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Trumpeter Bria Skonberg This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

May 3, 2012

In his book Preservation Hall, author William Carter asks whether traditional jazz will die out with the current generation, or “re-seed itself?” This week on Riverwalk Jazz, trumpeter Bria Skonberg, one of a new generation of gifted 20-something players, visits the stage of The Landing to perform classic jazz with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The ...

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STLJN Audio Archive: Black Artists Group - Ofamfa: Children of the Sun

April 30, 2012

For this week's Audio Archive post, we delve into the history St. Louis' Black Artists Group and revisit Ofamfa: Children of the Sun, BAG's first-ever LP release issued in 1971 on their own Universal Justice imprint. Preserved online thanks to the music sharing blog Nothing Is II, Ofamfa largely features the poetry of BAG co-founder Bruce ...

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WBGO Interviews/music From International Jazz Day, New Orleans Tonight At 6:30

April 30, 2012

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Continues Its Celebration of International Jazz Day Today at 6:30 pm with Broadcast of Herbie Hancock’s Sunrise Concert in New Orleans NEWARK, NJ: WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM continues its celebration of International Jazz Day today at 6:30 pm with a special broadcast of Herbie Hancock’s sunrise performance in New Orleans. WBGO’s Josh ...

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Jamie Ousley's Worldwide Performance On WLRN's South Fla. Arts Beat, 4/27/12

April 27, 2012

South Florida Arts Beat Friday, April 27th, 2012 With JAMIE OUSLEY This grand musician is a professor of Jazz bass at Florida International University. He was recently named “Best South Florida Jazz Musician of 2011" by Boca Life Magazine and his previous CD, “Back Home", was named “Best South Florida ...

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: A Conversation With Benny Carter Biographer Ed Berger

April 26, 2012

This week Riverwalk Jazz recalls the 9-decade career of saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and arranger Benny Carter with music and memories from the maestro himself and an interview with Ed Berger, Associate Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Berger was Carter’s road manager and one of the authors of the definitive biography, Benny ...

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Tribute To Bass Legend Milt Hinton This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

April 19, 2012

This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents a legacy broadcast featuring the iconic bassist Milt Hinton in a 1991 performance with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, live at The Landing in San Antoniio. Milt was 81. Milt Hinton used to say, “A person has to have lived to play great jazz…Unless you’ve lived, what could you say on ...

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SoundExchange Gets 90% of It's Revenue from SiriusXM and Pandora

April 17, 2012

SoundExchange collected 90% of it's 2011 revenue from only two sources: SiriusXM and Pandora, according to new analysis from Live365 general counsel Angus MacDonald. The dominance of just two income sources is particularly poignant at a time when SiriusXM is leading an effort to by-pass SoundExchange entirely and pay rightsholders directly. Based on court filings from ...

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STLJN Audio Archive: The Leon Thomas Album

April 16, 2012

For this week's installment of the StLJN Audio Archive, we revisit The Leon Thomas Album, originally issued by the late singer and East St. Louisan Leon Thomas in 1970 on the now-defunct Flying Dutchman label. In contrast to Thomas' sparse debut recording. Spirits Known and Unknown, which positioned him as part of the music's avant-garde, his ...

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Dick Hyman's Life In Music This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

April 10, 2012

In a recent edition of “A Blog Supreme" on NPR Jazz, Dick Hyman was referred to as “A Living, Breathing Encyclopedia Of Jazz." This week, Riverwalk Jazz celebrates the music of Dick Hyman. Hyman discusses the musical influences that shaped his career, and he joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on pieces by his favorite composers, ...

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Anatomy of a Recording Session... "Standard Domain"

April 7, 2012

Last December, as saxophonist-educator Paul Carr and his wife Karmen Carr were busily locking down the forthcoming 3rd annual edition of their late winter Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, Paul invited this writer to a recording session for his summer 2012 release Standard Domain. Having worked with Paul and Karmen to develop the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, which arose ...