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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 Volume 2, Number 3 • $7.95 In This Issue: Hancock, RADIO Q&A: BLAISE LANTANA Shorter Tour page 10 Vietnam. . . . . 4 Monterey Expands Next Generation Festival . . . . . 6 Brubeck’s 85th On Queen Mary 2 . . . . 7 Miles Davis Inducted Into R&R HOF. . . . 8 Reviews and Picks . . . . . 14 Jazz Radio . 17 Smooth Jazz Radio...... 24 Radio Panels. . 23, 28 News...... 4

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News ...... 4 Hancock, Shorter Tour Vietnam on Goodwill Tour for State Dept...... 4 Monterey Expands Next Generation Festival Featuring Kurt Elling...... 6 Dave Brubeck Celebrates 85th Birthday on Queen Mary 2...... 7 Miles Davis, Herb Alpert Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...... 8 Birthdays ...... 9 Features 7 Radio Q&A: Blaise Lantana...... 10 Reviews ...... 14 Marlon Jordan ...... 14 Deanna Witkowski ...... 14 David Murray 4Tet And Strings ...... 14 Radam Schwartz ...... 15 Lev Polyakin ...... 15 10 Jazz Charts ...... 17 Jazz Album Chart ...... 18 Jazz Add Dates ...... 19 Jazz Current CDs ...... 20 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 23 Smooth Jazz Charts ...... 24 Smooth Album Chart ...... 25 Smooth Singles Chart...... 26 17 Smooth Current CDs ...... 27 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 28 Classifieds ...... 16

Cover photo courtesy Blaise Lantana 24 JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 3 jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 3 News Hancock, Shorter Tour Vietnam on Goodwill Tour for State Dept.

he Thelonious Monk Institute of and perform at the Youth Theatre. Jazz – featuring jazz greats Her- “We are once again delighted to Tbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and work with the Thelonious Monk Insti- Nnenna Freelon – completed a tour of tute of Jazz to present such an excit- Vietnam Nov. 22-30 under a Cultur- ing outreach program to the Vietnam- al and Speakers program sponsored ese people on this important occasion. by the U.S. Department of State’s Bu- I am particularly pleased that we have reau of International Information Pro- the next generation of jazz talent grams and Bureau of Educational and from the Institute at the University of Cultural Affairs, the U.S. Embassy in Southern California touring with to- Hanoi, and the U.S. Consulate Gen- day’s jazz masters, Herbie Hancock, eral in Ho Chi Minh City. Wayne Shorter, and Nnenna Freelon,” The tour commemorated the 10th said Karen P. Hughes, the Under Sec- anniversary of normalization of U.S.- retary for Public Diplomacy and Pub- Vietnam diplomatic relations. World lic Affairs in the U. S. Department of renowned jazz pianist and compos- State. er Herbie Hancock led a group of Prior to the trip, Hancock said, jazz artists, which included legend- “The Thelonious Monk Institute of ary saxophonist and composer Wayne Jazz is devoted to introducing peo- Shorter, internationally acclaimed vo- ple around the world to the uniquely calist Nnenna Freelon, and the eight American art form of jazz. We look Vietnamese Consulate gifted young jazz musicians who at- forward to sharing this music with the Herbie Hancock tend the Thelonious Monk Institute of people of Vietnam in the spirit of peace Jazz Performance at the University of and partnership.” tional Jazz Competition winners to Southern California. Rob Cutietta, Dean of the Flora seven African nations to perform and The group’s appearances in Ho Chi L. Thornton School of Music at the conduct educational programs. The In- Minh City included a “Jazz Thanks- University of Southern California re- stitute worked with the United States giving” concert at the U.S. Consul- marked, “This is a great opportunity Information Agency again in March ate General’s Residence for leaders in for our students to represent the Uni- 1996 to present a tour of India and the diplomatic, business, and cultural versity, the Institute and the U.S. jazz Thailand, and for a third time in 1998, communities; a master class for stu- community on this educational and conducting a tour of Chile, Argenti- dents at the Ho Chi Minh City Con- performance tour of Vietnam.” na, and Peru. A highlight of the 1998 servatory of Music; and a performance The Vietnam tour built on the In- trip was a performance at the Summit at the Ben Thanh Theatre. In Hanoi, stitute’s longstanding partnership with of the Americas for 34 heads of state the group lead a master class for jazz the U.S. Department of State. In the from North America, South America, students at the Hanoi Conservatory of early part of 1995, the Institute and and Central America. This partner- Music; performed for diplomats and the United States Information Agen- ship continued in 2001 when the U.S. cultural figures at the U.S. Embassy; cy sponsored a six week tour that took led a jam session at Minh’s Jazz Club; a group of Thelonious Monk Interna- continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 4 News

Vietnam Jazz Tour (continued)

Department of State sponsored a tour formance opportu- cians and educators. of Egypt. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, nities, and world- Terence Blanchard the United Nations sponsored a tour wide recognition to serves as the pro- of Paris, where the Institute’s college gifted young mu- gram’s Artistic Di- students performed with Herbie Han- sicians through its rector. Past Art- cock, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, many jazz education ists-in-Residence Dee Dee Bridgewater, and T.S. Monk programs. include Herbie Han- at an “International Day of Philoso- Begun in 1995, cock, Clark Terry, phy” event presented by UNESCO. the Thelonious Wayne Shorter, Di- The Thelonious Monk Institute of Monk Institute of anne Reeves, Jackie Jazz (www.monkinstitute.org) was es- Jazz Performance McLean, Dave Hol- tablished in 1986 with a mission to pre- at the University of land, Steve Turre, serve America’s legacy of jazz through Southern California John Scoﬁeld, Ter- performance and education. The Insti- is an intensive two- ri Lyne Carrington, tute oﬀers the world’s most promising year graduate lev- Ron Carter, and young musicians college level training el college program Vietnamese Consulate Jimmy Heath. This by America’s jazz masters and presents that enables a select Nnenna Freelon performance-based public school-based jazz education group of the world’s program is expected programs for young people around the most gifted young musicians to study to become the model college jazz edu- JW world and provides scholarships, per- tuition-free with major jazz musi- cation program for the world. ��

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jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 5 News Monterey Expands Next Generation Festival Featuring Kurt Elling

MONTEREY, Calif. – The Monterey vocalese, spoken word, and improvised The weekend’s National High Jazz Festival has announced an expan- scatting, as well as an appreciation of School Jazz Competition will include sion of its annual salute to the young the classic jazz songbook that has re- 12 big bands, 6 combos and 6 vocal stars of jazz. The world’s longest run- energized the art of jazz singing for a groups from around the country com- ning jazz festival will host the second new generation. He has released six al- peting throughout the day for a spot Annual “Next Generation Festi- on the stages of the Monterey val” in honor of the music’s rising Jazz Festival, plus trophies, young stars from Friday, April 21 cash prizes, scholarships and through Sunday, April 23, 2006 more. Three finalist Big Bands featuring MJF 2006 Artist-in- will be announced at the end Residence, jazz vocalist Kurt El- of the day on Saturday, with ling. the three contenders vying The second annual festival for the top spot on Saturday will once again take place in the night. Winners of all events, historic and lively hub of down- along with individual winners town Monterey, filling the town of scholarships and trophies, with musical activity in a celebra- will be announced at the con- tion of all things jazz. clusion of Saturday night’s big The festival is set to include band finals. the National High School Big During the Next Gen- Band Competition and the Big Band bums on the Blue Note recording label eration Festival, competition judg- Composition Competition, with top and won “Best Male Singer” honors es will also audition members of the musicians competing to win a spot on three years running in the DownBeat MJF Next Generation Jazz Orches- the stages of the 49th Annual Monterey and the JazzTimes critics’ polls. At the tra and announce selections the fol- Jazz Festival. The weekend event will 2006 Next Generation Festival, he lowing week. An internationally rec- also include clinics and performance will serve as a competition judge and ognized all-star ensemble of emerging opportunities for Middle Schools and teach the Vocal Solo Workshop. jazz talent, the Next Generation Jazz auditions for the international touring The weekend will kick off with the Orchestra will tour major jazz festivals all-star ensemble, the MJF Next Gen- traditional Opening Night Concert by in the summer of 2006 and perform at eration Jazz Orchestra. The Next Gen- Competition judges, including faculty the 49th Annual Monterey Jazz Fes- eration is also set to feature several ex- from the prestigious Thornton School tival presented by MCI, Sept. 15-17, citing new components, including a of Music at the University of Southern 2006. Individual musicians, who are new College Big Band Competition, a California and other eminent jazz in- not required to be members of a band, new Vocal Solo Workshop, and a spe- stitutions. may apply for a spot on the Next Gen- cial performance featuring the Berk- The Opening Night Concert will eration Jazz Orchestra via videotape lee/Monterey Quartet. be followed by a performance featur- by March 3, 2006 or in person at the Participants and patrons will have ing some of the brightest collegiate Next Generation Festival on April 23, several opportunities to witness MJF jazz stars. The Berklee/Monterey Jazz 2006. Feb. 3, 2006 is the deadline for 2006 Artist-in-Residence, vocalist Quartet, showcasing students from all Next Generation Festival entries. Kurt Elling, in a variety of settings the Boston’s Berklee College of Music, Details and Application Forms for all throughout the three-day Festival. A will perform at Monterey Live, a new entries and for all individual musicians six-time Grammy Award nominee, performing arts venue in the heart of are available on the Festival’s web site, Kurt Elling has become known for his downtown Monterey. montereyjazzfestival.org. JW jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 6 News

Dave Brubeck Celebrates 85th Birthday on Queen Mary 2 egendary pianist Dave Bru- beck celebrated his 85th birth- Lday aboard a recent Queen Mary 2 transatlantic crossing to England. With more than 50 years of award- winning albums to his credit, Bru- beck is not one to slow down, but en- joyed the leisurely six-day respite from his back-to-back American-European concert schedule. The jazz icon took time out on the voyage to meet Queen Mary 2’s exec- utive team on the ship’s bridge. Pic- tured R-L: Captain Bernard Warner, Dave Brubeck, Cruise Director Brian Price, Hotel Manager David Stephen- son, Chief Engineer Ronnie Keir, and Staﬀ Captain Ed Perrin. (photo: Cunard Lines)

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jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 7 News Miles Davis, Herb Alpert Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Miles Davis hall 25 years after their first record- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Herb Alpert are among the 2006 ing. Criteria considered include the in- and Museum in Cleveland will hold inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall fluence and significance of the artist’s a raffle for four sets of two tickets for of Fame. contribution to the development and the 2006 Induction Ceremony in New In his induction, Davis is recog- perpetuation of rock and roll. York City (for a total of 8 tickets). nized for his late ‘60s and early ‘70s The Foundation’s nominating com- These tickets are usually only available musical experimentation which was mittee, composed of rock and roll his- to very high-level donors to the Rock seminal in defining fusion, with al- torians, selects nominees each year in and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. bums such as Bitches Brew and A the “artist” category. Ballots are then Net proceeds for the raffle will support Tribute to Jack Johnson. sent to an international voting body of educational programs at the Rock and Herb Alpert along with Jerry about 700 rock experts. Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Moss, who together founded A&M Inductees in the sidemen category In addition, the Rock and Roll Records in 1962, are recognized with will be announced at a later date. Hall of Fame and Museum will also a the Lifetime Achievement Award in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame give each of the four sets of winners a the Non-Performer category. and Museum, for the first time ever, check for $1,000 to help offset the ex- The 21st annual awards ceremony will give the general public an oppor- penses of the trip. will be held Monday, March 13, 2006 tunity to win two tickets to the Induc- Other inductees include Black in New �� York at the Waldorf Astoria tion Ceremony in New York City in Sabbath, Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hotel. Musicians are eligible for the the March 2006. and the Sex Pistols. JW

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jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 8 News Birthdays Tony Williams (1945) Walter Booker (1933) December 5 December 13 December 18 Art Davis (1934) Sonny Greer (1895) Fletcher Henderson (1897) Egberto Gismonti (1947) Ben Tucker (1920) Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1917) Reggie Johnson Born (1940) Harold Land (1928) December 6 Mark Elf (1949) Leo Smith (1941) Dave Brubeck (1920) Jay Leonhart (1940) December 14 December 19 Miroslav Vitous (1947) Budd Johnson (1910) Bob Brookmeyer (1929) Harvie Swartz (1948) Ted Buckner (1913) Bobby Timmons (1935) Clark Terry (1920) December 8 December 20 Cecil Payne (1922) Larry Willis (1940) Jimmy Smith (1925) Phineas Newborn (1931) Larry Vuckovich (1936) Jerome Cooper (1946) December 21 Panama Francis (1918) December 9 Dan Barrett (1955) Bob Scobey (1916) Hank Crawford (1934) December 15 John Hicks (1941) Donald Byrd (1932) Stan Kenton (1911) Jimmy Owens (1943) Billy Butler (1925) December 22 Joe Lee Wilson (1935) December 10 Gene Quill (1927) Ray Nance (1913) Barry Harris (1929) December 23 Bob Cranshaw (1932) Curtis Fuller (1934) Chet Baker (1929) Franco Ambrosetti (1941) Dannie Richmond (1935) Frank Morgan (1933) Dianne Schuur (1953) Eddie Palmieri (1936) December 24 Ole Amund Gjersvik (1963) December 16 Baby Dodds (1898) December 11 Andy Razaf (1895) Cladys “Jabbo” Smith (1908) McCoy Tyner (1938) Turk Murphy (1915) Ray Bryant (1931) December 12 Sam Most (1930) Chris McGregor (1936) Eddie Barefield (1909) Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1933) Woody Shaw (1944) Frank Sinatra (1915) Joe Farrell (1937) Ralph Moore (1956) Dodo Marmarosa (1925) John Abercrombie (1944) December 25 Joe Williams (1928) Rene McLean (1946) Kid Ory (1890) Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929) December 17 Cab Calloway (1907) Grover Washington, Jr. (1943) Ray Noble (1903) Chris Woods (1925) Alex Acuña (1944) Sy Oliver (1910) Bob James (1939) Michael Carvin (1944) Sonny Red (1932) Ronnie Cuber (1941)

jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 9 Radio Q&A: Blaise Lantana Show title and hours: Classic Jazz, 7 to 11 pm Monday through Friday Station: KJZZ, Phoenix, Arizona Wattage: 100,000

itting next to Blaise for a JazzWeek panel I found her to be thoughtful, quick on her feet and to know her stuﬀ. Her SQ&A is much the same way, though the leap into the cosmos at the end of this piece caught me by surprise (I’m afraid to ask about importance of the shift in 2012 because I don’t know if I want to know the answer), but those unexpected turns of conversation are the main reasons to put people on the spot for these back-and-forths. Good conver- sations, like good jazz, should always venture to places unknown. – Tad Hendrickson

JazzWeek: What keeps getting you out of bed in morning after all these years in radio? Blaise Lantana: The sun, streaming through my window at noon and the fun of having a job where I get to sit in a quiet room and choose music that I love to listen to and share it with people who are just discovering jazz or who have been reveling in it for years. Radio is such a wonderful way to share jazz and spread the word about this exciting and unique music. Just last week someone called when I played “All Blues” and asked, “What was that beautiful waltz?” Just when I thought everyone was tired of Kind Of Blue. How would you describe KJZZ’s presence in the Phoe- nix area? Phoenix metro is pretty large, with 2.8 million radio listeners according to Arbitron. Our share is about 250,000 continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 10 Radio Q&A: Blaise Lantana (continued)

plus the repeaters we have around the state, so we have room to reach more of that community. We are probably best known as the NPR, Car Talk, Prairie Home Companion station. I imagine your audience skews a little old because of the climate. Is there certain things or bases that you cover to address that? We have NPR and local news from 3 a.m. to 7 p.m. then jazz. Our main de- mographic is 35 to 64 and that is over 2/3 of our audience, jazz fits right in Just last week there although jazz gets more high school kids listening than NPR does. The someone called market is younger than you think, because there are so many jobs and so much construction – we are one of the fastest growing counties in the country, only when I played Las Vegas is growing faster. We get a lot of escapees from California and Chi- “All Blues” cago. What is the station broadcasting philosophy? and asked, I am pretty solid on classic mainstream jazz with a touch of blues and big “What was band. We don’t play much Latin jazz and no World Music. It’s mainly instru- mental with two or three vocals an hour. The philosophy is: Keep people lis- “that beautiful tening with good entertaining jazz and I define what that is. Trane, Canno- waltz?” Just ball, and Basie are mixed with four or five new releases an hour. How much community outreach do you do? when I thought Not a lot. I go to schools to talk about jazz. I’ll take another player or two and everyone was we play some and talk a little. People are starved for live music – they are always stunned by it, even if we aren’t Usher. I make as many events as possible tired of Kind and we MC festivals and get a banner up if we can. Of Blue. How many jazz shows are there? All jazz during the week is locally produced from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., while weekend nights are a little different – Saturday morning we run Jazzworks from 1 to 5 a.m. Saturday night we run Marian McPartland, Riverwalk Jazz, Ameri- can Routes and then locally produced from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. After that Sun- day morning we go to Jazzworks from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday night we are blues from 5 p.m. to 11 a.m., which is our most listened to music show. A Chicago harmonica player, record producer and blues club owner, Bob Corri- torre has been doing this show for over 15 years. How would you describe your own show and tastes? My show is not always my taste and I have to be careful not to get too esoteric. My listeners aren’t all jazz aficionados, although some are, most are just dig- ging the sound and discovering new artists to listen to, like Chet Baker. Is it complicated to be both a broadcaster and musician? I’ve been a performing musician all my life and used to play five or six gigs a week, but since I became a broadcaster in 1988 I perform less, one or two continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 11 Radio Q&A: Blaise Lantana (continued)

nights a week in the season. Summers here are pretty dead; 115 degrees in- spires exodus. I love the excitement of playing jazz with good players – there is nothing like it. But whenever I get a poorly promoted gig, or I drive a few hun- dred miles and the venue is closed and forgot to notify the band, or I don’t get paid and have to cover the band, or a player shows up wasted or hung over, I thank God for my straightforward solid little radio career. It gives me the freedom to take the jobs I want to take, not the ones I need to pay the rent. Although I love playing and performing I also enjoy the quiet time where the audience is on the other side of the signal and we’re listening together. Having watched audiences from the stage for so many years, I have an innate aware- ness of when a listener tunes out, and my job is to keep them from hitting the button. You’ve bounced around the country a bit. Are you staying put in Phoenix? For now I’m staying. I really love what I do, and there aren’t a lot of jobs like this around the world, but I’m keeping an eye open for one in the south of France or Spain. Your bio says you listen to music 6-8 hours a day? It sounds like you could al- most be caught up on listening. Blaise Lantana (far left) joins JazzWeek’s Tad Hendrickson, musician Mike Longo, Telarc’s Vikki Rz- Well, that includes the four epka, KSJS’s Brad Stone and promoter Dick LaPalm in a discussion of interviewing techniques at the hours that I’m on air. I 2005 JazzWeek Summit. have an assistant who does the ﬁrst pass on the many CDs that come in and that helps a lot! With the ease of producing a project today, we are all swamped with material. One of the great joys of this job is discovering a player that is wonderful and they don’t always come from a known record label, so I try to hear as much as I can. I don’t want to miss anything. I see that you have an album out? How has it worked out? Are you going to do another? I’ve done two albums so far with standards and originals, one’s a quartet with organ and sax and one’s a guitar trio. I sell them on the gig and in local stores and occasionally play them on air at KJZZ, but it’s diﬃcult for me to mar- continued ... jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 12 Radio Q&A: Blaise Lantana (continued)

ket nationally because I KNOW how much material is out there and my ears are very critical. I am doing a new one now with a piano quartet and diﬀerent horn players, and that should be done in a few months. What’s something that other people might not know about that has you pretty excited right now? I like Organissimo and their very modern compositions that hit a good groove. Of course I’m from Philly so I’m partial to that organ trio sound. I’m also very impressed with young piano player Eldar Djangirov and I know he could be huge because I get calls EVERY TIME I play his version of “Moanin”. On a non-musical note, I’m tuning into the changing energy of the planet. Be- sides meditation, Kryon and Ramana Maharshi’s books are helpful in learning to dismantle the mind and increase frequency capacity to be ready for 2012 and the completion of the shift. And if you’ve memorized your Miles CD I recom- mend Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now CDs in the car to help keep your seren- ity in traﬃc. This is especially helpful during rush hour or on the way to a gig. JW ��

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jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 13 Reviews and Picks

Marlon Jordan saxophonist Donny McCaslin, Witkowski highlights both her prodding playing and high plaintive voice. But where- You Don’t Know What Love Is (Louisiana Red as most pianist/singers are singers first, Witkowski is most Hot) expressive and impressive when she LIKE SO MANY musicians before him, Crescent City trum- let’s her fingers do peter Marlon Jordan was snapped up by a major (Colum- the talking. Versed bia) as a teen and discarded to the slag heap just as they in a variety of start to really de- styles, piano freaks velop as an artist. will enjoy the taste Now in his mid- with which she 30s with a few of draws upon each. life’s lessons under Highlights include his belt, this for- her dazzling play- mer Young Lion ing on “In The returns with an Still Of The Night,” album that promi- which even has a bit of Latin bite to it, as well as “Feed The nently features the Birds,” a great tune from Mary Poppins that isn’t looked at debut of his vocal- nearly enough. ist sister Stephanie as well as appear- – Tad Hendrickson ances by brother Contact: Groov Marketing Kent (piccolo), sister Rachel (violin) and his father Kidd Phone: (877) GROOV 32 (saxophone). Marlon’s playing still recalls Wynton Marsa- Email: [email protected] Add Date: Nov. 29 lis and the song choices here look back as well, but there is Release Date: Nov. 23 a reaching (not overreaching) ambition here to bounce different styles and ideas off of his post-bop chops. A standout from the Higher Ground benefit show and CD, Stephanie David Murray 4Tet And Strings is impressive as well, leaning toward understatement and servicing of the lyric with razor-sharp diction. Highlights Waltz Again ( Justin Time) include a swingin’ version of “Joey,” the Latin-ish “Flamin- DAVID MURRAY IS perhaps best known as member of the go” and the standout “You Leave Me Breathless.” World Saxophone Quartet, but his substantial solo ca- – Tad Hendrickson reer has kept him Contact: Neal Sapper busy as well. Mur- Phone: (415) 453-1558 ray has covered a Email: [email protected] lot of ground in Add Date: Nov. 21 a career that has Release Date: June 7 ranged from fero- cious avant-garde Deanna Witkowski to straight-ahead balladry to Lat- Length Of Days (Artist Share) in big band to Af- rican music, and PIANIST DEANNA WITKOWSKI has won over quite a few no- while he immerses tables in a short career and even has done a Piano Jazz with himself in these Marian McPartland. Here leading a quartet that includes (continued) jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 14 Reviews and Picks Lev Polyakin David Murray 4Tet (continued)

styles with gusto he never goes over the edge -- even though Christmas Kaleidoscope (Mira Recordings) the regal 26-minute “Pushkin Suite” here sometimes em- (This arrived just a couple of days late for our holiday music issue) braces modern classical angularity and atonality (thanks to THIS DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS CD touches all of the vio- a ten-piece string section), it often swings hard. Easier to lin bases: Gypsy, western swing, cool jazz and chamber, digest on Waltz Again are the lushly romantic title cut and with gorgeous and the swirling “Sparkle.” inventive arrange- – Tad Hendrickson ments and a sweet- ness that never gets Contact: Jadro Subic sappy. Particular- Email: [email protected] Phone: (514) 738-9533 ext. 114 ly inventive is the Add Date: Nov. 8 medley intertwin- Release Date: Nov. 8 ing “We Three Kings of Orient Radam Schwartz Are” with “My Favorite Things.” Conspiracy for Positivity (Blue Ark Records) Martha Aarons on ﬂute and picco- NEW JERSEY BASED Radam Schwartz, who’s taught scores of lo adds the perfect young jazz players and who has performed with a who’s-who amount of lightness and tradition. including Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, Houston Person, David ‘Fathead’ Newman, Contact: Dr. Jazz – Ed Trefzger Cecil Brooks III, Phone: (800) 955-4375 Arthur and Red Email: [email protected] Prysock and Rus- sell Malone, is back Target your market! with his ﬁrst album as a leader in about a decade. Backed by a young group of former students, plus some room shaking baritone by veteran saxman James Stewart, Con- spiracy includes mostly originals, all in the best organ/hard bop tradition: greasy and hot, with a fat sound from the tight horn section. All tracks are recommended, but be sure Advertise in to check out “Room For All,” “Slow Burner,” and “Gryce Plays Strayhorn,” as well as a swingin’ “Serenade in Blue” JazzWeek and R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” with its sly references to other odes to aviation. This disc is a must for stations with Reach not just jazz radio, but musicians, clubs, a penchant for organ, soul jazz, or hard bop. retailers and promoters ... all people in the jazz field who now can subscribe free to JazzWeek. Contact: Mike Hurzon, The Tracking Station – Ed Trefzger Phone: (305) 669-2677 For rates and more information, contact Email: [email protected] Devon Murphy at 866-453-6401, ext. 3 or at Add Date: Nov. 29 [email protected]. 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Rodney Jones and Steve Kuhn Trio Most Added

ibraphonist Joe Locke and the Milt Jackson Tribute Band make it three Vin a row at No. 1 with Rev-elation (Sharp Nine), a live album recorded at Ron- nie Scott’s, featuring Mike LeDonne, Bob Cranshaw, and Mickey Roker. Most added this week are the Dreams and Stories by Rodney Jones (Savant) and Quiéreme Mucho from the Steve Kuhn Trio (Sunnyside/Venus), each added on 17 stations. Rev-elation (Sharp Nine),by Joe Locke and the The biggest increase in airplay was for Milt Jackson Tribute Band, is at No. 1 for a third the Sony collection Progressions: 100 Years of week, with airplay on 71 stations. Jazz Guitar.

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Quiéreme Mucho, by the Steve Kuhn Trio (Sunny- side/Venus) was added on 17 stations. jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 17 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Dec. 5, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Tribute Band Rev-elation Sharp Nine 340 364 -24 6 71 2 2 3 8 2 Dianne Reeves Good Night and Good Luck [Soundtrack] Concord 329 283 46 7 62 0 3 6 7 1 Brad Mehldau Day Is Done Nonesuch 293 234 59 9 61 0 4 2 2 2 Houston Person All Soul HighNote 279 302 -23 5 66 4 5 12 14 5 Robert Glasper Canvas Blue Note 253 203 50 6 69 1 6 4 3 3 Clayton Brothers Back In The Swing Of Things Hyena Records 219 243 -24 6 60 1 7 4 6 4 Mike LeDonne Night Song Savant 211 243 -32 6 56 0 8 26 9 8 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar Sony 207 125 82 7 34 0 9 9 20 9 The Great Jazz Trio ‘S Wonderful 441 Records 201 217 -16 4 52 3 10 11 9 9 Jimmy Ponder What’s New HighNote 198 213 -15 6 56 0 11 13 25 11 Julius Tolentino Just The Beginning Sharp Nine 196 180 16 5 56 4 12 10 5 1 Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time Mack Avenue 181 215 -34 13 53 0 12 8 4 1 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall Blue Note 181 218 -37 10 49 0 14 15 16 14 Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra w/ Wynton Don’t be afraid... the music of Charles Palmetto 172 174 -2 4 57 5 Marsalis Mingus 15 23 NR 15 Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories Savant 171 135 36 2 51 17 16 18 12 12 Alan Broadbent ‘Round Midnight Artistry 169 156 13 7 55 0 17 17 33 17 Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ 168 162 6 3 52 12 18 14 13 6 Shirley Horn But Beautiful ... The Best of Shirley Horn Verve Music Group 155 176 -21 6 47 0 19 22 11 2 Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring The Battle: Live at Smoke HighNote 153 137 16 13 41 0 20 29 NR 20 Various Artists Higher Ground : Hurricane Relief Benefit Blue Note 149 119 30 2 40 14 21 43 NR 21 Marian McPartland w/ Bruce Hornsby Piano Jazz The Jazz Alliance 128 96 32 2 16 16 21 19 15 12 Trio da Paz Somewhere Blue Toucan Music 128 151 -23 9 37 0 23 21 17 2 Tierney Sutton I’m with the Band Telarc 114 139 -25 13 39 0 24 31 35 4 Poncho Sanchez Do It! Concord Picante 113 111 2 16 46 0 25 33 32 25 Richie Hart Greasy Street Zoho Music 109 109 0 7 41 2 26 25 28 25 Chris Botti To Love Again Sony 106 128 -22 5 27 1 26 42 NR 26 Bill Ransom Generations Bongo Time Records 106 97 9 2 37 5 28 34 41 28 Wallace Roney Mystikal HighNote 105 108 -3 3 43 6 29 47 40 29 Mark Murphy Once To Every Heart Verve Music Group 104 92 12 4 37 1 30 24 19 6 Wynton Marsalis Amongst the People: Live at the House of Blue Note 103 129 -26 13 35 0 Tribes 30 16 18 16 Barbara Morrison Live @The Dakota Dakota Live Label 103 172 -69 5 35 0 32 40 25 25 Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band Rumba Buhaina - The Music of Art Blakey Random Chance 102 100 2 4 34 3 and The Jazz Messengers 33 28 21 5 Nneena Freelon Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Future Concord Records 101 122 -21 16 37 0 Life of Billie Holiday 34 39 29 9 Gerald Cannon Gerald Cannon Woodneck Records 98 101 -3 9 41 2 35 30 44 30 Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Music Group 97 116 -19 3 28 2 36 20 36 20 Tineke Postma For The Rhythm 215/Munich Records 96 146 -50 4 41 2 36 49 NR 29 Hendrik Meurkens Amazon River Blue Toucan Music 96 83 13 12 30 0 38 27 24 14 Dee Dee Bridgewater J’ai Deux Amours Sovereign Artists 95 123 -28 9 38 1 39 48 45 39 Donald Harrison New York Cool Half Note Records 90 88 2 3 32 0 40 NR NR 34 Soulive Breakout Concord 88 69 19 8 32 2 40 32 36 24 Bebo Valdés Bebo De Cuba Calle 54 88 110 -22 4 31 1 42 37 21 9 Mark Sherman One Step Closer CAP 87 103 -16 11 24 1 42 NR NR 39 Dan Cray Trio Save Us! Blujazz 87 62 25 7 28 2 44 NR NR 44 Willie Martinez Family Cuch Be Witcha Productions 84 62 22 5 34 3 45 NR 38 30 Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue Rendevous 83 79 4 8 22 0 46 34 34 32 Marc Johnson Shades of Jade ECM 80 108 -28 8 37 0 47 34 43 34 Jonathan Kreisberg Unearth Mel Bay 75 108 -33 7 24 1 47 45 31 5 Sara Gazarek Yours Native Language 75 93 -18 13 28 0 49 44 39 39 Sherrie Maricle & The Diva Jazz Orchestra TNT: A Tommy Newsom Tribute Lightyear 74 95 -21 5 30 2 50 NR NR 1 The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Live At MCG MCG Jazz 73 45 28 21 20 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories (Savant) +17 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar Dr. John & The Lower 911 Sippiana Hericane (Blue Note) Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho (Sunnyside/Venus) +17 (Sony) +82 The Marco Benevento/Joe Russo Duo Reason to Buy the Sun (Ropeadope) Marian McPartland w/ Bruce Hornsby Piano Jazz Brad Mehldau Day Is Done (Nonesuch) +59 Joel Harrison Harrison On Harrison (HighNote) (The Jazz Alliance) +16 Robert Glasper Canvas (Blue Note) +50 Gene Bertoncini Quiet Now (Ambient) Radam Schwartz Conspiracy For Positivity (Blue Ark) +16 Dianne Reeves Good Night and Good Luck [Soundtrack] Kyle Asche The Hook Up (OA2 Records) Various Artists Higher Ground : Hurricane Relief Benefit (Concord) +46 Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho (Sunnyside/Venus) (Blue Note) +14 Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories (Savant) +36 The Reese Project Vicodin Dreams (95 North) Jean-Michel Pilc Live At Iridium, New York (Dreyfus) Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota Marian McPartland w/ Bruce Hornsby Piano Jazz Bob Dogan Rings (Big Foot Jazz) (MAXJAZZ) +12 (The Jazz Alliance) +32 Radam Schwartz Conspiracy For Positivity (Blue Ark Records) jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 18 Jazz Radio Adds Here are upcoming add dates for new releases, and add dates that have passed during the last few weeks. This listing was current as of press time.

October 11, 2005 Collection (Bluebird/Legacy) Allen Broadbent – ’Round Midnight (Artistry Music) November 7, 2005 Barbara Morrisson – Live At The Dakota! (Dakota Live!) Amy Banks – When The Sun Comes Out (Self Released) October 17, 2005 November 8, 2005 Dianne Reeves – Good Night and Good Luck Soundtrack (Concord Geoffrey Keezer – Wildcrafted (MAXJAZZ) Records) David Murray Quartet with Strings – Waltz Again (Justin Time) Jamie Cullum – Catching Tales (Verve Records) Kenny Ellis – Hanukkah Swings! (Favored Nations) Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Tribute Band – Rev-elation (Sharp Nine) November 14, 2005 The Reese Project – Vicodin Dreams (95 North Records) SLAMMIN all-body band – SLAMMIN all-body band (Crosspulse Anthony Brown’s Orchestra – Rhapsodies (Water Baby) Records) Laura Welland – Dissertation On The State Of Bliss (Origin) Pieranunzi/Baron/Johnson – Play Morricone (2-CD) (CAM Jazz/ Sunnyside) October 24, 2005 Steve Kuhn Trio – Quiereme Mucho (Sunnyside/Venus) Ben Monder – Oceana (Sunnyside) Tonic Vintage Vocals – It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Man Swings (SKM Hilary Noble & Rebecca Cline – Enclave (Zoho Records) Creative, Inc.) Julius Tolentino – Just The Beginning (Sharp Nine) Joel Harrison – Harrison on Harrison (HighNote) Paul Seaforth – When Did You Leave Heaven (Fine Arts/Rhombus) Rodney Jones – Dreams and Stories (Savant) Adam Holzman & Brave New World – JazzRocketScience (Nagel Jane Monheit – The Season (Epic Records) Heyer) Moacir Santos – Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music) Chris Botti – To Love Again – The Duets (Columbia) Clayton Brothers – Back In The Swing Of Things (Heyna) November 15, 2005 Daisuke Albe – On My Way Back Home (Nagel Heyer) Deanna Witkowski – Length Of Days (Artist Share) Donald Harrison – New York Cool (HalfNote) November 16, 2005 Various – 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar (Columbia Legacy) Elissa Lala – Touch Of Your Voice – New Takes On Chet Baker October 25, 2005 (Omnitone) Almada/Iannaccone – Tango Crash (Justin Time) November 21, 2005 Susie Arioli Band featuring Jordan Officer – Learn to Smile Again Nia Quintet – End Of Time (BluJazz) (Justin Time) Diana Krall – Christmas Songs (Verve) October 31, 2005 Marlon Jordan w/ Stephanie Jordan – You Don’t Know What Love Is Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Don’t Be Afraid ... Music Of Charles (Louisianna Red Hot) Mingus (Palmetto) November 25, 2005 E.S.T. – Viaticum (215 Records) Lev Polyakin – Christmas Kaleidoscope (Mira Recordings) Frank Sinatra And Tommy Dorsey – The Essential Frank Sinatra With November 28, 2005 The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Bluebird/Legacy) Eddie Higgins – Christmas Songs (Sunnyside) Tommy Dorsey – Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing–Cenntennial

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Daisuke Abe On My Way Back Home Nagel Heyer Elaine Dame Comes Love Blujazz Affinity Route 66 Rhombus Kenny Davern In Concert Arbors Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring The Battle: Live at Smoke HighNote Ron Davis Trio & The Shimmering Shimmering Rhythm Davinor Scott Amendola Band Believe Cryptogramophone Rhythm Ensemble Tony DeSare Want You Telarc Paul Anka Rock Swings Verve Music Group Melodye Dewine Nocturnal Velvet SMS Jazz Ivo Antognini Jazz Project Feggari Mou Self Released Gene Diamond Bittersweet Rhombus Peter Apfelbaum & The New York It Is Written HighNote(ACT) Hieroglyphics Dirty Dozen Brass Band This is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band Shout Factory Antonio Arnedo Colombia Adventure Music Collection Bob Dogan Rings Big Foot Jazz Kyle Asche The Hook Up OA2 Records Tommy Dorsey The Sentimental Gentleman Of Bluebird / Legacy Gregg August Late August Iaguessa Records Swing: Centennial Collection The Bad Plus Suspicious Activity? Columbia Dave Douglas Keystone Greenleaf Music Noah Baerman Soul Force Lemel Music Will Downing Soul Symphony GRP Amy Banks When The Sun Comes Out Self Released Dr. John & The Lower 911 Sippiana Hericane Blue Note Ray Barretto Time Was... Time Is O+ Mark Dresser Time Changes Cryptogramophone Kenny Barron Live At Bradley’s II: The Perfect Set Sunnyside E.S.T. Viaticum 215 Records Gerry Beaudoin Trio Swing Cafe North Star Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue Rendevous Heather Bennett Reflections In Red Apria Marty Ehrlich News On The Rail Palmetto George Benson Best of George Benson Live GRP Either/Orchestra Ethiopiques 20: Live In Addis Buda Musique Gene Bertoncini Quiet Now Ambient Kenny Ellis Hanukkah Swings! Favored Nations Bethany and Rufus Bethany and Rufus bethanyandrufus.com Avram Fefer & Bobby Few Kindred Spirits Boxholder Records Big Neighborhood Neighbors Origin Fieldwork Simulated Progress PI Recordings Nick Bisesi Gemini Blujazz Amina Figerova September Suite 215 Records Terence Blanchard Flow Blue Note Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz ... And Sammy Walked In Savant Bob Boguslaw & The Way Gabrielle’s Hand Summit Explosion Bob Florence Friends, Treasures, Heroes Summit Bona Fide Soul Lounge Heads Up Yves François Blues For Hawk Delmark Chris Botti To Love Again Sony The Frank & Joe Show 66 2/3 Hyena Records Joshua Breakstone Memoire: The French Sessions, Capri Vol. 2 Nneena Freelon Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Concord Records Dee Dee Bridgewater J’ai Deux Amours Sovereign Artists Future Life of Billie Holiday The Don Friedman VIP Trio Timeless 441 / Village Alan Broadbent ‘Round Midnight Artistry Bill Frisell East/West Nonesuch Anthony Brown’s Orchestra Rhapsodies Water Baby Tia Fuller Pillar Of Strength Wambutia Michael Buble It’s Time 143 Records/Reprise Gabin Mr. Freedom Astralworks Alex Budman & The Contemporary Instruments Of Mass Pleasure OA2 Records Jazz Orchestra Richard Galliano Ruby, My Dear Dreyfus Jazz Cadwallader, Asetta & Dixson Quicker Than The Eye Stanza USA Garage a Trois Outre Mer [Original Soundtrack] Telarc Neil Caine Backstabber’s Ball Smalls Records Sara Gazarek Yours Native Language Will Calhoun Native Lands Half Note Records Terry Gibbs Feelin’ Good: Live In Studio Mack Avenue Royce Campbell Plays For Lovers Moon Cycle Records David Gibson The Path To Delphi Nagel Heyer Gerald Cannon Gerald Cannon Woodneck Records Gilfema Gilfema Obliqsound Kenny Carr Friday at Five TAS Management Richard Glaser Band That’s Okay Richard Glaser Music James Carter Organ Trio Out Of Nowhere Half Note Records Robert Glasper Canvas Blue Note Philip Catherine Meeting Colors Dreyfus Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Rumba Buhaina - The Music of Art Random Chance Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The Blue Note Band Blakey and The Jazz Messengers American Soul Gospel Keyboard Trio Heavenly Keys The Sirens Record- Bill Charlap and Sandy Stewart Love Is Here To Stay Blue Note ings Alex Graham The Good Life Origin Buddy Charles We’re Here Jazzed Media The Great Jazz Trio ‘S Wonderful 441 Records Billy Childs Lyric Lunacy Music George Gruntz Piano Works II: Ringing The ACT Cintron Back in the Day ARK 21 Luminator City Rhythm Orchestra Vibrant Tones Limehouse Records Roland Guerin Groove, Swings And Harmony II Jazz Maniacs Clairdee Music Moves Sin-Drome Charlie Haden Music Liberation Not in our Name Verve Music Group Ken Clark Organ Trio Mutual Respect Severn Orchestra Jim Hall & Enrico Pieranunzi Duologues CAM Jazz/Sunnyside Clayton Brothers Back In The Swing Of Things Hyena Records Herbie Hancock Possibilities Vector Recordings The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Live At MCG MCG Jazz Orchestra Curt Hanrahan To Be Again Blujazz Hilary Noble and Rebecca Cline Enclave Zoho Music Donald Harrison New York Cool Half Note Records Evita Cobo Invitation Self Released Joel Harrison Harrison On Harrison HighNote Tim Coffman Crossroads Blujazz Richie Hart Greasy Street Zoho Music Mark Colby Speaking of Stan Hallway Records Steve Heckman Live At Yoshi’s World City Freddy Cole This Love Of Mine HighNote Stockton Helbing Lodestar Self Released Richie Cole & The Alto Madness Back On Top Jazz Excursion Nachito Herrera Bembe en Mi Casa SF Music Orchestra Eddie Higgins Trio Christmas Songs Sunnyside Common Ground High Voltage Delmark Lisa Hilton My Favorite Things Ruby Slippers Harry Connick Jr. Occasion Marsalis Music/ Productions Rounder Records Holly Hoffman Minor Miracle Capri Gloria Cooper Dedicated To You Origin Stan Hope Put On A Happy Face Savant Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey & Lenny Electric Chesky White JC Hopkins Biggish Band Underneath a Brooklyn Moon Tigerlily Records Dan Cray Trio Save Us! Blujazz Shirley Horn But Beautiful ... The Best of Shirley Verve Music Group Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Music Group Horn Hornheads Fat Lip Bone 2B Wild Music Paquito d’Rivera The Jazz Chamber Trio Chesky jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 20 Jazz Radio Currents

Ted Howe Elton Exposed: Revealing The Jazz Summit The Mizell Brothers Mizell Blue Note Soul Of Elton John Modern Traditions Ensemble New Old Music Adventure Music Sherman Irby Faith BWR Jane Monheit The Season Epic Javon Jackson Have You Heard Palmetto Thelonious Monk Quartet with John At Carnegie Hall Blue Note Ahmad Jamal After Fajr Dreyfus Jazz Coltrane Jaspects In ‘House’ Sessions Jaspects Dan Moretti & Once Through Passing Place Whaling City Sound Jazzanova Blue Note Trip Blue Note Frank Morgan Raising The Standard: Live At The HighNote Kelley Johnson Music is the Magic Sapphire Jazz Standard Vol.2 Barbara Morrison Live @The Dakota Dakota Live Label Marc Johnson Shades of Jade ECM Moutin Reunion Quartet Something Like Now Lightyear/Nocturne Marc Courtney Johnson & The Dan Marc Courtney Johnson DreamyJazz Cray Trio Oliver Mtukudzi Nhava Heads Up Bujo Kevin Jones Tenth World Motema Mark Murphy Once To Every Heart Verve Music Group Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories Savant David Murray Quartet w/ Strings Waltz Again Justin Time Sean Jones Gemini Mack Avenue Myanna One Never Knows Bridge Street Records Betty Joplin Visions of the Moment Preserved Moments Najee My Point of View Heads Up Music Milton Nascimento Pieta Savoy Jazz Marlon Jordan You Don’t Know What Love Is Louisiana Red Hot Meshell Ndegeocello presents The Dance Of The Infidel Shanachie Records Spirit Music Jamia Sheila Jordan Celebration: Live at the Triad HighNote Calvin Newborn New Born Yellow Dog Marlon Jordan w/ Stephanie Jordan You Don’t Know What Love Is Louisiana Red Hot PJ Newman The Hand of Dog Origin Records Records Jeff Kaye Just Like Me Jazzed Media Nia Quintet End of Time Blujazz Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ Mark O’ Connor’s Hot Swing Trio Live In New York OMAC Roger Kellaway Remembering Bobby Darin IPO Recordings Hod O’Brien Live At Blues Alley: First Set Reservoir Calvin Keys Calvinesque’ Silverado Records Arturo O’Farrill Live In Brooklyn Zoho Music Ilona Knopfler Live The Life Mack Avenue Kayode Olajide Iba Self Released Diana Krall Christmas Songs Verve Music Group The Onus Triphony Hipnotic Jonathan Kreisberg Unearth Mel Bay Oregon Prime CAM Jazz/Sunnyside Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho Sunnyside/Venus organissimo This Is The Place Big “O” Records John La Barbera Big Band Fantazm Jazz Compass Jeffrey Osbourne From The Soul Koch Elissa Lala Touch of Your Voice - New Takes on OmniTone Greg Osby Channel Three Blue Note Chet Baker Matt Otto Red Origin Records Paula Lammers A Blanket of Blue Nightingale Jazz Eddie Palmieri Listen Here! Concord Jazz Mike LeDonne Night Song Savant Maceo Parker School’s In! BHM Music Ranee Lee and Oliver Jones Just You, Just Me Justin Time Charlie Peacock Love Press Ex-Curio Emergent/92e Kevyn Lettau Bye Bye Blackbird MCG Jazz Pearl Django Chasing Shadows Modern Hot Records Dave Liebman Manhattan Dialogues Zoho Music Dave Peck Good Road LPS Records Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra w/ Don’t be afraid... the music of Palmetto Jeremy Pelt Identity MAXJAZZ Wynton Marsalis Charles Mingus Joe Locke & The Milt Jackson Rev-elation Sharp Nine P. J. Perry Time Flies Justin Time Tribute Band Houston Person All Soul HighNote Pat Longo Extreme Heat Jazzed Media Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson & Play Morricone Sunnyside Brian Lynch 24/7 Nagel Heyer Joey Baron The Leslie Maclean Trio That’s Time Enough KippieJosh Jazz Jean-Michel Pilc Live At Iridium, New York Dreyfus Frank Mantooth Ladies Sing for Lovers MCG Jazz Bucky Pizzarelli & Frank Vignola Moonglow Hyena Records Sherrie Maricle & The Diva Jazz TNT: A Tommy Newsom Tribute Lightyear Lev Polyakin Christmas Kaleidoscope Mira Recordings Orchestra Jimmy Ponder What’s New HighNote Wynton Marsalis Amongst the People: Live at the Blue Note Tineke Postma For The Rhythm 215/Munich Records House of Tribes Mike Marshall Brazil Duets Adventure Music Flora Purim Flora’s Song Narada Jazz Veronica Martell The Art Of Intimacy Apria Tom Rainer & Glenn Cashman Blue In Green Primrose Lane Angelyna Martinez Labor of Love MexiScott Music Joyce Randolph Just A Little Blue Myrlys Music Willie Martinez Family Cuch Be Witcha Bill Ransom Generations Bongo Time Records Productions Enrico Rava Full of Life Camjazz Eugene Maslov Where The Light Comes From Self Released Enrico Rava Tati ECM Bob Masteller The Jazz Corner Swings Latin Self Released Joshua Redman Elastic Band Momentum Nonesuch Earl May Quartet Swinging The Blues with Barry Arbors The Reese Project Vicodin Dreams 95 North Harris Bill Mays Trio Live at Jazz Standard Palmetto Dianne Reeves Good Night and Good Luck Concord [Soundtrack] Joe McBride Texas Hold’em Heads Up Randy Reinhart at the Mill Hill Playhouse: As Long Arbors Chris McNulty Dance Delicioso Elefant Dreams As I Live Marian McPartland Piano Jazz w/ Elvis Costello Concord Tim Ries The Rolling Stones Project Concord Marian McPartland w/ Bruce Piano Jazz The Jazz Alliance Bob Rodriguez Corridor CreOp Muse Hornsby Sonny Rollins Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert Milestone Marian McPartland w/ Teddy Wilson Piano Jazz The Jazz Alliance Wallace Roney Mystikal HighNote Brad Mehldau Day Is Done Nonesuch Ada Rovatti Airbop Apria Pablo Mendendez Havana Blues Mambo Zoho Music Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Blue Mongol Sunnyside Don Menza Menza Lines Jazzed Media Buryat Band Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman Song X Nonesuch San Francisco ChamberJazz SFCJQ Music Wizards Quartet Hendrik Meurkens Amazon River Blue Toucan Music Poncho Sanchez Do It! Concord Picante Miami Saxophone Quartet Midnight Rumba Fourtitude Records Moacir Santos Choros & Alegria Adventure Music Raul Midon State of Mind Manhattan Records Jenny Scheinman 12 Songs Cryptogramophone Mulgrew Miller Live At Yoshi’s: Vol. 2 MAXJAZZ Lalo Schifrin Kaleidoscope: Jazz Meets The Aleph Records Mingus Big Band/Orchestra/Dynasty I Am Three Sunnyside Symphony #6 jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 21 Jazz Radio Currents

Rhoda Scott Encore, Encore, Encore.. Sunnyside Paul Seaforth When Did You Leave Heaven? Rhombus Jim Self InnerPlay Bassett Hound Records Vince Seneri Street Talk Senful Records John Sheridan Dream Band Arbors Mark Sherman One Step Closer CAP Wayne Shorter Beyond The Sound Barrier Verve Music Group The Liam Sillery Quintet Minor Changes OA2 Records Frank Sinatra w/ Tommy Dorsey The Essential Frank Sinatra w/ Bluebird / Legacy Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Slammin’ All-Body Band Slammin’ All-Body Band Crosspulse Records Sonido Isleño Vive Jazz Tresero Soulive Breakout Concord Melvin Sparks This Is It Savant Bobo Stenson Goodbye ECM Nicola Stilo/Toninho Horta Duets Adventure Music Dave Stryker Big City Mel Bay Stryker/Slagle Band Live at the Jazz Standard Zoho Music Tierney Sutton I’m with the Band Telarc Brian Swartz Quartet Live At The Jazz Bakery Summit Ximo Tebar Goes Blue Sunnyside Ben Thomas Triskaidekaphobia Origin Pyeng Threadgill Of The Air Random Chance Julius Tolentino Just The Beginning Sharp Nine Tomasso-Rava Quartet La Dolce Vita Camjazz Kevin Toney 110 Degrees And Rising Shanachie Tonic Vintage Vocals It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Man Swings SKM Creative, Inc. Trio da Paz Somewhere Blue Toucan Music Erik Truffaz Saloua Blue Note Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band For J.G. Sea Breeze Bebo Valdés Bebo De Cuba Calle 54 Dave Valentin World on a String HighNote Various Artists Putumayo Presents: Swing Around Putumayo Be A the World Various Artists Sprout [Soundtrack] Record Collection Disaster Relief Various Artists Symphonic Jobim Adventure Music Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Sony Guitar Hero Various Artists So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute To J Records Luther Vandross Various Artists Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Impulse Reworked Victims of the recent hurricane need help Various Artists Higher Ground : Hurricane Relief Blue Note Benefit immediately. The American Red Cross is on the Various Artists Gilles Peterson Digs America: Luv N’ Haight/Ubiq- scene—providing shelter, food and counseling. Brownswood USA uity Gerald Veasley At The Jazz Base! Heads Up Cedar Walton Underground Memoirs HighNote But your help is urgently needed. Your contribution Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie will help the victims of the recent hurricane The Dave Weckl Band Multiplicity Stretch/Concord and thousands of other disasters across Mark Weinstein Algo Mas/Cuban Roots Jazz Heads Ezra Weiss Persephone UMOJA the country each year. The Mort Weiss Quartet The Four Of Us: Live At Steamers SMS Jazz Laura Welland Dissertation On The State Of Bliss OA2 Records Westwind Brass Jazztet LMP Productions Make a financial contribution Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous (Red) Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendevous to the Disaster Relief Fund. Brad Wheeler The Future Was Yesterday Origin Records Jessica Williams Live At Yoshi’s Vol. 2 MAXJAZZ Please contact the Red Cross at Reuben Wilson Fun House Savant 1-800-HELP NOW Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time Mack Avenue Anthony Wilson Trio Savivity Groove Note redcross.org Deanna Witkowski Length of Days Artist Share Allen Won Quartet The Jewel In The Lotus Self-Produced Dave Young Mainly Mingus Justin Time Ruth Young This Is Always Nagel Heyer Rachel Z Grace Chesky Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Vienna Nights BHM Music Syndicate Denny Zeitlin Solo Voyage MAXJAZZ jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 22 Jazz Station Panel Call letters Frequency Market Rank Call letters Frequency Market Rank CJRT-FM* 91.1 Toronto, ON N/A WFCR-FM 88.5 Springfield, MA 80 KAJX-FM* 91.5 Aspen, CO N/A WFNX-FM 101.7 Boston, MA 133 KANU-FM 91.5 Topeka, KS 195 WFSS-FM 91.9 Fayetteville, NC 128 KBCS-FM 91.3 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WGBH-FM 89.7 Boston, MA 8 KBEM-FM 88.5 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 WGLT-FM 89.1 Peoria, IL 149 KCCK-FM* 88.3 Cedar Rapids, IA 204 WGMC-FM 90.1 Rochester, NY 54 KCLU-FM 88.3 Los Angeles, CA 2 WGVU-FM 88.5 Grand Rapids, MI 67 KCME-FM 88.7 Colorado Springs, CO 96 WHRV-FM 89.5 Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News, VA 40 KCSM-FM 91.1 San Francisco, CA 4 WICN-FM* 90.5 Worcester, MA 8 KEWU-FM 89.5 Spokane, WA 93 WICR-FM 88.7 Indianapolis, IN 41 KFSR-FM 90.7 Fresno, CA 68 WJSU-FM 88.5 Jackson, MS 123 KIOS-FM 91.5 Omaha, NE - Council Bluffs, IA 73 WKNS-FM†† 90.3 Greenville - New Bern - Jacksonville, NC 88 KIPO-FM* 89.3 Honolulu 62 WLRN-FM 91.3 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 KJZZ-FM 91.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 WMOT-FM 89.5 Nashville, TN 44 KKJZ-FM 88.1 Los Angeles, CA 2 WMUA-FM 91.1 Springfield, MA 80 KLCC-FM 89.7 Eugene-Springfield, OR 171 WMUB-FM 88.5 Cincinnati, OH 27 KMHD-FM 89.1 Portland, OR 24 WNCU-FM 90.7 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KMUW-FM 89.1 Wichita, KS 95 WPFW-FM 89.3 Washington, DC 8 KNTU-FM 88.1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 KPLU-FM 88.5 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WSHA-FM 88.9 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KRTU-FM 91.7 San Antonio, TX 30 WSIE-FM 88.7 St. Louis, MO 19 KSDS-FM 88.3 San Diego, CA 17 WSNC-FM 90.5 Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point, NC 45 KSJS-FM 90.5 San Jose, CA 33 WTEB-FM 89.3 Greenville, NC 87 KSMF-FM* 89.1 Ashland, OR 207 WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 KSUT-FM* 91.3 Ignacio, CO N/A WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 KTSU-FM 90.9 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 KUAZ-FM 89.1 Tucson, AZ 63 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 KUER-FM 90.1 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 WVPR/WVPS-FM 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 KUNR-FM* 88.7 Reno, NV 231 WVTF-FM 89.1 Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA 115 KUNV-FM 91.5 Las Vegas, NV 38 WWOZ-FM 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 KUOP-FM† 91.3 Stockton, CA 81 WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 168 KUT-FM 90.5 Austin, TX 7 WXUT/WXTS-FM 88.3 Toledo, OH 85 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WYPR-FM 88.1 Baltimore, MD 20 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 Music Choice Cable National Distribution N/A WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 Sirius* Satellite National Distribution N/A WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 WBFO-FM 88.7 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 52 WBGO-FM 88.3 New York, NY 1 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 [email protected] WCPN-FM 90.3 Cleveland, OH 25 WDCB-FM* 90.9 Chicago, IL 3 WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit, MI 10 *Denotes station not monitored by Mediaguide. Station submits a weekly WDNA-FM** 88.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 airplay report. WDUQ-FM 90.5 Pittsburgh, PA 23 **WDNA is reporting spins while the Mediaguide listening post undergoes WEAA-FM 88.9 Baltimore, MD 20 repairs in Miami after hurricane damage. WEMU-FM* 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 †Repeats KXJZ ††Repeats WTEB for a portion of its programming jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 23 Smooth Jazz Radio

Euge Groove Retakes No. 1 With ‘Get Em Goin’’

Brian Simpson Has Biggest Increase in Airplay

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

The latest single from Brian Simpson, “It’s All Good” (Rendezvous) had the biggest increase in spins on the singles chart, and the album for which it’s the title track was the top gainer on the album chart. The most added single was Suntools’ “Moonbeam” (Sun-

Euge Groove is again at No. 1 with the single “Get Em swept), which picked up 11 stations. Goin’” from Just Feels Right (Narada Jazz).

Smooth Albums p. 25 Smooth Singles p. 26 Smooth Current CDs p. 27 Brian Simpson’s title track, the single “It’s All Good” Smooth Radio Panel p. 28 (Rendezvous) saw the biggest jump in airplay. jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 24 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Dec. 5, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 2 1 1 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz 604 628 -24 16 30 0 2 1 2 1 Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP / Verve 591 636 -45 21 31 0 3 3 3 3 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up 542 610 -68 28 30 0 4 4 4 1 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen 516 539 -23 25 34 1 5 7 8 5 Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen 496 497 -1 14 29 0 6 9 14 6 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 493 408 85 15 31 0 7 5 7 5 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up 493 527 -34 55 29 0 8 6 6 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 476 507 -31 44 31 0 9 8 5 1 Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 377 474 -97 21 31 0 10 17 19 1 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 340 305 35 55 29 0 11 14 22 11 Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia 339 330 9 7 28 0 12 11 9 5 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music 336 389 -53 41 26 0 13 12 11 2 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 335 359 -24 55 30 0 14 13 12 10 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak / Concord 301 345 -44 19 27 0 15 22 18 1 Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista 298 264 34 50 32 0 16 18 17 16 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie 288 284 4 16 26 0 17 20 25 17 Najee My Point Of View Heads Up 272 281 -9 20 25 0 18 19 NR 18 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin / EMI 271 282 -11 2 27 0 19 23 20 4 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. 266 264 2 23 28 0 20 21 15 15 Chieli Minucci The Juice [Single] Shanachie 261 276 -15 26 24 0 21 16 16 4 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 260 314 -54 55 26 0 22 24 24 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 237 256 -19 38 28 0 23 15 13 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP 236 316 -80 50 29 0 24 32 34 22 Soul Ballet She Rides [Single] 215 206 183 23 19 21 1 25 27 27 24 Various Artists Def Jazz GRP 200 219 -19 15 17 0 26 29 28 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 195 201 -6 55 29 0 27 28 26 11 Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz 191 215 -24 21 19 0 28 31 31 2 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 188 183 5 37 26 0 29 25 23 22 Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch 180 230 -50 39 21 0 30 40 33 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 175 147 28 50 30 0 31 30 30 15 Warren Hill Pop Jazz Pop Jazz / Native Language 172 190 -18 19 17 0 32 37 40 14 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 167 152 15 20 30 0 33 34 29 4 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 160 179 -19 47 27 0 34 35 36 16 Michael Buble It’s Time 143 / Reprise 152 163 -11 20 13 0 35 36 32 5 Chuck Loeb When I’m WIth You Shanachie 148 152 -4 41 25 0 36 42 45 36 Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous 146 140 6 16 12 0 37 33 35 20 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan 145 182 -37 24 12 0 38 26 38 26 Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous 143 223 -80 11 14 0 39 43 48 39 Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 143 139 4 11 15 2 40 39 37 12 Kem Album II Universal / Motown 139 151 -12 20 18 0 41 38 39 15 Jonathan Butler Jonathan Rendezvous 134 151 -17 26 17 0 42 45 44 13 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave 125 136 -11 43 17 0 43 44 42 9 Paul Brown The City GRP / Verve 115 139 -24 20 17 0 44 46 43 4 Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI 114 132 -18 55 25 0 45 57 56 16 Fourplay Journey BMG 109 93 16 55 22 0 46 41 41 1 Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP / VMG / UMG 109 143 -34 55 22 0 47 48 51 26 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak 105 109 -4 20 10 0 48 53 64 14 Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz 104 102 2 43 15 0 49 52 47 25 Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch 102 103 -1 20 18 0 50 50 55 5 George Benson Irreplaceable GRP / VMG / UMG 102 106 -4 55 23 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note / EMI) +6 Brian Simpson It’s All Good (Rendezvous) +85 Paul Brown The City (GRP / Verve) Paul Brown The City (GRP / Verve) +3 Mindi Abair I Can’t Wait For Christmas [Single] Jeffrey Osborne From The Soul (JayOz / Koch) Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake (VMG) Brian Bromberg Choices (Artistry) +3 (GRP / VMG) +48 Mindi Abair I Can’t Wait For Christmas [Single] (GRP / VMG) Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota Michael Lington Stay With Me (Rendezvous) +35 Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love (Rounder) (MAXJAZZ) +3 Kenny G At Last ...The Duets Album (Arista) +34 Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue (Candid / Rendezvous) Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note / EMI) Gregg Karukas Looking Up (V2) +2 Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note / EMI) +31 Michael McDonald Motown Two (Motown) Julius Tolentino Just The Beginning (Sharp Nine) +2 Paul Brown Up Front (GRP) +28 Turning Point Matador (Native Language) Andre Delano Full Circle (7th Note)

jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 25 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart Dec. 5, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 2 1 1 Euge Groove Get Em Goin’ Narada Jazz 604 628 -24 16 30 0 2 1 2 1 Brian Culbertson Hookin’ Up GRP / Verve 591 636 -45 21 31 0 3 3 3 3 Walter Beasley Coolness Heads Up 536 604 -68 28 30 0 4 4 5 4 Rick Braun Shining Star Artizen 496 497 -1 13 29 0 5 7 9 5 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 488 402 86 15 30 0 6 6 7 6 Marion Meadows Suede Heads Up 421 439 -18 55 27 0 7 5 4 1 Paul Hardcastle Serene Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 377 474 -97 21 31 0 8 8 6 5 Ken Navarro You Are Everything Positive Music 336 389 -53 41 26 0 9 11 15 9 Richard Elliot Mystique Artizen 321 318 3 5 29 2 10 10 10 10 Nils Summer Nights Baja 314 327 -13 8 27 0 11 14 18 11 Chris Botti Good Morning Heartache (w/ Jill Scott) Columbia 302 282 20 7 51 1 12 9 8 8 David Pack You’re The Only Woman Peak / Concord 293 340 -47 19 25 0 13 13 12 12 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out Shanachie 288 284 4 16 26 0 14 15 14 10 Boz Scaggs Lowdown (Unplugged) Virgin / EMI 271 282 -11 13 27 0 15 17 19 15 Najee Made Up My Mind Heads Up 264 272 -8 16 24 0 16 16 11 10 Chieli Minucci The Juice Shanachie 261 276 -15 26 24 0 17 18 21 17 Boney James 2:01 AM Warner Bros. 222 242 -20 26 22 0 18 26 29 18 Soul Ballet She Rides 215 206 183 23 19 21 1 19 29 41 19 Michael Lington Pacifica Rendezvous 202 165 37 7 23 3 20 22 23 20 Gerald Albright Hey Young World GRP 200 219 -19 15 17 0 21 21 20 1 Richard Elliot People Make The World Go ‘Round Artizen 195 221 -26 25 33 0 22 25 25 2 Steve Cole Thursday Narada Jazz 188 183 5 37 26 0 23 19 22 11 Mindi Abair Make A Wish GRP 186 232 -46 20 20 0 24 28 24 7 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. 176 176 0 24 23 0 25 20 17 13 Nelson Rangell Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing Koch 174 225 -51 32 20 0 26 24 27 17 Warren Hill Still In Love Pop Jazz / Native Language 170 188 -18 19 17 0 27 27 28 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 162 180 -18 44 26 0 28 43 37 2 Kenny G & David Sanborn Pick Up The Pieces Arista 154 119 35 50 30 0 29 23 16 4 Paul Jackson, Jr. Never Too Much GRP 150 197 -47 40 23 1 30 31 26 4 Chuck Loeb Tropical Shanachie 148 152 -4 41 25 0 31 33 33 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 144 147 -3 55 26 0 32 35 44 32 Gregg Karukas Show Me the Way V2 143 139 4 11 15 2 33 30 31 1 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 8 143 156 -13 47 27 0 34 34 32 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 129 143 -14 38 26 0 35 41 38 7 Earth, Wind & Fire The Way You Move (w/ Kenny G) Arista 122 122 0 46 30 0 36 38 34 16 Kem I Can’t Stop Loving You Universal / Motown 120 134 -14 20 15 0 37 39 42 37 Jonathan Butler Rio Rendezvous 116 131 -15 10 14 0 38 36 35 8 Paul Brown Cosmic Monkey GRP / Verve 115 139 -24 20 17 0 39 37 30 14 Jeff Golub Simple Pleasures Narada Jazz 115 135 -20 21 14 0 40 32 36 28 Raul Midon If You’re Gonna Leave Manhattan 113 151 -38 22 12 0 41 44 50 41 Paul Taylor East Bay Bounce Peak 108 113 -5 8 10 0 42 46 47 29 The Rippingtons Gypsy Eyes Peak 105 109 -4 20 10 0 43 40 40 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP / VMG / UMG 105 131 -26 55 22 0 44 45 43 27 Michael Buble Home 143 / Reprise 100 113 -13 20 11 0 45 65 63 20 Anita Baker How Does It Feel Blue Note 98 71 27 20 27 0 46 47 52 3 George Benson Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise GRP / VMG / UMG 96 101 -5 55 23 0 47 48 39 29 Paul Brown 24/7 GRP 95 97 -2 50 26 0 48 51 49 22 The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd Narada Jazz 95 90 5 50 18 0 49 52 53 15 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 94 90 4 55 18 0 50 53 61 50 3rd Force You Got It Higher Octave 93 87 6 8 9 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Suntools “Moonbeam” (Sunswept) +11 Brian Simpson “It’s All Good” (Rendezvous) +86 Paul Brown “Winelight” (GRP / Verve) Michael Lington “Pacifica” (Rendezvous) +3 Michael Lington “Pacifica” (Rendezvous) +37 Marc Antoine “Modern Times” (Rendezvous) Jeffrey Osborne “Close The Door (w/ Boney James)” (JayOz / Koch) Paul Brown “Winelight” (GRP / Verve) +3 Mindi Abair “Happy Christmas” (GRP/VMG) +37 Jeff Lorber “Everybody Knows That” (Narada Jazz) Richard Elliot “Mystique” (Artizen) +2 Kenny G & David Sanborn “Pick Up The Pieces” Mindi Abair “Happy Christmas” (GRP / VMG) Gregg Karukas “Show Me the Way” (V2) +2 (Arista) +35 Turning Point “Quisiera Ser” (Native Language) Andre Delano “Footsteps” (7th Note) Anita Baker “Christmas Fantasy” (Blue Note / EMI) +2 Paul Brown “Moment By Moment” (GRP) +28 Kyle Eastwood “Le Pont Royal” (Candid / Rendezvous) Anita Baker “How Does It Feel” (Blue Note) +27 Acoustic Alchemy “Say Yeah” (Higher Octave) Kyle Eastwood “Le Pont Royal” (Candid/Rendezvous) +27 Bob Baldwin “All In A Days Work” (215) jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 26 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

3D Riff To The Smooth [Single] 215 Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue Candid/Rendezvous 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave Eliane Elias Dreamer Bluebird/Arista Blake Aaron Spin Zone [Single] 215 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP Eric Essix Somewhere In Alabama Essential Greg Adams Firefly 215 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP/VMG/UMG Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI Acoustic Alchemy American/English Higher Octave Danny Federici Out Of A Dream V2 Eric Alexander Dead Center Highnote Fourplay Journey BMG Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous Ray Fuller A. The Weeper A Ray Artists Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista Average White Band Greatest And Latest Liquid 8 Richard Galliano Ruby, My Dear Dreyfus Aya Strange Flower Naked Sara Gazarek Yours Stiletto/Native The Bad Plus Suspicious Activity? Columbia/Sony BMG Language Larry Gittens Too Hot [Single] Human Feel Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Bob Baldwin All In A Days Work [Single] 215 Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz Bob Baldwin Brazil Chill A440 Metheny Group Pat The Way Up Nonesuch Elastic Band Joshua Redman Momentum Nonesuch Herbie Hancock Possibilities Hancock/Hear Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia Everette Harp All For You A440 George Benson Best Of George Benson Live GRP/UMG/VMG Richie Hart Greasy Street Zoho George Benson Irreplaceable GRP/VMG/UMG Mark Hasselbach Gabriel Gabriel... First Name Basis Wind Tunnel Matt Bianco Matt’s Mood UMG Lalah Hathaway Outrun The Sky AgU/Sanctuary Bona Fide Soul Lounge Heads Up Vincent Herring Eric Alexander & The Battle: Live At Smoke HighNote Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia Warren Hill Pop Jazz Pop Jazz/Native Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Language Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 Lisa Hilton My Favorite Things Lisa Hilton Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen Hiroshima Obon Heads Up Brian Bromberg Choices A440 Mark Hollingsworth On The Mark Windshore Brian Bromberg Choices Artistry Anders Holst Five Self Released Clayton Brothers Back In The Swing Of Things Hyena Stan Hope Put On A Happy Face Savant Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. Shirley Horn But Beautiful: The Best Of Shirley Verve/UMG Horn On Verve Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve Boney James Pure Warner Bros. Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve Dean James Brighter Days Silhoette Paul Brown Up Front GRP Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive VMG Shelby Brown No Boundaries S. 2 Tha B. Marc Johnson Shades Of Jade ECM/Universal Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise Classics Jonathan Butler Jonathan Rendezvous Kevin Jones Bujo Tenth World Motema Cafe Soul All Stars Love Pages You Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note/EMI Camiel Sunset Rendezvous Ronny Jordan After 8 Encoded Kenny Carr Friday At Five TAS Management Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Mark Cassara Let’s Talk Sax Rhombus Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Craig Chaquico Midnight Noon Higher Octave Kem Album II Universal/Motown Craig Chaquico Midnight Noon Higher Octave Chaka Khan Classikhan Sanctuary Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Chiara Civello Last Quarter Moon Verve Jonathan Kreisberg Unearth Mel Bay Avishai Cohen At Home Razdaz/Sunnyside David Lanz The Good Life Decca Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album AM/UMG John Coltrane Thelonious Monk & At Carnegie Hall Thelonious/Blue Note Chuck Leavell Tomato Jam [Single] Evergreen Arts Conspire Passing Time L.A.P. Bradley Leighton Just Doin’ Our Thang Pacific Coast Jazz Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz/Virgin Rupert Leighton Beyond Reflection Self Released Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous Brian Culbertson Nice & Slow Atlantic Chuck Loeb When I’m WIth You Shanachie Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz Jamie Cullum Twenty Something Verve Kevin Mahogany Big Band Zebra Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Wynton Marsalis Live At The House Of Tribes Blue Note Andre Delano Full Circle 7th Note Veronica Martell The Art Of Intimacy Apria Will Donato Earth Shakin’ [Single] Generation Hugh Masekela Revival Heads Up Will Donato Espana [Single] Generation Joe McBride Texas Hold’Em Heads Up George Duke Duke [Sampler] Bpm Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown George Duke T-Jam [Single] Bpm/Navarre Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up Candy Dulfer Right In My Soul Eagle Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan Gene Dunlap Peaceful Days 215 Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch Chieli Minucci The Juice [Single] Shanachie jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 27 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

Frank Morgan Raising The Standard: Live At The HighNote Jazz Standard Vol.2 Smooth Station Panel Najee My Point Of View Heads Up Call letters Frequency Market Rank Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 Novecento Dreams Of Peace Favored Nations KEZL-FM 96.7 Fresno, CA 68 O’2L Doyle’s Brunch Peak KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 John Oates Daryl Hall & Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 Steve Oliver 3-D Koch KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143/Reprise Jeffrey Osborne From The Soul JayOz/Koch KJZI-FM 100.3 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Maceo Parker School’s In BHM KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 Positive Flow The City Streets [Single] Shanachie KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 Praful Pyramid In Your Backyard Rendezvous/Therapy KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 Benoit/Freeman Project The The Benoit/Freeman Project 2 Peak KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 Reese Project The Vicodin Dreams 95 North KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 Brubeck Quartet The Dave London Flat, London Sharp Telarc KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 David Sanborn Closer Verve KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 Hil St Soul Copasetik & Cool Shanachie WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 Soul Ballet She Rides [Single] 215 WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 Spyro Gyra The Deep End Heads Up WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 Andy Summers The X Tracks Fuel 2000 WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak WJJZ-FM 106.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 Tekneek Joy Ride Tek South WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 Tha’ Hot Club Tha’ Hot Club Shanachie WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 To The Bone Spread Love Like Narada WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 Wildfire Kevin Toney Quiet Conversation [Single] Shanachie WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 Nestor Torres Sin Palabras Heads Up WJZW-FM 105.9 Baltimore, MD 20 Scofield Trio John Enroute Verve WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 Arriale Trio The Lynne Come Together Motema WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 Lewis Trio The Ramsey Time Flies Narada Jazz WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 Various Artists Def Jazz GRP WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 Various Artists Groove Boutique: Volume One Tommy Boy WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Columbia/Legacy/ Guitar Sony BMG WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge, Vol.1 Rendezvous WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 Various Artists Sprout [Soundtrack] Record Collection WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 Gerald Veasley At The Jazz Base! Heads Up WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 Lee Venters Vermillion Sands Lifeforce Jazz WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 Waldino Get Loose Self Released WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 Andre Ward Steppin’ Up Orpheus WVSU-FM 91.1 Birmingham, AL 57 Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie Music Choice National N/A Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous Peter White Confidential Columbia Pamela Williams Sweet Saxations Shanachie Airplay of all stations is monitored by Mediaguide. Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake VMG Yellowjackets Altered State Heads Up To apply to become a member of a station panel, email Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues Heads Up [email protected] jazzweek.com • Dec. 5, 2005 JazzWeek 28