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830...A Jazz Podcast

Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Joe Zawinul, John Coltrane, David Sanborn, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams, Pat Methany, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter

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"8:30...A Jazz Podcast”: The name of the podcast "8:30” comes from the Grammy Award winning album by the legendary Jazz Super Group Weather Report, that defined Jazz Fusion music back in the early 70’s & 80’s. With Joe Zawinul on Keyboards, Wayne Shorter on Saxophones, Jaco Pastorius on Bass, and Peter Erskine on Drums, Weather Report set a high standard of excellence throughout the Jazz World. With your podcast hosts, DJ’s Herman “Hollywood” Dawkins and Ray The Jazz Man, these two Jazz Musi ...
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The Jazz Suite is a podcast that is solely focused on jazz, all types of jazz for classic jazz to experimental jazz. If the music can be considered jazz then you could hear it on The Jazz Suite this podcast is especially devoted to Independent and Indie jazz artists. God blessed me to create this podcast and I do my best to follow what God has planned for me. If you look in the vast see of music that is on the net and what record companies are doing with there music departments you see that ...
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