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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 13, 2012

February 21, 2012

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jimmy Owens The Monk Project (IPO) 210 207 +3 0 58 1 6 2 2 4 Bruce Babad A Tribute To Paul Desmond (Primrose Lane) 178 169 +9 0 48 2 5 3 3 6 Gary Smulyan Smul's Paradise (Capri) 147 155 -8 0 48 ...

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STLJN Audio Archive: Oliver Nelson and the Berlin Dreamband - Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra

February 20, 2012

For today's Audio Archive post, we revisit an out-of-print session by saxophonist, arranger and composer Oliver Nelson. Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra originally came out in 1971 on the long defunct Flying Dutchman label, and has been preserved online thanks to the music sharing blog Flying Dutchman Records (which, as the name suggests, is devoted expressly to ...

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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Features The Susan Krebs Band and Their Latest Release "Everything Must Change"

February 19, 2012

The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Susan Krebs of The Susan Krebs Band regarding their brand new release Everything Must Change. In the opening segment, Krebs discusses the inspiration behind the song selection ...

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Porgy and Bess Part I This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

February 16, 2012

Riverwalk Jazz presents a two-part special—The Jim Cullum Jazz Band's acclaimed jazz transcription of George Gershwin's American folk opera Porgy and Bess. Theater legend William Warfield, the award winning bass-baritone famous for his memorable stage role as Porgy, appears as narrator in this encore presentation. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, ...

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"Best of 2011" Radio channels from AccuJazz.com

February 16, 2012

Savvy jazz listeners spent much of December poring over hundreds of “Best of 2011" lists, left only to wonder what the vaunted music actually sounded like. To satisfy curious listeners and highlight the excellent music, AccuJazz Internet radio has created a Best of 2011 channel playing the most critically-acclaimed jazz albums released last year. The streaming ...

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Live Bates! Bassist Leads His Band Through "Open Sessions"

February 16, 2012

Last week, Chris Bates sent out his usual update. But this time, the listing was not so usual. In addition to the gigs in which he plays a critical sideman role, Chris invited us to one of his first forays into bandleading, and not just on a gig. We were invited to a ringside seat of ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 6, 2012

February 14, 2012

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jimmy Owens The Monk Project (IPO) 207 248 -41 0 51 1 5 2 4 11 Bruce Babad A Tribute To Paul Desmond (Primrose Lane) 169 136 +33 0 41 2 4 3 6 4 Gary Smulyan Smul's Paradise (Capri) 155 121 +34 0 48 ...

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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Profiles the Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo and Their New Release "Afropean Affair"

February 13, 2012

The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Oscar Perez of the Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo regarding the brand new release Afropean Affair. In the opening segment, Perez discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of ...

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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Profiles Talking Cows and Their New Release "Almost Human"

February 13, 2012

The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Robert Vermeulen of the Talking Cows regarding their brand new release Almost Human. In the opening segment, Vermeulen discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of this new ...

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Raditaz: Location-Specific User-Created Radio Stations

February 11, 2012

This week I spoke with Tom Brophy, Founder and CEO of Raditaz, a mobile and web-based radio service with a particularly interesting location-based aspect. Raditaz offers the option of creating your own station and listening to stations created by others along with some preprogrammed options. Given that streaming music and the radio metaphor have been explored ...