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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 Volume 2, Number 27 • $7.95 In This Issue: Essentially Ellington Artist Q&A: Winners Announced . . 4 KARRIN John Hicks’ ALLYSON Final Album This August. . 5 page 11

Week of Honors for Dave Brubeck . . . . 6

Music and Industry News In Brief . . . . . 7 Reviews and Picks . . . . . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio...... 25 Radio Panels. . 24, 29 News...... 4 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Karrin Allyson #1 Smooth Album – Brian Culbertson #1 Smooth Single – Paul Brown JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER eaders have spoken ... this year’s nominees for the fourth annual Jazz- Ed Trefzger Week Awards have been tabulated. Be sure to send in your ballot, MUSIC EDITOR Rfound on page 31 (or it may be downloaded from http://www.jazz- Tad Hendrickson week.com/2006ballot.pdf). Deadline for ballots is May 26 at noon ET. ••• CONTRIBUTING EDITORS I got a chuckle out of some of the discussion in the last couple of days on Keith Zimmerman the Jazz Programmers Mailing List about fusion. For many of us of a cer- Kent Zimmerman tain age, that was our entré into jazz. Groups like Weather Report, Return CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ to Forever, or Headhunters were nothing to sneeze at. There’s still an audi- PHOTOGRAPHER ence out there – a rabid one – for that music, even if it is a small one. I saw it Tom Mallison first hand at an Al DiMeola concert a few years back. It was nothing like his PHOTOGRAPHY heyday, of course, but the audience packed a mid-sized venue and was wildly Barry Solof enthusiastic. I thought about the gap between smooth and mainstream jazz when lis- Founding Publisher: Tony Gasparre tening to the new Yellowjackets CD (reviewed in this issue.) They certainly don’t fit the sound of today’s smooth radio, and their synths and EWI tend ADVERTISING: Devon Murphy to scare off some mainstream stations. That’s too bad. Call (866) 453-6401 ext. 3 or email: [email protected] ••• When I saw Karrin Allyson’s set at IAJE in January, I knew she’d have a SUBSCRIPTIONS: hit on her hands with Footprints. She chats with music editor Tad Hendrick- Free to qualified applicants son on page 11 and we feature a list of her favorite singers on page 32. Premium subscription: $149.00 per year, I mixed sound for one of Karrin’s gigs while she was touring to support In w/ Industry Access: $249.00 per year Blue. It was a marginal sound system – and that’s being generous – in an oth- To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ AMEX/PayPal go to: erwise nice club (that has since made major upgrades under a new owner.) http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ The sound situation got worse when the bass player shoved his monitor subscribe.html wedge under the piano without anyone on the cramped stage noticing while the guitarist sharing that mix on a different monitor continually asked for more piano. You can only imagine the horrible squonk that the B below mid- AIRPLAY MONITORING BY dle C caused. We dealt with the situation by yanking that frequency out of the sound system and denying piano to the guitarist and the show went on. I couldn’t believe it after the set when I saw that wedge under the piano. I didn’t tell her that night about my involvement with this JazzWeek, so Mediaguide she just knew me as the sound guy. She was gracious and wonderful to work 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Suite 150 with, even though I could tell she wasn’t happy with the venue. After the Berwyn, PA 19312 show, she gave me one of her CDs, a kiss on the cheek and told me, “You’re too good to be working in a place like this.” She may or may not have been JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) right about that, but I took her advice anyhow. It was a good decision. is published weekly by ••• This year’s JazzWeek Summit will run from Thursday, June 15 through �� Saturday, June 17, coinciding with the final three days of the Rochester In-

2117 Buffalo Road ternational Jazz Festival. A tentative schedule is on page 10. The host hotel Suite 317 will be the Rochester Clarion Riverside. Reservation information for the ho- Rochester, NY 14624 tel is online at jazzweek.com. Registration is at jazzweek.com and a registra- phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 [email protected] tion form is also included on page 30. Artist performances at the Summit include Eldar, Joe Locke/Geoﬀ Keezer Duo, Mark Elf, Marilyn Harris, Av- Copyright ©2006 ishai Cohen Trio, Bob Sneider/Paul Hoﬀman Duo and Josh Workman. Trefzger Media LLC – Ed Trefzger, Editor jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 2 Contents May 29, 2006

News ...... 4 Essentially Ellington Winners Announced At Jazz at Lincoln Center ...... 4 Final John Hicks Studio Recording To Be Released in August ...... 5 An Award-Winning Week For Dave Brubeck ...... 6 Music and Industry News In Brief ...... 7 Birthdays ...... 9 JazzWeek Summit Schedule of Events (subject to change) ...... 10 4 Features Artist Q&A: Karrin Allyson ...... 10 Reviews ...... 15 Eldar ...... 15 Ben Adams Quintet ...... 15 LDB3 And Friends...... 15 Nancy King ...... 16 11 Yellowjackets ...... 16 Frank Kimbrough ...... 17 Jazz Charts ...... 18 Jazz Album Chart ...... 19 Jazz Add Dates ...... 20 Jazz Current CDs ...... 21 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 24 Smooth Jazz Charts ...... 25 18 Smooth Album Chart ...... 26 Smooth Singles Chart...... 27 Smooth Current CDs ...... 28 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 29

Closing Number Five, No, Make That Six, Of Karrin Allyson’s Favorite Singers ...... 32 25

JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 27 jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 3 News Essentially Ellington Winners Announced At Jazz at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK – Three high school jazz bands took top honors in Jazz at Lin- coln Center’s 11th Annual Essential- ly Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. Each band was chosen by a panel of judges com- posed of distinguished jazz musicians – Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director; Dr. David Baker, Director of Jazz, Indiana Uni- versity, and Music Director, Smith- sonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra; David Berger, composer, conductor and Ellington authority; and Gunther Schuller, jazz historian, author, composer and conductor – from among the 15 finalist bands from the U.S. that came to the Competition and Festival on May 18, 19, and 20, 2006. Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington culminated First-place Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble I peforms. in a May 20 concert at Avery Fisher Hall, at which each of the three top- tle Ground High School Jazz Band ac- contest invited students from all par- placing bands performed two Elling- cepted the 2ⁿd place trophy and award ticipating high schools to submit an ton compositions, one alone and one of $750. Clarence Acox, director of the essay describing a personal experience with Jon Faddis, as guest soloist. Con- Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble with Jazz. Jazz at Lincoln Center re- ductor, composer and educator, Fad- I, accepted the 3rd place trophy and ceived fifty-seven essays from which dis is the Director of the Chicago Jazz award of $500. Agoura High School esteemed historian, author, editor, ar- Ensemble and studied under the great Jazz Band A was named honorable chivist, and Director of the Institute Dizzy Gillespie. The Lincoln Center mention and was awarded $350. The of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University Jazz Orchestra then performed a set remaining 10 bands were awarded cer- Dan Morgenstern chose the winners. of Ellington compositions that Jazz tificates of merit and awards of $250 As the 1st place winner for the win- at Lincoln Center will distribute to each. All monetary awards go toward ning essay entitled “Joy,” Jamie Utphall high schools for Essentially Ellington improving schools’ jazz programs. For was invited to name a seat in Frederick 2007. the eighth year in a row, Jazz at Lin- P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln At the awards ceremony, Wynton coln Center also presented the Ella Center, and read her essay at the open- Marsalis presented prizes to each of the Fitzgerald Vocalist Award, made pos- ing of the festival on Thursday, May 15 finalist bands. Ace Martin, direc- sible by a grant from the Ella Fitzger- 18, 2006. tor of the Douglas Anderson School of ald Charitable Foundation. Essentially Ellington is the largest the Arts Jazz Ensemble I, accepted the In addition, Jazz at Lincoln Cen- of the over 450 events that Jazz at Lin- ter recognized winners in the fifth Es- coln Center will produce this year. 1st place trophy and award of $1,000. JW Greg McKelvey, director of the Bat- sentially Ellington Essay Contest. The jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News Final John Hicks Studio Recording To Be Released in August NEW YORK – HighNote Records “Sweet Love Of Mine” by trumpeter Dwayne Dolphin and drummer Ce- will release the last studio recording by Woody Shaw who, as it would happen, cil Brooks III – to Billy Strayhorn, Er- pianist John Hicks on Aug. 29, 2006. died on May 10, 1989. rol Garner, Mary Lou Williams, Son- Hicks died suddenly on May 10 in “Who knew this was to be John ny Clark and Earl “Fatha” Hines, all Manhattan of internal bleeding. Hicks’ last recording?” mused High- Pittsburgh-based or -born jazz pianists Hicks recorded the still-untitled Note’s Joe Fields from the label’s New and composers. CD April 5 at Van Gelder Studios in York City offices. “We had just inked Hicks’ HighNote discography also New Jersey accompanied by tenor sax- John to a new exclusive contract and includes appearances as a sideman on ophonist Javon Jackson, the pianist’s he was his usual affable self when he 11 recordings dating back to guitarist wife Elise Wood on flute, bassist Cur- was joined at Rudy’s just five weeks be- Jimmy Ponder’s 1997 CD James Street; tis Lundy, drummer Victor Jones and fore he would pass away by a familiar two other dates with Ponder; a session percussionist Ray Mantilla. group of musicians who were all dear with saxophonist James Spaulding; The mood of the session – which friends and who had shared countless two with guitarist Larry Coryell and showcases Hicks in solo, duet and appearances on the bandstand togeth- five with saxophonist David “Fathead” quartet settings – ranges from reflec- er. John will be terribly missed profes- Newman. tive ballads to songs flavored with a sionally but most of all personally here Hicks also made four appearances Latin tinge. The repertoire includes, at HighNote.” as a sideman on a pair of recordings among other selections, Benny Golson Hicks had a decade-long associa- each released by saxophonist Arthur modern jazz classic “Remember Clif- tion with the label, including a a series Blythe and drummer Cecil Brooks III ford,” the standard “Things We Did of five piano trio tributes – recorded on HighNote’ s sister label Savant Re- Last Summer” by Sammy Cahn and between 1998 and 2003 with bassist cords. JW ��

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jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 5 News An Award-Winning Week For Dave Brubeck WILTON, Conn. -- When Dave awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Park was being renamed Dave Bru- Brubeck celebrated his 85th birthday Fine Arts at the same ceremony. beck Park. last Dec. 6, he said his primary goal Brubeck and his wife Iola, likewise Following his “awards week” and a for the following year was “to make it a Pacific alum, then hopped a plane for brief breather, Brubeck returns to his to 86.” But he’s making a lot of stops South Bend, Ind., where on Sunday, usual routine of composing and per- along the way. The legendary pianist May 21, he received the Laetare Med- forming. On June 21 in New York, and composer’s 86th year is even busier al -- described as the most prestigious the Dave Brubeck Quartet will make than usual, with numerous honors in- award given to an American Catholic a rare appearance with big band at the terspersed with his usual full schedule -- from University of Notre Dame at JVC Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall. of performances. its commencement ceremony. Instead On June 25, he’s at the Saratoga Per- On Saturday, May 20, Brubeck of giving an acceptance speech, Bru- forming Arts Festival, and he’ll also was in Stockton, Calif., to receive the beck performed a solo piano piece to perform at the Toronto and Newport first President’s Medal of Achievement acknowledge receipt of the award. Jazz Festivals, where he holds the re- presented by University of the Pacific Earlier in the week, the Brubecks cord for most appearances. President Donald V. De Rosa at Pacif- were in Sacramento, Calif., where he On Sept. 17, Brubeck returns to ic’s commencement ceremony. was honored by the California State another frequent haunt, the Monterey Brubeck is a Pacific alumnus, class Senate. Jazz Festival, where he has performed of 1942. Actor and director Clint Then the city of Concord, Calif., often since the Festival’s inception in JW Eastwood,�� who serves as chairman of his birthplace, held a reception to an- 1958. the Brubeck Institute at Pacific, was nounce that its Concord Boulevard

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jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 6 News Music and Industry News In Brief ... excerpt this! ❏ Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk Riverside, former Prestige artist Monk – and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane who’d had a less than amicable parting – genius mentor and budding genius with the label – would have none of it. – joined forces in a fabled Monk-led quartet that worked steadily at New York’s ❏ NEW YORK – The Verve Music Group Five Spot Café for a five-month period, has announced an exclusive program with adam unsworth between July and Dec. 1957. And in the Rhapsody®, the online music service spring and summer of that year, they met from RealNetworks®, to make a number in the recording studio on four occasions of its classic, out-of-print recordings Ask musicians around town, and they’ll tell for the Riverside label, with producer available to consumers as digital releases. you that hornist Adam Unsworth is a Orrin Keepnews and a varying supporting Verve has had much success in bringing monster player - Philadelphia cast. The results of those sessions, which back titles that either had been deleted Daily News comprise the sum total of the music from its catalog or were never-before- Monk and Coltrane created together in available and making these titles available Adam Unsworth of the Philadelphia Orchestra a recording-studio setting, have been as digital-only tracks and albums. Verve and Temple University collected in a new 2-CD Riverside set and Rhapsody are making this exclusive reignites the buzz aptly titled The Complete 1957 Riverside content available in response to consumer on his jazz debut recording Recordings. Due for release June 27, interest. “Today’s consumer lives an on- the package was compiled by original demand lifestyle and The Verve Music His facile and exuberant playing . . . producer Keepnews, who also wrote a Group is thrilled to have Rhapsody makes his horn sound like a revealing essay about the making of the embrace the delivery of out-of-print music whiskey soaked trombone music. Two previously unissued alternate to meet the consumer demand for it,” - City Paper takes – “Crepuscule with Nellie,” from said Ron Goldstein, president and CEO of the June 25 septet date with Coleman The Verve Music Group. “Verve can now [CD] includes an astonishing 11-minute Hawkins and Art Blakey; and take 1 of the achieve the full potential of its amazing solo . . . which demonstrates every sound 19th-century William Monk-penned hymn catalog by re-releasing these classic a horn could make plus a few I didn’t “Abide with Me,” recorded the following recordings in the digital space.” The know it could evening – are included, as is the first program will launch with 28 titles. These - Tom DiNardo stereo release of “Blues for Tomorrow,” titles, which are currently unavailable for which was previously issued only in purchase anywhere in America, will be mono. Sequenced chronologically, the released to Rhapsody beginning on May set commences with the ballad “Monk’s 23 and will be available exclusively through Mood,” with Coltrane and bassist Wilbur the service for three months. Consumers Ware, recorded in April 1957 for the will be able to stream, download, or otherwise-solo album Thelonious Himself. purchase these classic recordings via On two late-June evenings, Keepnews the Rhapsody service as well as transfer assembled a Monk septet (with trumpeter them to compatible portable devices. Ray Copeland and alto saxist Gigi Gryce Rhapsody and Verve will support this in addition to Coltrane, Hawkins, Ware, exclusive relationship with a variety of and Blakey) that produced the classic album features and promotions as well Monk’s Music album. The final session as outreach to core music audiences. 6 players 10 original tunes 3 solo works took place in July, with Monk, Coltrane, “We’re very excited to be adding nearly 30 forging an entirely Ware, and drummer Shadow Wilson – the out-of-print titles from Verve Records to original sound original Five Spot quartet – cutting three Rhapsody,” said Tim Quirk, GM of Music tracks (“Ruby, My Dear,” “Nutty,” “Trinkle, Content and Programming. “Rhapsody’s Tinkle”). In his notes, Keepnews explains infinite shelf space means there’s always excerpt this! CD available at how it happened that the group was never room for more great music from influential www.adamunsworth.com captured live during their extended Five Verve artists such as Art Blakey, Ella Spot engagement: Coltrane had just been Fitzgerald, and Oscar Peterson.” Boyer College signed to a Prestige contract, and though of Music and Dance Prestige’s Bob Weinstock would have TEMPLE UNIVERSITY permitted reciprocal use of his artist to (continued ...) jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 7 News music can be efficiently and profitably International Jazz Festival and local (continued) Briefs sold through the burgeoning network of PBS affiliate WXXI Television will develop ❏ NEW YORK and WASHINGTON – digital retailers and mobile operators. “At three 60-minute television programs for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways, we recognize the national high-definition broadcast entitled, the remarkable repository of culturally important role that digital distribution can “Live from the Rochester International Jazz vital music from the U.S. and around the play for continued sales growth but more Festival.” The programs will be recorded world, announced that it has selected The importantly, as a phenomenal new channel live from the Rochester International Jazz Orchard as its exclusive marketing and to reach music customers and expand the Festival’s 2006 Pass Series Concerts in digital distribution partner. This relationship audience for our important catalogue,” Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of enables Smithsonian Folkways to reach said Smithsonian Folkways’ Director Music. They will feature live performances vast new audiences globally through Daniel Sheehy. “The Orchard’s deep and interviews as well as scenes from the The Orchard’s distribution relationships marketing expertise, strong digital retail Festival. The programs will air in 2007 on with more than 125 leading digital music and mobile relationships, and incredible dates and PBS stations to be announced stores and more than 200 mobile carriers. global network make them the perfect later. The Rochester International Jazz Based in Washington, Smithsonian partner for us. Smithsonian Folkways’ Festival was founded in 2002 and has Folkways is the nonprofit record label of music is our country’s, and other nations’, become one of the nation’s fastest growing the Smithsonian Institution, the national musical cultural heritage, so expanding music festivals. The fifth edition, June 9- museum of the U.S. The label’s catalogue the audience for our catalogue is more 17, will feature more than 600 musicians encompasses songs of struggle and than good business – it’s a sacred public performing in 170 concerts. Artists will protest, blues and ragtime, jazz and avant trust. We look forward to working with The come from ten countries and the U.S. garde from the entire 20th century – as Orchard to bring this invaluable catalogue making it one of the top international well as local music of islands from Hawaii to the digital marketplace in creative and events in the U.S. as well as one of the to Indonesia. The Smithsonian Folkways innovative ways.” most eclectic presenting all forms of catalogue embodies the potential of the improvised creative music. Attendance in ❏ 2005 topped 65,000. “long tail” phenomenon-whereby niche ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Rochester JW ��

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jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 8 News Birthdays June 6 June 14 Jimmie Lunceford (1902) Lucky Thompson (1924) May 29 Al Grey (1925) Eugene Wright (1923) June 15 Grant Green (1931) Erroll Garner (1921) Freddie Redd (1927) Monty Alexander (1944) Hilton Ruiz (1952) Jaki Byard (1922) Kenny Washington (1958) June 7 Tony Oxley (1938) Tal Farlow (1921) May 30 June 16 Beryl Booker (1922) Joe Thomas (1933) Sidney de Paris (1905) Tina Brooks (1932) Benny Goodman (1909) Albert Dailey (1938) Dave McKenna (1930) June 8 Tom Harrell (1946) Harry Beckett (1935) Bill Watrous (1939) Javon Jackson (1965) Julie Tippett (1947) May 31 June 17 Red Holloway (1927) June 9 Tony Scott (1921) Louis Hayes (1937) Cole Porter (1891) Joe Thomas (1933) Kenny Barron (1943) Chuck Rainey (1940) June 1 Mick Goodrick (1945) Hal McKusick (1924) June 20 Lennie Niehaus (1929) June 10 Eric Dolphy (1928) Dicky Wells (1907) June 2 June 21 Gary Thomas (1961) Jamil Nasser (1932) Marty Napoleon (1921) Charnett Moffett (1967) June 3 June 23 June 11 Milt Hinton (1910) Dakota Staton (1931) Shelly Manne (1920) Ted Curson (1935) Helen Humes (1913) Hazel Scott (1920) George Russell (1923) Grachan Moncur III (1937) Bernard Purdie (1939) Jack Wilkins (1944) Sahib Shihab (1925) Jamaaladeen Tacuma (1956) Donald Harrison (1960) June 4 June 12 June 24 Britt Woodman (1920) Marcus Belgrave (1936) Oliver Nelson (1932) Cap’n John Handy (1900) Chick Corea (1941) Cootie Williams (1910) Anthony Braxton (1945) Geri Allen (1957) Paquito D’Rivera (1948) George Gruntz (1932) June 13 Frank Lowe (1943) June 5 Doc Cheatham (1905) Marvin Smith (1961) Pete Jolly (1932) Frank Strozier (1937) Misha Mengleberg (1935) June 25 Peter Erskine (1954) Joe Chambers (1942)

jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 9 JazzWeek Summit 2006 Schedule of Events (subject to change)

Thursday, June 15 3:30 PM – Panel Session: Jukebox Jury 8:30 AM – Check-in and Registration You know it! You’ll love it or hate it! Time to shake the wax out of Continental breakfast, co-sponsored by Palmetto, 50% your ears and watch our panelists and attendees vote yea or nay on sponsorship still available forthcoming jazz releases. 10:00 AM – Welcome and Keynote Address 5:30 PM – Performance by Avishai Cohen Trio, sponsored by Groov Marketing 10:15 AM – The State of Jazz Radio Rochester International Jazz Festival (some events require Panel and audience discussion on where jazz radio is today, what tickets or pass) problems we face, what strengths and weaknesses of format are – a survey of what’s ahead during the Summit. Saturday, June 17 11:30 AM – Joe Locke and Geoff Keezer duo performance 9:30 AM – JazzWeek Awards Brunch, co-sponsored by Blue Lunch Break Note, 50% sponsorship still available 1:30 PM – Reaching a Broader Audience and Reaching the 10:00 AM – Awards Presentation Community 10:30 AM – Special Awards Ceremony Performance by Mark Is jazz radio reaching a broad enough audience? What do we need Elf Trio to do to expand it? What do surveys tell us about our audiences? 11:00 AM – Panel Session: Smilin’ and Dialin’ 3:00 PM – Artist Performance, singer/composer Marilyn Harris The relationship between record promoters and music directors is 3:30 PM – Are We Programming The Right Way? always a fun topic. What does each need from each other? What needs improvement? Are we hurting the artform by playing too many releases too infrequently? Are labels and artists releasing too many recordings? 12:30 PM – Town Meeting How do we find a happy medium? Do we need to alter our Let’s discuss those things we missed or wrap up those things we programming to include a younger demographic? covered. 5:30 PM – Solo Performance by Eldar, reception sponsored by 1:30 PM – Lunch Sony Classical 3:00 PM – Other activities for those sticking around – Rochester International Jazz Festival (some events require possibiliies include: WGMC visit, museums, Bop Shop tickets or pass) Rochester International Jazz Festival (some events require Friday, June 16 tickets or pass) 9:00 AM – Continental breakfast sponsored by Mack Avenue Additional events may be added. 9:30 AM – HD Radio, Moderator: Shaunna Morisson Machosky Tom Mallison has volunteered to coordinate panel membership. Please contact Tom at [email protected] HD Radio can provide jazz stations with more opportunities and to express your interest. more competition. What’s in store? 10:30 AM – Breakout sessions 1) Artists Promotional Opportunities Remaining: 2) Radio Opportunities to promote your label or artist still remain: 3) Mediaguide How-To 1) Partial sponsorship of Thursday breakfast and/or Saturday 4) Promotion awards brunch. Sponsorship includes advertising space in a future issue of JazzWeek. 11:30 AM – Paul Hoffman/Bob Sneider duo Lunch Break 2) Items to be inserted in convention bags. Those sponsoring breakfasts or events can have their items included at no 1:30 PM – Ken Dashow panel charge. Others can have items added for a $50 stuffing fee. Radio veteran Ken Dashow of New York’s Q104.3, and star of stage and screen, once again shares programming tips from commercial 3) Receptions at the Clarion Riverside Hotel. Contact Ed radio that apply just as much to non-commercial stations. Trefzger at [email protected] or 866-453-6401 x1. 3:00 PM – Artist Performance, guitarist Josh Workman jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 10 Artist Q&A: Karrin Allyson

ith Karrin Allyson hanging out at the top of the chart, we thought it apt to have the charming singer chat about her Wnew album Footprints. As anyone who has seen this Ne- braska native perform live knows, Allyson’s easy Midwestern charm is a nice counterpoint to the “Diva” role often thrust unfairly upon woman singers of her stature. Also check out the JazzWeek Top 5 this week where Karrin picks six singers working today that she digs. – Tad Hendrickson

JazzWeek: You’re a classically trained pianist, yet you are now really more of a singer than a singer-pianist. Karrin Allyson: I still play piano live a certain percent- age of the time on every gig. When I have someone like Bruce Barth with me, I don’t sit down nearly as much because he is a wonderful wonderful jazz pianist. I’m more of an accompanist for myself. If I have a guitar trio plus me, then I sit down and play more. Is it different to sing versus to play and sing? Yeah. I probably sing a little differently when I play. It frees me up to some degree to stand up and sing, and I certainly do different material when I stand up and sing, rather than when I sit down and play. If that makes sense. It’s also a very personal thing to play for yourself. It’s nice. I’ve heard varied stories about people who play and sing: some can’t do one without the other, others can’t do both, others do some of each. What prompted you to want to start singing when you already were a student of the piano? I would say that it was the music that we did for the record Wild For You. The Carly Simon, Carole King, Joni

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I got more and Mitchell stuff. I went out and got the sheet music for those songs to play, and I started to sing along with it. So that’s where it all began for me. Then when more away from I started to get into jazz in college, my friends got me into Nancy Wilson, Nat King Cole and Lambert Hendricks and Ross. So I was really bitten hard by the piano and the jazz bug, and it started to get into my repertoire and then pretty much take more toward over. Then I formed a couple of my own jazz ensembles and that’s how it all started. During it, I got more and more away from the piano and more toward singing. Now I singing. Now I consider both as instruments. They are both very much a part of what I do. I am a musician who happens to sing. consider both as Does each help the other? “instruments. They I learn a lot of my music by sitting down to the piano and going through it. are both very And I do that when I write these days. Things like that. So, playing piano is still a big part of what I do, whether the audience witnesses it or not. much a part of Which brings us to the creative process and the new album. Was it difficult what I do. I am to pull this material together? Songs people know with new lyrics would seem to be daunting task. a musician who There were maybe 50 tunes that I was choosing from. As a singer, I wanted happens to sing. some of these tunes in my repertoire – I wasn’t playing “Equinox” instrumen- tally on my gigs, I wanted to be able to sing it. I wasn’t playing “Footprints,” and I wanted to be able to play and sing it. These were both tunes I always loved. Those two tunes are actually the first two I gave to Chris Caswell, who wrote many of the new lyrics. I had been trying to write lyrics to those songs for years and have never been happy with them. How did that collaboration work? When he started to be so prolific with these songs, I thought, “Man, this is really something.” The choices you make in life often can make all the difference. It may not even be the execution, which can come later, but the decision to do it. So he and I struck up a very good working relationship that still goes on now. I chose the songs to start with, then he picked some. Some worked better than others, and some might end up on another project but not Footprints. That’s quite an asset, your own lyricist. Yeah. It’s something that I never ever looked for or expected. I like the story behind “The Turnaround” in the liner notes, that must have been funny. Yeah, I wanted him to do the Ornette Coleman song and he thought I meant the Hank Mobley song. He faxed me the lyrics to “The Turnaround,” which I had asked for. I didn’t even think that there would be two songs with the same title. I kept trying to make it work with Ornette’s tune, and I would sit down at the piano but couldn’t figure out it was supposed to work. So I called him continued ... jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 12 Artist Q&A: Karrin Allyson (continued)

and told him: “Chris I like these lyrics, but they’re not really working for me. Listen to this and tell me if this is anywhere close.” [Laughs] He says, “No, the Hank Mobley song.” And I’m like, huh? [laughs] So now we have both. There was probably no confusion with “Con Alma.” That’s another great story. We had one rehearsal with the band the day before the recording and Chris was there. Bruce Barth wrote this beautiful little intro to the song, and Chris heard it and thought it needed a lyric, which turned out to be the verse. You also had Jon Hendricks on hand for the recording as well. He added a whole new verse to “Strollin’.” He heard the song and went into the next room and wrote lyrics for him to sing, so that was pretty cool. Then he surprised us with a whistle solo. Did you ever get a chance to work with Oscar Brown? I know he was scheduled to be a part of the recording but passed before the session when down. I sat in with him and Jon, believe it or not, years ago when somebody had hired us all for this in- teresting jazz festival in Michigan. This was years and years ago. So, really, the answer is “no.” We’ve talked, and he came to my gig in San Francisco and sat in. So I guess the answer is “yes.” I really like how you and Nancy King worked together on the record. It had a really nice conversational tone to it. The record became this layered thing. First and foremost I wanted to do this record with these people. Then the songs came. The conversational tone might come in because she is my friend. It’s not: “Let me sing, then you can sing.” That’s really my hopeful approach to this music anyway. Nancy almost does background vocals sometimes. That’s what she does on a couple of tunes. She has a new album with Fred Hersch on Maxjazz called Live At The Jazz Standard. It was the ﬁrst time they played together and I don’t think she even knew they were recording it. I was introduced to her music by Stan Dunn, a guy in the business, and I began to track down her stuﬀ. I just loved her interpretations of songs. When we met, I went to up to her at a show and said, “You don’t know me, but my name is continued ... jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 13 Artist Q&A: Karrin Allyson (continued)

Karrin Allyson. Why don’t I sell CDs for you while you talk to your people.” So that’s what I did, and that’s how we got to be friends. Did you run into any legal issues in putting these songs together? I’ve heard the Coltrane estate is not down with sharing songwriting credits on his tunes. And in many ways, I don’t blame them. Fortunately, I didn’t have to do all these clearances on my own. It took a village where I did some and my management did some and Chris did some and my producer did some. You can do songs without permission if you want. You might get in trouble, and ﬁrst and foremost it’s not the right thing to do. You also need to re-title the tune. We re-titled everything because of the new lyrics so the composer gets the credit you’ve agreed on with the new lyricist. That’s so the publishing money is fair on whatever you’ve agreed on. Also, if we didn’t re-title it, when Wayne Shorter’s version of “Footprints” gets played, Chris would get paid even though there were no lyrics in Wayne’s version. It’s the legal right thing to do. You have to get permission. That had to be tricky. The release date was delayed because of clearances. “Con Alma” made it onto the record at the very last moment, and Tadd Dameron’s “Soultrane” didn’t make it in time. We recorded it and mixed and everything. It was a big shame, but we weren’t able to reach the people in time. So we’ll have that for next time. Was there any song that you are afraid of doing this way? Not really afraid of. “Airegin,” which is on the Japanese import, was a real struggle for me. I was really hard vo- cally for me, but I did it. Or I ﬁnally did it. [Laughs] We did the solo, but it was really just the melody line – it was just so tough! “But I Was Cool” was a little daunting because I didn’t want to sound like a big dork! Some white girl up there singing. ... Actually I can be that person in the lyrics in my life, so it comes across for me as very sincere. JW

(Karrin shares a list of six of her favorite current jazz singers on page 32. – Ed.)

jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 14 Reviews and Picks

Eldar Ben Adams Quintet

Daily Living: Live At The Blue Note (Sony Old Thoughts For A New Day (Lunar Module) Classical) BAY AREA-BASED VIBESMAN Ben Adams is still a young and ONE OF THE most heralded young players to arrive since relatively unknown commodity, yet he’s on to something a young Wynton Marsalis hit town with the Jazz Mes- on his third album. Here with trumpeter Erik Jekabson, sengers, Eldar Djangirov has the precociousness that’s in- bassist Fred Ran- dicative of his age. dolph, drummer Only someone so Sameer Gupta and young and gifted tenor saxophon- would dare doing ist Mitch Marcus, the opener “What’s Adams and com- This Thing Called pany start in the Love” at the tem- straight-ahead vein po he chose. Here but wander afield backed by his – this set of origi- working band and nals have the unex- joined by guest pected harmonies trumpeters Chris of Wayne Shorter’s compositions, the muscular musician- Botti (“You Don’t ship of Dave Holland’s quintet, and usually a snappy rest- Know What Love lessness that keeps the band moving forward. Highlights Is”) and Roy Hargrove (“Straight No Chaser”), the pianist include a hard swinging “The Actual,” the classic sound- flies without a net on this 2005 New York date. The pia- ing “Pocket Fiction” and the knotty “Conversations With nist’s typically swirling style and thrilling leads jump out. Martin,” which rides the back of Gupta’s rhythms. Some- This means that he overshadows the band when he cranks times the band slows it down to the point where they lose it up, particularly on “Dat Dere.” He doesn’t, however, turn momentum (on the title cut in particular), but these dry down the heat, offering a thoughtful and probing interpre- patches are only occasional. tation on “Besame Mucho.” Other highlights include a diz- – Tad Hendrickson zying “Straight No Chaser,” which has some real grit from Contact: Neal Sapper Hargrove and the pianist, and the lyrical original “Daily Phone: (415) 453-1558 Living.” While his abilities know no bounds at this point, Email: [email protected] it’s intriguing to think what seasoning will do with this Add Date: May 29 prodigy. Release Date: June 13 – Tad Hendrickson Contact: Dick LaPalm/Fred Mancuso LDB3 And Friends Phone: (310) 472-7246/(702) 457-8815 Email: [email protected] Blue Bop (Chicken Coup) Add Dates: Dick doesn’t believe in add dates. LINDA DACHTYL PULLS no punches here on Blue Bop, which Release Date: May 30 dives headfirst into the classic jazz-blues organ tradition. A student of legendary Ohio State educator Hank Marr (Eldar will perform solo on Thursday, June 15, at 5:30 (whom album producer Tony Monaco also studied under), p.m. at the JazzWeek Summit, with a reception spon- Dachtyl pays tribute on her Chicken Coup debut by bring- sored by Sony Classical until 7:30 p.m.) continued ... jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 15 Reviews and Picks

tainly fortunate. King is a geniune jazz singer, with a fac- LDB3 and Friends (continued) ile scatting ability and a phenominal vocal range; Hersch, ing in some of Marr’s band for three tunes from his book; renowned as a versatile pianist and prolific composer, is a she rounds out the rest of the program with classics and for- sensitive and intuitive accompanist. The two are so in touch gotten gems with her working band and other guests. What- with each other that it’s astonishing that the set list and ever the person- even the tempos were comprised on the spot. Highlights of nel, the band works this magic night include “I Fall In Love Too Easily,” a play- as a classic quar- ful “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a medley of “Little Suede Shoes” tet of organ, tenor, and “Day By Day,” an “Autumn In New York” that mines guitar and drums. the depths and heights of King’s range, and Jon Hendricks’ Dachtyl’s playing is lyricized version of Miles’ “Four.” bluesier than many – Ed Trefzger organists out there Contact: Groov Marketing and often draws Phone: (877) GROOV 32 from the gospel Email: [email protected] lexicon as well. Her Add Date: May 30 leads aren’t over- Release Date: May 30 whelming or overt- ly technical, but Yellowjackets she’s got a good feel and is generous with the spotlight, creating a nice overall group feel. Highlights include a nice Twenty Five (Heads Up) reading of “All The Things You Are,” Jimmy McGriff’s “All IT’S HARD TO believe that the Yellowjackets have 25 years, About My Girl” and opener “Silver Spoon.” 20 albums and 200 songs under their belts. That quarter – Tad Hendrickson century is celebrated on a new live CD/DVD release, apt- Contact: Dr. Jazz ly named Twen- Phone: (800) 955-4375 ty Five, that show- Email: [email protected] cases songs from Add Date: May 29 Release Date: May 30 throughout that period, recorded in France and It- Nancy King aly. While founding guitarist Rob- Live At Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch ben Ford moved on (MAXJAZZ) years ago, original WHEN NANCY KING flew to New York to perform with Fred members Russell Hersch at one of a series of duo concerts the pianist per- Ferrante and Jim- formed in the fall my Haslip (on key- of 2004, she didn’t boards and bass re- know the gig would spectively) have kept the vision of a group that falls into be recorded. In fact, the contemporary jazz chasm between mainstream jazz ra- the two had not dio – which often shies from electric or electronic sounds – met, let alone per- and smooth jazz radio, which eschews solos and thrives on formed together, formula. The Yellowjackets show their impressive impro- before that night. visational chops in tight arrangements of songs that range That this first- from funky fusion to synth-tinged post-bop. Don’t let the time get-together electronics chase you away; this is seriously good stuff that was preserved for cries out for a place on the airwaves. (The companion DVD this release is cer- continued ... jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 16 Reviews and Picks strates the pianist’s full range of playing and composition – from the subtle Yellowjackets (continued) and introspective to the rambunc- – directed and edited by Tony Zawinul, Joe’s son – includes tious and angular a complete concert, 3½ hours of additional footage, inter- – combined with views, and more.) a palpable feeling – Ed Trefzger of discovery and Contact: Neal Sapper spontaneity. The Phone: (415) 453-1558 wistful and deli- Email: [email protected] cate “Beginning,” Add Date: May 22 the uplifting “Lu- Release Date: May 23 cent,” the ¾ blues of “Jimmy G” (for Frank Kimbrough Giuffre) and the playful “Little Big Man” are all recommended radio tracks Play (Palmetto) on this fine trio (and occasionally duo) date. YOU’VE REALLY GOT to hand it to Frank Kimbrough. Af- – Ed Trefzger ter recording most of his body of work with a regular cast, Contact: Terry Coen he chose under-appreciated bassist Masa Kamaguchi, with Phone: (800) 274-6237 who he had only worked with for a short time, and legendary Email: [email protected] drummer Paul Motian, with whom he had never worked, Add Date: May 22 and proceeded to the studio with no chart for Motian, no Release Date: May 16 headphones, and no rehearsals. The result, Play, demon-

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jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 17 Jazz Radio

Karrin Allyson’s Footprints Makes It Three For Three

Ed Wiley, Jr. has Most Added With About The Soul

he latest Concord album from Karrin Allyson is No. 1 for a third Tstraight week. Footprints dropped a few spins to 400 on the week, but added two stations and has airplay on 72 stations in its sixth week on the chart.

The most-added CD this week is About The Soul(Swing Records) by saxophonist Ed Wiley, Jr., with 26 stations Footprints (Concord) by vocalist Karrin Allyson is No. 1 for a third straight week in its sixth week debuting the disc this week. The CD on the chart. also had the biggest increase in airplay, +84, and it debuted on the chart at No. 33.

Jazz Album Chart p. 19 Jazz Add Dates p. 20 Jazz Current CDs p. 21 Jazz Radio Panel p. 24 Saxophonist Ed Wiley, Jr.’s latest album About The Soul (Swing Records) was most added, pick- ing up 26 stations. It added 84 spins and debuted at No. 33. jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 18 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart May 29, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord 400 463 -63 6 72 2 2 2 2 1 Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery Blue Note 383 411 -28 8 71 1 3 4 4 3 Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game HighNote 314 281 33 6 67 5 4 3 3 1 Joey DeFrancesco Organic Vibes Concord 290 295 -5 11 60 1 5 5 5 3 Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Heads Up 239 261 -22 9 57 0 6 9 15 6 Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious Verve Music Group 233 192 41 4 54 3 7 8 11 7 Vincent Herring Ends And Means HighNote 226 211 15 6 57 4 8 13 9 8 Brian Bromberg Wood II Artistry 207 182 25 11 48 1 9 6 23 6 Various Artists Hear and Now Concord 186 225 -39 4 49 3 10 21 18 10 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis LRS Media 183 149 34 4 45 7 Showcase 11 11 10 9 Taylor Eigsti Lucky To Be Me Concord Jazz 177 186 -9 9 55 1 12 11 8 1 Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc 175 186 -11 14 50 0 13 20 27 13 Ben Allison Cowboy Justice Palmetto 174 152 22 3 50 3 14 22 12 6 Tom Scott Bebop United MCG Jazz 171 148 23 14 48 1 15 19 13 13 Phil Woods Unheard Herd Jazzed Media 170 155 15 8 45 4 16 18 17 16 Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Project Fallen Angel Sons of Sound 166 159 7 6 48 1 17 7 15 2 Bob Mintzer Big Band Old School: New Lessons MCG Jazz 163 217 -54 14 47 1 18 15 13 12 Monty Alexander Concrete Jungle: The Music Of Bob Marley Telarc 161 170 -9 9 42 4 19 14 7 7 Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music 154 179 -25 10 50 0 20 10 6 3 Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine 153 190 -37 14 48 0 21 17 NR 17 Eddie Daniels Mean What You Say IPO Recordings 151 165 -14 2 45 9 22 39 38 22 Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery Greenleaf Music 142 100 42 4 46 6 23 24 24 23 Charley Harrison Keeping My Composure C3 Records 139 144 -5 9 36 0 24 23 21 19 SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Collective 2 Nonesuch 135 145 -10 9 35 1 25 28 26 17 Michael Carvin Marsalis Music Honors Michael Carvin Marsalis Music 130 135 -5 9 47 2 26 25 29 25 Don Braden Workin’ HighNote 129 140 -11 6 40 2 27 29 21 20 Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note 126 131 -5 7 37 2 28 39 28 28 Chuck Redd Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Kessel: Arbors 125 100 25 6 43 4 Happy All Time 29 37 NR 29 David Berger & The Sultans of Swing Hindustan Such Sweet Thunder Records 123 106 17 2 33 3 30 NR NR 30 Planet Jazz In Orbit Sharp Nine 119 54 65 1 41 17 31 35 NR 31 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up From The Skies: Music Of Jim McNeely Planet Arts 117 109 8 2 34 4 32 41 43 32 Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center Challenge 116 99 17 3 41 7 33 NR NR 33 Ed Wiley, Jr. About The Soul Swing Records 115 31 84 1 37 26 34 27 20 13 Paul Bollenback Brightness of Being Elefant Dreams 114 137 -23 12 27 1 34 30 24 13 Maria Schneider Orchestra Days of Wine and Roses Artist Share 114 130 -16 9 34 0 36 33 43 33 Bill Henderson Live At The Kennedy Center WebOnlyJazz.com 112 121 -9 7 38 4 36 16 32 15 Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz 112 166 -54 10 43 0 38 45 NR 38 Catherine Russell Cat World Village 108 90 18 2 36 5 38 32 31 1 Larry Goldings Quartet Palmetto 108 127 -19 16 43 1 40 49 46 40 Harvie S Funky Cha Zoho Music 106 82 24 3 38 5 40 38 30 3 Larry Willis Trio The Big Push HighNote 106 104 2 16 35 0 42 25 19 1 David “Fathead” Newman Cityscape HighNote 104 140 -36 16 37 0 43 30 36 20 Manu Katché Neighbourhood ECM 100 130 -30 13 32 2 43 36 33 28 Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Port Chicago Noir Records 100 107 -7 8 31 1 45 46 43 43 Sai Ghose New Blood Summit 94 88 6 3 31 3 46 47 48 42 3ósity 3ósity Capri 93 86 7 9 18 1 47 NR NR 5 Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East Diamonds For Nat Summit 89 76 13 17 34 1 48 42 37 35 Ulf Wakenius Notes From The Heart ACT 82 98 -16 9 27 1 48 42 34 4 Tony Monaco East To West Chicken Coup 82 98 -16 16 26 0 50 NR 46 1 Jae Sinnett The Sinnett Hearings J-Nett Records 81 81 0 17 25 1

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Ed Wiley, Jr. About The Soul (Swing Records) +26 Ed Wiley, Jr. About The Soul (Swing Records) +84 Diego Urcola Viva (Camjazz) Planet Jazz In Orbit (Sharp Nine) +17 Planet Jazz In Orbit (Sharp Nine) +65 Charnett Moffett Internet (Piadrum) David Sills Down The Line (Origin) Mark Elf Liftoff (Jen Bay Records) +17 Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery (Greenleaf Music) +42 Anne Ducros Piano, Piano (Dreyfus Jazz) Diego Urcola Viva (Camjazz) +14 Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious (Verve Music Group) +41 Toots Thielemans One More For The Road (Verve Music Group) Teena Marie Sapphire (Cash Money) +14 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Showcase Bill Watrous, Pete Christlieb, Gary Urwin Kindred Spirits (Summit) Jackie Allen Tangled (Blue Note) +12 (LRS Media) +34 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream (Heads Up) Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game (HighNote) +33 Mark Elf Liftoff (Jen Bay Records) Marilyn Scott Innocent Of Nothing (Prana Entertainment) Brian Bromberg Wood II (Artistry) +25 Teena Marie Sapphire (Cash Money)

jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 19 Jazz Radio Adds Here are upcoming add dates for new releases, and add dates that have passed recently. This listing was current as of press time. JazzWeek industry subscribers may update this information online at jazzweek.com. Add dates may also be submitted via email to [email protected].

April 24, 2006 May 29, 2006 Ben Allison – Cowboy Justice (Palmetto) Ben Adams – Old Thoughts, New Day Calvin Keys – Vertical Clearance (Wide Hive Records) David Berger – Hindustan (Such Sweet Thunder Inc.) May 30, 2006 Nancy King – Live at Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch (MAXJAZZ) Harvie S – Funky Cha (Zoho Music) Various Artists – Hear and Now (Concord Records) June 5, 2006 May 1, 2006 Gnappy – Unloaded (Bean Pie Records) Hank Jones & Frank Wess – Hank and Frank (Lineage Records) Anne Ducros – Piano, Piano (Dreyfus Jazz) Killer Ray Appleton Melvin Rhyne Quartet – Latin Dreams (Lineage Roy Hargrove Quintet – Nothing Serious (Verve Records) Records) Ginny Carr – After All These Years (HouseKat Records) Jerry Bergonzi – Tenor Of The Times (HighNote) May 7, 2006 Melvin Sparks – Groove On Up (HighNote) Sophie Milman – Sophie Milman (Linus Entertainment) Ray Mantilla – Good Vibrations (HighNote) May 8, 2006 Roberta Gambarini – Easy To Love (Groovin’ High/Kindred Rhythm) Marilyn Scott – Innocent of Nothing (Prana Entertainment) June 6, 2006 Planet Jazz – Planet Jazz (Sharp Nine) Heernt – Locked in a Basement (RazDaz/Sunnyside) Miles Davis Quintet – The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions (Prestige) June 12, 2006 Jerry Vivino – Walkin’ WIth The Wazmo (Zoho Music) May 11, 2006 Pete Malinverni – Joyful (Artist Share) Brian Owen – Unmei (OA2 Records) Regina Carter – I’ll Be Seeing You (Verve Records) Jessica Williams – Billy’s Theme: A Tribute to Dr Billy Taylor (Origin Records) June 15, 2006 Toby Koenigsberg Trio – Sense (Origin Records) John Moulder – Trinity (Origin Records) Sonando – Tres (Origin Records) June 19, 2006 May 15, 2006 Brad Mehldau – House On Hill (Nonesuch Records) Tom Lellis – Avenue of the Americas (Beamtide Music) Ed Wiley, Jr. – About The Soul (Talking House Productions) Dafnis Prieto – Absolute Quintet (Zoho Music) June 20, 2006 May 16, 2006 Larry Vuckovich – Street Scene (Tetrachord Music) Ignacio Berroa – Codes (Blue Note) June 27, 2006 May 19, 2006 Marilyn Harris – Round Trip (Wrightwood Records) Evan Stone – Sticks & Stone, Vol. 1 (Red Jazz) July 13, 2006 May 22, 2006 Chris Walden Big Band – No Bounds (Origin) Joe Locke/Geoff Keezer Group – Live In Seattle (Origin) Frank Kimbrough – Play (Palmetto) Mark Elf – Liftoff (Jen Bay Records) July 17, 2006 Clark Woodard & Joe Farrell – Clark Woodard & Joe Farrell (BCS Dr. Lonnie Smith – Jungle Soul (Palmetto) Records) July 24, 2006 Yellowjackets – Twenty Five (Heads Up) Rick Wald – Castaneda’s Dreams (Glowbow Records) Allen Toussaint/Elvis Costello – River In Reverse (Verve Records) Norman Hedman’s Tropique – Garden Of Forbidden Fruit (Power August 1, 2006 Light Records) Tania Maria – Intimidade (Blue Note) May 23, 2006 August 14, 2006 Jackie Allen – Tangled (Blue Note) Ray Barretto – Standards Rican-ditioned (Zoho Music) Dr. John – Mercernary (Blue Note) August 28, 2006 Avishai Cohen – Continuo (RazDaz/Sunnyside) Jacqui Naylor – Five On Five (Ruby Records) May 25, 2006 September 12, 2006 David Dahlsten – Study Your Own Heart (Rainbow Dancing) Marisa Monte – TBA (Blue Note)

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3ósity 3ósity Capri Joyce/Dori Caymmi Rio Bahia Far Out Greg Abate Monsters In The Night Koko Jazz Andre Ceccarelli Avenue des Diables Blues Dreyfus Beegie Adair Sentimental Journey Village Square Music Joe Chambers The Outlaw Savant Beegie Adair Quiet Romance Village Square Music Dennis Chambers, Jeff Berlin, Dave Boston T Party Tone Center John Adams Trios Congruet Music Fiuczynski, T Lavitz Craig Chaquico Holiday Higher Octave Annette A. Aguilar & String Beans No Cheap Dates Self Released Buddy Charles We’re Here Jazzed Media Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game HighNote Yashmin Charnet-Abler Jobim, etc. Bossa Nova Music Monty Alexander Concrete Jungle: The Music Of Bob Telarc Marley Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc Jackie Allen Tangled Blue Note Tony Cimorosi Horizon Epoch Ben Allison Cowboy Justice Palmetto Charmaine Clamor Searching For The Soul FreeHam Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord The Claudia Quintet Semi-Formal Cuneiform Daniel Almada and Martin Tango Crash Justin Time Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Iannacone Billy Cobham All That Groove Just Groove Marcos Amorim Sete Capelas Adventure Music Avishai Cohen Continuo RazDaz/Sunnyside Fred Anderson Timeless Delmark Richie Cole & Art Pepper A Piece Of Jazz History Jazz Excursion Leny Andrade Bossa Novas Albatroz Perry Conticchio Speak Your Truth Liven Up Jazz Ernie Andrews How About Me HighNote Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure Stretch Records Anga Echu Mingua Nonesuch Elvis Costello w/ The Metropole My Flame Turns Blue Deutsche Grama- Dave Askren Some Other Things Sea Breeze Orkest phone Michael Attias Renku Playscape George Cotsirilos On The Rebop OA2 Records David Axelrod The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Capitol Duduka Da Fonseca Samba Jazz In Black & White Zoho Music Records 1966-1970 David Dahlsten Study Your Own Heart Rainbow Records The Bamboos Step It Up Ubiquity Eddie Daniels Mean What You Say IPO Recordings Dan Baraszu Nightfall Blue Canoe Dave’s True Story Simple Twist Of Fate Bepop Cris Barber Comes Love Paws Here Roger Davidson Trio Ten To Twelve Soundbrush Records Carlos Barbosa-Lima Carioca Zoho Music Rick Davies Siepre Salsa Emlyn Music Gerald Beckett Flute Vibes Summit Miles Davis The Legendary Prestige Quintet Prestige Bob Belden Three Days of Rain Sunnyside Sessions Sathima Bea Benjamin Musical Echoes Ekapa Joey DeFrancesco Organic Vibes Concord David Berger & The Sultans of Hindustan Such Sweet Thunder Phil DeGreg Brasilia Strugglebaby Swing Records Jack DeJohnette/Bill Frisell The Elephant Sleeps But Still Golden Beams Ignacio Berroa Codes Blue Note Remembers Faruq Z. Bey With The Northwoods Rwanda Qubic Julia Dollison Observatory Like So Music Improvisers Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery Greenleaf Music The Big Three Trio We Got Rhythm Beezwax Lila Downs La Cantina Entre Copa Y Copa Narada John Bishop Nothing If Not Something Origin Dr. John Mercernary Blue Note Michael Blake Right Before Your Very Ears Clean Feed Anne Ducros Piano, Piano Dreyfus Jazz Karen Blixt Spin This Hi Fli Taylor Eigsti Lucky To Be Me Concord Jazz Blue Cat Express Spirit Of New Orleans Rhombus Harris Eisenstadt Ahimsa Orchestra Nine Winds Erin Boheme What Love Is Concord Records Mark Elf Liftoff Jen Bay Records Paul Bollenback Brightness of Being Elefant Dreams Doug Ellington & New Urban Groove Life Llama Productions Don Braden Workin’ HighNote Stuart Elster Get It Right Primrose Lane Ruby Braff Controlled Nonchalance at the Arbors Regattabar, Vol. 2 Dewey Erney Lucky To Be Me Primrose Lane Anouar Brahem Le Voyage De Sahar ECM Ron Eschete Trio In The Middle REV Jazz Breakestra Hit The Floor Ubiquity Gene Ess Sandbox and Sanctum – Song SIMP Federico Britos & Jorge Garcia The Sound of Strings YIKI Records Cycle for Quartet Estrada Brothers Two For The Road Cougar Brian Bromberg Wood II Artistry Donald Fagan Morph The Cat Reprise Cecil Brooks III Double Exposure Savant Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Hidden Land Sony Gary Brunotte Smile Summit Mimi Fox Perpetually Hip Favored Nations The Budos Band The Budos Band Daptone Erik Friedlander Prowl Cryptogramophone Leslie Byers & The Jazz Cats Undecided Red Lip Records Lisa Fuller Teach Me Tonight Bizarre Planet Yosvany Terry Cabrera Metamorphosis Kindred Rhythm Tony Gairo/Gary Rissmiller Jazz Treacherous Sea Breeze Francesco Cafiso Quartet Happy Time Cam Jazz Orchestra Royce Campbell Gypsy Soul Moon Cycle Records Bob Gallo Wake Up Call Self Released Royce Campbell & The Groovedig- Right Now! Self Produced Frank Gambale Natural High Wombat gers Red Garland At The Prelude Prestige Alex Candelaria Yeahway Evander Grant Geissman Say That! Futurism Records Vincius Cantuaria Silva Hannibal Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Hep Jazz Rosie Carlino So In Love With You Quillian Entertain- Songbook ment Moncef Genoud Aqua Savoy Jazz Ginny Carr After All These Years HouseKat Sai Ghose New Blood Summit Regina Carter I’ll Be Seeing You (A Sentimental Verve Music Group Journey) Marla Gibbs It’s Never Too Late Forever 30 James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Gold Sounds Brown Brothers Aaron Goldberg Worlds Sunnyside Jackson & Reginald Veal Ben Goldberg Quintet The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Cryptogramophone Michael Carvin Marsalis Music Honors Michael Marsalis Music Fact Carvin Larry Goldings Quartet Palmetto Carlos Cascante Y Su Timbao Recuerdos Bettrmusik Edsel Gomez Cubist Music Zoho Music Oscar Castro-Neves All One Mack Avenue Brad Goode Hypnotic Suggestion Delmark Sara Caswell But Beautiful Arbors Groove Collective People People Music Music Savoy Jazz Laura Caviani Going There Self Released Don Grusin Old Friends and Relatives Bad Dog jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 21 Jazz Radio Currents

Steve Guasch y su Orquesta Nueva Siguiendo La Tradicion Salsaneo Records Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress Era Arthur Lillard’s Heavenly Band Reasons To Be Thankful Summit Hagberg/Bergeron Quartet Jobim Now Teal Creek Record- ings Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Spin Telarc Ryan Haines Big Band New Horizons Sea Breeze Carmen Lundy Jazz & The New Songbook: Live at Afrasia Steve Hall Quintet Steve Hall Quintet Moovalong the Madrid Matthias Lupri Group Metalix Summit Rich Halley Mountains and Plains Louie Pamela Luss There’s Something About You I Savant Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock Sony Don’t Know Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious Verve Music Group Brian Lynch Latin Jazz Sextet Conclave Criss Cross Charley Harrison Keeping My Composure C3 Records Frank Macchia Mo’Animals Cacophony Records Ken Hatfield String Theory Arthur Circle The Mackrosoft Antonio’s Giraffe Wax Orchard Reunion Hawk-Richard Jazz Sea Breeze Mambo Kings Live! Mambokingdom Orchestra Music Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli Just Friends Mel Bay Eyal Maoz Edom Tzadik Kevin Hays Open Range ACT Ray Marchica In The Ring Sons of Sound Norman Hedman’s Tropique Garden Of Forbidden Fruit Power Light Teena Marie Sapphire Cash Money Bill Henderson Live At The Kennedy Center WebOnlyJazz.com Eugene Marlow A Summer Afternoon With You MEII Enterprises Vincent Herring Ends And Means HighNote Barrett Martin The Painted Desert Fast Horse Fred Hersch In Amsterdam: Live At Bimhuis Palmetto Joel Martin Jazzical: Perestroika! MCS Records Conrad Herwig Obligation Criss Cross Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Blue Note Andrew Hill Time Lines Blue Note Montgomery Bennie Maupin Ensemble Penumbra Cryptogramophone Calvin Hill I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Arichi Susan May Black Coffee Southport Hiromi Spiral Telarc Jon Mayer My Romance Reservoir Ted Hogarth Collective Misconception Blujazz Virginia Mayhew Sandan Shuffle Renma Rick Holland In Time’s Shadow Blujazz Maysa Sweet Classic Soul Shanachie Adam Holzman and Brave New Jazz Rocket Science Nagel Heyer World Christian McBride Live At Tonic Ropeadope Lena Horne Seasons Of A Life Blue Note Donny McCaslin Soar Sunnyside The Hot 8 Brass Band Rock With The Hot 8 Louisiana Red Hot Robin McKelle Introducing Robin McKelle Cheap Lullaby Records John McNeil East Coast Cool OmniTone Charlie Hunter Trio Copperopolis Ropeadope Marian McPartland Marin McPartland’s Piano Jazz w/ Jazz Alliance Charlie Hunter, Chinna Smith and Earth Tones GSE/Green Street John Medeski Ernest Ranglin Marian McPartland and Shirley Horn Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast Jazz Alliance Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey The Sameness Of Difference Hyena Records Mike Melvoin presents Dan Jaffe Playiong The Word City Light Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch Sergio Mendes Timeless Concord Brett Jensen Trios Origin Rale Micic Serbia CTA Ingrid Jensen At Sea Artist Share Sophie Milman Sophie Milman Koch Johnny and the Mo Tones Two Hits For The Kitty Altenburgh Jazz Dom Minasi The Vampire’s Revenge CDM George Johnson, Jr. All Star Tribute BCS Records Bob Mintzer Big Band Old School: New Lessons MCG Jazz Mudfoot Jones Basement Boys Present Savoy Jazz Charnett Moffett Internet Piadrum Robert Jospé Heart Beat Random Chance Tony Monaco East To West Chicken Coup Beat Kaestli Happy, Sad and Satisfied B&B Productions Ben Monder Oceana Sunnyside Jerry Kalaf Seems Like Old Times Self Released Monk’s Music Trio Monk’s Bones CMB Records Ken Karsh Ventana Alanna Records Francisco Mora Catlett River Drum 1er Cru Katahdin’s Edge The Ridge Self Released Paul Motian Band Garden Of Eden ECM Manu Katché Neighbourhood ECM John Moulder Trinity Origin Records Arthur Kell Traveller Fresh Sound New Talent Greg Murphy Orientation Murphasaurus Paul Keller Orchestra A Tribute To Benny Goodman PKO Kim Nalley She Put A Spell On Me Ce Jazz & Blues Grace Kelly Times Too Self Released Jovino Santos Neto Roda Carioca (Rio Circle) Adventure Music Calvin Keys Vertical Clearance Wide Hive Records David “Fathead” Newman Cityscape HighNote Steve Khan The Green Field Tone Center Nomo New Tones Ubiquity Billy Kilson’s B. K. Groove Pots & Pans Arintha Star Novak & Haar Old Friends Self Produced Frank Kimbrough Play Palmetto Shahida Nurullah The Ruby and the Pearl Alembra Arts Valarie King Kangu Hod O’Brien Second Set Reservoir Bill Kirchner Everything I Love Evening Star Records Luis Ochoa Cimarron Cuban Music Mark Kleinhaut Trio Holding The Center Invisible Music Productions Odyssey: The Band Back In Time PI Recordings Gladys Knight Before Me Verve Music Group Brian Owen Unmei OA2 Records Konono No. 1 Congotronics Crammed Discs Keith Oxman Dues In Progress Capri Bireli Lagrène Swing ‘81 Le Chant du Monde Michael Pag√°n Pag’s Groove Capri Abe Lagrimas Jr. Dimensions Pass Out Records Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio Music Oliver Lake Quartet Live Passiní Thru Records Greg Pasenko Something Old New Borrowed Blue Blujazz Lalo Half Moon Self Released Rosa Passos Rosa Telarc Jazz Jeannette Lambert Sand Underfoot Rant Nicole Pasternak In A Word Garagista Michel Lambert Le Passant Rant Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Heads Up Nils Landgren & Joe Sample Creole Love Call ACT Peter Paulsen Trio Tri-cycle Wahbo Records Bob Lark Until You Hallway Records Sacha Perry Eretik Smalls Records Pascal Le Boeuf Migration Le Boeuf Bros. Music Gianluca Petrella Indigo4 Blue Note Lawrence Lebo Don’t Call Her Larry, Vol 2. On The Air Records Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up Bradley Leighton Back To The Funk Pacific Coast Jazz Planet Jazz In Orbit Sharp Nine Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Duper Session Astralworks Quartet Kerry Politzer Labyrinth The Orchard jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 22 Jazz Radio Currents

Stephen Pollock So Near, So Far Alanna Records Toots Thielemans One More For The Road Verve Music Group Odean Pope w/ M Brecker/Carter/ Locked & Loaded: Live at the Blue Half Note Records Paul Tillotson Tequila Time! Scrapper Lovano Note Nestor Torres Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Heads Up Frank Potenza and Shelly Berg First Takes Azica Records Peace Chris Potter Underground Sunnyside Samuel Torres Skin Tones One Soul Baden Powell Live a Bruxelles Sunnyside Allen Toussaint/Elvis Costello The River In Reverse Verve Music Group Bobby Previte The Coalition of the Willing Ropeadope Ralph Towner Time Line ECM Rachael Price Dedicated To You Self Released Trio Con Brio At 8200 Brill Strugglebaby Dafnis Prieto Absolute Quintet Zoho Music Trio Mocoto Beleza! Beleza!! Beleza!!! Crammed Discs Quadro Nuevo Luna Rossa Justin Time Tryptych Myth The Beautiful AUM Fidelity Shaynee Rainbolt At Home 33JAZZ132 Mike Tucker Collage Self Released Nelson Rangell Soul to Souls Koch Gecko Turner Guapapasea! Quango Chuck Redd Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Arbors Steve Tyrell Songs of Sinatra Hollywood Records Kessel: Happy All Time Steve Tyrell The Disney Standards Disney Russ Reinberg Blue Scarlett Jazzed Media James Blood Ulmer Birthright Hyena Records Nika Rejto Teazing Socrates Unika Music Upper Left Trio Sell Your Soul Side Origin Althea Rene In The Moment Alliant Music Group Diego Urcola Camjazz RH Factor Distractions Verve Music Group Manuel Valera Melancolia MAVO Records Herlin Riley Cream of the Crescent Criss Cross Ken Vandermark The Color of Memory Atavistic Carol Robbins Jazz Play Jazzcats The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up From The Skies: Music Of Jim Planet Arts Lenny Roberts The City Life Shuffle Self Released McNeely Sherri Roberts The Sky Could Send You Pacific Coast Jazz Various Artists Our New Orleans 2005 Nonesuch Pamela Rose Just For A Thrill Three Handed Various Artists A Celebration of New Orleans Music Rounder Christine Rosholt Detour Ahead Self Released to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005 Gonzalo Rubalcaba Solo Blue Note Various Artists I Heard It on NPR NPR Catherine Russell Cat World Village Various Artists Four Dead Batteries Hightone Ali Ryerson & Steve Rudolph Soul Quest PA-CT Various Artists I Believe To My Soul Rhino Terje Rypdal Vossabrygg ECM Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler Blue Note Harvie S Funky Cha Zoho Music Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey LRS Media David Sancious 9 Piano Improvisations Not By Sight Lewis Showcase Carl Saunders Can You Dig Being Dug? ItsusJazz Various Artists Hear and Now Concord Maria Schneider Orchestra Days of Wine and Roses Artist Share Various Artists Re-Bop: The Savoy Remixes Savoy Jazz David Schumacher Endangered Species Summit Various Artists Re-Bop: The Savoy Originals Savoy Jazz Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz Kasper Villaume Hands Stunt Marilyn Scott Innocent Of Nothing Prana Entertainment Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center Challenge Tom Scott Bebop United MCG Jazz Voice Trek An A Capella Trek Clubhouse Records Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Sacred Music of Duke Ellington Origin Voodoo Funk Project Deep In The Cut 215 Records Joey Sellers’ Jazz Aggregation El Payaso Nine Winds Ulf Wakenius Notes From The Heart ACT SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Collective 2 Nonesuch James Jabbo Ware/The Me We and Vignettes In The Spirit Of Ellington Y’all of New York Inc. Paul Shapiro It’s In The Twilight Tzadik Them Orchestra Bill Watrous, Pete Christlieb, Gary Kindred Spirits Summit Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Port Chicago Noir Records Urwin Janis Siegel A Thousand Beautiful Things Telarc Jazz Ernie Watts Spirit Song Flying Dolphin David Sills Down The Line Origin Aaron Weinstein A Handful Of Stars Arbors Nina Simone Forever Young, Gifted & Black RCA/Legacy Wendolina Tenderly Sail Away Nina Simone Sings The Blues RCA/Legacy Dwight West The Time Is Right Blue Ark Records Nina Simone Silk & Soul RCA/Victor Randy Weston & His African Zep Tepi Random Chance Jae Sinnett The Sinnett Hearings J-Nett Records Rhythms Trio Richard Whiteman All Or Nothing At All Cornerstone Records Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Fallen Angel Sons of Sound Project Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East Diamonds For Nat Summit Martial Solal & Dave Douglas Rue De Seine Sunnyside Ed Wiley, Jr. About The Soul Swing Records Sonando Tres Origin Records Jessica Williams Billy’s Theme: A Tribute To Dr. Billy Origin Records Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up Taylor Pamela Williams Elixir Shanachie Amy Stephens My Many Moods Mary Lou Williams Collective Zodiac Suite: Revisited Mary Records Amy Stephens Group My Many Moods OA2 Records Larry Willis Trio The Big Push HighNote Chris Stewart Phoenix: A Tribute to Cannonball Self Released Adderley Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Grant Stewart 4 Criss Cross Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Yevette Stewart The Love Project Self Released Woody Witt Quintet w/ Randy Square Peg, Round Hole Apria Don Stiernberg & John Carlini By George Blue Night Brecker Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine Evan Stone Sticks & Stones, Vol.1 Red Jazz Phil Woods Unheard Herd Jazzed Media Colin Stranahan Transformation Capri William Woods Every Part of Me Whaling City Sound Phillip Strange and Larry Marshall In The Moment Summit Nat Yarbrough Triple Play Capri Streetwize Does Dre Shanachie Yellowjackets Twenty Five Heads Up Suzahn Paris Without His Kiss Indi Gogh Yoshida Brothers III Domo Records Lew Tabackin Trio Tanuki’s Night Out MFC Lester Young Blue Lester: The One And Only Savoy Jazz Tango Crash Tango Crash Justin Time Lester Young Tangria Jazz Group Mebane’s Eleven Blastfamous L. Zaide Planet Chill: Memoirs Of A Jazz Rebel Phi Joris Teepe’s Groningen Art Jazz In, Jazz Out Planet Arts Band Ensemble Zaxariades Mr. Z FreeHam Temple University Jazz Ensemble Room 323 Sea Breeze jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 23 Jazz Station Panel Call letters Frequency Market Rank Call letters Frequency Market Rank CJRT-FM* 91.1 Toronto, ON N/A WESM-FM 91.3 Princess Anne, MD 152 KAJX-FM* 91.5 Aspen, CO N/A WFCR-FM 88.5 Springfield, MA 82 KANU-FM 91.5 Topeka, KS 195 WFNX-FM 101.7 Boston, MA 133 KBCS-FM 91.3 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WFSS-FM 91.9 Fayetteville, NC 128 KBEM-FM 88.5 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 WGBH-FM 89.7 Boston, MA 8 KCCK-FM* 88.3 Cedar Rapids, IA 204 WGLT-FM 89.1 Peoria, IL 149 KCLU-FM 88.3 Los Angeles, CA 2 WGMC-FM 90.1 Rochester, NY 54 KCME-FM 88.7 Colorado Springs, CO 96 WGVU-FM 88.5 Grand Rapids, MI 67 KCSM-FM 91.1 San Francisco, CA 4 WHRV-FM 89.5 Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News, VA 40 KEWU-FM 89.5 Spokane, WA 93 WICN-FM* 90.5 Worcester, MA 110 KFSR-FM 90.7 Fresno, CA 68 WICR-FM 88.7 Indianapolis, IN 41 KIOS-FM 91.5 Omaha, NE - Council Bluffs, IA 73 WJSU-FM 88.5 Jackson, MS 123 KIPO-FM* 89.3 Honolulu 62 WKNS-FM†† 90.3 Greenville - New Bern - Jacksonville, NC 88 KJZZ-FM 91.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 WLRN-FM 91.3 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 KKJZ-FM 88.1 Los Angeles, CA 2 WMOT-FM 89.5 Nashville, TN 44 KLCC-FM 89.7 Eugene-Springfield, OR 171 WMUA-FM 91.1 Springfield, MA 82 KMHD-FM 89.1 Portland, OR 24 WMUB-FM 88.5 Cincinnati, OH 27 KMUW-FM 89.1 Wichita, KS 95 WNCU-FM 90.7 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KNTU-FM 88.1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 WPFW-FM 89.3 Washington, DC 8 KPLU-FM 88.5 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 KRTU-FM 91.7 San Antonio, TX 30 WSHA-FM 88.9 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KSDS-FM 88.3 San Diego, CA 17 WSIE-FM 88.7 St. Louis, MO 19 KSJS-FM 90.5 San Jose, CA 33 WSNC-FM 90.5 Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point, NC 45 KSMF-FM* 89.1 Ashland, OR 207 WTEB-FM 89.3 Greenville, NC 87 KSUT-FM* 91.3 Ignacio, CO N/A WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 KTSU-FM 90.9 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 KUAZ-FM 89.1 Tucson, AZ 63 WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 KUER-FM 90.1 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 KUNR-FM* 88.7 Reno, NV 231 WVPR/WVPS-FM 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 KUNV-FM 91.5 Las Vegas, NV 38 WVTF-FM 89.1 Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA 115 KUOP-FM† 91.3 Stockton, CA 81 WWOZ-FM 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 KUT-FM 90.5 Austin, TX 7 WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 168 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WXUT/WXTS-FM 88.3 Toledo, OH 85 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 WYPR-FM 88.1 Baltimore, MD 20 WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 Music Choice* Cable National Distribution N/A WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 Sirius* Satellite National Distribution N/A WBFO-FM 88.7 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 52 XM Beyond Jazz Satellite National Distribution N/A WBGO-FM 88.3 New York, NY 1 XM Real Jazz Satellite National Distribution N/A WBLU/WBLV-FM 88.9/90.3 Grand Rapids, MI/Muskegeon, MI 66/232 Airplay of all stations, except as noted, is monitored by Mediaguide. WCLK-FM 91.9 Atlanta, GA 11 WCMU/WUCX-FM 89.5/90.1 Mount Pleasant – Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI 131 To apply to become a member of a station panel, email WCPN-FM 90.3 Cleveland, OH 25 [email protected] WDCB-FM* 90.9 Chicago, IL 3 WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit, MI 10 *Denotes station not monitored by Mediaguide. Station submits a weekly airplay report. WDNA-FM 88.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 †Repeats KXJZ WDUQ-FM 90.5 Pittsburgh, PA 23 ††Repeats WTEB for a portion of its programming WEAA-FM 88.9 Baltimore, MD 20 WEMU-FM* 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 24 Smooth Jazz Radio

Paul Brown Tops Singles, Brian Culbertson Albums

Corrine Bailey Rae Is Week’s Most Added

uitarist Paul Brown stays at the top of the singles chart for a ninth consecu- Gtive week with his GRP/Verve track “Winelite.” Returning to No. 1 on the album chart is Brian Culberton’s It’s On To- night (also GRP/Verve), now in its 46th week on the chart.

The most added single this week is from silky-voiced singer Corinne Bailey Rae, Guitarist Paul Brown is at the top of the singles chart for a ninth straight week with “Winelite” from his “Put Your Records On” (Capitol), which GRP/Verve CD The City. was added on 14 stations; she also saw the biggest increase in singles play at +191.

Smooth Albums p. 26 Smooth Singles p. 27 Smooth Current CDs p. 28 Keyboardist Brian Culbertson returns to the top of the album chart with It’s On Tonight (GRP/Verve). Smooth Radio Panel p. 29

jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 25 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart May 29, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 2 1 1 Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve 601 583 18 46 30 0 2 3 2 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 563 552 11 69 31 0 3 1 3 1 Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve 560 588 -28 32 31 0 4 5 6 4 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N 523 479 44 10 30 0 5 4 4 4 Najee My Point Of View Heads Up 496 515 -19 45 31 0 6 7 7 1 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 490 441 49 80 30 0 7 8 8 7 Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP/UMG/Verve 428 398 30 9 29 0 8 9 9 8 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord 411 376 35 44 29 0 9 6 5 1 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen 402 447 -45 50 30 0 10 11 11 10 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada 344 324 20 8 25 0 11 12 14 11 Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada 343 321 22 7 29 0 12 13 13 11 Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous 308 321 -13 36 24 0 13 15 15 1 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 307 281 26 40 28 0 14 10 10 6 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie 304 371 -67 41 28 0 15 14 12 9 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave 290 319 -29 68 26 0 16 16 16 16 Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous 266 271 -5 7 25 0 17 17 19 17 Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] Narada Jazz 259 248 11 11 24 0 18 19 18 18 Chris Standring Soul Express Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm/V2 242 230 12 8 24 0 19 18 17 17 Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord 220 236 -16 16 22 0 20 NR NR 20 Corinne Bailey Rae Put Your Records On [Single] Capitol 191 170 21 1 15 1 21 20 21 9 Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia 178 194 -16 32 20 0 22 23 25 22 Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio 166 162 4 7 18 0 23 21 23 21 Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz/Virgin 156 178 -22 12 18 0 24 29 26 24 Jason Miles What’s Going On? Virgin/Narada Jazz 155 131 24 10 13 0 25 22 20 5 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music 155 169 -14 66 20 0 26 24 72 24 Rick Braun Yours Truly Artizen 153 144 9 3 15 2 27 25 24 2 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 145 143 2 62 19 0 28 37 35 1 Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista 142 113 29 75 28 0 29 26 22 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP 140 139 1 75 26 0 30 31 27 1 Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 131 131 0 46 24 0 31 27 31 11 Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz 129 136 -7 46 14 0 32 28 29 3 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up 128 133 -5 53 23 0 33 30 30 1 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz 126 131 -5 41 25 0 34 33 33 24 Donald Fagen Morph The Cat Reprise 125 126 -1 13 12 0 35 32 32 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 124 128 -4 63 24 0 36 38 39 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 120 112 8 75 27 0 37 34 28 17 Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 114 125 -11 36 16 0 38 43 40 38 Pamela Williams Positive Vibe [Single] Shanachie 113 106 7 10 12 0 39 36 37 36 Steve Oliver Radiant Koch 112 118 -6 4 14 1 40 40 34 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 110 108 2 80 27 0 41 41 42 2 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 108 107 1 80 22 0 42 42 43 26 Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch 104 106 -2 14 16 1 43 39 41 3 Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen 104 110 -6 39 23 0 44 35 38 17 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan 104 123 -19 49 11 0 45 48 44 28 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up 101 90 11 22 8 0 46 56 58 41 Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up 99 79 20 13 17 2 47 44 45 16 Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise 97 100 -3 45 14 0 48 46 46 4 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 94 97 -3 72 21 0 49 47 36 14 Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz 89 96 -7 68 16 0 50 50 51 1 Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP/Universal/Verve 87 85 2 80 22 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Gene Dunlap Peaceful Days (215) +15 Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill (Heads Up) +55 Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill (Heads Up) Thievery Corporation Versions (ESL) +12 Michael Lington Stay With Me (Rendezvous) +49 Various Artists Jazz Vocalists: Hear & Now (Concord Jazz) Everette Harp Monday Speaks (w/ Norman Brown) [Single] (Shanachie) Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill (Heads Up) +13 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions Steve Briody Whiz Kid [Single] (215) Everette Harp Monday Speaks (w/ Norman Brown) (G & N) +44 Michael McDonald Motown Two (Motown) [Single] (Shanachie) +12 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Ultrablue Shiver [Single] (215) Eric Marienthal Got You Covered (Peak) Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol) +4 (Peak/Concord) +35 Greg Adams Cool To The Touch (Ripa) Main Gazane Hip Space (Apria) +4 Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary (GRP/UMG/Verve) +30 William Woods Whadja Expect? [Single] (Whaling City Sound) Kenny G At Last ... The Duets Album (Arista) +29 Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler (Blue Note)

jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 26 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart May 29, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Paul Brown Winelite GRP/Verve 556 582 -26 32 31 0 2 3 3 2 Brian Culbertson Let’s Get Started GRP/Verve 530 494 36 21 30 0 3 4 5 3 The Phillipe Saisse Trio Do It Again G & N 523 479 44 10 30 0 4 2 2 2 Najee 2nd 2 None Heads Up 487 502 -15 41 30 0 5 5 4 2 Nils Summer Nights Baja 457 441 16 33 29 0 6 7 9 6 Mindi Abair True Blue GRP/UMG/Verve 410 368 42 9 29 0 7 8 6 6 Michael Lington Pacifica Rendezvous 410 363 47 32 29 0 8 10 10 8 Ramsey Lewis Oh Happy Day Narada 344 324 20 8 25 0 9 11 12 9 Nick Colionne Always Thinking Of You Narada 329 318 11 7 28 0 10 6 8 4 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out Shanachie 304 371 -67 41 28 0 11 14 14 11 David Pack Biggest Part Of Me Peak/Concord 292 255 37 19 29 3 12 9 7 1 Richard Elliot Mystique Artizen 290 352 -62 30 29 0 13 13 13 13 Wayman Tisdale Get Down On It Rendezvous 266 271 -5 7 25 0 14 12 11 10 3rd Force You Got It Higher Octave 262 296 -34 33 26 0 15 16 17 15 Euge Groove Chillaxin‘ Narada Jazz 259 248 11 10 24 0 16 17 15 15 Chris Standring I Can’t Help Myself Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm/V2 242 230 12 8 24 0 17 15 16 13 Kirk Whalum Whip Appeal Rendezvous 242 252 -10 33 22 0 18 18 18 15 Gerald Albright We Got The Groove Peak/Concord 194 205 -11 15 22 0 19 NR NR 19 Corinne Bailey Rae Put Your Records On Capitol 191 0 191 1 14 14 20 19 19 1 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 187 190 -3 40 25 0 21 20 20 20 Ray Parker Jr. Mismaloya Beach Raydio 166 162 4 7 18 0 22 23 21 21 Jason Miles Sexual Healing Virgin/Narada Jazz 153 131 22 10 13 0 23 22 71 22 Rick Braun Groove Is In The Heart Artizen 153 144 9 3 15 2 24 21 24 9 Chris Botti Good Morning Heartache (w/ Jill Scott) Columbia 134 151 -17 32 19 0 25 25 22 1 Paul Hardcastle Serene Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 131 131 0 46 24 0 26 26 26 3 Walter Beasley Coolness Heads Up 127 130 -3 53 23 0 27 24 25 1 Euge Groove Get Em Goin’ Narada Jazz 126 131 -5 41 25 0 28 40 68 28 Brian Simpson Saturday Cool Rendezvous 117 89 28 7 12 1 29 28 23 15 Gregg Karukas Show Me the Way V2 114 125 -11 36 16 0 30 44 43 2 Kenny G & David Sanborn Pick Up The Pieces Arista 114 85 29 75 28 0 31 33 29 29 Pamela Williams Positive Vibe Shanachie 113 106 7 10 12 0 32 29 32 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 106 111 -5 69 25 0 33 32 34 32 Steve Oliver Good To Go Koch 105 107 -2 4 9 0 34 27 28 25 Eric Darius Steppin’ Up Narada Jazz/Virgin 105 127 -22 12 10 0 35 31 33 23 Donald Fagen H Gang Reprise 104 108 -4 13 12 0 36 30 30 2 Rick Braun Shining Star Artizen 104 110 -6 38 23 0 37 34 27 5 Ken Navarro You Are Everything Positive Music 101 100 1 66 19 0 38 36 35 8 David Pack You’re The Only Woman Peak/Concord 98 97 1 44 16 0 39 47 31 1 Richard Elliot People Make The World Go ‘Round Artizen 95 81 14 50 22 0 40 37 38 1 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 8 92 93 -1 72 21 0 41 50 57 41 Pieces Of A Dream Forward Emotion Heads Up 90 72 18 8 12 3 42 45 41 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP/Universal/Verve 87 84 3 80 22 0 43 35 37 10 Boz Scaggs Lowdown (Unplugged) Virgin/EMI 85 99 -14 38 18 0 44 39 40 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 85 92 -7 63 19 0 45 43 42 2 Steve Cole Thursday Narada Jazz 84 85 -1 62 18 0 46 42 44 40 Jeff Golub Cream And Sugar Narada Jazz 83 86 -3 5 9 0 47 48 50 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 83 81 2 80 25 0 48 53 48 15 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 75 67 8 80 18 0 49 46 49 42 Joe McBride Double Down Heads Up 73 82 -9 31 6 0 50 38 39 17 Raul Midon If You’re Gonna Leave Manhattan 71 92 -21 47 9 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Corinne Bailey Rae “Put Your Records On” (Capitol) +14 Corinne Bailey Rae “Put Your Records On” Marion Meadows “Dressed To Chill” (Heads Up) Everette Harp “Monday Speaks” (w/ Norman Brown) (Shanachie) Gene Dunlap “Forgiveness” (215) +12 (Capitol) +191 Steve Briody “Whiz Kid” (w/ Jeff Lorber) (215) Wax Poetic “Angels (w/ Norah Jones)” (ESL) +11 Michael Lington “Pacifica” (Rendezvous) +47 Ultrablue “Shiver” (215) Nick Colionne “Can You Feel It” (Narada) +7 The Phillipe Saisse Trio “Do It Again” (G & N) +44 Greg Adams “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You” (Ripa) William Woods “Whadja Expect?” (Whaling City Sound) Marion Meadows “Dressed To Chill” (Heads Up) +4 Mindi Abair “True Blue” (GRP/UMG/Verve) +42 Nestor Torres “House Call” (Heads Up) Everette Harp “Monday Speaks (w/ Norman Brown)” David Pack “Biggest Part Of Me” (Peak/Concord) +37 Gene Dunlap “Forgiveness” (w/ Everette Harp) (215) (Shanachie) +4 Brian Culbertson “Let’s Get Started” (GRP/Verve) +36 Janita “I Miss You” (Lightyear) Raul Midon “Expressions Of Love” (w/ Stevie Wonder) (Manhattan) jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 27 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

3D Riff To The Smooth [Single] 215 Greg Adams Firefly 215 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave Greg Murphy Orientation Murphasaurus Acoustic Alchemy American/English Higher Octave Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues Heads Up Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Althea Rene In The Moment Chocolate Hil St. Soul SOULidified Shanachie Caramel/Alliant Hugh Masekela Revival Heads Up Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Jacqui Naylor Birdland/Yoshi’s - East/West Ruby Star Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Artist Release Label Jamie Cullum Twenty Something Verve Average White Band Greatest And Latest Liquid 8 Janita Seasons of Life Lightyear Black Gold Massive Let It Flow [Single] Major Menace Jason Miles What’s Going On? Virgin/Narada Jazz Blake Aaron Spin Zone [Single] 215 Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz Bob Baldwin All In A Days Work [Single] 215 Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz Bona Fide Soul Lounge Heads Up Jill Jenson Crystal Blue Persuasion [Single] Bai Mai Boney James Pure Warner Bros. Joe McBride Texas Hold’Em Heads Up Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin/EMI Jonathan Butler Jonathan Rendezvous Bradley Leighton Back To The Funk Pacific Coast Jazz Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz/Virgin Branford Marsalis Quartet Eternal Rounder Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord Jazz Brian Culbertson Nice & Slow Atlantic Kem Album II Universal/Motown Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista Camiel Sunset Rendezvous Kevin Mahogany Big Band Zebra Candy Dulfer Right In My Soul Eagle*Seagull Kevin Toney Quiet Conversation [Single] Shanachie Carmen Lundy Jazz And The New Songbook: Live Afrasia At The Madrid Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie Chiara Civello Last Quarter Moon Verve Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie Chieli Minucci Jewels JVC Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous Chieli Minucci The Juice [Single] Shanachie Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue Candid/Rendezvous Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Lalah Hathaway Outrun The Sky AgU/Sanctuary Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia Lee Venters Vermillion Sands Lifeforce Jazz Chris Standring Soul Express Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2 Lisa Hilton My Favorite Things Lisa Hilton Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz/Con- Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake Verve cord Lori Perry I Found It In You V/Alliant Chuck Leavell Southscape Evergreen Arts Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Spin Telarc Chuck Loeb When I’m WIth You Shanachie Maceo Parker School’s In BHM Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous David ‘Fathead’ Newman Cityscape HighNote Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous David Lanz The Good Life Decca Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill Heads Up David Sanborn Closer Verve Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Mark Cassara Let’s Talk Sax Rhombus Dianne Reeves Good Night, And Good Luck Concord Mark Hollingsworth On The Mark Windshore [Soundtrack] Diego Urcola Viva Cam Jazz Mark Whitfield Mark Whitfield & Panther Dirty Soap Donald Fagen Morph The Cat Reprise Matt Bianco Matt’s Mood UMG Eliane Elias Dreamer Bluebird/Arista Maysa Sweet Classic Soul Shanachie Eric Benet Hurricane Warner Bros. Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz/Virgin Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown Eric Essix Somewhere In Alabama Essential Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP/UMG/Verve Eric Marienthal Got You Covered Peak Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP Etta James All The Way RCA Victor Najee My Point Of View Heads Up Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] Narada Jazz Nelson Rangell Soul To Souls Kock Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch Everette Harp All For You A440 Nestor Torres Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Heads Up Peace Fourplay Journey BMG Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada Gabriel Mark Hasselbach Gabriel... First Name Basis Wind Tunnel Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note/EMI Gene Dunlap Peaceful Days 215 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. George Benson Best Of George Benson Live GRP/UMG/Verve Novecento Dreams Of Peace Favored Nations George Benson Irreplaceable GRP/Universal/Verve Pamela Williams Sweet Saxations Shanachie George Duke T-Jam [Single] Bpm/Navarre Pamela Williams Positive Vibe [Single] Shanachie Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP/Universal/Verve Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Blue Note/Capitol Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord Montgomery Gerald Veasley At The Jazz Base! Heads Up Pat Metheny Group The Way Up Nonesuch Gianluca Petrella Indigo4 Blue Note Patches Stewart Blow Koch Greg Adams Cool To The Touch Ripa Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve Paul Brown Up Front GRP jazzweek.com • May 29, 2006 JazzWeek 28 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak Smooth Station Panel Paul Thomas Yoder Dreamin’ Self-Released Call letters Frequency Market Rank Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 Peter White Confidential Columbia KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 Phil Perry Classic Love Songs Shanachie KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up Positive Flow The City Streets [Single] Shanachie KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 Praful Pyramid In Your Backyard Rendezvous/Therapy KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album AM/Universal KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143/Reprise KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 Rosie Carlino So In Love With You Quillian KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious Verve/UMG KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 Sara Gazarek Yours Stiletto/Native Language KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 Sergio Mendes Timeless Hear/Concord KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 Soul Ballet She Rides [Single] 215 KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 Spencer Sherrod Listen With Your Heart Self-Released Spyro Gyra The Deep End Heads Up WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 Steve Briody Whiz Kid [Single] 215 WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 Steve Oliver Radiant Koch WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 Steve Oliver 3-D Koch WJJZ-FM 106.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 The Mizell Brothers Mizell Blue Note The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 The Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Jazz WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 To The Bone Spread Love Like Wildfire Narada WJZW-FM 105.9 Baltimore, MD 20 Turning Point Matador Native Language Ultrablue Shiver [Single] 215 WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey LRSmedia WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 Lewis Showcase WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 Various Artists Music For Cocktails, Part 4 United Holland Various Artists Sprout [Soundtrack] Record Collection WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 Various Artists So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute To J WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 Luther Vandross WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge 2 Rendezvous WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 Various Artists Groove Boutique: Volume One Tommy Boy Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Columbia/Legacy/ WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 Guitar Sony BMG WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 Various Artists Def Jazz GRP WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP Various Artists Jazz Vocalists: Hear & Now Concord Jazz WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler Blue Note WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 Veronica Martell The Art Of Intimacy Apria WVSU-FM 91.1 Birmingham, AL 57 Voodoo Funk Project Deep In The Cut Kwerk/215 WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 Warren Hill Popjazz Pop Jazz/Native Language Warren Hill/Turning Point Low Rider/Cruise Control [Single] Native Language Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous Will Donato Earth Shakin’ [Single] Generation Will Donato Espana [Single] Generation Airplay of all stations is monitored by Mediaguide. William Woods Whadja Expect? [Single] Whaling City Sound To apply to become a member of a station panel, email [email protected]

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1. Nancy King – “I’ve already talked about Nancy (in the Q&A, p. 11). I love her stuff.”

2. Jon Hendricks – “Jon’s still with us and working, so I’m gonna pick him.”

3. Kurt Elling – “I like what he does.”

4. Wesla Whitfield – “She’s a cabaret singer, but I love her stuff.”

5. Rosa Passos – “She’s a Brazilian bossa nova singer who is just unbelievable.”

6. Richard Bona – “He plays bass sometimes with Pat Metheny, but he’s got an great voice.”

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