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Susan Werner Sets "New Standards" with Marian McPartland on NPR

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2005

SUSAN WERNER Sets New Standards with Marian McPartland on NPR's Piano Jazz

Special Guest Performance to Air Week of Nov. 29 in National Syndication

“Werner has begun to turn heads among jazz and classic pop aficionados...Who is this woman who writes so cogently and with such flirtatious wordplay?" - Boston Herald

“Delightfully crafty and concise tunes that place classic pop mood-making in a contemporary light. In fact, if Bennett and k.d. lang ever collaborate in the studio again, ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 9, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
November 15, 2005

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 4 Brad Mehldau Day Is Done (Nonesuch) 276 254 +22 3 66 1 6 2 3 21 Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Tribute Band Rev-elation (Sharp Nine) 270 264 +6 5 62 2 3 3 2 2 Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time (Mack Avenue) 269 293 -24 2 61 1 10 4 15 17 Dianne Reeves Good Night and Good Luck [Soundtrack] (Concord) 267 171 ...

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My Favorite Things For The Week of November 13, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
November 13, 2005

My Favorite Things For The Week of November 13, 2005 The newly-discovered concert recording by John Coltrane and the Thelonious Monk Quartet headlines this edition of My Favorite Things. We also sample a live recording by multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan and close with saxophonist Bob Kindred & Bill Charlap. Join us for this week's edition of My Favorite Things. She's Got The Blues For Sale - The Harper Brothers - You Can Hide Inside The Music Look On The ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 2, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2005

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note) 369 301 +68 0 59 1 6 2 2 2 Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time (Mack Avenue) 293 299 -6 1 59 1 9 3 21 — Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Tribute Band Rev-elation (Sharp Nine) 264 142 +122 17 54 3 2 4 4 5 Brad Mehldau Day Is Done (Nonesuch) 254 ...

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Jen Rathbun on Jaijai Jackson's "Woman of Jazz" Radio Show

Source: All About Jazz
November 7, 2005

Indie musician and jazz vocalist Jen Rathbun will be presented Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at 8 PM (PST) on Jaijai Jackson's “Woman of Jazz" program. This show, which focuses on emerging jazz artists, will air on http://www.xradio.biz/lasvegas/ . Jaijai Jackson (daughter of legendary bassist Chubby Jackson) will interview Jen Rathbun about her music and her life. Between interview segments Jaijai will showcase music from Jen's latest jazz album “Coffee, Chocolate & Men", a unique selection of original jazzy cabaret tunes ...

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My Favorite Things For The Week of November 6, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
November 6, 2005

My Favorite Things For The Week of November 6, 2005 http://www.mftjazz.com The program this week highlights a new recording from drummer Herlin Riley as well as a new disc from pianist Dave Peck. We also feature a pair of live recordings by Gene Harris and Kevin Eubanks. Elephant Blossom Blues - Gene Harris - At Maybeck Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Kevin Eubanks - Live At Bradley's Cream of the Crescent - Herlin Riley - Cream of the Crescent The First ...

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"Just Jazz" with Bob Bernotas: The Songs of Autumn on wnti.org

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2005

Now Playing on www.wnti.org... Just Jazz Presents... Songs of Autumn, an hour-long program of songs with an autumnal theme performed by Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, Jo Stafford, James Moody, Lawrence Brown, Joe Mooney, Nat King Cole, Virginia Mayhew, Slide Hampton, and Sarah Vaughan, as selected and presented by Just Jazz host Bob Bernotas. This program originally was broadcast on October 9, 2005. You can hear Just Jazz Presents... any tiime you want. Just go to www.wnti.org and click on the ...

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Brooke Sofferman on WGBH Tonight @ 9pm

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2005

Please tune into WGBH 89.7FM on Wednesday, November 2nd at 9:00pm for an interview with Eric Jackson and Brooke Sofferman. We will be playing selections from my 3 CD's as a leader on Summit Records and new recordings. For those of you outside of the Boston area, you can stream this interview live worlwide at www.wgbh.org and click onto “listen now."

We're writing to invite you to a Sofferman Perspective performance Friday, November 4th at 8:30pm, at He Acton Jazz ...

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