[JPL] Next week on XM 72-Beyond Jazz

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5 new releases to premier…big ups to the English with salutes to John McLaughlin & Brian Auger…happy birthday Philip Bailey…Michelle salutes New Orleans one mo’ time…and lot’s of funky business as usual…XM 72-Beyond Jazz…It’s A Brave, Cool World!

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XM 72…BEYOND JAZZ/WEEKLY FEATURES (5-11 May, 2008)

This Monday, May 5th, it’s a birthday celebration as we present another edition of our special feature…MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on Beyond Jazz featuring an hour of one of the most recognizable voices in music, PHILIP BAILEY just three days before his birthday on Thursday, May 8th. Yes, it’s the voice of Earth, Wind & Fire and one of the great voices of R&B, Pop and now Modern Jazz.  We’ll give you a full hour of the jazzy side of his music, including rare, live performances from the XM Performance Theatre in Washington, CD.  Plus enjoy Philip’s own comments that shed light on his brilliant career. Listen for MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS every Monday at Noon Eastern/9 AM Pacific, with a replay Monday night at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific, and this week we feature an hour of the music of PHILIP BAILEY!

This week enjoy another edition of our show JAMMIN’ JAZZ…JAZZ FOR THE NEW GENERATION hosted by Michelle Sammartino.  Michelle says if you listen to the show you’ll get music with that "jamband" jazz, acid jazz, brass band, swamp boogie, funk influenced, booty movin' feel that ya just can't hear anywhere else. 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. It’s JAMMIN’ JAZZ…JAZZ FOR THE NEW GENERATION with Michelle Sammartino! This week, Michelle gives you a very special classic show focusing on the 2006 edition of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival…the first Post-Katrina festival that confirmed the city’s strong will to survive and continue its incredible musical legacy.  Michelle was there and will give you her impressions of the vibe of that musical and spiritual event and of course lots of the music heard at the festival including Galactic, Papa Grows Funk, The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Kirk Joseph and  much more!

This week we’ll present JOHN McLAUGHLIN LIVE on LIVE @ BJ'S! Every Wednesday night at 9 PM Eastern/6 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 travel the world with the world-famous guitarist to hear a number of his finest live performances with The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, The all-star band The Trio of Doom featuring Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams and more.  Its JOHN McLAUGHLIN LIVE on this week’s LIVE @ BJ'S!

With all our specials this week celebrating the great English guitarist JOHN McLAUGHLIN, it’s only appropriate that we give you, as we do every Friday, our exclusive Beyond Jazz feature that focuses on the Fusion Era and celebrate the fusion contributions of one of the true Fusion masters. So beginning at 7 AM Eastern/4 AM Pacific until midnight Eastern/9 PM Pacific we’ll begin each hour with a classic fusion piece by Mr. McLaughlin. You’ll hear him solo as well as with Miles Davis, The Mahavishu Orchestra, Shakti, the Trio of Doom and more. So listen for the Fusion work of the great JOHN McLAUGHLIN on this week’s edition of IF IT’S FRIDAY, THIS MUST BE FUSION here on BEYOND JAZZ. 

This weekend Beyond Jazz presents another edition of "THE MOJA REPORT with MARK RUFFIN!” Join award-winning presenter, producer and writer Mark Ruffin 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 gives us part one of his two-part salute to one of the greatest English jazzmen, keyboardist Brian Auger.  Part One will focus on his great work in the fusion era featuring Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express.

On Saturday, May 10th, Beyond Jazz presents another edition of “WORDS & MUSIC,” a special presentation we call “JOHN McLAUGHLIN & COMPANY.” Back in 1984, Scott Thompson, of Jazz @ Lincoln Center in New York, had a backstage conversation with the legendary English guitarist and they talked about everything from how John met Miles Davis and began to work with him, to the very essence of what creativity is all about.  We’ll give you some of that very deep conversation as well as the comments of others who knew and worked with McLaughlin like Bill Evans and Stanley Clarke.  It all starts at Noon and lasts through Midnight Eastern time (9 AM-9 PM Pacific) as we begin each hour with conversation followed some of McLaughlin’s great music.  It’s “JOHN McLAUGHLIN & COMPANY,” on this week’s edition of “WORDS & MUSIC.”

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 messages by playing requested songs, answering listener questions and reading listener comments that have been emailed to him at beyondjazz at xmradio.com.

PREMIER SUNDAY on Beyond Jazz…XM 72
This Sunday, May 11th, will be another PREMIER SUNDAY here on Beyond Jazz as we spring five great new releases on you.  We’ll begin with the new release “INTO THE BLUE” by New Orleans born trumpeter NICHOLAS PAYTON.  Once again, Nicholas expands the boundaries of his music by incorporating everything he’s learned over the years, including swing and groove, acoustic and electric. Then you’ll hear an incredible trio led by keyboard wizard ROBERT WALTER, who went to the source, New Orleans, to enlist two of the greats of the town. They are Astral Project’s great drummer, bass combo, JOHNNY VIDACOVICH and JAMES SINGLETON, and the three of them tear it up on Robert’s new CD “CURE ALL.”  Robert plays his signature organ on this session, as well as piano, Fender Rhodes and Clavinet for a varied and funky gumbo of groove. We’ll go international with  a beautiful, talented vocalist originally from Belgrade, ALMA MICIC, with a very personal, spiritual and jazzy release titled “THE HOURS.”  Plus, you’ll hear another great trio, this one from France, called TRIO SUD, led by guitarist SYLVAIN LUC, with a new release that is named from one of Joe Zawinul’s famous compositions. It’s called “YOUNG AND FINE.” Then we’ll top it off with the work of the MICHAEL PEDICIN QUINTET, led by the Philadelphia saxophonist, featuring great playing and beautiful songs on the new CD “EVERYTHING STARTS NOW.” So listen for these new releases beginning at 5 PM Eastern time, that’s 2 PM Pacific, this Sunday, May 11th,  another PREMIER SUNDAY here on Beyond Jazz.