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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 Volume 2, Number 24 • $7.95 In This Issue: Jazzaldia and San Jose Fest Lineups Out. . 4 Heads Up/ Telarc Head to Cape Town . . 5 Sweetman Celebrates 30 on CKCU . . . . 5 Juke Box Jury Submission Information . . 6 Music and Industry News In Brief . . . . . 7 Reviews and Picks . . . . . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio...... 25 THE RETURN OF Radio Panels. . 24, 29 BENNIE MAUPIN page 10 News...... 4 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Pat Martino #1 Smooth Album – Paul Brown #1 Smooth Single – Paul Brown JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger t the risk of sounding like a broken record (if anyone remembers MUSIC EDITOR what those are), I’m inspired to get back on the new music soap- Tad Hendrickson Abox by this week’s interview with Bennie Maupin with Tad Hen- drickson. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS The conversation inevitably turned toward the Headhunters, Her- Keith Zimmerman Kent Zimmerman bie Hancock’s great fusion group of which Maupin was a part. Ben- CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ nie lamented the fact that if he gets together with some of those guys, PHOTOGRAPHER the conversation ends up in that direction. Instead of talking about the Tom Mallison past as the good old days, Bennie said, “I want to think about these PHOTOGRAPHY days as the good old days.” Barry Solof Too often I find jazz hosts and listeners who seem to be stuck in the past. I suppose nostalgia for days gone by is a natural thing – heck, I’ve Founding Publisher: Tony Gasparre been known to remark that I’m nostalgic for an era that I didn’t live in – but the survival of our artform as a viable one depends on supporting ADVERTISING: Devon Murphy Call (866) 453-6401 ext. 3 or the here and now. In no other genre do current artists have such strong email: [email protected] competion with recordings from 50 or more years ago. Let’s honor the past but keep its tradition alive by supporting the present. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Free to qualified applicants Premium subscription: $149.00 per year, ••• w/ Industry Access: $249.00 per year To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ This year’s JazzWeek Summit will run from Thursday, June 15 AMEX/PayPal go to: through Saturday, June 17, coinciding with the final three days of the http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ subscribe.html Rochester International Jazz Festival. The host hotel will be the Roch- ester Clarion Riverside. Reservation information for the hotel is online at jazzweek.com. We have ample opportunities for sponsorships and AIRPLAY MONITORING BY artist showcases and there are hospitality arrangements available with the hotel for suites or receptions. Registration is at jazzweek.com and a registration form is also included on page 30. Confirmed artist per- Mediaguide formances at the Summit include Eldar, Joe Locke/Geoff Keezer Duo, 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Marilyn Harris, Avishai Cohen Trio, Bob Sneider/Paul Hoffman Duo Suite 150 and Josh Workman. Berwyn, PA 19312 Be sure to send in your nomination form for the JazzWeek awards. JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) is published weekly by The form is on page 31 and is due by noon ET May 12. �� – Ed Trefzger, Editor

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News ...... 4 Jazzaldia and San Jose Festival Lineups Set ...... 4 Heads Up and Telarc Artists Perform at Cape Town International Jazz Festival . 5 Sweetman Celebrates 30 Years on CKCU ...... 5 Submissions Being Accepted for Juke Box Jury ...... 6 Music and Industry News In Brief ...... 7 Birthdays ...... 9 5 Features Artist Q&A: Bennie Maupin...... 10 Reviews ...... 14 Bennie Maupin Ensemble ...... 14 John Ellis ...... 14 Toots Thielemans ...... 14 Marilyn Scott ...... 15 10 Various Artists: The Royal Dan ...... 15 Robin McKelle ...... 16 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 Classifieds ...... 17

Closing Number 25 Five Classics That Bennie Maupin Appeared On...... 32

Cover Photo: Bennie Maupin (photo by Dietmar Halbauer, courtesy Cryptogramophone) JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 24 jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 3 ipo N E W F R O M

IPO RECORDINGS: News Festival News: Mean what you say Jazzaldia and San Jose THE EDDIE Festival Lineups Set DANIELS

QUARTET ineups for the San Sebastian Jaz- up of superstars, including the Neville zaldia Festival and the San Jose Brothers, Dr. John, Sonny Landreth, LJazz Festivals have been an- and more. The Festival will take place nounced. on nine stages, each dedicated to a fla- The San Sebastian 41st Heineken vor of jazz: Blues, Latin, Salsa, Big Jazzaldia is headlined by Caetano Ve- Band, Youth and Straight Ahead. Eddie Daniels loso, Keith Jarrett, Erykah Badu and “The Jazz Festival is our biggest CLARINET & TENOR SAX Herbie Hancock. The festival will run fundraiser of the year, which helps Hank Jones from July 21-26. serve more than 8,000 school chil- PIANO In addition to the headliners, New dren through our music and education Richard Davis Orleans will be represented by Dr. programs,” said Geoff Roach, execu- BASS John and the Neville Brothers. Also tive director of the San Jose Jazz Soci- Kenney Washington on the bill are soul singer Solomon ety. “So many jazz fans live in the Bay DRUMS Burke, Matthew Herbert (who will be Area and nostalgia for New Orleans is playing three concerts with three dif- particularly strong this year, given the ferent bands), bass player Bill Wyman; turmoil experienced in the region. We pianist McCoy Tyner, Béla Fleck and want to pay respect and homage to the Richard Bona. birthplace of Jazz with this year’s lively Other names that will be at the lineup and we expect this year’s event Jazzaldia: Yusef Lateef, one the great to draw an enthusiastic crowd.” sax legends who will be playing for the This year’s artists range from world- first time in Spain with the Belmon- famous jazz legends to up-and-com- do Brothers, Spanish pianist Chano ing stars. Additional headline artists Dominguez, Uri Caine with his Bed- include the Spanish Harlem Orches- IPORECORDINGS.COM rock Trio and his new project inspired tra, Bud Shank, pianist Eldar, and Dr. by the music of Mozart, Jazz Jamai- Lonnie Smith. Other artists perform- ca, sacred steel group the Campbell ing at the festival include pianist Bill Brothers, Crimson Jazz Trio (playing Mays, Hiroshi Kamekura from Japan, jazz versions of King Crimson songs, Anton Schwartz, and Roger Smith Bireli Lagrene and more. and Tom Politzer of Tower of Power. The complete program can be Said Navarra Williams, area vice found at the web site www.jazzaldia. president of Comcast, “Once again, com. we’re thrilled to support this much an- THE 17TH ANNUAL Comcast San ticipated annual event, and to be work- Jose Jazz Festival, presented by South- ing with the San Jose Jazz Society to west Airlines, runs Aug. 17-20, 2006, spread the joy of music throughout our and will pay respect to the genre’s deep community with educational classes roots in New Orleans with a full line- and year-round performances.” JW jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News Heads Up and Telarc Artists Perform at excerpt this! Cape Town International Jazz Festival

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Ask musicians around town, and they’ll tell you that hornist Adam Unsworth is a monster player - Philadelphia Daily News

Adam Unsworth of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Temple University reignites the buzz on his jazz debut recording

His facile and exuberant playing . . . makes his horn sound like a whiskey soaked trombone - City Paper [CD] includes an astonishing 11-minute solo . . . which demonstrates every sound a horn could make plus a few I didn’t know it could - Tom DiNardo Heads Up International Heads Up International recording artist Nestor Torres recently performed at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in South Africa, celebrating the release of Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Peace. Heads Up released it one month early in South Africa to coincide with Nestor’s performance in the “Mother City.” Also appearing from the Heads Up/Telarc camp were: Freddy Cole, Monty Alexander and the Heads Up Super Band featuring: Joe McBride, Gerald Veasley and Kenny Blake.

Sweetman Celebrates 30 Years on CKCU OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada – Ron gram on May 5, 1976!” Sweetman, host of “In A Mellow The celebration continues with a 6 players 10 original tunes 3 solo works Tone” on CKCU, celebrates 30 years party at Ottawa’s Bayou Blues & Jazz forging an entirely at the station on his Wed., May 3, pro- Club on Friday, May 5. The admis- original sound gram. sion will beneﬁt CKCU-FM, Ottawa’s “I thought that for this special pro- Community Radio Station, which re- excerpt this! CD available at gram it would be appropriate to high- cently celebrated its 30th anniversary www.adamunsworth.com light contemporary Canadian jazz and on the air. blues talent,” Sweetman wrote in an “In A Mellow Tone” can be heard Boyer College email. “An intriguing thought is that weekly from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on several of these artists had not been CKCU at 93.1 FM and on the web at of Music and Dance TEMPLE UNIVERSITY born when I did my ﬁrst CKCU pro- http://www.ckcufm.com/audio.html. jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 5 News Submissions Being Accepted for Juke Box Jury

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – As has be- p.m. Friday, June 16. thoughts about forthcoming releases, come a tradition at the JazzWeek Moderated again this year by KSJS with the audience having its chance to Summit, the 2006 Summit will in- music director Brad Stone, a panel of turn thumbs up or down. clude the Juke Box Jury panel at 3:30 music directors will weigh in with their Brad is currently soliciting submissions for the session. New commercial jazz releases with radio dates after the June 17 completion of the Summit and before the end of 2006 are eligible for submission. Labels or artists interest- ed in having a track considered for the Juke Box Jury should mail a CD – ei- ther a ﬁnal release or a preview – to Brad Stone at the following address.: Brad Stone 9381 Durango Lane Gilroy, CA 95020 WSHA’s John Bouille and WGMC’s Derrick Lucas weigh in on a track during the 2005 Juke (Submissions must be received by �� Box Jury panel session. June 5, 2006.)

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jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 6 News Music and Industry News In Brief ... ❏ NEW YORK – Michael Franks, a his passion for classic movies, particularly opportunity to discover these magnificent, mainstay in the contemporary jazz scene film noir, prominent when he arrived in long-awaited recordings.” since the ’70s, is back with Rendezvous the U.S. He liked the title track, “Street Blue premieres Ross’s renditions of Cole in Rio, his new album featuring 10 new Scene,” theme of several films noir, for Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” the Gershwins’ “I original songs with distinctive arrangements its “big-city bluesy quality,” and thought Loves Ya Porgy,” and Johnny Burke and from long-time collaborators Jeff Lorber, it provided “a good soundtrack” to his life. Jimmy Van Heusen’s “But Beautiful” as Jimmy Haslip, Russell Ferrante, Chuck Vuckovich has led several CD recordings, well as “What A Diff’rence A Day Makes,” Loeb and others. Rendezvous in Rio will but this is his first-full length trio outing, a “No More,” “Had You Been Around” and be released on June 27, 2006 on KOCH format he enjoyed as house trio leader at “Can’t Get Started With You.” (“Had You Records. The music of renowned Brazilian the Domicile in Munich and the Keystone Been Around,” the album’s lone Motown composer Antonio Carlos Jobim has been Korner in San Francisco. original, is performed by Michelle Allar in a great influence to Franks’ previous Lady Sings The Blues.) Also debuting are music. Franks, a California native, has ❏ SEATTLE & LOS ANGELES – Hear Music bonus tracks “Easy Living,” “He’s Funny been creating and recording music for the and Motown/UMe have announced the That Way” and Duke Ellington’s “Solitude.” past 33 years, and has released 16 albums debut of Blue, a never-issued Diana Ross Each of these tracks had been recorded to date. He studied music and literature in album of jazz standards recorded around during the soundtrack sessions but was college, receiving his Masters from UCLA, the time of her triumphant star turn in left out of the film and off the soundtrack and his PhD from the University of Oregon. Lady Sings the Blues. Recently, these album. He later taught undergraduate music archival recordings were discovered in the courses at both UCLA and Berkeley. Motown vault. The album will be released ❏ Two renowned musicians – both well exclusively at Starbucks Company- respected jazz veterans and bandleaders ❏ The Larry Vuckovich Trio will release operated locations in the U.S. and Canada in their own right – join forces in the aptly- Street Scene on Tetrachord Music on on May 16, 2006, for a period of five titled Soulbop Band. Co-led by trumpeter June 20. Street Scene distills a lifetime weeks and will become widely available Randy Brecker and saxophonist Bill journey through jazz of a highly creative, at traditional retail beginning on June 20, Evans, this superband can easily shift versatile pianist, whose compositions and 2006. gears from swinging uptempo burners interpretations evoke many styles, from Recorded in late 1971 and early 1972, the to slamming funk, from soulful R&B to strong bebop/post-bop interpretations album that is now being released as Blue soothing ballads and scintillating rock- and down-home blues to his pioneering was originally envisioned as a companion tinged jams. Featuring an all-star cast of work in world music-jazz fusion. It reflects to the No. 1 soundtrack LP to Lady Sings sidemen in drummer Steve Smith (Vital his work with top jazz players and top the Blues, a box office hit that earned Information, Steps Ahead, Jean-Luc venues, with a nod to his love for film an Academy Award® nomination in the Ponty), bassist Victor Bailey (Weather noir. From Nazi-devastated, Communist- Best Actress category for Ross. Blue was Report, Steps Ahead, Madonna, Zawinul dominated Yugoslavia to San Francisco’s produced, arranged and conducted by Gil Syndicate), pianist Dave Kikoski (Roy creative bebop scene of the early ’50s Askey, who did the same for the Lady Haynes, Mingus Big Band, Randy Brecker and beyond, Larry Vuckovich recounts Sings the Blues soundtrack and who had Quintet), and the ubiquitous session man an exciting musical odyssey. Joining him conducted Supremes shows in the past and in-demand guitarist Hiram Bullock is the rhythm team of bassist Larry and would conduct Ross’ solo shows in (David Sanborn, Brecker Brothers, Gil Grenadier and drummer Akira Tana with the future. Blue includes all twelve of the Evans Big Band, Jaco Pastorius, Carla Bley, percussionists Hector Lugo and Vince original tracks – all of which are previously Marcus Miller), the album Live captures Delgado stepping in on a few songs to unreleased, plus four bonus cuts from the group in full stride during a whirlwind reflect Larry’s world music influences. the recording sessions that took place in summer tour in 2004. Live will be released Vuckovich recalled the freedom he felt late 1971 and early 1972. “Diana Ross on BHM Productions of May 16. hearing jazz on Armed Forces Radio and is a legendary performer who has been The two-CD set includes expanded, jam- Voice of America when as a child he inspiring popular music for decades. The oriented renditions of six tunes from practiced classical music on his family’s release of Blue represents a significant past Evans recordings with four Brecker piano in the town hall because the piano moment in her career and in the history compositions (including the new “Mixed along with his home, had been confiscated. of jazz,” said Ken Lombard, president of Grill” and the Brecker Brothers’ anthemic “Jazz lifted my spirits and inspired me; Starbucks Entertainment. “Starbucks is “Some Skunk Funk”) and two new it also meant freedom and creativity in honored to collaborate with Motown/UMe every possible way.” The CD title evokes to offer our millions of customers the first (continued)

jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 7 News and/or performed in Europe, Sweden, St. Peter’s Church, located in the heart of (continued) News In Brief Brazil and the U.S., Elin is a polished jazz Chelsea, New York City. Seven New York vocalist with a pop sensibility. Sessions titles will be released this year offerings from Bullock. with a significantly larger release schedule Pianist Helio Alves and Grammy-nominated anticipated for 2007. (Radio stations: “This project really caught us by surprise,” drummer Duduka Da Fonseca have David Chesky is available for interviews says Evans, who had only played with joined forces as HD2. On their upcoming and can give more information on the Brecker once before at the Playboy Jazz Blue Toucan release Songs From the Last planning, recording and marketing of this Festival 15 years ago. “We decided to Century, the famed musicians present ten series.) join forces, get some guys together to do tracks, with the accompaniment of Eddie some of our music and just go out and hit Gomez on bass. The album also features The New York Sessions 2006 release it,” said Evans. “And once we got started, special guest Paulo Jobim on guitar and schedule: July 2006 – David Hazeltine, it turned out to be this really cool thing.” vocals, while string arrangements are by George Mraz, with Billy Drummond: Oscar Castro-Neves. Manhattan; John Abercrombie & Eddie ❏ Blue Toucan Music has a trio of Gomez with Gene Jackson: Structures. Bassist Nilson Matta presents a tour de releases due on Sept. 5. A dynamic new Aug. 2006 – Christian McBride Javon force featuring Ivan Lins, Joyce, Kenny voice on the music scene is introduced Jackson, Jimmy Cobb and Cedar Barron, Rosa Passos and many others. with the exhilarating debut of Elin. Singing Walton: Urban Archeology; Larry The album is aptly titled Walking with My a combination of English, Portuguese Coryell, Lenny White and Victor Bailey. Bass. and Spanish, Elin (pronounced ‘Eee-ah- Sept. 2006 – Hank Jones, Jimmy Cobb, LEEN’,) delivers an 11-song collection Christian McBride: West of Fifth; ❏ NEW YORK – To help mark its 20th of classic and original tunes titled Lazy Nicholas Payton, Bob Belden, Sam anniversary, Chesky Records has Afternoon. Born and raised in Sweden by Yahel, John Hart, Billy Drummond: announced a new jazz series: The New Peruvian and Irish parents – and fluent in Mysterious Shorter. Oct. 2006 – John York Sessions. All titles in this series five languages – Elin is the embodiment Hicks, Buster Williams and Louis of multiculturalism. Having studied music were recorded in the acoustically superb Hayes: Tribecca Blues. JW ��

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jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 9 Artist Q&A: Bennie Maupin

Dietmar Halbauer t’s a double dose of Bennie Maupin this week since we chat with the man as well as review his excellent new Ialbum, Penumbra. Out in New York City to do press for his ﬁrst album in eight years, Maupin was as forthright and honest as an interviewer could hope for. Here we talk about the album’s gestation, the importance of audience, and even dip into the old days. – Tad Hendrickson

JazzWeek: It’s been a stretch since your last record. Why so long? Bennie Maupin: Waiting for the right situation. Sometimes the music is the least amount of difficulty. Getting the music placed in the right place is harder. In my case, it seems like it’s been that way throughout my career. There have been situations where the music has come out and after a short time it becomes unavailable, which is pretty discouraging for anyone. So I figured that the only way to do it was to do it myself and I was fortunate to find Cryptogramophone to release it. This was recorded three years ago. I guess it took a while to find Crypto. continued ... jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 10 Artist Q&A: Bennie Maupin (continued)

What happened was my good friend Jack DeJohnette called and said this guy from Austria wanted to work with me. We talked and he wanted to do a series of recordings. It got to the point where he was getting ready to come out to L.A. for the recording and then all communication stopped. He blocked my emails and didn’t return my phone calls – I took that to be a sign that I should not work with those people. But the recording went down anyway. I had already booked the studio and I decided to do the music anyway. I had accumulated a little bit of money and the guys in the group were really great and held off getting paid until something happened with the recording. The music here is different from your work in the Headhunters or with Miles Davis. Was there an overriding idea for this recording? I was hoping to create a series of pieces that would have some continuity. When you hear them on the disc, they flow in and out of each other in a way that I hope is enjoyable to the listener. I was also lucky enough to play most of the music live before I recorded it. I have to say that this group, chemistry-wise, is one of the best groups I’ve been able to have. There are several short and often abstract vignettes on the record as well. I like them because it seems to allow the listener to clear their palette before the next group of songs. Were those done with the listener in mind? You’re right on the mark. Having made the recordings that I have, and gotten the impression from listeners of how they felt listening to a record, I really felt that the attention span of many listeners, particularly when they are introduced to music that is challenging, is short. If you play pieces too lengthy, you lose them. I also decided that I wouldn’t have the full ensemble on every piece, which is why there are also duos and trios. I’m trying to expand it, so when they come to hear us live, they are going to get a chance to hear everything, and in different settings. I think it gives the audience a better idea of what you do and creates more of an opportunity for them to participate in the music. Do you think that too many jazz artists pile too much into a song, or perhaps go the art-for-art’s sake route? I think history will tell that artists who have that attitude haven’t done well. continued ... jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 11 Artist Q&A: Bennie Maupin (continued)

We want to get the music to people who haven’t heard the music before as well as the ones who have. You can have the greatest music in the world but if you have too much information, even the most developed ear will shut off. I’ve been in situations where the music has been artful, creative and beautiful and people have got up and walked out. And in some cases ran out! When did someone run out? I was in that situation more than once with Her- bie, especially with the sextet. The music would get so busy and we would be so involved in what we were doing and it would just be too much for people. I’ll never forget it: I saw this guy one night in Palo Alto or someplace, and I was looking at him and he was a little nervous and after about 15 minutes he just got up and ran. No one else got up, but it brought something to my attention – whatever was going on in his life was stimulated by something in the music and he just had to go. What was going on onstage? It was one of those moments onstage when the music was very intense. We were very concerned about dynamics and a lot of stuff was very soft and very loud and very open. But there were some periods where it was quite strong. There were times where you couldn’t pick out melodic con- tent to follow. We developed such a unique way of playing together that the emphasis would total- ly be based on rhythmic development. Not single rhythms, but very complex situations where three or four different poly-rhythms would be going at the same time. Is this album and band representative of where you are at these days? Yeah. I’d have to say so. This is the music that I really want to present. So there is a tune on the album entitled “One Barbara DuMetz For Eric Dolphy.” Did he inspire you to pick up The Bennie Maupin Ensemble: Bennie Maupin (seated); from left, Daryl the bass clarinet? Munyungo Jackson, percussion; Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz, bass; Michael Stephans, drums. Absolutely. He was the only one I ever saw with a bass clarinet. When I heard him, that was it. Then I got to see him when he came through Detroit as continued ... jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 12 Artist Q&A: Bennie Maupin (continued)

a sideman. A few years later I got to hear him to really great advantage play- I can’t put my ing with Coltrane. And that’s when I got to meet him. This man was the nic- est person. He and John Coltrane, some people you are just so happy that you energy into were able to meet them and that goes for those two. Because the music they played was, of course, very complex, but I walked up after their performance thinking about at the Minor Key and introduced myself to Eric and he made me feel so com- the past; it’s not fortable. He gave me a flute lesson – that was our first meeting. I told him that I had just started studying the flute, and he was holding his flute and he held a good place to it out to me and said: “Here. Play something for me.” For 30 minutes he stood with me as I tried to play it, giving me advice. Dolphy’s influence on me is un- go. You put me mistakeable. He took the instruments to another level. I met a lot of people “with them and here in L.A. that knew Eric when he was coming up and they say he was absolutely dedicated, even in high school. immediately Why move to L.A.? everyone wants I started working with Horace Silver in 1968 and then with Herbie. I really like the weather, and then I married someone from the area and that was it. I to talk about the always wanted to live somewhere else. Moving there allowed me to start fresh good old days, in a certain way. Then when my involvement with Herbie ended and tried to remake myself in a certain way, studying composition and orchestra. and I want to Do you still bump into Herbie? think about I saw him Sunday at this SGI world peace organization meeting that we are these days as the both involved in. Herbie was there and played some solo stuff. I can’t let you go without asking you about the Headhunters. Are you in good old days. contact with those people? No, I’m not. We did a recording in ’98 and little tour and that was the end of that. Bill and Paul and Mike still get together and do things. Why not work with them? When we were together we did something that I am very proud of, and it continues to inspire people today. But it is more important to me to move forward with the things that are going on with me as an artist. I can’t put my energy into thinking about the past; it’s not a good place to go. You put me with them and immediately everyone wants to talk about the good old days, and I want to think about these days as the good old days. JW

More Bennie: A review of Penumbra is found on page 14. Check out ﬁve classic albums on which Bennie Maupin performed on page 32.

jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 13 Reviews and Picks

Bennie Maupin Ensemble John Ellis

Penumbra (Cryptogramophone) By A Thread (Hyena) DETROIT-BORN REEDIST BENNIE Maupin is probably best SAXOPHONIST JOHN ELLIS has had a considerable appren- remembered for his saxophone and bass clarinet playing ticeship under such masters as Ellis Marsalis, Joe Cham- with Herbie Hancock and on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. bers and Reggie His solo output Workman, and has has been sporadic gotten plenty of at best, so here we side work as well. have his first al- His current day bum in eight years, job is with Char- Penumbra. Featur- lie Hunter’s excel- ing a quartet filled lent trio. Here on out with bass- his third album, ist Darek Olesz- Ellis again returns kiewicz, drummer with another set Michael Stephans of original tunes. and percussionist Also featuring pia- Daryl Munyungo nist Aaron Goldberg, guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Reu- Jackson, the album has a panoramic vibe that is subtle yet ban Rogers and drummer Terreon Gully, the album has a very earthy. Maupin’s playing burns with a dark beauty that nice semi-straight-ahead sound that’s colored with touches seldom hits the higher registers or moves any faster than of New Orleans funk and bits of Americana. The composi- mid-tempo, but Oleszkiewicz is masterful as well, adding tions are smart, harmonically rich and filled with surprises, textures and solos that play counterpoint to both Maupin and the band gives each a nice loose feel that’s as warm and and the two drummers. Highlights include the cinematic inviting as a pleasant conversation on a sunny day. High- title track, the groove-oriented “Walter Bishop, Jr.” and the lights include “Swirl,” with its circular ostinatos, the an- polyrhythmic “Tapping Things.” Truly an album as a con- gular “Ferris Wheel” and the bass-driven “Tall Drink Of cept, Maupin provides short interludes of solo playing to Water.” seemingly cleanse the palette between groups of songs. He – Tad Hendrickson also shows strong editorial skills by keeping all the songs Contact: Kevin Calabro short. All in all a fine, richly detailed work from a reedist Phone: (718) 369-6567 who we know and love, but perhaps haven’t thought about Email: [email protected] in some time. Add Date: May 8 – Tad Hendrickson Release Date: 9 Contact: Groov Marketing Phone: (877) GROOV 32 Toots Thielemans Email: [email protected] Add Date: May 8 One More For The Road (Verve) Release Date: May 9 IT’S A CLICHE to say a musician is in a class by himself, but harmonica player Toots Thielemans is the exception to that rule. For more than 50 years he’s played with the crème of the jazz and pop crop and even can be heard on the Sesa- continued ... jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 14 Reviews and Picks

Toots Theilemans (continued) Can Really Hang You Up The Most” and a Bob Dylan pro- test tune, Scott is passionate and eloquent, with a sensual me Street theme. Not a live record, One More For The Road silkiness throughout. The arrangements are fresh and alive, is his tribute to composer Harold Arlen using a number and George Duke’s production is impeccable, with none of of guest stars from both sides of the pond (including Lizz the cloying cliché that permeates so many contemporary Wright, Madeleine jazz recordings. A stellar cast backs Scott, including col- Peyroux as well as laborating writers Duke and Russell Ferrante on keyboards Jamie Cullum, Silje and Jimmy Haslip on bass, Brian Bromberg on bass, and Nergaard). Thiele- Vinny Colaiuta on drums. In addition to the standards, be mans’s playing is as sure to check out the upbeat opener “Round and Round,” rich and lyrical as the swinging “A Flame,” or the smirky “Icebox.” ever here, well sup- Contact: Jane Dashow – Ed Trefzger ported by his guests, Phone: (212) 679-1445 his band, and occa- Email: [email protected] sionally a full string Contact: Groov Marketing section that sweet- Phone: (877) GROOV 32 ens the sound. Email: [email protected] Highlights include Add Date: May 8 a swingin’ version of Release Date: May 30 “Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea,” the bossa nova tinged “Old Black Magic” and the bluesy “One For Various Artists My Baby.” Filled out with few lesser-known tunes, this is a fine showcase of Arlen’s work and an excellent musical en- The Royal Dan: A Tribute (Tone Center) counter with this one-of-a-kind musician. THE MUSIC OF Steely Dan is indelibly etched upon the – Tad Hendrickson psyche of anyone who grew up in the ’70s listening to AOR Contact: Jane Dashow stations (remember Phone: (212) 679-1445 them?) So it’s fit- Email: [email protected] ting that the mu- Add Date: May 8 Release Date: May 9 sic of a group who fused jazz with pop and rock would be Marilyn Scott paid tribute by a label that carries the Innocent of Nothing (Prana Entertainment) fusion flame. Ten VOCALIST AND SONGWRITER Marilyn Scott is nothing if different jazz and not versatile, having recorded in a variety of styles from fusion guitarists pop and R&B to lend their sound to jazz. Her latest is a the group of Vinnie Colaiuta, Jimmy Haslip and Peter Wolf contemporary jazz with Ernie Watts for ten different Walter Becker and Don- album in the very ald Fagen compositions. While it’s tough to single out any best sense of the one track from the Jeff Richman-produced and arranged word. Combining album, the electronic and acoustic sounds are particularly a fine repertoire individual to Al DiMeola on “Aja,” and Steve Morse plows of orignal comp- powerfully through one of my all-time favorites, “Bodhi- sositions with de- sattva.” It’s nice to hear fusion making a bit of a comeback, finitive versions of and with compilations like this, it’s in a good position to “Round Midnight,” continue a resurgence. the wistful “Spring continued ... jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 15 Reviews and Picks

Various Artists (continued) String” to a nice- ly ethnic delivery Contact: Michael Bloom Media Relations of “Bei Mir Bist Phone: (323) 258-6342 Du Schon,” she Email: [email protected] brings needed life Add Date: May 8 to songs that with Release Date: May 9 lesser talents can seem overworn. A Robin McKelle bonus: the album’s production is crisp Introducing Robin McKelle (Cheap Lullaby) and immediate BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Robin McKelle wowed everyone at the with a warmth 2004 Monk Vocal Jazz competition, and it’s no wonder. Those that recalls the who have likened her clarity and phrasing to Ella Fitzger- sounds of that earlier era. McKelle is a welcome and unique ald or her depth and power to Sarah Vaughan are not overly new voice on the jazz and traditional pop scene who some- eﬀusive in their praise of this singer, who shows a maturity day soon will require no introduction. that belies her years. With a big band and orchestra backing – Ed Trefzger

her that is straight out of that post-swing era vocalist hey- Contact: Nik Atkins day – with players such as trumpeter Wayne Bergeron and Phone: (310) 306-6817 tenor man Pete Christleib – McKelle maneuvers through Email: [email protected] each standard with aplomb. From a brassy “Something’s Going for adds now Release Date: May 2 Got To Give” to a swinging “I’ve Got The World On A ��

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Pat Martino’s Remember Is No. 1 For Fourth Straight Week

JAI’s Hear and Now is Week’s Most Added

uitarist Pat Martino’s latest album, Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgom- Gery (Blue Note) stays at the top of the chart for a fourth week, with 348 spins on 69 stations.

The most-added CD this week is Jazz Vocalists Hear & Now (Concord), a two-CD compilation of contemporary artists assem- bled by Jazz Alliance International to pro- mote jazz. It was added on 41 stations. The CD also had the biggest increase in airplay, picking up 103 spins as it debuted at No. Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery (Blue Note) by guitarist Pat Martino makes it a fourth 33. week at No. 1. Four releases made their chart debut this week.

Jazz Album Chart p. 19 Jazz Add Dates p. 20 Jazz Current CDs p. 21 Jazz Radio Panel p. 24 Jazz Alliance International’s two-CD Jazz Vocal- ists Hear & Now (Concord) is the week’s most added CD, picking up 41 stations. jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 18 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart May 8, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery Blue Note 348 373 -25 5 69 2 2 2 6 2 Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord 339 361 -22 3 64 3 3 3 2 1 Joey DeFrancesco Organic Vibes Concord 303 309 -6 8 65 0 4 5 3 3 Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Heads Up 244 248 -4 6 53 1 5 9 15 5 Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game HighNote 241 197 44 3 57 8 6 4 4 1 Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc 223 253 -30 11 57 0 7 6 5 3 Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine 207 243 -36 11 59 1 8 7 8 2 Bob Mintzer Big Band Old School: New Lessons MCG Jazz 199 205 -6 11 48 0 9 15 17 9 Taylor Eigsti Lucky To Be Me Concord Jazz 198 176 22 6 59 1 10 8 7 7 Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music 196 201 -5 7 54 1 11 10 10 6 Tom Scott Bebop United MCG Jazz 191 195 -4 11 53 1 12 20 38 12 Vincent Herring Ends And Means HighNote 185 146 39 3 50 4 13 17 11 8 Brian Bromberg Wood II Artistry 178 163 15 8 49 1 14 13 23 13 Phil Woods Unheard Herd Jazzed Media 173 181 -8 5 46 3 15 12 14 12 Monty Alexander Concrete Jungle: The Music Of Bob Marley Telarc 155 182 -27 6 44 2 15 31 32 15 Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz 155 110 45 7 57 9 17 18 9 1 Larry Goldings Quartet Palmetto 153 162 -9 13 47 0 18 26 29 18 Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Project Fallen Angel Sons of Sound 148 129 19 3 47 8 19 14 12 1 David “Fathead” Newman Cityscape HighNote 145 177 -32 13 48 0 20 22 16 13 Paul Bollenback Brightness of Being Elefant Dreams 143 140 3 9 42 0 21 16 20 4 Tony Monaco East To West Chicken Coup 137 166 -29 13 40 0 22 NR NR 22 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis LRS Media 133 81 52 1 40 13 Showcase 23 23 24 20 Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note 132 134 -2 4 42 4 24 27 20 3 Larry Willis Trio The Big Push HighNote 127 126 1 13 39 0 25 24 13 13 Maria Schneider Orchestra Days of Wine and Roses Artist Share 123 132 -9 6 41 3 26 19 22 19 SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Collective 2 Nonesuch 120 152 -32 6 39 1 27 21 18 1 Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure Stretch Records 117 141 -24 14 29 0 28 25 25 17 Michael Carvin Marsalis Music Honors Michael Carvin Marsalis Music 113 130 -17 6 37 1 29 42 44 29 Don Braden Workin’ HighNote 109 94 15 3 34 4 30 29 38 29 Charley Harrison Keeping My Composure C3 Records 108 118 -10 6 31 6 31 31 30 20 Manu Katché Neighbourhood ECM 103 110 -7 10 32 1 31 NR NR 31 Various Artists Hear and Now Concord 103 NR 103 1 41 41 33 34 28 28 Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Port Chicago Noir Records 99 109 -10 5 27 1 33 47 37 19 Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli Just Friends Mel Bay 99 91 8 7 25 1 35 31 35 31 Chuck Redd Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Kessel: Arbors 98 110 -12 3 34 4 Happy All Time 36 37 48 36 Bill Henderson Live At The Kennedy Center WebOnlyJazz.com 97 102 -5 4 32 2 37 41 26 11 Steve Khan The Green Field Tone Center 96 97 -1 12 30 1 37 36 27 11 Ernie Andrews How About Me HighNote 96 106 -10 12 28 0 39 39 47 12 Ray Marchica In The Ring Sons of Sound 95 101 -6 14 19 0 40 34 33 1 Jae Sinnett The Sinnett Hearings J-Nett Records 92 109 -17 14 21 0 41 37 43 5 Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East Diamonds For Nat Summit 88 102 -14 14 35 0 42 NR NR 42 Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery Greenleaf Music 87 31 56 1 32 18 43 48 40 31 Oscar Castro-Neves All One Mack Avenue 86 90 -4 9 30 0 44 45 30 15 Andre Ceccarelli Avenue des Diables Blues Dreyfus 85 93 -8 12 22 0 44 NR 41 18 Carmen Lundy Jazz & The New Songbook: Live at the Afrasia 85 75 10 14 21 0 Madrid 44 NR 45 44 Virginia Mayhew Sandan Shuffle Renma 85 72 13 3 25 1 47 46 41 35 Ulf Wakenius Notes From The Heart ACT 83 92 -9 6 31 1 47 NR NR 41 Mimi Fox Perpetually Hip Favored Nations 83 78 5 6 33 7 49 28 45 28 Duduka Da Fonseca Samba Jazz In Black & White Zoho Music 81 120 -39 5 33 0 49 NR NR 49 Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious Verve Music Group 81 20 61 1 26 18

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Various Artists Hear and Now (Concord) +41 Various Artists Hear and Now (Concord) +103 Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center (Challenge) Diego Urcola Viva (Camjazz) +24 Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious (Verve Music Group) +61 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream (Heads Up) Catherine Russell Cat (World Village) David Berger & The Sultans of Swing Hindustan Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery (Greenleaf Music) +56 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up From The Skies ... (Planet Arts) (Such Sweet Thunder Records) +21 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Showcase Ben Allison Cowboy Justice (Palmetto) Bill Watrous, Pete Christlieb, Gary Urwin Kindred Spirits (Summit) +20 (LRS Media) +52 Stuart Elster Get It Right (Primrose Lane) Harvie S Funky Cha (Zoho Music) +19 Christian Scott Rewind That (Concord Jazz) +45 David Berger & The Sultans of Swing Hindustan (Such Sweet Thunder Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery (Greenleaf Music) +18 Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game (HighNote) +44 Records) Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Trio Zep Tepi (Random Chance) Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious (Verve Music Group) +18 Charlie Hunter Trio Copperopolis (Ropeadope) Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center (Challenge) +18 Charnett Moffett Internet (Piadrum) jazzweek.com • May 8, 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 17, 2006 May 23, 2006 Karrin Allyson – Footprints (Concord) Jackie Allen – Tangled (Blue Note) Roseanna Vitro – Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center Dr. John – Mercernary (Blue Note) (Challenge) Avishai Cohen – Continuo (RazDaz/Synnyside) George Benson – The Essential George Benson (Columbia/Legacy) June 5, 2006 April 18, 2006 Gladys Knight – Before Me (Verve Records) Dave Douglas – Meaning & Mystery (Greenleaf) Gnappy – Unloaded (Bean Pie Records) Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis – Showcase (LRS Media) Rick Wald – Castaneda’s Dreams (Glowbow Records) Kelly Friesen – Sings Songs of Love (Self Produced) Shaynee Rainbolt – At Home (33JAZZ) June 6, 2006 Heernt – Locked in a Basement (RazDaz/Sunnyside) April 24, 2006 Ben Allison – Cowboy Justice (Palmetto) June 12, 2006 Allen Toussaint/Elvis Costello – River In Reverse (Verve Records) Calvin Keys – Vertical Clearance (Wide Hive Records) Jerry Vivino – Walkin’ WIth The Wazmo (Zoho Music) David Berger – Hindustan (Such Sweet Thunder Inc.) Pete Malinverni – Joyful (Artist Share) Harvie S – Funky Cha (Zoho Music) Regina Carter – I’ll Be Seeing You (Verve Records) Various Artists – Hear and Now (Concord Records) May 1, 2006 June 15, 2006 Toby Koenigsberg Trio – Sense (Origin Records) Anne Ducros – Piano, Piano (Dreyfus Jazz) Roy Hargrove Quintet – Nothing Serious (Verve Records) June 19, 2006 Ginny Carr – After All These Years (HouseKat Records) Brad Mehldau – House On Hill (Nonesuch Records) May 7, 2006 Tom Lellis – Avenue of the Americas (Beamtide Music) Sophie Milman – Sophie Milman (Linus Entertainment) June 20, 2006 May 8, 2006 Larry Vuckovich – Street Scene (Tetrachord Music) Marilyn Scott – Innocent of Nothing (Prana Entertainment) June 26, 2006 Planet Jazz – Planet Jazz (Sharp Nine) Marilyn Harris – Round Trip (Wrightwood Records) Miles Davis Quintet – The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions July 13, 2006 (Prestige) Chris Walden Big Band – No Bounds (Origin) May 11, 2006 Joe Locke/Geoff Keezer Group – Live At The Ballard Jazz Festival Brian Owen – Unmei (OA2 Records) (Origin) David Dahlsten – Study Your Own Heart (Rainbow Records) July 17, 2006 Jessica Williams – Billy’s Theme: A Tribute to Dr Billy Taylor (Origin Dr. Lonnie Smith – Jungle Soul (Palmetto) Records) John Moulder – Trinity (Origin Records) August 1, 2006 Sonando – Tres (Origin Records) Tania Maria – Intimidade (Blue Note) May 15, 2006 August 14, 2006 Ed Wiley, Jr. – About The Soul (Talking House Productions) Ray Barretto – Standards Rican-ditioned (Zoho Music) Dafnis Prieto – Absolute Quintet (Zoho Music) August 28, 2006 May 16, 2006 Jacqui Naylor – Five On Five (Ruby Records) Ignacio Berroa – Codes (Blue Note) September 12, 2006 May 18, 2006 Marisa Monte – TBA (Blue Note) Greg Pasenko – Something Old New Borrowed Blue (Blujazz) May 19, 2006 Evan Stone – Sticks & Stone, Vol. 1 (Red Jazz) May 22, 2006 Frank Kimbrough – Play (Palmetto) Mark Elf – Liftoff (Jen Bay Records)

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3ósity 3ósity Capri Michael Carvin Marsalis Music Honors Michael Marsalis Music Greg Abate Monsters In The Night Koko Jazz Carvin Carlos Cascante Y Su Timbao Recuerdos Bettrmusik Daisuke Abe On My Way Back Home Nagel Heyer Oscar Castro-Neves All One Mack Avenue Beegie Adair Sentimental Journey Village Square Music Sara Caswell But Beautiful Arbors Beegie Adair Quiet Romance Village Square Music Laura Caviani Going There Self Released John Adams Trios Congruet Music Joyce/Dori Caymmi Rio Bahia Far Out Annette A. Aguilar & String Beans No Cheap Dates Self Released Andre Ceccarelli Avenue des Diables Blues Dreyfus Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game HighNote Joe Chambers The Outlaw Savant Monty Alexander Concrete Jungle: The Music Of Bob Telarc Marley Dennis Chambers, Jeff Berlin, Dave Boston T Party Tone Center Ben Allison Cowboy Justice Palmetto Fiuczynski, T Lavitz Craig Chaquico Holiday Higher Octave Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord Buddy Charles We’re Here Jazzed Media Daniel Almada and Martin Tango Crash Justin Time Iannacone Yashmin Charnet-Abler Jobim, etc. Bossa Nova Music Marcos Amorim Sete Capelas Adventure Music Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc Leny Andrade Bossa Novas Albatroz Tony Cimorosi Horizon Epoch Ernie Andrews How About Me HighNote Charmaine Clamor Searching For The Soul FreeHam Angá Echu Mingua Nonesuch The Claudia Quintet Semi-Formal Cuneiform Ivo Antognini Jazz Project Feggari Mou Self Released Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Susie Arioli Band Learn To Smile Again Justin Time Billy Cobham All That Groove Just Groove Antonio Arnedo Colombia Adventure Music Mark Colby Speaking of Stan Hallway Records Dave Askren Some Other Things Sea Breeze Richie Cole & Art Pepper A Piece Of Jazz History Jazz Excursion Michael Attias Renku Playscape Perry Conticchio Speak Your Truth Liven Up Jazz David Axelrod The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Capitol Gloria Cooper Dedicated To You Origin Records 1966-1970 Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure Stretch Records The Bamboos Step It Up Ubiquity Elvis Costello w/ The Metropole My Flame Turns Blue Deutsche Grama- Amy Banks When The Sun Comes Out Self Released Orkest phone Dan Baraszu Nightfall Blue Canoe George Cotsirilos On The Rebop OA2 Records Cris Barber Comes Love Paws Here Duduka Da Fonseca Samba Jazz In Black & White Zoho Music Carlos Barbosa-Lima Carioca Zoho Music Dave’s True Story Simple Twist Of Fate Bepop Gerry Beaudoin Trio Swing Cafe North Star Kenny Davern In Concert Arbors Gerald Beckett Flute Vibes Summit Roger Davidson Trio Ten To Twelve Soundbrush Records Bob Belden Three Days of Rain Sunnyside Rick Davies Siepre Salsa Emlyn Music 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 Bethany and Rufus Bethany and Rufus bethanyandrufus.com Remembers Faruq Z. Bey With The Northwoods Rwanda Qubic Bob Dogan Rings Big Foot Jazz Improvisers Julia Dollison Observatory Like So Music The Big Three Trio We Got Rhythm Beezwax Tommy Dorsey The Sentimental Gentleman Of Bluebird / Legacy John Bishop Nothing If Not Something Origin Swing: Centennial Collection Michael Blake Right Before Your Very Ears Clean Feed Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery Greenleaf Music Karen Blixt Spin This Hi Fli Lila Downs La Cantina Entre Copa Y Copa Narada Blue Cat Express Spirit Of New Orleans Rhombus Dr. John & The Lower 911 Sippiana Hericane Blue Note Erin Boheme What Love Is Concord Records Anne Ducros Piano, Piano Dreyfus Jazz Paul Bollenback Brightness of Being Elefant Dreams Taylor Eigsti Lucky To Be Me Concord Jazz BOX (Binder/Weber/Ulrich) Ten Variations on an Unknown Origin Records Harris Eisenstadt Ahimsa Orchestra Nine Winds Theme 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 Dewey Erney Lucky To Be Me Primrose Lane Regattabar, Vol. 2 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 Cycle for Quartet Federico Britos & Jorge Garcia The Sound of Strings YIKI Records 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 Anthony Brown’s Orchestra Rhapsodies Water Baby Mimi Fox Perpetually Hip Favored Nations Gary Brunotte Smile Summit Erik Friedlander Prowl Cryptogramophone Alex Budman & The Contemporary Instruments Of Mass Pleasure OA2 Records The Don Friedman VIP Trio Timeless 441 / Village Jazz Orchestra The Budos Band The Budos Band Daptone Lisa Fuller Teach Me Tonight Bizarre Planet Leslie Byers & The Jazz Cats Undecided Red Lip Records Tony Gairo/Gary Rissmiller Jazz Treacherous Sea Breeze Orchestra Yosvany Terry Cabrera Metamorphosis Kindred Rhythm Bob Gallo Wake Up Call Self Released Francesco Cafiso Quartet Happy Time Cam Jazz Frank Gambale Natural High Wombat Royce Campbell Gypsy Soul Moon Cycle Records Red Garland At The Prelude Prestige Royce Campbell & The Groovedig- Right Now! Self Produced Grant Geissman Say That! Futurism Records gers Alex Candelaria Yeahway Evander Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Hep Jazz Songbook Vincius Cantuaria Silva Hannibal Moncef Genoud Aqua Savoy Jazz Rosie Carlino So In Love With You Quillian Entertain- Sai Ghose New Blood Summit ment Ginny Carr After All These Years HouseKat Marla Gibbs It’s Never Too Late Forever 30 Regina Carter I’ll Be Seeing You (A Sentimental Verve Music Group Ben Goldberg Quintet The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Cryptogramophone Journey) Fact James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Gold Sounds Brown Brothers Larry Goldings Quartet Palmetto Jackson & Reginald Veal Edsel Gomez Cubist Music Zoho Music jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 21 Jazz Radio Currents

Brad Goode Hypnotic Suggestion Delmark Michel Lambert Le Passant Rant Gospel Keyboard Trio Heavenly Keys The Sirens Record- Nils Landgren & Joe Sample Creole Love Call ACT ings Bob Lark Until You Hallway Records Alex Graham The Good Life Origin Pascal Le Boeuf Migration Le Boeuf Bros. Music Groove Collective People People Music Music Savoy Jazz Bradley Leighton Back To The Funk Pacific Coast Jazz Don Grusin Old Friends and Relatives Bad Dog Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Duper Session Astralworks Steve Guasch y su Orquesta Nueva Siguiendo La Tradicion Salsaneo Records Quartet Era Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress Hagberg/Bergeron Quartet Jobim Now Teal Creek Record- Arthur Lillard’s Heavenly Band Reasons To Be Thankful Summit ings Ryan Haines Big Band New Horizons Sea Breeze Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Spin Telarc Steve Hall Quintet Steve Hall Quintet Moovalong Carmen Lundy Jazz & The New Songbook: Live at Afrasia the Madrid Rich Halley Mountains and Plains Louie Matthias Lupri Group Metalix Summit Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock Sony Pamela Luss There’s Something About You I Savant Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious Verve Music Group Don’t Know Charley Harrison Keeping My Composure C3 Records Brian Lynch Latin Jazz Sextet Conclave Criss Cross Joel Harrison Harrison On Harrison HighNote Frank Macchia Mo’Animals Cacophony Records Ken Hatfield String Theory Arthur Circle Mambo Kings Live! Mambokingdom Reunion Hawk-Richard Jazz Sea Breeze Music Orchestra Eyal Maoz Edom Tzadik Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli Just Friends Mel Bay Ray Marchica In The Ring Sons of Sound Kevin Hays Open Range ACT Eugene Marlow A Summer Afternoon With You MEII Enterprises Bill Henderson Live At The Kennedy Center WebOnlyJazz.com Barrett Martin The Painted Desert Fast Horse Vincent Herring Ends And Means HighNote Joel Martin Jazzical: Perestroika! MCS Records Fred Hersch In Amsterdam: Live At Bimhuis Palmetto Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Blue Note Conrad Herwig Obligation Criss Cross Montgomery Andrew Hill Time Lines Blue Note Eugene Maslov Where The Light Comes From Self Released Calvin Hill I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Arichi Bob Masteller The Jazz Corner Swings Latin Self Released Hiromi Spiral Telarc Greta Matassa Favorites From A Long Walk Origin Records Ted Hogarth Collective Misconception Blujazz Susan May Black Coffee Southport Rick Holland In Time’s Shadow Blujazz Earl May Quartet Swinging The Blues with Barry Arbors Harris Adam Holzman and Brave New Jazz Rocket Science Nagel Heyer Jon Mayer My Romance Reservoir World Lena Horne Seasons Of A Life Blue Note Virginia Mayhew Sandan Shuffle Renma The Hot 8 Brass Band Rock With The Hot 8 Louisiana Red Hot Maysa Sweet Classic Soul Shanachie Records Christian McBride Live At Tonic Ropeadope Charlie Hunter Trio Copperopolis Ropeadope Donny McCaslin Soar Sunnyside Charlie Hunter, Chinna Smith and Earth Tones GSE/Green Street Robin McKelle Introducing Robin McKelle Cheap Lullaby Ernest Ranglin John McNeil East Coast Cool OmniTone Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey The Sameness Of Difference Hyena Records Marian McPartland Marin McPartland’s Piano Jazz w/ Jazz Alliance Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch John Medeski Brett Jensen Trios Origin Marian McPartland and Shirley Horn Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast Jazz Alliance Ingrid Jensen At Sea Artist Share Mike Melvoin presents Dan Jaffe Playiong The Word City Light Johnny and the Mo Tones Two Hits For The Kitty Altenburgh Jazz Sergio Mendes Timeless Concord George Johnson, Jr. All Star Tribute BCS Records Rale Micic Serbia CTA Mudfoot Jones Basement Boys Present Savoy Jazz Dom Minasi The Vampire’s Revenge CDM Rodney Jones Dreams and Stories Savant Bob Mintzer Big Band Old School: New Lessons MCG Jazz Marlon Jordan w/ Stephanie Jordan You Don’t Know What Love Is Louisiana Red Hot Charnett Moffett Internet Piadrum Records 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 Manu Katché Neighbourhood ECM Paul Motian Band Garden Of Eden ECM Jeff Kaye Just Like Me Jazzed Media Greg Murphy Orientation Murphasaurus Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ David Murray Quartet w/ Strings Waltz Again Justin Time Arthur Kell Traveller Fresh Sound New Kim Nalley She Put A Spell On Me Ce Jazz & Blues Talent Paul Keller Orchestra A Tribute To Benny Goodman PKO Jovino Santos Neto Roda Carioca (Rio Circle) Adventure Music Grace Kelly Times Too Self Released David “Fathead” Newman Cityscape HighNote Calvin Keys Vertical Clearance Wide Hive Records Nia Quintet End of Time Blujazz 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 Valarie King Kangu Shahida Nurullah The Ruby and the Pearl Alembra Arts Bill Kirchner Everything I Love Evening Star Records Hod O’Brien Second Set Reservoir Mark Kleinhaut Trio Holding The Center Invisible Music Luis Ochoa Cimarron Cuban Music Productions Konono No. 1 Congotronics Crammed Discs Odyssey: The Band Back In Time PI Recordings Joachim Kuhn Piano Works I - Allegro Vivace ACT Keith Oxman Dues In Progress Capri Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho Sunnyside/Venus Michael Pag√°n Pag’s Groove Capri Bireli Lagrène Swing ‘81 Le Chant du Monde Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio Music Abe Lagrimas Jr. Dimensions Pass Out Records Rosa Passos Rosa Telarc Jazz Oliver Lake Quartet Live Passiní Thru Records Nicole Pasternak In A Word Garagista Elissa Lala Touch of Your Voice - New Takes on OmniTone Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Heads Up Chet Baker Lalo Half Moon Self Released Peter Paulsen Trio Tri-cycle Wahbo Records Jeannette Lambert Sand Underfoot Rant Sacha Perry Eretik Smalls Records Gianluca Petrella Indigo4 Blue Note jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 22 Jazz Radio Currents

Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up Lew Tabackin Trio Tanuki’s Night Out MFC Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson & Play Morricone Sunnyside Tango Crash Tango Crash Justin Time Joey Baron Tangria Jazz Group Mebane’s Eleven Blastfamous Kerry Politzer Labyrinth The Orchard Joris Teepe’s Groningen Art Jazz In, Jazz Out Planet Arts Stephen Pollock So Near, So Far Alanna Records Ensemble Odean Pope w/ M Brecker/Carter/ Locked & Loaded: Live at the Blue Half Note Records Temple University Jazz Ensemble Room 323 Sea Breeze Lovano Note Paul Tillotson Tequila Time! Scrapper Frank Potenza and Shelly Berg First Takes Azica Records Nestor Torres Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Heads Up Chris Potter Underground Sunnyside Peace Baden Powell Live a Bruxelles Sunnyside Samuel Torres Skin Tones One Soul Bobby Previte The Coalition of the Willing Ropeadope Trio Con Brio At 8200 Brill Strugglebaby Rachael Price Dedicated To You Self Released 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 Chuck Redd Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Arbors Gecko Turner Guapapasea! Quango Kessel: Happy All Time Steve Tyrell Songs of Sinatra Hollywood Records Russ Reinberg Blue Scarlett Jazzed Media Steve Tyrell The Disney Standards Disney Randy Reinhart at the Mill Hill Playhouse: As Long Arbors James Blood Ulmer Birthright Hyena Records As I Live 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 McNeely Lenny Roberts The City Life Shuffle Self Released Various Artists Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Blue Note Sherri Roberts The Sky Could Send You Pacific Coast Jazz Benefit Pamela Rose Just For A Thrill Three Handed Various Artists Gilles Peterson Digs America: Luv N’ Haight/Ubiq- Christine Rosholt Detour Ahead Self Released Brownswood USA uity Gonzalo Rubalcaba Solo Blue Note Various Artists Our New Orleans 2005 Nonesuch Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Blue Mongol Sunnyside Various Artists A Celebration of New Orleans Music Rounder Buryat Band to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Catherine Russell Cat World Village Relief 2005 Various Artists I Heard It on NPR NPR Ali Ryerson & Steve Rudolph Soul Quest PA-CT Various Artists Four Dead Batteries Hightone Terje Rypdal Vossabrygg ECM Various Artists I Believe To My Soul Rhino Harvie S Funky Cha Zoho Music Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler Blue Note David Sancious 9 Piano Improvisations Not By Sight Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey LRS Media Moacir Santos Choros & Alegria Adventure Music 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 Kasper Villaume Hands Stunt Radam Schwartz Conspiracy For Positivity Blue Ark Records Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center Challenge Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz Voice Trek An A Capella Trek Clubhouse Records Tom Scott Bebop United MCG Jazz Ulf Wakenius Notes From The Heart ACT Paul Seaforth When Did You Leave Heaven? Rhombus James Jabbo Ware/The Me We and Vignettes In The Spirit Of Ellington Y’all of New York Inc. Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Sacred Music of Duke Ellington Origin Them Orchestra Joey Sellers’ Jazz Aggregation El Payaso Nine Winds Bill Watrous, Pete Christlieb, Gary Kindred Spirits Summit Urwin SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Collective 2 Nonesuch Ernie Watts Spirit Song Flying Dolphin Paul Shapiro It’s In The Twilight Tzadik Aaron Weinstein A Handful Of Stars Arbors Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Port Chicago Noir Records Wendolina Tenderly Sail Away John Sheridan Dream Band Arbors Dwight West The Time Is Right Blue Ark Records Janis Siegel A Thousand Beautiful Things Telarc Jazz Randy Weston & His African Zep Tepi Random Chance David Sills Down The Line Origin Rhythms Trio Nina Simone Forever Young, Gifted & Black RCA/Legacy Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendevous Nina Simone Sings The Blues RCA/Legacy Brad Wheeler The Future Was Yesterday Origin Records Nina Simone Silk & Soul RCA / Victor Richard Whiteman All Or Nothing At All Cornerstone Records Frank Sinatra w/ Tommy Dorsey The Essential Frank Sinatra w/ Bluebird / Legacy Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East Diamonds For Nat Summit Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Mary Lou Williams Collective Zodiac Suite: Revisited Mary Records Jae Sinnett The Sinnett Hearings J-Nett Records Larry Willis Trio The Big Push HighNote Slammin’ All-Body Band Slammin’ All-Body Band Crosspulse Records Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Fallen Angel Sons of Sound Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Project Martial Solal & Dave Douglas Rue De Seine Sunnyside Anthony Wilson Trio Savivity Groove Note Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up Deanna Witkowski Length of Days Artist Share Amy Stephens My Many Moods Woody Witt Quintet w/ Randy Square Peg, Round Hole Apria Brecker Amy Stephens Group My Many Moods OA2 Records Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine Chris Stewart Phoenix: A Tribute to Cannonball Self Released Phil Woods Unheard Herd Jazzed Media Adderley Grant Stewart 4 Criss Cross William Woods Every Part of Me Whaling City Sound Yevette Stewart The Love Project Self Released Nat Yarbrough Triple Play Capri Don Stiernberg & John Carlini By George Blue Night Lester Young Blue Lester: The One And Only Savoy Jazz Lester Young Nicola Stilo/Toninho Horta Duets Adventure Music L. Zaide Planet Chill: Memoirs Of A Jazz Rebel Phi Colin Stranahan Transformation Capri Band Phillip Strange and Larry Marshall In The Moment Summit Zaxariades Mr. Z FreeHam Streetwize Does Dre Shanachie Suzahn Paris Without His Kiss Indi Gogh jazzweek.com • May 8, 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 8, 2006 JazzWeek 24 Smooth Jazz Radio

Paul Brown Tops Singles and Album Charts

Steve Oliver Has Week’s Most Added CD

uitarist Paul Brown stays at the top of the singles chart for a sixth week Gthis week with his GRP/Verve track “Winelite,” while his album The City returns to No. 1.

The most added CD is Steve Oliver’s Radiant (Koch), with 17 stations adding the guitarist’s latest. The most added singles this week are Oliver’s “Feeling Good” Guitarist Paul Brown is again at the top of the singles and album chart with “Winelite” from his GRP/Verve and saxophonist Marion Meadows’ “Re- CD The City. member Me” (Heads Up) which each added eight stations. Currently on tour, saxophonist Mindi Abair’s GRP single “True Blue” had the biggest increase in spins this week, +79.

Smooth Albums p. 26 Smooth Singles p. 27 Smooth Current CDs p. 28 Saxophonist Mindi Abair had the biggest increase in singles airplay this week. Her song “True Blue” from Smooth Radio Panel p. 29 Life Less Ordinary (GRP/Verve) picked up 79 spins. jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 25 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart May 8, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 3 3 1 Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve 613 579 34 29 32 0 2 1 1 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 590 629 -39 66 31 0 3 2 2 1 Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve 560 603 -43 43 31 0 4 4 5 4 Najee My Point Of View Heads Up 546 557 -11 42 30 0 5 5 4 1 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen 536 521 15 47 31 0 6 8 9 6 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N 457 422 35 7 27 0 7 6 6 1 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 448 455 -7 77 26 0 8 9 10 8 Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP/UMG/Verve 444 392 52 6 29 3 9 7 7 6 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie 399 439 -40 38 27 0 10 10 12 10 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord 380 365 15 41 23 0 11 12 11 11 Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous 335 333 2 33 27 0 12 11 8 5 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up 320 341 -21 77 28 0 13 13 13 13 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada 319 300 19 5 28 0 14 14 14 14 Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada 316 294 22 4 28 0 15 16 15 9 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave 308 286 22 65 25 0 16 18 16 1 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 248 251 -3 37 29 0 17 17 20 17 Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord 244 257 -13 13 24 1 18 25 52 18 Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous 233 165 68 4 21 2 19 15 17 9 Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia 217 294 -77 29 30 0 20 21 25 20 Chris Standring Soul Express Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2 214 180 34 5 23 4 21 24 38 21 Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] Narada Jazz 195 167 28 8 22 5 22 19 18 5 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music 187 209 -22 63 21 0 23 22 26 22 Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz/Virgin 172 174 -2 9 19 0 24 27 28 24 Donald Fagen Morph The Cat Reprise 160 145 15 10 13 0 25 20 24 2 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 160 185 -25 59 19 0 26 28 22 3 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up 151 144 7 50 23 0 27 29 31 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 148 143 5 60 27 0 28 26 21 1 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz 146 148 -2 38 26 0 29 31 33 29 Jason Miles What’s Going On? Virgin/Narada Jazz 141 141 0 7 11 0 30 23 19 3 Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen 138 168 -30 36 26 0 31 33 23 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 135 139 -4 77 26 0 32 67 86 11 Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz 133 59 74 43 17 0 33 30 29 17 Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 132 142 -10 33 19 0 34 42 35 1 Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista 130 121 9 72 27 0 35 32 30 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP 129 139 -10 72 29 0 36 36 40 36 Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio 123 126 -3 4 13 1 37 41 42 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 123 124 -1 72 28 0 38 37 34 14 Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz 121 126 -5 65 15 0 39 35 36 1 Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 118 130 -12 43 24 0 40 34 27 17 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan 114 134 -20 46 11 0 41 39 32 15 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin/EMI 113 125 -12 24 20 0 42 48 46 26 Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch 111 101 10 11 15 0 43 45 39 39 Pamela Williams Positive Vibe [Single] Shanachie 106 108 -2 7 13 1 44 46 44 28 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up 102 107 -5 19 11 0 45 43 41 14 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 102 112 -10 42 18 0 46 51 47 4 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 102 94 8 69 22 0 47 47 45 16 Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise 100 103 -3 42 13 0 48 44 37 2 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 100 109 -9 77 23 0 49 38 50 4 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 96 126 -30 77 20 0 50 52 49 12 Kem Album II Universal/Motown 94 93 1 42 13 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Steve Oliver Radiant (Koch) +17 Jeff Golub Temptation (Narada Jazz) +74 George Benson Best Of George Benson Live (GRP/UMG/Verve) Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] (Narada Jazz) +5 Wayman Tisdale Way Up (Rendezvous) +68 Steve Oliver Radiant (Koch) Michael McDonald Motown Two (Motown) Nelson Rangell Soul To Souls (Koch) +5 Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary (GRP/UMG/Verve) +52 Ultrablue Shiver [Single] (215) Chris Standring Soul Express (Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2) Steve Oliver Radiant (Koch) +38 Warren Hill/Turning Point Low Rider/Cruise Control [Single] (Native Language) +4 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions (G & N) +35 Althea Rene In The Moment (Chocolate Caramel/Alliant) Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge 2 (Rendezvous) Eric Marienthal Got You Covered (Peak) +4 Paul Brown The City (GRP/Verve) +34 Greg Adams Cool To The Touch (Ripa) (5 more at +3) Chris Standring Soul Express (Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2) +34 Eric Marienthal Got You Covered (Peak) Janita Seasons of Life (Lightyear) jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 26 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart May 8, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Paul Brown Winelite GRP/Verve 609 575 34 29 31 0 2 2 2 2 Najee 2nd 2 None Heads Up 530 544 -14 38 29 0 3 4 4 2 Brian Culbertson Let’s Get Started GRP/Verve 483 498 -15 18 30 0 4 3 3 2 Nils Summer Nights Baja 471 522 -51 30 28 0 5 6 8 5 The Phillipe Saisse Trio Do It Again G & N 457 422 35 7 27 0 6 7 5 1 Richard Elliot Mystique Artizen 428 410 18 27 30 0 7 5 6 4 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out Shanachie 399 439 -40 38 27 0 8 10 12 8 Mindi Abair True Blue GRP/UMG/Verve 377 298 79 6 29 3 9 8 7 7 Michael Lington Pacifica Rendezvous 374 383 -9 29 24 0 10 9 9 9 Ramsey Lewis Oh Happy Day Narada 319 300 19 5 28 0 11 11 11 11 Nick Colionne Always Thinking Of You Narada 302 293 9 4 28 0 12 12 15 10 3rd Force You Got It Higher Octave 282 266 16 30 25 0 13 13 13 13 Kirk Whalum Whip Appeal Rendezvous 259 260 -1 30 23 0 14 18 20 14 David Pack Biggest Part Of Me Peak/Concord 252 222 30 16 19 2 15 14 10 5 Marion Meadows Suede Heads Up 242 259 -17 77 26 0 16 22 43 16 Wayman Tisdale Get Down On It Rendezvous 233 165 68 4 21 2 17 16 14 1 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 229 234 -5 37 28 0 18 17 21 15 Gerald Albright We Got The Groove Peak/Concord 216 230 -14 12 24 1 19 19 22 19 Chris Standring I Can’t Help Myself Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2 214 180 34 5 23 4 20 21 31 20 Euge Groove Chillaxin’ Narada Jazz 195 167 28 7 22 5 21 15 17 9 Chris Botti Good Morning Heartache (w/ Jill Scott) Columbia 176 236 -60 29 29 0 22 23 18 1 Euge Groove Get Em Goin’ Narada Jazz 146 148 -2 38 26 0 23 31 25 23 Donald Fagen H Gang Reprise 142 124 18 10 13 0 24 26 19 3 Walter Beasley Coolness Heads Up 142 138 4 50 23 0 25 25 28 25 Jason Miles Sexual Healing Virgin/Narada Jazz 141 139 2 7 11 0 26 20 16 2 Rick Braun Shining Star Artizen 138 168 -30 35 26 0 27 24 23 15 Gregg Karukas Show Me the Way V2 132 142 -10 33 19 0 28 27 33 25 Eric Darius Steppin’ Up Narada Jazz/Virgin 123 130 -7 9 12 0 29 29 35 29 Ray Parker Jr. Mismaloya Beach Raydio 123 126 -3 4 13 1 30 37 37 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 119 107 12 66 26 0 31 28 30 1 Paul Hardcastle Serene Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 118 130 -12 43 24 0 32 30 26 10 Boz Scaggs Lowdown (Unplugged) Virgin/EMI 113 125 -12 35 20 0 33 32 24 5 Ken Navarro You Are Everything Positive Music 107 120 -13 63 20 0 34 36 32 32 Pamela Williams Positive Vibe Shanachie 106 108 -2 7 13 1 35 33 29 8 David Pack You’re The Only Woman Peak/Concord 105 117 -12 41 18 0 36 40 45 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 105 96 9 60 27 0 37 43 42 1 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 8 97 90 7 69 21 0 38 41 38 2 Kenny G & David Sanborn Pick Up The Pieces Arista 93 95 -2 72 25 0 39 34 27 17 Raul Midon If You’re Gonna Leave Manhattan 92 115 -23 44 11 0 40 114 NR 40 Jeff Golub Cream And Sugar Narada Jazz 85 23 62 2 12 4 41 38 39 2 Steve Cole Thursday Narada Jazz 85 100 -15 59 18 0 42 46 34 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 85 86 -1 77 23 0 43 42 57 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP/Universal/Verve 83 92 -9 77 21 0 44 48 47 36 Jeff Lorber Everybody Knows That Narada Jazz 82 84 -2 24 8 0 45 44 44 1 Richard Elliot People Make The World Go ‘Round Artizen 81 88 -7 47 22 0 46 45 40 40 Ken Navarro Stoned Soul Picnic Positive Music 80 88 -8 19 8 0 47 49 50 42 Joe McBride Double Down Heads Up 78 81 -3 28 7 0 48 51 55 29 Paul Brown 24/7 GRP 77 79 -2 72 25 0 49 47 46 46 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 75 85 -10 4 7 0 50 35 49 15 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 75 109 -34 77 16 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Marion Meadows “Remember Me” (Heads Up) +8 Mindi Abair “True Blue” (GRP/UMG/Verve) +79 Pieces Of A Dream “Forward Emotion” (Heads Up) Steve Oliver “Feeling Good” (Koch) +8 Ultrablue “Shiver” (215) Wayman Tisdale “Get Down On It” (Rendezvous) +68 Steve Oliver “Good To Go” (Koch) Euge Groove “Chillaxin’” (Narada Jazz) +5 Jeff Golub “Cream And Sugar” (Narada Jazz) +62 Nelson Rangell “City Lights” (Koch) +5 Althea Rene “In The Moment” (Chocolate Caramel/Alliant) The Phillipe Saisse Trio “Do It Again” (G & N) +35 Michael McDonald “Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)” (Motown) Mindi Abair “Rain” (GRP/UMG/Verve) +5 Mark Gorbulew “Manhattan Groove” (Rendezvous) Chris Standring “I Can’t Help Myself” (Trippin ’N’ Paul Brown “Winelite” (GRP/Verve) +34 Greg Adams “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You” (Ripa) Rhythm/V2) +4 Chris Standring “I Can’t Help Myself” (Trippin ’N’ Eric Marienthal “New York State Of Mind” (Peak) Jeff Golub “Cream And Sugar” (Narada Jazz) +4 Rhythm/V2) +34 Kirk Whalum “Any Love” (GRP) Eric Marienthal “New York State Of Mind” (Peak) +4 John Legend “Love Won’t Let Me Wait” (J) jazzweek.com • May 8, 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 Gianluca Petrella Indigo4 Blue Note 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave Greg Adams Cool To The Touch Ripa Acoustic Alchemy American/English Higher Octave Greg Adams Firefly 215 Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues Heads Up Greg Murphy Orientation Murphasaurus Althea Rene In The Moment Chocolate Caramel / Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Alliant Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Hil St. Soul SOULidified Shanachie Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine Hugh Masekela Revival Heads Up Artist Release Label Jacqui Naylor Birdland/Yoshi’s - East/West Ruby Star Average White Band Greatest And Latest Liquid 8 Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Black Gold Massive Let It Flow [Single] Major Menace Jamie Cullum Twenty Something Verve Blake Aaron Spin Zone [Single] 215 Janita Seasons of Life Lightyear Bob Baldwin All In A Days Work [Single] 215 Jason Miles What’s Going On? Virgin / Narada Jazz Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee / Koch Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz Bona Fide Soul Lounge Heads Up Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Boney James Pure Warner Bros. Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin / EMI Jill Jenson Crystal Blue Persuasion [Single] Bai Mai Bradley Leighton Back To The Funk Pacific Coast Jazz Joe McBride Texas Hold’Em Heads Up Branford Marsalis Quartet Eternal Rounder Jonathan Butler Jonathan Rendezvous Brian Culbertson Nice & Slow Atlantic Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz / Virgin Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP / Verve Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord Jazz Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous Kem Album II Universal / Motown Camiel Sunset Rendezvous Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music Candy Dulfer Right In My Soul Eagle*Seagull Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista Carmen Lundy Jazz And The New Songbook: Live Afrasia At The Madrid Kevin Mahogany Big Band Zebra Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Kevin Toney Quiet Conversation [Single] Shanachie Chiara Civello Last Quarter Moon Verve Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie Chieli Minucci Jewels JVC Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie Chieli Minucci The Juice [Single] Shanachie Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue Candid / Rendezvous Chris Standring Soul Express Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm Lalah Hathaway Outrun The Sky AgU / Sanctuary / V2 Lee Venters Vermillion Sands Lifeforce Jazz Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz / Lisa Hilton My Favorite Things Lisa Hilton Concord Chuck Leavell Southscape Evergreen Arts Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake Verve Chuck Loeb When I’m WIth You Shanachie Lori Perry I Found It In You V / Alliant Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Spin Telarc Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch Maceo Parker School’s In BHM David ‘Fathead’ Newman Cityscape HighNote Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder David Lanz The Good Life Decca Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak / Concord Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous David Sanborn Closer Verve Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill Heads Up Dianne Reeves Good Night, And Good Luck Concord Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up [Soundtrack] Mark Cassara Let’s Talk Sax Rhombus Diego Urcola Viva Cam Jazz Mark Hollingsworth On The Mark Windshore Donald Fagen Morph The Cat Reprise Mark Whitfield Mark Whitfield & Panther Dirty Soap Eliane Elias Dreamer Bluebird / Arista Matt Bianco Matt’s Mood UMG Eric Benet Hurricane Warner Bros. Maysa Sweet Classic Soul Shanachie Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Michael Buble It’s Time 143 / Reprise Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz / Virgin Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous Eric Essix Somewhere In Alabama Essential Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown Eric Marienthal Got You Covered Peak Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP / UMG / Verve Etta James All The Way RCA Victor Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] Narada Jazz Najee My Point Of View Heads Up Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz Nelson Rangell Soul To Souls Kock Everette Harp All For You A440 Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch Fourplay Journey BMG Nestor Torres Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Heads Up Gabriel Mark Hasselbach Gabriel... First Name Basis Wind Tunnel Peace Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada Gene Dunlap Peaceful Days 215 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja George Benson Best Of George Benson Live GRP / UMG / Verve Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note / EMI George Benson Irreplaceable GRP / Universal / Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. Verve Novecento Dreams Of Peace Favored Nations George Duke T-Jam [Single] Bpm / Navarre Pamela Williams Sweet Saxations Shanachie Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP / Universal / Pamela Williams Positive Vibe [Single] Shanachie Verve Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak / Concord Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Blue Note / Capitol Montgomery Gerald Veasley At The Jazz Base! Heads Up Pat Metheny Group The Way Up Nonesuch Patches Stewart Blow Koch jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 28 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

Paul Brown The City GRP / Verve Paul Brown Up Front GRP Smooth Station Panel Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm Call letters Frequency Market Rank Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 Paul Thomas Yoder Dreamin’ Self-Released KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 Peter White Confidential Columbia KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 Phil Perry Classic Love Songs Shanachie Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Positive Flow The City Streets [Single] Shanachie KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Praful Pyramid In Your Backyard Rendezvous / KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 Therapy Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album AM / Universal KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143 / Reprise KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 Rosie Carlino So In Love With You Quillian KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious Verve / UMG KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 Sara Gazarek Yours Stiletto / Native KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 Language Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 Sergio Mendes Timeless Hear / Concord WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 Soul Ballet She Rides [Single] 215 WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 Spencer Sherrod Listen With Your Heart Self-Released WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 Spyro Gyra The Deep End Heads Up Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 Steve Briody Whiz Kid [Single] 215 WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz WJJZ-FM 106.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 Steve Oliver Radiant Koch WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 Steve Oliver 3-D Koch WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 The Mizell Brothers Mizell Blue Note WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N The Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Jazz WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak WJZW-FM 105.9 Baltimore, MD 20 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 To The Bone Spread Love Like Wildfire Narada WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 Turning Point Matador Native Language WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 Ultrablue Shiver [Single] 215 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey LRSmedia WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 Lewis Showcase WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 Various Artists Music For Cocktails, Part 4 United Holland WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 Various Artists Sprout [Soundtrack] Record Collection WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 Various Artists So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute To J Luther Vandross WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge 2 Rendezvous WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 Various Artists Groove Boutique: Volume One Tommy Boy WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Columbia / Legacy / Guitar Sony BMG WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 Various Artists Def Jazz GRP WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP WVSU-FM 91.1 Birmingham, AL 57 Various Artists Jazz Vocalists: Hear & Now Concord Jazz Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler Blue Note WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 Veronica Martell The Art Of Intimacy Apria WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 Voodoo Funk Project Deep In The Cut Kwerk / 215 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up Warren Hill Popjazz Pop Jazz / Native Language Warren Hill/Turning Point Low Rider/Cruise Control [Single] Native Language Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous Airplay of all stations is monitored by Mediaguide. Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous To apply to become a member of a station panel, email Will Donato Earth Shakin’ [Single] Generation Will Donato Espana [Single] Generation [email protected] William Woods Whadja Expect? [Single] Whaling City Sound jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 29 ��

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Major Market Stations, 1-25: KBCS, KBEM, KCLU, KCSM, KJZZ, KKJZ, KMHD, KNTU, KPLU, KSDS, KTSU, KUT, KUVO, WBEZ, WBGO, WCLK, WCPN, WDCB, WDET, WDNA, WDUQ, WEAA, WEMU, WGBH, WLRN, WPFW, WRTI, WSIE, WUSF, WYPR and CJRT. Medium Markets 26-79: KFSR, KIOS, KIPO, KRTU, KSJS, KUAZ, KUER, KUNV, KXJZ, WAER, WBFO, WGMC, WGVU, WHRV, WICR, WMOT, WMUB, WNCU, WSHA, WSNC, WUCF, WUMR and WWOZ. Small Markets 80 and smaller: KAJX, KANU, KCCK, KCME, KEWU, KLCC, KMUW, KSMF, KSUT, KUNR, WBLU/WBLV, WCMU/WUCX, WESM, WFCR, WFNX, WFSS, WGLT, WICN, WJSU, WMUA, WTEB, WUAL, WVPR/WVPS, WVTF, WWSP, WXUT/WXTS, Major Labels: Blue Note, Verve Music Group, SONY/BMG, Concord Music Group, Warner Bros./Nonesuch. Independent Labels: All others not included in the Major Label category. Closing Number Five Classics That e haven’t heard a lot from Bennie Maupin in recent years, Wbut he’s been a part of a number Bennie Maupin of classic recordings, particulary in the nascent years of fusion. Here are ﬁve Appeared On classics of which Bennie was a part. – selections by Tad Hendrickson, comments by Ed Trefzger 1. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (Columbia)

The seminal album that began the fusion era and launched a dozen careers included Bennie’s etherial bass clarinet excursions.

2. Herbie Hancock – Sextant (Columbia)

After his time with Miles, Bennie became part of the Herbie Hancock Sextet, contributing bass clarinet, piccolo, soprano sax and percussion to Hancock’s funky, avant-gardish debut on Co- lumbia.

3. Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (Columbia)

Bennie was the lone holdover from the sextet to join the Headhunters; this album is one of the gems of the fusion era, with Herbie’s synth up front, and a major funk happening below. Ben- nie is all over it on saxes, bass clarinet, ﬂute and other wind de- vices. 4. Bennie Maupin – The Jewel In The Lotus (ECM)

This rare 1974 recording hasn’t been released on CD and is out of print. You can ﬁnd a scratchy MP3 of this ambient-fusion album online if you look for it, on vinyl at a used record store, or for $38 (at press time) on eBay. 5. Andrew Hill – Lift Every Voice

Bennie is on the half of the album that was recorded in 1970 but didn’t see the light of day until a 2001 CD reissue. As on the 1969 original, Hill blends a choir with a jazz quintet. Bennie is on tenor, bass clarinet, and eﬀervescent ﬂute.

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