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Remembering Ralph Sutton This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

July 12, 2012

In an encore presentation this week, Riverwalk Jazz presents pianist Ralph Sutton’s 2000 visit to The Landing in San Antonio with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Between tunes, Sutton talked with host David Holt about his early experiences and influences and how he came to join Jack Teagarden’s band. Longtime Jim Cullum Jazz Band pianist John ...

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Lil Hardin's Life With Louis Armstrong This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

July 5, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz we hear the story of Lil Hardin's life with Louis Armstrong in rare interviews first released by Riverside Records in the 1950s. Trumpeters Duke Heitger and Bob Barnard join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to perform pieces composed by Armstrong and Armstrong. The program is distributed in the US by Public ...

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Jim Cullum Jazz Band At Stanford Jazz Workshop This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

June 28, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band presents a collection of early jazz classics from New Orleans and beyond. It's a summer concert captured live at the Stanford Jazz Workshop with Evan Christopher on clarinet. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band brings a fresh approach to its classic repertoire in nightly performances in San ...

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STLJN Audio Archive: Hamiet Bluiett - Endangered Species

June 25, 2012

For this edition of the Audio Archive, we continue this weekend's focus on the great baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett by spotlighting Endangered Species, his recording debut as a leader. Originally issued in 1976 by the now-defunct India Navigation label and out of print for many years, Endangered Species has been preserved online thanks to the efforts ...

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Pop up Project Seeks Musicians for Experimental Jam Session This Friday

June 22, 2012

This just in: The POP UP project, co-curated by local artists Kate King and Sam Davis, is looking for musicians to participate in an “Experimental Music Jam" starting at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, June 22 at 7411 S. Broadway in the Carondelet neighborhood. King tells StLJN that the POP UP project “was created to stimulate a ...

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Class Of 39: Lindy Hopping Down The Yellow Brick Road

June 21, 2012

A decade after the crash that caused the Great Depression, Americans were eager to embrace a new sense of hope. In 1939, some of the best movies and pop songs of all time lightened the load for the 17.2 % of the population still without a job. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, performances by guest artists ...

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WGBH FM Boston Cuts Prestigious Jazz Programs Featuring Eric Jackson And Steve Schwartz

June 21, 2012

Local and National Jazz Communities Express Outrage Boston, MA: WGBH FM a long-time key provider of highly respected jazz programming in Boston, today notified jazz hosts Eric Jackson and Steve Schwartz that their shows would be discontinued as they currently exist, beginning July 1, 2012. Schwartz's Friday night show which has aired for 27 years will ...

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Jazz programming on WGBH-FM being scaled back, a blow to local jazz fans

June 21, 2012

To the consternation of loyal listeners, WGBH-FM (89.7) is dropping jazz programming on weeknights, moving longtime host Eric Jackson to weekend duties only, and eliminating Steve Schwartz’s Friday show. The changes, some of which take effect July 2, come amid an expansion of National Public Radio programming on WGBH, including additional broadcasts of “Marketplace” and extending ...

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Reuben Hoch's Adrenaline Jazz Trio Performs On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 6/15/12

June 15, 2012

Please tune in for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat on Friday, June 15th, 2012 With REUBEN HOCH AND ADRENALINE JAZZ Are you ready to hear traditional Jewish melodies in a Jam band format? Please join our audience for this swingin’ trio comprised of drummer Reuben Hoch (Greg ...

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The Story Of Clarence Williams This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

June 14, 2012

This week, Riverwalk Jazz looks at both sides of the Clarence Williams legacy. New Orleans’ Topsy Chapman and Broadway’s Vernel Bagneris lend their acting and vocal talents to this week's show as they join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for Gulf Coast Blues: The Clarence Williams Story. The program is distributed in the US by Public ...