Jazz for life - help save internet radio

We're in trouble here, folks - Congress and the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) are demanding that US-based internet broadcasters pay a royalty rate that exceeds 100% of most webcasters' total revenues. I can't afford this - nobody can, except for big conglomerates like Clear Channel. (Note: I'm paying royalties now, via Live365.com, and have no problem with doing so - it's the drastic price hikes that I'm questioning.)

Audio services like Pandora and Fine Tune will be shut down if we don't do something to save them. So will companies like Live365.com, which hosts my audio and streams my broadcast. Even National Public Radio's webcasts are under threat.

If you care about your listening choices - and if you would like to see artists continue to benefit from getting airplay and PR from small/independent broadcasters - please head to Save the Streams.org to read more and to sign the petition to keep internet radio alive. If we don't act, we'll have only ourselves to blame.

With all this in mind, I've just uploaded a new show, featuring jazz (and some other kinds of music) by artists who are never programmed by commercial stations. Please take a few minutes to help support internet radio.

And thank you so much for listening!

Click here to listen.

1. Arizotango, Mario Acari, Il Viandante Immaginario (Egea)

2. Art Deco, Enrico Rava Quartet, The Words and the Days (ECM)

3. Assum Preto, Hermeto Pascoal, Por Diferentes Caminhos (Som da Gente)

4. Capullito de Aleli, Jazz Jamaica All Stars, Massive (Dune)

5. Daydream, James Newton

6. Burungkaka, Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet, Now Jazz Ramwong (L + R)

7. Getting Dark, Myriam Alter, Alter Ego (Enja)

8. Linea d'ombra, Paul McCandless, Isole (Egea)

9. Moon, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Gabriele Mirabassi, Moon (Egea)

10. Oi Ne Khody Hrytin Tai na Vecharnytsi, Chris Washburne & The Syotos Band

11. Quiet Carnaval, Moacir Santos & Banda Savana, Arranjadores (Núcleo Contemporâneo)

12. Snakehips, Soweto Kinch, Conversations with the Unseen (Dune)

13. Tzotzil Maya, Dave Douglas String Group, Convergence (Soul Note)

14. The Frog Threw Back his Head and Laughed, Jenny Scheinman, 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone)

15. Stolen Stuff, Vitor Assis Brasil, Trajeto (Whatmusic.com)

16. Zuri Dance, Bobby Hutcherson, Cirrus (Blue Note)

17. Gumba Blue, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, Evanescence (Enja/ArtistShare)

18. Kaiso Blue, CaneFire, Kaiso Blue

19. Murmullo, Ray Barretto, Time Was - Time Is (O +)

20. Saxofonando, Maestro Cipó & Banda Savana, Arranjadores (Núcleo Contemporâneo)

21. Sly Eyes, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor & Gabriele Mirabassi, Moon (Egea)

22. Noviembre Sussoro y Cumbia, Luis Bonilla, Escucha! (Candid)

23. Nuyorican Son, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Live and in Clave

24. Afinade, Chico Batera, Lume (Biscoito Fino)

25. Angel in the Middle, Chris Thompson, Red Morning Rise (Groove Trumpet)

26. Não Vale a pena, Maria Rita (WEA)

27. Song for Bobe, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The New Orleans Album (Sony)

28. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um (Columbia)

29. O Grande Amor, Fred Hersch, In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis (Palmetto)

30. Dernier route, Renaud Garcia-Fons & Jean-Louis Matinier, Fuera (Enja)

31. Nu Nu, Avishai Cohen, Continuo (Razdaz)

32. Ne me quitte pas (If You Go Away), Charles Lloyd, Jumping the Creek (ECM)

33. Corcovado, Jamie Broumas, Blue in Green (Asphodel)

34. Festa do Campo, Eliane Elias & the Danish Radio Big Band

35. Con Poco Coco, Bebo Valdés, Recuerdos de Habana: A Portrait at 80 (Town Crier)

36. Luna Viajera, Terence Blanchard, Wandering Moon (Sony Classical)

37. K-Xintema, Paulo Moura, K-Ximblues (Rob)

38. Petite fleur (Florzinha), Tania Maria, Viva Brazil (Concord)

39. Speak Low, Andy Bey, American Song (Savoy)

40. Nubian Call, Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass, Buddy Bolden's Rag (Delmark)

41. Forças d'Alma, Tutty Moreno (with Joyce), Forças d'Alma (Malandro)