Huge Playlist Update

We've updated the playlist with 100 cuts of excellent jazz from the following artists:

Thad Jones, Sonny Red, Phil Woods, Lee Morgan, Gil Melle, George Wallington, Frank Strozier, Eric Dolphy and Booker Little, Charlie Mariano, Charles Mingus and Max Roach, Carmell Jones, Blue Mitchell, Bill Evans and Benny Golson.

Many of the cuts are nice and rare and from critically acclaimed records. We believe this update adds yet another dimension to our broadcast.

Enjoy!

Listeners From All Over the World

Often we are asked, where does Bop City get all of its listeners? Our answer is always, "from all over the world!" So, to illustrate our answer, we are posting all of the countries that have listened to Bop City's broadcast in the past 30 days in order of the most listening hours to the least. It is incredibly satisfying that Bop City has such a world-wide outreach. Here's the list:

United States, Canada, Netherlands, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Taiwan, Uruguay, Sweden, Mexico, Italy, France, Israel, Spain, Finland, Indonesia, Denmark, Greece, Bermuda, Colombia, Poland, Norway, China, Hong Kong, India, Costa Rica, Singapore, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic, Ecuador, Korea, Chile, Switzerland, Turkey, Australia, Argentina, Panama, Belgium, Ireland, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia/Hrvatska, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Philippines, Hungary, Austria, Jamaica,Saudi Arabia, Albania, Thailand, Paraguay, Slovak Republic, Russia, South Africa, Moldova, Rwanda, New Zealand, Romania,Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Georgia, Ukraine

Playlist Update and News

We had the good fortune this past Saturday to attend the local Indianapolis International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC) convention.* This gathering of jazz lovers, that has been held for the past 22 years, is organized by Duncan Schiedt, the incomparable jazz photographer. The event's agenda is comprised of educational films and lectures, listening parties, jam sessions and a record and ephemera sale. Traditional jazz is the main focus of the group.

The record sale was well attended. 78's were definitely the focus of the collectors. We were able to obtain a couple of gems, a King Oliver LP on Riverside and an Earl Hines 10" LP on Dial.

The jam session that we attended was great fun and the playing was very nice. The ages of the performers spanned from the twenties to the eighties. It was obvious that the performers were passionate about playing. For a group of folks that don't regularly play together the off the cuff arrangements and soloing were top-notch.

We met some very nice folks, among them Andy "Jazzman" Smith that has a show on Murray State's radio station from 3 - 4 PM EST on Sundays. The room was filled with lovers of jazz that promote the art of jazz through festival promotion, playing, collecting and education. Thanks to people like this that are dedicated to the art of jazz, our greatest American art form will be preserved.

The highlight of the short time we were able to attend was meeting Duncan Schiedt and procuring an inscribed copy of his amazing book of photography. (There's a link to purchase the book below this post.)

Thanks to Gerry Ruark for turning us on to this event. Gerry and his wife Nan have kept music alive in the Midwest by hosting record collector conventions for at least 25 years.

In honor of this event we have added several cuts of traditional jazz to our playlist. We've hauled out some rare digitized recordings of some 78's and LP's that feature Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong in sidemen roles. Also added to the playlist are cuts from Art Pepper's Savoy sessions, George Russell's Stratusphunk and Pepper Adams' 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot.

Thanks for listening and enjoy the jazz and be sure to pick up Duncan Schiedt's book.


*The annual Indianapolis IAJRC convention is not formally affiliated with The International Association of Jazz Record Collectors.