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The Jazz Session #127: James Shipp

December 26, 2009

Drummer and percussionist James Shipp is making music without borders. With his band Nos Novo, Shipp has just released Strange Sweethearts In America (Shippwrite Music, 2009), a fascinating and fun mix of traditional Irish melodies and rhythms with Brazilian music and collective improvisation. In this interview, Shipp talks about the genesis of the band; provides a ...

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AccuJazz.com Offers Jobim and 21st Century Jazz Channels

December 26, 2009

AccuJazz.com concludes its month-long roll out of new channels this week with two very different but equally intriguing channels: “Decade: 2000s" and “Composers: Jobim." Both are free to use and available 24/7. As the first decade of the 21st Century comes to a close, aficionados of every art form are no doubt seizing the opportunity to ...

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Buyers Raising Funds for KFUO Purchase, Responding to Petitions

December 24, 2009

In a story published in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch, classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller writes that fundraising help for the purchase of radio station KFUO (99.1 FM) by Gateway Creative Broadcasting is coming from a couple of somewhat surprising sources: the families of former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Andy Benes and current Cardinals star, first ...

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David King Featured in Latest Jazz St. Louis Podcast Interview

December 24, 2009

The latest installment of Jazz St. Louis' ongoing series of podcasts is now online, featuring an interview between David King, drummer of The Bad Plus, and JSL's Bob Bennett.The Bad Plus will be in St. Louis to perform Wednesday, January 6 through Saturday, January 9 at Jazz at the Bistro. You can listen to ...

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The Jazz Session #126: Cooper-Moore

December 23, 2009

Cooper-Moore is a musical renaissance man. He's a pianist who also invents and builds his own instruments. Hes steeped in history and tradition, and refreshingly free from convention. In this interview, Cooper-Moore talks about his childhood days as the town musician; why he feels that playing music is far more than a profession; and how and ...

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Hep to the Holidays: Night Lights Christmas Special

December 23, 2009

Night Lights' annual holiday tribute celebrates the season with plenty of cool-Yule jazz from Chet Baker, Bob Brookmeyer, John Coltrane, Shorty Rogers and more, including poet Sascha Feinstein's reading of his “Christmas Eve" poem about the legendary 1954 Thelonious Monk-Miles Davis studio encounter, and pianist Bill Evans' unique vocal take on “Santa Claus Is Coming to ...

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accujazz.com Launches "Best of 2009" Channel!

December 22, 2009

It's the time of year for giving gifts, spending time with family, and, of course, making year-end top-10 lists. Dozens of jazz critics and bloggers have taken it upon themselves to publish their opinions about the jazz of the last 12 months, and AccuJazz.com has been keeping tabs. The Internet jazz radio site has launched a ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 14, 2009

December 22, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 3 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 182 186 -4 0 50 1 12 2 1 2 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 174 212 -38 0 44 1 11 3 4 1 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 172 180 -8 0 45 1 11 4 ...

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The Jazz Session #125: Harry Babasin

December 22, 2009

You'd think that helping to invent a new genre of music and being the first person to play your instrument in a jazz setting would be enough to get you some headlines in the jazz history books. You'd be wrong. Meet Harry Babasin, the bassist who played on the very first recordings of what became bossa ...

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My Top 10 Jazz CDs of 2009

December 18, 2009

These lists are always a bit ridiculous to compile, given the near impossibility of rating art and the sheer number of CDs released each year. That said, I compiled the list below for the 2009 Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll. TOP 10 Artist Album (Label) Fay Victor The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue) Vijay Iyer ...