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Hey there! Thanks for calling into the show and saying hi to Champian, I really enjoyed your questions and comments! xoxoxo

Atlanta JazzTones  

Join us, Janet Stevenson and Dave Swan, as we talk straight ahead jazz! JazzTones features jazz from Atlanta musicians and is a production of the Dunwoody (GA) Jazz Society. Together we explore ways to enjoy music in intimate settings and get to know our fellow jazz and blues fans with social events such as live concerts, parties, a monthly newsletter, and lectures. For further information, please visit our websites facebook.com/dunwoodyjazzsociety.com, dunwoodyjazzsociety.com or janetstevenson.com

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Talk jazz with Janet and Dave on Atlanta JazzTones! Some of Atlanta's top jazz artists have been featured on our show, including Joe Gransden, Mace Hibbard, Trey Wright, and Tyrone Jackson. All shows can also be accessed as podcasts via *iTunes* by searching for "jazztones" in the *iTunes* store. You can then download one or all of the shows.

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    Meet Penelope Williams on JazzTones!

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    Join us as we talk to vocalist and pianist Penelope Williams and play selections from her CD “October Sky.” "Music has been a part of my life as long as I can remember," says Penelope Williams. Originally from Florida, she knew she was destined to live a life which revolved around music even as a kid. She had a love for the blues, rock and roll and eventually cultivated her affinity for jazz. Penelope remembers attending her first jam session at home with the neighborhood kids. Penelope spent five years touring with top 40 bands and has a Master of Music degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has performed nationwide and has released two CDs under her own name.

    Penelope is inspired by Dr. Billy Taylor, Maria Schneider, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, and Marian McPartland, among others. Many of her jazz influences cross the boundaries of jazz to include sacred music. Penelope is an avid spiritual seeker and philosopher, and has taken her music to a higher level, integrating jazz and gospel into the life of spiritual communities from Atlanta Georgia to Los Angeles, California.

    Penelope Williams resides in Roswell, GA and her website is penelopewilliams.com

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    Meet Penelope Williams on JazzTones!

    Join us as we talk to vocalist and pianist Penelope Williams and play selections from her CD “October Sky.” "Music has been a part of my life as long as I can remember," says Penelope Williams. Originally from Florida, she knew she was destined to live a life which revolved around music even as a kid. She had a love for the blues, rock and roll and eventually cultivated her affinity for jazz. Penelope remembers attending her first jam session at home with the neighborhood kids. Penelope spent five years touring with top 40 bands and has a Master of Music degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has performed nationwide and has released two CDs under her own name.

    Penelope is inspired by Dr. Billy Taylor, Maria Schneider, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, and Marian McPartland, among others. Many of her jazz influences cross the boundaries of jazz to include sacred music. Penelope is an avid spiritual seeker and philosopher, and has taken her music to a higher level, integrating jazz and gospel into the life of spiritual communities from Atlanta Georgia to Los Angeles, California.

    Penelope Williams resides in Roswell, GA and her website is penelopewilliams.com

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    Atlanta Pianist Tom Olsen on JazzTones!

    Join us as we talk to Atlanta pianist Tom Olsen! We will be playing selections from Tom's CD, "Solo Piano" available at CDBaby.com.

    Tom began piano lessons at age 7 and began composing music while in middle school. Thanks to gifted music teachers and also a remarkably rich music program in public school in Racine WI, Tom won the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award and numerous local and state competitions for Oboe and Piano performance. He conducted 4 church choirs simultaneously while studying for a BA in Church Music Composition. Tom has been musical director for the Sondheim musical 'Assassins'; back-up accompanist for the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus; keyboard player for R&B vocalist Castor Holliness and his band 4-True; accompanist for jazz vocalists Raquel Lozano and pop/R&B vocalist Lina Kawar. He has performed at many major music venues in the Atlanta area.

    Tom currently can be heard every Saturday night with the Tom Olsen Trio and a guest vocalist at Joey D's Oak Room in Dunwoody, GA. Tom lives in Marietta GA with his wife and 2 precocious toddlers.

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    Atlanta Guitarist Bob Shaw on JazzTones!

    Atlanta jazz guitarist and educator Bob Shaw lived in the Hartford-Springfield, CT area before relocating to Atlanta. He studied Music Education at Hartt College. of Music. at the University. of Hartford. He has performed and recorded with Julius LaRosa, Maxine Sullivan, Bobby Haggart, Mitzi Gaynor, Roger Williams and the late Rosemary Clooney. As a leader, he has two solo CDs and a Christmas CD and has played on more than 12 albums with other artists. Numerous college jazz bands have also performed Bob’s jazz compositions.

    We will be playing tracks from his CDs “Musin’” and “A Celebration of Christmas”, both available from CDBaby at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/BobShaw

    --“Bob is great because he makes jazz guitar accessible with recognizable melodies, tasteful improvisation, and a professional attitude. We consider him the ‘the teacher of teachers’ and we call him ‘The Maestro.’”

    --Eddie Mathis, Dreamcatcher Guitars, Roswell, GA

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    Vocalist Judy Niemack on JazzTones Unlimited!

    JazzTones welcomes world-renowned jazz vocalist Judy Niemack to our show. We will be playing selections from her newest CD "In The Sundance."

    Judy has worked with many of the who’s who of jazz including pianists Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, Steve Kuhn, & saxophonists Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano and James Moody, harmonica player Toots Thielemans, flugelhornist Clark Terry, bassists Ray Drummond and Eddie Gomez, drummers Billy Higgins, Joey Baron, Billy Hart and Adam Nussbaum, the New York Voices, the WDR Big Band, and guitarist Jeanfrancois Prins, Judy’s husband who has worked with her since 1992.

    Judy Niemack starting teaching jazz singing and improvising in the late 1970s. She has since become one of the most influential educators in jazz, and a pioneer of vocal jazz education in Europe. She taught vocal jazz at the New School For Jazz, William Patterson University, Long Island University, and New York City College and has been part of the staff at the Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp since 1990. After moving to Europe, she joined the jazz faculty at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium in 1993, and two years later became the first Professor of Vocal Jazz in Germany. She also teaches at the Musikene Conservatory in San Sebastian, Spain, has taught at conservatories in Holland and Belgium, and leads workshops throughout Europe and the world. She is the author of several books, including "Hear It and Sing It: Exploring Modal Jazz."

    "Her creative odyssey provides a fascinating illustration of the high road to mastery that transcends the limitations of genre...a vocalist of theatrical depth and consumate syllabic invention. Ever since her debut with (Warne) Marsh at the Village Vanguard, audiences have marvelled at the grace with which Niemack scats."

    -- K. Leander Williams, Downbeat

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    Ted Howe on Atlanta JazzTones

    We will talking to pianist/arranger Ted Howe and playing selections from his CD "Ellington." Ted Howe has performed with jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Joe Williams, Zoot Sims, John Patitucci, Herbie Mann, Henry Mancini, and Mel Torme. Ted Howe is the former bandleader at the CLUB ATLANTIS in Atlanta. Howe's 2005 album release "Ellington" was reviewed in JAZZ TIMES - “One master paying tribute to another . . . Howe's high points never end. Fluidity like this is rare. . .” ALL ABOUT JAZZ noted, “Fused with snappy rhythms, Latin slants and brisk swing vamps, the trio succeeds in instilling a personalized approach into familiar territory.” Howe has taught piano arranging, theory and improvisation at Berklee School of Music and Georgia State University and currently lives in California.

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    Jazz Critic Bruce Pulver picks his jazz favorites on JazzTones Unlimited

    Atlanta jazz critic Bruce Pulver talks about, and your hosts play, music from some of his favorite musicians from outside the Atlanta area. We will be featuring music by artists Jeremy Davenport, Annie Sellick, Jamie Ousley, Carol Duboc and Gilad Hekselman.

    Bruce Pulver is a lifelong jazz fan. His father, Art Pulver was an insurance salesman by day and a New Orleans-style, Dixieland Jazz Drummer on nights and weekends. Bruce took up the drums himself while still in middle school. After graduating from Florida State with a BA in marketing and a minor in music. Bruce began a career in business. Several years ago, Bruce had the opportunity to combine his passion for music with a love of writing. He began seeking out new live and recorded music and writing music reviews, artist interviews, CD liner notes, concert and venue critiques, promotional pieces and various radio/Internet segments focused on the jazz scene. He also works with young musicians through mentoring programs.

    A contributor to www.jazzreview.com, he also maintains his Facebook discussion group “Jazz Seekers” and supports as much live music as he can fit into his schedule.

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    Champian Fulton on JazzTones Unlimited

    Champian Fulton is a singer/pianist living and working in NYC. Besides leading her own gigs Champian has played with Louis Hayes, Jimmy Cobb, Frank Wess, and Lou Donaldson. You can catch her and her trio / quartet at a number of different venues in Manhattan including the Jazz Corner of the World Birdland, where Champian has held a steady gig for the past 3 years. A perpetual student of Jazz piano and Jazz singing, Champian counts Erroll Garner, Bud Powell, Sonny Clark, Count Basie, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan as some of her main influences. Champian graduated from SUNY Purchase with a Bachelor of Music Degree in May of 2006. Her new CD "Sometimes I'm Happy" was released in September 2008 on Venus Records. She currently resides in NYC and performs with her trio, Fukushi Tainaka & Neal Miner. For more info on Champian, visit her website at champian.net

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