AccuJazz Internet radio launches new Web site with 24 jazz channels

[AccuJazz]

Hey Organissimo folks, this is Lucas Gillan, programming director for Internet jazz radio station AccuJazz.com, letting you know of some exciting news: we launched a newly redesigned website with 12 new channels, making a total of 24. New channels include "New Releases," "Give the Drummers Some," "Big Band," and "Cutting Edge."

We are also going to start launching a new channel every week starting next Tuesday. Upcoming channels include "Avant-Garde Jazz," "Organ Jazz," Regions: Chicago," and "Women of Jazz." There are more listening options at AccuJazz than any other Internet jazz radio station. Please check it out. I've included the official press release below.

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AccuJazz.com, the Chicago-based Internet jazz radio station, has just launched a new Web site featuring twenty-four jazz channels catering to widely-varying tastes.

Listeners can choose from specific genres focused on style, instrument, region, composer and decade. Current offerings include "Big Band," "Cutting Edge," "Regions: New Orleans," "Ellington," "50s," and AccuJazz.com's most popular channel, "Piano Jazz." Channels are further customizable, allowing listeners to "deselect" artists they do not want to hear, or to pause or skip songs.

AccuJazz.com has the largest offering of jazz radio on the Internet with more than 24 stations playing over 15,000 tracks. Starting February 17, one new channel will be introduced per week for the next several weeks. Much-anticipated channels include such eclectic offerings as "Regions: Chicago," "Avant-Garde Jazz," "Organ Jazz," and "Women of Jazz."

The parent company of AccuJazz.com is AccuRadio, a leading webcaster with over 300 channels in genres ranging from classic rock to Celtic music to French pop. All channels are completely free to use.

Founded by radio professional Kurt Hanson, AccuRadio attracts hundreds of thousands of listeners from around the globe every month. It recently won the 2008 "People's Voice" Webby Award for Best Radio in the prestigious global competition.

AccuJazz.com is programmed by Lucas Gillan, a working musician and avid jazz fan.

"There are a lot of different types of jazz fans out there, and I know they don't all want to hear the same mix of music that a traditional FM station plays. I want to create a place where any jazz fan can find a channel they'll always love listening to," Gillan said.

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[Ted O'Reilly]

"There are a lot of different types of jazz fans out there, and I know they don't all want to hear the same mix of music that a traditional FM station plays. I want to create a place where any jazz fan can find a channel they'll always love listening to," Gillan said.

Yeah, you sure don't want to have to hear something new, or different. I don't care to learn anything, just reinforce my prejudices.

[AccuJazz]

"There are a lot of different types of jazz fans out there, and I know they don't all want to hear the same mix of music that a traditional FM station plays. I want to create a place where any jazz fan can find a channel they'll always love listening to," Gillan said.

Yeah, you sure don't want to have to hear something new, or different. I don't care to learn anything, just reinforce my prejudices.

Ted: Ouch! Maybe I should take that out of the press release if folks are going to take it that way. I think you misunderstood me. Organizing the channels helps to accommodate to a given listener's tastes, but will still undoubtedly provide them with new discoveries (unless, of course, they've already heard the thousands of songs playing on our channels).

Also: the fact that we have so many options means you can listen to different channels to broaden your horizons. Perhaps you will want to listen to Cool Jazz for a while, and then you're in the mood for Latin Jazz. Is it "prejudicial" to want to have a little control over your listening experience?

Surely the concept of wanting to create a customized listening stream is nothing new. Everything from a person's own iTunes library to the incredibly successful Pandora are based on this.

Personally, my favorite channel actually is the Main Channel, which is built on the concept of a standard FM radio station: you'll hear everything from Sidney Bechet to Rudresh Mahanthappa. But, hey, if someone wants to create "Lee Konitz Radio" on Pandora, what's so wrong about offering an all Bebop channel on AccuJazz?

[BeBop]

I listen and enjoy when I have a high-speed (non-dial-up) internet connection. There are some interesting channels. Check it out.