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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 31, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
March 28, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 George Cables Icons and Influences (HighNote) 289 318 -29 1 60 1 8 2 2 2 Craig Handy Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh) 271 273 -2 2 52 2 9 3 5 3 Dave Stryker Eight Track (Strikezone) 254 251 +3 4 51 3 6 4 4 4 Catherine Russell Bring It Back (Jazz Village) 235 252 -17 3 46 4 7 5 6 ...

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A Night At Bricktop's This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
March 27, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actors Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris offer narratives drawn from the memoirs of Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith and Langston Hughes. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the Hot Club of San Francisco give us a musical tour of Paris in the '30s. 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. Bricktop played barkeep to the ...

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Broadcast Radio is Digital's Most Desired Partner

Source: HypeBot
March 25, 2014

OP ED by CBS Local Digital Media's President, Ezra Kucharz. Digital music services lead double lives. Just as the Roman god Janus had two faces forever looking to both the past and future, many digital music services at times are critical of their broadcast radio counterparts as emblems of the past, yet simultaneously seek the one thing that most do not have: broadcast radio promotion. Indeed, broadcast radio will remain strong in the future. The sector’s actions reinforce that there ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 24, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
March 21, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 George Cables Icons and Influences (HighNote) 318 348 -30 0 56 1 7 2 2 2 Craig Handy Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh) 273 278 -5 1 51 2 8 3 3 3 Helen Sung Anthem For A New Day (Concord) 253 264 -11 2 48 2 8 4 6 4 Catherine Russell Bring It Back (Jazz Village) 252 251 +1 2 52 4 6 ...

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Catherine Russell In Concert This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
March 20, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Catherine Russell joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with frequent guest artist Dick Hyman on piano, at the historic Pearl Stable in San Antonio. They present a selection of songs from Catherine's recent CDs. Catherine talks about her beginnings as the daughter of a pioneering woman of jazz, to what she looks for in choosing songs and how she feels the spirit of her father in her music. The program is distributed in the US ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 17, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
March 14, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 George Cables Icons and Influences (HighNote) 348 318 +30 7 61 1 6 2 6 2 Craig Handy Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh) 278 243 +35 3 56 2 7 3 2 3 Helen Sung Anthem For A New Day (Concord) 264 302 -38 2 54 2 7 4 14 4 Dave Stryker Eight Track (Strikezone) 258 201 +57 6 49 4 4 5 ...

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Girl Singers Of The Swing Era This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
March 13, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalists Nina Ferro, Topsy Chapman and Stephanie Nakasian join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to recall female singers of the Swing Era— from Ella and Billie to Martha Tilton, Ivie Anderson and Helen Humes. Also on our radio show, rare interview clips with Ella Fitzgerald, Martha Tilton and Helen Ward telling their own stories. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 10, 2014

Source: JazzWeek
March 7, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 George Cables Icons and Influences (HighNote) 318 283 +35 7 58 1 5 2 3 2 Helen Sung Anthem For A New Day (Concord) 302 255 +47 8 56 2 6 3 4 3 Dianne Reeves Beautiful Life (Concord) 271 254 +17 8 53 3 5 4 9 4 Catherine Russell Bring It Back (Jazz Village) 269 214 +55 6 55 4 4 5 1 5 ...

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