JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • July 3, 2006 Volume 2, Number 32 • $7.95 In This Issue: Arif Mardin Dead at 74. 4 Suzanne Vega Signs With Blue Note . 5 Ghanians Get Berklee Scholarships . 6 Music and Industry News In Brief . 6 Rochester Jazz Festival Keeps Growing . 9 Reviews and Picks . 17 Jazz Radio . 19 Smooth Jazz Radio. 26 Radio Panels. 25, 30 News. 4 Q&A: ELDAR page 13 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Roy Hargrove #1 Smooth Album – Mindi Abair #1 Smooth Single – Phillipe Saisse Trio JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger Frames of Reference MUSIC EDITOR Tad Hendrickson ne topic covered at this year’s JazzWeek Summit that has CONTRIBUTING EDITORS continued online on the Jazz Programmers Mailing List Keith Zimmerman Ois the desire to broaden the audience, particularly among Kent Zimmerman younger listeners. CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ PHOTOGRAPHER I believe this is possible without alienating current listeners Tom Mallison and there’s music out there that can make the sound of your sta- PHOTOGRAPHY tion just a little more appealing to a younger crowd or a non-jazz Barry Solof listening crowd. It may be as simple as opening up the playlist just a little or sounding like you’re actually having fun being on the Founding Publisher: Tony Gasparre air. ADVERTISING: Devon Murphy And beyond the art, there’s a little science involved. Some sta- Call (866) 453-6401 ext. 3 or tions are beginning to realize that there’s a younger demo listen- email:
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