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MaxxJazzHouse - Vol. 4
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Welcome back to the Jazz House the home of everything swingin' in the "deepest recesses of the groove."
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Jazz Appreciation Month
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In this edition we celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month or JAM as it's called by the folks that created it at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
What is Jazz Appreciation Month you ask? I went to their website http;//www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_start.asp and found these frequently asked questions and answers.
What is Jazz Appreciation Month?
The concept is simple: designate one month for an annual public spotlight on jazz. Jazz Appreciation Month (or JAM) is intended to draw public attention to the glories of jazz as both an historical and a living treasure. The idea is to encourage musicians, concert halls, schools,colleges, museums, libraries, and public broadcasters to offer special programs on jazz every April.
What are the purposes of Jazz Appreciation Month?
To draw greater public attention to the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz and its importance as an American cultural heritage. In addition, JAM is intended to stimulate the current jazz scene and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz—to study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio and recordings, read books about jazz, and support institutional jazz programs.
Why is it needed?
Many people do not fully appreciate the joys, power, and glories of jazz. JAM is an effort by those who are passionate about jazz to share it with those who are not as familiar with it. JAM will encourage people to take jazz more seriously as a vital part of America’s cultural patrimony and as a great gift to the world, as well as to have fun with it.
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XM Satellite Radio
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Many of you who receive this are already listeners to Real Jazz. In fact, quite a few of you have been part of the XM family for quite a few years. I want you to know that we appreciate and thank you for your continued support. Just in case you haven't been to the XM website in a while, www.xmradio.com, here is an update on our schedule of special programs on XM 70, Real Jazz.
Monday - Bright Moments From The Keystone Korner with Host Todd Barkan - 7pm ET.
Thursday - (encore) Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center - Midnight ET
Friday - Organized - 7pm ET.
Friday - A Night At Dizzy's Club Coca Cola - 8pm ET
Friday - Manteca - 9pm ET
Saturday - Riverwalk Jazz with David Holt and The Jim Cullum Jazz Band - 9am ET
Saturday - Ben Sidran on Record - 10am ET
Saturday - In The Swing Seat with Wynton Marsalis 1pm ET
Saturday - Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center (LFJALC) - 8pm ET
Saturday - Swing Street - (immediately following LFJALC)
Sunday - American Jazz with Dick Golden and Guest Tony Bennett 11am ET
Sunday - (encore) A Night At Dizzy's Club Coca Cola - 1pm ET
Sunday - Riverwalk Jazz with David Holt and The Jim Cullum Jazz Band - 9pm ET
Sunday - French Quarter - 10pm ET
In addition to those programs you can join me from 8am-4pm ET and Mark Ruffin 4pm-Midnight ET weekdays.
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Cool Music
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Over the past eight years we have received thousands of emails requesting playlists, copies of our special programs and information on the artists we play.
One of the programs that we've gotten emails about is "Ben Sidran On Record" and now in the Cool Music store we are proud to offer you the Ben Sidran Talking Jazz box set. 62 Rare conversations with jazz greats, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Max Roach, Art Blakey and more. Also in that store the companion book to the series Ben Sidran, Talking Jazz.
You can listen, read about and purchase by going to this site.
Click on this link to buy cool music
http://web.mac.com/MMYRICK/Site/Cool_Music.html
That's it for this edition, be sure to get out and dig some real jazz LIVE and most importantly, keep swingin'!
Maxx Myrick.
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Independent Ear with Journalist Willard Jenkins
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We end with a link to "The Independent Ear" Blog."
The New Orleans based team of Willard and Suzan Jenkins have amassed over thirty years experience as industry leaders in various facets of the jazz, arts, the recording business, and jazz media.
In this edition of the "The Independent Ear"
* A Q&A with one of the brightest emerging pianists in jazz, Helen Sung on the wings of her latest release Sungbird.
* Installment #7 in the their ongoing New Orleans Diary focuses on the Crescent City’s eclectic radio station WWOZ, where intrepid listeners can find a vast universe of modern and roots music… all delivered with the kind of character-driven presentation one would expect to find in this thoroughly unique city.
* They return once again to the most critical issue facing jazz music: Audience Development; and this time we examine one aspect of the artists’ responsibility in our collective efforts at building the audience for the music.
Click on this link for "The Independent Ear Blog, http://www.openskyjazz.com
We hope that you enjoy it, let them and me know what you think.
That's it for this edition, be sure to get out and dig some real jazz LIVE this week.
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