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David Sanborn Releases Trailer For His New Show 'Sanborn Sessions'
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Sanborn Sessions
DAVE SANBORN, LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST, PRESENTS THE FIRST SEASON OF HIS NEW SHOW “SANBORN SESSIONS” Digital Series Features Performances & Conversation With Kandace Springs, Michael McDonald, Terrace Martin, Bob James and Others. Dave Sanborn, veteran saxophonist and six time Grammy Award winner announced today that he will soon present the first episode of his new music show, Sanborn Sessions. The new series is hosted by Sanborn and features a diverse roster of accomplished artists from a variety of genres and generations. ...
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Zacherley, the Cool Ghoul
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in the late 1950s and early '60s, TV had a lot of time to fill. In the years before syndication, when TV was still a black-and-white medium, local stations had few programming options. They didn't have big budgets to create original shows, yet they still had to do something to connect with viewers in their markets and attract them back each day. This was especially true in the after-school and late-night slots. Among the content that local stations aired ...
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Johnny Costa Albums Reissued
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers was in Washington, D.C., testifying before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications. Rogers hosted Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, a children's show launched in Pittsburgh in 1968 on National Educational Television. He was in the hot seat trying to prevent a promised $20 million federal grant to PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from being slashed in half. President Nixon wanted to cut the grant in half to use the money to support the war ...
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The Bebop Channel To Acquire The New York Japanese Jazz Festival
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Gregory Charles Royal
The BeBop Channel (beboptv.com), the first television station to focus on scripted jazz programming, is acquiring The New York Japanese Jazz Festival (NYJJF) as soon as October, 2019. NYJJF, originally conceived by Art Blakey and Duke Ellington Orchestra alum, trombonist Gregory Charles Royal back in 2014 and licensed this past June to saxophonist Vincent Herring, who produced the festival with Smoke Jazz & Supper Club in July, fits perfectly into “BeBop’s” plans says Royal, who is also The BeBop Channel ...
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Steve Allen's Music Room: 1984
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Imagine a talk show where vibraphonist Terry Gibbs led a band consisting of trumpeters Conti Candoli, his brother Pete Candoli and Chuck Findley; trombonists Carl Fontana and Charlie Loper; saxophonsits Med Flory, Gus Vivona, Plas Johnson, Jerome Richardson and Bill Green; pianist Alan Broadbent; guitarist Tommy Tedesco; bassist Chuck Berghoffer; and drummer Frankie Capp. And let's add a 27-year-old Bill Maher as announcer and sidekick. Such a show existed and ran from 1984 to 1986. It was Steve Allen's Music ...
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BBC Doc: Quincy Jones
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Regardless of what you think about Quincy Jones, The Many Lives of Q will likely change your mind. The BBC documentary from 2008, directed by Deborah Perkin, tracks the composer-arranger's career from the very beginning in the late 1940s and provides an overview of the many music and film projects that bear his touch and textures. From Lionel Hampton to Dinah Washington, from Leslie Gore to Count Basie, from Paris to Hollywood, and from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, Jones ...
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BBC Doc: Yacht Rock
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
With July 4th on a Thursday this year in the U.S., next week is pretty much a wash. Many people are taking off, turning the first week in July into a sweltering version of the week between Christmas and New Year. Today, you can literally hear New York quiet down to a hush. Since it's Friday and the gateway to summer, now is a good time to feature a new BBC documentary on yacht rock, the name for soft album ...
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