By John Hilderbrand on Jan 3, 2010 in acid jazz, bob james, candy dulfer, incognito, radio | 1 Comment
It’s a new year and it’s off to a great start with a new Jazz Pulse from Sean Miller! If you were a fan of the New Adult Contemporary format that preceded smooth jazz, you will love Jazz Pulse, the regular program put together by Sean Miller. Like that classic radio format, Jazz Pulse isn’t [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Sep 4, 2009 in acid jazz, incognito, nu jazz, playlist, radio | 1 Comment
ContemporaryJazz.com Radio plays nu jazz, acid jazz, remixed jazz, jazzy house, dancefloor jazz, and other groove jazz styles. It’s online all the time and is free (with ads) or you can purchase a VIP package for commercial free listening and other benefits.
See the embedded spreadsheet below for the most recent adds to the playlist. The [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Aug 2, 2009 in downloads, fusion, joshua redman, michael brecker, pat metheny, radio, smooth jazz, terence blanchard, twitter, weather report | 0 Comments
I’ve posted over 500 tweets of contemporary jazz news, release dates, and site information on Twitter in the last few months. It’s how I communicate quick contemporary jazz items of interest. In today’s quick-moving world, this is how I get most of my information – through brief, one-sentence notifications. Later, I can go back [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Mar 23, 2009 in radio, smooth jazz | 0 Comments
Radio & Records, an industry staple, has ceased publishing its smooth jazz chart. It had been published for 15 years. Carol Archer, the only editor for the format for its entire tenure, posted a fond farewell. Carol was one of the first to write about jazz on the web back in the mid-90s. She mentioned [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Mar 18, 2009 in fusion, radio | 0 Comments
The most talked about topic in the last few months here is the end of XM channel 72 – Beyond Jazz. I’m happy to inform you that the duo behind the station, Russ Davis and Michelle Sammartino, are back! The MOJARadio site is now live. The music is coming soon but you can settle in [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Mar 18, 2009 in acid jazz, radio | 0 Comments
Thanks to a special donation from Carl, ContemporaryJazz.com Radio will be online for another year! I’m excited to be able to continue to play my favorite acid jazz, nu jazz, remixed jazz, jazzy house, and similar styles for you. With the addition of Sean Miller’s Jazz Pulse program on Sunday nights (8 p.m. CST) and [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Mar 10, 2009 in benefit, radio | 0 Comments
Thanks to PayPal donations from Robin and Dan & Gina, and a Live365.com gift certificate from Isaiah, plus a new high in rewards from VIP listeners and savings I’ve been keeping for this, ContemporaryJazz.com Radio now only needs $150 to renew its annual fee to continue! As I posted previously, I pay an annual amount [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Feb 17, 2009 in benefit, radio | 2 Comments
On March 27, the amount I pay annually to keep ContemporaryJazz.com Radio will come due. My station is on Live365.com who pays the ASCAP, SESAC, and BMI licensing fees. When I play an artist, they get paid. I’ve been saving credit received through VIP memberships. I’ve saved $50 through that – thanks VIP listeners! However, [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Feb 1, 2009 in acid jazz, incognito, playlist, radio | 0 Comments
ContemporaryJazz.com Radio plays nu jazz, acid jazz, remixed jazz, jazzy house, dancefloor jazz, and other groove jazz styles. It’s online all the time and is free (with ads) or you can purchase a VIP package for commercial free listening and other benefits.
I posted a number of new tracks I downloaded over the holiday. The newest [...]
By John Hilderbrand on Dec 21, 2008 in bob james, christmas, david sanborn, playlist, radio | 0 Comments
In addition to some Christmas music sprinkled in the ContemporaryJazz.com Radio playlist, there are two new shows you’ll want to listen to.
Sean Miller’s Jazz Pulse program is back and ContemporaryJazz.com Radio has it! Starting in early 2009, you’ll be able to hear it each week but the Jazz Pulse Christmas music program will be playing [...]