MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: June 7-13, 2010

This Monday, June 7th, we'll present another edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on one of the most popular, active and unique guitarists, composers and bandleaders in MOJA, CHARLIE HUNTER. Back on May 23rd Charlie celebrated his 43rd birthday so we'll wish him a belated Happy Birthday and share his story with you for an hour. You'll hear of his beginnings growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, how busking on the streets in Europe helped him formulate the idea to play the 7 and 8 string guitars he's become so famous for. You'll also hear some of his many all-star collaborations and his emergence as a leader in the mid-'90's. Listen for MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS twice every Monday, at Noon Eastern/9 AM Pacific, with a replay Monday night at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific and this week we place our spotlight on a musician that is truly one of a kind, the great CHARLIE HUNTER!

Listen for JAMMIN' JAZZ...JAZZ FOR THE NEW GENERATION WITH MICHELLE SAMMARTINO six times each week, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 9 AM and again at 9 PM EST and twice on Sunday's at 9 AM & 9 PM EST for an hour of up, fun, funky, booty-moving stuff as only Michelle can serve up. On Jammin' Jazz Michelle plays jamband jazz, acid jazz, rock-influenced jazz, funk, fusion and a little sound of New Orleans too as well as her own insights that bring this great music to life! So if you can't get enough of the funky stuff come and get it on JAMMIN' JAZZ WITH MICHELLE six times each week on MOJA Radio! Here's what you'll hear on this week's show...

• Stanton Moore - Kirotedo
• Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Big Apple Boogaloo
• Vinyl - Bobo Orgy
• Jazz Mandolin Project - Mandoneon
• Charlie Hunter - Ow!
• Fishbelly Black - Funk Cafe
• Greyboy Allstars - Blackmail Drop
• Mike Clark - The Famous Door
• Fusion For Miles - Back Seat Betty
• Galactic - Doo Rag (Live)

LIVE @ MOJALand happens four times each week here on MOJA Radio as we invite you to join us inside the world's only imaginary jazz club for rare, live performances by the biggest names in Modern Jazz. Listen Wednesday morning at 9 AM ET and again Wednesday night at 9 PM East/6 PM West, and twice again on Sunday at 11 AM & 11 PM ET, as part of the Sunday Specials. This week we'll celebrate a great event and 8 of the finest groups in MOJA who are outstanding in their field. And this week we'll catch them standing out in a field in Manchester, TN making music as we present MOJA GREATS LIVE @ BONNAROO. As the latest edition of the “21st Century Woodstock," happens for four days from June 10th through the 13th, we'll give you live performances from past Bonnaroo Festivals by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Soulive, Galactic, The Bad Plus, Jazz Mandolin Project, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. Does that sound like a party or what? So if you can't make it to Bonnaroo this year don't despair, we'll take you there if you'll join us for MOJA GREATS LIVE @ BONNAROO on this week's edition of LIVE @ MOJALand!

Join Russ Davis as he gives you an hour of nothing but the freshest MOJA on THE ALL NEW MUSIC REVUE every Thursday at 10 AM East/7 AM West with a replay at 10 PM East/7 PM West, and twice again on Sundays at 10 AM & 10 PM ET. This week you'll hear more of the new sound of New Orleans with trombonist Big Sam Williams and Big Sam's Funky Nation with “King Of The Party," as well as the new work of two great trumpeters together, Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott on the album titled “East-West Trumpet Summit." Then, it's a groove-fest with two veteran masters joined by groups of all-stars as drummer Mike Clark gives us “Carnival of Soul," followed by Soulive guitarist Eric Krasno going solo with “Reminisce." You'll hear trumpeter Pharez Whitted with help from guitarist Bobby Broom on the hard-driving CD titled “Transient Journey," then we'll top it off with more of the new Jeff Lorber Fusion featuring Eric Marienthal, Randy Brecker and Jimmy Haslip joining Mr. Lorber for “Now Is The Time." So, if you want to keep up with all the newest MOJA, just listen to THE ALL NEW MUSIC REVUE four times each week! Here's the new music you'll hear on this week's show.

• RAY VEGA & THOMAS MARRIOTT....BIG BROTHER...EAST-WEST TRUMPET SUMMIT (ORIGIN RECORDS)
• BIG SAM'S FUNKY NATION...STRAIGHT TO IT...KING OF THE PARTY (HYPERSOUL)
• ERIC KRASNO....ROLL OUT...REMINISCE (ROYAL FAMILY RECORDINGS)
• ERIC KRASNO....GET BACK...REMINISCE (ROYAL FAMILY RECORDINGS)
• PHAREZ WHITTED....THE TRUTH SEEKER...TRANSIENT JOURNEY (OWL STUDIOS)
• PHAREZ WHITTED.... OUR MAN BARACK...TRANSIENT JOURNEY (OWL STUDIOS)
• MIKE CLARK...T'S BOOGALOO...CARNIVAL OF SOUL (OWL STUDIOS)
• MIKE CLARK...ZOYD...CARNIVAL OF SOUL (OWL STUDIOS)
• JEFF LORBER FUSION....CHINESE MEDICIANAL HERBS...NOW IS THE TIME (HEADS UP)
• JEFF LORBER FUSION....BLACK ICE...NOW IS THE TIME (HEADS UP)

Every Friday beginning at 7 AM until midnight ET we'll begin each hour with a classic piece of Jazz Fusion history with our special feature we call IF IT'S FRIDAY, THIS MUST BE FUSION. This Friday, June 11th, we'll celebrate the artists who successfully navigated a very tricky turn in their careers with a special feature we call “BEBOPPERS EMBRACING FUSION!" Just as Bebop filled many Big Band fans and players with shock, awe and despair, so did Fusion shock many beboppers as fusion broke the rules with electric instruments and new rhythms. Some who played Bebop like Miles Davis, Chico Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Chick Corea not only embraced the changes but helped define the genre. But you may be surprised at the music made by some of the other lions of Bebop...how about Dizzy Gillespie, Ahmad Jamal, Cannonball Adderley, Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard, Monty Alexander, Pharoah Sanders, Roy Haynes & Stan Getz? You'll hear them all if you join us for this week's edition of IF IT'S FRIDAY, THIS MUST BE FUSION. It's “BEBOPPERS EMBRACING FUSION!"

As Chick Corea celebrates his 69th birthday on Saturday, June 12th we think it's a good time to present a special edition or our weekly feature WORDS & MUSIC on MOJA Radio, this one titled “RETURN TO FOREVER REVISITED!" In 2008 when Chick, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and Al Di Meola picked up where they'd left off decades before with their tour of the world they thrilled millions of fans with their performances that brought back wonderful memories but at the same time they rekindled what has now become a fusion reawakening among not only the fans but many musicians who have found new inspiration in the free-wheeling attitude of the fusion era. Interview segments followed by music will begin each hour from Noon through Midnight Eastern time (9 AM-9 PM Pacific). You'll look to fusion's past, present and future with four of its giants if you join us for “RETURN TO FOREVER REVISITED," on this week's WORDS & MUSIC.

Twice every Sunday listen for three of our most popular special features on what we call THE SUNDAY SPECIALS here on MOJA Radio. At 9 AM & 9 PM Eastern time you'll hear an hour of fun and funky stuff on JAMMIN' JAZZ...JAZZ FOR THE NEW GENERATION WITH MICHELLE SAMMARTINO followed at 10 AM and 10 PM Eastern time by our weekly look at the hottest new MOJA coming out on THE ALL NEW MUSIC REVUE. Then we'll wrap it all up at 11 AM and 11 PM Eastern time with an hour inside the world's only imaginary jazz club for rare, live performances on LIVE @ MOJALAND. So listen for THE SUNDAY SPECIALS twice every Sunday from 9 AM to NOON, with a replay Sunday night from 9 PM to Midnight Eastern/6-9 PM Pacific on MOJA Radio!