Happy 45th Birthday To Charlie Hunter! We're celebrating all week!

Russ Davis here, and this week on “The World’s Modern Jazz Radio Channel” we’ll celebrate one of MOJA’s most unique figures, Charlie Hunter, with various special shows, debut 7 brilliant, new projects, spotlight the importance of African Fusion artists and much more. It’ all begins on Monday, May 14th, with one more salute to the great Billy Cobham, who turns 68 on Wednesday, on our feature Monday with the Masters. The first focus on the unique guitarist, composer and bandleader Charlie Hunter comes when we feature sons from one of his best releases, Right Now Move, performed live on Live @ MOJALand. We’ll spotlight a MOJA-Load of 7 new releases on The All New Music Revue, and follow that with an all-day look at what was going on in Africa during the Fusion Era with “Africa’s Greatest Fusion Hits” on our Friday Fusion special. Then we’ll spend Saturday talking to Charlie Hunter on Saturday’s Words & Music. Of course there’s all our funky business as usual including our weekly features This Is Acid Jazz and The Attack of the Jazzy Jambands…Here’s a brief rundown…

Monday…Monday with the Masters featuring Billy Cobham!

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

Wednesday…Live @ MOJALand (Charlie Hunter Right Now Live on Live @ MOJALand!) & more Jazzy Jambands.

Thursday…The All New Music Revue (7 brand new releases) & more Jazzy Jambands.

Friday…If It’s Friday, This Must Be Fusion (Africa’s Greatest Fusion Hits!)

Saturday…Words & Music (Charlie Hunter in the spotlight!)

Sunday…The Sunday Specials (9 AM-1 PM & 9 PM-1 AM ET/6-10 AM & 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 posted one recently covering all the MOJA Grammy Winners for 2011!), and hear my weekly program JAZZ AMERICA on Voice of America as well as a 1 ½ hour sample of MOJA and the latest installment of our newest feature THE NEW JAZZ SINGERS WITH CAROLYN BEDNARSKI, all on demand by clicking on the correct link. Come & Get It & Spread the Word!

Russ Davis

MOJARadio

“Jazz In The Present Tense!”

www.mojaradio.com

Now,  to find out the details on what’s up this week on The World’s Modern Jazz Radio Channel just read on!

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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)

MOJA Radio…“The World’s Modern Jazz Radio Channel!”

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. Thanks!

Here is a new one from MOJAN Bill Lewis from Pittsburgh who attends shows at a venue called Mr Small's Theater, in Millvale PA. He tells us that he's seen several good shows there including Medeski, Martin and Wood.

Bill Lewis wrote: "Hey Russ...Listening to Soul Rebels on MOJA at the moment. So glad you played this. I actually think I enjoyed their set even more than Galactic two nights ago here.

In addition to the point you read about "the liberating absence of chording instruments", is also the marching-band rhythm section: instead of a set drummer--a snare drummer and a bass drummer. Makes for such a unique (yet traditional, of course) percussion sound, especially the rudiments on that persistent, driving snare. We're so accustomed to set drums in jazz and rock!

Then there's that "horn line", two trumpets, tenor sax and two trombones out front, blowing the audience's hair back...Bill Lewis"

Thanks Bill! Now, here are a few recent ones from MOJANs Joe Armel of Mill Valley, California, who spent the 2011 holiday season in New York City, Bruce Raff (whose LSU Tigers were # 1 in College Football's regular season this year by the way) , another from 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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