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Bix Beiderbecke Letters on Riverwalk This Week

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2005

Stream this show right now on http://www.riverwalk.org Jazz Age cornetist Bix Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1903. His brilliant musical career lasted for only about seven years, and he died of pneumonia at age 28. As a star soloist with the Wolverines and the orchestras of Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, he helped define hot jazz in the 1920s. Today, Bix is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. This week on Riverwalk ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 9, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2005

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 David “Fathead” Newman I Remember Brother Ray (HighNote) 432 462 -30 0 59 1 6 2 2 2 Joey DeFrancesco w/Jimmy Smith Legacy (Concord Jazz — 2229) 398 357 +41 1 59 2 5 3 3 4 Stefano di Battista Parker’s Mood (Blue Note) 295 317 -22 1 57 3 7 4 4 7 Kevin Mahogany Big Band (Zebra Records/Mahogany Jazz — 54675-2) 274 285 -11 0 51 ...

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Harlem to Hollywood: A Centennial Celebration of The Music of Harold Arlen

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2005

Stream this hour-long radio show now at http://www.riverwalk.org. Riverwalk Jazz celebrates the 100th birthday of Harold Arlen in 2005. Regarding Harold Arlen’s gift for songwriting, Alec Wilder in “American Popular Song" wrote, “[Arlen] entered the field of popular music at a propitious time, one in which he could spread himself and experiment...He is fully a product of American jazz, big dance music, and American popular song." Arlen wrote over 400 songs, mostly for stage shows, revues and motion pictures–most notably ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 23, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2005

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 David “Fathead” Newman I Remember Brother Ray (HighNote) 402 332 +70 1 61 1 4 2 3 22 Joey DeFrancesco w/Jimmy Smith Legacy (Concord Jazz — 2229) 340 285 +55 11 62 2 3 3 2 1 Shelly Berg Trio Blackbird (Concord Jazz — 2216-2) 278 305 -27 1 50 1 8 4 4 4 Stefano di Battista Parker’s Mood (Blue Note) 262 261 +1 2 ...

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WKCR 2005 Billie Holiday Festival

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2005

WKCR FM (89.9 in New York) is pleased to announce the Billie Holiday Festival, a broadcast in celebration of the 90th birthday of the legendary jazz vocalist. From April 1st through April 15th, WKCR becomes Billie Holiday Radio—wall-to-wall Lady Day for two weeks, all day and all night. Holiday’s recorded legacy will take center stage, from her rarest recordings to her most celebrated, a full-scale tribute to the timeless musical splendor of the great Lady. Billie Holiday, born on April ...

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In Old New Orleans: The Story of Jazz Legend, Bunk Johnson

Source: All About Jazz
February 24, 2005

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 16, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2005

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 17 David “Fathead” Newman I Remember Brother Ray (HighNote) 332 264 +68 8 58 1 3 2 1 2 Shelly Berg Trio Blackbird (Concord Jazz — 2216-2) 305 276 +29 2 49 1 7 3 22 — Joey DeFrancesco w/Jimmy Smith Legacy (Concord Jazz — 2229) 285 107 +178 19 52 3 2 4 4 7 Stefano di Battista Parker’s Mood (Blue Note) 261 213 +48 1 ...

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