The Great GARY BURTON celebrates his 69th birthday on Monday and we'll celebrate him and the vibes all week!

Russ Davis here, and since the master of the vibes Gary Burton celebrates his 69^th birthday on Monday the 23^rd so we’ll fill the week with a number of features in celebration of another one of MOJA’s greatest and his instrument of choice! We’ll start with a salute to Gary on Monday with the Masters…Give you new, rare live performances by some of the greats of Latin Jazz, including master of vibes Dave Samuels, on Live @ MOJALand…spotlight 6 new releases on The All New Music Revue…celebrate the work of vibes masters Burton, Roy Ayers and Mike Mainieri during the fusion era on Friday Fusion and the complete our focus on good vibes in MOJA with conversations with Gary Burton Dave Samuels, Mike Mainieri and Stefon Harris on Saturday’s Words & Music! Of course there’s all our funky business as usual too. Go to the website (www.mojaradio.com) and get all the details. Here’s a brief rundown…

 

Monday…Monday with the Masters featuring birthday boy Gary Burton! (He was 69 on January 23rd!)

 Tuesday…This Is Acid Jazz & Attack of the Jazzy Jambands!

 Wednesday…Live @ MOJALand (Latin Jazz Jam) & more Jazzy Jambands.

 Thursday…The All New Music Revue (6 brand new releases!) & more Jazzy Jambands.

 Friday…If It’s Friday, This Must Be Fusion (The sound of the Vibes during the Fusion Era!)

 Saturday…Words & Music (Good Vibes: Gary Burton, Dave Samuels, Mike Mainieri & Stefon Harris!)

 Sunday…The Sunday Specials (9 AM-1 PM ET & 9 PM-1 AM ET that’s 6-10 PM Pacific)

 Now you get all of this as a citizen of MOJA Nation for only 33 cents a day if you join as a monthly subscriber and about 27 cents a day if you join for a year. But, there’s a FREE side to MOJA Radio too and everyone’s invited to enjoy any of those free features found on the MOJA Radio homepage. Just look for the links to see interviews and live performance video on our MOJA Vision YouTube channel, read all about MOJA on our MOJA Radio Blog Site (I just posted a new one covering Club d’Elf’s performance at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge recently), and hear my weekly program JAZZ AMERICA on Voice of America as well as a 1 ½ hour sample of MOJA all by clicking on the correct link. 

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THE TOP 20 OF 2011 on MOJA Radio!

Chick Corea, Lenny White & Stanley Clarke (backstage at a RTF IV show with MOJA Radio's Russ Davis) reached the top in 2011 on MOJA Radio with the brilliant 2-disc set FOREVER!

1. COREA, CLARKE & WHITE...FOREVER (CONCORD)

2. MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD…20 (WWW.MMW.NET)

3. CLUB D’ELF…ELECTRIC MOROCCOLAND/SO BELOW (FACE PELT)

4. JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY…RACE RIOT SUITE (KINNARA)

5. TOHPATI ETHNOMISSION…SAVE THE PLANET (MOONJUNE)

6. PLANETA IMAGINARIO…OPTICAL DELUSIONS (CUNEIFORM)

7. STEVE KHAN…PARTING SHOT (TONE CENTER)

8. TIM HAGANS…THE MOON IS WAITING (PALMETTO)

9. AL DI MEOLA…PURSUIT OF RADICAL RHAPSODY (TELARC)

10. VARIOUS ARTISTS…NEW UNIVERSE MUSIC FEST (ABSTRACT LOGIX)

11. TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON…MOSAIC (CONCORD)

12. STEVEN BERNSTEIN’S MTO…MTO PLAYS SLY (ROYAL POTATO FAMILY)

13. GARY BURTON QUARTET…COMMON GROUND (MACK AVENUE)

14. YELLOWJACKETS…TIMELINE (MACK AVENUE)

15. MATS/MORGAN BAND…LIVE (CUNEIFORM)

16. BOB BELDEN & FRIENDS…MILES ESPANOL (E ONE)

17. MEDESKI, SCOFIELD, MARTIN & WOOD…MSMW LIVE (INDIRECTO)

18. ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ…SHUT UP AND DANCE (BEE JAZZ)

19. BELA FLECK & FLECKTONES…ROCKET SCIENCE (E ONE)

20. OZ NOY…TWISTED BLUES (ABSTRACT LOGIX)

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Russ Davis

Russ Davis here, and from time to time citizens of MOJA Nation who get out to see and hear MOJA live write me to report.  Anytime you do please send me your review however long or short it might be and I'll be happy to post in this space.

Here is a new one from MOJAN Joe Armel of Mill Valley, California, who spent the holidays in New York City. Following that are a few recent ones from MOJANs Bruce Raff (whose LSU Tigers were # 1 in College Football's regular season this year by the way) , Bill Lewis, Randy Borst and Scott Macpherson, as well as a couple of mine thrown in for good measure. Read on and enjoy!

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Listening Solutions for MOJA RADIO!

Russ Davis here and I’m writing to give you, a member of MOJA Nation, all the info I have concerning the many ways to access the features related to listening to MOJA Radio…the main reason you joined in the first place. Please keep this document in mind so you can refer to it in the future should need to remind yourself of how to listen to MOJA Radio. As things progress, and we're talking about on almost a daily basis, I'll add to this list and should YOU discover a cool thing just write me at russ@mojaradio.com and I'll add it to this!

Now, as we all know, nothing (and I mean NOTHING) seems to be easy in cyber-world and the simplest ideas related to online radio never end up being that easy to implement and the reasons are many. There is the incompatibility issue between PC and MAC and the many programs related to each system.  Then your personal set up has much to do with whether or not you can access the full spectrum of features related to MOJA Radio listening.  One little thing in the chain can totally shut you down and we’ve all experienced that.  In this document I’ll try to point out the exact order of things in simple terms.  Some of you hot shots have already gone beyond the basics and found ways to listen that even my technical advisers never thought of, so this should all work, does work, and if you still have problems you can always write me at russ@mojaradio.com and you know I’ll do what I can to make it happen for you. I feel like we’re all here for the same reason…we love the music and most of all I want you to enjoy it to the fullest. Read on and you'll find out how to do just that!

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