Results for "Radio"

The Jazz Session #225: Kali Z. Fasteau

December 17, 2010

Multi-instrumentalist Kali Z. Fasteau continues to experiment with the nature of sound on her new album, Animal Grace (Flying Note, 2010). In this interview, Fasteau talks about how she pushes past the perceived limits of the instruments she plays; how her experiences traveling the world inform her music; and the system of balance she finds in ...

Video: Pandora Accepts 30% of Music Submissions

December 15, 2010

By now, we all pretty much know the general story of Pandora. Comparisions to rival web radio services aside, Tim Westergren is just interesting to listen to. He's like a music industry mascot with more fans than most artists. Fast Company interviewed him for their “Innovation Agents" series. I thought I'd share it here. Take a ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 6, 2010

December 14, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 2 The Clayton Brothers The New Song And Dance (ArtistShare) 183 191 -8 0 52 1 9 2 4 4 Houston Person Moment To Moment (HighNote) 182 183 -1 0 52 1 8 2 5 6 Cassandra Wilson Silver Pony (Blue Note) 182 177 +5 ...

The Jazz Session #224: Jason Robinson

December 14, 2010

Woodwind player Jason Robinson released three albums this fall—solo (Cerberus Reigning), duo (Cerulean Landscape) and full band (The Two Faces of Janus). In this interview, Robinson discusses his use of electronics and computer manipulation in his solo saxophone playing; how the music of Duke Ellington and Cecil Taylor inform his duets with pianist Anthony Davis; and ...

AccuJazz Internet Radio gets you in the holiday spirit

December 14, 2010

Jazz connoisseurs might be forgiven for being a little Scrooge-like during the Holidays, with the sounds of watered-down Christmas music filling the air everywhere they turn. But AccuJazz Internet radio brings good news of great joy for all jazz fans: they can listen to great Christmas jazz any time of the day or night, for absolutely ...

Riverwalk Jazz Celebrates Clark Terry's 90th Birthday

December 10, 2010

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we hear from Clark Terry on the occasion of his 90th birthday—December 14—and we listen to tunes from his days with the Basie and Ellington bands, recorded live at The Landing with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band in the 1990s. Listeners will be treated to Clark's great sense of humor, the ...

The Jazz Session #223: Gabriel Gloege

December 10, 2010

Drummer Gabriel Gloeges Dymaxion Quartet takes inspiration from Buckminster Fuller and photographer Asca S.R. Aull on the album Sympathetic Vibrations. In this interview, Gloege talks about those two sources of inspiration; how Fullers ideas and Aulls photos inform the music on this album; and how he structures his compositions in the absence of a chordal instrument. ...

Turn Youtube into Pandora with Viddyjam

December 10, 2010

If you've ever desired a Pandora like experience on YouTube, ViddyJam delivers. It's not perfect, but does exactly what it aspires to. Plug an artist in the site, it pulls from data from Last.fm and charts out a path of similar music videos. Given the surplus of videos on YouTube, the quality isn't always there, but ...

The Jazz Session #222: Dan Tepfer

December 7, 2010

JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 29, 2010

December 7, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 7 Cyrus Chestnut Journeys (JLP) 215 182 +33 0 54 1 6 2 7 5 Russell Malone Triple Play (MAXJAZZ) 214 176 +38 1 51 2 4 3 2 3 The Clayton Brothers The New Song And Dance (ArtistShare) 191 182 +9 0 52 2 ...