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    All Star Jazz Rally for WMOT

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    Presented by Limelight Nashville at Limelight Nashville

    February 15, 2009

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    A coalition of nonprofit jazz organizations in Middle Tennessee is mounting a campaign to save public radio station WMOT, 89.5 FM. The station is on the list of programs that may be eliminated by Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) as part of state budget cuts.

    Participating in the effort to save WMOT are the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, Nashville Jazz Workshop , and Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society. The lineup includes:

    • The Nashville Jazz Orchestra, with Connye Florance, Annie Sellick, Matt Belsante, and special guests Felix Cavaliere (of Rascals fame) and Diane Marino
    • Victor Wooten
    • Rod McGaha
    • The Pat Coil Sextet
    • Christina Watson
    • El Movimiento, with Rahsaan Barber, Edwin Santiago, & Giovanni Rodriguez

    In April, 2009 WMOT Jazz89 will celebrate its 40th year in operation. It is the only station in Middle Tennessee with a 24/7 mainstream jazz format, and one of the few left in the USA. It offers jazz related programming that includes shows hosted by professional staff and student DJs, top syndicated shows from NPR and other sources, and many CDs by Nashville jazz artists. As a major outlet in this area for what has long been called “America’s only original art form,” the disappearance of WMOT would be a terrible loss to the cultural life of Middle Tennessee.


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        Limelight Nashville

        201 Woodland Street
        Nashville, TN 37213

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        Tickets: $15/Ticket with all proceeds going toward WMOT

        Info Phone: (615) 889-6335

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        Dates:
        February 15, 2009

        Times:
        Sunday 3:00pm

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