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NPR Music And WBGO/Jazz 88.3FM Ring In 2014 With New Year's Eve Celebration On Toast Of The Nation
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
ALL NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION on TOAST OF THE NATION NPR MUSIC and WBGO/JAZZ 88.3FM RING in 2014 with PERFORMANCES COAST-TO-COAST BROADCAST and STREAMED on MORE THAN 200 STATIONS DECEMBER 31, 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM EIGHT-HOUR CROSS-COUNTRY SPECIAL FEATURES DONALD HARRISON QUINTET CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT with AARON DIEHL TRIO WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET PAQUITO D’RIVERA with THE KAIA STRING QUARTET CONVERGENCE with Special Guest LARRY GOLDINGS BOBBY McFERRIN and the spirityouall band NEWARK, NJ – WBGO, the jazz source ...
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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: NYC All-Stars & A New Year's Jam
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Don Mopsick
This week The Jim Cullum Jazz Band swings in the New Year with featured artists—Dan Barrett on trombone, piano legend Dick Hyman, Broadway’s Carol Woods, jazz singer Stephanie Nakasian and Marty Grosz on vocals and guitar. Also on the bill—trumpeter Doc Cheatham, who was then 88 years old. 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 ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 23, 2013
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JazzWeek
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound) 236 305 -69 1 39 1 10 2 3 2 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 216 271 -55 0 40 1 14 3 4 3 Houston Person Nice N Easy (HighNote) 201 230 -29 1 40 3 6 4 2 4 Rene Marie I Wanna Be Evil (Motema) 194 277 -83 1 34 ...
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Home For The Holidays This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week's Riverwalk Jazz features holiday favorites performed by the The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and special guests, along with excerpts from Louis Armstrong’s historic reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas." Break out the ornaments and turn up the volume. Riverwalk Jazz puts listeners in the mood for trimming the tree, stuffing stockings and sharing the holiday spirit. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from ...
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Radio Still Rules and Pirates Subscribe According to New Consumer Research
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HypeBot
Last week MIDiA Consulting released a new report by Mark Mulligan regarding a UK consumer survey, “Decoding the Digital Music Consumer," that reveals only one digital activity in the top 5 music activities of today's consumers. Watching music videos came in second to that long-time winner listening to the radio. Third in line? Buying CDs! Takeaways include the fact that radio and CD's are far from dead and that there's lots of room for growth in the digital sector. MIDiA ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 16, 2013
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JazzWeek
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound) 305 261 +44 2 49 1 9 2 2 2 Rene Marie I Wanna Be Evil (Motema) 277 257 +20 2 45 2 5 3 3 3 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 271 251 +20 0 46 1 13 4 4 4 Houston Person Nice N Easy (HighNote) 230 236 -6 1 46 ...
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Gennett Records This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to a ragtag recording studio in rural Richmond, Indiana that between 1922 and 1928 became a focal point for a hot jazz revolution. Gennett Records was the first record company to record significant black artists like King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong, as well as white jazz pioneers Bix Beiderbecke and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 9, 2013
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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) 261 282 -21 1 44 1 8 2 6 2 Rene Marie I Wanna Be Evil (Motema) 257 216 +41 2 46 2 4 3 1 3 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 251 310 -59 0 44 1 12 4 4 4 Houston Person Nice N Easy (HighNote) 236 227 +9 3 48 ...
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