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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 20, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
October 16, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio We're Back (Whaling City Sounds)258244+1445014212Mark Elf Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)255251+425918343Chick Corea Trilogy (Concord)246225+2124936464Akiko Commencement (At)238219+1934847535Jason Moran All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)211238-2724234646Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)209225-16143114777Stanley Clarke Band Up (Mack Avenue)200203-313975888Paul Carr B3 Sessions (DC-NY) (PCJ Music)182194-12043879149Cookers Time And Time Again (Motema)174165+964694101910Christian Tamburr Quintet Voyage (Christian Tamburr Music)172151+21441104111111Dr. John Ske-dat-de-dat: The Spirit Of Satch (Concord)171174-30434912912Orrin Evans Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions)167190-2303958131113Cyrille Aimée It's A Good Day (Mack ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 13, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
October 10, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Mark Elf Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)251284 -333531 7 222Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio We're Back (Whaling City Sounds) 244241 +35 43233 6 3Jason Moran All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)238216 +227 42334 4 4Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)225225 01521 13 484Chick Corea Trilogy (Concord) 225206 +193 47456 5 6Akiko Commencement (At) 219218+1 4 52 567 17 7Stanley Clarke Band Up (Mack Avenue)203176 +274387 4 8148Paul Carr B3 Sessions (DC-NY) (PCJ Music)194191 ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 6, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
October 2, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121 Mark Elf Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)284248 +362591 62232Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio We're Back (Whaling City Sounds) 241156+85104722 33 3Bobby Broom My Shining Hour (Origin) 234245 -111 46384 1 4 Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)225249-24 1531125165Akiko Commencement (At) 218179+3955255 6156Jason Moran All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)216180+36 5396 27137Cyrille Aimée It's A Good Day (Mack Avenue)208188+20 1443 9868Chick Corea Trilogy (Concord) 206218-1264964 95 9Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)202224 -220 ...

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Pandora's First Ads Feature Surprise One-on-One Concerts by Lindsey Stirling

Source: HypeBot
September 27, 2014

Pandora's new #ThumbMoments campaign may be awkwardly named but it's a pretty cool effort to delight individual fans. Basically a fan hits the thumbs up like button on an artist's song and they're surprised with a FaceTime video chat and personal concert by that artist. The program kicked off with Lindsey Stirling surprising some of her fans who then had a couple of ways to participate while Stirling played so they didn't just sit there. What a great #ThumbMoment! Pandora ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 29, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
September 26, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)249263-14051111232Mark Elf Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)248232+1605625363Bobby Broom My Shining Hour (Origin)245220+2524137494Dr. John Ske-dat-de-dat: The Spirit Of Satch (Concord)226211+1534546525Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)224242-180491116196Chick Corea Trilogy (Concord)218170+4854063747Fred Hersch Floating (Fred Hersch Music)196223-27138210858Orrin Evans Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions)193221-28648559179Paul Carr B3 Sessions (DC-NY) (PCJ Music)192173+19445949109Joe Magnarelli Lookin' Up! (Posi-Tone)192199-72357911811Mack Avenue Superband Live At DJF 2013 (Mack Avenue)190219-2934285121212Tom Harrell Trip (HighNote)189191-24485513613Cyrille Aimée It's A Good Day (Mack Avenue)188220-3214538141314Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and The Hot 9 Viper's Drag (Impulse!/Universal)181189-8035711157615Jason ...

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A Copyright Attorney on the Ramifications of the SiriusXM Legal Defeat

Source: HypeBot
September 26, 2014

By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq. Score one for the musicians: a California Federal Court Judge delivered a legal earthquake in the music industry by declaring that Flo & Eddie of the Turtles prevail on the issue of the public performance of their pre-1972 sound recordings in their legal action against SiriusXM. The ongoing lawsuit seeks $100 million in damages but the money is hardly the only consequence of this ruling that could eventually ...

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Pandora's Westergren Talks Serving Musicians, 'Calmer' Royalty Debate

Source: HypeBot
September 25, 2014

Pandora founder Tim Westergen has always billed himself as a friend of the artist, citing his early days as a touring musician himself. But ad Pandora has grown, he and his hugely popular online radio juggernaut, have had to endure some sharp cristicsm from some in the artist and label community. That's led to a less talkative Tim. But a few days ago, he opened up to VentureBeat for an interview that included how well he thinks Pandora treats musicians. ...

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Sirius XM Eyes Expansion in Crowded Online Streaming Marketplace

Source: HypeBot
September 23, 2014

Sirius XM is is eyeing expansion of its fledgling online streaming service as a way to fuel growth, according to a major backer of the satellite broadcast service. “We are watching what happens in streaming,” Liberty Meida chief Greg Maffei told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference last week. “Taking Sirius unique content beyond the car in the home and in the office, it’s an opportunity we’ve not yet attacked.” Sirius XM subscribers can currently choose a stand-alone net radio package for ...

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