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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 Volume 2, Number 5 • $7.95 In This Issue: Residency Funded for NOJO in N.J. . 4 48th Grammy Nominations Announced . . 6 Gibson/Baldwin Jazz Ensembles Set ...... 8 Valade Endows Detroit Jazz Festival. . . . 10 Reviews and Picks . . . . . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio...... 25

Radio ARTIST Q&A: Panels. . 24, 29 JOE LOCKE News...... 4 page 12

Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Joe Locke #1 Smooth Album – Euge Groove #1 Smooth Single – Euge Groove JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger

MUSIC EDITOR hat a treat it was last Monday night to see the Tad Hendrickson Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in concert per- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Wforming Ellington and Strayhorn’s adaptation of Keith Zimmerman The Nutcracker Suite. I’m too young to have caught Duke Kent Zimmerman CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ with the Ellington Orchestra – well, too young to have PHOTOGRAPHER appreciated it had I caught it – so it’s thrilling to have the Tom Mallison LCJO around to keep that sound and tradition alive. PHOTOGRAPHY Barry Solof Next week’s issue is our last of 2005. We’ll be counting Founding Publisher: Tony Gasparre down the Top 10 of the year, and we’d like to include your ADVERTISING: Devon Murphy Call (866) 453-6401 ext. 3 or top tens. Please email them to [email protected] with email: [email protected] your name and aﬃliation by noon eastern time Tuesday, SUBSCRIPTIONS: Dec. 20. Free to qualified applicants Premium subscription: $149.00 per year, ••• w/ Industry Access: $249.00 per year To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ AMEX/PayPal go to: Qualiﬁed people in the industry are now able to sign http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ up to receive this publication free of charge, and we’ve had subscribe.html a lot of people take advantage of this already. But there are AIRPLAY MONITORING BY a lot more people we’d like to reach. Please encourage those you know in the business to sign up at jazzweek.com. We hope to make a bigger im- Mediaguide pact in several areas: in radio, where more broadcasters 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Suite 150 will have access; at retail, where buyers and store owners Berwyn, PA 19312 will see what’s hot on radio; and among musicians, who will have access to industry information. JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) is published weekly by With the larger circulation, we’ve added Devon Mur- phy as our advertising manager. As you plan your buys for 2006, please feel free to contact him at (866) 453-6401 extension 3, or at [email protected]. 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 – Ed Trefzger, Editor Rochester, NY 14624 phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 [email protected]

News ...... 4 Prudential Funds Residency for New Orleans Jazz Orchestra in Newark . . . . 4 Nominations for 48th Grammys Announced ...... 6 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensembles Announced ...... 8 Heads Up Inks Deal With Pianist Bobby Lyle ...... 9 Valade Endows Detroit Fest ...... 10 2006 Jazz Master John Levy Presents Vocal Legacy...... 10 4 Birthdays ...... 11 Features Artist Q&A: Joe Locke ...... 12 Reviews ...... 15 Various Artists: Our New Orleans ...... 15 Various Artists: A Celebration of New Orleans Music...... 15 Live: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ...... 16 12 Jazz Charts ...... 18 Jazz Album Chart ...... 19 Jazz Add Dates ...... 20 Jazz Current CDs ...... 21 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 24 Smooth Jazz Charts ...... 25 Smooth Album Chart ...... 26 Smooth Singles Chart...... 27 18 Smooth Current CDs ...... 28 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 29 Classifieds ...... 17

Cover photo courtesy Joe Locke/joelocke.net 25 JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 5 jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 3 News Prudential Funds Residency for New Orleans Jazz Orchestra in Newark

NEWARK, N.J., – Prudential Finan- cial, Inc. and the New Jersey Perform- ing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced Dec. 9 a partnership with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Inc. (NOJO) that will allow the talented group of musicians to embark on its first national tour and that will create a residency program for NOJO at NJPAC. Programs will include performance presentations by NOJO and other New Orleans artists, educational workshops and community residencies, and com- missioning of new jazz works to de- but in Newark in 2006 and 2007. The partnership is funded through support from Prudential totaling $500,000, including a $300,000 corporate sponsorship for the NOJO tour, New Or- PRNewsFoto/Prudential Financial, Inc. leans: Then and Now; and an addi- From left: John Fernandez, president and CEO, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), Leon tional $200,000 for the creation of Denmark, vice president, programming, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), and “New Orleans North” at NJPAC. Gabriella Morris, president of The Prudential Foundation, listen as Grammy nominated Following the devastation of Hur- trumpeter Irvin Mayfield entertains guests at a press conference in Newark, N.J., Friday, ricanes Katrina and Rita, the New Jer- Dec. 9, 2005. sey Performing Arts Center learned that NOJO’s inaugural national tour Newark and the rest of the country. al acclaim for its efforts as a jazz edu- was threatened with cancellation due Through their work as a permanent cation and performance organization to lack of available funding. NJPAC national performing arts and education dedicated to being at the forefront of reached out to Prudential for support. organization, NOJO helps to carry the the cultural reaffirmation process un- The collaboration that was an- culture of the Crescent City to com- derway in New Orleans. nounced is the result of discussions munities around the country and is in Said Mayfield, “The connection is among the three organizations de- the forefront of the efforts to rebuild natural. Newark and New Orleans are signed to, at once, preserve the rich New Orleans culture. NOJO, under sister cities with similar experiences. cultural heritage of New Orleans and the direction of its Founder, trumpet- So to be a part of celebrating jazz in help to bring the sounds of jazz to er Irvin Mayfield, has received nation- continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 4 News

NOJO In Newark (continued)

a city that is so much like home only people across the country could hear quality of the arts for which New Or- makes sense.” how amazing they are. We are even leans is famous and we are honored to The new partnership is an appro- more excited about the prospect that play a role in helping to preserve the priate ﬁt for NJPAC and the city of NJPAC could one day be considered culture that is unique to New Orleans, Newark. In days past, Newark’s jazz ‘New Orleans North,’ with Irvin and while also bringing some of Newark’s scene rivaled St. Louis and Chicago NOJO helping us to bring the best of jazz heyday back to the city through and other great American cities. To- New Orleans to New Jersey. Pruden- the sounds of the New Orleans Jazz day, Newark is still home to the world’s tial’s leadership on this is heroic. We Orchestra.” best jazz archive, the world’s only jazz are all grateful for the company’s gen- New Jersey Performing Arts Cen- history degree and the only full-time erosity and support of this vision.” ter is the sixth largest performing arts jazz station in the nation’s largest ra- “As the nation and the world look center in the United States. dio market, WBGO-FM/Jazz 88.3, a to rebuilding New Orleans, preserv- Under the artistic direction of Mediaguide-monitored member of the ing the richness of the culture is tan- Mayﬁeld, The New Orleans Jazz Or- JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart panel. tamount,” said Gabriella Morris, pres- chestra, Inc. (NOJO) has created a “NOJO is one hot band,” said ident of The Prudential Foundation. permanent national performing arts Lawrence Goldman, president and “Our support of the New Orleans Jazz and education organization that cel- CEO of The New Jersey Performing Orchestra is consistent with our com- ebrates America’s own native musical Arts Center. “We are delighted to have mitment to grow and protect our com- form, with roots in the birthplace of played a small role in ensuring that munities. The NOJO represents the jazz, New Orleans. JW ��

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jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 5 News Nominations for 48th Grammys Announced

of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) NEW YORK – Nominations for the Field 10 – Jazz Category 45 – Best Contemporary Jazz • Flow, Terence Blanchard (Blue Note Records) 48th Annual Grammy Awards have • Lyric, Billy Childs Ensemble (Lunacy Music/Art- been announced by The Recording Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time istshare) Academy. The nominations were an- of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) • Live At The House Of Tribes, Wynton Marsalis nounced at Gotham Hall in New York • Keystone, Dave Douglas (Greenleaf Music) (Blue Note Records) City on Dec. 8 and the event was at- • Soulgrass, Bill Evans (BHM Productions) • Beyond The Sound Barrier, Wayne Shorter tended by national and international • The Way Up, Pat Metheny Group (Nonesuch) Quartet (Verve) • The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance Of The Infidel, • What Now?, Kenny Wheeler With Dave Holland, media, as well as key music industry Chris Potter & John Taylor (CAM Jazz) executives. Meshell Ndegeocello (Shanachie Entertainment Corp.) Category 49 – Best Large Jazz Ensemble The 48th Annual Grammy Awards • Momentum, Joshua Redman Elastic Band Album will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 8, (Nonesuch) (For large jazz ensembles, including big band at Staples Center in Los Angeles and Category 46 – Best Jazz Vocal Album sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more once again will be broadcast live in (For albums containing 51% or more playing time INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) high-deﬁnition TV and 5.1 surround of VOCAL tracks.) • Overtime, Dave Holland Big Band (Sunnyside/ sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. • J’ai Deux Amours, Dee Dee Bridgewater Dare2) (Sovereign Artists) • A Blessing, John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble (ET/PT). (OmniTone) “As we celebrate the Grammys • Blueprint Of A Lady – Sketches Of Billie Holiday, Nnenna Freelon (Concord Jazz) • Live, The Bill Holman Band (Jazzed Media) coast-to-coast, this year’s nomina- • Good Night, And Good Luck., Dianne Reeves • I Am Three, Mingus Big Band, Orchestra & tions truly reﬂect a dynamic and vi- (Concord Jazz) Dynasty (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus Music) brant community of music makers • Duos II, Luciana Souza (Sunnyside) • Home Of My Heart, The Chris Walden Big Band that includes artists, producers, engi- • I’m With The Band, Tierney Sutton (Telarc Jazz) (Origin) neers, songwriters and everyone in- Category 47 – Best Jazz Instrumental Category 50 – Best Latin Jazz Album volved in the creative process,” said Solo (Vocal or Instrumental.) (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. • Time Was – Time Is, Ray Barretto (O Plus Neil Portnow, president of The Re- Music) cording Academy. “As this is the only Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears • Here And Now – Live In Concert, Caribbean music award that is voted on by music on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels (Concord makers, the Grammy continues to be name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles Picante) the preeminent symbol of excellence or Tracks only.) • ... And Sammy Walked In, Sammy Figueroa And and achievement as well as the most • “’Round Midnight”, Alan Broadbent, soloist; His Latin Jazz Explosion (Savant Records) • Listen Here!, Eddie Palmieri (Concord Picante) coveted demonstration of peer-rec- Track from: ’Round Midnight (Artistry Music) • Mulatos, Omar Sosa (Otá Records) ognition and honor. Once again, our • “Away”, Ravi Coltrane, soloist; Track from: In Field 12 – Latin highly respected process has delivered Flux (Savoy Jazz) • “The Source”, Herbie Hancock, soloist; Track Category 61 – Best Traditional Tropical a wealth of music and talent to spot- from: Flow (Terence Blanchard) (Blue Note Latin Album light on Feb. 8, 2006, during Music’s Records) (Vocal or Instrumental.) Biggest Night.” • “A Love Supreme – Acknowledgement”, • Una Noche Inolvidable, Afro-latin Jazz Orches- Nominations for recordings re- Branford Marsalis, soloist; Track from: Coltrane’s tra With Arturo O’Farrill (Palmetto Records Inc) leased during the Eligibility Year Oc- A Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam (Marsalis • Masters Of Cuban Son, Conjunto Progreso tober 1, 2004 through September 30, Music) (Pimienta Records Corp.) • “Why Was I Born?”, Sonny Rollins, soloist; 2005 in areas of interest to JazzWeek • Buena Vista Social Club Presents, Manuel Track from: Without A Song – The 9/11 Concert “Guajiro” Mirabal (Nonesuch) readers and jazz and smooth jazz radio (Milestone) • Tradición, Tropicana All Stars With Israel Kantor panel stations in the categories of jazz, Category 48 – Best Jazz Instrumental (Regu Records Corp.) Latin music, composing and arranging Album, Individual or Group • Bebo De Cuba, Bebo Valdés (Calle 54 Records) were as follows: (For albums containing 51% or more playing time continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 6 News

Grammy Nominations (continued) Field 23 – Composing/Arranging (Dana Landry); Track from: Journey Home (Sum- Category 85 – Best Instrumental Category 83 – Best Instrumental mit Records, Inc.) Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Composition Category 84 – Best Instrumental (An Arranger’s Award. Artist names appear in (A Composer’s Award for an original composition Arrangement parenthesis. Singles or Tracks only.) (not an adaptation) first released during the (An Arranger’s Award. Artist names appear in • “Can’t Buy Me Love”, John Clayton Jr. & David Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.) parenthesis. Singles or Tracks only.) Foster, arrangers (Michael Bublé); Track from: It’s • “Anakin’s Betrayal”, John Williams, composer • “Cherokee”, Chris Walden, arranger (The Chris Time (143 Records/Reprise) (John Williams & The London Symphony Orches- Walden Big Band); Track from: Home Of My Heart • “I Should Care”, Claus Ogerman, arranger tra and London Voices); Track from: Star Wars (Origin) (Diana Krall); Track from: A Man And His Music Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith – Soundtrack • “Do It Again”, Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Bill (Verve Records) (Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax) Cunliffe); Track from: Imaginación (Torii) • “Scary Things”, Don Hart, arranger (John Bindel • “The Ferry Scene”, John Williams, composer • “The Incredits”, Gordon Goodwin, arranger & Nashville Chamber Orchestra); Track from: Kid (John Williams); Track from: War Of The Worlds (Various Artists); Track from: The Incredibles Pan Alley (Nashville Chamber Orchestra) – Soundtrack (Decca) – Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records) • “Time To Smile”, Jorge Calandrelli, arranger • “The Incredits”, Michael Giacchino, composer • “Lullaby Of The Leaves”, John Clayton, arranger (Tony Bennett); Track from: The Art Of Romance (Various Artists); Track from: The Incredibles (The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra); Track (RPM Records/Columbia) – Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records) from: The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Live • “What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your • “Into The Light”, Billy Childs, composer (Billy At MCG (MCG Jazz) Life?”, Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira, Childs Ensemble); Track from: Lyric (Lunacy • “Scarborough Faire”, Billy Childs, arranger arrangers (Chris Botti & Sting) (Columbia Records) Music/Artistshare) (Billy Childs Ensemble); Track from: Lyric (Lunacy JW • “Journey Home”, Maria Schneider, composer Music/Artistshare)

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jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 7 News Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensembles Announced

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Twen- sity of Southern California Thorn- Music, Chatsworth, Calif.), Alto Pratik Dash (Franklin HS, Franklin, Tenn.), ty-nine talented high school students ton School of Music. The Ensembles Tenor have been selected for a position in the will then perform at various Grammy Charles Turner (Hamilton HS Academy of Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz En- Week Events including: Salute To Jazz Music, Carson, Calif.), Tenor sembles, it was announced today by (Feb. 3) and the Grammy Foundation’s Quentin Bethea (Northwest School of the the Grammy Foundation. Their selec- Preservation event (Feb. 4), as well as Arts, Charlotte, N.C.), Bass Harry McNamara (Cherry Creek HS, tion will launch them into the spotlight the WAVE Smooth Jazz Brunch at Englewood, Colo.), Bass surrounding the 48th Annual Grammy Spaghettini Italian Grill & Jazz Club 2006 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Awards, as well as provide the oppor- (Feb. 5), the Vic (Feb. 6) and record- Combo tunity to rehearse and perform in front ing sessions at Capitol Recording Stu- Yuma Sung (Valley Christian HS, Berkeley, of some of music’s biggest names. Gib- dios, courtesy of EMI Music. As a Calif.), Piano Billy Norris (Seminole HS, Seminole, Fla.), son Guitar and Baldwin Piano have grand ﬁnale, they will perform at the Bass partnered with The Grammy Founda- Grammy Pre-Telecast and Post-Tele- Cory Cox (MacArthur HS, Houston, Texas), tion to provide students an extraordi- cast Celebration ceremonies, as well Drums nary musical experience. as attend the 48th Annual Grammy 2006 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Band “The Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Awards on Feb. 8 as guests of The Re- Alex Han (Pinnacle HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.), Alto Sax Jazz Ensembles program continues to cording Academy. John Strasahl (Roosevelt HS, Seattle, Wash.), provide a once-in-a-lifetime experi- The selectees to the Gibson/Bald- Alto Sax ence to talented high school singers win Grammy Jazz Ensembles are el- Eli Bennett (Home Schooled, Vancouver, and instrumentalists,” said Grammy igible for more than $2 million in B.C.), Tenor Sax Foundation and Recording Academy college scholarships. This is made pos- Matt Chiasson (Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS, New York, N.Y.), Tenor Sax President Neil Portnow. “This out- sible thru the Grammy Foundation’s Michael Sherman (New World School of the standing opportunity to meet and play college partners: Berklee College of Arts, Miami Beach, Fla.), Baritone Sax with peer musicians from across the Music, USC Thornton School of Mu- Dylan Smith (Edmonds-Woodway HS, country brings together future music, New School University, and Man- Edmonds, Wash.), Trumpet sic makers who also receive a chance hattan School of Music. As a result Billy Buss (Berkeley HS, Berkeley, Calif.), Trumpet to perform with Grammy-nominated of their participation in the Gibson/ Kyle Athayde (Acalanes HS, Orinda, Calif.), artists and participate in many Gram- Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensembles ev- Trumpet my Week events. These extraordinary ery program applicant and their high Aaron Kleinstub (Kenston HS, Chagrin Falls, young musicians are able to experi- school will receive music product from OH), Trumpet ence the power and possibility of mu- MakeMusic!, including subscriptions Greg Diaz (L.A. Co. HS for the Arts, Whittier, sic ﬁrst-hand.” to SmartMusic, the complete music Calif.), Trumpet Tim Craig (Gates Chili HS, Rochester, N.Y.), This year, Gibson Guitar and Bald- practice system by MakeMusic!. Ad- Trombone win Piano again have teamed up with ditionally, the school of each select- Rustom Jehangir (Community HS Dist. 99 the Grammy Foundation to sponsor ee will receive a professional cymbal North, Downers Grove, Ill.), Trombone the 2006 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy courtesy of the Zildjian Company. Stephanie Baird (Pacific Crest Community Jazz Ensembles. The International As- Selectees to the 2006 Gibson/ Sch., Beaverton, Ore.), Trombone Todd Eames (Roosevelt HS, Seattle, Wash.), sociation for Jazz Education (IAJE) Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensembles, are Trombone provides the outreach to the music ed- listed by each student’s name, home- David Rosenthal (Longmeadow HS, ucation community. town, school, and instrument or voice: Longmeadow, Mass.), Guitar 2006 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Choir Sylvester Sands (Amity Senior HS, Orange, The students, who represent 27 cit- Julia Easterlin (Davidson Fine Arts Academy, ies, 17 states, will travel to Los Ange- Conn.), Piano Augusta, Ga.), Soprano Jeff Picker (Arts & Communications les for a weeklong musical adventure Morgan Mallory (Lincoln-Way East HS, Academy, Beaverton, Ore.), Bass under the direction of Justin DiCioc- Frankfurt, Ill.), Soprano Alexander Bailey (Sumner Academy of Arts & cio of the Manhattan School of Music Nadia Washington (Booker T. Washington Sciences, Kansas City, Kan.), Drums HSPVA, Dallas, Texas), Alto and Dr. Ron McCurdy of the Univer- Katie Thiroux (Hamilton HS Academy of JW jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 8 News Heads Up Inks Deal With Pianist Bobby Lyle

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Heads Up has such a diversity of styles through- Benson. He followed this with exten- International has signed an exclusive out its roster,” said Lyle. “Also, Heads sive tours with Bette Midler, Al Jar- deal with pianist Bobby Lyle, whose Up has a president who’s accessible and reau and Anita Baker (all as musical debut recording will be released on interactive with the artists. Dave Love director). A recording deal with At- May 23, 2006. Throughout his three has a really progressive vision of how lantic Records in 1988 spawned six al- decade career, the songwriter/produc- this music should be marketed.” bums in nine years, including The Jour- er/ arranger has developed an interna- Bobby Lyle was born in Mem- ney, which became a No. 1 jazz album tional reputation not only for his daz- phis, Tenn., and started studying pi- in 1990. zling piano technique, but also for his ano at age six when his family moved Lyle continued to tour with his versatility and ability to constantly re- to Minneapolis. After moving to Los own bands as well as with Midler. He invent himself. Angeles in 1974, he began a nine- received an Emmy nomination for his “We’re very pleased to start a rela- month tour with Sly and the Family musical direction on her HBO Spe- tionship with Bobby,” said Dave Love, Stone, and later a stint with the Ron- cial, “Diva Las Vegas,” in 1997. Lyle’s President of Heads Up International. nie Laws Band. This led to a meet- 2002 album, Joyful, peaked at No. 8 “Bobby is such an incredible pianist, ing with Wayne Henderson of the on Billboard’s contemporary jazz chart and he plays with ease across a wide Jazz Crusaders who took him to Cap- and his 2004 release, Straight and range of jazz. He’s also a great com- itol Records for his first solo record- Smooth, became the first album in his- poser and arranger who has much to ing deal in 1977. After three albums, tory to appear on Billboard’s contem- offer.” �� Lyle returned to the touring circuit, porary jazz and traditional jazz charts “I’m very happy to be on a label that hitting the road in 1981 with George simultaneously. JW

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jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 9 News 2006 Jazz Master Valade Endows Detroit Fest John Levy Presents Vocal Legacy DETROIT – Music Hall Center for Mack Avenue Records will serve as PASADENA, Calif. – By age 93 most people the Performing Arts announced that major sponsors of a new Jazz concert would have retired, but this jazz bassist two newly formed funding organiza- series that will be held at Music Hall turned talent manager is not most people. tions, the Gretchen C. Valade Endow- during the course of each year. More For the past 50 years, jazz luminaries ment for the Arts and the Detroit In- details regarding the new Music Hall have looked to John Levy for management ternational Jazz Festival Foundation, Jazz series will be announced later. and career guidance – Nancy Wilson, Joe will provide a $10 million endowment “I am delighted with these devel- Williams, Shirley Horn to name just a few. Not only is Levy being honored next month to ensure the continuation and growth opments,” said Alex L. Parrish, Chair- with a National Endowment for the Arts of one of Detroit’s most beloved sig- man of the Board of Music Hall. “This Jazz Master Fellowship, but that same nature cultural events for decades to is a real step forward for Music Hall weekend he will present his latest project, come. and the Detroit International Jazz Fes- Vocal Legacy, featuring Henry Johnson The new festival foundation is al- tival, but also for the City of Detroit and Clairdee, in their debut performance ready planning a larger, more expand- and our area. Gretchen Valade is show- on Jan. 14 at IAJE’s annual conference in ed 2006 Detroit International Jazz ing the kind of generosity and commu- New York City. Festival that will build upon the un- nity leadership that I hope will serve as Said Levy, “I remember when you precedented success of the 2005 festi- a model to many others who also have could clearly understand all the lyrics and every song was a story. With the distorted val. The 2006 festival will take place in the capacity to make our community creation of Smooth Jazz, now all you hear downtown Detroit Labor Day week- a stronger, more vibrant place to live is the same repetitious pabulum that’s end, Sept. 1-4, 2006. and work.” aired on commercial radio stations, and The new festival foundation will Music Hall and the 2005 Jazz this is not the legacy of the jazz genre. I’m provide staffing for nearly all aspects of Fest’s title sponsor, Mack Avenue offering traditional jazz vocals by younger festival activities including program- Records, a Detroit-based jazz label artists, with a contemporary edgy style to ming, marketing, sponsorship and op- owned by Gretchen Valade, partnered prove that those days of great music are erations. The transference of the day- this year to present the most critically not gone. What I have packaged, and titled to-day responsibilities of the Jazz Fest acclaimed and best attended Jazz Fest Vocal Legacy, is a new twist on the classic jazz standards.” to the foundations will enable Music ever. The event featured four stages of When Vocal Legacy takes the stage, Hall to concentrate its efforts on pro- jazz on Hart Plaza, two stages of Mo- backed by a small combo known as the gramming theatre, dance, concerts town, rhythm & blues and gospel at Legacy Ensemble their performance will and educational programs in the his- stages on Jefferson Avenue/Wood- include duets as well as solo selections toric venue. Although the new festi- ward Avenue and Campus Martius from their respective CDs - Henry val foundation will now be responsi- Park. Attendance over the Labor Day Johnson’s Organic (featuring Grammy- ble for producing the festival, Music weekend was estimated at one million winning song stylist Nancy Wilson) and Hall will continue its participation in people – nearly doubling the crowds of Clairdee’s recently released Music Moves, the festival by continuing to manage previous years. recorded live at Yoshi’s. the youth education aspects of the fes- Since 1928, Music Hall has pro- Levy, the great-grandson of Louisiana slaves, was born in New Orleans in 1912 tival, including programming scholas- vided diverse cultural and educational and is considered to be the first black tic bands (400 student musicians) and programming to the people of south- talent manager in jazz and popular music. overseeing educational outreach op- eastern Michigan. In addition to out- The roster managed by Levy over portunities. In addition, a number of standing concerts, Music Hall presents the past 50 years includes more than Music Hall trustees and other com- Broadway style musicals and plays, 85 artists, eight of whom are already munity members will assist the Jazz world class modern dance and related NEA Jazz Masters: Betty Carter, Herbie Fest by serving on the festival founda- educational activities in an intimate, Hancock, Shirley Horn, Ahmad Jamal, tion’s general advisory committee. beautiful setting that provides excel- Abby Lincoln, Billy Taylor, Joe Williams, As part of its further partnership lent sightlines and near perfect acous- and Nancy Wilson; and one more, Freddie Hubbard, who will join the ranks with him with Music Hall, the Gretchen C. tics. Music Hall is a 501 C 3 not-for- in 2006. JW Valade Endowment for the Arts and profit organization. JW jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 10 News Birthdays December 27 Frank Wess (1922) Bunk Johnson (1889) John McLaughlin (1942) December 19 Booty Wood (1919) Eugene Chadbourne (1954) Bob Brookmeyer (1929) Walter Norris (1931) Bobby Timmons (1935) January 5 December 28 Wild Bill Davison (1906) December 20 Earl “Fatha” Hines (1903) Dizzy Reece (1931) Larry Willis (1940) Ed Thigpen (1930) Jerry Gonzalez (1949) December 21 Lonnie Liston Smith (1940) January 6 Panama Francis (1918) Michel Petrucciani (1962) Barry Altschul (1943) Hank Crawford (1934) David Berkman (1964) John Hicks (1941) January 7 December 29 Henry Allen (1908) December 22 Snub Mosley (1905) Chano Pozo (1915) Joe Lee Wilson (1935) Joe Lovano (1952) Sam Woodyard (1925) December 23 December 30 Kenny Davern (1935) Chet Baker (1929) Jack Montrose (1928) January 9 Frank Morgan (1933) Wolfgang Dauner (1935) Kenny Clarke (1914) December 24 December 31 Betty Roche (1920) Baby Dodds (1898) John Kirby (1908) Bucky Pizzarelli (1926) Cladys “Jabbo” Smith (1908) Jonah Jones (1909) January 10 Ray Bryant (1931) January 1 Max Roach (1924) Chris McGregor (1936) Israel Crosby (1919) Waymon Reed (1940) Woody Shaw (1944) Milt Jackson (1923) Mike Stern (1954) Ralph Moore (1956) Susannah McCorkle (1946) January 11 December 25 T. C. Pfeilier (1958) Wilbur de Paris (1900) Kid Ory (1890) January 2 Tab Smith (1909) Cab Calloway (1907) Arthur Prysock (1929) Chris Woods (1925) January 12 Bob James (1939) January 3 Trummy Young (1912) Ronnie Cuber (1941) John Jenkins (1931) Jay McShann (1916) James Carter (1969) Ronald Shannon Jackson (1940) December 26 January 4 Olu Dara (1941) Monty Budwig (1929) George Duke (1946) John Scofield (1951) Frankie Newton (1906) Cassandra Wilson (1955) Slim Gaillard (1916)

jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 11 Artist Q&A: Joe Locke

here’s very little need to explain why our last Q&A of the year is with vibraphonist Joe Locke. His Rev-elation (Sharp Nine) Thas been perched at the top of the Jazz Chart for ﬁve weeks now, and deservedly so – it’s a heartfelt live tribute to his idol Milt Jackson done with Jackson’s ﬁnal working band. – Tad Hendrickson

JazzWeek: What does Milt Jackson’s work mean to now versus perhaps what first attracted you to it? Joe Locke: As I said in the album liner notes, what comes through in Milt’s playing is his genius. His incredible harmonic and melodic inventiveness and the genius of that. Also, his humanity comes through deeply, which is even more important. Milt was also one of the few sound innovators – and by sound innovator I mean that he actu- ally changed the sound of his instrument and how people after him played it. He even changed how people who came before him played. He used to do things to the electric motor to slow it down and make the vibrato have a more vocal sound. When you do something like that, such an act of will as breaking a motor so what is in your head can be heard is the act of a creative genius. Chang- ing the size of his mallets to get that sound that now everyone has. His contribution has been immense. As an improviser, he took the language of bebop created by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Bud Powell and suc- cessfully translated it to the vibraphone. That is what you think now. What about when you first heard him? He sounded so damn good. What’s not to like? When I first heard that sound I was attracted to it. I probably didn’t know it at the time, but I was attracted to the fluency of his playing. This album is just rocking the chart. You have to happy that radio is responding to it. I’m really happy with how people are responding to the record. I scratch my continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 12 Artist Q&A: Joe Locke (continued)

head when I think about why the record is doing so well. But when I think of an answer, the only one I come up with is that it’s a tribute to an iconic fig- ure in this music. And I think it’s a real swinging affair – it’s really something coming straight out of the jazz tradition. It’s also a live recording and some of the ambiance of Ronny Scott’s is felt on it. Why the band and why take them to Ronny Scott’s? I was asked by Mike LeDonne, who was Bags’ musical director for the last 11 years of his life, to join Mickey Roker, Bob Cranshaw and himself for a week- Going from a end at Smoke [a club on the Upper West Side of Manhattan]. Since that was Milt’s band for the last 11 years of his life, I was of course honored to do it. I little kid who went in and did the weekend and everybody really seemed to enjoy themselves. plays this weird Were you doing Jackson’s tunes then? instrument to Yeah we were doing his repertoire. The gig was done with the intent of it being a tribute to Milt Jackson. I learned a lot of Milt’s tunes on top of the ones I al- where it’s taken ready knew and it was a ball to play them with Mickey, Bob and Mike. And I had a good relationship with Ronnie Scott’s for years so when it went so well at me is a really Smoke I wanted to keep it rolling, so I was able to bring the group into Ron- “beautiful ride. nie Scott’s for a week. Milt and Ronnie Scott’s also had a connection because Milt had played there many many times. He was good friends with Ronnie and Pete King, and his picture was up on the walls. So when I broached this with Pete King, he opened his book and asked: “When can we do this thing?” So we decided to record live because Ronnie’s is a great place to record live and they have an in-house studio. It was just a no-brainer. We were gonna lay it down and figured if we got anything we’d put it out. And we got something we liked. [Laughs] Was it intimidating to do something like this? It’s kind of like being the stand-in. I brought my understanding of Milt Jackson; I brought as much of myself to it as I could; I brought as much of my love and reverence to Milt Jackson as I could. Of course, it’s intimidating to think about filling the shoes of Milt Jack- son, which I believe no one can do. As to how well I acquitted myself is up to the listener. Well, I think the jury is in and you got the big thumbs up. That’s so nice. I’d like to express my thanks to JazzWeek, jazz radio and to the listeners who have been supporting this record. It’s definitely, as you said before, a good feeling to see it do so well. With a week’s run at the club, is there a chance of releasing more music from that gig? We only recorded two nights and I think that we really recorded the best stuff from those two nights. For me, when people release more material from the can that didn’t come out in the first place, that a lot of the time (of course, this continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 13 Artist Q&A: Joe Locke (continued)

isn’t always the case) the stuff that was originally left in the can should have stayed in the can. There were other tunes that I would definitely liked to have seen make the cut, but we wanted to keep it at a 60-minute length. I wanted the listener to feel like hearing it again at the end, rather than wondering when it was going to end. I completely agree. There are too many long records since the advent of the CD. This may belie my age, but I was staying with a friend who had a turntable and a lot of great vinyl. It gave me this great feeling of listening to 18 minutes of great music, standing up, and then flip the LP over, go and get a drink, and then sit down and listen to the other side. It really gave me the feeling of wanting to hear it from the beginning again. You were in the area of a 35-to-40-minute experience and I think that there is really something positive about that. A Love Supreme is 33 minutes. Does it need any more? No, absolutely not. I think it kind of does the trick. [laughs] Vibes. It’s not exactly the first instrument that people pick out: They’re big and not a lot of people play them. How did you end up playing them? Well I’m not the first person to say this, but I think that the instrument kind of finds you. My mother saw an ad in the newspaper for one – it was a couple hundred bucks and she got them. We got them home and I started tin- kering with them and never stopped. Sometimes I joke when I’m moving them that in my next life I’m going to come back as a flute player, but the fact of the matter is I really feel that I found my voice on the vibraphone. I’m really excited right now because I’m going Amsterdam to approve some of the design work with Nico vanderPlas of vanderPlas Vibraphones, which is really the best vibraphone being made today. He’s creating a Joe Locke signature vibraphone. Wow, what an honor. It’s really awesome. Going from a little kid who plays this weird instrument to where it’s taken me is a really beautiful ride. I joke about picking the flute if I come back again as a human being, but really I think I’d pick the vibraphone all over again. JW

jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 14 Reviews and Picks

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Our New Orleans (Nonesuch) A Celebration Of New Orleans Music (Marsalis Our New Orleans is not the first benefit CD to hit in the af- Music) termath of Katrina, but in typical Nonesuch fashion, this A Celebration Of New Orleans Music doesn’t have the pack- one for Habitat For Humanity is a treat because of top-notch age of great photos and thoughtful essays that Our New packaging and a wide variety of new recordings that range Orleans has, but this benefit disc for MusiCares Hurricane from well-known artists like Dr. John and Allan Toussaint to such lower-pro- Relief 2005 doesn’t skimp on the music. It’s a compilation file folk as the soul- of previously recorded material (taken from Rounder’s huge ful Charlie Mill- catalog) that has some of the same people as above (Dirty er and Carol Fran. Dozen, Irma Thomas, Davell Crawford) but leans more A strength of this towards the City’s raucous and funky vibe, ranging from collection is that it Branford Marsalis’s jazz tunes to Mardi Gras tunes to brass pulls new ideas out bands to the mod- of established art- ern hotfoot gum- ists: soul sister Irma bo of New Orleans Thomas does an earthy nod to Bes- jazz-blues-R&B- sie Smith on “Back rock. Such off the Water Blues,” while beaten tracks as the usually uproar- Al Johnson’s “It’s ious Buckwheat Zydeco backed by an all-star band (in- Carnival Time,” cluding Ry Cooder and Jim Dickenson) performs a long Professor Long- bluesy elegy on “Cryin’ In The Streets.” Of course, New hair’s “Cuttin Orleans is the home to Dixieland jazz and clarinetist Dr. Out” and Jelly Roll Michael White and Preservation Hall Jazz Band are two of Morton’s “I’m Al- the city’s finest proponents of the music. Perhaps in tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, there are several rollicking solo tracks abama Bound” are here that not only make for good segues on the CD but are all blasts from the past. Aaron Neville and Johnny Adams strong performances from Carol Fran, Eddie Bo and Allan lead a stunning a capella version “Never Alone” that is near Toussaint; nonetheless, it’s Charlie Miller’s haunting trum- straight up gospel and an uplifting closer to the collection. pet and voice version of “Prayer For New Orleans” that best All in all, pure and unfiltered look into the Crescent City’s captures the isolation, pain and tragedy Katrina wrought past and present music scene. upon the city. Miller’s song is a poignant reminder that this – Tad Hendrickson is more than mere music for a benefit CD – it’s an indige- Contact: John Cain nous art form that will now be part of the healing process, Phone: (617) 218-4504 Email: [email protected] as will all New Orleans music in the days to come. Add Date: Now – Tad Hendrickson Release Date: Out Contact: Jane Dashow Phone: (212) 679-1445 Email: [email protected] Add Date: Now Release Date: Out (continued) jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 15 Live: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Perhaps the LCJO should consider a recording of The Nut- cracker, adding other material such as Temperley’s basso pro- Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 12 fondo performance with the rhythm section of “The Christ- THE LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA featuring Wynton mas Song” or the adaptation McCoy Tyner’s arrangement Marsalis ended a four-city tour featuring Duke Ellington for Coltrane of “Greensleeves” (or “What Child Is This”) and Billy Strayhorn’s adaptation of The Nutcracker Suite with from the group’s first set. a performance at the Eastman School of Music’s Eastman The evening began with a bit of a surprise. Undoubt- Theatre. The group performed all nine movements of the edly few in the theatre noticed when Wycliffe Gordon ar- Ellington adaptation of Tchiakovsky’s work, with Marsalis rived just a couple of minutes before show time. In town explaining the genesis of the titles of each of the renamed for a club gig a couple of blocks away, Gordon was seated pieces and providing background on the Ellington band. in the first row when Marsalis spotted him during his solo A highlight of the suite was Walter Blanding’s swag- in Monk’s “Oscar T,” walked to that part of the stage and gering approach to the part written for Paul Gonsalves in played to Gordon. The trombonist took out his horn and “Dance of the Sugar Rum Cherry,” named for the love of traded fours with Marsalis, to the delight and maybe be- spirits some of the Ellington roster had. (“They were ‘spiri- wilderment of the audience. Temperley followed Marsalis’ tual’ guys,” Marsalis quipped. ) Playing prominent roles in lead and did the same. several movements were Joe Temperley – the group’s last The performance was a benefit for the Lifetime Assis- remaining tie to the Ellington orchestra – on baritone sax tance Foundation, which benefits children and adults with and bass clarinet and Victor Goines on clarinet, especially developmental disabilities. Marsalis was presented its Life- on “Toot Toot Tootie Toot,” the adaptation of “Dance of time Inspiration Award. Past winners include Maya An- the Reed Pipes.” Overall, the LCJO’s performance of the gelou, Itzhak Perlman, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Bob suite was a bit crisper and punchier, and the solos more Dole, and Ray Charles. contemporary than the 1960 Ellington recording, which – Ed Trefzger was reissued on CD by Columbia on Three Suites in 1990. ��

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Joe Locke/Milt Jackson Tribute Band Goes 5 for 5

Nonesuch’s Our New Orleans 2005 is Most Added

ibraphonist Joe Locke and the Milt Jackson Tribute Band make it five Vweeks straight at No. 1 with Rev-elation (Sharp Nine), a live album recorded at Ronnie Scott’s, featuring Mike LeDonne, Bob Cranshaw, and Mickey Roker. The release adds two stations and 60 spins to boot. (Joe is interviewed on page 12.) Most added this week is the Nonesuch benefit compilation Our New Orleans 2005, added on 29 stations. (Review, page 15.) Rev-elation (Sharp Nine),by Joe Locke and the That CD debuted at No. 17 and also had the Milt Jackson Tribute Band, is at No. 1 for a fifth biggest increase in airplay, picking up 154 week, with airplay on 63 stations. plays in its first week at radio.

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Our New Orleans 2005 (Nonesuch) was added on 29 jazz stations and picked up 154 spins, debut- ing at No. 17. jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 18 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Dec. 19, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Tribute Band Rev-elation Sharp Nine 368 308 60 8 68 2 2 2 4 2 Houston Person All Soul HighNote 307 302 5 7 61 0 3 7 3 1 Brad Mehldau Day Is Done Nonesuch 255 217 38 11 63 1 4 4 6 3 Clayton Brothers Back In The Swing Of Things Hyena Records 241 242 -1 8 58 1 5 5 7 4 Mike LeDonne Night Song Savant 237 231 6 8 51 1 6 5 9 5 The Great Jazz Trio ‘S Wonderful 441 Records 220 231 -11 6 54 4 7 3 2 2 Dianne Reeves Good Night and Good Luck [Soundtrack] Concord 217 253 -36 9 51 1 8 9 10 8 Jimmy Ponder What’s New HighNote 209 209 0 8 52 0 9 8 5 5 Robert Glasper Canvas Blue Note 202 213 -11 8 49 0 10 13 17 10 Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ 196 163 33 5 48 1 10 14 15 10 Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories Savant 196 156 40 4 52 2 12 17 16 12 Alan Broadbent ‘Round Midnight Artistry 172 141 31 9 48 1 13 10 8 8 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar Sony 169 208 -39 9 35 1 13 11 12 1 Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time Mack Avenue 169 190 -21 15 48 1 13 12 14 12 Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra w/ Wynton Don’t be afraid... the music of Charles Palmetto 169 166 3 6 51 1 Marsalis Mingus 16 16 11 11 Julius Tolentino Just The Beginning Sharp Nine 164 149 15 7 48 2 17 NR NR 17 Various Artists Our New Orleans 2005 Nonesuch 154 NR 154 1 29 29 18 23 12 1 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall Blue Note 148 129 19 12 45 1 19 25 26 19 Chris Botti To Love Again Sony 145 126 19 7 29 1 19 15 21 12 Trio da Paz Somewhere Blue Toucan Music 145 151 -6 11 36 1 21 17 20 17 Various Artists Higher Ground : Hurricane Relief Benefit Blue Note 144 141 3 4 49 3 21 24 19 2 Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring The Battle: Live at Smoke HighNote 144 127 17 15 34 1 23 19 28 19 Wallace Roney Mystikal HighNote 138 135 3 5 48 2 24 25 39 24 Donald Harrison New York Cool Half Note Records 126 126 0 5 38 3 25 27 32 25 Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band Rumba Buhaina - The Music of Art Blakey Random Chance 118 111 7 6 35 1 and The Jazz Messengers 26 20 30 16 Barbara Morrison Live @The Dakota Dakota Live Label 106 134 -28 7 38 0 26 32 36 26 Hendrik Meurkens Amazon River Blue Toucan Music 106 102 4 14 33 1 28 35 26 26 Bill Ransom Generations Bongo Time Records 105 89 16 4 29 1 29 29 25 25 Richie Hart Greasy Street Zoho Music 102 107 -5 9 37 3 29 NR NR 4 Dave Valentin World on a String HighNote 102 60 42 19 32 2 31 39 40 24 Bebo Valdés Bebo De Cuba Calle 54 99 80 19 6 36 4 32 20 18 6 Shirley Horn But Beautiful ... The Best of Shirley Horn Verve Music Group 98 134 -36 8 44 0 32 NR NR 32 Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy Blue Note 98 42 56 1 25 18 34 28 35 28 Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Music Group 97 108 -11 5 33 2 35 NR NR 35 Jane Monheit The Season Epic 93 59 34 1 36 18 36 30 36 20 Tineke Postma For The Rhythm 215/Munich Records 91 104 -13 6 39 3 36 48 NR 14 Charlie Haden Music Liberation Orchestra Not in our Name Verve Music Group 91 69 22 14 32 2 38 33 24 4 Poncho Sanchez Do It! Concord Picante 90 96 -6 18 37 1 39 37 33 5 Nneena Freelon Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Future Concord Records 89 87 2 18 34 1 Life of Billie Holiday 40 NR NR 40 Diana Krall Christmas Songs Verve Music Group 88 32 56 1 9 4 41 31 30 6 Wynton Marsalis Amongst the People: Live at the House of Blue Note 86 103 -17 15 34 0 Tribes 42 41 23 2 Tierney Sutton I’m with the Band Telarc 84 78 6 15 32 1 43 NR NR 43 Radam Schwartz Conspiracy For Positivity Blue Ark Records 82 62 20 1 27 8 44 47 47 34 Jonathan Kreisberg Unearth Mel Bay 81 70 11 9 30 3 45 40 44 40 Willie Martinez Family Cuch Be Witcha Productions 78 79 -1 7 28 0 45 43 NR 43 Dr. John & The Lower 911 Sippiana Hericane Blue Note 78 75 3 2 28 6 45 NR 50 1 The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Live At MCG MCG Jazz 78 45 33 23 30 2 48 42 38 14 Dee Dee Bridgewater J’ai Deux Amours Sovereign Artists 75 77 -2 11 28 0 48 44 46 32 Marc Johnson Shades of Jade ECM 75 74 1 10 28 1 50 34 29 29 Mark Murphy Once To Every Heart Verve Music Group 73 92 -19 6 28 1

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Various Artists Our New Orleans 2005 (Nonesuch) +29 Various Artists Our New Orleans 2005 (Nonesuch) +154 Marlon Jordan w/ Stephanie Jordan You Don’t Know What Love Is Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note) +18 Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Tribute Band Rev-elation (Louisiana Red Hot Records) Frank Sinatra w/ Tommy Dorsey The Essential ... (Bluebird/Legacy) Jane Monheit The Season (Epic) +18 (Sharp Nine) +60 Deanna Witkowski Length of Days (Artist Share) Moacir Santos Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music) +14 Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note) +56 E.S.T. Viaticum (215 Records) Dave Douglas Keystone (Greenleaf Music) +12 Diana Krall Christmas Songs (Verve Music Group) +56 Don Menza Menza Lines (Jazzed Media) David Leonhardt Jazz Group I’ll Be Home For Christmas Dave Valentin World on a String (HighNote) +42 Moacir Santos Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music) (Self Released) +12 Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories (Savant) +40 Bobo Stenson Goodbye (ECM) Steve Kuhn Trio Quiéreme Mucho (Sunnyside/Venus) Eddie Higgins Trio Christmas Songs (Sunnyside) Bujo Kevin Jones Tenth World (Motema) jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 19 Jazz Radio Adds Here are upcoming add dates for new releases, and add dates that have passed during the last few weeks. This listing was current as of press time.

November 14, 2005 January 24, 2006 SLAMMIN all-body band – SLAMMIN all-body band (Crosspulse Larry Goldings – Quartet (Palmetto) Records) February 2, 2006 Pieranunzi/Baron/Johnson – Play Morricone (2-CD) (CAM Jazz/ Mark Colby – Speaking of Stan (Hallway Records) Sunnyside) Steve Kuhn Trio – Quiereme Mucho (Sunnyside/Venus) February 7, 2006 Tonic Vintage Vocals – It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Man Swings (SKM Chick Corea – The Ultimate Adventure (Stretch) Creative, Inc.) February 14, 2006 Joel Harrison – Harrison on Harrison (HighNote) Doris Day – The Love Album (Feinery) Rodney Jones – Dreams and Stories (Savant) George Cotsirilos – On The Rebop (OA2 Records) Jane Monheit – The Season (Epic Records) Sergio Mendes – Timeless (Concord Records/Starbuck Hear Music) Moacir Santos – Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music) February 28, 2006 November 15, 2005 Marian McPartland – Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Shirley Deanna Witkowski – Length Of Days (Artist Share) Horn (The Jazz Alliance) Alex Graham – The Good Life (Origin Records) March 21, 2006 BOX – Ten Variations on an Unknown Theme (Origin Records) Joey DeFrancesco – Title TBD (Concord Jazz) November 16, 2005 March 28, 2006 Elissa Lala – Touch Of Your Voice – New Takes On Chet Baker Karrin Allyson – Footprints (Concord Jazz) (Omnitone) April 4, 2006 November 21, 2005 Christian Scott – Rewind This (Concord Jazz) Nia Quintet – End Of Time (BluJazz) Erin Boheme – What Is Love (Concord Jazz) Diana Krall – Christmas Songs (Verve) Marian McPartland – Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with John Marlon Jordan w/ Stephanie Jordan – You Don’t Know What Love Is Medeski (The Jazz Alliance) (Louisianna Red Hot) Taylor Eigsti – Lucky To Be Me (Concord Jazz) November 25, 2005 April 18, 2006 Lev Polyakin – Christmas Kaleidoscope (Mira Recordings) Ben Allison – New Quartet (Palmetto) November 28, 2005 May 16, 2006 Eddie Higgins – Christmas Songs (Sunnyside) Dr. Lonnie Smith – TBA (Palmetto) November 30, 2005 July 11, 2006 Greta Matassa – Favorites From a Long Walk (Origin Records) Frank Kimbrough – Play (Palmetto) December 5, 2005 Various Artists – Our New Orleans (Nonesuch) January 12, 2006 Bob Lark – Until You (Hallway Records) January 17, 2006 Brent Jensen – Trios (Origin Records) John Bishop – Nothing If Not Something (Origin Records) Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra – Sacred Music of Duke Ellington (Origin Records) Upper Left Trio – Sell Your Soul Side (Origin Records)

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And Sammy Walked In Savant Bob Boguslaw & The Way Gabrielle’s Hand Summit Explosion Bona Fide Soul Lounge Heads Up Bob Florence Friends, Treasures, Heroes Summit Chris Botti To Love Again Sony Yves François Blues For Hawk Delmark BOX (Binder/Weber/Ulrich) Ten Variations on an Unknown Origin Records The Frank & Joe Show 66 2/3 Hyena Records Theme Nneena Freelon Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Concord Records Joshua Breakstone Memoire: The French Sessions, Capri Future Life of Billie Holiday Vol. 2 The Don Friedman VIP Trio Timeless 441 / Village Dee Dee Bridgewater J’ai Deux Amours Sovereign Artists Bill Frisell East/West Nonesuch Alan Broadbent ‘Round Midnight Artistry Tia Fuller Pillar Of Strength Wambutia Anthony Brown’s Orchestra Rhapsodies Water Baby Gabin Mr. Freedom Astralworks Michael Buble It’s Time 143 Records/Reprise Richard Galliano Ruby, My Dear Dreyfus Jazz Alex Budman & The Contemporary Instruments Of Mass Pleasure OA2 Records Garage a Trois Outre Mer [Original Soundtrack] Telarc Jazz Orchestra Cadwallader, Asetta & Dixson Quicker Than The Eye Stanza USA Sara Gazarek Yours Native Language Neil Caine Backstabber’s Ball Smalls Records Terry Gibbs Feelin’ Good: Live In Studio Mack Avenue Will Calhoun Native Lands Half Note Records David Gibson The Path To Delphi Nagel Heyer Royce Campbell Plays For Lovers Moon Cycle Records Gilfema Gilfema Obliqsound Gerald Cannon Gerald Cannon Woodneck Records Richard Glaser Band That’s Okay Richard Glaser Music Kenny Carr Friday at Five TAS Management Robert Glasper Canvas Blue Note James Carter Organ Trio Out Of Nowhere Half Note Records Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Rumba Buhaina - The Music of Art Random Chance Band Blakey and The Jazz Messengers James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Gold Sounds Brown Brothers Gospel Keyboard Trio Heavenly Keys The Sirens Record- Jackson & Reginald Veal ings Philip Catherine Meeting Colors Dreyfus Alex Graham The Good Life Origin Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The Blue Note The Great Jazz Trio ‘S Wonderful 441 Records American Soul Bill Charlap and Sandy Stewart Love Is Here To Stay Blue Note George Gruntz Piano Works II: Ringing The ACT Luminator Buddy Charles We’re Here Jazzed Media Roland Guerin Groove, Swings And Harmony II Jazz Maniacs Billy Childs Lyric Lunacy Music Charlie Haden Music Liberation Not in our Name Verve Music Group Cintron Back in the Day ARK 21 Orchestra City Rhythm Orchestra Vibrant Tones Limehouse Records Jim Hall & Enrico Pieranunzi Duologues CAM Jazz/Sunnyside Clairdee Music Moves Sin-Drome Herbie Hancock Possibilities Vector Recordings Ken Clark Organ Trio Mutual Respect Severn Curt Hanrahan To Be Again Blujazz Clayton Brothers Back In The Swing Of Things Hyena Records Donald Harrison New York Cool Half Note Records The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Live At MCG MCG Jazz Joel Harrison Harrison On Harrison HighNote Orchestra Richie Hart Greasy Street Zoho Music Hilary Noble and Rebecca Cline Enclave Zoho Music Steve Heckman Live At Yoshi’s World City Evita Cobo Invitation Self Released Stockton Helbing Lodestar Self Released Tim Coffman Crossroads Blujazz Nachito Herrera Bembe en Mi Casa SF Music Mark Colby Speaking of Stan Hallway Records Eddie Higgins Trio Christmas Songs Sunnyside Freddy Cole This Love Of Mine HighNote Lisa Hilton My Favorite Things Ruby Slippers Richie Cole & The Alto Madness Back On Top Jazz Excursion Productions Orchestra Holly Hoffman Minor Miracle Capri Common Ground High Voltage Delmark Stan Hope Put On A Happy Face Savant Harry Connick Jr. Occasion Marsalis Music/ JC Hopkins Biggish Band Underneath a Brooklyn Moon Tigerlily Records Rounder Records Gloria Cooper Dedicated To You Origin Shirley Horn But Beautiful ... The Best of Shirley Verve Music Group Horn Hornheads Fat Lip Bone 2B Wild Music jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 21 Jazz Radio Currents

Ted Howe Elton Exposed: Revealing The Jazz Summit Mingus Big Band/Orchestra/Dynasty I Am Three Sunnyside Soul Of Elton John The Mizell Brothers Mizell Blue Note Sherman Irby Faith BWR Modern Traditions Ensemble New Old Music Adventure Music Javon Jackson Have You Heard Palmetto Jane Monheit The Season Epic Ahmad Jamal After Fajr Dreyfus Jazz Thelonious Monk Quartet with John At Carnegie Hall Blue Note Jaspects In ‘House’ Sessions Jaspects Coltrane Jazzanova Blue Note Trip Blue Note Dan Moretti & Once Through Passing Place Whaling City Sound Kelley Johnson Music is the Magic Sapphire Frank Morgan Raising The Standard: Live At The HighNote Marc Johnson Shades of Jade ECM Jazz Standard Vol.2 Marc Courtney Johnson & The Dan Marc Courtney Johnson DreamyJazz Barbara Morrison Live @The Dakota Dakota Live Label Cray Trio Moutin Reunion Quartet Something Like Now Lightyear/Nocturne Bujo Kevin Jones Tenth World Motema Oliver Mtukudzi Nhava Heads Up Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories Savant Mark Murphy Once To Every Heart Verve Music Group Sean Jones Gemini Mack Avenue David Murray Quartet w/ Strings Waltz Again Justin Time Betty Joplin Visions of the Moment Preserved Moments Myanna One Never Knows Bridge Street Records Music Najee My Point of View Heads Up Marlon Jordan You Don’t Know What Love Is Louisiana Red Hot Milton Nascimento Pieta Savoy Jazz Records Sheila Jordan Celebration: Live at the Triad HighNote Meshell Ndegeocello presents The Dance Of The Infidel Shanachie Spirit Music Jamia Marlon Jordan w/ Stephanie Jordan You Don’t Know What Love Is Louisiana Red Hot Calvin Newborn New Born Yellow Dog Records Jeff Kaye Just Like Me Jazzed Media PJ Newman The Hand of Dog Origin Records Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ Nia Quintet End of Time Blujazz Roger Kellaway Remembering Bobby Darin IPO Recordings Mark O’ Connor’s Hot Swing Trio Live In New York OMAC Calvin Keys Calvinesque’ Silverado Records Hod O’Brien Live At Blues Alley: First Set Reservoir Ilona Knopfler Live The Life Mack Avenue Arturo O’Farrill Live In Brooklyn Zoho Music Diana Krall Christmas Songs Verve Music Group Kayode Olajide Iba Self Released Jonathan Kreisberg Unearth Mel Bay The Onus Triphony Hipnotic Joachim Kuhn Piano Works I - Allegro Vivace ACT Oregon Prime CAM Jazz/Sunnyside Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho Sunnyside/Venus organissimo This Is The Place Big “O” Records John La Barbera Big Band Fantazm Jazz Compass Jeffrey Osbourne From The Soul Koch Elissa Lala Touch of Your Voice - New Takes on OmniTone Greg Osby Channel Three Blue Note Chet Baker Matt Otto Red Origin Records Paula Lammers A Blanket of Blue Nightingale Jazz Eddie Palmieri Listen Here! Concord Jazz Mike LeDonne Night Song Savant Maceo Parker School’s In! BHM Music Ranee Lee and Oliver Jones Just You, Just Me Justin Time Charlie Peacock Love Press Ex-Curio Emergent/92e David Leonhardt Jazz Group I’ll Be Home For Christmas Self Released Pearl Django Chasing Shadows Modern Hot Records Kevyn Lettau Bye Bye Blackbird MCG Jazz Dave Peck Good Road LPS Records Dave Liebman Manhattan Dialogues Zoho Music Jeremy Pelt Identity MAXJAZZ Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra w/ Don’t be afraid... the music of Palmetto P. J. Perry Time Flies Justin Time Wynton Marsalis Charles Mingus Sacha Perry Eretik Smalls Records Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Rev-elation Sharp Nine Tribute Band Houston Person All Soul HighNote Pat Longo Extreme Heat Jazzed Media Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson & Play Morricone Sunnyside Brian Lynch 24/7 Nagel Heyer Joey Baron Jean-Michel Pilc Live At Iridium, New York Dreyfus The Leslie Maclean Trio That’s Time Enough KippieJosh Jazz Bucky Pizzarelli & Frank Vignola Moonglow Hyena Records Frank Mantooth Ladies Sing for Lovers MCG Jazz Lev Polyakin Christmas Kaleidoscope Mira Recordings Sherrie Maricle & The Diva Jazz TNT: A Tommy Newsom Tribute Lightyear Orchestra Jimmy Ponder What’s New HighNote Wynton Marsalis Amongst the People: Live at the Blue Note Tineke Postma For The Rhythm 215/Munich Records House of Tribes Flora Purim Flora’s Song Narada Jazz Mike Marshall Brazil Duets Adventure Music Tom Rainer & Glenn Cashman Blue In Green Primrose Lane Veronica Martell The Art Of Intimacy Apria Joyce Randolph Just A Little Blue Myrlys Music Angelyna Martinez Labor of Love MexiScott Music Bill Ransom Generations Bongo Time Records Willie Martinez Family Cuch Be Witcha Enrico Rava Full of Life Camjazz Productions Enrico Rava Tati ECM Eugene Maslov Where The Light Comes From Self Released Joshua Redman Elastic Band Momentum Nonesuch Bob Masteller The Jazz Corner Swings Latin Self Released The Reese Project Vicodin Dreams 95 North Greta Matassa Favorites From A Long Walk Origin Records Dianne Reeves Good Night and Good Luck Concord Earl May Quartet Swinging The Blues with Barry Arbors [Soundtrack] Harris Randy Reinhart at the Mill Hill Playhouse: As Long Arbors Bill Mays Trio Live at Jazz Standard Palmetto As I Live Joe McBride Texas Hold’em Heads Up Tim Ries The Rolling Stones Project Concord Chris McNulty Dance Delicioso Elefant Dreams Bob Rodriguez Corridor CreOp Muse Marian McPartland Piano Jazz w/ Elvis Costello Concord Sonny Rollins Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert Milestone Marian McPartland w/ Bruce Piano Jazz The Jazz Alliance Wallace Roney Mystikal HighNote Hornsby Ada Rovatti Airbop Apria Marian McPartland w/ Teddy Wilson Piano Jazz The Jazz Alliance Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Blue Mongol Sunnyside Brad Mehldau Day Is Done Nonesuch Buryat Band Pablo Mendendez Havana Blues Mambo Zoho Music San Francisco ChamberJazz SFCJQ Music Wizards Don Menza Menza Lines Jazzed Media Quartet Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman Song X Nonesuch Poncho Sanchez Do It! Concord Picante Hendrik Meurkens Amazon River Blue Toucan Music Moacir Santos Choros & Alegria Adventure Music Miami Saxophone Quartet Midnight Rumba Fourtitude Records Jenny Scheinman 12 Songs Cryptogramophone Raul Midon State of Mind Manhattan Records Lalo Schifrin Kaleidoscope: Jazz Meets The Aleph Records Mulgrew Miller Live At Yoshi’s: Vol. 2 MAXJAZZ Symphony #6 Radam Schwartz Conspiracy For Positivity Blue Ark Records jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 22 Jazz Radio Currents

Rhoda Scott Encore, Encore, Encore.. Sunnyside Paul Seaforth When Did You Leave Heaven? 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Trio da Paz Somewhere Blue Toucan Music Erik Truffaz Saloua Blue Note Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band For J.G. Sea Breeze James Blood Ulmer Birthright Hyena Records Bebo Valdés Bebo De Cuba Calle 54 Dave Valentin World on a String HighNote Be A Various Artists Putumayo Presents: Swing Around Putumayo the World Various Artists Sprout [Soundtrack] Record Collection Disaster Relief Various Artists Symphonic Jobim Adventure Music Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Sony Hero Guitar Various Artists So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute To J Records Luther Vandross Various Artists Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Impulse Victims of the recent hurricane need help Reworked Various Artists Higher Ground : Hurricane Relief Blue Note immediately. The American Red Cross is on the Benefit scene—providing shelter, food and counseling. Various Artists Gilles Peterson Digs America: Luv N’ Haight/Ubiq- Brownswood USA uity Various Artists Our New Orleans 2005 Nonesuch But your help is urgently needed. Your contribution Gerald Veasley At The Jazz Base! Heads Up will help the victims of the recent hurricane Cedar Walton Underground Memoirs HighNote Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie and thousands of other disasters across The Dave Weckl Band Multiplicity Stretch/Concord the country each year. Mark Weinstein Algo Mas/Cuban Roots Jazz Heads Ezra Weiss Persephone UMOJA The Mort Weiss Quartet The Four Of Us: Live At Steamers SMS Jazz Laura Welland Dissertation On The State Of Bliss OA2 Records Make a financial contribution Westwind Brass Jazztet LMP Productions Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous (Red) to the Disaster Relief Fund. Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendevous Brad Wheeler The Future Was Yesterday Origin Records Please contact the Red Cross at Jessica Williams Live At Yoshi’s Vol. 2 MAXJAZZ Reuben Wilson Fun House Savant 1-800-HELP NOW Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time Mack Avenue redcross.org Anthony Wilson Trio Savivity Groove Note Deanna Witkowski Length of Days Artist Share Allen Won Quartet The Jewel In The Lotus Self-Produced Dave Young Mainly Mingus Justin Time Ruth Young This Is Always Nagel Heyer Rachel Z Grace Chesky Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Vienna Nights BHM Music Syndicate Denny Zeitlin Solo Voyage MAXJAZZ jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 23 Jazz Station Panel Call letters Frequency Market Rank Call letters Frequency Market Rank CJRT-FM* 91.1 Toronto, ON N/A WFCR-FM 88.5 Springfield, MA 80 KAJX-FM* 91.5 Aspen, CO N/A WFNX-FM 101.7 Boston, MA 133 KANU-FM 91.5 Topeka, KS 195 WFSS-FM 91.9 Fayetteville, NC 128 KBCS-FM 91.3 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WGBH-FM 89.7 Boston, MA 8 KBEM-FM 88.5 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 WGLT-FM 89.1 Peoria, IL 149 KCCK-FM* 88.3 Cedar Rapids, IA 204 WGMC-FM 90.1 Rochester, NY 54 KCLU-FM 88.3 Los Angeles, CA 2 WGVU-FM 88.5 Grand Rapids, MI 67 KCME-FM 88.7 Colorado Springs, CO 96 WHRV-FM 89.5 Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News, VA 40 KCSM-FM 91.1 San Francisco, CA 4 WICN-FM* 90.5 Worcester, MA 8 KEWU-FM 89.5 Spokane, WA 93 WICR-FM 88.7 Indianapolis, IN 41 KFSR-FM 90.7 Fresno, CA 68 WJSU-FM 88.5 Jackson, MS 123 KIOS-FM 91.5 Omaha, NE - Council Bluffs, IA 73 WKNS-FM†† 90.3 Greenville - New Bern - Jacksonville, NC 88 KIPO-FM* 89.3 Honolulu 62 WLRN-FM 91.3 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 KJZZ-FM 91.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 WMOT-FM 89.5 Nashville, TN 44 KKJZ-FM 88.1 Los Angeles, CA 2 WMUA-FM 91.1 Springfield, MA 80 KLCC-FM 89.7 Eugene-Springfield, OR 171 WMUB-FM 88.5 Cincinnati, OH 27 KMHD-FM 89.1 Portland, OR 24 WNCU-FM 90.7 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KMUW-FM 89.1 Wichita, KS 95 WPFW-FM 89.3 Washington, DC 8 KNTU-FM 88.1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 KPLU-FM 88.5 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WSHA-FM 88.9 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KRTU-FM 91.7 San Antonio, TX 30 WSIE-FM 88.7 St. Louis, MO 19 KSDS-FM 88.3 San Diego, CA 17 WSNC-FM 90.5 Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point, NC 45 KSJS-FM 90.5 San Jose, CA 33 WTEB-FM 89.3 Greenville, NC 87 KSMF-FM* 89.1 Ashland, OR 207 WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 KSUT-FM* 91.3 Ignacio, CO N/A WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 KTSU-FM 90.9 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 KUAZ-FM 89.1 Tucson, AZ 63 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 KUER-FM 90.1 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 WVPR/WVPS-FM 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 KUNR-FM* 88.7 Reno, NV 231 WVTF-FM 89.1 Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA 115 KUNV-FM 91.5 Las Vegas, NV 38 WWOZ-FM 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 KUOP-FM† 91.3 Stockton, CA 81 WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 168 KUT-FM 90.5 Austin, TX 7 WXUT/WXTS-FM 88.3 Toledo, OH 85 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WYPR-FM 88.1 Baltimore, MD 20 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 Music Choice* Cable National Distribution N/A WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 Sirius* Satellite National Distribution N/A WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 WBFO-FM 88.7 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 52 Airplay of all stations, except as noted, is monitored by Mediaguide. WBGO-FM 88.3 New York, NY 1 To apply to become a member of a station panel, email WBLU/WBLV-FM 88.9/90.3 Grand Rapids, MI/Muskegeon, MI 66/232 [email protected] WCLK-FM 91.9 Atlanta, GA 11 WCMU/WUCX-FM 89.5/90.1 Mount Pleasant – Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI 131 WCPN-FM 90.3 Cleveland, OH 25 *Denotes station not monitored by Mediaguide. Station submits a weekly WDCB-FM* 90.9 Chicago, IL 3 airplay report. †Repeats KXJZ WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit, MI 10 ††Repeats WTEB for a portion of its programming WDNA-FM 88.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 WDUQ-FM 90.5 Pittsburgh, PA 23 WEAA-FM 88.9 Baltimore, MD 20 WEMU-FM* 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 24 Smooth Jazz Radio

Euge Groove Holds On at No. 1 With ‘Get Em Goin’’

Anita Baker Has Biggest Increase in Album Airplay

uge Groove retains the top spot on both the album and singles charts with “Get EEm Goin’” from the album Just Feels Right (Narada Jazz).

The latest single from Greg Karukas, “Show Me The Way” from Looking Up (V2) was the most added single and album, picking up 12 stations.

The album with the biggest airplay in-

Euge Groove is once again at No. 1 with the single crease was Anita Baker’s Chistmas Fantasy “Get Em Goin’” from Just Feels Right (Narada Jazz). (Blue Note), picking up 70 spins and adding six more stations on the strength of several tracks. The single with the biggest increase in spins was Soul Ballet’s “Cream” (215) which gained 28 plays.

Smooth Albums p. 26 Smooth Singles p. 27 Smooth Current CDs p. 28 Anita Baker’s Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note) had an in- Smooth Radio Panel p. 29 crease of 70 spins and was added on six more stations. jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 25 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Dec. 19, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz 583 637 -54 18 32 0 2 5 6 2 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 549 522 27 17 33 1 3 3 3 3 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up 540 560 -20 30 33 1 4 2 2 1 Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve 532 579 -47 23 34 0 5 6 4 1 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen 532 517 15 27 33 0 6 7 7 5 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up 511 505 6 57 32 0 7 4 5 4 Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen 502 548 -46 16 30 0 8 8 8 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 469 482 -13 46 33 0 9 9 11 9 Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia 357 375 -18 9 31 0 10 12 10 1 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 329 343 -14 57 27 0 11 13 13 2 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 323 334 -11 57 31 0 12 11 12 5 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music 319 346 -27 43 29 0 13 16 16 13 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie 306 294 12 18 27 0 14 10 9 1 Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 301 352 -51 23 32 0 15 14 14 10 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord 291 306 -15 21 32 0 16 15 17 15 Najee My Point Of View Heads Up 279 296 -17 22 29 0 17 19 20 15 Chieli Minucci The Juice [Single] Shanachie 255 267 -12 28 22 0 18 18 18 18 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin/EMI 253 272 -19 4 28 0 19 21 22 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 241 242 -1 40 27 0 20 20 15 1 Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista 239 243 -4 52 32 0 21 22 19 4 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. 216 241 -25 25 28 0 22 29 26 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 214 184 30 57 31 0 23 17 23 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP 212 280 -68 52 30 0 24 24 24 22 Soul Ballet She Rides [Single] 215 203 216 -13 21 22 0 25 23 21 4 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 201 231 -30 57 25 0 26 25 25 24 Various Artists Def Jazz GRP 191 209 -18 17 20 0 27 31 39 27 Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 175 161 14 13 29 12 28 52 81 28 Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy Blue Note/EMI 165 95 70 4 20 6 29 39 42 13 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave 161 139 22 45 19 0 30 27 38 26 Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous 156 188 -32 13 17 0 31 28 29 22 Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch 156 187 -31 41 20 0 32 30 28 2 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 154 174 -20 39 26 0 33 26 31 15 Warren Hill Pop Jazz Pop Jazz/Native Language 153 198 -45 21 19 0 34 35 34 16 Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise 144 147 -3 22 12 0 35 38 41 15 Jonathan Butler Jonathan Rendezvous 142 139 3 28 16 0 36 33 36 33 Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous 137 151 -14 18 14 0 37 37 33 4 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 137 141 -4 49 25 0 38 40 37 20 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan 134 138 -4 26 10 0 39 32 27 11 Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz 134 160 -26 23 14 0 40 42 30 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 129 129 0 52 30 0 41 34 35 5 Chuck Loeb When I’m WIth You Shanachie 128 151 -23 43 26 0 42 41 40 12 Kem Album II Universal/Motown 119 133 -14 22 17 0 43 55 54 1 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 117 89 28 57 29 0 44 36 32 14 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 116 146 -30 22 22 0 45 45 44 4 Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI 115 115 0 57 25 0 46 46 48 14 Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz 114 109 5 45 16 0 47 44 46 1 Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP/VMG/UMG 106 118 -12 57 25 0 48 53 50 5 George Benson Irreplaceable GRP/VMG/UMG 98 93 5 57 23 0 49 47 49 25 Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch 95 108 -13 22 16 0 50 51 52 25 The Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Jazz 92 97 -5 52 21 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Gregg Karukas Looking Up (V2) +12 Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note/EMI) +70 Paul Brown The City (GRP/Verve) Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note/EMI) +6 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time (Rendezvous) +30 Mindi Abair I Can’t Wait For Christmas [Single] (GRP/VMG) Hiroshima Spirit Of The Season (Heads Up) Dr. John & The Lower 911 Sippiana Hericane (Blue Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream (215) +28 Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake (VMG) Note/EMI) +3 Brian Simpson It’s All Good (Rendezvous) +27 George Benson Best Of George Benson Live (GRP/UMG/VMG) Will Donato Winter Walkin’ (Winter Wonderland) 3rd Force Driving Force (Higher Octave) +22 Kim Waters All For Love (Shanachie) Andre Delano Full Circle (7th Note) (Generation) +3 Paul Brown The City (GRP/Verve) +17 Bob Baldwin All In A Days Work [Single] (215) Jane Monheit The Season (Epic/Sony BMG) +2 Will Donato Earth Shakin’ [Single] (Generation) Ricardo Scales Happy Holidays (Baysound) +2 Hiroshima Obon (Heads Up) jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 26 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart Dec. 19, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Euge Groove Get Em Goin’ Narada Jazz 583 637 -54 18 32 0 2 5 5 2 Brian Simpson It›s All Good Rendezvous 542 519 23 17 32 0 3 3 3 3 Walter Beasley Coolness Heads Up 534 551 -17 30 32 0 4 2 2 1 Brian Culbertson Hookin› Up GRP/Verve 532 579 -47 23 34 0 5 4 4 4 Rick Braun Shining Star Artizen 502 548 -46 15 30 0 6 6 6 6 Marion Meadows Suede Heads Up 431 418 13 57 32 0 7 9 9 7 Richard Elliot Mystique Artizen 349 334 15 7 30 0 8 11 10 8 Nils Summer Nights Baja 327 319 8 10 31 0 9 10 11 9 Chris Botti Good Morning Heartache (w/ Jill Scott) Columbia 320 332 -12 9 31 0 10 8 8 5 Ken Navarro You Are Everything Positive Music 318 345 -27 43 29 0 11 13 13 11 Kim Waters Steppin‘ Out Shanachie 306 294 12 18 27 0 12 7 7 1 Paul Hardcastle Serene Trippin ‚N‘ Rhythm 301 352 -51 23 32 0 13 12 12 8 David Pack You‘re The Only Woman Peak/Concord 288 304 -16 21 32 0 14 14 15 14 Najee Made Up My Mind Heads Up 276 286 -10 18 28 0 15 16 16 10 Chieli Minucci The Juice Shanachie 255 267 -12 28 22 0 16 15 14 10 Boz Scaggs Lowdown (Unplugged) Virgin/EMI 253 272 -19 15 28 0 17 18 19 17 Michael Lington Pacifica Rendezvous 213 220 -7 9 24 1 18 17 17 17 Boney James 2:01 AM Warner Bros. 210 228 -18 28 25 0 19 19 18 18 Soul Ballet She Rides 215 203 216 -13 21 22 0 20 20 20 20 Gerald Albright Hey Young World GRP 191 209 -18 17 20 0 21 28 32 21 Gregg Karukas Show Me the Way V2 175 161 14 13 29 12 22 31 31 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 158 141 17 57 30 0 23 23 21 1 Richard Elliot People Make The World Go ‘Round Artizen 155 177 -22 27 31 0 24 24 22 2 Steve Cole Thursday Narada Jazz 154 174 -20 39 26 0 25 21 26 17 Warren Hill Still In Love Pop Jazz/Native Language 152 195 -43 21 19 0 26 22 25 13 Nelson Rangell Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing Koch 150 183 -33 34 19 0 27 27 27 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 142 163 -21 46 28 0 28 29 24 7 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. 141 154 -13 26 24 0 29 26 23 11 Mindi Abair Make A Wish GRP 134 167 -33 22 18 0 30 34 28 2 Kenny G & David Sanborn Pick Up The Pieces Arista 133 124 9 52 30 0 31 25 29 4 Paul Jackson, Jr. Never Too Much GRP 129 170 -41 42 21 0 32 30 30 4 Chuck Loeb Tropical Shanachie 128 151 -23 43 26 0 33 41 50 33 3rd Force You Got It Higher Octave 128 105 23 10 12 2 34 33 33 1 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 8 128 127 1 49 25 0 35 32 34 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 124 130 -6 40 24 0 36 35 37 35 Jonathan Butler Rio Rendezvous 120 120 0 12 13 0 37 38 41 37 Paul Taylor East Bay Bounce Peak 117 112 5 10 11 0 38 48 51 1 Soul Ballet Cream 215 117 89 28 57 29 0 39 40 40 28 Raul Midon If You’re Gonna Leave Manhattan 104 105 -1 24 10 0 40 37 43 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP/VMG/UMG 99 113 -14 57 25 0 41 50 46 3 George Benson Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise GRP/VMG/UMG 94 88 6 57 23 0 42 43 36 16 Kem I Can’t Stop Loving You Universal/Motown 92 101 -9 22 16 0 43 44 44 27 Michael Buble Home 143/Reprise 91 98 -7 22 10 0 44 39 38 8 Paul Brown Cosmic Monkey GRP/Verve 90 105 -15 22 15 0 45 59 62 45 Paul Brown Winelight GRP/Verve 88 71 17 9 10 1 46 46 48 22 The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd Narada Jazz 87 96 -9 52 19 0 47 42 42 29 The Rippingtons Gypsy Eyes Peak 86 102 -16 22 9 0 48 45 35 7 Earth, Wind & Fire The Way You Move (w/ Kenny G) Arista 85 96 -11 48 25 0 49 49 47 29 Paul Brown 24/7 GRP 83 89 -6 52 26 0 50 36 49 15 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 80 118 -38 57 16 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Gregg Karukas “Show Me the Way” (V2) +12 Soul Ballet “Cream” (215) +28 Marc Antoine “Modern Times” (Rendezvous) Anita Baker “O Come, All Ye Faithful” (Blue Note) +8 3rd Force “You Got It” (Higher Octave) +23 Jeff Lorber “Everybody Knows That” (Narada Jazz) Mindi Abair “Happy Christmas” (GRP/VMG) Richard Elliot “Inside Out” (Artizen) +8 Brian Simpson “It’s All Good” (Rendezvous) +23 Anita Baker “Christmas Fantasy” (Blue Note/EMI) Anita Baker “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” (Blue Note) +7 Wayman Tisdale “Cruisin’” (Rendezvous) +21 Andre Delano “Footsteps” (7th Note) Anita Baker “Christmas Time Is Here” (Blue Note) +7 Paul Brown “Winelight” (GRP/Verve) +17 Bob Baldwin “All In A Days Work” (215) Anita Baker “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” (Blue Note/EMI) Anita Baker “Frosty’s Rag” (Blue Note) +7 Wayman Tisdale “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” Will Donato “Earth Shakin’” (Generation) Anita Baker “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (Rendezvous) +17 Hiroshima “Winter Wonderland” (Heads Up) (Blue Note) +7 Wayman Tisdale “Cruisin’” (Rendezvous) jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 27 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

3D Riff To The Smooth [Single] 215 Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue Candid/Rendezvous 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave Eliane Elias Dreamer Bluebird/Arista Blake Aaron Spin Zone [Single] 215 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP Eric Essix Somewhere In Alabama Essential Greg Adams Firefly 215 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP/VMG/UMG Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI Acoustic Alchemy American/English Higher Octave Danny Federici Out Of A Dream V2 Eric Alexander Dead Center Highnote Fourplay Journey BMG Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous Ray Fuller A. The Weeper A Ray Artists Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista Average White Band Greatest And Latest Liquid 8 Richard Galliano Ruby, My Dear Dreyfus Aya Strange Flower Naked Sara Gazarek Yours Stiletto/Native The Bad Plus Suspicious Activity? Columbia/Sony BMG Language Larry Gittens Too Hot [Single] Human Feel Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Bob Baldwin All In A Days Work [Single] 215 Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz Bob Baldwin Brazil Chill A440 Metheny Group Pat The Way Up Nonesuch Elastic Band Joshua Redman Momentum Nonesuch Herbie Hancock Possibilities Hancock/Hear Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia Everette Harp All For You A440 George Benson Best Of George Benson Live GRP/UMG/VMG Richie Hart Greasy Street Zoho George Benson Irreplaceable GRP/VMG/UMG Mark Hasselbach Gabriel Gabriel... First Name Basis Wind Tunnel Matt Bianco Matt’s Mood UMG Lalah Hathaway Outrun The Sky AgU/Sanctuary Bona Fide Soul Lounge Heads Up Vincent Herring Eric Alexander & The Battle: Live At Smoke HighNote Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia Warren Hill Pop Jazz Pop Jazz/Native Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Language Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 Lisa Hilton My Favorite Things Lisa Hilton Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen Hiroshima Obon Heads Up Brian Bromberg Choices A440 Mark Hollingsworth On The Mark Windshore Brian Bromberg Choices Artistry Anders Holst Five Self Released Clayton Brothers Back In The Swing Of Things Hyena Stan Hope Put On A Happy Face Savant Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. Shirley Horn But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Verve/UMG Horn On Verve Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve Boney James Pure Warner Bros. Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve Dean James Brighter Days Silhoette Paul Brown Up Front GRP Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive VMG Shelby Brown No Boundaries S. 2 Tha B. Marc Johnson Shades Of Jade ECM/Universal Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise Classics Jonathan Butler Jonathan Rendezvous Kevin Jones Bujo Tenth World Motema Cafe Soul All Stars Love Pages You Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note/EMI Camiel Sunset Rendezvous Ronny Jordan After 8 Encoded Kenny Carr Friday At Five TAS Management Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Mark Cassara Let’s Talk Sax Rhombus Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Craig Chaquico Midnight Noon Higher Octave Kem Album II Universal/Motown Craig Chaquico Midnight Noon Higher Octave Chaka Khan Classikhan Sanctuary Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Chiara Civello Last Quarter Moon Verve Jonathan Kreisberg Unearth Mel Bay Avishai Cohen At Home Razdaz/Sunnyside David Lanz The Good Life Decca Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album AM/UMG John Coltrane Thelonious Monk & At Carnegie Hall Thelonious/Blue Note Chuck Leavell Tomato Jam [Single] Evergreen Arts Conspire Passing Time L.A.P. Bradley Leighton Just Doin’ Our Thang Pacific Coast Jazz Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz/Virgin Rupert Leighton Beyond Reflection Self Released Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous Brian Culbertson Nice & Slow Atlantic Chuck Loeb When I’m WIth You Shanachie Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz Jamie Cullum Twenty Something Verve Kevin Mahogany Big Band Zebra Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Wynton Marsalis Live At The House Of Tribes Blue Note Andre Delano Full Circle 7th Note Veronica Martell The Art Of Intimacy Apria Will Donato Earth Shakin’ [Single] Generation Hugh Masekela Revival Heads Up Will Donato Espana [Single] Generation Joe McBride Texas Hold’Em Heads Up George Duke Duke [Sampler] Bpm Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown George Duke T-Jam [Single] Bpm/Navarre Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up Candy Dulfer Right In My Soul Eagle Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan Gene Dunlap Peaceful Days 215 Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch Chieli Minucci The Juice [Single] Shanachie jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 28 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

Frank Morgan Raising The Standard: Live At The HighNote Jazz Standard Vol.2 Smooth Station Panel Najee My Point Of View Heads Up Call letters Frequency Market Rank Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 Novecento Dreams Of Peace Favored Nations KEZL-FM 96.7 Fresno, CA 68 O’2L Doyle’s Brunch Peak KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 John Oates Daryl Hall & Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 Steve Oliver 3-D Koch KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143/Reprise Jeffrey Osborne From The Soul JayOz/Koch KJZI-FM 100.3 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Maceo Parker School’s In BHM KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 Positive Flow The City Streets [Single] Shanachie KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 Praful Pyramid In Your Backyard Rendezvous/Therapy KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 Benoit/Freeman Project The The Benoit/Freeman Project 2 Peak KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 Reese Project The Vicodin Dreams 95 North KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 Brubeck Quartet The Dave London Flat, London Sharp Telarc KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 David Sanborn Closer Verve KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 Hil St Soul Copasetik & Cool Shanachie WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 Soul Ballet She Rides [Single] 215 WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 Spyro Gyra The Deep End Heads Up WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 Andy Summers The X Tracks Fuel 2000 WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak WJJZ-FM 106.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 Tekneek Joy Ride Tek South WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 Tha’ Hot Club Tha’ Hot Club Shanachie WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 To The Bone Spread Love Like Narada WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 Wildfire Kevin Toney Quiet Conversation [Single] Shanachie WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 Nestor Torres Sin Palabras Heads Up WJZW-FM 105.9 Baltimore, MD 20 Scofield Trio John Enroute Verve WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 Arriale Trio The Lynne Come Together Motema WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 Lewis Trio The Ramsey Time Flies Narada Jazz WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 Various Artists Def Jazz GRP WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 Various Artists Groove Boutique: Volume One Tommy Boy WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Columbia/Legacy/ Guitar Sony BMG WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge, Vol.1 Rendezvous WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 Various Artists Sprout [Soundtrack] Record Collection WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 Gerald Veasley At The Jazz Base! Heads Up WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 Lee Venters Vermillion Sands Lifeforce Jazz WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 Waldino Get Loose Self Released WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 Andre Ward Steppin’ Up Orpheus WVSU-FM 91.1 Birmingham, AL 57 Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous Peter White Confidential Columbia Pamela Williams Sweet Saxations Shanachie Airplay of all stations is monitored by Mediaguide. Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake VMG Yellowjackets Altered State Heads Up To apply to become a member of a station panel, email Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues Heads Up [email protected] jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 29