Nights (Verve) 224 225 -1 0 51 1 9 3 4 3 Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch) 208 178 +30 0 59 3 5 4 5 5 Stanley Clarke Jazz In The Garden (Heads Up) 202 175 +27 2 48 3 5 5 8 2 ...

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The Jazz Session #60: Mike Melito

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2009

Listen While not a household name, Mike Melito is well known to many jazz musicians , having played with everyone from James Moody and Benny Golson to Joe Locke and Rachel Z. Melito is based in Rochester, NY, and he made the decision early on to stay in his hometown and build his career there. His 2008 album, In The Tradition, features saxophonist Grant Stewart, trumpeter John Swana, bassist Neil Miner, and two fellow Rochesterians pianist Paul Hofmann and guitarist ...

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Vocalist Shakera Jones Interviewed on B.J. Jansen's Jazz Life Radio Show

Source: JM Creative
June 1, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviewed Shakera Jones, Jazz Vocalist on The Jazz Life radio show. The complete interview was broadcast on WPSC 88.7 FM, May 31st, 2009. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to bring audiences to the next generation of jazz artists who struggle to receive airplay in the United States. The programming format of “The Jazz Life" features brand new content from artists who actively perform and would appeal to younger ...

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Bjorkestra Bandleader, Travis Sullivan Interviewed by B.J. Jansen on His Jazz Life Radio Show.;

Source: JM Creative
June 1, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviewed Travis Sullivan, Creator of the Bjorkestra on The Jazz Life radio show. The complete interview was broadcast on WPSC 88.7 FM, May 31st, 2009. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to bring audiences to the next generation of jazz artists who struggle to receive airplay in the United States. The programming format of “The Jazz Life" features brand new content from artists who actively perform and would appeal ...

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"A Great Day in Harlem" Photo Inspires Radio Station

Source: All About Jazz
May 28, 2009

AccuJazz Internet radio continues its weekly roll-out of new creatively programmed jazz channels today with the launch of “A Great Day in Harlem," a streaming jazz channel playing music performed by jazz musicians present in the historic 1958 photograph known by the same name. The channel is completely free to use and available 24 hours a day. In 1958, a young photographer named Art Kane was assigned by Esquire Magazine to produce a photo to open an article about jazz. ...

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