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2012 ENCORES |
FROM THE ARCHIVES |
HIGHLIGHTS |
December 30th
Edition # 575 |
The Very Best
of Café Jazz
The Holy Grail of Smooth!
... a once a year fiesta that
we time to coincide with some sort of milestone edition!
On this occasion we're celebrating program #575 with our
9th annual installment!
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Highlights
/ Play List: 
Rio Sunset - Paprika Soul
Extra Sensual Perception
- Kevin Toney
Morning Mist - Chris Boardman
Maltese Connection - Vital
Information
Up in My Treehouse - Chet
Atkins
Midnight Conversation
- Rhythm Logic |
December 23rd
Edition # 638 |
A Café
Jazz Christmas!
Songs of Ceremony & Celebration!
Carols for the new millennium
include seasonal grooves from David Arkenstone, Patrick
Yandall, Shakatak, and Chris Standring & Kathrin Shorr.
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
The First Noel - David
Arkenstone
Christmas San Diego Style
- P. Yandall
Christmas With You - Shakatak
Little Drummer Boy - Daryl
Stuermer
Good Christian Men ...
- Marc Hoffman
Send Me Some Snow - Standring
& Shorr |
December 16th
Edition # 618 |
S7ven Large
Euge Groove
S7ven is lucky indeed for Groove's
admiring legion of fans - and for us, as the man born to
groove takes center stage as the star of our spotlight feature!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
So What - Konstantin/Kool&Klean
Music is the Key - DTTB
The Windy Dance - Nick
Colionne
Now That the ... - Michael
Franks
Deep Kiss - Mandorla |
December 9th
Edition # 617 |
Common Ground
Three Deep
...
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Chill-Out
/ Playlist:
Not in Love ... - Hp Hoeger
& T Partl
Shiva Dance - Planet Lounge
Icy - Rafe Gomez
Dolalalaleng - DeeLight
Just Past Midnight - David
Arkenstone |
December 2nd
Edition # 616 |
Doo Bee Doo Bop
Alexander Boynton Jr
...
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Vintage
Collection / Playlist:
Gift From Above - Marc
Vee
Placid Paul - Ricky Peterson
KW's Groove - Kerry Wilkins
Thinking of You - Richard
Tee
Got Your Number - Mottoretti
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November 25th
Edition # 615 |
Under the Sun
Patrick Bradley
...
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Moment We Touch - Udi Levy
Big Dreams - Lorenzo Johnson
S7ven Large - Euge Groove
AG (Angie's Groove) -
The JWB
East Meets Wes - Rob Tardik |
November 18th
Edition # 614 |
Contact
Boney James
...
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Vintage
Collection / Playlist:
Take It Slow - The Jazz
Steppers
Secrets - Colors in Motion
Cosmopolitan - Tomazz
The Urban Theme - Maxwell
Dry Land - Herbie Mann
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November 11th
Edition # 613 |
Blue Ocean
Greg Anderson
Filled with load of licks, soaring
melodies, and laid-back grooves, here's an effort that's
as slick as they come!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
For Grover and George -
Bob Baldwin
Bluvis Gruvis - Three Deep
Rainforest / What's ...
- Paul Hardcastle
Gulf Breeze - Michael
C. Lewis
Riding High - Joel Rodney |
November 4th
Edition # 612 |
Love Affair
Sammy Peralta
For Sammy, his career goal has
always been to contribute to music as an art form and when
all is said and done, there really isn't any loftier objective
for a true musician!
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Vintage
Collection / Playlist:
Reunion - Gary Burton
Hide and Seek - Chris Ho
Your Sweet Voice - David
Hughes
Mardi Gras - Max Bennett
Barcelona - Michael e
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October 28th
Edition # 611 |
State of Feeling
Cliff deMarks
Cliff deMarks eliminates any sensory
deprivation you may be experiencing. Here's music that heightens
your awareness, while it transcends!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Lorelei - Cole Jacobs
Marseille - Andy Snitzer
Teddy P - Matt Marshak
Movado - Bryant Thompson
Into the Sunset - Patrick
Bradley |
October 21st
Edition # 610 |
Wayback in '95
The Timeline Series!
We've set the controls on our
time travelling Wayback machine to 1995 and appearing on
the screen up ahead are the likes of 3rd Force, Fantasy
Band, Rick Braun, Tom Scott, Paul Taylor, and ...
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Highlights
/ Playlist:
Blue Light - Fantasy
Band
Two Hearts Make One -
Gregg Karukas
Vital Connection - 3rd
Force
Groovis - Rick Braun
Midnight Sun - Brian Culbertson
Catina - Tony Gable &
206 |
October 14th
Edition # 600 |
The Very Best
of ...
10th Annual 'Super Show'
... leaping tall buildings on show
#600 with The Crusaders, Grover Washington, Jr., Andreas
Vollenweider and others, on the Dom Pérignon of smooth
jazz radio!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
Pace Verde - Andreas Vollenweider
Fire of Love - Gabriela
Anders
Let It Flow - Grover Washington,
Jr.
Feel It - The Crusaders
Aqua Marine - Santana
Castille - Ray Obiedo |
October 7th
Edition # 608 |
Gruv' Horn
Darren Motamedy
Many Seattle jazzers are reeling
from Motamedy's move to LV, but as Gruv' Horn continues
its steady assault on the charts, Darren may find his well-deserved
day
in the sun!
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Vintage
Collection / Playlist:
Cool Breeze - Alto Reed
Fly into the Rainbow -
Bobby Blackston
Azul - Metro
What Does It Take ... -
Jr. Walker
Holidays - Abe Laboriel
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September 30th
Edition # 607 |
Cool Burn
Rocco & Rahj
Rocco & Rahj have not only created
a new sub-genre in music with 'beach jazz', they now officially
begin their reign as the undisputed kings!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Cotton Candy - John Gatti
Urban Vision - Daniel Domenge
Cosmic Sigh - Cliff deMarks
So Long Ago - Alexander
Boynton Jr.
Blue Ocean - Greg Anderson
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September 23rd Edition # 604 |
A Journey of
One
Nicholas Cole
His premier release may be called
A Journey of One, but with as promising a coming out album
as we've heard in quite some time, for Nicholas Cole his
next journey will be with many!
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Vintage
Collection / Playlist:
Writes of Passage - Sheila
E.
Scenes From the Past -
Jack Lee
Paradise - Gordon James
Foundwind - Shadowfax
End Titles - Alan Silvestri
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September 16th
Edition # 594 |
Funk in the Trunk
Michael Fair
Changes over the past few years
have seen a lot of the air let out of smooth jazz - thankfully
artists like Michael Fair and cds like Funk in the Trunk
are breathing some much needed life into the genre!
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Calypso Coast - Elements
Secret Garden - The Alan
Parsons Project
Hypnotique - Bill Sharpe
Trouble Up Warieka Hill
- Rohan Reid
Mr. Barista - Kiku Collins
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September 9th
Edition # 593 |
North End Soul
Vincent Ingala
That major blip on our smooth
jazz radar is none other than Vincent Ingala, an artist
whose trajectory indicates he's destined for greatness!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
She Loves The Water - Cal
Harris, Jr.
Warm - Brad Rambur
Peace Song - Gabriel
Midnight Groove - Nate
Najar
Candleglow - Darren Motamedy
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September 2nd
Edition # 630 |
Wayback in '96
The Timeline Series!
Included on this the 3rd chapter
in our continuing timeline series, are Richard Elliot, Chieli
Minucci, Earl Klugh, Brian Culbertson, The Rippingtons &
Peter White, as we zing Wayback to '96!
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Highlights
/ Playlist:
That's Right - George
Benson
Flirtation - Herb Alpert
Pacific Coast Drive -
Doc Powell
Venice Beach - Blue Knights
A Cat on the ... - Keiko
Matsui
Talk 2 Me - Thom Rotella
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July 8th
Edition # 421 |
Samoa Soul
Patrick Yandall
The "axe man" from San Diego's
name appeared on our own in house list of most played albums
for the past two years and he's now poised to three-peat
...
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Back Trax /
Playlist:
I Wish - Sam Cardon
Rina - Bobby Caldwell
Sunrise - Jay Beckenstein
Heart of the City - Frank
Mills
One Wish - Steve Oliver
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July 1st
Edition # 382 |
It's All Good
Brian Simpson
Now we haven't heard anything new
from Simpson for quite some time. True, he was a member
of Rhythm Logic, a 4-piece combo that recorded a pair of
projects back in the late 90s ...
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Groovette - Shady Grady
Wey U - Kirk Whalum
Love's Theme - Rick Braun
Everglades - Richy Kicklighter
Cha Cha Cool - Steve Raybine |
June 24th
Edition # 381 |
Long Time Coming
Jay Soto
Music has always been a very important
part of Jay's life. He was only five when he started playing
drums & it a couple of years later he began formal classical
training ...
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Spice - Fattburger
Rendezvous - Eric Marienthal
Ocean Way - Torcuato Mariano
Every Time She ... - Michael
Franks
Ain't Nobody - Tom Grant |
June 17th
Edition # 377 |
Metro Blue
Richard Elliot
There's a sense of excitement surrounding
the release of Metro Blue, now Elliot's 14th solo effort
and one that may well mark another pivotal point in his
career ...
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Bittersweet - Glenn McNulty
Boulevard - Peter White
Blue Azure - Shakatak
December Bossa - Gold Coast
At Midnight - Bob Mamet |
June 10th
Edition # 368 |
Music and Laughter
Allon Sams
In the course of events, Allon
met up with Grammy-winning producer Paul Brown and soon
he was collaborating with Peter White....
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Doc Powell - Sade's Song
Andreas Vollenweider -
Dancing with ...
Dave McMurray - 7 Day Love
Marc Antoine - Unity
Down to the Bone - Brooklyn
Heights |
June 3rd
Edition # 314 |
Mediterraneo
Marc Antoine
Parisian born & classically trained,
Marc Antoine was first exposed to the guitar through a neighbor
who could play but a single song...
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Lee Ritenour - Never Can
Say Goodbye
Brian Bromberg - Bobblehead
Amedeo - Sax On Line
Anthony James Baker - Sueli
Terry Disley - Slam Dunk
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May 27th
Edition # 491 |
City Streets
Jim Adkins
Classy, upbeat, and polished,
Jim Adkins' City Streets heralds what is easily one of the
catchiest and most charismatic releases for the year!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Vibes Alive - After Hours
Tim Bowman - Sweet Sundays
Warren Hill - La Dolce
Vita
Oli Silk - Chill or be
Chilled
Native Vibe - Where There's
Smoke |
May 20th
Edition # 383 |
Soul Lounge
Bona Fide
Bona Fide is the creation & musical
alter ego for the smooth jazz crooner known as Slim Man.
Tim Camponeschi is the man
behind the project ...
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Just Me and You - Richard
Elliot
The Magic Hour - Steve
Allee
Curves - Chris Camozzi
Quiet Moments - Lonnie
Liston Smith
Bahia Funk - Lee Ritenour
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May 13th
Edition # 420 |
Metropolis
Alan Hewitt
Don't pass this one up!
Metropolis is not only one of the best smooth jazz releases
for the year, it's one the finest to come along in several
years !
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
True Love - Urban Jazz
Coalition
The Total Experience -
Boney James
Splashdown - Briza
The End of Summer - Jay
Rowe
Motherland - Lee Ritenour |
May 6th
Edition # 493 |
Smooth Talkin'
Present Tense
While their live show
has been drawing rave reviews, Present Tense's studio efforts
maintain that same level of integrity and intensity!
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Vibraphonic - Can't Get
Enough
Jim Savitt - The Way Home
Kirk Whalum - Now ' Til
Forever
Jay Rowe - Jay Walking
Pete Escovedo - La Samba |
April 29th
Edition # 411 |
Elixir
Pamela Williams
Subtle, sensual, & sophisticated,
this latest album rather convincingly confirms a long-held
belief. Say what you will, above all else Ms Williams is
indeed the first lady of sax...
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Look What's Happened
- Shilts
House Call -
Nestor Torres
What Does It Take -
Peter White
Easy Does It -
Oli Silk
In The Grove
- Gumbi Ortiz |
April 22nd
Edition # 486 |
Monterey Cool
Kevin Kooyumjian
It's with the utmost pleasure
that we present an inspiring microcosm of the famed California
coastal music scene with Mr. K and his Monterey Cool release!
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Dan Farrow - How Much I
Want You
Dwight Sills - Caribbean
Soul
Hadley Hockensmith - Lullaby
Bill Evans - The Sunday
After
Tower of Power - Cruise
Control |
April 15th
Edition # 516 |
Life Is Good
Tom Grant
Tom Grant returns to the contemporary
scene with his 23rd release, while displaying a total command
of the genre he helped pioneer!
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Cruisin' Downtown - Soft
Sugar
The Time Is Right - Birds
Of A Feather
Like The River Flows -
Rachel Z
Pretzel Logic - Steely
Dan
dabadab - Reggie Worthy
& D-Phunk |
April 8th
Edition # 461 |
Above the Clouds
Brian Simpson
With the release of Above
the Clouds, Simpson more than ready to build on the successes
he's enjoyed with a project that's as fine as any you'll
find in the genre!
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
Deep Within My Heart -
William Aura
There Goes ... - Joseph
Diamond
Big Sky - Pat Kelley
Ah! - Danny Jung
On The Town - Doug Cameron |
April 1st
Edition # 537 |
Foreign
Xchange
Paul Brown + Marc Antoine
The initial sessions ... proved
catalytic and ignited a flow that developed into a complete
& genuine co-venture - one that blossomed in the true spirit
and to the full promise of the album title!
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Back
Trax / Playlist:
E Jam - Sojourn
Lansana's Priestess -
Donald Byrd
Festejo - Jay Leach
Bride of Summer - Jade
Wrrior
Fever - Juluka |
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2012 NOTES |
SHOWCASE ALBUM/FEATURE |
HIGHLIGHTS |
March 25th
Edition # 650 |
The Very Best
of ...
11th Annual Edition
Hidden somewhere in Inner Asia,
Shambala commonly is understood to be a place of peace,
tranquility, and happiness, and so it seemed a good fit
for us as a theme for this our 650th show!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
Above and Beyond - David
Mann
A Day in Sydney - Igor
I Wish - Sam Cardon
Wind Parade - Donald Byrd
Unconditional - Pamela
Williams
Come When You Call - Oleta
Adams |
March 18th
Edition # 649 |
Upping the Ante
The Retrospective - Part
4
... featured are perennial favourites
by 3rd Force and Acoustic Alchemy; while also high on our
list of defining tracks are selections by Marc Antoine,
Brian Culbertson, and Lonnie Liston Smith...
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
Hangin' Out - Joe Fuentes
Timeless Line - Marc Antoine
Keepers of the Flame -
Craig Chaquico
7th Heaven - 3rd Force
Jive Town - Brian Tarquin
Escape - Brian Culbertson
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March 11th
Edition # 648 |
In the Limelight
Part 3 in a Retrospective
Our 15-year retrospective continues
and in addition to the featured selections, also appearing
are Glenn McNulty, George Duke, Art Porter Jr. & The
Jazzmasters; those plus #1 tracks from 2008 & '09!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
Blue Touch - Gregg Karukas
Conversations - Helios
Sweet PC - David Garfield
Before Dawn - Joyce Cooling
Runaway - Lee Ritenour
Samba del Luna - Chaquico
& Freeman |
March 4th
Edition # 647 |
Nuggets &
Gems
A Retrospective - Part 2
… the second in a four part series
and an edition that literally sparkles with nuggets &
gems from our 15 seasons!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
Riviera - Philippe Saisse
Hang Loose - Dancing Fantasy
Beyond - Herb Alpert
Festevo - Steve Oliver
Espirito - Espirito
Born to be Bad - Joe Sample
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February 26th
Edition # 646 |
Through the Years
A Café Jazz Retrospective
It's the first in a four part
series with tracks from as far back as the early 70s right
on through to the 00s. Featured are Dan Siegel, Thom Rotella,
Marcos Ariel, & Blue Knights!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
After Hours - Vibes Alive
Soft Silk - Blue Knights
Green Eyes - Marcos Ariel
Lady of the Moon - Thom
Rotella
Ocean Way - Torcuato Mariano
Soft Touch - Dan Siegel
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February 19th
Edition # 645 |
NewUrbanJazz.com
2
Bob Baldwin
Urban and funky, spirited and
fashionable, NewUrbanJazz.com 2 re-affirms Bob Baldwin's
position as part of the vanguard for the urban-jazz scene!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Sail - Konstantin
Oliver's Twist - Chris
Standring
Steal Your Heart - Patrick
Yandall
In The Clouds - Najee
Here We Go - Peter White
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February 12th
Edition # 644 |
Between Two Worlds
Roberto Vazquez
Somewhere between spirit and passion,
between creativity and good taste, that is where you'll
find Roberto Vazquez and Between Two Worlds!
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The
Euro-Zone / Playlist:
Saronno on the Rocks -
Bebo Best
Tribute - Mezzoforte
In Motion - Jonathan Fritzén
Easy Love - Novecento
ft Stanley Jordan
This Is What You Are -
Mario Biondi |
February 5th
Edition # 643 |
The Main Ingredients
Down to the Bone
Sometimes edgy, frequently funky,
yet always fueled with a groove, 'there's plenty of meat
on the Bone' with The Main Ingredients!
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Vintage
Collection / Playlist:
Feet First - Lyle Mays
Chief Inspector - Wally
Badarou
Redwing - Larry Coryell
Behind the Waterfall -
Lanz & Speer
Slide - Rhythm 'n' Jazz
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January 29th
Edition # 642 |
Beach Life
Rocco & Rahj
A standout from beginning to end,
Beach Life takes on a whole new meaning with the sun and
surf sounds of Rocco & Rahj!
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Fresh
Trax / Playlist:
Home Again - Scott Allman
On Fallen Ground - Drew
Simpson
Going West - Roberto Vazquez
Stay Cool - Eliane Elias
Dream of Love - Lloyd
Gregory |
January 22nd
Edition # 641 |
The 2011 Rewind
Best of '11 - Volume 3
…selections by Wayne Jones,
Vince Mai, Bob Baldwin, and Nate Harasim, plus repeat appearances
by Dave Koz & David Benoit - as we pop the cork one
last time for the 2011 rewind!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
Track 01 - Euge Groove
Livin' - Watson's Riddle
Moonlit Ocean - Brian Simpson
Playground - Shawn Brock
Beyond the Gate - Alexander
Boynton Jr.
Sunrise Mist - John Costello
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January 15th
Edition # 640 |
The 2011 Review
Chapter 2
We take the utmost pride in our
year-end rewind being chockfull of music you won't find
anywhere else - this edition is a prime example!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
So What - Konstantin
Lifted - Cindy Bradley
Is This Heaven - David
King
Blue Ocean - Greg Anderson
State of Feeling - Cliff
deMarks
Lausanne - Andy Snitzer
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January 8th
Edition # 639 |
Best of '11 -
Part 1
12th Annual Re-Cap
... it's the 12th annual rewind
spotlighting our MPL for the year. Featured is Cal Harris
Jr. with the most played track in 2011, while also appearing
are Rocco & Rahj as the top debutants!
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Featured
Selections / Playlist:
Berlin Boogie - Mezzoforte
Blue Midnight - Rob Tardik
She Loves the Water - Cal
Harris Jr.
Syd's Summer Wave - Rocco
& Rahj
It Is What It Is - Vincent
Ingala
Quedate - Sammy Peralta |
