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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 16, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 4 Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote) 278 234 +44 7 76 1 4 2 3 — Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) 207 196 +11 4 54 2 2 3 7 1 James Carter Present Tense (Emarcy) 206 182 +24 1 62 1 4 4 14 11 Ellis Marsalis An Open Letter To Thelonious (Elm) 203 133 +70 11 62 4 4 5 5 9 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza ...

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Brian Blade and Esperanza Spaulding Featured on Jazzism (a Katzpheno Mix) !

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2008

The weekly 60 minute music podcast - “Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)" (hosted by Brian Phoenix) will take you on a musical journey from the continent of Africa to the Isle of Puerto Rico, on to the US Virgin Islands, over to Brasil and back to New Orleans. Featuring the music of Pharoah Sanders, David Sanchez, Esperanza Spaulding, Ron Blake, Donald Harrison and Brian Blade & The Fellowship...this is a show you don't want to miss! “Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)" is ...

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Live from Blue Lake: Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2008

The finale of this season's “Live From Blue Lake" radio concert series is June 19th at 10 p.m. with Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings playing the arrangements and transcriptions by pianist James DaPogny of music from the 1930's when jazz pioneers Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver as well as a young Duke Ellington began to explore sections of instruments, enlarging the instrumentation of the classic jazz ensemble. At 10 pieces Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings is the largest jazz ensemble “Live ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 9, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 27 Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote) 234 193 +41 13 67 1 3 2 3 3 Taylor Eigsti Let It Come To You (Concord) 202 199 +3 1 54 2 7 3 — — Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) 196 21 +175 39 55 3 1 4 2 5 Scott Hamilton Across The Tracks (Concord) 193 207 -14 3 61 2 7 5 9 8 Esperanza Spalding ...

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Village Vanguard to Launch Live Webcast

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 2, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 21 — James Carter Present Tense (Emarcy) 225 103 +122 14 61 1 2 2 5 7 Scott Hamilton Across The Tracks (Concord) 207 182 +25 0 57 2 6 3 3 5 Taylor Eigsti Let It Come To You (Concord) 199 204 -5 4 58 3 6 4 27 — Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote) 193 95 +98 29 61 4 2 5 1 4 Dianne Reeves When ...

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Oscar Treadwell: Hot Tapes Help Cool Jazz Live On

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2008

If it weren't for Bruce Ellis' half-baked idea, legendary jazz DJ Oscar Treadwell's radio show wouldn't be heard on WVXU-FM (91.7) two years after his death. Ellis, Cincinnati Public Radio production director, has saved the audio from Treadwell's crumbling 1970s and '80s reel-to-reel tape recordings by baking them in his Fort Thomas oven. “When audiotape gets old, the oxide coating - which holds the recording - literally shreds off the tape," says Ellis, 52, at WGUC-FM for 26 years. “I ...

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Dave Douglas + Keystone + Moonshine Featured on NPR!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 5, 2008

Moonshine now available. And In Stores (distributed by Koch)

Greenleafmusic.com has released eight sets of music from Dave Douglas & Keystone recorded live at The Jazz Standard, April 10-13, available for download purchase now

Greenleaf Music to Release New Recordings This Year from New Greenleaf Artists, Donny McCaslin and Michael Bates

The Press On Dave Douglas' Moonshine “. . . it's hard to imagine much more from a modern jazz record than what 'Moonshine' delivers." - Marcus Crowder, The Sacramento ...

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