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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 27, 2008

November 5, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 246 290 -44 0 61 1 6 2 4 5 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 214 190 +24 3 53 2 4 3 3 2 David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) 200 193 +7 0 47 ...

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The Jazz Session: Sonny Rollins on Election Day

November 5, 2008

Jason Crane interviews saxophonist Sonny Rollins. He's just released Road Shows Vol. 1 (Doxy Records, 2008), a compilation of live performances spanning 20 years. Gary Giddins calls it “one of the finest Sonny Rollins albums ever released." In this interview, recorded on Election Day 2008, Sonny talks about everything from the prospect of an Obama presidency ...

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Celebrate Election Day with Sonny Rollins on the Jazz Session

November 4, 2008

Visit The Jazz Session on Election Night to hear an interview recorded today with saxophone master Sonny Rollins. In addition to his impact on the world of jazz and music in general, Rollins has also been outspoken politically on global warming and other topics. Host Jason Crane is recording the interview at 5 p.m., and it ...

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A Great Jazz Band: NPR on the Lexington Program

November 2, 2008

All Things Considered did a story tonight on the Addiction Research Center that was a part of the federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky. The segment alludes to the many talented jazz musicians who passed through this program in the 1940s and 1950s, including Sonny Rollins and Tadd Dameron, who took what came to be known as ...

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B.J. Jansen & Conjura Return to Internet Jazz Radio

October 30, 2008

B.J. Jansen & CONJURA are now being featured on DJ A-Train's “Uptown Jazz Network" Radio Show on Live365.com Internet Radio. After debuting on Internet Radio three years ago on, “Radio Free Jazzz" and then more recently being featured on “Word of Mouth Cafe", CONJURA return to Internet Jazz Radio once more. Jazz Host, DJ A-Train, is ...

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The Jazz Session #48: Marcin Wasilewski

October 28, 2008

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews Polish pianist and composer Marcin Wasilewski. His new recording, January (ECM, 2008), features his own compositions alongside those of Gary Peacock, Carla Bley, Ennio Moricone and … Prince. Wasilewski’s trio is very much a part of the new European piano trio renaissance, featuring inventive material ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 20, 2008

October 28, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 290 231 +59 2 66 1 5 2 4 2 Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) 214 191 +23 0 56 1 14 3 2 3 David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) 193 227 -34 0 48 2 12 4 ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 13, 2008

October 21, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 231 241 -10 2 64 1 4 2 3 3 David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) 227 220 +7 1 57 2 11 3 23 19 Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema (Blue Note) 205 98 +107 2 ...

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Radiohead: In Rainbows Data

October 21, 2008

RADIOHEAD: IN RAINBOWS SALES DATA REVEALED Radiohead There was so much hubbub made about Radiohead's revolutionary release of In Rainbows we thought it might be nice to get the facts on just how successful this little experiment was. A bit more than a year since the October 10, 2007 pay-what-you-like self-release, some conclusive statistics were made ...

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The Jazz Session #47: Satoko Fujii

October 20, 2008

Jason Crane interviews pianist and composer Satoko Fujii. Fujii has released four new recordings in 2008, her 50th birthday year. These records find her with her New York trio; on accordion in the avant-folk-jazz group of her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura; in a quartet with some of Japan’s most talented improvising musicians; and in a second ...