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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 Volume 1, Number 6 • $7.95 In This Issue: 2005 India Tour...... 4

NEA Jazz Masters. . . . . 5

Grammy Week Jazz Honorees Named . . . . . 6

Reviews and Picks...... 12 Holiday Music in the Air. . . . . 12

Jazz Radio . 15

Smooth Jazz Radio...... 20 FOOTPRINTS: Radio Panels. . . . . 24 THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF More News . . 4 Q&A with biographer Michelle Mercer p8 Charts: #1 Jazz – Eric Alexander #1 Smooth Album – Various: For Luther #1 Smooth Single – Richard Elliot JazzWeek This Week EDITOR Ed Trefzger Last call for your top ten! It’s almost the end of the year, and we’re CONTRIBUTING EDITORS about ready to look back on 2004. We’d like all our subscribers to put to- Keith Zimmerman gether a Top 10 list from this year. (Details about it are on page 13.) Tad Kent Zimmerman Hendrickson will be compiling the infomation for our year-end double is- Tad Hendrickson sue, which comes out Dec. 31. We’ll also have our Top 100’s for 2004 in CONTRIBUTING WRITER that issue. Tad will also weigh in on where jazz radio got it right and got it Tom Mallison wrong. PHOTOGRAPHY Barry Solof This week, Tad has a fascinating interview with Wayne Shorter biog- rapher Michelle Mercer – whom you may know from NPR – about her new PUBLISHER book, Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter. I’m hoping a copy of it Tony Gasparre is crammed into my stocking. And Tad reviews an exciting CD hitting ra- dio in January, ’ Unforgivable Blackness on Blue Note. ADVERTISING: Contact Tony Gasparre (585) 235-4685 x3 or Contributing writer Tom “the Jazzman” Mallison shares his program- email: [email protected] ming knowledge and wisdom with a look at music for the season. I’m sure he’ll trigger some ideas for you. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Prices in US Dollars: Charter Rate: $199.00 per year, In the news, some jazz musicians will be helping spread HIV/AIDS JazzWeek w/ Industry Access -- Charter awareness on a State Department-sponsored trip to India; still others will Rate: $249.00 per year be honored during Grammy Week and as NEA Jazz Masters at IAJE 2005. Introductory Rates effective until 12/31/04 To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ And speaking of Long Beach, IAJE 2005 almost here; if you still AMEX/PayPal go to: haven’t decided, this year promises to have more radio and industry-specific http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ subscribe.html sessions than ever. Check out the IAJE ad on page 25 for info. We take next week off here at JazzWeek, but we’ll be back with a dou- AIRPLAY MONITORING BY ble issue on Dec. 31, with two weeks of charts, our Top 100 for 2004, your top tens, a look at how Mediaguide is affecting music directors, and much more. Please pass the word about this publication to your friends and col- leagues. We’re just getting started, and we’ve got lots that we wish to ac- Mediaguide complish. 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Suite 150 And once again, please let us know what’s on your mind. We’ll start Berwyn, PA 19312 publishing letters when we start receiving them. And if you’re a writer who’d like to contribute, drop us a line, too. Reach me at editor@jazzweek. com. Published weekly by Oh, and our best to you from all of us here at JazzWeek. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! – Ed Trefzger, Editor

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News ...... 4 2005 India Jazz and Heritage Tour to Highlight HIV/AIDS ...... 4 Ramsey Lewis to Host NEA Jazz Masters Concert at IAJE...... 5 to Receive IAJE President’s Award ...... 5 Birthdays ...... 7 Features 8 Q&A: Wayne Shorter Biographer Michelle Mercer ...... 8 Reviews and Picks ...... 12 Holiday Music in the Air ...... 12 Wynton Marsalis ...... 13 Last Call: Tell Us Your Top Ten for 2004 ...... 13 Editors’ Picks ...... 14 Jazz Charts ...... 15 Jazz Album Chart ...... 16 12 Jazz Add Dates ...... 17 Jazz Current CDs ...... 18 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 24 Smooth Jazz Charts ...... 20 Smooth Album Chart ...... 21 Smooth Singles Chart...... 22 Smooth Current CDs ...... 23 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 24 15

20 Cover Photo: Alan (left) and brother Wayne Shorter in family photo from late 1930s. JazzWeek Volume 1 Issue 6 jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 3 News

BET Jazz, MTV India, State Dept. Announce 2005 India Jazz and Heritage Tour to Highlight HIV/AIDS

Ravi Coltrane, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Earl Klugh to Appear WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Indian and American cultures,” said with pro- Department of State, BET Jazz, MTV BET Jazz executive vice president and ceeds do- India, and the Thelonious Monk Insti- general manager Paxton Baker. “The nated to tute of Jazz announced plans this week tour and its various components will HIV- for the 2005 India Jazz and Heritage also give us the opportunity to increase A I D S Tour. HIV-AIDS awareness, which has be- research come a major social issue in India.” followed Tour dates are Jan. 12 to Jan. 20, by an eve- 2005 in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) Tom Carter, president of the The- ning con- and New Delhi, India. American jazz lonious Monk Institute of Jazz, said, cert at the artists scheduled to appear include “The Institute partnered with the U.S. Gateway , Al Jarreau, George Department of State in 1996 to pres- of India, Duke and Earl Klugh. ent a very successful jazz education Powell tour in India. We are most pleased to a national “This year’s jazz tour will help be returning to India for a second edu- landmark to highlight the importance of fight- cational tour in collaboration with the situated along the downtown shoreline ing HIV/AIDS and it will do so in overlooking the Arabian Sea. the world’s largest democracy, India,” Department of State and BET Jazz. - said Secretary of State Colin Pow- This exchange will further the Insti Members of the Tour will travel to tute’s mission to preserve America’s New Delhi and perform master class ell at a State Department event Tues- - legacy of jazz by sharing it with the day announcing the tour. “But the tour es and give lectures in various schools. world, as well as by bringing young as- will accomplish so much more than A musical birthday tribute to Martin piring musicians together with the jazz that. Music, especially jazz music, has Luther King Jr. featuring film footage legends who created this music.” the power to lift the human spirit in of his visit there in the 1960s is also its quest to overcome adversity. Jazz Alex Kuruvilla, managing direc- planned. The tour will include a trip was born from the American people’s tor, MTV Networks India, ”Music to Agra and the Taj Mahal. struggle to conquer prejudice and stig- knows no boundaries. MTV India is BET Jazz and BET Event Pro- ma in our society. proud to be associated with the historic ductions will produce 10-12 programs - “The spirit of jazz transcends our performances by American Jazz giants for future airing on The Jazz Chan nel from this tour, including a feature nation and points toward a profound and to be a part of bringing together on Ravi Coltrane, concerts and mas- human truth. Jazz shows us that hu- people and countries, joining forces in man beings are more than individuals, the fight against HIV/AIDS.” ter classes, and discussion and footage of his father’s trip to India; a feature that they are individuals who are given The 2005 India Jazz and Heritage on Martin Luther King’s 1959 trip to certain rights by God, and they’re free Tour commences in Mumbai with a India; an HIV-AIDS awareness pro- to live their own lives as they please,” master class featuring Ravi Coltrane and gram; and an overview/best of tour said Powell. participants from the Monk Institute JW special program. ”This week-long event is designed and Indian students. The final Mum- to encourage the interaction between bai event will be a charity luncheon jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 4 News Ramsey Lewis to Host NEA Jazz Herbie Hancock Masters Concert at IAJE to Receive IAJE The perennially popular Ramsey Endowment for the Arts Dana Gioia. President’s Award Lewis, host of the new public televi- Instituted in 1982, the NEA Jazz Herbie Hancock will receive the Presi- sion series Legends of Jazz, will serve Masters Award is the nation’s high- dent’s Award and be the guest of honor as master of ceremonies at an all-star est honor in this distinctively Ameri- during the Fifth Annual Gala, a glittering dinner and awards event that will take concert on Friday, Jan. 7, can art form. Winners of - place Jan. 5 during the 2005 IAJE An- honoring the 2005 recipi the award receive a one- ents of the National En- nual Conference in Long Beach, Calif. The time fellowship of $25,000 dowment for the Arts Jazz IAJE President’s Award honors individuals and participate in a range for their extraordinary contributions to the Masters Award. of outreach initiatives, in- field of jazz education. Held at the Long cluding broadcasts, educa- Hancock became an NEA Jazz Master in Beach Convention Cen- tional events, and the na- 2004. ter in Long Beach, Ca- tional NEA Jazz Masters Dr. Warrick Carter, President of the Co- lif., the ceremony and con- on Tour program. lumbia College Chicago, will also be hon- cert will also feature Nancy The 2005 NEA Jazz ored during the gala with the Lawrence Wilson (NEA Jazz Mas- Masters are guitarist Ken- Berk Leadership Award. Before com- ter 2004) and Dr. Billy Taylor (NEA ny Burrell, saxophonist-clarinetist Pa- ing to Columbia College Chicago, Cart- Jazz Master 1988) as award presenters. quito D’Rivera, composer-arranger er was the former director of entertain- ment arts for Walt Disney Entertainment, Performers will include Gerald Wil- Slide Hampton, vocalist Shirley Horn, and served for 12 years as Dean of Fac- son (NEA Jazz Master 1990) with the big-band leader Artie Shaw, organist Gerald Wilson Orchestra; the Geri ulty and later as Provost/Vice President Jimmy Smith, and impresario George of Academic Affairs at Berklee College of Allen Trio with special guests James Wein. Moody (NEA Jazz Master 1998) and Music. Chico Hamilton (NEA Jazz Mas- The 2005 NEA Jazz Masters Carter is also a composer, jazz percus- ter 2004); and Dee Dee Bridgewater. award ceremony is presented as part of sionist and director of two Internet start- Welcoming the 2005 NEA Jazz Mas- the annual conference of the Interna- up companies. ters will be Chairman of the National tional Association for Jazz Education.

jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 5 News , Jon Hendricks, Horace Silver to be Honored As Part of 2005 Grammy Week

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The Re- Hendricks and Horace Silver. host the second annual Grammy Sa- cording Academy will spotlight the lute To Jazz at The Music Box at The “During the days that lead up jazz, classical and gospel genres with Fonda Theatre from 7 - 10 p.m. Hon- to the Grammy Awards, individuals special events to be held during Gram- orees include composer/arranger and from all facets of the music industry my Week. The second annual Gram- saxophonist Benny Golson, Gram- come together to celebrate their craft my Salute To Jazz, the ninth annual my-winning vocalist and educator Jon and honor their peers,” said Neil Port- Grammy Salute To Classical Music, now, president of the Recording Acad- Hendricks, and composer and pianist and the first Grammy Salute To Gos- emy. “In the spirit of this celebration, Horace Silver. The President’s Mer- - pel Music events will take place as part we extend the scope of Grammy Week it Award for outstanding achieve ment will be presented to these jazz of Grammy Week – a celebration of the with events that focus on specific legends for their lasting contributions recorded arts leading up to “Grammy genres, and pay homage to the legends to the genre and the music communi- Sunday.” Each event will feature live who have made significant contribu- performances and a special presenta- tions to these musical forms, as well ty. Live performances and appearanc- tion of the President’s Merit Award to as those who continue to keep these es by the honorees will highlight an accomplished artists in honor of their genres alive and vibrant.” evening dedicated to paying tribute to professional achievements. This year’s jazz – one of the great American mu- jazz honorees are Benny Golson, Jon On Feb. 8, the Academy will sical forms. ������������

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jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 6 News Birthdays December 17 December 24 (cont’d) December 31 Noble (1903) Chris McGregor (1936) John Kirby (1908) Sy Oliver (1910) (1944) Jonah Jones (1909) Sonny Red (1932) Ralph Moore (1956) January 1 (1933) December 25 Israel Crosby (1919) December 18 Kid Ory (1890) Milt Jackson (1923) Fletcher Henderson (1897) Cab Calloway (1907) Susannah McCorkle (1946) Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1917) Chris Woods (1925) T. C. Pfeilier (1958) Harold Land (1928) (1939) January 2 Leo Smith (1941) (1941) Arthur Prysock (1929) December 19 December 26 January 3 Bob Brookmeyer (1929) Monty Budwig (1929) John Jenkins (1931) Bobby Timmons (1935) John Scofield (1951) (1969) Cassandra Wilson (1955) December 20 January 4 December 27 (1940) Frankie Newton (1906) Bunk Johnson (1889) Slim Gaillard (1916) December 21 Booty Wood (1919) (1922) Panama Francis (1918) Walter Norris (1931) John McLaughlin (1942) Hank Crawford (1934) December 28 Eugene Chadbourne (1954) (1941) Earl “Fatha” Hines (1903) December 22 Ed Thigpen (1930) January 5 Joe Lee Wilson (1935) Lonnie Liston Smith (1940) Wild Bill Davison (1906) December 23 Michel Petrucciani (1962) Dizzy Reece (1931) Chet Baker (1929) David Berkman (1964) Jerry Gonzalez (1949) (1933) December 29 January 6 December 24 Snub Mosley (1905) Barry Altschul (1943) Baby Dodds (1898) (1952) January 7 Cladys “Jabbo” Smith (1908) December 30 Henry Allen (1908) Ray Bryant (1931) Jack Montrose (1928) Chano Pozo (1915) Wolfgang Dauner (1935) Sam Woodyard (1925) Kenny Davern (1935)

jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 7 Q&A: Wayne Shorter Biographer Michelle Mercer

by Tad Hendrickson

Writer Michelle Mercer can be found talking about jazz on NPR’s All Things Considered. But over the last few years she’s been working on Footprints: The Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter. This insightful book goes a long way toward explaining myth that surrounds one of the most eccentric, complex and gifted jazzmen alive today. In it we follow Shorter from his childhood to his tenures in , ’s band, Weather Report as well as Short- er’s uneven later solo work. The personal travails of Shorter are just as fasci- nating, particularly his longstanding relationships with Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. JazzWeek: So whose idea was it do a book on Wayne? Mercer: When Footprints Live was released in 2002, I did a piece on Wayne and his quartet for NPR’s All Things Considered. After it aired several people suggested I write a book about him; Robin Tomchin (manager of Danilo Per- ez and ) was the most persuasive. I asked Wayne if he’d cooper- ate on a biography, and he agreed but warned me I’d have to become a “writer’s writer” (which made perfect sense cause he’s a musician’s musician). Then he said he’d convince his friends and colleagues to talk to me with this testimo- nial: “Michelle’s originally from Kansas, but she clicked her heels three times and ended up in Oz with me.” That pretty much set the tone for what it was like to work with him. Michelle Mercer, heard on NPR’s All Things How long did it take to shop the idea around? Did publishers jump at the Considered, is the author of Footprints: The idea of a book on Wayne Shorter? Life and Music of Wayne Shorter (Penguin). I wanted the challenge of writing Wayne’s story for a general audience and the opportunity of publishing with a major house. So I had to present him as a complex, compelling subject beyond his accomplishments in music. I spent months working on my book proposal, writing sample narrative sections on several stages of Wayne’s life and career (usually a biography proposal would have only one sample chapter from a single period of the subject’s life). The idea was to demonstrate that Wayne’s career has been colorful and rich over time, since it encompasses the last 50 years of jazz history, and to show the drama in his artistic and spiritual development. When my agent sent the pro- posal out for consideration, several offers came quickly. Penguin was the high- est bidder. continued ... jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 8 Q&A: Mercer continued

What’s your favorite Wayne Shorter musical moment, either in his band or in others? In any live performance there are long stretches when Wayne stands silently holding his horn, listening to his bandmates. Some fans assume Wayne is at a loss for what to play, but he’s actually absorbing all the music swirling around him. I love these moments of suspense, cause you know that Wayne will come in and redirect all the wind and motion with just a few notes. As far as re- cordings go, for sheer improvisational genius and stunning group interplay, you can’t do better than Live at the Plugged Nickel. And for the sheer beauty of Wayne’s sound on the horn, I’m partial to his work with on Native Dancer. I know I’m in the minority among jazz fans on that second one. He’s considered a major figure in jazz, yet he didn’t warrant his own Ken Burns CD. Why do you think that is? The Burns documentary and merchan- dise came out in 2000 or early 2001, right? Wayne’s profile rose considerably in 2001, when he formed his quartet with Danilo Perez, John Patitutucci and Brian Blade. He’d never toured as the leader of an all- acoustic group before. I think Burns fa- vored bandleaders who performed regular- ly in acoustic settings. Also, Wayne comes off as odd in interviews, so he’s never been a very good PR man for his own work. His struggle to learn how to “speak up” for himself in an authentic way is one of the central themes of the book. After reading the book, we have a much better understanding of Wayne Shorter the person and the artist. What was the biggest revelation for you? What surprised me was how profound- ly he affects people. I ended up interview- ing close to 100 people for this book, and I repeatedly heard stories about occasions when he said transformative things. The person may not have understood exact- ly what he meant at first, cause he tells Previously unpublished family photo of brother Alan (left) and Wayne Shorter, taken people what they need to hear rather than in the late 1930’s, from Footprints, The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter. what they want to hear. Initially I was du- bious when I heard these stories, but they continued ... jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 9 Q&A: Mercer continued

kept adding up until I realized, wow, not only has Wayne helped define the history of jazz, he’s also truly committed to helping people. He sounds like a tricky or elusive interview because he doesn’t play by the interviewer/interviewee rules of question and answer. In order to get done what needed to get done, did you have a special style of interviewing Wayne? Wayne’s not the kind of guy you can get to know through talking about mu- sic alone, and since he of course realizes this, he resists that kind of standard interview. And as a biographer I needed to do much more than just interview Wayne. I needed to immerse myself in his world. Wayne was very generous with his time. So I hung out with him and took lots of notes. I made many trips down “Wayne’s not the to his home in Miami, and we went to see movies and browsed bookstores together. I kind of guy you read the books he was reading—lots of Sci- can get to know Fi and Fantasy. I also accompanied him on tour, where I observed him interacting with through talk- his band, with students, with hotel bell- hops. We talked on the phone a lot, about ing about music politics or the South Beach Diet. And I alone. ... I needed wasn’t above calling and goading him with information I gathered from interviews to immerse myself and other sources: “You know what told me about you?” Or “Guess what in his world.” I found in your old High School yearbook Michelle Mercer, author of Footprints: The today? You actually wore that monkey suit Life and Music of Wayne Shorter. marching band uniform?” Of all the musicians talked about in the story, it sounds like Miles and Her- bie are the two he was/is closest to. Miles as a friend and mentor; Herbie as a friend and comrade. Could you elaborate on what these two mean to Wayne? Herbie and Wayne have one of the deepest friendships I’ve ever seen. Her- bie broke the bad news to Wayne that his father had died in 1966, and they’ve both practiced Buddhism for over 30 years, not to mention performing togeth- er off and on for 40. Herbie is like a brother to Wayne. Working with Miles was the defining experience of Wayne’s musical career, as it was for most musicians who were in Miles’s bands. Miles’s sink-or-swim style of bandleading forced players to draw on their own resources to figure out what to play. I never thought as Wayne Shorter as playful or childlike until I read this book. Was this a major revelation for you as well?

continued ... jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 10 Q&A: Mercer continued

I guess Wayne might seem remote or solemn if you’ve only seen him onstage in performance. I first met him at a rehearsal with his current quartet. I was on assignment. During the rehearsal he was very jocular with the other musicians, and when he said something to them that might be considered profound or germane to my article, he’d turn around and grin at me, like: Did you get that down? So he was pretty playful from the beginning. Wayne’s wordplay and wit are well-known to his friends. Get a bunch of musicians going on “Waynisms” sometime. He loves to fool around with language— going down an escalator, he’ll say: “Why don’t they call it a descalator?” All those melodic inversions and displacements you hear in his solos are ever-present in his speech: It’s non-stop improvised poetry and cre- ative riffing with him. And as a movie fanatic, he’s got a whole arsenal of actor impersonations. Some are better than others. I prefer his Walter Brennan to his John Wayne. It’s interesting that Wayne is such a fragile kind of character. And he’s had to deal with so much loss (child, wife, brother, friends, parents, etc) yet he’s as functioning or more functional than ever. It seems as if it’s his strong commitment to Buddhism. Where do you think he’d be without it? I don’t think I’d characterize Wayne as fragile. Gen- tle, probably, and at this point very comfortable with his eccentricity. As for functionality, Wayne came up at the tail end of the bebop generation. Jazz musicians of that generation have too often been aligned with ro- mantic fatalism—those tired old tales of artists sabo- Michelle Mercer’s NPR segment on the 2002 CD Footpirints Live! taging their talent with drinking and drugs, sacrificing (Verve) – an album that raised Wayne Shorter’s 21st-century pro- their lives for art. Stereotypes aside, there was self-de- file – led to the writing of Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne struction among the beboppers. So I think they pro- Shorter. vided the young Wayne with both musical inspiration and a negative example. Buddhism certainly offered Wayne an alternative to self-destruction, and over the years he’s grown into a real credit to the Buddhist perspective. The prac- tice involves “turning poison into medicine” in all areas of your life. So when Wayne’s wife Ana Maria died in the crash of TWA flight 800, he decided that rather than succumb to the loss, the best way to honor her life was to be- come the happiest man alive. If you practice Buddhism with any depth, it’s not a crutch or philosophical self-defense, it’s actually a discipline of self-reliance, of taking responsibility for making the most of every moment. Which is what improvisers strive to do anyway. The way Wayne practices it, Buddhism is the jazz of religions. JW jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 11 Reviews and Picks

Holiday Music in the Air Rosemary Clooney, Rob McConnell, Dave McKenna and several others. MoJazz also joins the club with a compila- by Tom Mallison tion of holiday selections. his time of the year offers some of the most wonderful Warner Bros. has , instrumentation, selections and pro- their share of releases in- Tgramming opportunities for radio programmers. It is cluding several compi- a time of the year when we can almost forget about formats, lations plus music from genres, and day part programming and allow the music to Take Six, Boney James, speak to our ears and souls. I have been sharing music of FourPlay and Kirk Wh- the season with my listeners for many, many, many years alum. Milestone-Fanta- and have collected a wealth of great sounds and get excited sy-Presitge, of course, has now to see more music of the season being released by both the classic Vince Guaral- artists and labels. The compilations make for great pro- di “Charlie Brown Christ- Peace Round: A Christmas gramming. mas” and two compilations Celebration from the Yellow- jackets (Heads Up) Some of my favorites of jazz masters like Dexter from years in the past in- Gordon, Bobby Timmons, clude McCoy Tyner “I’ll Be Ruth Brown, Chet Baker, Home for Christmas,” Ar- and Red Garland all swinging to the holiday sounds. From thur Blythe “The Christ- Germany there are two compilation of Nagel Heyer artists mas Song,” and Dexter and a release from Mark Shane all diggin’ the opportunity Gordon’s “Have Yourself A to spread holiday cheer. Merry Little Christmas.” Notable new releas- Other favorites include Nat es in 2004 are from Hi- Hiroshima’s Spirit of the Sea- King Cole, Mel Torme, Lou roshima, The Yellowjack- son (Heads Up) Rawls, Mahalia Jackson, ets, Dianne Reeves, Anton , Tony Ben- Schwartz, Royce Camp- nett, Stan Kenton, Vince bell and a great reissue Guaraldi, , Danny Gottlieb/Pete Levin, Doc from Ramsey Lewis. Severinsen, Al Gray, with Person, and There are many other Al Jarreau. I continue to program with Betty great releases and I’ll just Carter doing “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” list the names of the art- Dianne Reeves’ Christmas In recent years Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, George ist to jog your memory: Time Is Here (Blue Note) Shearing, Dave Brubeck, Nancy Wilson and Manhattan Grover Washington, Jr, Transfer all from Telarc have been wonderful programming Dan Moretti, Joe Vincelli, tools. Verve/GRP/Universal has their three early releases Ann Hampron Callaway, Marcus Roberts, Wynton Mar- on GRP as well as the Traditional and Contemporary com- salis, , Charlie Byrd, Richard Stolzman, Celestial pilations of holiday music. Blue Note and RCA have great Navigations, Peter Kater, Ottmar Liebert, , compilations also, not to mention a great release this year Harry Connick, Jr., MAXJAZZ Artists, Natalie Cole, Ray by Dianne Reeves. Charles, Don Coster, Booker T and the MGs, Jimmy Mc- From Canada, Justin Time has several great compila- Griff, Warren Hill, Peter White, Paul Horn and Paul Win- tions offering many artist that usually are not in the main- ter. These are only a few of the great items on the Holiday stream of radio programming. Concord has two great Buffet. Step up and enjoy. compilations along with releases from Scott Hamilton, continued ... jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 12 Reviews and Picks

This time of the year allows for the mixing of Jimmy at doing. The old time music crackles with energy not often Smith from his Verve CD along with alnd found in modern jazz projects (“Jack Johnson Two Step” is Mahalia Jackson “O Holy Night” mixed with John particularly raucous but short). Marsalis and his handful of Coltrane’s of “Greensleeves.” You can add regulars also stay on task here, making sure the music fits a taste of Hank Crawford what they’re supposed to be looking at instead of wander- playing the “The Christmas ing off on an extemporaneous solo. In light of this and the Song” and “Winter Wonder- fact that much of this material is under three minutes long, land” right along with Joe not all of it will work for radio, but there are few tracks that Williams and Mel Torme, should – “New Orleans Bump” and “Deep Creek” being Diana Krall and Herb Alp- two. ert. There are great vocal groups represented by Man- – Tad Hendrickson hattan Transfer, The Ritz, Contact Groov Marketing and Consulting Holiday Time from Anton Beachfront Property, Rare Phone: (877) GROOV-32 Schwartz (Anton Jazz) Silk, Singers Unlimited and Email: [email protected] Take Six. Release Date: Out Now To Radio: Dec. 27 In a nutshell, it is a time of the year when the music Add Date: Jan. 13, 2005 speaks loudest and boundaries become skewed, so go ahead and treat your listeners. You can mix the great sounds from the many Narada and Windham Hill compilations with all of these artists and have great sounds of the season. It Last Call: Tell Us Your is like walking up to a musical buffet with all gourmet en- trees. This music is so strong and has survived 2000 years Top Ten for 2004 so you can make it great for your listeners. Just give them t’s that time of year: where you dazzle us all with your the opportunity to hear these wonderful artists. You will impeccable musical taste. That’s right! JazzWeek will probably pick up many new listeners with a little promo- Ipublish a subscriber Top 10 Jazz Records of the Year in tion and they will stick with you after the holiday for the its special year-end double issue on Dec. 31. great sounds. Please send us your list (either ordered 1-10 or non- Wynton Marsalis ranked 10 favorites in alphabetical order – please tell us which way you are submitting them) to Tad Hendrickson Unforgivable Blackness (Blue Note) at [email protected]. THE SOUNDTRACK TO the Ken Burns documentary on box- The deadline is no later than the morning of Decem- ing legend Jack Johnson, this is Marsalis’s aural picture of ber 20. If your artist, title or label is incorrectly listed or in- a figure who came of age at th correctly spelled, we’ll ridicule you mercilessly in front of the dawn of the 20 century. your peers. Similar to his Jellyroll Mor- ton efforts (two tracks are Please follow the format below. pulled from one of the al- Ranking – Artist – Title – Label bums), the music here has a 1. Great Jazz Trio – Someday My Prince Will Come – strong sense of New Orleans Eighty-Eights-Columbia swing as well as the blues 2. Dr. Lonnie Smith – Too Damn Hot! – Palmetto and early jazz (complete with rhythm, barroom pia- etc. no and ). Marsalis takes We look forward to your responses. Thanks from all of a lot of hits for always looking back to jazz’s past in an ef- us at JazzWeek! fort to rekindle that glory, but it is typically what he is best jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 13 Reviews and Picks

Editors’ Picks William Ash The Phoenix (Smalls) This recording marks William’s debut as a leader on an American jazz Wayne Shorter Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne label. Wonderful guitar trio with eight original compositions that will Shorter (Columbia/Legacy) fit into your jazz format like a broken in leather glove. Recorded back Look under your tree, pull this 2-CD set out from under it, and play in 2001 but just now going national. it. This collection takes some of his greatest performances from Lino Return To Avalon (dmi) several labels both as a leader and sideman. From and the Jazz Messengers to Steely Dan, from the Gil Evans Orchestra to Solid mixture of jazz, classical and some contemporary new age Joni Mitchell, this is a great collection of music. sounds. His early training was in classical guitar and since high school he has mixed various styles of music. If you’re a station that The Dana Owens Album (Q/Universal) splits time with classical or if you are looking to show your Sunday Many programmers on the JPL have been asking how to get a morning listeners that you are “high brow”, this will fit the bill. Look copy of this recording. The answer: you have to wait for it to get for Lino on tour in 2005. a jazz Grammy nomination. This is a terrific record for both jazz Carl Amundson & The Modern Guitar Quintet Guitarists (Blue and smooth jazz stations. Whether you decide to spin “Baby Get Line) Lost”, “Lush Life”, “ Dreamin’” or “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”, they’ll all appeal to your audience. If you happen to bump into her Some jazz stations may have received this recording and may have highness, thank her for coming to the jazz side. passed on it. Now is a good time to listen again. Aaron Watson and Nate Najar join Carl on guitars with bass and drum accompaniment. Octobop After Dark (Mystic Lane) The recording is a tribute to guitar players such as Jim Hall and Geoff Roach and his band of merry men provide the essence of the Barney Kessel, but the group provides some stunning original tracks. 1950’s west coast sound, but the arrangements give it a modern Look for a heavy radio add campaign in January!

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jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 14 Jazz Radio

Eric Alexander Is On Top

Dianne Reeves’ Christmastime Is Here is Most Added for Second Week ric Alexander takes the No. 1 spot on this week’s JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart with Ehis HighNote Records CD, Dead Center. Now going on its sixth week, the CD collected 304 spins from 50 reporting stations. Bumped to No. 3 after three weeks in the top spot is Doctor Lonnie Smith’s Palmetto CD Too Damn Hot! Steve Turre’s The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) moved into the number two spot with 289 spins with 54 stations. For the second week in a row, Christmas Time Is Here (Blue Note) from Dianne Reeves was the most added CD with 12 adds. Close behind was Queen Latifah’s The Dana Owens Album (Qwest) Eric Alexander hits No. 1 iwith Dead Center (High- with 11 adds. Note) after six weeks on the chart. Debuting on the chart this week was George Kahn’s Compared To What? (Playing Records) at No. 39 and the top Chartbound position belongs to Linda Ronstadt’s Hummin’ To Myself (Verve Music Group). Now in its 19th week on the chart is Al Jar- reau’s Accentuate The Positive (Verve).

Jazz Album Chart p. 16 Jazz Add Dates p. 17 Jazz Current CDs p. 18 Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here was the Jazz Radio Panel p. 24 week’s most added, picking up 12 stations. jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 15 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Dec. 17, 2004 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 2 2 1 Eric Alexander Dead Center HighNote 304 298 6 6 50 3 2 3 4 2 Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above HighNote 289 265 24 5 54 1 3 1 1 1 Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot Palmetto 272 303 -31 5 54 2 4 4 3 2 HighNote 243 244 -1 6 50 1 5 6 6 5 Porgy & Bess Americana Music/A440 205 161 44 13 34 3 Music Group 6 5 5 2 This Is How I Feel About Quincy Jazzed Media 195 192 3 10 40 1 7 14 11 7 Close Up Milestone 158 135 23 7 47 3 8 7 9 7 New Stories Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope Origin 150 146 4 7 32 0 8 14 28 8 Prototype HighNote 150 135 15 4 45 3 8 21 NR 8 Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here Blue Note 150 123 27 2 36 12 11 18 25 11 Deep Blue Organ Trio Deep Blue Bruise Delmark 143 126 17 7 31 4 12 10 29 10 Paradigm Shift Shifting Times Nagel Heyer 138 144 -6 5 36 3 13 32 20 13 Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch Munich Records 133 96 37 6 40 1 14 12 27 12 Ken Peplowski Easy To Remember Nagel Heyer 130 139 -9 6 35 1 15 9 7 1 Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts Wake Up! (to what’s happening) Palmetto 128 145 -17 13 29 3 15 7 10 7 Mike Longo and the New York State of the Oasis CAP 128 146 -18 9 35 0 Art Jazz Ensemble 17 16 17 13 Joe Sample Soul Shadows Verve Music Group 127 127 0 8 32 0 18 22 13 9 The Great Jazz Trio Someday My Prince Will Come Eighty-Eights/Columbia 124 120 4 12 30 1 19 16 12 2 Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz 122 127 -5 15 26 0 20 26 16 16 Tony Monaco Firey Blues Summit 118 113 5 7 35 1 21 30 34 21 Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision Artimas 117 106 11 4 34 4 21 24 32 21 Maurice Brown Hip To Bop Brown Records 117 114 3 8 29 2 23 13 15 5 Careless Love Rounder 116 136 -20 12 34 1 24 24 31 24 Pucho & His Latin The Hideout Milestone 115 114 1 4 32 3 24 11 8 5 Royce Campbell Six By Six Moon Cycle Records 115 143 -28 12 32 0 26 27 23 23 Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Truth Half Note Records 107 111 -4 7 34 3 27 45 36 20 Don Byron ivey-divey Blue Note 101 78 23 11 37 8 28 20 18 9 Patricia Barber Live: A Fortnight In France Blue Note 98 124 -26 13 27 0 29 42 NR 29 Bob Dorough Sunday At Iridium Arbors 97 81 16 4 34 3 30 27 18 14 Norman Simmons In Private Savant 95 111 -16 10 25 1 31 33 49 6 Ray Charles Concord 93 94 -1 18 29 0 31 40 30 11 Papa John DeFrancesco Walking Uptown Savant 93 85 8 10 27 1 31 45 48 31 Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest 93 78 15 6 25 11 34 33 26 3 Jane Monheit Taking A Chance On Love Sony Classical 91 94 -3 15 29 1 35 44 44 35 Denise Perrier Live At Yoshi’s Chez Perrier Records 90 80 10 3 33 5 36 38 14 7 Peter Leitch Autobiography Reservoir 89 86 3 11 27 1 37 29 20 6 Man-Ti-Ya Savant 88 110 -22 9 23 0 37 23 23 1 Geri Allen The Life Of A Song Telarc Jazz 88 116 -28 16 24 1 39 NR NR 39 George Kahn Compared To What? Playing Records 87 68 19 1 29 4 39 36 39 28 Ian Hendrickson-Smith Still Smokin’ Sharp Nine 87 93 -6 7 31 1 41 19 22 19 Rene Marie Serene Renegade MAXJAZZ 86 125 -39 9 32 0 42 37 NR 37 Sai Ghose Trio E-Motion Summit 80 87 -7 4 25 1 43 NR 45 33 Buddy Rich No Funny Hats Lightyear Entertainment/Lo- 76 71 5 7 17 0 bitios Creek Ranch 44 38 45 38 Michael James Turre Compositions Illusory 74 86 -12 4 24 1 45 50 NR 24 Josh Workman Jumpin’ At The Border Tetrachord 73 72 1 10 18 0 45 NR 41 3 Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group 73 71 2 19 23 1 47 47 NR 38 Manuel Valera Forma Nueva MAVO Records 72 77 -5 7 25 1 48 42 43 5 Lynne Arriale Come Together Motema 71 81 -10 13 22 1 48 NR NR 48 Royce Campbell A Jazz Guitar Christmas Moon Cycle Records 71 NR 71 1 20 9 48 31 50 31 Chaka Khan Classikhan AGU Sanctuary Records 71 98 -27 4 25 3

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here (Blue Note) +12 Royce Campbell A Jazz Guitar Christmas Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself (Verve Music Group) Randy Halberstadt Parallel Tracks (Origin Records) Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album (Qwest) +11 (Moon Cycle Records) +71 David Berger and the Sultans of Swing Marlowe (Such Sweet Thunder Royce Campbell A Jazz Guitar Christmas Clark Terry Porgy & Bess Records) (Moon Cycle Records) +9 (Americana Music/A440 Music Group) +44 Herb Gibson Blue Vibes (Silverado Records) Bruce A. Henry Connections (BAHLOVE Productions) Don Byron ivey-divey (Blue Note) +8 Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra Thought Trains (Sons of Anton Schwartz Holiday Time (Anton Jazz) +8 (Munich Records) +37 Sound) Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here (Blue Note) +27 When I Fall In Love (Columbia) Don Grusin The Hang (Sovereign Records) Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) +24 Anton Schwartz Holiday Time (Anton Jazz) jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 16 Jazz Radio Adds Here are upcoming add dates for new releases, and add dates that have passed during the two weeks. This listing was current as of press time. November 29, 2004 January 17, 2005 Larry Chernicoff – October (Windy Planet Music) Abram Wilson – Jazz Warrior (Dune Records) Sasha Dobson w/ The Chris Byers Octet – The Darkling Thrush Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron – Left Alone Revisited – A Tribute To (Smalls) Billie Holiday (Synergy Music) November 30, 2004 Denys Baptiste – Let Freedom Ring! (Dune Records) Ken Walker Sextet – Terra Firma (Synergy Music) – Good Times Blues (Pablo) Ladd McIntosh Big Band – Ride the Beast (L.E.M. Productions) January 20, 2005 December 1, 2004 Caribbean Jazz Project – Here and Now Live (Concord Records) Ed Neumeister – New Standards (Vienna/2 Day Records) Bruno Raberg Nonet – Chrysalis (Orbis Music) Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio – Once Around The Sun (SVFM Records) December 2, 2004 Monk’s Music Trio – Think Of One (CMB Records) Sasha Dobson w/ The Chris Byers Octet – The Darkling Thrush – I Was There: From The Bobby Darin Songbook (Smalls) (IPO Recordings) December 3, 2004 January 25, 2005 Betty Bryant – Weathervane (Bry-Mar Music) Michel Camilo – Solo (Telarc) Stefano Di Battista – Parker’s Mood (Blue Note) December 5, 2004 January 27, 2005 Global Village Orchestra – Globalistics (Random Chance) Jeff Berlin – Lumpy Jazz (M.A.J. Records) December 7, 2004 Pat Metheny Group – The Way Up (Nonesuch Music) Jane Bunnett – Red Dragonfly (aka Tombo) (Narada Jazz) February 1, 2005 December 8, 2004 Jason Moran – Same Mother (Blue Note) Various Artists – Justin Time For Christmas Four (Justin Time February 3, 2005 Records) Joey DeFrancesco/Jimmy Smith – Legacy (Concord Records) January 1, 2005 Mulligan, Sheering, Tormey – Terrible Trio (Concord Records) Lenore Raphael – A Beautiful Friendship (Swingin’ Fox) February 5, 2005 January 6, 2005 John O’Gallagher – A Line of Sight (Fresh Sound) Carl Amundson & The Modern Guitar Quintet – Guitarists (Blue Line February 22, 2005 Music) Jeff Baker – Monologue (OA2) Fred Hersch Ensemble – Leaves of Grass (Palmetto) Jim Pearce – Washington Square Park (Oak Avenue Publishing) Monty Alexander – Live at Iridium (Telarc) Octobop – After Dark (Mystic Lane Productions) March 15, 2005 January 10, 2005 Ted Nash & Odeon – La Espade de la Noche (Palmetto) – Closer () March 22, 2005 January 11, 2005 Cheryl Bentyne – Let Me Off Uptown (Telarc) Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis – A Love John Pizzarelli – Knowing You (Telarc) Supreme (Palmetto) Lea DeLaria – Double Standards (Telarc) January 13, 2005 March 31, 2005 Jim Seeley/Arturo O’Farrill Quintet – Jim Seeley/Arturo O’Farrill Katie Bull – Love Spook (Corn Hill Indie Records) Quintet (Zoho Music) April 5, 2005 Shelly Berg Trio – Blackbird (Concord Records) Kate McGarry – Mercy Streets (Palmetto) Wynton Marsalis – Unforgivable Blackness (Blue Note) April 14, 2005 January 15, 2005 Dave’s True Story – Nature (BeBop Records) Donald Harrison – Free Style (Nagel Heyer) May 24, 2005 Dave Brubeck – London Flat, London Sharp (Telarc) Tony DeSare – Want You (Telarc)

Note: JazzWeek industry subscribers may update this information online at jazzweek.com. Add dates may also be submitted via email to [email protected]. jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 17 Jazz Radio Currents

Bob Acri w//Frank Wess/Ed Blujazz Terry Gibbs 52nd & Broadway: Songs of the Mack Avenue Thigpen/George Mraz/Diane Delin Bebop Era Eric Alexander Dead Center HighNote Herb Gibson Blue Vibes Silverado Records Geri Allen The Life Of A Song Telarc Jazz Global Village Orchestra Globalistics Random Chance Jackie Allen Love Is Blue A440 Music Group Benny Golson Terminal 1 Concord Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel Buzz Palmetto Jerry Gonzalez Y Los Piratas Del Flamenco Sunnyside Karrin Allyson Wild For You Concord Jazz The Great Jazz Trio Someday My Prince Will Come Eighty-Eights/Co- Gabriela Anders Last Tango In Rio Narada Jazz lumbia Ernie Andrews Jump For Joy HighNote Benny Green & Bluebird Telarc Lynne Arriale Arise! Now Playing GRP Lynne Arriale Come Together Motema Don Grusin The Hang Sovereign Records Lynne Arriale Trio Arise Charlie Haden Land Of The Sun Verve Music Group The Bad Plus Give Columbia Angela Hagenbach Poetry Of Love Records The Sheryl Bailey 3 Bull’s Eye Pure Music Records Randy Halberstadt Parallel Tracks Origin Records Patricia Barber Live: A Fortnight In France Blue Note Jeff Hall Let’s Face the Music Jeffworld Darren Barrett The Attack Of Wren Nagel Heyer Jeff Hamilton The Best Things Happen Azica Records Quintet Images Sunnyside Scott Hamilton / Harry Allen Concord Count Basie Good Time Blues Pablo Herbie Hancock The Columbia/Legacy Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra Two Seconds To Midnight Sea Breeze Steve Hancoff The Single Petal Of A Rose Out Of Time Records Bebo & Cigala Lai Grimas Negras Bluebird & Blackout Evolution Blue Note Gerald Beckett Traveling West Summit Donald Harrison Free Style Nagel Heyer Tony Bennett The Art Of Romance Columbia Joel Harrison So Long 2nd Street Act 3 Music Group David Berger and the Sultans of Marlowe Such Sweet Thunder Richie Hart Blues In The Alley Zoho Music Swing Records Jeff Hedberg The Summer Knows Blujazz Erin Bode Don’t Take Your Time MAXJAZZ Alex Heitlinger Sextet Green Light Synergy Music Joe Bonner New Beginnings Evidence Ian Hendrickson-Smith Still Smokin’ Sharp Nine Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Bruce A. Henry Connections BAHLOVE Productions Melody Breyer-Grell The Right Time Blujazz Nicole Henry The Nearness Of You Banister Records Clarence Gatemouth Brown Timeless Hightone Records Hermann / Fontana The Jazz Trombone Sea Breeze Maurice Brown Hip To Bop Brown Records Mr. Wizard HighNote Betty Bryant Weathervane Bry-Mar Music Gary Hobbs Of My Times Origin Records Jane Bunnett Red Dragonfly (Aka Tombo) Narada Jazz Stevie Holland Restless Willow 150 Music Vicki Burns Siren Song Merrymaid Produc- Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Thought Trains Sons of Sound tions Orchestra Don Byron ivey-divey Blue Note Arlington Houston Cool Casual LifeForcejazz Records Haiku / Charlie Hunter Freinds Seen And Unseen Ropeadope/Atlantic Rounder Records Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher If Bix Played Gershwin Arbors Ann Hampton Callaway Slow Shanachie Weber Iago Children of the World Adventure Music Royce Campbell Six By Six Moon Cycle Records Frank Jackson New York After Dark Kasis Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group Rondi Charleston Love Is The Thing LML Music , Gary Peacock, Jack The Out of Towners ECM Larry Chernicoff October Windy Planet Music DeJohnette Peter Cincotti On The Moon Concord Jazz Jamaica All Stars Massive Dune Records Tom Collier Mallet Jazz Origin Records Jazz Rosco Rosco’s Place A-Train Records Translinear Light Impulse Dr. John N‚ÄôAwlinz: Dis, Dat or D‚Äôudda Blue Note Elektric Band To the Stars Stretch Records Jeff Johnson Near Earth Origin Jamie Cullum Twentysomething Verve Music Group Liz Johnson Playground Lily Records Roger Davidson Trio Rogers In Rio Soundbrush Records Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note Orbert Davis Blue Notes 3 Sixteen Sean Jones Eternal Journey Mack Avenue Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Mean Ameen Delmark & Bill Cosby The New Mixes Vol. 1 Concord Jazz Deep Blue Organ Trio Deep Blue Bruise Delmark Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby The Original Sessions 1969 Concord Records Papa John DeFrancesco Walking Uptown Savant Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Truth Half Note Records The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band Hittin’ the Blue Notes - Vol. Two Origin Records Anders Jormin In Wind, In Light ECM Tom Dempsey / Tim Ferguson Perspectives Imaginary Records Vic Juris Blue Horizon Zoho Music Quartet Mary Kadderly Lucky Me Lifelike Records Sasha Dobson w/The Chris Byars The Darkling Thrush Smalls Records George Kahn Compared To What? Playing Records Octet Katahdin’s Edge Step Away Incline Records Bob Dorough Sunday At Iridium Arbors The Bruce Katz Band A Deeper Blue Severn Dave Douglas/Sclavis/Lee/van der Bow River Falls Premonition Chaka Khan Classikhan AGU Sanctuary Schyff Records Rosanne Drago Sophisticated Jazz Now Self-Produced Soweto Kinch Conversations With The Unseen Dune Records Christiana Drapkin Songs About You IANA Records Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion Classic Meets Cuba Sony Classical E.S.T. Seven Days of Falling 215 Records Paul Kogut Know It? I Wrote It! Blujazz Mark Elf Glad To Be Back Jen Bay Records w/ Alan Broadbent More Live-Lee Milestone Eliane Elias Dreamer Bluebird Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Music Group Man In The Air Blue Note Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest Bobby Forrester Organic Chemistry Lollipop Recordings The Latin Giants Of Jazz The Giants Play The Music of Gigante The Frank And Joe Show 33 1/3 Hyena Records Palladium Eric Frazier Find Yourself (Then Find Me) Eric Frazier Music Chad Lawson Unforeseen Summit Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Walking With Giants Hyena Records The Nguyen Le Trio Bakida Act 3 Music Group Von Freeman The Great Divide Premonition Records/ Mike Ledonne Smokin’ Out Loud Savant KOCH Records Peter Leitch Autobiography Reservoir Bill Frisell Unspeakable Nonesuch Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada The Mike Frost Project Nothing Smooth About It Blujazz Lorie Line Young At Heart Lori Line Music William Galison w/ Madeleine I Waking Up Music Arthur Lipner Modern Vibe Jazz Heads Peyroux In Praise of Dreams ECM Mike Longo and the New York State Oasis CAP of the Art Jazz Ensemble Giacomo Gates Centerpiece Origin Records Micarelli Lucia Music From A Farther Room Reprise George Gee Big Band Settin’ The Pace GJazz Records Luna Rendezvous Jetset Sai Ghose Trio E-Motion Summit Matthias Lupri Transition Sonic Summit Terry Gibbs From Me To You: A Tribute to Lionel Mack Avenue Frank Macchia Animals Cacophony Records Hampton jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 18 Jazz Radio Currents Bruce MacLeod Parade Parhelion Records Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself Verve Music Group Miriam Makeba Reflections Heads Up Gonzalo Rubalcaba Paseo Blue Note Gui Mallon Live at Montreux Adventure Music Glauco Sagebin When Baden Meets Trane Blue Toucan Music Russell Malone Playground MAXJAZZ The Sala Bros Out Of The Blue Blujazz Manhattan Transfer Vibrate Telarc Joe Sample Soul Shadows Verve Music Group Herbie Mann / Phil Woods Beyond Brooklyn MCG Jazz David Sanchez Coral Columbia Ray Mantilla Man-Ti-Ya Savant Poncho Sanchez Out Of Sight! Concord Picante Rene Marie Serene Renegade MAXJAZZ Moacir Santos Ouro Negro Adventure Music Lou Marini Lou’s Blues Chase Music Group Saxophone Summit Gathering of Spirits Telarc Jazz Maria Marquez Nature’s Princess Adventure Music Maria Schneider Orchestra Concert In The Garden Artist Share Revealed Marsalis Music/ Rob Schneiderman Back In Town Reservoir Rounder Records Dave Schnitter Sketch Sunnyside Branford Marsalis Quartet Eternal Marsalis Music/ Anton Schwartz Holiday Time Anton Jazz Rounder Records John Scofield Trio EnRoute Verve Music Group Wynton Marsalis Quartet The Magic Hour Blue Note Jill Scott Beautifully Human: Words And Hidden Beach Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso Adventure Music Sounds Vol. 2 Rebecca Martin People Behave Like Ballads MAXJAZZ Marilyn Scott Nightcap Prana Entertainment Mat Marucci / Markus Burger Genesis Cadence Jazz Seattle Woman’s Jazz Orchestra Dreamcatcher OA2 Records Ensemble Sounds Marlena Shaw Looking For Love 441 Records Jeff Marx Treading Air Breathing Fire Soluna Records Cybill Shepherd At Home With Cybill River Siren Tim May Trio Mayzing Records The Motive Series CAP Chris Mc Nulty I Remember You Mop Top Records Matthew Shipp Harmony & Abyss Thirsty Ear Paul McCandless / Art Lande Shapeshifter Synergy Music James Silberstein Song For Micaela CAP Larry McDonough Tuscarora: Short Stories for Jazz Self-Produced David Sills Eastern View Origin Records Piano Kate McGarry Show Me Palmetto Judi Silvano Let Yourself Go Zoho Music Ladd McIntosh Big Band Ride The Night Beast L.E.M. Productions Ricardo Silveria Live: Plays the Music of Milton Adventure Music Nascimento Tim McNamara Quartet Earth Sign Blujazz Norman Simmons In Private Savant Medeski Martin & Wood End of The World Party Blue Note Alex Skolnick Trio Transformation Magatude Records Brad Mehldau Live In Tokyo Nonesuch Charles Small Small Talk Blue Lady Carol Mennie I’m Not A Sometime Thing CDM Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot Palmetto Milla Dream A Little Avid Diva Steve Smith and Vital Information Come On In OmniTone Mulgrew Miller Live @ Yoshi’s Volume One MAXJAZZ Jim Snidero Close Up Milestone Pete Mills Art And Architecture Summit Omar Sosa Mulatos OTA Dom Minasi Quick Response CDM Johnny Souza Meet me In The City 1620 Jazz Records Big Band w Kurt Elling Live at MCG MCG Jazz It Is What It Is Savant Tony Monaco Firey Blues Summit John Stetch Exponentially Monk Justin Time Jane Monheit Taking A Chance On Love Sony Classical Robert Stewart Heaven And Earth Nagel Heyer Typhanie Monique / Neal Alger Intrinsic Blujazz George Stone Performs The Music Of Stewart Sea Breeze Frank Morgan City Nights: Live at the Jazz HighNote “Dirk” Fisher Standard Rick Stone Samba de Novembro Jazzand Maria Muldaur Love Wants To Dance Telarc Blues Steve Swallow /Ohad Talmor The Bum’s Tale Palmetto Mark Murphy Bop For Miles HighNote The Tango Group Amor por el Tango Soundbrush Records David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Gwotet Justin Time Jonas Tauber Storm Walking Singing Origin Masters feat. Pharoah Sander Michael Musillami Octet Spirits Playscape Ximo Tebar Champs Sunnyside Negroni’s Trio Piano/Drums/Bass Universal Music Clark Terry Porgy & Bess Americana Latino Music/A440 Music Steve Nelson Fuller Nelson Sunnyside Group Triangle 3 Sides Of A Question Synergy Music New Stories Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope Origin Trio Mundo Rides Again Zoho Music Adam Niewood Introducing Adam Niewood Native Language Michael James Turre Compositions Illusory Gerry Niewood Facets Native Language Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above HighNote Bill O’Connell Latin Jazz Fantasy Random Chance McCoy Tyner Illuminations Telarc Jazz Noel Okimoto ‘Ohana Reservoir Warren Vache Dream Dancing Arbors Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143 Records/Reprise Manuel Valera Forma Nueva MAVO Records Paradigm Shift Shifting Times Nagel Heyer Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch Munich Records Rob Parton’s Jazztech Big Band Two Different days Sea Breeze The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra The Way - Music of Slide Hampton Planet Arts Rosa Passos Amorosa Sony Classical Various Artists Syncopated Energy - Jazz From The Synergy Music Mario Pavone Boom Playscape Synergy Music Catalog Ken Peplowski Easy To Remember Nagel Heyer Various Artists Verve Remixed 2 Verve Music Group Denise Perrier Live At Yoshi’s Chez Perrier Records Various Artists Blue Note Revisited Blue Note Houston Person To Etta With Love HighNote Fay Victor Lazy Old Sun - Live/Life in the Green Avenue Music Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder Lowlands Enrico Pieranunzi Fellini Jazz CAM Claudia Villela & Kenny Werner Dreamtales Adventure Music Jean-Michel Pilc Follow Me Dreyfus Jazz Roseanna Vitro Tropical Postcards A Records Courtney Pine Devotion Telarc Jazz Rich Walker Sextet Bar Hop Altru Music Leslie Pintchik So Glad To Be Here Ambient & Horizon Horizon Reassembled Palmetto Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers The Hideout Milestone Jeff Watts Detained At The Blue Note Half Note Records Hugh Ragin Revelation Justin Time Mort Weiss The Three of Us SMS Jazz Phil Ranelin Inspiration Wide Hive Records The Jim Widner Big Band Flying High Chase Music Group Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight Blue Note Griot Liberte HighNote Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here Blue Note Jessica Williams Live At Yoshi’s Volume One MAXJAZZ Irene Reid Thanks To You Savant Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz Paul Renz & Friends Hubbub Gabwalk Records Gerald Wilson Orchestra New York, New Sound Mack Avenue Buddy Rich No Funny Hats Lightyear Entertain- Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts Wake Up! (to what’s happening) Palmetto ment/Lobitios Creek Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision Artimas Ranch Anthony Wonsey Blues For Hiroshi Sharp Nine Kim Richmond / Clay Jenkins Crossweave Origin Phil Woods This Is How I Feel About Quincy Jazzed Media Jose Rizo’s Jazz On The Latin Side The Last Bullfighter Saungu Josh Workman Jumpin’ At The Border Tetrachord Allstars Roditi / Ignatzek / Rassinfosse Light In The Dark Nagel Heyer Jacob Young Evening Falls ECM Wallace Roney Prototype HighNote Kahil El Zabar & David Murray We Is Live At The Bop Shop Delmark Pete Zimmer Man Tippin’ Records jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 19 Smooth Jazz Radio

Forever, For Always, For Luther Remains #1 Album, Single

Kenny G has Most Added Album and Single

owered by Richard Elliot, Forever, For Always, For Luther (GRP) remained on top of the JazzWeek PSmooth Album chart and “Your Secret Love” stayed on the Smooth Singles chart. Norman Brown’s West Coast Coolin’ (Warner Bros.) moved into the No. 2 position on the album chart and the singles chart with “Up ’N’ At ’Em”. Kenny G and David Sanborn had the Most Add- ed single of the week with “Pick Up The Pieces” picking up 17 stations coast to coast. (You’re right. We did say “picking up”, and we suggest you keep reading.) With the same 17 stations, Kenny G also picked up the top add of the week on the JazzWeek Smooth Al- Topping the charts, powered by Richard Elliot’s “Your bum chart with At Last ... The Duets Album (Arista). Secret Love”, is Forever, For Always, For Luther (GRP) On the Smooth Jazz Album Chart, Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration (Heads Up) from the edged out Kenny G in Chartbound.

Smooth Album Chart p. 21 Smooth Singles Chart p. 22 Smooth Current CDs p. 23 Smooth Radio Panel p. 24 Kenny G’s At Last (Arista) is most added, with 17 sta- tions adding “Pick Up The Pieces”. jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 20 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Dec. 17, 2004 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Song/Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 3 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP 644 675 -31 1 35 1 2 4 4 2 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. 617 582 35 8 34 0 3 2 1 1 Dave Koz Saxophonic Capitol 608 665 -57 8 37 0 4 3 2 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 595 654 -59 6 35 0 5 6 5 1 Kickin’ It Up GRP 530 560 -30 8 38 0 6 9 10 6 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 524 507 17 7 37 0 7 5 6 3 Paul Jackson, Jr. Still Small Voice Blue Note 519 576 -57 8 35 0 8 10 11 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 508 499 9 8 36 0 9 8 7 3 Chris Botti A Thousand Kisses Deep Columbia 505 524 -19 8 35 0 10 12 14 3 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 499 474 25 8 34 0 11 11 8 5 Peter White Confidential Columbia 498 491 7 8 36 0 12 13 15 12 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up 495 450 45 8 33 0 13 7 9 1 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 485 526 -41 8 36 0 14 15 16 14 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 479 449 30 7 36 3 15 14 12 12 Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Universal 458 449 9 7 36 0 16 18 19 14 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 414 410 4 8 37 0 17 20 13 8 Nick Colionne Just Come On In Will Keys 392 405 -13 8 34 0 18 17 18 8 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 384 417 -33 8 35 0 19 19 17 1 George Benson Irreplaceable GRP 370 407 -37 8 36 0 20 21 20 5 Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI 349 362 -13 8 34 0 21 24 21 19 Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie 346 333 13 8 29 0 22 23 24 22 Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown 341 333 8 7 28 0 23 22 22 18 Marc Antoine The Very Best Of Marc Antoine Verve 320 347 -27 8 34 0 24 16 25 16 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord 307 420 -113 8 26 0 25 26 23 1 Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous 294 315 -21 8 34 0 26 25 26 9 Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz 278 326 -48 8 27 0 27 29 28 2 Paul Taylor Steppin’ Out Peak 278 249 29 8 36 0 28 31 37 28 Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. 267 222 45 3 24 1 29 27 27 22 Toni Braxton Ultimate Toni Braxton LaFace 264 280 -16 8 33 0 30 28 29 25 Fourplay Journey BMG 244 256 -12 8 21 0 31 30 30 14 Richard Smith Soulidified A440 234 245 -11 8 30 0 32 32 33 9 Mindi Abair It Just Happens That Way GRP 233 215 18 8 36 0 33 34 39 29 Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up 218 208 10 8 24 0 34 38 35 34 Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia 216 195 21 7 30 5 35 39 31 31 Najee Classic Masters Capitol 197 190 7 8 32 0 36 37 34 10 Praful One Day Deep Rendezvous 183 200 -17 8 33 0 37 35 38 11 Seal Seal IV Warner Bros. 176 208 -32 8 30 0 38 36 36 15 Rick Braun Esperanto Warner Bros. 174 206 -32 8 30 0 39 40 40 23 & Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch 167 188 -21 8 16 0 40 43 41 36 Richard Elliot Ricochet Verve 164 162 2 8 31 0 41 41 46 14 Brian Culbertson Come On Up Warner Bros. 162 184 -22 8 28 0 42 42 43 21 Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language 154 174 -20 8 20 0 43 44 42 31 Greg Adams Firefly 215 149 160 -11 8 19 0 44 52 45 26 The Jazzmasters The Jazzmasters 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 143 129 14 8 26 0 45 53 48 18 Steve Cole NY LA Warner Bros. 142 129 13 8 30 0 46 50 49 46 The Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Jazz 138 134 4 8 18 0 47 48 44 20 Michael McDonald Motown Motown 135 140 -5 8 31 0 48 47 50 31 Steve Oliver 3-D Koch 128 147 -19 8 22 0 49 49 51 49 Everette Harp All For You A440 121 139 -18 6 13 0 50 58 61 53 Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys J 120 117 3 8 13 0

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Kenny G At Last ... The Duets Album (Arista) +17 Kenny G At Last ... The Duets Album (Arista) +95 Yellowjackets Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration Chris Botti When I Fall In Love (Columbia) +5 Gary Burton Generations (Concord Jazz) +62 (Heads Up) Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear (Liquid) +3 Seal Best: 1991-2004 (Warner Bros.) +45 Kenny G At Last ... The Duets Album (Arista) Yellowjackets Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration Marion Meadows Player’s Club (Heads Up) +45 Norah Jones Feels Like Home (Blue Note) (Heads Up) +2 Yellowjackets Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration Gary Burton Generations (Concord Jazz) Seal Best: 1991-2004 (Warner Bros.) +1 (Heads Up) +35 Acoustic Alchemy Radio Contact (Higher Octave Jazz) Candy Dulfer Right In My Soul (Eagle) +1 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ (Warner Bros.) +35 David Benoit Right Here, Right Now (Universal)

jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 21 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart Dec. 17, 2004 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Song/Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 2 1 Richard Elliot Your Secret Love GRP 636 675 -39 8 34 0 2 3 3 2 Norman Brown Up ‘N’ At ‘Em Warner Bros. 617 582 35 8 34 0 3 2 1 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 589 647 -58 6 33 0 4 5 5 4 Soul Ballet Cream 215 524 507 17 7 37 0 5 4 4 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP 493 522 -29 8 37 0 6 9 11 6 Marion Meadows Sweet Grapes Heads Up 481 434 47 8 32 0 7 7 8 7 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 479 449 30 7 36 3 8 8 6 5 Chris Botti Back Into My Heart Columbia 436 445 -9 8 34 0 9 12 12 9 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 414 410 4 8 37 0 10 6 9 6 Paul Jackson, Jr. Walkin’ Blue Note 410 456 -46 8 30 0 11 11 10 10 Queen Latifah California Dreamin’ Universal 406 410 -4 7 34 0 12 13 13 1 George Benson Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise GRP 360 393 -33 8 36 0 13 10 7 1 Boney James Here She Comes Warner Bros. 355 419 -64 8 35 0 14 17 20 14 Paul Brown Moment By Moment GRP 335 323 12 8 31 0 15 14 14 5 Anita Baker You’re My Everything Blue Note 334 376 -42 8 33 0 16 19 18 16 Peter White How Does It Feel Columbia 326 301 25 8 32 3 17 16 17 14 Michael McDonald Tracks Of My Tears Motown 324 326 -2 7 28 0 18 15 15 15 Dave Koz Let It Free Capitol 324 337 -13 8 30 0 19 18 16 13 Kim Waters In Deep Shanachie 323 305 18 8 27 0 20 20 19 2 Michael Lington Show Me Rendezvous 276 298 -22 8 31 0 21 25 27 21 Seal Walk On By Warner Bros. 267 222 45 4 24 1 22 22 21 12 Nick Colionne It’s Been Too Long Will Keys 232 243 -11 8 29 0 23 33 38 23 Michael Lington Two Of A Kind (w/ Chuck Loeb) Rendezvous 221 169 52 6 24 6 24 21 22 21 Ray Charles You Don’t Know Me (w/ Diana Krall) Concord 218 272 -54 8 21 0 25 27 30 23 Pieces Of A Dream It’s Go Time Heads Up 217 204 13 8 24 0 26 26 24 1 Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous 209 217 -8 8 33 0 27 30 31 3 Paul Taylor Steppin’ Out Peak 209 180 29 8 35 0 28 28 29 28 Euge Groove XXL EMI 195 188 7 8 27 0 29 24 23 1 Dave Koz All I See Is You Capitol 190 228 -38 8 34 0 30 23 25 8 Joyce Cooling Expression Narada Jazz 172 235 -63 8 27 0 31 31 28 2 Paul Brown 24/7 GRP 170 174 -4 8 32 0 32 40 41 32 Chris Botti No Ordinary Love Columbia 163 143 20 6 23 2 33 32 33 11 Rick Braun Daddy-O Warner Bros. 160 174 -14 8 26 0 34 36 26 17 Nick Colionne High Flyin’ Will Keys 155 159 -4 8 32 0 35 38 40 11 Richard Smith Sing A Song A440 154 156 -2 8 24 0 36 29 35 10 Seal Love’s Divine Warner Bros. 151 182 -31 8 29 0 37 35 34 26 Greg Adams Firefly 215 145 160 -15 8 16 0 38 39 37 37 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 145 154 -9 8 18 0 39 37 32 3 Peter White Talkin’ Bout Love Columbia 143 158 -15 8 33 0 40 34 36 18 Dan Siegel In Your Eyes Native Language 143 164 -21 8 19 0 41 42 48 12 Brian Culbertson Come On Up (w/ Norman Brown) Warner Bros. 127 139 -12 8 23 0 42 55 56 31 Mindi Abair Flirt GRP 126 96 30 8 33 0 43 45 43 38 The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd Narada Jazz 124 128 -4 8 17 0 44 44 44 18 Praful Sigh Rendezvous 123 129 -6 8 31 0 45 41 42 41 Everette Harp Can You Hear Me A440 121 139 -18 5 13 0 46 48 54 46 Alicia Keys If I Ain’t Got You J 120 116 4 8 13 0 47 57 93 47 Boney James Stone Groove (w/ Joe Sample) Warner Bros. 119 93 26 3 16 3 48 43 39 2 Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI 118 136 -18 8 27 0 49 53 50 16 Steve Cole Everyday Warner Bros. 113 98 15 8 27 0 50 49 51 26 Najee Eye 2 Eye N-Coded 111 116 -5 8 21 0

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Kenny G & David Sanborn “Pick Up The Pieces” (Arista) +17 Kenny G & David Sanborn “Pick Up The Pieces” Joyce Cooling “Camelback” (Narada Jazz) Michael Lington “Two Of A Kind” (w/ Chuck Loeb) (Arista) +95 Daryl Hall & John Oates “I’ll Be Around” (U-Watch) Kenny G & David Sanborn “Pick Up The Pieces” (Arista) (Rendezvous) +6 Michael Lington “Two Of A Kind” (w/ Chuck Loeb) David Benoit “Watermelon Man” (Universal) Novecento “Easy Love” (w/ Stanley Jordan) (Rendezvous) +52 (Favored Nations) +6 Novecento “Easy Love” (w/ Stanley Jordan) (Favored Nations) Marion Meadows “Sweet Grapes” (Heads Up) +47 Tim Bowman “Summer Groove” (Liquid) +3 Simply Red “Sunrise” (Simplyred.com) Peter White “How Does It Feel” (Columbia) +3 Seal “Walk On By” (Warner Bros.) +45 Daryl Hall “She’s Gone” (Liquid 8) Boney James “Stone Groove” (w/ Joe Sample) Novecento “Easy Love” (w/ Stanley Jordan) Ken Navarro “In The Sky Today” (Shanachie) (Warner Bros.) +3 (Favored Nations) +40 jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 22 Smooth Jazz Radio Current

Mindi Abair It Just Happens That Way GRP Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys J Records Mindy Abair Come As You Are GRP Chaka Khan Classikhan AGU Sanctuary Acoustic Alchemy Radio Contact Higher Octave Records Greg Adams Firefly 215 Records Dave Koz Saxophonic Capitol Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Music Group Gabriela Anders Last Tango In Rio Narada Jazz Pattie LaBelle Timeless Journey Island /Def Jam Marc Antoine Mediteraneo Rendevous David Lanz The Good Life Decca Marc Antoine The Very Best of Marc Antoine Verve Music Group Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest Lynne Arriale Arise! Ronnie Laws Everlasting Holland Group Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Bob Baldwin Brazil Chill A440 Music Group Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendevous Walter Beasley Go With The Flow N-Coded Music Liquid Soul Evolution Shanachie Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia Chuck Loeb eBop Shanachie Regina Belle Lazy Peak Jeff Lorber Uncle Darrow Narada David Benoit / Russ Freeman Benoit Freeman Project 2 Peak Torcuato Mariano Diary 215 Records George Benson Irreplaceable GRP Sweet Talk Peak Theo Bishop Newport Nights Native Language Keiko Matsui Wildflower Narada Chris Botti A Thousand Kisses Deep Columbia Michael McDonald Motown Motown Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up Jeff Bradshaw Bone Deep Hidden Beach Chieli Minucci Night Grooves Shanachie Rick Braun Esperanto Warner Bros. Najee Embrace N-Coded Music Toni Braxton Ultimate Toni Braxton LaFace Najee Classic Masters Capitol Braxton Brothers Rollin Peak Ken Navarro All The Way Shanachie Bridge To Havana (f. Gladys Bridge To Havana Pyramid Grady Nichols Sophistication Compendia Knight) Andrew Oh Silk Ark Music Brian Bromberg Choices A440 Music Group Steve Oliver 3-D Koch Records Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143 Records/Reprise Paul Brown Up Front GRP Joan Osborne How Sweet It Is Compendia Alex Bugnon Southern Living Narada Jazz Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up Cabo Frio Island Dance Kezia Records Doc Powell 97th & Columbus Heads Up Jonathan Cain Bare Bones Reality/AAO Music Doc Powell Cool Like That Heads Up Sergio Caputo That Kind of Thing Idiosyncrasy Music Praful One Day Deep Rendezvous/N-Coded Sapphire Blue Bluebird Look Again A440 Music Group Craig Chaquico Midnight Moon Higher Octave The Rippingtons Let It Ripp Peak Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself Verve Music Group Club 1600 Ridin, High N-Coded Music Joe Sample Soul Shadows Verve Music Group Steve Cole NY LA Warner Bros. Poncho Sanchez Out Of Sight! Concord Picante Nick Colionne Just Come On In Three Keys Music Jill Scott Beautifully Human: Words And Hidden Beach Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got to Play Narada Jazz Sounds Vol. 2 Chick Corea Elektric Band To the Stars Stretch Records Marilyn Scott Nightcap Prana Entertainment Couch Potato Allstars Jazz For Couch Potatoes Shanachie Seal IV Warner Bros. Brian Culbertson Come On Up Warner Bros. Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language Jamie Cullum Twentysomething Verve Music Group Simply Red Home Simply Red Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Richard Smith Soulidfied A440 Music Group Will Downing Emotions GRP Jimmy Sommers Love Life Higher Octave Richard Elliot Ricochet GRP Special EFX Party Shanachie Fattburger Work To Do Shanachie Spyro Gyra The Deep End Heads Up Fourplay Journey RCA / Victor Stanley B. All For Love A. Ray Fuller The Weeper A Ray Artists Music Wonder Stevie The Definitive Collection Motown Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Paul Taylor Steppin Out Peak/Concord Jeff Golub Soul Sessions GRP J. Thompson Romantic Night AMH Records The Absolute Best EMI Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendevous Rayford Griffin Rebirth Of The Cool Razor Edge Nester Torres Sin Palabras Heads Up Euge Groove Living Large Narada Urban Knights Urban Knights V Narada Dave Grusin Now Playing GRP Luther Vandross Dance With My father J Records Don Grusin The Hang Sovereign Records Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP Daryl Hall Can’t Stop Dreaming Rhythm & Groove Various Artists Wedding Songs: A Body & Soul Time Life Hall & Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch Collection Paul Hardcastle The Jazzmasters 4 Trippin’ N’ Rhythm Various Artists Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engage- Walt Disney Records ment [Original Soundtrack] Everette Harp All For You A440 Music Group Andre Ward Steppin Up Orpheus Hil St. Soul Copasetik & Cool Shanachie Kim Waters Someone To Love You Shanachie Hiroshima The Bridge Heads Up Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie Incognito Who Needs Love Narada Jazz Kirk Whalum Into My Soul Warner Bros. Paul Jackson Jr. Still Small Voice Blue Note Peter White Confidential Columbia Boney James Pure Warner Bros. The GRP Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group Pamela Williams The Perfect Love Shanachie Jazz Crusanders Soul Axess True Life Jim Wilson River Hillsboro Marcus Johnson Urban Groove Marimelj Entertainment Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note Steve Winwood About Time Sci Fidelity Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby The New Mixes Vol. 1 Concord Jazz Chuck Yamek Feels So Right Mopay Ronny Jordan At Last N-Coded Music Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Kem Kemistry Motown jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 23 Jazz Station Panel Smooth Station Panel Call letters Frequency Market Rank Call letters Frequency Market Rank CJRT-FM* 91.1 Toronto, ON N/A KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 KANU-FM 91.5 Topeka, KS 195 KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 KBEM-FM 88.5 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 KEZL-FM 96.7 Fresno, CA 68 KCCK-FM* 88.3 Cedar Rapids, IA 204 KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 KCLU-FM 88.3 , CA 2 KCSM-FM 91.1 San Francisco, CA 4 KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 KEWU-FM 89.5 Spokane, WA 93 KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 KFSR-FM 90.7 Fresno, CA 68 KJZI-FM 100.3 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 KIOS-FM 91.5 Omaha, NE - Council Bluffs, IA 73 KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 KIPO-FM* 89.3 Honolulu 62 KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 KJZZ-FM 91.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 KKJZ-FM 88.1 Los Angeles, CA 2 KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 KLCC-FM 89.7 Eugene-Springfield, OR 171 KMHD-FM 89.1 Portland, OR 24 KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 KMUW-FM 89.1 Wichita, KS 95 KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 KNTU-FM 88.1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 KPLU-FM 88.5 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 KRTU-FM 91.7 San Antonio, TX 30 KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 KSDS-FM 88.3 San Diego, CA 17 KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 KSJS-FM 90.5 San Jose, CA 109 KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 KSMF-FM* 89.1 Ashland, OR 207 KSUT-FM* 91.3 Ignacio, CO N/A KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 KTSU-FM 90.9 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 KUAZ-FM 89.1 Tucson, AZ 63 KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 KUNR-FM* 88.7 Reno, NV 231 WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 KUNV-FM 91.5 Las Vegas, NV 38 WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 KUT-FM 90.5 Austin, TX 7 WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 WBFO-FM 88.7 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 52 WJJZ-FM 106.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 WBGO-FM 88.3 New York, NY 1 WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 WCFJ/WSBC* 1470 AM Chicago, IL 3 WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 WCLK-FM 91.9 Atlanta, GA 11 WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 WCPN-FM 90.3 Cleveland, OH 25 WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 WDCB-FM* 90.9 Chicago, IL 3 WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit, MI 10 WDNA-FM 88.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 WJZW-FM 105.9 Baltimore, MD 20 WDUQ-FM 90.5 Pittsburgh, PA 23 WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 WEAA-FM* 88.9 Baltimore, MD 20 WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 WEMU-FM 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 WFNX-FM 101.7 , MA 133 WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 WFSS-FM 91.9 Fayetteville, NC 128 WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 WGBH-FM 89.7 Boston, MA 8 WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 WGLT-FM 89.1 Peoria, IL 149 WGMC-FM 90.1 Rochester, NY 54 WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 WGVU-FM 88.5 Grand Rapids, MI 67 WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 WHRV-FM 89.5 Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News, VA 40 WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 WICN-FM* 90.5 Worcester,MA 8 WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 WJSU-FM 88.5 Jackson, MS 123 WSSM-FM 106.5 St. Louis, MO 19 WMOT-FM 89.5 Nashville, TN 44 WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 WNCU-FM 90.7 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 WSHA-FM 88.9 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 WSIE-FM 88.7 St. Louis, MO 19 WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 WTEB-FM 89.3 Greenville,NC 87 WZMR-FM 104.9 Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY 64 WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 Music Choice National N/A WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 Airplay of all stations, except as noted, is monitored by Mediaguide. WVPR-FM* 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 WWOZ-FM 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 To apply to become a member of a station panel, contact Tony WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 198 WXUT/WXTS-FM 88.3 Toledo, OH 85 Gasparre at (585) 235-4685, or email [email protected]. Music Choice National Distribution N/A Sirius* National Distribution N/A *Denotes station not monitored by Mediaguide. Station submits a weekly airplay report. jazzweek.com • December 17, 2004 JazzWeek 24