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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 17, 2008

November 25, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 — — James Moody & Hank Jones Our Delight (IPO Recordings) 248 50 +198 39 64 1 1 2 1 1 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 243 271 -28 2 59 1 7 3 2 4 Dave Holland Pass It On (Dare2/EmArcy) ...

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James Booker Documentary on taintradio.org

November 25, 2008

Taintradio.org, an international alliance of independent producers, is pleased to present a two-hour special program entitled, “James Carroll Booker III: The Life, Music, and Mystique of the Bayou Maharajah," produced by award-winning producer David Kunian. The program will run from 8-10pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, November 27th and repeat on Monday, December 1st beginning at 10pm (Eastern). ...

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AccuRadio.com Announces New Christmas Jazz Channels

November 21, 2008

Leading webcaster AccuRadio.com announces two new Christmas Jazz internet radio channels, “Swingin' Christmas" and “Smooth Christmas." The Chicago-based company has long been a leader among internet radio Holiday music providers, and is proud to add the new channels to its lineup. “Swingin' Christmas" primarily features Christmas music by Straight-Ahead jazz artists, from Vince Guaraldi and Dave ...

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Other Matters: Obama and the Voa

November 20, 2008

Murray Fromson has issued the first plea I've seen from a heavyweight journalist to president-elect Obama for a rescue of the Voice of America. Rifftides has often written about that broadcast agency's central role in cultural diplomacy during the Cold War, particularly about the vital part Willis Conover played. I have deplored the Bush administration's attempts to ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 10, 2008

November 18, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 271 233 +38 3 60 1 6 2 4 5 Dave Holland Pass It On (Dare2/EmArcy) 256 184 +72 10 73 2 7 3 2 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 224 206 +18 ...

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Radiohead and Wilco Members Collide with Neil Finn

November 18, 2008

Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway to re-join Neil Finn for new Seven Worlds Collide project Neil Finn Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway will once again back Neil Finn for a follow up to the acclaimed Seven Worlds Collide, a project supporting international development organization Oxfam. Seven years ago O'Brien and Selway were ...

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KCRW Taps Jason Bentley as Music Director

November 17, 2008

Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW-FM (89.9) has tapped Jason Bentley as music director. Bentley, a longtime DJ at the station, will replace Nic Harcourt, who announced last week that he would be stepping down at the end of the month. Bentley will step in as the host of KCRW's flagship music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, ...

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The Jazz Session #51: Kate McGarry

November 17, 2008

Jason Crane interviews vocalist Kate McGarry. Her new album, If Less Is More... Nothing Is Everything (Palmetto, 2008), explores everything from spirituality to The Cars in McGarry’s typically atypical style. McGarry is joined on the record by guitarist Keith Ganz, organist Gary Versace, bassist Reuben Rogers, drummer Clarence Penn, saxophonist Donny McCaslin, percussionist James Shipp, and ...

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Songs of Peace

November 17, 2008

This week on Night Lights it’s “Songs of Peace,” in anticipation of the coming holidays. We’ll hear instrumental themes using “Peace” as a title from John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Horace Silver, as well as Louis Armstrong’s 1970 take on John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance,” Bill Evans’ improvisation on Leonard Bernstein’s “Some Other Time” that ...

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KWMU Moving to Grand Center

November 15, 2008

St. Louis' National Public Radio affiliate KWMU (90.7 FM) will move from the campus of the University of Missouri - St. Louis to the Grand Center arts and entertainment district in midtown, according to a story in yesterday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The radio station is known to St. Louis jazz fans as the home ...