FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE PAGE PAGE PAGE Lead Story Lead Story Lead Story 1 Cover Story Cover Story Cover Story 1 Community Community Community Coverage Coverage Coverage 2 Member Member Member Spotlight Spotlight Spotlight 2 Station Station Station Highlights Highlights Highlights 3 Events Events Events 3 Jazz Profile Jazz Profile Jazz Profile 4 Music Poll Music Poll Music Poll 4 Features Features Features 5 Jazz 91.9 WCLK Affiliations to new and renewing members who pledged support during the Jazz 91.9 WCLK 40th Anniversary Fall Membership Drive. Your generous gift allows WCLK to sustain the tradition of Jazz and present a host of community engagement events for all ages. This year, Jazz 91.9 WCLK has certainly amped up the celebration of 40 years as Atlanta’s Jazz Station. We kicked off the year with a special edition of Friday Jazz at the High Museum of Art with The Laura Coyle Quintet; celebrated with Dianne Reeves and George Benson; hosted a Jazz and Celebrity Golf Tournament; captured more than 100 Atlanta based musicians with Mayor Kasim Reed, in our historic Atlanta’s Jazz Photo of 2014; all Summer long, we presented the best in Jazz at Wednesday WindDown in Centennial Olympic Park Concert Series; and, we presented a remarkable evening of Jazz featuring Brian Culbertson and Norman Brown. We could not have reached this point without your involvement. As we continue to celebrate 40 years of Jazz 91.9 WCLK this year, stay tuned to Jazz 91.9 for special promotions and community engagement activities. If you haven’t already, please make sure you fulfill your pledge of support to Jazz 91.9 WCLK and provide the necessary financial resources to help your station not just stay alive but thrive. Click here to fulfill your pledge safely and securely at WCLK.com. If you received something in the mail from us, please return it before November 30, 2014. The Jazz 91.9 WCLK 40th Anniversary Commemorative Portrait - Atlanta’s Jazz 2014 with Mayor Kasim Reed - taken by Seve Adigun, SavvyStudios ATL, captures many of Atlanta’s Jazz musicians. Prints of the portrait will be available for order in November. For more information, visit: WCLK.com.
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Lead StoryLead StoryLead Story 111
Cover Story Cover Story Cover Story 111
Community Community Community CoverageCoverageCoverage
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Member Member Member Spotlight Spotlight Spotlight
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Station Station Station Highlights Highlights Highlights
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EventsEventsEvents 333
Jazz ProfileJazz ProfileJazz Profile 444
Music PollMusic PollMusic Poll 444
FeaturesFeaturesFeatures 555
Jazz 91.9 WCLK Affiliations
to new and renewing members who pledged support during the Jazz 91.9 WCLK 40th Anniversary Fall Membership Drive. Your generous gift allows WCLK to sustain the tradition of Jazz and present a host of community engagement events for all ages.
This year, Jazz 91.9 WCLK has certainly amped up the celebration of 40 years as Atlanta’s Jazz Station. We kicked off the year with a special edition of Friday Jazz at the High Museum of Art with The Laura Coyle Quintet; celebrated with Dianne Reeves and George Benson; hosted a Jazz and Celebrity Golf Tournament; captured more than 100 Atlanta based musicians with Mayor Kasim Reed, in our historic Atlanta’s Jazz Photo of 2014; all Summer long, we presented the best in Jazz at Wednesday WindDown in Centennial Olympic Park Concert Series; and, we presented a remarkable evening of Jazz featuring Brian Culbertson and Norman Brown.
We could not have reached this point without your involvement. As we continue to celebrate 40 years of Jazz 91.9 WCLK this year, stay tuned to Jazz 91.9 for special promotions and community engagement activities. If you haven’t already, please make sure you fulfill your pledge of support to Jazz 91.9 WCLK and provide the necessary financial resources to help your station not just stay alive but thrive. Click here to fulfill your pledge safely and securely at WCLK.com. If you received something in the mail from us, please return it before November 30, 2014.
The Jazz 91.9 WCLK 40th Anniversary Commemorative Portrait - Atlanta’s Jazz 2014 with Mayor Kasim Reed - taken by Seve Adigun, SavvyStudios ATL, captures many of Atlanta’s Jazz musicians. Prints of the portrait will be available for order in November. For more information, visit: WCLK.com.
Save the Date - Friday, December 5 from 2:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. at the MARTA Five Points Rail Station located at 30 Alabama Street, Southwest in Atlanta, 30303 - Jazz 91.9 WCLK will celebrate with MARTA, its Customer and Employee Appreciation Event. Jamal Ahmad, host of SOUL of Jazz will broadcast live from the rail station. The MARTA Customer and Employee Appreciation event provides an opportunity for information sharing to learn more about the rail system and promote community engagement. For additional details about MARTA Customer and Employee Appreciation, visit: www.itsmarta.com.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Allen Toussaint Friday, November 7 at 8:00 PM Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Dr. Atlanta, GA 30332
Kyle Abraham/Abraham in Motion Friday, November 14 at 8:00 PM Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Dr. Atlanta, GA 30332
Friday Night Music Remix featuring The Laura Coyle Quintet hosted by Jamal Ahmad Friday, November 21 at 5:00 PM High Museum of Art 1280 Peachtree St., NE Atlanta, GA 30309
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A. Norman Granz B. Francis Wolff C. Ross Russell Answer: B
Jazz 91.9 WCLK, a 501(c) 3 non profit radio station licensed to Clark Atlanta University, is committed to preserving the legacy of Jazz through dynamic Jazz musical selections, cultural programming and community-focused initiatives. Founded in 1974, Jazz 91.9 WCLK broadcasts a mix of classic and contemporary Jazz, Gospel and Blues music. WCLK is a nonprofit, member supported, National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate and Public Radio International (PRI) station that serves the interest of the citizens in metropolitan Atlanta. For more station information, programming details, and to listen on the Web, please visit: www.wclk.com.
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Wednesday ▪ Nov. 5 ▪ 6:00 P - 7:00 P
Tune in for The Call to True Beauty, a new, live call-in radio program, to educate and assist you with your quest to attain healthy and safe relationships. The Call To True Beauty airs the first Wednesdays, monthly from 6 P - 7 P. Show Host Daphne Walker, president and CEO, Partnership Against Domestic Violence, brings more than 15 years of legal expertise and frontline service to the on-air conversation. Brought to you by Jazz 91.9 WCLK and Clark Atlanta University, sponsored by Verizon Wireless.
Connect with Jazz 91.9 WCLK:
Daphne Walker
The Tavis Smiley
Show Saturdays,
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Local Take w/ Kiplyn Primus
First Saturdays, 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Fulton Focus Fourth Saturdays, 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
The Call to True Beauty #TCTB w/
Daphne Walker First Wednesdays, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Your Health Connection w/
JaQuitta Williams Third Wednesdays, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Suite Food Lounge Jazz Series presents Chuck Loeb Thursday, December 4 at 7:30 PM Suite Food Lounge 375 Luckie St. Atlanta, GA 30313
Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit hosted by Jay Edwards Friday, December 5 at 8:00 PM Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332
Freddy Cole Home for the Holidays hosted by Debb Moore Saturday, December 13 at 8:15 PM Spivey Hall at Clayton State University 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow, GA 30260
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis Sunday, December 14 at 3:00 PM Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
The Jazzette Readers Music Poll October Issue selection is Trilogy by Chick Corea. Trilogy is a triple CD set recorded live around the world with his spectacularly virtuosic trio featuring Bassist Christian McBride and Drummer Brian Blade, both star leaders in their own right (and previously the rhythmic backbone in Corea's Five Peace Band). Amazon.
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CD of the month is your choice! The tally of reader responses determine the spotlight. Send your favorite CD titles for November preview and voting consideration to: [email protected].
Trilogy track list: Disc One 1. You’re My Everything 2. Recorda Me 3. The Song is You 4. Work 5. My Foolish Heart 6. Fingerprints 7. Spain
Seasoned pianist, composer, educator and inspirational leader Walter "Spicy" Bland was born into a family of artists in Springfield Massachusetts. Spicy studied at Emerson College, Berklee College of Music and the Springfield Conservatory of Music in Massachusetts. Featured artist on the Jazz Network Worldwide: The Jazz Network Worldwide is excited for Walter's new projects for they truly have a potpourri of flavors that capture a multi-genre layering that blends with a signature all its own says Jaijai Jackson, creator of The Jazz Network Worldwide. Goliath Promotions, a world-wide multi-media distributor of films, music and broadcast has released and featured one of Spicy and friends singles on the 'new' international music and entertainment mobile/internet site, 'Simpozia'. For more information about Walter Bland, visit: www.walterblandmusic.com.
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Disc Three 1. Homage 2. Piano Sonata: The Moon 3. Someday My Prince Will Come
Disc Two 1. This Is New 2. Alice in Wonderland 3. It Could Happen To
You 4. Blue Monk 5. Armando’s Rhumba 6. Op. 11, No. 9 7. How Deep Is The
