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20th Anniversary Revisited This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

May 22, 2014

On Memorial Day Weekend 1989, Riverwalk Jazz made its national debut. This week, to celebrate over twenty years on the air, we revisit our first national broadcast, a program with piano legend Dick Hyman devoted to Fats Waller. Since that first national broadcast, Dick Hyman has joined us for so many radio shows that we sometimes ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 19, 2014

May 16, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)320252+6835514212Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)283278+515216353 Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)223213+1024035474David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)220210+1034746535Mike Longo Trio Step On It (CAP)213232-1954938646Bruce Barth Daybreak (Savant)196231-3514519767David Fathead Newman & The Tilden Webb Trio Cellar Groove (Cellar Live)193211-180423108128 Verve Jazz Ensemble East End Sojourn ...

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"Crazy Rhythm:" Red Nichols And His Five Pennies This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

May 16, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz the Jim Cullum Jazz Band tells the story of Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, illustrated with numerous historical recordings of Nichols and the ensembles he led. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the ...

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Eastman School Of Music Jazz Concerts Get Encores On WGMC

May 15, 2014

A weekly radio series featuring Eastman School of Music jazz performances through the years premieres at 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, on Jazz90.1 WGMC. Titled Jazz@Eastman: Past, Present, and Future, the programs will feature performances as well as works by Eastman faculty, students, and alumni. The series is a collaboration between Eastman and Jazz 90.1 and ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 12, 2014

May 9, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)278306-2835215232Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)252260-865023363Mike Longo Trio Step On It (CAP)232237-504537424Bruce Barth Daybreak (Savant)231262-31351185115 Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)213197+1654054646David Fathead Newman & The Tilden Webb Trio Cellar Groove (Cellar Live)211245-3404339757David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)210239-2904455878Javon Jackson Expression (Smoke Sessions)190216-2614159989Craig Handy Craig ...

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Bing & Louis: A Pocketful Of Dreams With Gary Giddins, This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

May 8, 2014

Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong struck up a friendship in the 1920s that flourished as they worked together—for almost half a century—on stage, in movies, and on radio and TV. This week on Riverwalkl Jazz, Gary Giddins, author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940 shares a look into the friendship between Bing ...

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Filling The Jazz Void In Montreal Radio

May 13, 2014

Long famous for its international jazz festival, Montreal never had great jazz radio. Louche Life Radio plans to change that. Launched three months ago from a downtown studio, Louche Life internet radio airs full time worldwide via California based server Live365. Primary programming is contemporary vocal jazz, instrumental jazz with a strong narrative, and a sprinkling ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 5, 2014

May 2, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)306263+4355514212Bruce Barth Daybreak (Savant)262263-1153173123Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)260199+6194932434David Fathead Newman & The Tilden Webb Trio Cellar Groove (Cellar Live)245249-424738585David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)239221+1834854646Mike Longo Trio Step On It (CAP)237243-604646757Javon Jackson Expression (Smoke Sessions)216241-2514458878Craig Handy Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh)207222-15041114969George Cables Icons ...

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Swinging At The Pearl: Catherine Russell, Dick Hyman & The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

May 1, 2014

For this week’s Riverwalk Jazz radio show, bandleader Jim Cullum welcomes two guest artists. One is piano master and old friend Dick Hyman, a guest on our first radio show in 1989. The second is a new friend, making her Riverwalk Jazz debut in 2010—jazz singer Catherine Russell. The program is distributed in the US by ...

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Rdio Catches up with 320kbps Streaming, Joins Bob Weir's New "Artists for Quality" Initiative

April 29, 2014

Music streamer Rdio has upgraded it's streaming quality to 320KpBS and joined Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead's new “Artists For Quality" initiative to improve streaming audio quality. The upgrade, which puts Rdio on par with Spotify, Beats, Deezer and most other major music streamers, highlights the increasing public debate over improving the audio experience. But it ...