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The Jazz Session #115: Paquito D'Rivera

November 27, 2009

Paquito D'Rivera is equally at home in the jazz and classical worlds, a fact he showcased during his performance at the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. In this interview, D'Rivera talks about several of the pieces he performed that night: Conversations With Cachao and The Panamericana Suite. He also discusses “Fiddle Dreams," a rare commission from the ...

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The Jazz Session #114: Edmar Castaneda

November 25, 2009

Harpist Edmar Castaneda combines folkloric music from his native Colombia with jazz and other latin influences on his new album, Entre Cuerdas (ArtistShare, 2009). In this interview, Castaneda talks about his discovery of jazz as a teenager; his first attempts to sit in at descarga jam session on the harp; and how he ended up with ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 16, 2009

November 24, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 6 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 205 217 -12 1 53 1 7 2 5 1 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 202 190 +12 2 57 1 4 3 1 3 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 191 262 -71 1 42 1 ...

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The Jazz Session #113: Benny Reid

November 23, 2009

On his second album, Escaping Shadows (Concord, 2009), saxophonist Benny Reid continues to explore the musical path first laid down by Pat Metheny. In this interview, recorded just after Reids performance at the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Reid talks about the influence of Metheny; why he chooses to compose everything from the melodies to the bass ...

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The Producer's Corner with Spud Too Tight Grooves in Conversation with Chart Topping Eclectic Smooth Jazz Guitarist/Vocalist Songwriter Joyce Cooling

November 22, 2009

Minneapolis - One of the hottest and most unique celebrity driven radio podcast platforms to hear some of Billboard's chart topping music producers, composers, arrangers and engineers discuss their production techniques and preferences, influences, music instruments, their craft, state of the art recording equipment and upcoming projects is The Producer's Corner with Spud Too Tight. Music ...

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The Jazz Session #112: Martin Urbach

November 20, 2009

Drummer Martin Urbach is a citizen of the world. His travels have taken him from his native Bolivia to New Orleans and then New York. His experiences along the way are expressed musically on Free Will (Self Produced, 2008). In this interview, Urbach talks about his musical and cultural upbringing; his flight from New Orleans during ...

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"Miles Davis Radio" to Launch Exclusively on Sirius XM Radio

November 20, 2009

Limited-run channel hosted by Davis' son Erin Davis, his nephew drummer Vince Wilburn Jr. and bassist, producer and writer Marcus Miller Miles Davis Radio to celebrate the music, life and career of one of music's most legendary icons The channel to showcase everything from Davis' collaborations with Charlie Parker at the age of 19 to his ...

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The Jazz Session #111: Diverse

November 18, 2009

The band Diverse consists of students from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. They all study with saxophonist Bobby Watson. They won a contest that included a recording contract with Origin Records, and the results is Diverse (Origin, 2009), a well-crafted selection of original music. In this interview, trumpeter Hermon Mehari talks about how the ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 9, 2009

November 17, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 5 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 262 223 +39 2 49 1 6 2 2 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 251 224 +27 2 58 2 7 3 6 4 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 217 171 +46 4 52 ...

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The Jazz Session #109: Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Roger Lewis)

November 17, 2009

Saxophonist Roger Lewis is one of the founding members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Since the 1970s, Lewis and the band have played with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvis Costello. In this interview, Lewis talks about the formation of the band; how the Dirty Dozen decided early on to use all their musical influences ...