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Russell Perry
Since: 2018 | Position: Radio / Podcast Host | Location: New York City | Page Views: 28,444 
About Me
Long-time radio host, compulsive collector and beginning tenor player.
Highly regarded architect and recognized sustainable design expert, Russell Perry has taken a deep dive into jazz history in retirement. The results of his studies have become the radio program Jazz at 100 on WTJU Charlottesville, Virginia 91.1 FM.
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My Jazz Story
I was first exposed to jazz at home as a child. My father had experienced the 52nd Street New York scene in the late 40s as a college student (his roommate was a
student of Oscar Pettiford!). He had several jazz albums and shared his enthusiasm for the music. I got really involved as an announcer in college radio (WTJU
Charlottesville), with an amazing collection at my fingertips.
My advice to new listeners - remember that this is music to dance to, music to dream to, music to fall in love to, music to laugh to, music to cry to, music of
indignation and protest, music of delight and joy. Don't be intimidated by it, feel it.
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Your Favorite Living Trumpeters
Your Favorite Vibraphonists
The Mount Rushmore of Hard Bop
Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Saxophonists
Your Favorite Living Jazz Saxophonists
Best Jazz Venues 2019
Contests
SMOKE Sessions Records Music Giveaway
Win a chance at Brad Mehldau's 'Ride into the Sun' vinyl album on Nonesuch Records
ECM Records Luminessence LP Giveaway
Win a chance at International Anthem Recording Company Releases
Win a chance at the Images of America: Philadelphia Jazz book
Win a chance at The Jazz Dive's cool jazz art prints!
Win a chance at a limited-edition fine art print from JazzFest Gallery
Win a chance at Justin Time Records Vinyl Releases
Win a chance to attend jazzahead! 2024
Win a chance at 5 Royal Potato Family LPs!
VMP's Miles Davis: The Electric Years including 7 albums and 11 LPs
Win a copy of Vince Guaraldi's 50th Anniversary Soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on Vinyl!
Win a Free Subscription to Oh! Jazz and Enjoy One Year of Free Live and On-Demand Jazz
Sam First Records Album Giveaway
Arkadia Records Album Giveaway
GleAM Records Album Giveaway
Sunnyside Records Album Giveaway
Posi-Tone Records Multi Album Giveaway
Craft Recordings' The Birth of Bop Box Set and Art Pepper's Meets the Rhythm (Vinyl)
Club d'Elf: Autographed vinyl copies of You Never Know plus As Above (digital)
Color Red Music 180g Vinyl Bundle Giveaway
Massive Holiday CD Giveaway including the classics Jazz Yule Love, Vol I & II
Jazz Dispensary 2.0 Bundle with Gary Bartz, Idris Muhammad, Melvin Sparks and Bayeté on Colored Vinyl
MIG Music Tony Williams / Manfred Schoof Quintet Giveaway
Outside in Music 2022 5-Pack
Elemental Music's Three 180 gram LP Giveaway
Ornette Coleman Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Box Set
Win a Zildjian 20" K Custom Flat Top Ride Cymbal
Greenleaf Music Album Giveaway
Mahakala Music Album Giveaway
Anzic Records Album Giveaway
VMP Anthology: The Story of Quincy Jones
Three winners will receive the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas on Color Vinyl
Effendi Records Two Album Giveaway
ArtistShare Two Album Giveaway
AGS (Alternative Guitar Summit) Recordings Giveaway
Giovanni Guidi's 'Ojos De Gato' on CAM Jazz
MPS Oscar Peterson Exclusively For My Friends 6-LP box set
Mosaic Records Louis Armstrong / Joe Henderson Box Set Giveaway
ACT Music CD / Vinyl / Digital Giveaway
Sunnyside Records Giveaway
Copenhagen's ILK Music Giveaway
Enter the MCG Jazz giveway and win a chance at new releases from Nancy Wilson, Paquito D’Rivera, Bob Mintzer Big Band, Jared Sims and more!
Enter the Greenleaf Music giveway and win a chance at new releases from Dave Douglas, Webber/Morris Big Band, Rudy Royston and more!
Resonance Records Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins and Monty Alexander Giveaway
Maria Schneider Data Lords
Your Choice From the Cellar Live Catalog
Your Choice From the MoonJune Records Catalog
VMP Anthology: The Story of Herbie Hancock
Diskonife Records Contest Giveaway
Summit Records Contest Giveaway
Smoke Sessions Records Contest Giveaway
Whaling City Sound Contest Giveaway
Outside In Music CD and Digital Album Giveaway!
ESP-Disk Five Recording Bundle
A 4-pack of CDs from Posi-Tone Records
10 different LPs spanning the ten years of Whirlwind Recordings
10 copies of Rhythm Abstraction: Azure by Frank Macchia
Ragmala: A Garland Of Ragas by Adam Rudolph
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