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Weekend of  November 21st - 22nd
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JazzTrax Guest
Cindy Bradley returns to the
JazzTrax Studio after
her Catalina Island Debut

Cindy Bradley makes her second appearance in the JazzTrax Studio this week. A woman who was absolutely unknown in the Smooth Jazz World just six months ago. Trippin N Rhythm Records debuted her in June. That's when she made her first appearance on the JazzTrax Radio Showcase.  Then she came to Catalina Island for the JazzTrax Festival. She was the ONLY Artist who appeared on multiple weekends this Fall and she appeared on a three weekends. The combination of her Debut CD and the way she took Smooth Jazz Island by storm is about to earn her year end honors of JazzTrax 2009 Debut Artist of the Year.  Coming off the euphoria of her October Island splash she visits on this week's show to tell stories. Since she's still an elementary school teacher, Band Instructor, in New Jersey, she had to call in sick a couple days and take weekly 'red eyes' JFK to LAX to make it back and forth, coast to coast, for all three weekends of the JazzTrax Festival. Bit crazy and totally worth it.  She couldn't believe people actually wanted her autograph on her 'Bloom' CD.  The CD that outsold all CD's in this October JazzTrax Festival Store.
   
   
Archive Album
David Sanborn 1980 ' Voyeur' 

As Cindy debuts here in 2009, David Sanborn is coasting in his Golden Years.  In his 60's now he has so much to go back and listen to. This week we're remembering his tunes all the way back to the year 1980.  The now almost 30 year old 'Voyeur' album. Songs like "Wake Me When It's Over,"   "Let's Just Say Goodbye."  "Run for Cover." And we'll sneak in a couple listens from the forthcoming brand new Trippin N Rhythm "The Very Best of Christmas." A CD featuring all the artists of that London based record label including Cindy Bradley, Paul Hardcastle, Gregg Karukas, and Tim Bowman.
   
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Producer's Notes:
The Best of Thirty Catalina Island Concerts
an
d thoughts of a Floating Stage Lakeside
 
 
Art GoodSittin' here at the JazzTrax Studio on my Mountain Lake in Big Bear. Well I can see it through the trees down the hill about a half mile. I've just wrapped up production on Thanksgiving Weekend's Annual Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival Radio Special. Didn't even see my mountain lake for five days as I clawed through 33 concerts that were recorded over our three JazzTrax Festival Weekends in October on Catalina Island. What you'll hear is the very best selections and most interesting on mike statements by the Stars of Smooth Jazz, all melded into a full 5-hour radio special. It will air Thanksgiving Weekend, but, on-line, it gets published next Tuesday. Starting November 24th, you can listen to the Concerts From Catalina at your leisure, wherever you have a computer, and listen over and over again. Using your browser even to push back and listen to a song, a performance you liked again.

Wanna do us a favor as we build the attendance back up from this year's recession? E-mail a couple friends when you get next week's eBlast reminder, and tell them to listen in to the Festival Special on-line and talk them into joining you on the Island next October. (there's even a link at the bottom of this very eBlast to make it easy to share)

I hate to repeat myself, but if you come with another couple, or couple friends, and get an in-town rental house with multiple bedrooms, and usually a kitchen and a comfy living room. You can knock down the expense of this festival dramatically. Barbecue a bit, cause we leave you nearly 4 hours between the Afternoon & Evening Sessions (and there's a Von's right in the middle of town... actually two). Catalina Island Vacation Rentals (catalinavacations.com) have numerous in town rental houses and they are... fabulous. But tell them JazzTrax sent you.

But along with finding a ping pong table for my 10 year old son for Christmas, I'm lookin' hard at Big Bear Lake again for June. The Village of Big Bear Lake has found us an 'on the lake' setting, in the village, Four hotels adjoin it. Park your car on Friday night and put your keys on the counter until Monday, or late Sunday Night. Just walk into JazzTrax on the Lake. And into the Village for all your meals. Should we do it? You like the idea of a Floating Stage with the Smooth Jazz Stars literally performing on the water as you sit on the lakefront? Many of you responded this past week. Sounding like we should do it. We are looking at Father's Day Weekend in June for Big Bear Lake.

You can always e-mail us your comments. [email protected]. Hope your week is going well. Wherever you put your feet down. We can make it go better, if you tune in, on-line to this week's JazzTrax Radio Showcase. It's playing, right now.

 
Art Good
JazzTrax Producer/Creator

 

The JazzTrax Radio Show in November
The 5-Hour Showcase of the Absolute Newest
and a Classic Smooth Jazz Archive
 

Weekend of Nov. 7th - 8th
Guest: Dan Kuramoto to Debut Hiroshima's 'Legacy'
Archive: Bob James 2002 'Morning, Noon & Night'

Weekend of Nov.14th - 15th
Guest: 'Euge Groove to Debut 'Sunday Morning '
Archive: Grover Washington Jr. 1980 'Winelight'

Weekend of Nov. 21st - 22nd
Guest: Debut trumpeter Cindy Bradley after Catalina
Archive: David Sanborn 1980 ' Voyeur'

Weekend of Nov.28th - 29th
Thanksgiving Weekend Special
Catalina Island Festival Radio Special

 
 
 
The JazzTrax Radio Show in December
The 5-Hour Showcase of the Absolute Newest
and a Classic Smooth Jazz Archive
 

Weekend of Dec. 5th - 6th
Guest: Trippin' n' Rhythm President Les Cutmore to debut "The Very Best of Christmas'  

Weekend of Nov. 12th - 13th
Guest: David Benoit
Holiday Music Spotlight: New Holiday Smooth Jazz

Weekend of Nov. 19th - 20th
Guest: Norman Brown
Holiday Music Spotlight: New Holiday Smooth Jazz

Weekend of Nov. 26th - 27th
JazzTrax Best of 2009  Radio Special
Top Ten Albums of 2009
Top Ten Songs of 2009
Album of the Year 2009
Song of the Year 2009
Debut Artist of the Year
Best Live Performance of the Year
Best Conversations with the Stars of Smooth Jazz in 2009

 
 
 
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 October 2010!

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Friday November 27th

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