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Sworn to the Drum Performing Live on KDHX's "All Soul No Borders" This Sunday, November 30

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 30, 2008

Via 52nd City: The percussion-heavy jazz and world music group Sworn to the Drum will perform live from 10:30 p.m. to midnight this Sunday, November 30 on “All Soul, No Borders," the KDHX (88.1 FM) radio program hosted by Josh Weinstein. From Weinstein's email:“The group bills themselves as a “musical salute to the drum." They play improvisational jazz with a variety of world drumming infused. The group is led by Baba Mike Nelson. He plays trumpet, flgelhorn, conch shells, ...

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Alex Coke on austinjazz.net

Source: All About Jazz
November 26, 2008

Alex Coke has a podcast interview on the new Austinjazz.net site where he talked about his personal history as a musician, jazz in Austin and the Live Music Task Force. The interviewer is Everett Christopher, who started the site as a gift to Austin's jazz community and fans. Hear it now. About Alex Coke Alex Coke, born in Dallas, Texas, an original member of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, has performed with Tina Marsh in various formations for 22 years. For ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 17, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
November 25, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 — — James Moody & Hank Jones Our Delight (IPO Recordings) 248 50 +198 39 64 1 1 2 1 1 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 243 271 -28 2 59 1 7 3 2 4 Dave Holland Pass It On (Dare2/EmArcy) 217 256 -39 0 61 2 8 4 6 3 Joey DeFrancesco Joey D! (HighNote) 216 194 +22 6 62 3 6 5 5 5 ...

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James Booker Documentary on taintradio.org

Source: All About Jazz
November 25, 2008

Taintradio.org, an international alliance of independent producers, is pleased to present a two-hour special program entitled, “James Carroll Booker III: The Life, Music, and Mystique of the Bayou Maharajah," produced by award-winning producer David Kunian. The program will run from 8-10pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, November 27th and repeat on Monday, December 1st beginning at 10pm (Eastern). The documentary charts Booker's life from his days as a child prodigy and days as a session pianist through his tours with Shirley and ...

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AccuRadio.com Announces New Christmas Jazz Channels

Source: All About Jazz
November 21, 2008

Leading webcaster AccuRadio.com announces two new Christmas Jazz internet radio channels, “Swingin' Christmas" and “Smooth Christmas." The Chicago-based company has long been a leader among internet radio Holiday music providers, and is proud to add the new channels to its lineup.

“Swingin' Christmas" primarily features Christmas music by Straight-Ahead jazz artists, from Vince Guaraldi and Dave Brubeck to Diana Krall and Dianne Reeves. For discerning jazz fans itching to get in the Christmas spirit, this is the place.

For smooth ...

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Other Matters: Obama and the Voa

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 20, 2008

Murray Fromson has issued the first plea I've seen from a heavyweight journalist to president-elect Obama for a rescue of the Voice of America. Rifftides has often written about that broadcast agency's central role in cultural diplomacy during the Cold War, particularly about the vital part Willis Conover played. I have deplored the Bush administration's attempts to dismantle the VOA at a time when the United States needs friends around the world. Here are two excerpts from Fromson's column today on ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 10, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 271 233 +38 3 60 1 6 2 4 5 Dave Holland Pass It On (Dare2/EmArcy) 256 184 +72 10 73 2 7 3 2 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 224 206 +18 0 62 1 8 4 6 5 Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) 212 174 +38 0 67 1 17 5 5 9 Bill Cunliffe The Blues And ...

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Radiohead and Wilco Members Collide with Neil Finn

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2008

Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway to re-join Neil Finn for new Seven Worlds Collide project

Neil Finn Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway will once again back Neil Finn for a follow up to the acclaimed Seven Worlds Collide, a project supporting international development organization Oxfam.

Seven years ago O'Brien and Selway were invited by Finn to participate in a special series of concerts in New Zealand under the banner Seven Worlds Collide. Also returning from that ...

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