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Charlie Christian's Riffs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

October 13, 2011

This week Riverwalk Jazz salutes Benny Goodman's pioneering Sextet featuring the early electric guitarist Charlie Christian. Our guests are both life-long devotees of the Benny Goodman Sextet. Clarinetist Allan Vaché and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen join Cullum band reedman Ron Hockett on “Swinging on a Riff: The Legacy of the Benny Goodman Sextet." The program is ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 3, 2011

October 11, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Giacomo Gates Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs Of Gil Scott-Heron (Savant) 201 213 -12 0 54 1 8 2 2 3 Cedar Walton The Bouncer (HighNote) 198 195 +3 0 54 2 8 3 5 1 Warren Wolf Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue) 185 ...

The Jazz Session #315: Dalton Ridenhour

October 7, 2011

The Eccentric Genius of Jelly Roll Morton This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

October 6, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actor Vernel Bagneris joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for “Wild Man Blues," a musical biography based on personal diaries of Jelly Roll Morton. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on- demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. One ...

Slacker Radio Favors Human DJs over Algorithms

October 5, 2011

In the last few months, digital radio service Slacker has added a premium channel, partnered with AOL and helped launch the new Facebook. But they've also been a successful example of music programming by expert humans, aka djs, as opposed to more algorithmically inclined solutions. Music curation is taking on many forms and Slacker was recently ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 26, 2011

October 4, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 2 Giacomo Gates Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs Of Gil Scott-Heron (Savant) 213 204 +9 0 57 1 7 2 3 3 Cedar Walton The Bouncer (HighNote) 195 201 -6 0 60 2 7 3 5 6 Larry Vuckovich Somethin' Special (Tetrachord) 192 191 ...

The Jazz Session #314: Marcus Strickland

October 3, 2011

Saxophonist Marcus Strickland's latest recording is Triumph of the Heavy (Strick Muzik, 2011), a 2-CD set that features a live trio performance and a studio session by his new quartet. In this interview, Strickland talks about why he added piano to his band; his awareness that hes playing for other people; and the difference between the ...

Rockwired.com's "Jazzed and Blue" Presents: Jazz Pianist Gilson Schachnik and Drummer Mauricio Zottarello and Their New Musical Project "Mozik"

October 2, 2011

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview jazz pianist Gilson Schachnik and bassist Mauricio Zottarelli and their new musical project 'Mozik.' In the opening segment Zottarelli and Scachnik discuss the intoxicating Brazilian sounds and rhythms that are evidenced on ...

Austin's Young & Hot on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

September 29, 2011

Residents of Austin, Texas are proud that their city boasts more live music venues than any other, including New York and Las Vegas. Austin music fans can choose between a wide variety of styles and genres—from Texas swing and bluegrass to a thriving cohort of traditional hot jazz. Our special guest artists on this week's Riverwalk ...

The Jazz Session #313: Wadada Leo Smith

September 29, 2011