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"Where Dead Voices Gather" Launches Inaugural Podcast

December 6, 2009

"Where Dead Voices Gather" announces its inaugural podcast. The podcast, hosted by Alexander M. Stern, will focus on music recorded on 78 RPM records during the 1920s through the 1950s. Styles of music to be featured include jazz, blues, country, folk, western swing, gospel, and various international musics. New episodes will be posted weekly. Also visit ...

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WBGO to Broadcast Dave Douglas Quintet on Live at the Village Vanguard on December 9th

December 5, 2009

New York, NY -- In June of 2008, WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM and National Public Radio launched a new series, Live at the Village Vanguard, which offers monthly concerts for live, free streaming on WBGO. As the legendary club prepares to celebrate their 75th anniversary, WBGO's Josh Jackson, host of Live at the Village Vanguard, has ...

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Get Your Jazz Workout with Freedom Jazz Dance

December 3, 2009

Sunday from 5 PM 7 PM EST 90.1 FM WDCE Richmond Listen online via live webcast at wdce.org Archived shows uploaded at freedomjazzdance.net two days after each live broadcast. Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance for the unstoppable sound of freedom in the groove with the latest, greatest performers and rare recordings throughout the ...

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Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb on Jazz Northwest

December 3, 2009

photo by Jim Levitt Tenor saxophonists Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb first played together in LA in the 60s and have remained friends ever since. They reunited in Seattle last month to record a CD together for Origin Records and to play at The Ballard Jazz Walk. Highlights from their reunion (with Bill Anschell, ...

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The Jazz Session #117: Eldar

December 2, 2009

Pianist Eldar came onto the jazz scene as a child prodigy. Now in his early 20s, Eldar is expanding his repertoire as a composer and improviser. His new album is Virtue (Sony Masterworks Jazz, 2009). In this wide-ranging interview, Eldar talks about making music relevant to the present day; the nature of the jazz audience; and ...

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Petitioners Challenge KFUO Sale

December 2, 2009

Reports published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch say that three petitions have been filed with the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to stop the sale of radio station KFUO (90.7 FM). KFUO is the only radio station in the St. Louis area that broadcasts classical music, and also is home to Don Wolff's long-running program ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 23, 2009

December 1, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 236 191 +45 2 53 1 8 2 2 5 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 220 202 +18 1 66 1 5 3 4 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 195 188 +7 0 46 2 9 4 1 ...

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Extension: Clare Fischer in the 1960s

December 1, 2009

Clare Fischer is a pianist, composer and bandleader whose influences are wide-ranging--the post-World War II bebop and progressive jazz of pianist Bud Powell and saxophonist Lee Konitz, the dissonance flavorings of classical composers such as Bartok and Shostakovich, the tonal colors of Duke Ellington, and the rhythms of Latin jazz and bossa nova. Though he's focused ...

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The Jazz Session #116: Wayne Wallace

November 30, 2009

Trombonist Wayne Wallace brings a lifetime of jazz, R&B and latin playing together on his new latin jazz CD, Bien, Bien! (Patois Records, 2009). In this interview, Wallace talks about his introduction to latin music and why it spoke to him; his years as a semi-pro soccer player and how that helped him navigate the communities ...

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On Guaraldi, on the Radio

November 28, 2009

Tomorrow morning, November 28, I will be with Scott Simon, host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday to discuss Vince Guaraldi. I had the privilege of writing the essay accompanying the new two-CD compilation of Guaraldi recordings. Celebrated for his Charlie Brown Christmas music, Guaraldi is the focus of a Weekend Edition feature. Mr. Simon ...