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Following is the log for the next JAZZ AMERICA program from the Voice of America, heard by a potental audience of 134 million listeners each weekend on the entertainment service MusicMix, and on the worldwide VOA service via shortwave transmission.

Hear Jazz America live online in the Eastern time zone on Saturday from Midnight-2 AM (That’s 10 PM-Midnight, Friday night, Pacific time) and Sunday from 9-11 AM Eastern time (That’s 6-9 AM Pacific). Listen at http://www.VOAMusicMix.Net.

To get more info on Jazz America go to the Jazz America web site:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/programs/radio/64963177.html
To send me an e-mail concerning Jazz America write me at jazzamerica@voanews.com

JAZZ AMERICA…SHOW #1317…25-26 FEBRUARY 2012

STEPHANE GRAPPELLI & TOOTS THIELEMANS.…hit the road jack (bringing it together)

KATHY KOSINS…kissing bug  (to the ladies of cool)

* John Hollenbeck Interview

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ…racing heart, heart racing (shut up and dance)

MILES DAVIS…it’s about that time-remix (cool & collected)

RICHARD NGABOYISONGA…jazzrichard (self produced)

BOB BROOKMEYER…jive hoot (bob brookmeyer and friends)

* John Hollenbeck Interview

JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE…guarana (eternal interlude)

McCOY TYNER BIG BAND…passion dance (the turning point)

JAZZ AMERICA…SHOW #1318…25-26 FEBRUARY 2012

STEFON HARRIS…prologue(the grand unification theory)

DON BYRON…didn’t it rain (love, peace and soul)

* John Hollenbeck Interview

JOHN HOLLENBECK & JAZZ BIGBAND GRAZ…after a dance or two (joys & desires)

DUKE ELLINGTON…it don’t mean a thing (1954)

WEATHER REPORT…palladium (heavy weather)

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA…cosmic strut (visions of the emerald beyond)

* John Hollenbeck Interview

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ…tongs of joy (shut up and dance)

HORACE SILVER…senor blues (live at Newport 1958)

Next Week…SHOWS #1319-1320…3-4 MARCH 2012

Special Feature…WES MONTGOMERY: REMEMBERING THE JAZZ GUITAR LEGEND!

Join Russ Davis as he talks to four living legends of jazz guitar, George Benson, Lee Ritenour, Ronny Jordan and Pat Martino, who’ve been influenced by the late, great Wes Montgomery. We’ll hear their music and comments plus we’ll debut the newly discovered Wes Montgomery recording from the ‘50’s “Echoes of Indiana Avenue,” featuring his brothers Buddy and Monk Montgomery.

Listen on Shortwave:  1300 GMT/UTC Saturdays and Sundays

• Africa – 4.95 6.08 13.57 15.58 17.895 mhz
• Middle East and Europe – 12.005 15.53 mhz
• Asia and Pacific – 7.43 7.575 9.7 12.15 mhz