Results for "Radio"

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Spiral reaches" #1 on JazzWeek Radio chart

July 12, 2010

Dr. Lonnie Smith's latest Palmetto Records release, Spiral, goes to #1 on the Jazz Week chart. JazzWeek is the definitive Jazz national radio airplay chart--a weekly report of the top fifty Jazz recordings played on radio stations across the United States and Canada. All About Jazz reviews Spiral Vitality and age might be normally be at ...

The 3 Cohens and "Braid" Featured on NPR

July 9, 2010

One family--one music. The remarkable story of 3 Cohens, Yuval (the older brother), Anat (the middle sister) and Avishai (the youngest sibling), continues with the November 20, 2007 release of their new recording, Braid (Anzic Records). It is obvious that the Cohens would have some sort of telepathy and symbiosis on the bandstand and in the ...

Off the A-Train: Paul Gonsalves 1957-1963

July 8, 2010

If it were a film, it might be called “Six Minutes Over Newport"--the story of Duke Ellington tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves' solo bombing run that dropped 27 choruses on a disbelieving and increasingly rapturous audience at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival. Ellington would often say afterwards that he had been “born again" that night, and Gonsalves' ...

Sirius XM Radio Now Has 19.5 Million Suscribers

July 8, 2010

Sirius XM Radio has now broken the 19.5 million subscribers mark. This makes sense.  Well, sort of; it would make sense to my father.  He and I recently got back from a 3,000 mile road trip, spending near entire days in the car, and since he can only tolerate so much of my music, we listened ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 28, 2010

July 6, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 37 — Jason Moran Ten (Blue Note) 380 76 +304 21 60 1 2 2 11 8 Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes Double Portrait (Blue Note) 345 133 +212 13 63 2 4 3 1 3 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 238 229 +9 ...

Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz: Episode 12, "Sultry Sirens"

July 6, 2010

SoulandJazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Episode 13: “Sultry Sirens" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here: http://bit.ly/b1amSb The sultry summer sun continues to beat down here in the American ...

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Swing! Episode 1 - "When Swing Was King"

July 5, 2010

A brand new monthly show... Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Swing! Episode 1--"When Swing Was King" It's completely free, absolutely legal, presented in rich CD quality, and available for immediate listening or downloading right here. Welcome to the first edition of a brand new show here on SoulandJazz.com, which expands ...

It's All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57

July 3, 2010

In the spring of 1947 trumpeter Louis Armstrong was 45 years old-considered by some critics and fans to be all but washed up, with his best years behind him and his music made irrelevant by the rising force of bebop. For 20 years he had been one of jazz's leading, most influential figures. He was appearing ...

The Jazz Session #181: Michael Musillami

July 2, 2010

Continuum, a Journey Through Jazz - "Sultry Summer Nights"

June 29, 2010

SoulandJazz.com Presents: Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz Episode 12: “Sultry Summer Nights" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Greetings fellow travelers - in the past few weeks our journey through jazz has encountered some summer grooves and summer soul . . . and it's been funky, fun, and hot - but ...