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WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM Holds Fifth Annual Coat Drive December 18, 2012 - January 18, 2013

December 19, 2012

WBGO Acts As Collection Point for Five Coat Distribution Centers NEWARK, NJ: Everyone deserves to be safe and warm; but due to tough economic times and the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, many of our neighbors can use a helping hand. To bring warmth into the lives of infants, children and adults throughout the area, WBGO Jazz ...

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Updated: Royalties Sirius XM Pays Artists, Labels to Rise 37.5%, Soundexchange Responds

December 18, 2012

UPDATED: The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set new statutory royalty rates for satellite radio that will see the percentage of gross revenue paid to artists and labels increase gradually from the current 8% to 11% by 2017. SoundExchange, which collects the royalties had wanted Sirius XM to pay up to 20% by 2017. The Judges ...

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Comfort And Joy This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

December 13, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, it’s Hot Jazz for a Cool Yule as Jim Cullum and the Band welcome an all-star cast of jazz players, outstanding vocal artists and one masterful tap dancer to the stage of The Landing to interpret carols and holiday classics in a jazz mood. The program is distributed in the US ...

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The "Chromatic" Chet Williamson Now Radio Host On WICN.org

December 13, 2012

On Monday, December 3, 2013 Chet Williamson made his debut as the new host of the drive time hours of Jazz Matinee. This popular radio show features everything under the umbrella of the great American art form known as jazz, paying particular attention to local, regional, and emerging artists. As both a writer and musician, Williamson ...

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Unplugged Jazz With Guitarist Marty Grosz This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

December 6, 2012

Riverwalk Jazz this week features a giant of jazz rhythm guitar—Marty Grosz. His career spans over 60 years. Equal parts showman, jazz scholar and raconteur, Marty is a virtuoso in a playing style that’s both timeless and so far off the radar it’s all but lost in today’s music world. The program is distributed in the ...

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Zach Brock Quartet Featured On WNYC Soundcheck December 10

December 3, 2012

Violinist and composer Zach Brock will be at WNYC FM studios in New York City on Monday, December 10 for an interview and performance on the show SOUNDCHECK with host John Schaefer. The session will stream live and air in early January. Catch Zach and his quartet the next day, December 11, at their debut at ...

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"Gershwin Cabaret" With Dick Hyman This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

November 29, 2012

George Gershwin’s bold and innovative compositions embraced high and low culture—and just about everything in between. Gershwin enjoyed giving parties in the living room of his Manhattan penthouse, sitting at the piano entertaining his friends. With a nod to that intimate setting, jazz piano master Dick Hyman joins host David Holt in the studio with “A ...

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Dick Hyman, Topsy Chapman Celebrate Teddy Wilson This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

November 22, 2012

Teddy Wilson backed Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday—then became a star playing with Benny Goodman. He made history as one of the first black musicians to join a white band in public performances. Wilson’s understated, delicately-swinging piano style defined the Swing Era. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, pianist Dick Hyman (who took piano lessons from Wilson ...

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Gary Giddins On Louis & Bing

November 15, 2012

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 Riverwalk 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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Aaron Lebos Reality Performs On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 11/16/12

November 15, 2012

Please join our worldwide audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, November 16th, 2012 Featuring AARON LEBOS REALITY Despite winning Florida state classical piano competitions at the tender age of 5, Aaron Lebos is now cutting quite a renowned path as a modern Jazz guitarist. A graduate of ...