Last Year's Numbers...

Hello! This post is for anyone who likes such things, but mostly for the musicians featured on our podcast. Below are statistics from the year 2012 for the podcast. Things to keep in mind: 1) the show almost exclusively features original compositions 2) of jazz! 3) from regionally specific artists!

For "glass half-empty" souls, remember that podcasts have what in industry lingo is called a "long tail". This means that their effect on the artist (and label) is long lasting - since they're available online indefinitely, and have potential to gain an ever-increasing audience (as opposed to regular airplay - when it's over, it's over!) Also - the shows audiences are not random people, but actual jazz lovers who came to the show looking for quality jazz; many come back for more. Finally - nearly 3/4 of our listeners download the show - which means they are potentially listening to your track over & over, if they like it!

Total Plays/Downloads - 15,125

• Downloads - 11,263
• Plays (Streams) - 3,862

Top 10 Downloading Countries: 

1. Russia 
2. Japan 
3. USA 
4. UK 
5. Ghana 
6. Turkey 
7. UAE 
8. Germany 
9. Italy
10. South Korea

Top 10 Playing/Streaming Countries:

1. US 
2. Equador
3. Kenya
4. France
5. Italy
6. Mexico
7. Germany
8. Canada
9. Japan
10. Taiwan
    

The Most downloads in USA coming from Wichita, KS
The Most plays in USA from Jacksonville, FL.

The top 5 episodes in 2012:

1. Episode 5 Jan 2012 - 1341 downloads/270 plays total - 1,611 
2. Episode 7 Mar 2012 - 798 downloads/403 plays total- 1,201
3. Episode 6 Feb 2012 - 819 downloads/303 plays total - 1,122
4. Episode 9 May 2012 - 617 downloads/338 plays total - 955 
5. Episode 4 Dec 2011 - 850 downloads/94 plays total - 944

I hope you find these numbers encouraging. I'm always looking for ways to increase our audience and promote all the phenomenal jams being produced here in FL. If you enjoy what the show is about, the best ways to help are to keep sending me your cds; share the shows you're on with Facebook friends/fans and listen to an episode or two that you are not on! (Always an idea behind the show - that we influence, inspire or provoke each other to move forward, make new albums in spite of the odds/cost, and have an overall appreciation for each other.) Thanks for being a part & sharing your music with jazz lovers all over the world! - Kenny MacKenzie

Longineu Parsons' Top 10 Jazz Albums

"...a mutant offspring of Lee Morgan and Woody Shaw... Funky fresh, overdue yet right on time."
                                             - Tom Terrell (JazzTimes)

 A Jacksonville native and Tallahassee resident, Longineu Parsons has been wowing jazz critics all over the world for decades; from his extended stint with Sun Ra, performances or recordings with the likes of Philly Joe Jones, Nancy Wilson, Cab Calloway, Nat Adderley, Cecil Taylor,  Joe Williams, Herbie Mann, Frank Foster, Mal Waldron, Sam Rivers & many more; to being a soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony, Palm Beach Pops, Tallahassee Symphony, Augusta Symphony, Gainesville Symphony et al.

Recently returned from performances in Paris, Longineu will be headlining the winter concert of the North East Florida Jazz Association this Sunday (1/20/13) at the Daytona Museum of Arts & Sciences. For details & tickets visit NEFJA (tickets are available at the concert). 

With a masters in classical trumpet & a position at Florida's A&M University, Longineu's top 10 list is a study in the deeper things of jazz, even capturing Art Blakey at his most profound. In keeping with his own musical personality - there are overlooked gems as well as cornerstones of America's premiere art form. Every entry is an example of eloquence and the height of expressive playing!

1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew "This recording brings together the cultural and musical elements of that time. It's not a demonstration of technique but a real artistic statement. Every note that Miles played was exactly right, nothing wasted."

2. John Coltrane - Africa Brass

3. Sun Ra - Heliocentric Worlds

4. Sarah Vaughan - Brazilian Romance

5. Bird & Diz - Jazz at Massey Hall

6. Louis Armstrong - Any Recording is in the top 10

7. Art Blakey - Free For All

8. Duke Ellington - Far East Suite

9. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come

10. McCoy Tyner - Enlightenment Suite

The upcoming concert is a must-see for jazz lovers and students of the art. Also check out Longineu's release "Tribal Disorder" on his own label, and visit his website here. Thank you Longineu for taking the time from your heavy teaching & performing schedule to be a part of our poll! - PC Jazz 

Lynne Arriale - Solo

Motéma Records ~ MTM-83

Lynne Arriale's adventurous "Solo" has the win/win quality of being both easy to listen to and musically fulfilling. You'll find yourself weaving in and out of relaxed enjoyment, getting kicks and rapt concentration. It's the perfect album for sittin' and ruminatin' in the lazyboy with a piping mug of whatever; or poolside: just you, a frosty glass and the puffy clouds.

The album is reminiscent of Thelonious Monk's finer solo releases (like "Alone in San Fransisco") not simply because Lynne covers two of his works aptly (and imaginatively), but because she's learned a thing or two from both his ability to stimulate the listener rhythmically and harmonically, and his knack for setting a stark emotion with the piano that draws one right in.

Arriale is a fine composer - the opener "La Noche" is a chromatic, brooding mood setter; while "The Dove" is all-out impressionism: here a shade Eastern, there a touch Debussy - just lovely and warranting repeat listens.

Her first Monk cover "Evidence" begins in an inquisitive,  searching manner, gradually building into some of the album's most swinging invention. She manages to bring forth all the tune's mystery, with none of the obligatory aping. 

"Wouldn’t It Be Loverly" floats directly from the "enormous chair": dreamy, romantic, wise and reflective; followed by the pianist's rhapsodic "Will O' The Wisp". Lynne states her independence from the rhythm section with "Yada Yada Yada", a jaunty, angular blues with verve and motion.

Romance skirts on the edge of New Age aesthetics with the lilting "Dance" – one of the real high points of the disc; unforgettable once heard. "Arise" has all the makings of a quality theme for a romance movie, gorgeous and touching if you stick with it.

The best display of Arriale's depth and capacity as a jazz pianist comes on an enigmatic spin of Cole Porter's "What is This Thing Called Love"; anything but an old warhorse here: full of surprises, harmonic inventiveness and delightful tension; all with fluidity and poise.

A minor original "Sea and Sand" is a fine addition to the long line and grand history of slow, haunting, danceable Latin piano ballads. "Bye Ya" begins as a playful exposition on both the composition and the more finer points of Monk's improvisation; but soon develops into a marvel of jazz architecture, revealing distillations from several jazz masters and coming out sounding very much Arriale.

"And So It Goes" is the closer as it is on Billy Joel’s "Storm Front" – a pretty investigation of the familiar melody.

All that and no filler make this a necessary addition to the library of jazz piano lovers, particularly those who might have feared the art of making a real good solo piano album was lost a few decades ago. - PCJ

Sample and pick up your copy of "Solo" at these locations:
Motéma Records Website,
Itunes
Lynne Arriale's Website
or wherever jazz music is sold!