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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 30, 2015
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy! TWLW2WArtistTWLW MoveAddRptsPeakWks 161Kenny Burrell The Road To Love (HighNote)252 208+446 5013 242Joey DeFrancesco Trip Mode (HighNote)233 211+224 5023 313Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio Live In Studio (Whaling City Sound)230 286-5604911142 4Houston Person Something Personal (HighNote)228 227+16 5123 535Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio Live In Bern (Capri)203 221-182463664 ...
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Christmas Jazz Begins Thanksgiving Day
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Rich Germaine
Jazz Lovers Radio announces the beginning of the Christmas Jazz season with a sprinkling of Christmas Jazz favorites starting Thanksgiving Day. Each week in December, more holiday tracks will be added to the Jazz Lovers Radio playlists as Christmas Day approaches. The most listenable Christmas Jazz in the world will be featured around the clock starting Christmas week all the way through Christmas Day. Some of your Christmas Jazz favorites featured on Jazz Lovers Radio this year include Vince Guaraldi ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 23, 2015
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio Live In Studio (Whaling City Sound)286262+241511102102Houston Person Something Personal (HighNote)227171+5644722333Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio Live In Bern (Capri)221208+1324535434John Scofield Past Present (Impulse! / Universal)211208+3049384154Joey DeFrancesco Trip Mode (HighNote)211158+53348426156Kenny Burrell The Road To Love (HighNote)208158+5044562767Don Braden Luminosity (Creative Perspective Music)201184+1724565828Orrin Evans The Evolution ...
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Pandora Acquires Bankrupt Rdio For $75 Million In Bid To Compete With Spotify, Apple Music
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HypeBot
Consolidation in streaming music has begun, though perhaps a bit earlier than expected. Pandora is acquiring “the technology and intellectual property" of streaming music service Rdio for $75 million, and will use the assets to compete with Spotify, Apple Music and others. For Pandora, whose user growth has slowed to 3%, it is a bid to find new avenues of expansion. Pandora is also eyeing international growth, and several news outlets have reported ongoing negotiations with major labels. The Rdio acquisition ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 16, 2015
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio Live In Studio (Whaling City Sound)262279-1704919212Orrin Evans The Evolution Of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)247280-3304519343John Scofield Past Present (Impulse! / Universal)208214-604937373Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio Live In Bern (Capri)208192+1644534555Christian McBride Trio Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)192207-150461116106Don Braden Luminosity (Creative Perspective Music)184177+754564777Karrin Allyson ...
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CBS Radio Claims It Doesn't Play Pre-1972 Music Because All Its Old Songs Are Remastered
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HypeBot
Taking their cue from a company known as Bluebeat, circa 2009, CBS Radio is claiming that they aren't playing any recordings with pre-1972 copyrights, given that any such music from that period of time which they do broadcast is remastered, and therefore falls under modern federal copyright law. Guest Post by Mike Masnick on Techdirt Back in 2009, a company called Bluebeat showed up on the market offering all sorts of MP3s from musicians for $0.25 a pop — without a license from ...
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Comparing Radio Airplay To Streaming
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HypeBot
Music streaming has certainly earned itself something of a negative reputation when it comes to providing monetary compensation for artists and songwriters, but terrestrial radio may not be all that much better, as some scrutiny of the numbers reveals. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Many people have a difficult time getting their heads around the fact that a million streams or views just isn't that much in our new Music 4.0 age. A minor hit starts at around 50 million and ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 9, 2015
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Orrin Evans The Evolution Of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)280309-2905718222Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio Live In Studio (Whaling City Sound)279266+1315428333Eric Alexander The Real Thing (HighNote)239235+4052110474John Scofield Past Present (Impulse! / Universal)214187+2725346545Christian McBride Trio Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)207228-21047110656Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Live In Cuba ...
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