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Saxman Richard Elliot Tops Both Charts JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • Feb. 13, 2006 Volume 2, Number 12 • $7.95 In This Issue: Higher Ground Nears $3 Million In Grants . 4 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Named . 5 N.O. Jazz and Heritage Fest Confirms 2006 Dates . 7 News In Brief . 8 Reviews and Picks . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio. 25 Radio Industry Legend Panels. 24, 29 BRUCE LUNDVALL News. 4 Part Two of our Q&A: page 11 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Dianne Reeves #1 Smooth Album – Richard Elliot #1 Smooth Single – Richard Elliot JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger ruce Lundvall returns for part two of his Q&A with music MUSIC EDITOR Tad Hendrickson editor Tad Hendrickson this week. The president of EMI BJazz & Classics discusses the future of the Blue Note label CONTRIBUTING EDITORS and of jazz in general. And he dispells part of a long-running ur- Keith Zimmerman Kent Zimmerman ban legend. CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ ••• PHOTOGRAPHER I’ve mentioned my excitement at the efforts that non-commer- Tom Mallison cial jazz stations WEMU and KUVO are making in attracting a PHOTOGRAPHY younger audience during nighttime hours, and there are other sta- Barry Solof tions with shows in that vein, like WRTI’s J. Michael Harrison Founding Publisher: Tony Gasparre and his program “The Bridge.” Rochester, N.Y.’s WGMC, where ADVERTISING: Devon Murphy I do a weekly Thursday evening shift, has decided to make a move Call (866) 453-6401 ext. 3 or in that direction, too, after a study of demographics showed that email: [email protected] there’s a significantly younger median age in its late night audi- SUBSCRIPTIONS: ence. 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There are current artists with a strong young- Suite 150 er listener appeal – especially those who incorpate world rhythms Berwyn, PA 19312 and funkier sounds – but there’s also older material, like hard bop JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) from Blue Note and Prestige and organ-based soul jazz and acid is published weekly by jazz records, that fit the bill. ••• Thanks to those of you who have recently become subscribers. Please encourage those you know in the business to sign up for a complimentary 2117 Buffalo Road subscription at jazzweek.com. Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 As you plan your advertising buys, please feel free to contact Devon phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 Murphy at (866) 453-6401 extension 3, or at [email protected]. [email protected] He’ll also be reaching out to you over the next several weeks. Copyright ©2006 Yellow Dog Communications Inc. – Ed Trefzger, Editor jazzweek.com • Feb. 13, 2006 JazzWeek 2 Contents Feb. 13, 2006 News . 4 Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Fund Grants Near $3 Million. 4 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award Winners Named . 5 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Dates Confirmed for 2006 . 7 JALC Salutes Philadelphia During March . 7 Music and Industry News In Brief . 8 Birthdays . 10 4 Features Legends of Jazz: Bruce Lundvall, Part II. 11 Reviews . 15 Mary Lou Williams Collective . 15 Oscar Castro-Neves . 15 Carol Robbins . 15 Manuel Valera . 16 11 Sergio Mendes . 16 Jazz Charts . 18 Jazz Album Charts . 19 Jazz Add Dates . 20 Jazz Current CDs . 21 Jazz Radio Panel . 24 Smooth Jazz Charts . 25 Smooth Album Charts. 26 18 Smooth Singles Charts . 27 Smooth Current CDs . 28 Smooth Radio Panel . 29 Classifieds . 17 25 Cover Photo: Bruce Lundvall with Miles Davis during Lundvall’s days with Columbia Records (courtesy EMI Group/ Blue Note) JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 12 jazzweek.com • Feb. 13, 2006 JazzWeek 3 News Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Fund Grants Near $3 Million NEW YORK – Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced that its Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Fund, administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foun- dation, has awarded 214 grants totaling $2.8 million for musicians and music industry-related enterprises from the Greater New Orleans area that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Grants of up to $100,000 were awarded to 21 nonprofit organizations (see sidebar.) Grants of up to $15,000 to 193 in- dividuals were also awarded, with pri- ority given to professional jazz mu- sicians who were displaced by the hurricane. Applications for these grants were subject to deadlines. Ap- Frank Stewart/Jazz at Lincoln Center plications were reviewed by a group of The Jordan Family performs during the national radio and television broadcast of the pre-screeners made up of individuals Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sept. 17. closely involved with the jazz commu- nity in New Orleans and by a national viduals and organizations all over the festivals throughout Canada; Ameri- panel of jazz experts. world, raised nearly $3 million for the can and Canadian Universities, High The Higher Ground Hurricane fund. In addition, proceeds from the Schools, and Elementary Schools; Jap- Relief Fund was established following Blue Note Records’ Higher Ground anese Embassy; Festival de Jazz de Vi- Hurricane Katrina. Funds were raised Concert CD are being directed to the toria-Gasteiz, Spain; Rhode Island from ticket sales to a benefit concert fund. Hurricane Relief Festival; Turkish produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center The Higher Ground Hurricane Government; Monterey Jazz Festival, that included a live national telethon Relief Fund has received donations California; Twins Jazz Club, Wash- on PBS/Live From Lincoln Center from thousands of individuals and or- ington, DC; Early Childhood Puppet on Sept. 17, 2005. The event includ- ganizations from around the world. Theatre, Ltd. ed performances by an array of musi- Some of the broad range of donors “Jazz at Lincoln Center is so grate- cians and entertainers and, combined include: Jazz All-Stars at New Jersey ful to the many friends from around with an online eBay auction, other in- State Prison; Umbria Jazz Festival, It- the world who so generously contrib- dependent fundraising efforts by indi- aly; Guadalajara Jazz Festival, Mexico; continued ... jazzweek.com • Feb. 13, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News Higher Ground Grants ASCAP Young (continued) Jazz Composer uted to this cause to help rebuild the Organizations Awarded Crescent City,” said Derek E. Gordon, Up To $100,000 Award Winners President and CEO of Jazz at Lincoln Acadiana Arts Council Center. Named Arts Council of New Orleans Baton Rouge Area Foundation is a nonprofit organization composed of Contemporary Arts Center NEW YORK -- ASCAP Foundation more than 300 charitable funds with CubaNOLA Collective President Marilyn Bergman has an- over $375 million in assets estab- Efforts of Grace, Inc. nounced the winners of the 2005/2006 lished by individuals, families, cor- Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. This program, es- porations and organizations. Since Jazz Foundation of America tablished in 2002, was created to en- 1964, the Foundation has made grants Katrina’s Piano Fund Inc. in the areas of Arts & Humanities, courage gifted jazz composers from National Performance Network throughout the United States. Community Development, Educa- New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host tion, Environment, Human Services, The winners, who range in age New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Medical/Health, Religion and Schol- from 13 to 30, are selected through a arships. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage juried national competition. They re- Festival In 2005, in response to Hurricanes ceive cash awards, and will be recog- Katrina and Rita, the Foundation es- New Orleans Jazz Education nized at the annual ASCAP Jazz Wall Foundation tablished Foundations for Recovery, event in New York on June 21, 2006. an internet portal to report to its do- New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Inc. Commenting on the awards, Berg- nors and the greater community on its New Orleans Music Hall of Fame Inc. man said, “The young talents nurtured relief efforts. Our initial and immedi- New Orleans Musicians Clinic by this program represent the future ate response to the storm was the cre- Norman Dixon Sr. Annual Second Line of this uniquely American art form. ation two funds designed to address Ogden Museum of Southern Art We congratulate the recipients and ex- tend thanks to the dedicated panel of the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Symphony Chorus of New Orleans Katrina to southeast Louisiana. To ASCAP composers who selected the Tipitina’s Foundation winners.” date the total money raised for the re- Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club Inc. lief effort is $30.7 million. JW continued ... NEW FROM PACIFIC COAST JAZZ BRADLEY LEIGHTON SHERRI ROBERTS Back to the Funk The Sky Could Send You Jazz/pop flute stylist, recording artist and clinician Her latest recording produced and arranged Bradley Leighton’s by Harvie S with third solo release special guests, combines groove legendary saxophonist with soul that will Phil Woods and take you back to trumpet virtuoso the funk.
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