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Pandora Turns 10 Today, Celebrates With Costly Ad Free Listening

Source: HypeBot
September 9, 2015

Pandora turns 10 years old today. That is an eternity in streaming music and they're celebrating with a day of ad free listening that will cost the company more than $1 million in royalties and more than that in lost ad revenue. Pandora turns 10 today September 9th and will celebrate by going ad free for 24 hours. They're calling it Listener Love Day - a full day of music with no ads from 12:00am ET, Wednesday, September 9 thru 12:00am ET, Thursday, September 10. Pandora also announced ...

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The Willis Conover Archive Is Online

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 5, 2015

p>The music program at the University of North Texas has graduated hundreds of jazz artists who went on to successful careers as professionals. Woody Herman populated virtually an entire edition of his Thundering Herd of the 1970s with North Texas graduates, and they keep coming. Jimmy Giuffre, Herb Ellis, Billy Harper, Marvin Stamm, Bob Belden, Norah Jones, Dee Barton, Gene Roland, Marc Johnson, James Chirillo and Jim Snidero are a few of the musicians that UNT has sent into the ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 7, 2015

Source: JazzWeek
September 3, 2015

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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks131George Cables In Good Company (HighNote)298293+526117141Cécile McLorin Salvant For One To Love (Mack Avenue)298258+4035715313Heads Of State Search For Peace (Smoke Sessions)289334-4555817454Mike LeDonne AwwlRight! (Savant)269245+2475944575Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orch Dee Dee's Feathers (OKeh)266234+3255354626Terell Stafford Brotherlee Love (Capri)259299-40147110757Donald Vega With Respect To Monty (Resonance)257245+12052398218Giacomo Gates Everything ...

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Pandora To Celebrate 10 Years With Ad Free Listening

Source: HypeBot
September 2, 2015

Pandora turns 10 years old next week, and a decade is an eternity in digital music. After they launched, co-founder Tim Westergren spent a lot of time out of the office doing roadshows at places like the AARP Convention demoing how to stream music on your computer. Pandora turns 10 on September 9th and to celebrate its going ad free for 24 hours. They're calling it Listener Love Day - a full day of music with no ads from 12:00am ET, Wednesday, September 9 ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 31, 2015

Source: JazzWeek
August 28, 2015

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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks151Heads Of State Search For Peace (Smoke Sessions)334239+9535516222Terell Stafford Brotherlee Love (Capri)299295+405019313George Cables In Good Company (HighNote)293360-6715716474Cécile McLorin Salvant For One To Love (Mack Avenue)258233+2546144595Mike LeDonne AwwlRight! (Savant)245224+2175453535Donald Vega With Respect To Monty (Resonance)245264-19050387187Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orch Dee Dee's Feathers (OKeh)234180+5455373868Robert Glasper Trio ...

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Tony Adamo Thanks Radio For The Spins & Music Reviews

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 26, 2015

Legendary Drummer Mike Clark Produces Tony Adamo's New CD “Mike Clark gained worldwide recognition as one of America’s foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock’s group in the early 1970’s. Mike became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock’s THRUST album, which garnered him an international cult following.” (Drumworld) Clark has produced three CDs for Adamo. The first CD is the highly acclaimed Miles of Blu (Random Act Records). The second CD, Tony ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 24, 2015

Source: JazzWeek
August 20, 2015

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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121George Cables In Good Company (HighNote)360313+4716115212Terell Stafford Brotherlee Love (Capri)295325-3025118363Donald Vega With Respect To Monty (Resonance)264249+1515337434Steve Davis Say When (Smoke Sessions)252297-45051110555Heads Of State Search For Peace (Smoke Sessions)239254-1554755646Robert Glasper Trio Covered (Blue Note)235286-51144397197Cécile McLorin Salvant For One To Love (Mack Avenue)233176+57135973878Charenee Wade Offering (Motema)231244-13253689179Mike LeDonne AwwlRight! (Savant)224190+3485092101210Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 17, 2015

Source: JazzWeek
August 14, 2015

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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Terell Stafford Brotherlee Love (Capri)325326-115517242George Cables In Good Company (HighNote)313248+6556624323Steve Davis Say When (Smoke Sessions)297293+405419434Robert Glasper Trio Covered (Blue Note)286249+3715138565Heads Of State Search For Peace (Smoke Sessions)254238+1655054656Donald Vega With Respect To Monty (Resonance)249245+445346777Charenee Wade Offering (Motema)244226+1824567898Joey Alexander My Favorite Things (Motema Music)235211+24144114999Bob Mintzer Big Band Get Up! (MCG Jazz)231211+2004147101610George Freeman ...

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