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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 28, 2009

October 6, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 2 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 253 221 +32 0 60 1 10 2 1 1 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 242 268 -26 0 61 1 6 3 3 3 Roberta Gambarini So In Love (Emarcy) 212 176 +36 4 57 3 5 ...

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The Jazz Session #92: Laurie Pepper on Art Pepper

October 5, 2009

How do you sum up the career of one of the most distinctive saxophonists ever? For Laurie Pepper, spanning the breadth of her late husband Art Pepper's career was both a daunting and joyous task, one she accomplished with great success on The Art History Project (Widows Taste, 2009). The three CDs cover Pepper's career from ...

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Listen or Lose It, People: What Music Lovers Will Miss on KBCS

October 5, 2009

from the new issue of CityArts Magazine: On August 24, KBCS-FM rolled out its new weekday program grid, replacing Drive Time Jazz with the syndicated public affairs show The Takeaway and eliminating its morning jazz programs (The Bud and Don Show, Bebop Spoken Here, Twentieth-Century Jazz and Vintage Jazz) in favor of airing Friday morning’s hybrid ...

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The Jazz Session #91: Mike Stern

October 3, 2009

Guitarist Mike Stern has played with everyone. And yes, that includes Miles Davis. After decades in the business, he could easily be resting on his laurels. Instead, hes pushing himself into new territory, as displayed on his CD Big Neighborhood (Heads Up, 2009), which finds him in the company of everyone from Esperanza Spaulding to Randy ...

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Jazz St. Louis Podcast Features Interview with Houston Person

October 2, 2009

Jazz St. Louis has put online another installment in their ongoing series of podcast interviews. The latest podcast features a conversation with saxophonist Houston Person, who will be in St. Louis from October 7 - 10 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro. You can hear an audio stream of the podcast or download it as ...

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The Jazz Session #90: David Gibson

September 30, 2009

Trombonist David Gibson delivers another album full of melody and grounded in a strong sense of purpose on his new CD A Little Somethin (Posi-Tone, 2009). Gibson is a veteran of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, and a leader in his own right. In this interview, Gibson talks about the importance of melody in his ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 21, 2009

September 29, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 268 313 -45 4 58 1 5 2 2 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 221 270 -49 0 57 1 9 3 3 4 Roberta Gambarini So In Love (Emarcy) 176 225 -49 6 54 3 ...

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Before Broadway: George Benson in the 1960s

September 29, 2009

In the 1970s George Benson became a crossover star with vocal hits and a smooth-sounding pop-R and B style, but he’d already established a legacy as a jazz guitarist who brimmed with energy and talent. “Before Broadway: George Benson in the 1960s” features Benson as a leader and with organists McDuff and Jimmy Smith in straightahead, ...

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The Jazz Session #89: Joris Teepe

September 28, 2009

Dutch bassist Joris Teepe has lived in New York for the past 20 years, making a name for himself with everyone from Benny Golson to the late Rashied Ali. Recently, Teepe was commissioned to write music for both an orchestra and a big band in Europe. Those two experiences were so positive that he decided to ...

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Denise Thimes Featured on KSDK's "Today in St. Louis"

September 26, 2009

St. Louis singer Denise Thimes was the subject of a feature on Thursday morning's edition of Today in St. Louis, which airs starting at 5:00 a.m weekdays on local NBC affiliate KSDK. You can read the story by KSDK's Heidi Glaus and see a streaming video here.(Edited after posting in an attempt to fix ...