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JazzTrax this week: August 1-2
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JazzTrax Guest
Rick Braun debuts "All it Takes"

Rick Braun comes to the JazzTrax Studio This Week. You can start listening Right Now because This Week, the famed Trumpet Player from Allentown who forged his style playing and touring with War, Rod Stewart and Sade, has released a new solo project He joins Art Good to Debut, 'All It Takes.' and the breaking news will be that even as Rick produced this Summer's new Richard Elliot 'Rock Steady.' following their lst ever collaboration 'RnR' in 2007, Rick and Richard plan to release a 2nd Collaboration in 2010 and develop their collaborations into a Fourplay type All Star project. Rick will also tout his World Champion Lakers and tell of the rare fight he had with his wife on the way home from a Dodger/Phillies game as to whether they would watch the end of the Laker's Play-off Game LIVE or the entire thing on Tivo.

JazzTrax Early Listens this week include the New Ones comin' in August from George Benson, Najee, Jessy J (a full JazzTrax Sampling because 'True Love' is being released Next Week, Jeff Golub and the new Peter White comin' in Sept.
     
   
Archive Album
Crusaders 1977 'Free As The Wind'

The Crusaders 1977 'Free As The Wind' The Mid 70's was the time when Jazz was beginning to Contemporize. Tim Weisberg, Bob James, Grover Washington Jr. and David Sanborn were youngsters who were just beginning to put forth a Hugely More Melodic touch to Instrumental Jazz. But in those days it was The Crusaders who were BLAZING! Joe Sample and Wilton Felder had been the much more Traditional Jazz Crusaders through the 60's, but they were basically broke jazz musicians and they wanted to make money. So off came the word Jazz and as 'The Crusaders' they shaded melodic, became the forerunners of funky and their newly found direction in compositions were just rediculously good. Then they added the guitar of Larry Carlton to the mix, a year before Larry and Joe Sample would begin their own spectacular solo careers, 'Free as the Wind' was the album everyone was listening to and dancing to. It is this weekend's JazzTrax Archives Album.
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The Award-Winning JazzTrax Radio Show, a weekly 5 hour presentation. On the airwaves since l985, JazzTrax is Smooth Jazz Radio's longest running syndicated program. It was created in San Diego by one of the founder's of Smooth Jazz, Art Good. JazzTrax now keeps Studios in La Quinta near Palm Springs in the Southern California desert and in Big Bear Lake in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains.
 
Each week JazzTrax features just being released smooth jazz CD's, with the artist who has the newest, joining Art as that week's JazzTrax Guest. This is also the Radio Program that spawned the world renowned Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival, now in its 23rd year. 

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Just like in the old days of FM radio, the quality also depends on how good your speakers are on your computer and perhaps on how good your high speed Internet access is.

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The JazzTrax Radio Show in August
The 5-Hour Showcase of the Absolute Newest!
 
Upcoming JazzTrax Guests

Weekend of August 2nd:
Rick Braun to Debut "All It Takes' 

Weekend of August 9th:
Saxophonist Eric Darius 

Weekend of August 16th:
Saxophonist Jesse J 

Weekend of August 23rd:
Saxophonist Najee 

Weekend of August 30th:
Special Labor Day Weekend Guest
former NY Yankee turned Jazz Guitarist
Bernie Williams 
 
 
 
Upcoming Archive Feature

Weekend of Aug 2nd:
Crusaders 1977 'Free As The Wind'

Weekend of July 9th:
Euge Groove 2005 'Just Feels Right'

Weekend of July 16th:
George Benson 2000 'Absolute Benson'

Weekend of July 23th:
Fourplay 2002 'Heartfelt'

Weekend of July 30th:
Pieces Of A Dream - Best Songs Spotlight
 
 
 
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- Bernie Williams -
 
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- Jesse Cook -
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- Earl Klugh -
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- George Duke -
 
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