Category Archives: Radio

Songs that made the phones ring: 2nd half of 2010

Posted on December 23, 2010 by The Independent Ear

“Songs that Made the Phones Ring” is an unabashed bit of theft from the fertile mind of the late record man Joel Dorn. Several years ago when Joel was mining his 32 Jazz label for fresh ideas he came up … Continue reading →

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Making a new record? Help us out…

Posted on October 28, 2010 by The Independent Ear

Gotta love those digi-packs, you know the ones… the environmentally-friendly CD packages that are generally 3-fold cardboard packs with a plastic housing to hold the disc; still others of the more… ahem… low-budget (skimpy) mode are akin to miniature Lp covers, … Continue reading →

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The Best in Jazz Radio

Posted on September 2, 2010 by The Independent Ear

Count me as one who still believes firmly in the sanctity of jazz radio. What constitutes an effective weekly jazz radio program? How do those charged with that responsibility make it happen? We’d like to hear from others around the … Continue reading →

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