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Power Swing Band Live on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, March 4th

March 3, 2011

Tune in for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, March 4th, 2011 Featuring EVER SO KLEVER Led by guitarist/vocalist Rich Plaza, Ever So Klever has grown into a ferocious band. Utilizing various musical genres (Jazz, Blues, Ska, Swing, Rockabilly and Funk among others), they now number nine very talented ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 21, 2011

March 1, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 — Kurt Elling The Gate (Concord Jazz) 301 151 +150 4 69 1 2 2 2 6 Jeremy Pelt Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote) 261 191 +70 1 57 2 4 3 1 1 Joe Lovano Bird Songs (Blue Note) 211 200 +11 0 57 ...

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The Jazz Session #244: Nicholas Urie

March 1, 2011

Nicholas Uries new album, My Garden (Red Piano Records, 2011), features his settings of the poems of Charles Bukowski. In this interview, Urie talks about his identification with Bukowski, who, like Urie, spent much of his life in Los Angeles; the challenges of setting Bukowskis non-lyrical poems; and the even greater challenge of getting the rights ...

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In Studio with Benny Green

February 28, 2011

CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO When pianist Benny Green agreed to come to KPLU's Seattle studios for a solo piano performance he was on tour with his band doing a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk so it seemed logical to have his studio session consist of Monk compositions. That was the plan, anyway ... However, ...

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George Shearing's Gentle Piano Jazz on Riffin Radio Show Today at 4 PM

February 27, 2011

The celebrated piano jazz of Sir George Shearing who died last week at age 91 will be the dominant factor of this Sunday (February 27) Riffin show aired weekly between 4-6 PM ET on University of the West Indies (UWI) radio, News Talk 93FM. Riffin is hosted by renowned, Washington DC based musicologist Dermot Hussey. British ...

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In Studio with Pianist Vijay Iyer

February 27, 2011

CLICK TO HEAR AUDIO The Vijay Iyer Trio's latest release, Historicity, won a number of “Album Of The Year" awards in 2010 and has been nominated for a 2011 Grammy as “Best Jazz Instrumental Album." Pianist, Vijay Iyer, seems pleased by this recognition but not really fazed by it. In fact, during his trio's visit to ...

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New Podcast For Independent Jazz Artists Launched; Listeners Play Role In Helping Their Careers

February 27, 2011

The Indie Jazz Café, a new weekly podcast designed to highlight the music of independent Jazz musicians from around the world, has launched. The podcast is available at indiejazzcafe.podbean.com; its main Web site is at indiejazzcafe.com. The podcast is unique in that it encourages subscribers to help play a role in the careers of the musicians ...

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How To: Turn Radio Airplay into Music Sales

February 26, 2011

If you're getting radio airplay, how do you turn that exposure into traffic and sales? In this short video, Nimbit President and co-founder Phil Antoniades shares his experience with getting radio airplay and how he used promo codes to drive users and sales on his site. Two things are true about radio: they like giving stuff ...

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Ben Pollack on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

February 25, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Jim Cullum Jazz Band drummer Hal Smith joins host David Holt to talk about Ben Pollack's often overlooked contribution to jazz. The show is heard on public radio stations nationwide, distributed by Public Radio International, and can also be heard on XM/Sirius sattelite radio and streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 14, 2011

February 22, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Joe Lovano Bird Songs (Blue Note) 200 178 +22 0 58 1 5 2 6 13 Jeremy Pelt Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote) 191 143 +48 1 48 2 3 3 2 20 Ernestine Anderson Nightlife: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (HighNote) 163 165 ...