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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 21, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)280290-1045914232Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)275281-625623313Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)267322-5515118464Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)244239+545444545Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)243246-3248356346Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden Last Dance (ECM)217134+8373762787Dena DeRose We Won't Forget You ... An Homage To Shirley Horn (HighNote)203203024374757Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)203242-39139112979Ted Rosenthal Trio Rhapsody In Gershwin (Playscape Recordings)199209-100417810910Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Life In The Bubble (Telarc)187202-1513678111111JC Stylles Blakey Grease (American Showplace Music)183194-1104149122112Joshua Redman Trios Live (Nonesuch)181159+22440122134013Rebirth Brass ...
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Legends At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Jazz Appreciation Month brings out our appreciation for three legends of jazz as we welcome our first inductees into the Riverwalk Jazz Hall of Fame. Our Most Valued Players are trumpeter Doc Cheatham, bassist and composer Bob Haggart and vocalist Joe Williams. Adophus “Doc" Cheatham (1905-1997) was a walking encyclopedia of jazz history. He rubbed shoulders in Chicago with King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton||. He played behind blues queens {{Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and toured with Cab Calloway. ...
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Pandora Hits 2m Users in Its Only Non-U.S. Market
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HypeBot
Pandora in Australia and New Zealand has reached 2 two million registered listeners, effectively doubling its listener base in less than 12 months since launching in December 2012. Listeners have created 29 million personalized stations customized by 90 million Australian and New Zealand thumbs up and down. Australia and New Zealand are the only two countries where Pandora is available outside of the U.S. More results there include: Pandora attracts two new registered users across ANZ every second; Every day Pandora ANZ streams ...
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WFMU Building Open Source "Audience Engine" Web CMS for Radio Stations
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New Jersey's WFMU.FM is a legendary freeform non-commercial radio station that embodies community from its supportive listeners to its wide-ranging programming. WFMU recently embarked on a new community adventure with their decision to develop an open source version of their currently proprietary CMS (content management system). The new CMS is called Audience Engine and its designed not only to manage content and build community, but to support fundraising. WFMU.FM is a unique example of community radio. Their approach is carrying ...
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Soundtraxx With Mark Stanley To Feature New Darryl Alexander CD "Transitions"
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Darryl Alexander Sr.
Radio personality Mark Stanley of Soundtraxx will feature music from Darryl Alexander's new CD Transitions this weekend on his All Things Jazz program. See the details below. Once again, we're quite jazzed to present an all-new Special Edition SoundTraxx program, for airdates 20 July through 02 August 2014. In this show, we'll spotlight, in our Album Feature, the just-released CD from keyboardist/producer Darryl Alexander, Transitions. Also, we'll enjoy new music from: Dominique Toney The Rippingtons Chris ...
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Sirus XM Adds $2b to Stock Repurchase Plan
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Sirius XM has added an additional $2 billion to its stock repurchase program. SiriusXM's Board of Directors approved a $2 billion stock repurchase in December 2012 and supplemented that with an additional $2 billion in October 2013. The satellite radio provided will fund the $6 billion in repurchases through cash on hand, future cash flow from operations and future borrowings. “The announcement of the extension of the repurchase program reflects the Board's desire to continue to return value to stockholders and its ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 14, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)322328-645917242Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)290206+841458233363Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)281125+156205732434Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)246258-1235334525Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)242262-20049111656Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)239192+471254537147Ted Rosenthal Trio Rhapsody In Gershwin (Playscape Recordings)209167+42341778178Dena DeRose We Won't Forget You ... An Homage To Shirley Horn (HighNote)203163+4094883979Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Life In The Bubble (Telarc)202185+1704077101810Harvey Mason Chameleon (Concord)201160+41238109111311JC Stylles Blakey Grease (American Showplace Music)194172+2214748122512Gerald Beckett The Messenger (Summit)185140+4584312313813Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: ...
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Bria Skonberg, Dave Bennett In Riverwalk Jazz Jam Session This Week
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, three remarkable “20-something” musicians join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on stage at The Landing in San Antonio. All share a passion for classic pre-WWII jazz and make an important contribution to the legacy of the music through their playing. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Firmly rooted in the language of ...
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