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GREENVILLE, N.C., Dec. 19, 2003Dr. Billy Taylor returned to his home town of Greenville, N.C., Dec. 13, with his wife, daughter Kim and son-in-law to participate in graduation exercises at East Carolina University. [More]

Dec. 17, 2003 — The Los Angeles-based, Philly born-and-raised guitarist Skip Heller has been signed to Hyena Records. [More]

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 17, 2003 — Savoy has added 3,000 classic and current tracks to Apple's iTunes Music Store, which recently added support for Windows. [More]

CHICAGO, July 30, 2003 — Kicking off the first of MusicNow's co-branded, digital music channels are "The Blue Note Channel from MusicNow," which debuted today, and "The Soul of Quincy Jones," debuting later this year. [More]

LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2003 — The Recording Industry Association of America has named Mitch Bainwol, a former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, as its new chief executive. [More]


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More than 75 radio programmers, record executives, independent promoters, and jazz musicians participated in the 2004 JazzWeek Summit, held June 3-5.

Ross Porter to Head CJRT

Ross Porter, former CBC broadcaster, and the spearhead of Winnipeg's COOL-FM jazz programming, will become the new president and CEO of CJRT, JAZZ.FM91, in early July.

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