If you love FUSION you are gonna LOVE this week on MOJARadio.com ! We have some wonderful newly released live stuff from JEFF BECK and Friday is shaping up to be a FUSION FEST! And of course every week is special here on MOJA Radio, so if you are already a subscriber here is your outlook. And if you are not yet a subscriber here is what you are missing... so SIGN UP FOR A COMPLIMENTARY TRIAL MONTH and tell some friends!!!
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We have some other technical things in the works as well... we are working on a brand new website, looking at upgrading our stream and giving you more options on how to enjoy all the benefits of MOJA Radio effortlessly and painlessly... and a few other surprises... so stay tuned... we are working to make this YOUR MODERN JAZZ channel... your one and only place to hear the music you love and get turned on to stuff you had no idea existed. It is our mission to make this project SING for you... and we work hard on it every single day. For you! Our loyal listeners and the musicians who make this possible!
Cheers!
Michelle and Russ
MOJA Radio/WEEKLY FEATURES (March 1-7, 2010)
This Monday, March 1st, we'll present another edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. And this time we'll focus on a saxophonist, composer and bandleader who has been a seeker since the beginning of his career, GREG OSBY! You'll learn all about Greg's beginnings in St. Louis and his move to the New York scene, how he's dabbled in everything from free to swing to hip hop and always looks to push the envelope of jazz. You'll hear his solo work as well as his many collaborations with the greats of jazz today. 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 the spotlight on GREG OSBY!
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...
- Boston Horns - Pink
- Baby Buddha Heads - Big Mama Is Gone
- Club D'Elf - Quilty
- Garaj Mahal - Paladin
- Modereko - Solar Ignitor
- Spam Allstars - The Robots Attack
- Budos Band - Monkey See Monkey Do
- Nomo - New Song
- Medeski, Martin & Wood - Professor Nohair
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/6 AM Pacific and again Wednesday night at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific, and twice again on Sunday at 11 AM & 11 PM Eastern, as part of the Sunday Specials. This week, we'll give you one of the Lords of Fusion guitar as we present JEFF BECK LIVE @ RONNIE SCOTT'S. We'll head to London to the world famous jazz club Ronnie Scott's to hear a man who's played for stadiums filled with rock fans in the most intimate setting of his career. The music is lifted from the DVD “Performing This Week...Live @ Ronnie Scott's," and the audience, which included some of his old rock mates like Page and Plant, Jon Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton & Queen's Brian May, came to hear jazz and fusion's what they got with tunes by Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, and Stevie Wonder plus his fusion classics like Led Boots, Scatterbrain, Beck's Bolero, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and more. So join us for JEFF BECK LIVE @ RONNIE SCOTT'S 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 Eastern. This week we'll give you more from Canadian-born and now New York-based composer Darcy James Argue and his big band he calls his Secret Society recorded live at the New York City club Le Poisson Rouge followed by one of Joe Zawinul's last musical efforts put together by Estonian-born bandleader Kristjan Jarvi who approached Joe with the idea of recording some of this newer music with his chamber orchestra called Absolute Ensemble. The result is “Absolute Zawinul," and it's great. Then you'll hear East Coast pianist Orrin Evan's salute to jazzman Bobby Watson titled “Faith In Action," guitarist Charlie Apicella & Iron City with some cool groove on “Sparks," flute legend Mark Weinstein and some of Cuba's greatest young players on “Timbasa," and English pianist and vocalist Jamie Cullum going wild on his new one “The Pursuit." So, if you want to keep up with all the newest MOJA, just listen to THE ALL NEW MUSIC REVUE four times each week!
Every Friday beginning at 7 AM until midnight Eastern time 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 week, since we're premiering Jeff Beck live @ Ronnie Scott's on Live @ MOJALand we thought it might be fun to focus on some of his fellow Englishmen who also made fusion history as we present a special feature we call “BECK, HOLDSWORTH & McLAUGHLIN'S GREATEST FUSION HITS. “ You'll hear three men who with electric guitar in hand brought that rock edge to jazz during the fusion era. You'll hear their most famous songs featuring Allan Holdsworth solo as well as with Tony Williams Lifetime and Soft Machine. You'll hear Jeff Beck solo and with The Jan Hammer Group. And you'll hear the great John McLaughlin solo as well as with Miles, The Mahavishnu Orchestra and The Trio of Doom. It's “BECK, HOLDSWORTH & McLAUGHLIN'S GREATEST FUSION HITS," on this week's edition of IF IT'S FRIDAY, THIS MUST BE FUSION.
This Saturday we'll salute the place where it all began as we present our weekly feature WORDS & MUSIC on MOJA Radio this one titled “DESTINATION AFRICA!" You'll hear how the music of Africa has influenced singers like Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright, and groups like The Yellowjackets and Holland's New Cool Collective. You'll hear how Africa shaped projects by Jean-Luc Ponty, Stefon Harris and Bela Fleck, and you'll get thoughts on Africa from Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul and John Scofield. Interview segments followed by music will begin each hour from Noon through Midnight Eastern time (9 AM-9 PM Pacific). Join us for “DESTINATION AFRICA," 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 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 time on MOJA Radio!
