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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. 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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] Copyright ©2005 Yellow Dog Communications Inc. jazzweek.com • Dec. 19, 2005 JazzWeek 2 Contents Dec. 19, 2005 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 na- tional tour and that will create a resi- dency 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 spon- sorship 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 ������������ ���� ���� ����� ���� ������������������������������������ ������������������������������������ 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.