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Celebrate Election Day with Sonny Rollins on the Jazz Session

Source: All About Jazz
November 4, 2008

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A Great Jazz Band: NPR on the Lexington Program

Source: Night Lights Classic Jazz
November 2, 2008

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B.J. Jansen & Conjura Return to Internet Jazz Radio

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2008

B.J. Jansen & CONJURA are now being featured on DJ A-Train's “Uptown Jazz Network" Radio Show on Live365.com Internet Radio. After debuting on Internet Radio three years ago on, “Radio Free Jazzz" and then more recently being featured on “Word of Mouth Cafe", CONJURA return to Internet Jazz Radio once more. Jazz Host, DJ A-Train, is now featuring select cuts from B.J. Jansen & CONJURA's debut release, The Movement Vol. 1, on his show “Uptown Jazz Network". Tune in via ...

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The Jazz Session #48: Marcin Wasilewski

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2008

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews Polish pianist and composer Marcin Wasilewski. His new recording, January (ECM, 2008), features his own compositions alongside those of Gary Peacock, Carla Bley, Ennio Moricone and … Prince. Wasilewski’s trio is very much a part of the new European piano trio renaissance, featuring inventive material played democratically.

CONTEST: Visit thejazzsession.com to win two tickets to see Marcin in LA!

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 20, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 290 231 +59 2 66 1 5 2 4 2 Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) 214 191 +23 0 56 1 14 3 2 3 David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) 193 227 -34 0 48 2 12 4 5 11 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 190 187 +3 8 59 4 3 5 7 8 Dave Holland Pass It On ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 13, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 231 241 -10 2 64 1 4 2 3 3 David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) 227 220 +7 1 57 2 11 3 23 19 Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema (Blue Note) 205 98 +107 2 67 3 8 4 2 2 Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) 191 229 -38 0 53 1 13 5 11 — Javon Jackson Once Upon A ...

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Radiohead: In Rainbows Data

Source: JamBase
October 21, 2008

RADIOHEAD: IN RAINBOWS SALES DATA REVEALED

Radiohead There was so much hubbub made about Radiohead's revolutionary release of In Rainbows we thought it might be nice to get the facts on just how successful this little experiment was.

A bit more than a year since the October 10, 2007 pay-what-you-like self-release, some conclusive statistics were made available at the recent “You Are In Control" conference in Reykjavik, Iceland.

For those who missed coverage of the conference while engrossed in something ...

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The Jazz Session #47: Satoko Fujii

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

Jason Crane interviews pianist and composer Satoko Fujii. Fujii has released four new recordings in 2008, her 50th birthday year. These records find her with her New York trio; on accordion in the avant-folk-jazz group of her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura; in a quartet with some of Japan’s most talented improvising musicians; and in a second trio with both American and Japanese musicians. Far from slowing down in her middle years, Fujii seems to be pushing herself even more relentlessly, ...

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