CELEBRATE THROUGHOUT APRIL
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April is J.A.M--Jazz Appreciation Month! Throughout the month WEIB 106.3 Smooth FM will pay tribute to jazz both as a historic and living American art form.
We will show our appreciation to you, our loyal listeners and to our terrestrial and global radio communities. We appreciate you and here are some of the ways we will be showing you our Appreciation:
JAZZ, BORN IN AMERICA AND CELEBRATED WORLD-WIDE!
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JAZZ MILESTONES
1924 - GEORGE GERSHWIN COMPOSES A WORK THAT WOULD DEFINE HIS CAREER AND ELEVATE HIM TO A LEVEL OF GREATNESS….ALL IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS! PERFORMED BY PAUL WHITEMAN'S ORCHESTRA. “RHAPSODY IN BLUE” WAS ORIGINALLY SCORED FOR A PIANO AND JAZZ BAND.
1936 - LONG BEFORE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, JAZZ BECOMES INTEGRATED. AT THE CONGRESS HOTEL IN CHICAGO—LIONEL HAMPTON AND TEDDY WILSON SIT IN WITH THE BENNY GOODMAN ENSEMBLE—AND 2 YEARS LATER, BILLIE HOLIDAY WOULD JOIN ARTIE SHAW'S BIG BAND.
1939 - WHILE PLAYING “CHEROKEE” DURING A JAM SESSION IN HARLEM, CHARLIE PARKER STUMBLES UPON A HARMONIC DISCOVERY THAT LEADS TO BE-BOP..A VERY INTRICATE STYLE OF JAZZ BOTH HARMONICALLY AND RHYTHMICALLY.
1936 - LONG BEFORE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, JAZZ BECOMES INTEGRATED. AT THE CONGRESS HOTEL IN CHICAGO—LIONEL HAMPTON AND TEDDY WILSON SIT IN WITH THE BENNY GOODMAN ENSEMBLE—AND 2 YEARS LATER, BILLIE HOLIDAY WOULD JOIN ARTIE SHAW'S BIG BAND.
1939 - WHILE PLAYING “CHEROKEE” DURING A JAM SESSION IN HARLEM, CHARLIE PARKER STUMBLES UPON A HARMONIC DISCOVERY THAT LEADS TO BE-BOP..A VERY INTRICATE STYLE OF JAZZ BOTH HARMONICALLY AND RHYTHMICALLY.
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This Week's
Jazz Birthdays
April 6 - JOHN PIZARELLI
April 7 - BILLIE HOLIDAY
April 8 - CARMEN MCRAE
April 9 - REUBEN WILSON
April 7 - BILLIE HOLIDAY
April 8 - CARMEN MCRAE
April 9 - REUBEN WILSON
