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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 4, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
August 1, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks131Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)289268+2146015272Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)268243+2504727343Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)261264-3152164114Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)250188+6275243525Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)246278-3225626565Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)246249-344953757Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)235254-19143110818Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden Last Dance (ECM)228279-5144314989Dena DeRose We Won't Forget You ... An Homage To Shirley Horn (HighNote)208237-2944976101710Cory Weeds As Of Now (Cellar Live)204159+45146106112311Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and The Hot 9 Viper's Drag (Impulse!/Universal)197151+46850113121912Barbara Morrison I Love You, Yes I Do ...

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Sophisticated Ladies & Red Hot Mommas This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
August 1, 2014

Heartbreakers, man-takers, vamps, tramps and the girl next door—through the decades they've all shown up in song. Songwriters are forever trying to decipher the feminine mystique, and singers never tire of crooning about the many aspects of the female spirit. In the spotlight this week on Riverwalk Jazz, New Orleans' Topsy Chapman joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band at The Landing to separate 'sophisticated ladies' from 'red-hot mommas.' And it takes a versatile artist like Topsy to cover a range ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 28, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
July 25, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks161Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden Last Dance (ECM)279217+6284413242Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)278244+3415625323Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)268275-765424414Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)264280-1605115535Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)254267-13050196156Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)249171+7865062757Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)243243014536878Dena DeRose We Won't Forget You ... An Homage To Shirley Horn (HighNote)237203+34246759129Joshua Redman Trios Live (Nonesuch)193181+1254093101010Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Life In The Bubble (Telarc)191187+403679114511Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)188116+721948112121312Rebirth Brass Band Move Your Body (Basin Street)187178+984212313713Eric Alexander Chicago ...

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Cornet Master Bob Barnard This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 25, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Australian cornet master Bob Barnard joins the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on the bandstand. Together they play classic tunes made famous by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and other originals by Australian composers and Bob himself. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International (check your local listings). You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. An Appreciation By Don Mopsick Over almost ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 21, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
July 18, 2014

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

Source: Don Mopsick
July 18, 2014

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

Source: HypeBot
July 18, 2014

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

Source: HypeBot
July 18, 2014

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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