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The Jazz Session #81: Terrence Brewer

September 10, 2009

Listen Terrence Brewer's new album is called Groovin Wes (Strong Brew Music, 2009). After three albums of original music, Brewer uses his new record to explore music by, or identified with, Wes Montgomery. In this interview, Brewer talks about his early years in Pittsburg (not the one you're thinking of); his decision to start his recording ...

New Brazilian Jazz Internet Radio Channel from AccuJazz.com

September 9, 2009

Ever since Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim fused American jazz with Brazilian samba in the 1950s to form the new style known as Bossa Nova, countless musicians have been inspired to create music marrying the two traditions. Brazilian harmonies and rhythms have pervaded modern jazz in the past 50 years, influencing artists from Stan Getz to ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 31, 2009

September 8, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 266 248 +18 0 60 1 6 2 2 3 Bobby Broom Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin) 207 209 -2 2 53 2 12 3 28 36 Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch) 185 92 +93 2 ...

On the Trail of Lenny Breau - On CBC Radio

September 8, 2009

CBC Radio's unique weekly program called “Inside the Music"(hosted by Patti Schmidt) presents a documentary / soundscape focusing on Lenny Breau's music - keeping true to his character as much as possible, through his playing (some rarities and never before heard stuff), his voice (via archives), and narration by his son Chet Breau. Also featured are ...

The Jazz Session #80: Sam Yahel

September 7, 2009

Listen Sam Yahel is best known as an organist who has performed and recorded with Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, Lizz Wright, Ryan Kisor, Madeleine Peyroux and many others. He started as a pianist, though, a side he showcases on his new album, Hometown (Posi-Tone, 2009). In this interview, Yahel talks about his decision to ...

B.J. Jansen Features Jade Synstelien and the Fat Cat Big Band on the Jazz Life

September 7, 2009

Popular Song on the Picket Lines

September 7, 2009

For the Labor Day holiday, the Afterglow program “Popular Song On the Picket Lines” features “social significance” music from the 1930s and 40s that had a political message behind it in one way or another, or alluded in humorous or poignant ways to issues and problems of the times. Many artists in those years were involved ...

The Jazz Session #79: Myra Melford

September 5, 2009

Listen Pianist Myra Melford. Melford is active with many groups and on many recordings, including this years Under The Water (Libra, 2009) with pianist Satoko Fujii. In this interview, Melford talks about her early contact with Leroy Jenkins, Henry Threadgill and other AACM musicians; her pursuit of an individual voice; and the role that her meditation ...

Impulse Records: The Vocal Sides

September 5, 2009

Impulse Records gained renown in the 1960s for its progressive-vanguard and cutting-edge releases by artists such as John Coltrane and Archie Shepp, but the label also released a handful of albums by singers such as Johnny Hartman, Jackie Paris and Lorez Alexandria. Impulse had been started at the dawn of the 1960s by producer Creed Taylor, ...

Hard Workin' Jazz on Freedom Jazz Dance

September 4, 2009

Sunday from 5 PM 7 PM EST 90.1 FM WDCE Richmond Listen online via live webcast at www.wdce.org Archived shows uploaded at www.freedomjazzdance.net two days after each live broadcast. Stop punchin the clock and leave the hard work up to me this weekend. Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance this Sunday for the unstoppable sound of ...