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KCRW Taps Jason Bentley as Music Director
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Michael Ricci
Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW-FM (89.9) has tapped Jason Bentley as music director. Bentley, a longtime DJ at the station, will replace Nic Harcourt, who announced last week that he would be stepping down at the end of the month. Bentley will step in as the host of KCRW's flagship music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, on Dec. 1. In addition to having hosted the station's electronic-focused program Metropolis, Bentley has served as a music supervisor (The Matrix) and has ...
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KWMU Moving to Grand Center
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
St. Louis' National Public Radio affiliate KWMU (90.7 FM) will move from the campus of the University of Missouri - St. Louis to the Grand Center arts and entertainment district in midtown, according to a story in yesterday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The radio station is known to St. Louis jazz fans as the home of Dennis Owsley's weekly program Jazz Unlimited, which is broadcast from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on Sundays. The story says UMSL will build a ...
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Pelting You with Good Jazz
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All About Jazz
FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE This 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 this Sunday 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 trumpeter Jeremy Pelt’s latest release entitled November, legendary string-bender ...
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Tokyo Rosenthal's "Love Won out" Breaks Into the Charts
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Chapel Hill, NC - Rock & Sock Records is pleased to announce that recording artist Tokyo Rosenthal's latest CD, Love Won Out has broken into several key rating charts worldwide. The first to acknowledge Rosenthal's airplay was the very prestigious Euro Americana Chart. This chart is exclusive to Europe and the United Kingdom. “Love Won Out" ranked number eleven(11) on the November chart. The chart is compiled from over 60 Disc Jockeys and critics throughout Europe. Lucinda Williams placed number ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 3, 2008
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All About Jazz
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 4 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 233 214 +19 3 60 1 5 2 1 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 206 246 -40 1 61 1 7 3 4 7 Joey DeFrancesco Joey D! (HighNote) 187 182 +5 5 57 3 4 4 5 5 Dave Holland Pass It On (Dare2/EmArcy) 184 168 +16 2 51 4 6 5 9 — Bill Cunliffe ...
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