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Summer Jazz BBQ This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band swings their way through some of your favorite warm-weather tunes. 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. Jim and the Band light up the sky with a number Louis Armstrong recorded with his Hot Five in Chicago in 1928. “Fireworks” has multiple strains and is played in two keys, making it ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 30, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks131Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)328256+7235016212Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)262280-18148110343Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)258226+32653334164Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)206154+521447425255Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)192140+5294752676Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)191206-15135211797Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Life In The Bubble (Telarc)185186-133576828Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)183260-77040112989Eric Reed The Adventurous Monk (Savant)178197-1913741010510David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)176223-47033312113411Cory Weeds As Of Now (Cellar Live)175125+50636112121012Steve Kroon On The #1 (Kroonatune, Llc)173180-70418713613JC Stylles Blakey ...
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Class Of '29 This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, to Hollywood movies and jazz recordings. 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. In 1929, jazz was making its way into mainstream America, moving from Chicago to New York, blossoming in Harlem nightclubs, on the Broadway stage and in New ...
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Palo! Fever Is Spreading Across The Nation As New CD, Palo! Live, Gains Airplay
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
MIAMI, FL – PALO! Live, the sophomore CD by Miami’s award-winning Afro-Cuban Funk band, PALO!, debuted at #20 on the CMJ World Music Chart. Recorded live in front of a standing room only crowd last August in Miami, the CD is now reaping airplay in the band’s hometown as well as across the country. Among the cities catching Palo! Fever are Burlington, VT (WRUV); Boulder, CO (KVCU); Traverse City, MI (WNMC); Lexington, KY (WRFL); Poughkeepsie, NY (WVKR), Grand Junction, CO ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 23, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)280288-815319222Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)260269-9051111333Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)256250+6255354254Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)226143+8384742555David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)223209+14139311646JC Stylles Blakey Grease (American Showplace Music)221220+145046767Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)206208-2041210878Eric Reed The Adventurous Monk (Savant)197201-414649999Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Life In The Bubble (Telarc)186179+72439510810Steve Kroon On The #1 (Kroonatune, Llc)180198-1804586101810Harvey Mason Chameleon (Concord)180153+27031107121812Ted Rosenthal Trio Rhapsody In Gershwin (Playscape Recordings)169153+16444125131413Verve Jazz Ensemble East ...
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The Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week our radio show explores the Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions. Joining The Jim Cullum Jazz Band are master pianist Dick Hyman and Portland-based vocalist Rebecca Kilgore. 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. Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller earned his reputation in the 1920s as one of the greatest of the ‘stride’ pianists. He became widely respected as the ...
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iHeartRadio Adds "For You" Genre Feature
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HypeBot
From Beats to Pandora “personalized" is streaming music's buzzword of 2014. iHeartRadio, Clear Channel's free digital music service, joined the fray today launching new iOS and Android apps designed to give users a more personalized experience via “enhanced algorithms". Among the updates is “For You”, which adds a genre selection tool for tailored station recommendations. Once downloaded, new iHeartRadio users will be prompted to select their favorite music genres. Available categories will include: top 40 and pop, country, hip hop and ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 16, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)288287+115718212Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)269288-19049110363Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)250217+3365134444JC Stylles Blakey Grease (American Showplace Music)220222-235145575David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)209201+8139310636Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)208240-3214129797Eric Reed The Adventurous Monk (Savant)201197+4148488108Steve Kroon On The #1 (Kroonatune, Llc)198193+5044859119Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Life In The Bubble (Telarc)179192-1334394101410Marcus Roberts Trio From Rags To Rhythm (J Master)170166+4038101011511Mike Longo Trio Step On It (CAP)169220-51138312122112Sonny Rollins Road Shows ...
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