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A Triple Crown Of Tunesmiths This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, it’s the music of songwriters Vincent Youmans, Johnny Green and Harry Barris. Special guests Shelly Berg and Dick Hyman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on piano and Topsy Chapman, Marty Grosz and Carol Woods handle the vocals. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 20, 2014
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JazzWeek
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound) 195 177 +18 0 39 1 12 2 3 2 Rene Marie I Wanna Be Evil (Motema) 191 167 +24 1 39 2 8 3 1 3 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 176 194 -18 0 33 1 16 4 4 4 Brian Lynch Unsung Heroes Vol.2 (Hollistic Musicworks) 171 157 +14 3 40 ...
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Jim Cullum Jazz Band Live From Stanford This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band presents a collection of early jazz classics from New Orleans and beyond. It's a summer concert captured live at the Stanford Jazz Workshop with Evan Christopher on clarinet. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band brings a fresh approach to its classic repertoire. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop ...
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Broadcast Radio is Growing in the U.S., Especially Non-Commercial FM
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HypeBot
Last week the FCC released a quarterly report on the number of currently licensed broadcast stations. Radio Survivor puts the numbers in long-term perspective to show that this year's growth in U.S. radio stations is part of a 20 year trend. While AM stations slipped, FM grew especially in the educational radio sector that includes college, community and public radio. Though individual stations face plenty of challenges, terrestrial radio overall is not the wasteland one might imagine. It's easy to ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 13, 2014
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JazzWeek
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 194 216 -22 0 37 1 15 2 1 2 Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound) 177 236 -59 0 36 1 11 3 4 3 Rene Marie I Wanna Be Evil (Motema) 167 194 -27 0 33 2 7 4 9 4 Brian Lynch Unsung Heroes Vol.2 (Hollistic Musicworks) 157 142 +15 3 36 4 ...
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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Lester Leaps In
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Vernel Bagneris and Topsy Chapman paint a picture of Lester Young’s life based on his own first-person accounts and those of musicians who knew him. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, with tenor saxophonists Brian Ogilvie and Ken Peplowski offer their homage to the President of Tenor Sax. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also ...
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Stream The Best Jazz Of 2013 On AccuJazz.com
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Lucas Gillan
Jazz fans spent much of the past month poring over dozens of “Best of 2013” lists, left only to wonder what the vaunted music actually sounded like. To satisfy curious listeners and highlight the excellent music, AccuJazz Internet radio has created a “Best Jazz of 2013” channel playing the most critically-acclaimed jazz albums released last year. The streaming channel is free to listen to and available 24 hours a day at AccuJazz.com. The channel’s programming is based on Francis Davis’ ...
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Jim Cullum Hosts Austin's Finest This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Jim Cullum welcomes Austin’s top young traditional jazz artists—guitarist/violinist Erik Hokkanen, guitarist J.D. Pendley and vocalist Albanie Falletta, to the stage of San Antonio’s Pearl Stable on the banks of the San Antonio River. The Band tears it up with piano sensation Shelly Berg, and series favorites Vernel Bagneris and Topsy Chapman sing the blues. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand ...
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