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GM, Toyota Fight Sirius-XM HD Radio Requirement

Source: PC Magazine
July 15, 2008

Suggestions that XM and Sirius should incorporate HD radio into all their satellite receivers are not sitting too well with two major car manufacturers. “While HD radio is successfully penetrating the marketplace, it is nevertheless still an evolving technology," executives from General Motors and Toyota wrote in a Thursday letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “Any mandate will inherently distort the normal incentives to cost reduce and further improve the HD product offering." Though XM and Sirius have agreed ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 7, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 2 Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote) 251 249 +2 0 67 1 7 2 1 1 Cassandra Wilson Loverly (Blue Note) 248 299 -51 2 65 1 4 3 5 5 Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) 233 183 +50 1 59 2 5 4 4 7 James Carter Present Tense (Emarcy) 209 185 +24 0 51 1 7 5 6 10 Ellis Marsalis An Open Letter To Thelonious (Elm) ...

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Inside the Culture of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

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What is Jazz?

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

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A Jazz Journey from Its New Orleans Birthplace

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 30, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 22 Cassandra Wilson Loverly (Blue Note) 299 263 +36 8 60 1 3 2 2 1 Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote) 249 260 -11 1 66 1 6 3 8 6 Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter (Half Note Records) 189 172 +17 5 62 3 4 4 7 3 James Carter Present Tense (Emarcy) 185 175 +10 2 53 1 6 5 5 2 ...

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From the Archives: Let Freedom Ring

Source: Night Lights Classic Jazz
July 5, 2008

Night Lights made its debut on WFIU four years ago almost to the day--or night, as it were--with a program called Let Freedom Ring that aired on the eve of the July 4th holiday. I had been working at WFIU for exactly two years, subbing for weekday afternoon jazz host Joe Bourne and producing WFIU jazz specials such as Bix Beiderbecke: Never the Same Way Twice and Jump for Joy: Duke Ellington's Celebratory Musical. When the syndicated “Worldwide Jazz" show ...

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Atlanta's Showtyme Jazz Duo Returns to Nola for Essence

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2008

Cliff and Sei deMarks, Atlanta's premiere jazz duo return to New Orleans for the Essence Festival after a three year hiatus. Cliff said that he is happy about the reports of record crowds of music lovers returning to the city he calls his second home. During the 3 day festival he and Sei will be performing daily at River Walk Mall next to Morial Convention Center. Ann Freibert, head of Speciality Leasing at the Mall says that the Showtyme Jazz ...

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