[JPL] Special Featues Next Week On XM 72 Beyond Jazz

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Russ Davis
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Beyond Jazz 

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XM 72…BEYOND JAZZ/WEEKLY FEATURES   (9-15 July 2006) 
 This Monday, July 9th, we’ll present another edition of our feature…MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on Beyond Jazz featuring an hour of one of the great, young artists in modern jazz, vibraphonist STEFON HARRIS. You’ll hear his great solo work including his newest band Blackout, and his many collaborations with the likes of Greg Osby and Charlie Hunter.  Plus we’ll get the thoughts of Stefon himself as he tells us about his career odyssey from his beginnings in Albany, New York to the bright lights of New York City and the making of his Grammy nominated music. Listen for MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS every Monday at Noon Eastern/9 AM Pacific, with a replay Monday night at 11 PM Eastern/8 PM Pacific, and this week it’s a celebration of one of the up and coming young stars of MOJA, STEFON HARRIS.
 This week enjoy another edition of our show JAMMIN’ JAZZ…JAZZ FOR THE NEW GENERATION! hosted by Michelle Sammartino ...an hour of jamband jazz, acid jazz, brass band, swamp boogie, funk influenced, booty movin' tunes. Listen for JAMMIN’ JAZZ three times each week…Tuesday night at 9P Eastern-6P Pacific, Thursday morning at 9A/Eastern-6A Pacific, and Sunday at 7P/Eastern-4P Pacific. This week Michelle plays some of the superstar bands in her world of music including Galactic, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Garage A Trois, Groove Collective and much more!
 This week, join us for GROOVE COLLECTIVE LIVE FROM NEW YORK on LIVE @ BJ'S ! Every Wednesday night at 11 PM Eastern/8 PM Pacific and Sunday at 8 PM Eastern/5 PM Pacific you can spend an hour in the world's only imaginary modern jazz club, BJ's, for rare live performances by the biggest stars of Modern Jazz.  You'll hear music you can't hear anywhere but on XM, and this week we’ll take you to Lafayette Street in New York’s Greenwich Village, to Joe’s Pub to hear New York’s own brilliant band GROOVE COLLECTIVE performing  for the celebrants at the party celebrating the USA rollout of their Grammy-nominated release “People People Music Music.” It’s GROOVE COLLECTIVE LIVE FROM NEW YORK on this week’s addition of LIVE @ BJ'S!
 IF IT’S FRIDAY, THIS MUST BE FUSION!  Every Friday we present an exclusive Beyond Jazz feature that focuses on the moment in jazz history when the music became electric and all the musical influences of the world blended with jazz to create the Fusion Era. Each hour beginning at 7 AM Eastern/4 AM Pacific until midnight Eastern/9 PM Pacific you’ll hear a classic fusion piece and get the mojo behind this controversial era in jazz history. IF IT’S FRIDAY, THIS MUST BE FUSION! 
 THE MOJA REPORT with MARK RUFFIN! This weekend Beyond Jazz presents another edition of "THE MOJA REPORT with MARK RUFFIN!” Join the newest voice on Beyond Jazz, award-winning presenter, producer and writer Mark Ruffin in our studios in Chicago as he covers the many aspects of the world of modern jazz from his perspective.  Listen twice each weekend for THE MOJA REPORT, Saturday mornings at 11 AM Eastern/8 AM Pacific, just before Words & Music begins, and Sunday nights at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific, part of the Sunday Specials. It’s "THE MOJA REPORT with MARK RUFFIN,” and on this week’s edition Mark focuses on the music of the great John McLaughlin including his solo work, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony Williams Lifetime and some very interesting surprises.
 This Saturday, July 14th, we'll present another edition of our weekly feature WORDS & MUSIC on BEYOND JAZZ that helps us wrap up our recent visit to possibly the world’s greatest jazz festival with a special presentation titled “MONTREAL REVISITED!” Join Russ Davis as he talks to 12 of the artists who played the 28th edition of the Festival International De Jazz De Montreal and who took the time to chat with Russ during this whirlwind week. You hear from Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Kurt Elling. Mike Stern, Billy Cobham, Russell Ferrante & Jimmy Haslip of The Yellowjackets and more.  Interview segments followed by music will begin each hour from Noon through Midnight Eastern time (9 AM-9 PM Pacific).  It's “MONTREAL REVISITED” on WORDS & MUSIC, Saturday from BEYOND JAZZ.
 Every Sunday it’s the EMAIL REPLY HOUR…from 6-7 PM Eastern/3-4 PM Pacific, Russ Davis spends an hour responding to email mes sages by playing requested songs, answering listener questions and reading listener comments that have been emailed to him at beyondjazz at xmradio.com.