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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 19, 2009

October 27, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 262 252 +10 1 55 1 9 2 2 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 249 232 +17 3 57 2 4 3 3 8 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) 179 190 -11 5 51 ...

SIUE Chancellor Vandegraft Says WSIE Will Keep Jazz Format

October 27, 2009

In a story published today by the Belleville News-Democrat, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville chancellor Vaughn Vandegrift is quoted as saying that radio station WSIE (88.7 FM) will retain its jazz format. The fate of the university owned station has been in question for months, as a committee appointed by Vandegraft studied station operations ...

The Jazz Session #101: Cyminology

October 26, 2009

Cymin Sawamatie was born in Germany to Iranian parents, and that mix of cultures informs the music of her band, Cyminology. On their third CD, and their first for ECM, Cyminology (ECM, 2009), the quartet explores the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz and Forugh Farrokhzad, combining these disparate poetic influences with a rich palette of composed and ...

The Jazz Session #100: Bernard Flanders (My Grandfather)

October 23, 2009

My grandfather, Bernie Flanders, was one of the biggest influences on my life, both in making me the man I am and in pointing me early on to the magic of music, and jazz in particular. To celebrate my 100th episode, Im taking a break from the shows normal format to share with you my remembrances ...

The Jazz Session #99: Robert Glasper

October 21, 2009

Robert Glasper believes that improvised music can authentically incorporate hip hop rhythms and he also believes that authenticity is a necessary quality to make the mix work. That kind of authenticity is what he's striving for on Double Booked (Blue Note, 2009), the new CD featuring both his acoustic trio and his larger electric band. In ...

More on the KFUO Sale

October 21, 2009

Although there's been no breaking news over the last few days regarding the proposed sale of radio station KFUO (99.1 FM), St. Louis Post-Dispatch classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller has continued to dig and explore various aspects of the story via a series of posts on the paper's Culture Club blog.Local jazz fans ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 12, 2009

October 20, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 252 232 +20 2 57 1 8 2 2 17 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 232 194 +38 9 57 2 3 3 8 14 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) 190 165 +25 5 49 ...

Ran Blake Feature on NPR's Weekend Edition

October 19, 2009

Robinson Breaks Free from the Nest

October 19, 2009

Songwriters are the unsung heroes when it comes to music. (Carole King, Kris Kristofferson and Bernie Taupin, long-time collaborator of Elton John come to mind.) There are songs that you've probably heard before, but never knew or thought who wrote them. A great example of this is Sharon Robinson. She's been a collaborator of Canadian music ...

The Jazz Session #98: Industrial Jazz Group

October 19, 2009

The Industrial Jazz Group is a 15-ish-piece large ensemble that plays the inventive, challenging and often hilarious music of composer Andrew Durkin. That sentence, though, doesn't come close to doing them justice. The band, made up of musicians fluent in jazz, classical and rock and inspired by the free-for-all spirit of Frank Zappa is a force ...