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News ...... 4 Festival Productions, Shoreline Media Create The Festival Network ...... 4 Rollins, Reich Receive Prize ...... 5 Feldman Tapped At BluJazz ...... 5 Music and Industry News In Brief ...... 6 Jazz Birthdays ...... 8 9 Features Radio Q&A: Derrick Lucas ...... 9 Jazz Radio ...... 12 Jazz Album Chart ...... 13 College Jazz Chart ...... 14 Reviews ...... 15 Harry Connick, Jr...... 15 Chie Imaizumi ...... 15 12 Dave Liebman ...... 15 Tierney Sutton Band...... 16 Jazz Add Dates ...... 17 Jazz Current CDs ...... 18 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 21 Smooth Jazz Radio ...... 22 Smooth Album Chart ...... 23 Smooth Singles Chart...... 24 22 Smooth Currents...... 25 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 26 World Music Radio ...... 27 World Music Album Chart ...... 28 Closing Number Top 5 of 2006 at WGMC, Jazz 90.1...... 29 28

Cover Photo: Derrick Lucas (photo by Ed Trefzger) JazzWeek Volume 3 Number 11 jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 3 News Festival Productions, Shoreline Media Create The Festival Network

NEW YORK – Festival Productions, events. and reach never before offered.” Inc., George Wein’s internationally “I’ve waited for years to find the Among several business leaders celebrated music festival company, has right partner who can guarantee the who have dedicated their resources joined with Shoreline Media, LLC legacy of Festival Productions, of and expertise to The Network’s vision to form The Festival Network, LLC which I am so proud. Now I can’t wait are its Chairman, Dr. Joseph Stani- (“The Network”). to see what we can achieve together,” slaw, co-founder, former President In a release, the combined compa- said George Wein, founder of Festival and CEO of Cambridge Energy Re- ny said, “The recently consummated Productions and creator of such histor- search and a recognized authority on transaction marks a new era for life- ic events as the Newport Jazz Festival, corporate strategy and geopolitics, and style marketing. Through The Net- the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fes- Richard Sands, Chairman and CEO work’s consolidation of the destina- tival, the Newport Folk Festival and of Constellation Brands, the leading tion festival market, music fans will hundreds of other festivals, concerts international producer and marketer of enjoy more diverse live entertainment and tours through- wine, spirits and imported beer. experiences and “ D e s t i - content. At nation fes- the same time, tivals have corporate spon- become cul- sors will gain access to highly cov- tural institutions that attract the most eted audiences across a constellation of desirable and receptive demographic,” events through a single, unique and ef- out the world. “With the vision, exec- said Sands. “From a brand marketer’s ficient marketing channel.” utive experience and resources behind perspective, The Network will give Headquartered in Manhattan, The Festival Network, we’ll be able to its sponsor-partners one-stop access with offices in Los Angeles, The Net- make some long-held dreams come to national festival audiences for the work will produce 18 music festivals in true.” first time. It’s exciting and gratifying 2007 and will rapidly expand its of- Chris Shields, CEO of The Festi- to work with professionals who have a ferings in 2008 and beyond. With live val Network, added, “We’re especial- passion for music, the people who cre- musical entertainment as its founda- ly honored to be working with indus- ate and play it and the people who love tion, The Network is positioned to be- try icon George Wein, the man who it.” come a dominant force in the multi- launched ‘the Festival Era’. It’s his Stanislaw underscores a unique billion dollar markets for experiential equation of location and artistry that feature of The Network – its commit- marketing, sponsorship and after-mar- lies at the heart of the festival experi- ment to environmental sustainability. ket media. ence. With this merger, we will con- “Beyond producing cultural offer- Leveraging its deep international tinue to expand upon the company’s ings, we want to ensure a harmoni- relationships and expertise, the com- sophisticated productions in unique ous existence between the festivals and pany will also be producing festivals and beautiful destinations around the the surrounding eco-systems,” he said. leading up to, and coinciding with, the world. We now have the expanded ca- “We believe The Network’s example of 2008, 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games, pability of providing corporate spon- creating green events will educate and as well as with other major sporting sors a level of marketing integration inspire audiences worldwide.” JW jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 4 News Feldman Tapped At BluJazz Rollins, Reich Receive Prize CHICAGO – Mitchell Feldman has been named managing director of the Chicago- STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sonny their prizes from King Carl XVI based cooperative jazz label BluJazz Productions. Feldman’s jazz publicity and Rollins and Steve Reich have been Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremo- radio promotion company MFA provided named winners of the Polar Music ny at the Stockholm Concert Hall to those services for six of the past eight CDs Prize Award for 2007, announced by be followed by a celebratory banquet released by BluJazz. the Royal Swedish Academy of Mu- at Grand Hotel on Monday, May 21. “Both I and my wife Diane, who’s been sic. Each winner receives a total amount of running BluJazz with me for the past 12 Ake Holmquist, Chairman of the one million Swedish Crowns, equiv- years, would like to concentrate more Board and Award Committee, read alent to approximately $140,000 or on our own careers as musicians and be the Award Committee’s citations: EUR 108,000. able to devote more time to performing The Sonny Rollins Citation: “The A whole weekend of activities is and writing,” said BluJazz president Greg 2007 Polar Music Prize is awarded to being planned under the name of Po- Pasenko. the American tenor saxophonist and lar Music Prize Week, encompass- Feldman was previously the managing composer Sonny Rollins, one of the ing exhibitions, workshops, seminars, director of the jazz labels CMP Records in most powerful and personal voices film screenings, and live performances Germany from 1985-89 and of Synergy in jazz for more than 50 years. Son- at various locations in Stockholm. On Music in Denver in 2004 and 2005. ny Rollins has elevated the unaccom- February 1, a reception and press event “I’m delighted to take on the additional panied solo to the highest artistic lev- will be given by the Consul General responsibilities at BluJazz and free up more el–all characterized by a distinctive of Sweden in New York to honor the time for Greg and Diane to concentrate on and powerful sound, irresistible swing, 2007 Polar Music Prize recipients. their own music,” Feldman said. and an individual musical sense of hu- The Polar Music Prize was found- Feldman’s has been coordinating the mor. He is still active and the great- ed in 1989 by the late Stig “Stikkan” release of three new titles scheduled to est remaining master from one of jazz’s Anderson. As the publisher, lyricist, come out on the BluJazz over the next seminal eras.” and manager of ABBA, he played a few months: Brownstone, a tribute by Brooklyn-based saxophonist Jeff Newell’s The Steve Reich Citation: “The key role in that group’s enormous suc- New-Trad Octet to the turn-of-the-century 2007 Polar Music Prize is awarded to cess. Anderson donated a large sum of brass band music of John Phillip Sousa the American composer and musician money to the Royal Swedish Academy and others set for release in March 2007; Steve Reich. The award recognizes his of Music to establish the Stig Ander- Blue Nights by Berlin-based vocalist Judy unique ability to use repeats, canon son Music Award Foundation in the Niemack set for release in April 2007 and technique, and minimal variation of Royal Swedish Academy of Music and featuring guitarist Jean-Francois Prins, patterns to develop an entire universe to create what was to become known Jim McNeely on piano, Dennis Irwin on of evocative music, endowed with im- as the Polar Music Prize. bass, drummer Victor Lewis, guest soloists mediate tonal beauty. Inspired by dif- Past honorees include Sir Paul Gary Bartz on alto saxophone and Don Sickler on trumpet and flugelhorn; and ferent musical traditions, Steve Reich McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Witold Contemporary Residents a fusion outing has transferred questions of faith, so- Lutoslawski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, by saxophonist and flutist Paul Scea due ciety, and philosophy into a hypnotic- Quincy Jones, Mstislav Rostropovitch, out in May 2007. sounding music that has inspired mu- Sir Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Pierre MFA will maintain its core roster of sicians and composers of all genres.” Boulez, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Eric- clients and continue to handle radio “It’s a real honor for me to receive son, Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar, Iannis promotion for Colorado-based Capri the Polar Prize from the great country Xenakis, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Records; publicity for New York-based of Sweden,” Rollins said. “Sweden has Isaac Stern, Burt Bacharach, Robert HighNote/Savant Records and for the lower always been one of my favorite plac- Moog, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sofia Manhattan jazz club The Jazz Gallery; and es to play over the years. The Swedish Gubaidulina, Miriam Makeba, Keith directing publicity and radio promotion public has been very receptive to my Jarrett, B.B. King, Gyoergy Ligeti, activities in the US for the British jazz label music and supportive of jazz in gen- Gilberto Gil, Dietrich Fischer-Dies- Dune Records. Feldman was also recently eral.” kau, and – in 2006 – Valery Gergiev named publicist for the 2007 Telluride Jazz Celebration taking place August 2-5.JW Rollins and Reich will receive and Led Zeppelin. JW jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 5 News Music and Industry News In Brief NEW YORK – Multi-reedist and composer determined through on-line voting and big band pushing the boundaries, with the Anat Cohen is poised to release two new by a panel of industry professionals. legendary drummer firing the musicians to albums on her signature label, Anzic To vote, fans should visit www. all-around great performances. Records. Noir and Poetica are due for canadiansmoothjazzawards.com. Voting release April 3, 2007. is now open to an international audience. Recorded on a blustery Manhattan weekend in the fall of ’77 while a major For Noir, Cohen, a prominent member Zonjic was raised and still lives in Windsor, hurricane threatened the city (and in of the Diva Jazz Orchestra since 1998, Ontario. He is also host of a popular daily between sessions for debut LPs from frames her compositions on clarinet and morning show on Detroit’s Smooth Jazz Blondie and the Ramones), Well Water tenor, soprano and alto saxophones with an V98.7 (WVMV-FM). He performs in 100 documents a big band performing at the all-star unit comprising three woodwinds, concerts a year, is creative director for four zenith of its powers as Foster and his 20- three trumpets, two trombones, three summer music festivals and is part owner piece Loud Minority reveled in a thrilling cellos, and a guitar-bass-drums- of the jazz supper club Seldom Blues. atmosphere that is felt and heard. percussion rhythm section. Oded Lev- “Since its inception, the Smooth Jazz Ari, Cohen’s friend and collaborator since Awards body has served as the authority “Everybody was up for the session,” Foster their high school days in Tel Aviv, Israel, for the genre in Canada. I am glad to be a recalled from his home in Chesapeake, Va. conducts his own arrangements. The part of it,” said Zonjic. “The guys were really gung ho. My goal idea of Noir came after a concert with the was to get the music out there so people New York Pops and the Choro Ensemble NEW YORK – Discovered 30 years after could hear it, as I had a big band concept in 2004. “I loved playing with the large its master tapes were thought to be lost, that I thought was very valid. It was ensemble,” Cohen recalled. “Oded Frank Foster and The Loud Minority’s definitely not based on the Count Basie and I talked about ideas, and I wanted Well Water (Piadrum) finds the two-time idiom; it involved the use of somewhat to capture the big band energy using Grammy Award-winning tenor saxophonist, more modern harmonies, and melodies different instrumentation. It’s a mixture of composer, arranger and educator leading that would be considered hip. Coltrane and songs, drawn from all my travels around a roaring big band performing his own McCoy Tyner were then my main idols, so the world. The idea was to present myself compositions and those of Clifford Brown, my idea was to develop those influences on the different instruments I play, to rock Elvin Jones and his brother-in-law, David as bases for my big band concept.” a little bit and show the softer side.” Jones. A former member of the Count Basie Orchestra (1953-1964) and the CLEVELAND – The 28th Annual Tri- On Poetica, joined by a jazz quartet (pianist band’s musical director from 1986-1995, C JazzFest Cleveland features a host Jason Lindner, bassist Omer Avital, Frank Foster, who composed such Basie of all-star performers from April 19-29 drummer Daniel Freedman) and string classics as “Shiny Stockings,” “Blues In including Tony Bennett, Dianne Reeves, quartet, Cohen plays clarinet exclusively. Hoss’ Flat”, “Blues Backstage,” “Back To George Duke, Chris Botti, Steve Tyrell, Playing with a technique that allows her to the Apple” and “Four Five Six,” is heard at Marty Ehrlich Quartet, Charles Mingus’ fully execute her ideas, bending notes with an artistic peak on Well Water, surrounded Epitaph Orchestra, Frank Morgan, Winard vocal-like klezmer and blues inflections, by 17 strongly supportive musicians in a Harper Sextet, Joe Lovano, Hank Jones, she renders three old Israeli songs and joyous and inspired performance. Lewis Nash, George Mraz, Kenny Barron, a contemporary Israeli song, a ballad by Helen Sung Trio, The Barber Brothers, Brazilian songwriter Nelson Cavaquinho, Recorded in 1977 at New York’s Plaza Eddie Baccus, Sr. and others. a Jacques Brel chanson, John Coltrane’s Sound Studios at Radio City Music Hall, “Lonnie’s Lament,” two of her own Well Water was believed to be lost for Recognized both nationally and originals and one by Avital. three decades until inquires by Cecilia internationally as a premiere educational Foster led to its discovery at the home jazz festival, Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland WINDSOR, Ontario, Canada – Jazz flutist of Don Hunerberg, the session’s original continues its tradition of grooming the next Alexander Zonjic has been nominated for engineer. Well Water is practically a live-to- generation of jazz enthusiasts through its two Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards and 24 track recording, with only one overdub extensive offering of performances, clinics, will reprise his role as host of the third of Foster’s tenor saxophone. workshops, and educational programs. annual competition. It will be held Friday, Recorded more than a decade before Following its theme, “A Salute to Legends,” April 27, 2007 in Hammerson Hall at The Foster took the helm of Basie’s band, and Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland remembers Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario shortly after he had been a member of legendary pianist and composer Thelonious near Toronto. Zonjic’s nominations are Elvin Jones group, Well Water presents Monk with a tribute performance on April for Best Wind Instrumentalist and for the sound of a forward-thinking 1970s 26 that is performed by Jazz all-stars Hank Broadcaster of the Year. Winners will be Jones, Lewis Nash, George Mraz and ➤ jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 6 News Music and Industry News In Brief Kenny Barron, under the musical direction Super Choir, T-Bone Burnett, Rebirth Blanchard, Troy “Trombone Shorty” of renowned saxophonist and Cleveland Brass Band, Galactic, Mose Allison, Andrews & Orleans Avenue, Bob French, native Joe Lovano. Charles Mingus’ Marcia Ball, Roy Hargrove, Chuck Leavell, Elysian Fieldz, The Dirty Dozen Brass Epitaph Orchestra, conducted by the Arturo Sandoval, The Holmes Brothers, Band, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue internationally renowned Gunther Schuller, Snooks Eaglin, Dr. Lonnie Smith, The New Swingers, Ellis Marsalis and over 500 makes a rare concert appearance. Orleans Social Club, James Carter, The more groups will gather in New Orleans Radiators, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, for the 38th annual New Orleans Jazz & NEW ORLEANS – Harry Connick Jr., Rod Lucky Peterson, Darrell McFadden, Sonny Heritage Festival presented by Shell, April Stewart, Steely Dan, Norah Jones, ZZ Top, Landreth, Danilo Perez, Ivan Neville, Dottie 27-29 and May 4-6, Festival organizers John Legend, Van Morrison, Brad Paisley, Peoples, Davell Crawford, Ba Cissoko announced. Jill Scott, Ludacris, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, of Guinea, George Porter, Jr., Joseph “Jazz Fest is an invitation to move your New Edition, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Irma “Zigaboo” Modeliste, Tab Benoit, Les body and your soul,” said Quint Davis, Thomas, Jerry Lee Lewis, Counting Crows, Amazones of Guinea, World Saxophone producer/director of the event. “New Allman Brothers Band, Allen Toussaint, Group, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Orleans is the best place in the world to George Benson, Pharoah Sanders, George Buckwheat Zydeco, Anders Osborne, listen to music and to sing and dance in Thorogood, Stephen Marley featuring Elder Baab & the Madison Bumble Bees an open and loving atmosphere, and this Jr. Gong, Better Than Ezra, Joss Stone, of Winnsboro, Eddie Bo, Steve Riley & the year we’re presenting more music than Banda el Recodo, Calexico, Taj Mahal, Mamou Playboys, Rosie Ledet, Amanda ever. 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jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 7 News Jazz Birthdays February 17 February 27 February 7 Buddy Defranco (1923) Freddie Keppard (1890) Eubie Blake (1883) Roger “Buck” Hill (1927) Mildred Bailey (1907) Herbie Lewis (1941) Dexter Gordon (1923) February 8 Chuck Wayne (1923) Lonnie Johnson (1889) February 18 Emil Barnes (1892) February 28 February 9 Svend Asmussen (1916) Walter Page (1900) February 19 David Murray (1955) Willie Bobo (1934) Barbara Donald (1942) Charles Gayle (1939) Bill Evans (sax) (1958) February 20 Jimmy Yancey (1898) March 1 February 10 Glenn Miller (1904) Chick Webb (1909) Bobby Jaspar (1926) Nancy Wilson (1937) Ralph Towner (1940) Larry Adler (1914) Elliott Sharp (1951) Sir Roland Hanna (1932) Anthony Davis (1951) Rufus Reid (1944) February 21 March 2 Lawrence “Butch” Morris (1947) Al Sears (1910) Doug Watkins (1934) Buell Neidlinger (1936) February 12 Tadd Dameron (1917) Paul Bascomb (1912) Nina Simone (1933) March 3 Mel Powell (1923) Warren Vache (1951) Barney Bigard (1906) Bill Laswell (1955) February 22 Jimmy Garrison (1934) February 13 Rex Stewart (1907) March 4 Wingy Manone (1900) Buddy Tate (1913) Bobby Shew (1941) Wardell Gray (1921) February 24 Jan Garbarek (1947) Ricky Ford (1954) February 14 Michel Legrand (1932) Rob McConnell (1935) David “Fathead” Newman (1933) March 5 Carol Sloane (1937) February 15 February 25 Harold Arlen (1905) Ida Cox (1896) March 6 Nathan Davis (1937) Ake Persson (1932) Wes Montgomery (1925) Kirk Lightsey (1937) Larry Gelb (1952) Peter Brotzmann (1941) Henry Threadgill (1944) February 26 Palle Mikkelborg (1941) Yosuke Yamashita (1942) Robin Kenyatta (1942) February 16 Flora Purim (1942) Machito (1912) Charles Tolliver (1942) Pete Christlieb (1945)

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jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 8 Radio Q&A: WGMC MD Derrick Lucas

erhaps it’s the garbage plates that he eats up there in Rochester, but Derrick Lucas is one of the most en- Pthusiastic programmers working today. He’s a lifer for sure, but he hits with the enthusiasm of a new convert. Below is just a sample of what he loquacious Mr. Lucas had to say. – Tad Hendrickson

How was your IAJE? Great! I tried to stay up for 3 days straight without sleeping. I met or hung out with Ron Carter, Roy Haynes, Christian McBride, Mulgrew Miller, Louis Hayes, Don Braden, Jeremy Pelt, Eldar and Lewis Nash. It was awesome having pianist Rachel Z “work” the door as a volunteer etc, I just love the “hang:” It’s so amazing to see so many people from so many diﬀerent walks of life, but everyone of us having one thing in common, a mutual passion and love for this “thing of ours” that we call jazz. How you ﬁrst start getting into jazz? Has it been a since childhood ➤ jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 9 Radio Q&A: Derrick Lucas (continued)

thing or from a more recent vintage? I guess it started in the womb. My mother relates this story that when she was about 8 months pregnant with me she and my father went and saw Cannon- ball Adderley. And according to her I kicked and moved a lot during the show. Cannonball pointed out my mom who was sitting in the front row, and said: “That’s how you start jazz fans early – from the womb.” But my first conscious memory of jazz was in 1974. I was always a music freak as early as I could remember. My grandmother bought me a mini record player when I was around Ideally, if someone 2 or 3 to spin 45’s and I was always played Isaac Hayes’s “Shaft.” Whenever she babysat me, the only way to keep me from screaming was to play “Shaft” were to listen to our over and over and over. So much so that my grandmother whose name is Ag- station to or from nes earned a permanent nickname “Grandma Shaft” – that’s the name she is referred to down to this very day. However my uncle Pop, one day, played this work (20 minutes tune called “Stratus” from Billy Cobham’s album called Spectrum. It blew my pre-school mind. I had never heard anything like before, from the opening let’s say), they would strains from Jan Hammer to the dirge like drumming from Billy to the scorch- hear people like ing hot guitar from Tommy Bolin I was completely hooked. Spectrum ended up being the first album I ever bought with my own allowance at JC Penney’s “Miles, Eldar, Horace and the second was his Total Eclipse in 1975. My mom called it “brain-scram- bling music” a.k.a fusion. Then my dad took me to my first ever concert in Silver, and Christian 1976 when I was six to see George Benson, who was supporting the Breezin’ Scott. So the listener album. So I’ve been into jazz as far as I can remember. would get a dose of How did you make the transition from fan to working in radio station? I always played “DJ” when I was a little boy and one day I heard that the lo- a classic, but then cal jazz station needed volunteer DJ’s so I called up and asked if I could host an overnight show during summer vacations from school. When the station man- hear one of the young ager thought I was in college and asked what year I was, I told him going into lions. the seventh grade. He was taken aback when I told him I was 12. He said I he appreciated my enthusiasm but to wait for a little while. So I waited until after high school and the spot I wanted was still there I asked again and he said yes, he actually remembered me. So you’re doing some graduate work. Can you talk about some of the proj- ects you’re working? I’ve taken the road less traveled and finished my undergraduate work. I was working on a thesis that tackled the subject of actually what and who make up our audience for jazz. Are they typically black, white, male, female, old or young? Because I never really trusted where the traditional sources for ratings came from that supposedly would give a birds eye view of our “typical listener” and after conducting a telephone survey of about 2,500 people or so I still don’t know (laughs) because the results were completely the opposite of the traditional benchmarks of what comprises a jazz audience or for that matter a public radio audience. But it was fun just to see. But clearly more work needs to ➤

jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 10 Radio Q&A: Derrick Lucas (continued)

be done. My other project I was involved with was to find out what made jazz clubs such as oasis of peace and tranquility. This stood in stark contrast to the tur- moil that the country was experiencing during that time, but whenever someone went into a jazz club the barriers that would divide and conquer us would melt away. I studied what were the factors that made that happen, and still to this day make why music, especially jazz, is one of the few things that can bring people together. What is your programming philosophy? My thinking is that jazz is a living and breathing docu- ment of where we are in time. I believe our nation’s history from the Jazz age to the 70’s was reflected in the music. But since the 80’s, for better or for worse, there has been a shift that is reflected in the reasoning of people such as Stanley Crouch – that evolutionary process that the music should naturally have is complete has been complete since 1968, when Miles went electric and jazz somehow either sold out or died. I wholeheartedly dis- agree. How do you go after younger listeners? I feel that it is the new music that will attract newer and younger listeners. So I try to showcase the new music first and supplement it with the traditional music. Ide- ally, if someone were to listen to our station to or from work (20 minutes let’s say), they would hear people like Miles, Eldar, Horace Silver, and Christian Scott. So the listener would get a dose of a classic, but then hear one of the young lions. You could liken it to programming a rock station in that you would lay your foundation with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Pearl Jam while including newer acts like Jet, The White Stripes, or The Strokes or The Artic Monkeys. Also I’m always looking for fresh approaches to the music if someone is doing a cover of a Outkast tune like Wallace Roney. Taylor Eigsti is among the many as of late who have delved into Bjork. That is what I’m looking for, something that younger audiences can hear and associ- ate with the music they know but in a different context. Which really isn’t very different to when be-boppers would take Broadway standards and “re-mix” them, turning the tune upside down or finding something in the piece that gave it a whole different dimension. When I think of “My Favorite Things” I think of John Coltrane just as much as I do Julie Andrews.

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MB3 Returns To No. 1 Norah Jones Tops College Chart

opping this week’s Jazz Album Chart is the guitar group MB3 and their Mel Bay CD Jazz Hits Volume 1, which returns to No. T1 – a spot it held for two weeks in January. Most-added on the Jazz Album Chart is the Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love (Blue Note). It also was the album with the biggest increase in airplay, +94, and was the top debut of the week, hitting the chart at No. 16. At the No. 1 spot on the college jazz chart is Norah Jones with Not Too Late (Blue Note). The College Panel is now available as an Industry Panel selection through Mediaguide’s Music Monitor. Jazz Chart No. 1: MB3, Jazz Hits Vol- ume 1 (Mel Bay)

College Jazz No. 1: Norah Jones, Not Jazz Increased Spins: Charles Tolliver Jazz Most Added: Charles Tolliver Big Too Late (Blue Note) Big Band, With Love (Blue Note) Band, With Love (Blue Note)

Jazz Album Chart p. 13 Jazz Add Dates p. 17 College Jazz Chart p. 14 Jazz Current CDs p. 18 CD Reviews p. 15 Jazz Radio Panel p. 21 jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 12 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Feb. 5, 2007 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 3 1 1 MB3 Jazz Hits Volume 1 Mel Bay 275 232 43 11 55 3 2 1 2 1 Jimmy Heath Big Band Turn Up The Heath Planet Arts 234 244 -10 11 48 0 3 5 10 3 Hendrik Meurkens New York Samba Jazz Quintet Zoho Music 231 195 36 4 57 6 4 13 NR 4 Various Artists Lush Life: The Untold Story Of Billy Strayhorn Blue Note 223 151 72 2 53 12 5 10 22 5 Wayne Bergeron Plays Well With Others Concord 213 168 45 4 49 7 6 2 3 1 Steve Turre Keep Searchin’ HighNote 207 239 -32 14 56 1 7 9 7 6 Dave Valentin Come Fly With Me HighNote 183 174 9 13 49 1 8 11 14 8 Bob DeVos Shifting Sands Savant 181 166 15 9 40 0 8 6 11 6 The Brubeck Brothers Intutition Koch 181 192 -11 9 50 1 10 4 4 1 Diana Krall From This Moment On Verve Music Group 180 200 -20 20 40 1 11 7 5 5 Russell Malone Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. One MAXJAZZ 175 189 -14 11 50 0 12 7 8 2 The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band Dizzy’s Business MCG Jazz 164 189 -25 18 37 1 13 12 6 1 John Hicks Sweet Love Of Mine HighNote 152 165 -13 14 37 2 14 19 14 14 Ben Riley Memories of T Concord 149 124 25 13 41 2 15 15 13 3 Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra Ray Sings, Basie Swings Concord/Hear Music 147 140 7 17 39 1 16 34 NR 16 Grady Tate From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Half Note Records 142 83 59 2 37 16 Blue Note 16 NR NR 16 Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love Blue Note 142 48 94 1 47 28 18 17 12 4 Sonny Rollins Sonny, Please Doxy 132 135 -3 14 47 1 18 14 17 2 Stefon Harris African Tarantella Blue Note 132 141 -9 17 43 0 18 27 40 18 Sarah Partridge You Are There: Songs From My Father Nagel Heyer 132 106 26 3 37 8 21 30 NR 21 Conrad Herwig Sketches Of Spain Y Mas: The Latin Side Of Half Note Records 125 97 28 2 47 15 Miles Davis, Live At the Blue Note 22 23 NR 22 Pete Christlieb With The Lori Mechem Live At The Jazz Cave Cognito Music 124 115 9 2 40 7 Quartet 23 21 25 16 Javon Jackson Now Palmetto 114 120 -6 16 32 0 24 18 16 5 The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project Simpatico Artist Share 110 128 -18 18 34 0 25 28 21 21 Matt Savage Trio Quantum Leap Savage Records/Palmetto 103 103 0 11 30 5 26 29 31 21 Jim Tomlinson The Lyric... w/ Stacey Kent O+ 96 99 -3 18 29 1 26 25 18 17 Lynne Arriale Live Motema 96 108 -12 15 35 0 28 32 19 2 Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau Metheny Mehldau Nonesuch 94 95 -1 19 37 1 29 22 9 2 Louis Hayes & The Cannonball Legacy Band Maximum Firepower Savant 90 118 -28 18 32 1 30 15 24 2 Cedar Walton One Flight Down HighNote 89 140 -51 23 30 1 30 35 29 29 Wayne Wallace Dedication Patois Records 89 81 8 7 25 0 32 NR NR 4 Geri Allen Timeless Portaits and Dreams Telarc 83 48 35 22 32 0 32 50 NR 32 Octobop Very Early Mystic Lane Productions 83 63 20 2 28 7 34 NR NR 34 Jeff Antoniuk & The Jazz Update Here Today Atonal Licks Music 79 23 56 1 31 18 35 33 37 33 Reuben Wilson Movin’ On Savant 78 88 -10 6 25 2 35 19 23 19 The Roger Kellaway Trio Heroes IPO Recordings 78 124 -46 18 31 0 35 24 20 14 Tomo I’ll Always Know Torii Records 78 111 -33 14 21 0 38 25 35 25 Ximo Tibar & Fourlights Eclipse Sunnyside 77 108 -31 3 18 1 39 39 36 21 Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic Columbia 75 78 -3 14 23 0 39 35 26 17 Papa John DeFrancesco Desert Heat Savant 75 81 -6 17 29 1 41 31 33 14 Sean Jones Roots Mack Avenue 74 96 -22 21 31 0 41 45 30 9 Delfeayo Marsalis Minions Dominion Troubadour Jass Records 74 68 6 19 30 1 41 42 39 28 Rashied Ali Quintet Judgment Day, Vol. 1 Survival 74 71 3 8 18 1 44 46 28 16 Mike LeDonne On Fire: Live At Smoke NYC Savant 68 67 1 17 34 1 45 NR NR 22 Keith Jarrett Carnegie Hall Concert ECM 67 61 6 18 26 1 46 NR NR 46 Falkner Evans Climbing The Gates CAP 66 50 16 1 19 6 46 35 33 12 Madeleine Peyroux Half The Perfect World Rounder 66 81 -15 22 22 0 48 38 26 4 Terry Gibbs Findin’ The Groove Jazzed Media 64 80 -16 20 24 1 48 NR NR 30 Pat Bianchi East Coast Roots Jazzed Media 64 51 13 20 26 1 50 NR NR 50 Kerry Strayer Play It Where It Lays Rhombus 62 NR 62 1 24 24

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love (Blue Note) +28 Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love (Blue Note) +94 Craig Buhler Capistrano Sessions (Discernment Music) Kerry Strayer Play It Where It Lays (Rhombus) +24 Various Artists Lush Life: The Untold Story Of Billy Strayhorn Jim McNeely, Kelly Sill & Joel Spencer Boneyard (Origin) Matt Wilson The Scenic Route (Palmetto) Matt Wilson The Scenic Route (Palmetto) +22 (Blue Note) +72 Tony DeSare Last First Kiss (Telarc) Brian Bromberg Downright Upright (Artistry) +21 Kerry Strayer Play It Where It Lays (Rhombus) +62 Brian Bromberg Downright Upright (Artistry) Jeff Antoniuk & The Jazz Update Here Today Grady Tate From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note Alex Garcia’s Afromantra Uplifting Spirit (AfroMantra) (Atonal Licks Music) +18 (Half Note Records) +59 Chie Imaizumi Unfailing Kindness (Capri) Grady Tate From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note Jeff Antoniuk & The Jazz Update Here Today The Shook-Russo Quartet The Shook-Russo Quartet Featuring Greg Gisbert (Summit) (Half Note Records) +16 (Atonal Licks Music) +56 Dominique Eade + Jed Wilson Open (Jazz Project) Tia Fuller Healing Space (Mack Avenue) +16 Wayne Bergeron Plays Well With Others (Concord) +45 Sylvain Luc Joko (Dreyfus Jazz) jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 13 airplay data JazzWeek College Jazz Chart Feb. 5, 2007 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 2 2 1 Norah Jones Not Too Late Blue Note 337 172 165 10 58 14 2 NR 81 2 Mike Stern Who Let The Cats Out? Heads Up 148 2 146 13 68 33 3 4 1 1 Madeleine Peyroux Half The Perfect World Rounder 111 98 13 22 33 0 4 6 4 4 Diana Krall From This Moment On Verve 81 71 10 21 20 1 5 90 NR 2 Jason Moran Artist In Residence Blue Note 79 9 70 16 49 7 6 10 7 1 Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra Ray Sings, Basie Swings Hear/Concord 64 48 16 17 14 1 7 30 5 2 Al Di Meola Consequence Of Chaos Telarc 59 25 34 20 35 0 8 9 17 7 Freddy Cole Because Of You: Freddy Cole Sings Tony HighNote 52 52 0 13 6 0 Bennett 9 33 47 1 Don Byron Do The Boomerang: The Music Of Junior Blue Note 47 23 24 18 17 1 Walker 10 15 12 4 Javon Jackson Now Palmetto 46 35 11 17 11 0 11 NR NR 11 Tord Gustavsen The Ground ECM 43 2 41 14 41 1 12 51 NR 3 Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic RPM/Columbia 42 15 27 12 13 3 13 11 87 11 Various Artists Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life [Original Blue Note 41 46 -5 7 17 3 Soundtrack] 14 NR NR 14 Various Artists Re:Brahim - Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed Enja 37 0 37 6 33 5 15 16 11 9 Sean Jones Roots Mack Avenue 36 35 1 9 11 1 16 27 36 16 Ike Turner Risin’ With The Blues Zoho 35 28 7 10 14 3 17 14 10 10 Louis Hayes & The Cannonball Legacy Band Maximum Firepower Savant 35 38 -3 18 12 0 18 25 24 10 David Sills Down The Line Origin 35 29 6 13 5 0 19 40 31 12 Ben Riley Memories Of T Concord 34 18 16 12 22 0 20 12 15 12 Jim Tomlinson The Lyric...Featuring Stacey Kent O+ 34 42 -8 14 8 0 21 NR NR 21 Various Artists Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Benefit Blue Note/EMI 33 8 25 26 30 0 Concert 22 34 51 3 Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau Metheny Mehldau Nonesuch 32 22 10 20 25 0 23 1 16 1 Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood Out Louder Indirecto 31 178 -147 22 20 0 24 18 14 6 Branford Marsalis Braggtown Marsalis/Rounder 31 33 -2 18 9 0 25 19 29 10 Kenny Garrett Beyond The Wall Nonesuch 31 33 -2 22 11 0 26 21 23 2 Laszlo Gardony Natural Instinct Sunnyside 31 32 -1 10 5 0 27 97 NR 27 Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love Mosaic/Blue Note 30 8 22 2 21 18 28 29 27 12 The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project Simpatico ArtistShare 29 27 2 19 14 2 29 13 NR 13 Conrad Herwig Sketches Of Spain Y Mas: The Latin Side Of Half Note 28 41 -13 2 23 5 Miles Davis, Live At the Blue Note 30 24 52 14 Nancy Wilson Turned To Blue MCG Jazz 27 29 -2 17 7 0 31 31 22 11 Bradley Leighton East Coast Project Pacific Coast Jazz 27 25 2 12 6 0 32 32 19 6 Brad Mehldau House On Hill Nonesuch 27 25 2 25 6 0 33 35 34 9 Geri Allen Timeless Portraits And Dreams Telarc 26 21 5 17 10 0 34 NR NR 34 Ed Neumeister Reflection Meistero/Kunst 26 1 25 2 16 6 35 69 32 31 Jeff Peterson Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry Of Jeff Palm 25 12 13 8 19 3 Peterson 36 58 99 34 Kyle Eastwood Now Candid/Rendezvous 24 14 10 8 4 0 37 49 41 3 John Pizzarelli Dear Mr. Sinatra Telarc 24 16 8 21 9 0 38 28 43 12 Stefon Harris African Tarantella Blue Note 23 27 -4 18 20 1 39 22 18 12 Cedar Walton One Flight Down HighNote 23 30 -7 17 7 0 40 42 26 26 The Jimmy Heath Big Band Turn Up The Heath Planet Arts 23 18 5 11 20 2 41 NR NR 41 Grady Tate From The Heart:Songs Sung Live At The Half Note 22 5 17 1 11 9 Blue Note 42 50 38 24 Wayne Wallace Dedication Patois 22 16 6 11 13 0 43 20 54 20 Hendrik Meurkens New York Samba Jazz Quintet Zoho 21 32 -11 4 12 3 44 36 28 16 Sonny Rollins Sonny, Please Doxy 21 19 2 14 15 3 45 37 55 4 Keith Jarrett The Carnegie Hall Concert ECM 21 19 2 18 18 1 46 17 25 13 Steve Turre Keep Searchin‘ HighNote 21 33 -12 13 16 2 47 54 62 46 Paradise Presents: Jazz Funk Hip HoPoetry Jazz Funk Hip HoPoetry Self-Released 21 15 6 10 2 0 48 38 33 19 Dave Valentin Come Fly With Me HighNote 20 19 1 12 15 2 49 71 59 49 Jacqui Naylor The Color Five Ruby Star 20 12 8 8 5 0 50 82 44 23 Christian Jacob Contradictions Wilder Jazz 20 10 10 16 6 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Mike Stern Who Let The Cats Out? (Heads Up) +33 Norah Jones Not Too Late (Blue Note) +165 Mel Davis It’s About Time! (TomTom) Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love (Mosaic/Blue Note) +18 Mike Stern Who Let The Cats Out? (Heads Up) +146 Sarah Partridge You Are There: Songs For My Father (Nagel Heyer) Norah Jones Not Too Late (Blue Note) +14 Jason Moran Artist In Residence (Blue Note) +70 Jacques Loussier Bach: The Brandenburgs (Telarc Jazz) Kerry Strayer Play It Where It Lays (Self-Released) Kerry Strayer Play It Where It Lays (Self-Released) +11 Tord Gustavsen The Ground (ECM) +41 Chie Imaizumi Unfailing Kindness (Capri) Chie Imaizumi Unfailing Kindness (Capri) +10 Various Artists Re:Brahim – Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed Matt Wilson The Scenic Route (Palmetto) Jeff Antoniuk & The Jazz Update Here Today (Enja) +37 Tom Scott Bebop United (MCG Jazz) (Self-Released) +10 Al Di Meola Consequence Of Chaos (Telarc) +34 Jeff Antoniuk & The Jazz Update Here Today (Self-Released) Kellylee Evans Fight Or Flight (Enliven! Media) Will Donato Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get [Single] (Generation)

Harry Connick, Jr. band at the North Sea Jazz Festival led Gisbert to arrange for Imaizumi to come to Denver to record Unfailing Kind- Chanson du Vieux Carré (Marsalis Music) ness. The CD, which features Gary Smulyan on baritone sax AT THIS POINT we know that Harry Connick, Jr. doesn’t along with the sta- need to sing to put out a good jazz record. We also know ples of the Denver that his big band has some real pop to it thanks to Connick’s jazz scene, is repre- flair (and he does sentative of the best have a flair) for ar- of current large en- ranging. As the ti- semble recordings. tle would suggest, Imaizumi’s compo- the New Orleans sitions are exuber- native turns to his ant and, surprising- hometown for in- ly, very American, spiration; he does with New Orleans his own thing to and gospel influ- classics like Arm- ences. Mostly up- strong’s “Some- beat – except for day You’ll Be Sor- the sweetly sad “Lonely” – this album delights with strong ry,” Sidney Bechet’s performances and uplifting compositions. “Petite Fleur” and – Ed Trefzger Professor Longhair’s “Mardi Gras In New Orleans.” He Contact: Mitchell Feldman adds three tunes of his own (“Ash Wednesday,” “Luscious,” Phone: (706) 550-0263 which is sung by trombonist Lucien Barbarin, and the ti- Email: [email protected] tle track). It’s worth noting that Connick didn’t do this in Add Date: Jan. 29 response to the Katrina catastrophe: these tunes were cut Release Date: Jan. 23 in 2003 while he was recording Other Hours and Only You. The band was well familiar with works at the time, playing Dave Liebman them on tour over the years before getting to the studio. So while this is really a look back for Connick, but it is still a Back On The Corner (Tone Center) reminder to us of how hot this band is. FAR FROM A tribute to the Miles Davis funk classic, Back – Tad Hendrickson On The Corner really says more about bandleader saxo- Contact: John Cain phonist Dave Lieb- Phone: (617) 218-4504 man. Of the two Email: [email protected] Davis songs here, Add Date: Now only “Black Satin” Release Date: Jan. 29 comes from that album, although “Ife” Chie Imaizumi was part of the set list when Liebman Unfailing Kindness (Capri) played with Davis JAPANESE-BORN COMPOSER Chie Imaizumi (pronounced (1973-74). The rest Chee-ay Ee-my-zu-me) focused her musical talent on piano of the album is Li- from the age of four through her early college career in her ebman originals, home country, but switched focus to composing when en- but done with the rolling at Berklee College of Music in 2001. Imaizumi met same feel that Davis had back then – Sly And The Family Stone, Sun Ra, Hen- trumpeter Greg Gisbert while he was performing with Ma- ➤ ria Schneider’s band in New York. A demo of Imaizumi’s drix and James Brown were all heavy influences. Fel- jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 15 Reviews (continued)

215296A01 low Davis alumni Mike Stern and bassist Anthony Jack- makes it work. It’s a unique chemistry that really works. son augment Liebman’s regular quartet and help bring this – Tad Hendrickson very electric music to life. Both of the covers are solid with “Black Satin” being particularly rockin’. Of the originals, Contact: Vikki Rzepka Phone: (216) 464-2313 ext. 228 the melodic “5th Street” and the muscular “New Mambo” Email: [email protected] have some real punch to them. Overall one of the better Add Date: Jan. 29 electric albums in a while, so fusion heads dig in Release Date: Feb. 6 – Tad Hendrickson Contact: Michael Bloom Phone: (323) 258-6342 Email: [email protected] Add Date: Now Release Date: Jan. 30

Tierney Sutton Band On The Other Side (Telarc)

AS ONE OF the most accomplished singers working the scene today, singer Tierney Sutton is a benchmark by which all young singers should measure themselves. Her tone is her own – referencing no one in particular, but firmly with- in the canon of jazz singers. Her phras- ing is impeccable at any speed. Her range isn’t expan- sive, but there isn’t much need with her skill set. Here with her working band, which is one of the best around, Sutton works through what is for the most part a haunt- ing and understated set of gems – the notable exception is an upbeat “I Want To Be Happy,” which features a play- ful duet with vocalist/trumpeter Jack Sheldon. Bittersweet ballads (the album’s theme is the illusionary search for hap- piness) are tricky things to play well, demanding a certain amount of gravitas, yet this album never bogs down. Rather than simply being backed by the trio, it seems that Sutton is bouncing ideas off different guys in the band on different Start protecting yourself from yourself. Call 1-866-399-6789 or visit us at everydaychoices.org. songs – such as drummer Ray Brinker on “Happy Days Are Here Again,” or pianist Christian Jacob on either version of “Get Happy” (the first being the stunner). It’s her generos- ity to the band members and what the guys give back that jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 NOTE TO PUB: DO NOT PRINT INFO BELOW, FOR ID ONLY.Jazz NO ALTERINGWeek OF AD COUNCIL PSAs.16 Preventive Health Partnership - Magazine - 4/C - PHPPH1-N-05074-I “Lock” 4 5/8 x 10 120 Line Screen digital files at Schawk: (212) 689-8585 Ref#: 215296 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. 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January 8, 2007 January 30, 2007 Doug Mac Donald – Gentle Rain (Sea Breeze Records) Puttanesca – Puttanesca (Catasonic) January 9, 2007 February 5, 2007 Conrad Herwig – Sketches Of Spain - The Latin Side of Miles Davis Pablo Aslan – Buenos Aires Tango Standards (Zoho Music) (HalfNote) February 6, 2007 Quamon Fowler – The Vision (Continuum Music) Stefano Bollani – Piano Solo (ECM) Wayne Bergeron – Plays Well With Others (Concord Records) February 8, 2007 January 15, 2007 Dean Schmidt – I Know Nothing (OA2 Records) Craig Buhler – Capistrano Sessions (Discernment Music) Jeff Baker – Shopping For Your Heart (OA2 Records) Faulkner Evans Trio – Climbing The Gates (CAP Records) Thomas Marriott – Both Side of the Fence (Origin) Octobop – Very Early (Mystic Lane Procutions) Pete Christlieb – Pete Christlieb With The Lori Mechem Quartet Live February 12, 2007 At The Jazz Cave (Cognito Music) David ‘Fathead’ Newman – Life (HighNote) Larry Willis – Blue Fable (HighNote) January 16, 2007 Russell Gunn – Russell Gunn Plays Miles (HighNote) Charles Tolliver – With Love (Blue Note) Joey DeFrancesco – Live: The Authorized Bootleg (Concord Records) Grady Tate – From The Heart (HalfNote) Sean Noonon & Brewed by Noon – Stories To Tell (Songlines) February 13, 2007 Kendra Shank – A Spirit Free-Abbey Lincoln Songbook (Challenge January 18, 2007 Records) Geoff Stradling – Les Is Mo’ (Origin) Jim McNeely/Kelly Sill/Joel Spencer – Boneyard (Origin) February 19, 2007 Bobby Shew – Cancaos Do Amor (Torii Records) January 22, 2007 Alex Garcia’s AfroMantra – Uplifting Spirit (AfroMantra Records) February 22, 2007 BarenBregge-Russo – A Thousand Eyes (Summit) Calvin Keys – Hand Made Portrait (Silverado Records) Bobby Ryder – Keeping It Alive! (Sweet Jazz Recordings) February 26, 2007 Carter-Bodlovich – The Shadow Out Of Time (7BC) Kurt Elling – Nightmove (Concord Records) Scott Whitfield – Speaking Of Love... (Summit) The Jeff Antoniuk Jazz Update – Here Today (JAJU Music) February 27, 2007 Zvonimir Tot – Blue Quest (Groove Art Records) Will Bernard – Party Hats (Palmetto) January 23, 2007 March 5, 2007 Billy Strayhorn – Lush Life Soundtrack-Various Artists (Blue Note) BMR4 – Turning Point (Hallway Records) Dominique Eade & Jed Wilson – Open (JP) March 8, 2007 Kerry Strayer Quartet – Play It Where It Lays w/Special Guest Gary Bobby Broom – Song and Dance (Origin) Foster (Self Released) Hal Galper/Jeff Johnson/John Bishop – Furious Rubato (Origin) Nick Russo – Ro (Self Released) Frank Macchia – Emotions (Cacophony Records) March 12, 2007 Stryker/Slagle Band – Latest Outlook (Zoho Music) January 25, 2007 Jeff Newell’s New-Trad Octet – Brownstone (BluJazz) Greg Chako – Where We Find Ourselves (Chako Productions Pte Ltd) Paul Carr – Just Noodlin’ (Jazz Karma Records) March 13, 2007 Mark Sherman – Family First (Miles High Productions) January 29, 2007 Ari Hoenig – Inversations (Dreyfus Jazz) March 19, 2007 Benny Reid – Findings (Concord Records) Jane Monheit – not available yet (Concord Records) Miguel Romero – Welcome To My World (Alafia) April 27, 2007 Chie Imaizumi – Unfailing Kindness (Capri) Kate McGarry – Miracles Like These (Palmetto) Matt Wilson Arts & Crafts Quartet – The Scenic Route (Palmetto) Sylvain Luc – Joko (Dreyfus Jazz) May 8, 2007 Elisabeth Lohninger – The Only Way Out Is Up (Tera Music) Fred Hersch Trio – TBA (Palmetto) Tierney Sutton – On The Other Side (Telarc) June 11, 2007 Bobby Watson – TBA (Palmetto)

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Rez Abassi Bazaar Zoho Music Carter & Bodlovich The Shadow Out Of Time 7BC Productions Muhal Richard Abrams Streaming PI Recordings Mayra Casales Woman On Fire - Mujer Ardiente Afrasia Mario Adnet From The Heart Adventure Music The Catz In The Hatz Resilience Rhombus Rashied Ali Quintet Judgment Day, Vol. 1 Survival The Catz In The Hatz Resilience Rhombus Don Aliquo Jazz Folk Young Warrior Ernesto Cervini Here Self Released Geri Allen Timeless Portaits and Dreams Telarc Greg Chako Where We Find Ourselves Self Released Bill Anschell More To The Ear Than Meets The Origin Ray Charles & The Count Basie Ray Sings, Basie Swings Concord/Hear Music Eye Orchestra Jeff Antoniuk & The Jazz Update Here Today Atonal Licks Music The Cheebacabra Exile In The Woods Wax Orchard Lynne Arriale Live Motema Pete Christlieb With The Lori Live At The Jazz Cave Cognito Music Mechem Quartet Franck Avitabile Short Stories Dreyfus Gene Cipriano First Time Out Resort Music Philippe Baden Powell Estrada De Terra (Dirt Road) Adventure Music Nels Cline New Monastery Cryptogramophone The Sheryl Bailey 3 Live @ The Fat Cat Guitar 9 Richie Cole & The Alto Madness Rise’s Rose Garden Jazz Excursion Orchestra Bang On A Can & Don Byron A Ballad for Many Cantaloupe Scott Colley Architect Of The Silent Moment Camjazz Patricia Barber Mythologies Blue Note The Columbus Jazz Orchestra The Colors Of Jazz Jazz Arts Group Mike Barone Metropole Rhubarb Aaron Comess Catskills Cry 20/20 Ray Barretto Standards Rican-ditioned Zoho Music Mary Foster Conklin Blues For Breakfast Rhombus Walter Beasley Ready For Love Heads Up Harry Connick, Jr. Chanson Du Vieux Carre Marsalis Music Shirantha Beddage Roots And Branches Jazz Excursion Marc Copland, Randy Brecker Both/And Nagel Heyer Sathima Bea Benjamin Song Spirit Ekapa Larry Coryell Laid Back & Blues Rhombus Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic Columbia Stephan Crump Rosetta Papillon Sounds George Benson & Al Jarreau Givin’ It Up Concord Brian Culbertson A Soulful Christmas GRP Cheryl Bentyne The Book Of Love Telarc Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra In Progress Pony Boy Records David Berger & The Sultans of The Harlem Nutcracker Such Sweet Thunder Meredith d’Ambrosio Wishing On The Moon Sunnyside Swing Records Wayne Bergeron Plays Well With Others Concord The Dalton Gang Last Year’s Waltz SSM Records Steven Bernstein’s Millennial MTO Volume 1 Sunnyside Mel Davis It’s About Time! Tom Tom Territory Orchestra Pat Bianchi East Coast Roots Jazzed Media Miles Davis Cool & Collected Columbia/Legacy Big Neighborhood 11:11 Origin Records Papa John DeFrancesco Desert Heat Savant Janice Borla From Every Angle Blujazz Les DeMerle Cookin’ At The Corner: Volume One Origin Boston Brass & The Brass All-Stars The Stan Kenton Christmas Carols Summit Tony DeSare Last First Kiss Telarc Big Band Ed Breazeale Just Beyond Reactor Records Bob DeVos Shifting Sands Savant Alan Broadbent Every Time I Think of You Artistry Al Di Meola Consequence of Chaos Telarc Brian Bromberg Downright Upright Artistry Dirty Dozen Brass Band What’s Goin’ On? Shout Factory Josh Brown The Feeling Of Jazz Self Released Jane Drake Brand New Woman Self Released Paul Brown White Sand Peak George Duke In A Mellow Tone BPM Ray Brown Bassics: The Best Of The Ray Brown Concord Dominique Eade + Jed Wilson Open Jazz Project Trio 1977-2000 The Brubeck Brothers Intutition Koch Kyle Eastwood Now Rendezvous Craig Buhler Capistrano Sessions Discernment Music The Easy Street Jazz Band Vintage Jazz By The Easy Street Self Released Jazz Band Hiram Bullock Too Funky 2 Ignore BHM Music Mark Egan As We Speak Wavetone Jane Bunnett Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1 Blue Note The Nathan Eklund Group The Crooked Line Jazz Excursion Scott Burns Passages Origin Records Kahil El’zabar Big M: A Tribute To Malachi Favors Delmark Don Byron Do the Boomerang: The Music of Blue Note Eliane Elias Around The City RCA/Victor Junior Walker Ann Hampton Calloway Blues In The Night Telarc Elin Lazy Afternoon Blue Toucan Music Royce Campbell Elegy To A Friend Moon Cycle Records Falkner Evans Climbing The Gates CAP Royce Campbell, Hod O’Brien & Trio By Starlight Philology Jazz Kellylee Evans Fight or Flight? Enliven Media Tom Baldwin Laika Fatien Look At Me Now! Body and Soul The Paul Carlon Octet Other Tongues Self Released Mark Feldman What Exit ECM Kenny Carr Turn The Page Mitchel Forman Perspectives Marsis Jazz Kenny Carr Turn The Page TAS Management Quamon Fowler The Vision Continuum Paul Carr Just Noodlin’ Jazz Karma jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 18 Jazz Radio Currents

Eric Frazier In Your Own Time Eric Frazier Music Sean Jones Roots Mack Avenue Von Freeman Good Forever Premonition Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan The Wind ECM Fred Fried The Wisdom Of Notes Ballet Tree Produc- Russ Kassoff Somewhere RHK tions Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian Nonesuch The Roger Kellaway Trio Heroes IPO Recordings Mike Frost Project Comin‘ Straight At Ya‘ Blujazz Julie Kelly Everything I Love Chase Music Group Full Spectrum Jazz Big Band Pursuits Sea Breeze Phil Kelly My Museum Origin Tia Fuller Healing Space Mack Avenue Michael Kocour Speaking In Tongues Tempest Kenny G I‘m In The Mood For Love ... The Arista Dave Koz At The Movies Capitol Most Romantic Melodies Of All Time Towner Galaher Panorama Self Released Diana Krall From This Moment On Verve Music Group Alex Garcia‘s Afromantra Uplifting Spirit AfroMantra Jay Lawrence Trio Thermal Strut OA2 Records Kenny Garrett Beyond The Wall Nonesuch Mike LeDonne On Fire: Live At Smoke NYC Savant Terry Gibbs Findin‘ The Groove Jazzed Media John Legend Once Again Sony Gerry Gibbs & The Thrasher Band Faces Unknown SMS Jazz Frank LoCrasto When You’re There MAXJAZZ The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Dizzy‘s Business MCG Jazz Chuck Loeb Good To Go Heads Up Band Kristin Lomholt Spell Whaling City Sound David Gilmore Unified Presence RKM Music Jacques Loussier Bach: The Brandenburgs Telarc Dave Glasser Above The Clouds Arbors Romero Lubambo Softly Marcus Goldhaber The Moment After Fallen Apple Sylvain Luc Joko Dreyfus Jazz Gil Goldstein Under Rousseau’s Moon Half Note Records The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Simpatico Artist Share Brian Groder Torque Latham Project The Scott Gwinnell Trio The Scott Gwinnell Trio WSG Doug MacDonald Gentle Rain Sea Breeze Chico Hamilton 6th Avenue Romp Joyous Shout John Mackay Organoptics Chicken Coup Stefon Harris African Tarantella Blue Note Rudresh Mahanthappa Codebook PI Recordings Donald Harrison The Survivor Nagel Heyer Russell Malone Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. One MAXJAZZ Billy Hart Quartet HighNote Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra In Pursuit of the 9th Man Hipnotic Louis Hayes & The Cannonball Maximum Firepower Savant Marguerite Mariama Wild Women Never Get The Blues: Power Light Legacy Band Well, Not Anymore! Roy Haynes & The Fountain of Youth Whereas Dreyfus Jazz Branford Marsalis Braggtown Marsalis Music Band Delfeayo Marsalis Minions Dominion Troubadour Jass HD2 Songs From The Last Century Blue Toucan Music Records Jimmy Heath Big Band Turn Up The Heath Planet Arts Mark Masters Ensemble Wish Me Well Capri Conrad Herwig Sketches Of Spain Y Mas: The Latin Half Note Records Masters Of Groove Masters Of Groove Meet DJ-9 Jazzateria Side Of Miles Davis, Live At the Nilson Matta & Friends Walking With My Bass Blue Toucan Music Blue Note Joan Hickey Between The Lines OA2 Records MB3 Jazz Hits Volume 1 Mel Bay John Hicks Sweet Love Of Mine HighNote Cassandre McKinley Til Tomorrow: Remembering Marvin MAXJAZZ Gaye Ari Hoenig Inversations Dreyfus Jim McNeely, Kelly Sill & Joel Boneyard Origin Dave Holland Quintet Critical Mass Dare2/Sunnyside Spencer Chris McNulty Whispers The Heart Elefant Dreams Susi Hyldgaard Blush Enja/Justin Time Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood Out Louder Indirecto Chie Imaizumi Unfailing Kindness Capri Myra Melford The Image Of Your Body Cryptogramophone Sherman Irby Organ Starter Black Warrior Records Mike Melvoin You Know City Light Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa Raw Materials Savoy Jazz Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau Metheny Mehldau Nonesuch Dewey Jackson Live At The Barrel 1952 Delmark Hendrik Meurkens New York Samba Jazz Quintet Zoho Music Javon Jackson Now Palmetto Microscopic Septet Seven Men in Neckties: History of Cuneiform Keefe Jackson’s Fast Citizens Ready Everyday Delmark the Micros, Vol. 1 Mulgrew Miller Live At The Kennedy Center: Volume MAXJAZZ The Sunny Jain Collective Avaaz Sinj 1 Neal Miner The Evening Sound Smalls Records Boney James Shine Concord Charles Mingus At UCLA 1965 Sue Mingus Tomasz Janzon Coast To Coast To Coast Self Released Music/Sunnyside Mingus Big Band Live In Tokyo At The Blue Note Sue Mingus Keith Jarrett Carnegie Hall Concert ECM Music/Sunnyside Minsarah Minsarah Enja/Justin Time JC & The Jazz Hoppers Chillin’ At Home Jazz-Hop Monday Off Monday Off Orange Grove Jazz Joe Jewell Every Note Counts Self Released Marisa Monte Infinito Particular Blue Note Norah Jones Not Too Late Blue Note Marisa Monte Universo ao Meu Redor Blue Note jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 19 Jazz Radio Currents

Stanton Moore III Telarc Edward Simon Unicity Camjazz Jason Moran Artist In Residence Blue Note Esperanza Spalding Junjo Ayva Music Mt. Hood Jazz Band & Combo My Foolish Heart Sea Breeze Tomasz Stanko Quartet Lontano ECM David Murray, Doc Cheatham Mental Strain at Dawn: A Modern Random Chance Amy Stephens My Many Moods Portrait of Louis Armstrong The N’awlins Gumbo Kings UFO Saloon Blue Cat Blues Mike Stern Who Let The Cats Out? Heads Up Recordings Ted Nash & Still Evolved In The Loop Palmetto The Gene Stone Quintet Tenor Combustion Rhombus Jacqui Naylor The Color Five Ruby Records Geoff Stradling Les Is Mo’ Origin Ed Neumeister Reflections Artist Share Kerry Strayer Play It Where It Lays Rhombus Nils Ready To Play Baja Dave Stryker The Chaser Mel Bay Dave Noland Nomad Jazz Excursion Grady Tate From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at Half Note Records the Blue Note Octobop Very Early Mystic Lane Produc- John Taylor Angel Of The Presence Camjazz tions Philippe Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings Rhythm Club Jazz Pie Taylor/Fidyk Big Band Live At Blues Alley OA2 Records One For All The Lineup Sharp Nine Susie Thorne Effie Records Panoramic Rhythm Through The Unobstructed Rhythmic Union Ximo Tibar & Fourlights Eclipse Sunnyside View Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love Blue Note Kat Parra Birds In Flight Self Released Jim Tomlinson The Lyric... w/ Stacey Kent O+ Rebecca Parris You Don’t Know Me Saying It With Jazz Tomo I’ll Always Know Torii Records Sarah Partridge You Are There: Songs From My Nagel Heyer Father James Torme Comin’ Home Rogalan Records John Patitucci Line By Line Concord Jazz Brian Trainor Why Try To Change Me Now? Summit Patrizia All The Things You Are Self Released Trio East Best Bets Origin Records Luis Perdomo Awareness RKM Music Ike Turner Risin’ With The Blues Zoho Music Houston Person & Bill Charlap You Taught My Heart To Sing HighNote Steve Turre Keep Searchin’ HighNote Madeleine Peyroux Half The Perfect World Rounder Paul Tynan Radio Infrequency NohJoh Music Jonathan Poretz A Lot Of Livin’ To Do Pacific Coast Jazz Dave Valentin Come Fly With Me HighNote John Proulx Moon And Sand MAXJAZZ Various Artists Guitar Visions Dreyfus Chad Rager Groove 21st Century Groove Strokeland Records Various Artists Winds Of Brazil Adventure Music Paul Renz Beyond Blues Gabwalk Records Various Artists Explorations - Classic Picante Concord Picante Ben Riley Memories of T Concord Regrooved, Vol. 1 Various Artists Lush Life: The Untold Story Of Billy Blue Note Ripplegroove Under The Microscope Self Released Strayhorn Reuben Rogers The Things I Am Piadrum Various Artists Viva Carlos Tone Center Sonny Rollins Sonny, Please Doxy Max Wagner This Can’t Be Love Capri Miguel Romero Welcome To My World Alafia Wayne Wallace Dedication Patois Records Michele Rosewoman & Quintes- The In Side Out Self Produced Cedar Walton One Flight Down HighNote sence Weather Report Forecast: Tomorrow Sony Frank Rosolino The Last Recording Sea Breeze Mort Weiss Mort Weiss Meets Sam Most SMS Jazz Diana Ross Blues In The Night Motown Mort Weiss The B3 And Me SMS Jazz Kelly Rossum Line 612 Sides Wendolina Tenderly Sail Away Lin Rountree Groovetree BDK Kenny Werner Democ Racy: Live At The Blue Note Half Note Records Nick Russo Ro Self Released Kenny Wheeler It Takes Two! Sunnyside David Sanford & The Pittsburgh Live At The Knitting Factory Oxingale Collective Scott Whitfield Live at Charlie O’s Summit Vittor Santos Renewed Impressions Adventure Music Dave Wilson My Time Dreambox Media Matt Savage Trio Quantum Leap Savage Records/Pal- metto Matt Wilson The Scenic Route Palmetto Scenes Along The Way Origin Reuben Wilson Movin’ On Savant Gypsy Schaeffer Portamental PeaceTime Winds of Brazil Winds of Brazil Adventure Music Anton Schwartz Radiant Blue Anton Jazz Michael Wolff Love And Destruction Wrong Records Jennifer Scott Emotional Girl Carltunes World Saxophone Quartet Political Blues Justin Time Barbara Sfraga & Center Search Timelessness Frozen In Time SyncTimiCity Quest Pete Zimmer Judgment Tippin’ Records Sherik’s Syncopated Taint Septet Husky Hyena Records The Shook-Russo Quartet The Shook-Russo Quartet Featuring Summit Greg Gisbert Liam Sillery On The Fly OA2 Records jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 20 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 WTJU-FM 91.1 Charlottesville, VA 231 KTSU-FM 90.9 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 KUAZ-FM 89.1 Tucson, AZ 63 WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 KUER-FM 90.1 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 KUNR-FM* 88.7 Reno, NV 231 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 KUNV-FM 91.5 Las Vegas, NV 38 WVPR/WVPS-FM 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 KUOP-FM† 91.3 Stockton, CA 81 WVTF-FM 89.1 Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA 115 KUT-FM 90.5 Austin, TX 7 WWOZ-FM††† 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 168 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 WWUH-FM* 89.9 Hartford-New Britain, CT 51 WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 WXUT/WXTS-FM 88.3 Toledo, OH 85 WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 WYPR-FM 88.1 Baltimore, MD 20 WBFO-FM 88.7 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 52 Music Choice* Cable National Distribution N/A WBGO-FM 88.3 New York, NY 1 WBLU/WBLV-FM 88.9/90.3 Grand Rapids, MI/Muskegeon, MI 66/232 WCLK-FM 91.9 Atlanta, GA 11 Airplay of all stations, except as noted, is monitored by Mediaguide. WCMU/WUCX-FM 89.5/90.1 Mount Pleasant – Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI 131 WCPN-FM 90.3 Cleveland, OH 25 To apply to become a member of a station panel, email WDCB-FM* 90.9 Chicago, IL 3 [email protected] 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 ††† New Orleans Mediaguide monitoring is offline. WEMU-FM* 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 21 Smooth Jazz Radio

For Luther II Stays at No. 1 Nils Is Most Added, Simply Red Sees Biggest Spincrease

nce again topping this week’s Smooth Jazz Album chart is Rendezvous’ second tribute compilation, Forever, For Al- Oways, For Luther Volume II, while once moretopping the singles chart from that CD is Kirk Whalum’s “Give Me The Reason.” Most added this week is Nils’ album Ready To Play (Baja) and the CD’s title track; each were added on 10 stations. Simply Red’s “So Not Over You” and the CD Stay (Verve Forecast) had the biggest spincrease, +110. A reminder: Mediaguide is capping albums at 78 weeks and Album Chart No. 1: Various Artists, Forever, For Always, For Luther Vol. II singles at 52 weeks before they move to recurrent. (Rendezvous)

Singles Chart No. 1: Kirk Whalum, “Give Spincrease: Simply Red, “So Not Over Most Added: Nils, “Ready To Play” (Baja) Me The Reason” (Rendezvous) You” (Verve Forecast)

Smooth Album Chart p. 23 Smooth Currents p. 25 Smooth Singles Chart p. 24 Smooth Radio Panel p. 26

jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 22 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Feb. 5, 2007 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther: Volume II Rendezvous 749 720 29 11 27 0 2 2 3 1 Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP/UMG/Verve 494 513 -19 45 25 0 3 3 2 1 George Benson & Al Jarreau Givin’ It Up Concord 441 499 -58 24 28 1 4 6 5 4 Wayman Tisdale Way Up! Rendezvous 430 394 36 43 27 0 5 7 8 1 Peter White Playin’ Favorites Columbia/Legacy 427 393 34 35 27 0 6 4 6 4 Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz/Virgin 418 436 -18 48 24 0 7 5 4 1 Boney James Shine Concord 375 397 -22 24 27 0 8 11 12 8 Kenny G I’m In The Mood For Love...The Most Arista 368 312 56 11 25 0 Romantic Melodies Of All Time 9 9 13 9 Norah Jones Not Too Late Blue Note 327 313 14 10 25 0 10 10 11 7 David Benoit Full Circle Peak/Concord 314 313 1 35 24 0 11 14 10 2 Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up 308 296 12 49 25 0 12 8 7 3 Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill Heads Up 295 329 -34 41 25 0 13 12 14 9 India.Arie Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship Motown 282 306 -24 20 25 0 14 13 9 1 The Jazzmasters The Jazzmasters V Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 273 299 -26 32 23 0 15 19 18 13 The Philippe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N/Rendezvous 260 241 19 26 26 0 16 18 15 9 Lionel Richie Coming Home Island 254 242 12 28 23 0 17 15 63 15 Chuck Loeb Presence Heads Up 252 267 -15 7 21 0 18 16 17 4 Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada 244 252 -8 43 23 0 19 17 16 12 Michael Lington A Song For You Rendezvous 222 249 -27 23 20 0 20 23 22 11 Ray Parker, Jr. I’m Free Raydio 166 165 1 43 21 0 21 20 19 12 Aaron Neville Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics Bergundy 164 192 -28 20 18 0 22 21 26 12 Rick Braun Yours Truly Artizen 164 187 -23 39 22 0 23 22 21 18 Jim Brickman Escape SLG 157 171 -14 20 17 0 24 25 23 20 Lee Ritenour Smoke ’N’ Mirrors I.E./Peak 154 163 -9 26 14 0 25 44 NR 25 Simply Red Stay Verve Forecast 152 42 110 2 15 4 26 32 30 26 Dave Koz At The Movies Capitol 148 92 56 14 25 0 27 24 24 8 Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae Capitol 147 164 -17 37 16 0 28 26 25 6 Fourplay Fourplay X RCA 120 143 -23 32 19 0 29 31 33 29 Walter Beasley Ready For Love Heads Up 117 94 23 7 13 1 30 29 29 22 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord 115 102 13 70 20 0 31 27 28 26 Joyce Cooling Revolving Door Narada Jazz 114 128 -14 19 12 0 32 28 31 4 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada 91 105 -14 44 15 0 33 30 27 23 Natalie Cole Leavin’ Verve 87 101 -14 21 10 0 34 89 NR 34 Nils Ready To Play Baja 80 5 75 2 12 10 35 35 38 35 John Legend Once Again G.O.O.D./Columbia 80 63 17 14 7 0 36 36 34 32 Paolo Rustichelli Neopagan Next Age 74 63 11 11 9 1 37 33 32 31 Kyle Eastwood Now Candid/Rendezvous 71 82 -11 12 14 2 38 34 35 17 Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord 64 64 0 52 10 0 39 37 49 37 Kim Waters Got To Give It Up [Single] Shanachie 63 59 4 4 7 1 40 40 54 26 Shilts Headboppin Artizen 53 49 4 35 5 0 41 42 39 28 Michael Franks Rendezvous In Rio Sleeping Gypsy/Koch 52 47 5 35 7 0 42 39 50 34 Greg Adams Cool To The Touch Ripa 48 49 -1 20 6 0 43 NR NR 43 Paul Brown White Sand Peak 46 30 16 1 8 4 44 43 45 28 Oli Silk So Many Ways Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 46 43 3 31 5 0 45 46 40 39 Michael Manson Just Feelin’ It 215 44 41 3 17 4 0 46 45 42 23 Everette Harp In The Moment Shanachie 44 42 2 28 7 0 47 38 36 15 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin/EMI 44 52 -8 63 12 0 48 41 37 18 Chris Standring Soul Express Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2 42 48 -6 44 8 0 49 93 NR 49 Ken Navarro The Meeting Place Positive 41 4 37 2 5 4 50 47 44 32 Doc Powell Doc Powell DPR/Heads Up 39 40 -1 27 4 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Nils Ready To Play (Baja) +10 Simply Red Stay (Verve Forecast) +110 Matt Marshak Groovosphere (Self-Released) Paul Brown White Sand (Peak) +4 Nils Ready To Play (Baja) +75 Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler (Blue Note) Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge 2 (Rendezvous) Ken Navarro The Meeting Place (Positive) +4 Kenny G I’m In The Mood For Love...The Most Romantic Brian Bromberg Downright Upright (Artistry) Brian Bromberg Downright Upright (Artistry) +4 Melodies Of All Time (Arista) +56 Various Artists Hotel D’Amour (Sunswept) Kyle Eastwood Now (Candid/Rendezvous) +2 Dave Koz At The Movies (Capitol) +56 Kymaera Into The Rainbow [Sampler] (Sheridan Square) Keefe Marzell Drawn Windows (Vintage) The Rippingtons Twenty [Single] (Peak) +2 Ken Navarro The Meeting Place (Positive) +37 Bob Baldwin All In A Day’s Work (215) Wayman Tisdale Way Up! (Rendezvous) +36 Main Gazane Hip Space (Apria) Warren Hill/Turning Point Low Rider/Cruise Control [Single] (Native

jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 23 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart Feb. 5, 2007 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 2 1 Kirk Whalum Give Me The Reason Rendezvous 522 530 -8 11 26 0 2 2 1 1 George Benson Morning Concord 428 488 -60 24 28 1 3 4 8 3 Mindi Abair Bloom GRP/UMG/Verve 369 358 11 39 25 0 4 10 10 4 Kenny G You’re Beautiful Arista 359 302 57 11 24 0 5 5 5 5 Gregg Karukas Girl In The Red Dress V2 347 353 -6 26 23 0 6 3 3 1 Boney James The Total Experience (w/ George Duke) Concord 346 376 -30 24 27 0 7 7 11 7 Norah Jones Thinking About You Blue Note 327 313 14 11 25 0 8 12 13 8 Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous 320 274 46 26 26 1 9 9 7 5 David Benoit Beat Street Peak/Concord 303 303 0 35 24 0 10 6 4 3 Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill Heads Up 292 327 -35 40 24 0 11 15 17 11 Peter White Mister Magic Columbia/Legacy 291 242 49 9 23 1 12 13 9 3 Pieces Of A Dream Forward Emotion Heads Up 287 269 18 44 25 0 13 8 12 7 India.Arie The Heart Of The Matter Motown 280 303 -23 20 24 0 14 11 6 1 The Jazzmasters Free As The Wind Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 273 299 -26 31 23 0 15 17 15 7 Lionel Richie I Call It Love Island 233 225 8 28 23 0 16 14 14 9 Michael Lington It’s Too Late Rendezvous 222 249 -27 23 20 0 17 19 23 17 Patti Austin So Amazing Rendezvous 213 184 29 7 18 0 18 16 16 10 Eric Darius If I Ain’t Got You Narada Jazz/Virgin 208 232 -24 44 19 0 19 18 19 18 Chuck Loeb Good To Go Heads Up 183 224 -41 13 20 0 20 21 21 9 Ray Parker, Jr. Mismaloya Beach Raydio 166 165 1 43 21 0 21 49 NR 21 Simply Red So Not Over You Verve Forecast 152 42 110 2 15 4 22 22 22 19 Jim Brickman Escape (w/ Marc Antoine) SLG 152 164 -12 20 17 0 23 27 30 1 The Philippe Saisse Trio Do It Again G & N/Rendezvous 149 141 8 46 25 0 24 25 25 13 Brian Simpson Saturday Cool Rendezvous 149 151 -2 43 19 0 25 35 34 25 Dave Koz It Might Be You Capitol 148 92 56 14 25 0 26 23 20 3 Euge Groove Chillaxin’ Narada Jazz 147 159 -12 46 21 0 27 28 33 27 Eric Darius Slick Narada Jazz/Virgin 144 138 6 25 13 0 28 24 24 4 Nick Colionne Always Thinking Of You Narada 141 151 -10 43 20 0 29 20 18 11 Aaron Neville It’s All Right Bergundy 140 167 -27 20 17 0 30 29 26 1 Peter White What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) Columbia/Legacy 131 133 -2 35 25 0 31 26 27 5 Fourplay My Love’s Leavin’ (w/ Michael McDonald) RCA 120 143 -23 31 19 0 32 36 41 32 Walter Beasley Ready For Love Heads Up 113 90 23 7 12 1 33 30 32 1 Mindi Abair True Blue GRP/UMG/Verve 107 130 -23 45 22 0 34 31 31 8 Corinne Bailey Rae Put Your Records On Capitol 103 113 -10 37 15 0 35 32 29 3 Wayman Tisdale Get Down On It Rendezvous 103 107 -4 43 21 0 36 37 36 25 The Philippe Saisse Trio Lovely Day G & N/Rendezvous 91 84 7 22 10 0 37 33 35 4 Ramsey Lewis Oh Happy Day Narada 91 105 -14 44 15 0 38 38 38 35 Nick Colionne If You Ask Me Narada 88 84 4 15 9 1 39 34 28 25 Natalie Cole Day Dreaming Verve 87 101 -14 21 10 0 40 144 NR 40 Nils Ready To Play Baja 80 5 75 2 12 10 41 41 44 41 John Legend Save Room G.O.O.D./Columbia 80 63 17 15 7 0 42 42 39 36 Paolo Rustichelli My Geisha Next Age 74 63 11 11 9 1 43 39 37 34 Lee Ritenour Forget Me Nots I.E./Peak 67 80 -13 21 8 1 44 40 40 36 Kyle Eastwood Now Candid/Rendezvous 64 64 0 12 10 0 45 43 55 43 Kim Waters Got To Give It Up Shanachie 63 59 4 4 7 1 46 46 54 46 Joyce Cooling At The Modern Narada Jazz 53 47 6 18 6 1 47 47 58 47 Rick Braun Love’s Theme Artizen 51 47 4 4 7 0 48 59 141 48 Paul Brown The Rhythm Method Peak 46 30 16 3 8 4 49 48 50 28 Oli Silk Easy Does It Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 46 43 3 31 5 0 50 52 46 38 Lee Ritenour Smoke N’ Mirrors I.E./Peak 44 40 4 25 7 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Nils “Ready To Play” (Baja) +10 Simply Red “So Not Over You” (Verve Forecast) +110 Ken Navarro “Lucky” (Positive) Greg Adams “Cool To The Touch” (Ripa) Jeff Lorber “For You To Love” (Rendezvous) +8 Nils “Ready To Play” (Baja) +75 Matt Marshak “Wind Chill Factor” (Self-Released) Paul Brown “The Rhythm Method” (Peak) +4 Kenny G “You’re Beautiful” (Arista) +57 Najee “3:00 AM” (Heads Up) Ken Navarro “Lucky” (Positive) +4 Dave Koz “It Might Be You” (Capitol) +56 Shilts “HeadBoppin” (Artizen) Joyce Cooling “Revolving Door” (Narada Jazz) Brian Bromberg “Cantaloupe Island” (Artistry) +3 Peter White “Mister Magic” (Columbia/Legacy) +49 Boney James “Hypnotic” (w/ George Benson) (Concord) Lionel Richie “Why” (Island) +3 Wayman Tisdale “Way Up” (Rendezvous) +46 Jack Prybylski “Bright Spot” (w/ Ken Navarro) (SuShan) Patrick Yandall “Samoa Soul” (Zangi) The Philippe Saisse Trio “Fire And Rain” (G & N/Rendezvous) jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 24 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Tracks

2AZZ1 Q’d Up Self-Released India.Arie The Heart Of The Matter Motown Aaron Neville It’s All Right Bergundy Jack Prybylski Bright Spot (w/ Ken Navarro) SuShan Aaron Neville Rainy Night In Georgia (w/ Chris Bergundy Janita Enjoy The Silence Lightyear Botti) Janita I Miss You Lightyear Alan Hewitt Joyride 215 Jason Miles Sexual Healing Virgin/Narada Jazz Andy Snitzer Passion Play Native Language Javon Jackson Where Is The Love (w/ Lisa Fischer) Palmetto Blake Aaron Spin Zone 215 Jay Rowe The End Of Summer Self-Released Bobby Lyle Passion Drive Heads Up Jeff Golub Cream And Sugar Narada Jazz Bobby Lyle Poinciana Heads Up Jeff Lorber For You To Love Rendezvous Boday Six To Twelve Sound Knowledge Jill Jenson Sunshine Away Bai Mai Boney James Aquas De Marco (Waters Of March) Concord Jim Brickman Escape (w/ Marc Antoine) SLG Boney James Hypnotic (w/ George Benson) Concord Jim Brickman My Angel (w/ Gerald Levert) SLG Boney James The Total Experience (w/ George Concord Duke) John Legend Save Room G.O.O.D./Columbia Bradley Leighton Keep That Same Old Feeling (w/ Pacific Coast Jazz Jonathan Butler Mandela Bay Rendezvous Jason Miles) Joyce Cooling At The Modern Narada Jazz Bradley Leighton What You Gonna Say (w/ Jason Pacific Coast Jazz Joyce Cooling Mildred’s Attraction Narada Jazz Miles) Brian Bromberg Cantaloupe Island Artistry Joyce Cooling Revolving Door Narada Jazz Brian Simpson Saturday Cool Rendezvous Keefe Marzell More Is Pleasure Vintage Cassandra Wilson It Would Be So Easy Blue Note Ken Navarro Lucky Positive Chris Botti The Look Of Love (w/ Paula Cole) Sony Kenny G The Shadow Of Your Smile Arista Chris Standring I Can’t Help Myself Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2 Kenny G You’re Beautiful Arista Chuck Loeb Good To Go Heads Up Kim Waters Dream Machine Shanachie Chuck Loeb Llevame Heads Up Kim Waters Got To Give It Up Shanachie Chuck Loeb Mr. Martino Heads Up Kirk Whalum For The Cool In You Rendezvous Chuck Loeb Presence Heads Up Kirk Whalum Give Me The Reason Rendezvous Chuck Loeb Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Heads Up Kirk Whalum Someone To Love Rendezvous Chuck Loeb Shed A Little Light Heads Up Kirk Whalum Wey U Rendezvous Chuck Loeb The Music Outside Heads Up Konstantin Klashtorni Back It Up KVK Chuck Loeb Window Of The Soul Heads Up Kyle Eastwood How Ya’ll Doin’ Candid/Rendezvous Corinne Bailey Rae Like A Star Capitol Kyle Eastwood Now Candid/Rendezvous Corinne Bailey Rae Put Your Records On Capitol Kymaera Rosina Sheridan Square Dan Siegel Street Talk Native Language Lafayette Harris Jr. Saturday Airmen Dave Koz It Might Be You Capitol Lee Ritenour Blue Days (Dias Azuis) I.E./Peak David Benoit Beat Street Peak/Concord Lee Ritenour Forget Me Nots I.E./Peak David Benoit Chasing The Tides (w/ Euge Groove) Peak/Concord Lee Ritenour Lovely Day I.E./Peak David Stellmach Spring Lake Rendezvous Lee Ritenour Motherland I.E./Peak D-For Sunrise Self-Released Lee Ritenour Povo I.E./Peak Doc Powell Cab Ride DPR/Heads Up Lee Ritenour Smoke N’ Mirrors I.E./Peak Doc Powell Circumstances DPR/Heads Up Lee Ritenour Southwest Passage I.E./Peak Doc Powell It’s Too Late DPR/Heads Up Lee Ritenour Spellbinder I.E./Peak Doc Powell Me, Myself & Rio DPR/Heads Up Lee Ritenour Township I.E./Peak Earth, Wind & Fire To You (w/ Brian McKnight) Sanctuary Lee Ritenour Waters Edge I.E./Peak Eric Darius Chillin’ Out Narada Jazz/Virgin Lin Rountree Candie Nu Millenium Eric Darius If I Ain’t Got You Narada Jazz/Virgin Lionel Richie I Call It Love Island Eric Darius Right Here, Right Now Narada Jazz/Virgin Lionel Richie Out Of My Head Island Eric Darius Secret Soul Narada Jazz/Virgin Lionel Richie Why Island Eric Darius Slick Narada Jazz/Virgin Luther Vandross Shine J Eric Darius Steppin’ Up Narada Jazz/Virgin Main Gazane Naima Apria Eric Marienthal New York State Of Mind Peak Marilyn Scott Share It Prana/Mailboat Euge Groove Chillaxin’ Narada Jazz Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill Heads Up Everette Harp Just As You Are Shanachie Matt Marshak Wind Chill Factor Self-Released Everette Harp Monday Speaks (w/ Norman Brown) Shanachie Michael Franks Rendezvous In Rio Sleeping Gypsy/Koch Fourplay My Love’s Leavin’ (w/ Michael RCA Michael Franks Samba Do Soho Sleeping Gypsy/Koch McDonald) Michael Franks The Chemistry Of Love Sleeping Gypsy/Koch Gabin Into My Soul (w/ Dee Dee Emi Italy/Astralwerks Michael Franks The Cool School Sleeping Gypsy/Koch Bridgewater) Gene Dunlap Forgiveness (w/ Everette Harp) 215 Michael Franks The Question Is Why Sleeping Gypsy/Koch George Benson Morning Concord Michael Franks Under The Sun Sleeping Gypsy/Koch George Benson & Al Jarreau Let It Rain Concord Michael Lington It’s Too Late Rendezvous George Nardello All I Wanna Do Westtown Michael Manson Just Feelin’ It 215 Gerald Albright Big Shoes Peak/Concord Miki Howard Inseparable Shanachie Gerald Albright Deep Into My Soul Peak/Concord Mindi Abair Bloom GRP/UMG/Verve Gerald Albright Georgia On My Mind Peak/Concord Mindi Abair Do You Miss Me? GRP/UMG/Verve Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord Mindi Abair Far Away GRP/UMG/Verve Gil Parris Strength 215 Mindi Abair It Must Be Love GRP/UMG/Verve Gnarls Barkley Crazy Downtown/Atlantic Mindi Abair Rain GRP/UMG/Verve Greg Adams Cool To The Touch Ripa Mindi Abair True Blue GRP/UMG/Verve Greg Adams Felix The Cat Ripa Najee 3:00 AM Heads Up Gregg Karukas Girl In The Red Dress V2 Natalie Cole Day Dreaming Verve Hilton FM & Miss Claudia Easy Living Sunswept Nelson Rangell City Lights Koch jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 25 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Tracks

Nelson Rangell Free As The Wind Koch Nestor Torres House Call Heads Up Smooth Station Panel Nick Colionne Always Thinking Of You Narada Call letters Frequency Market Rank Nick Colionne If You Ask Me Narada KABQ-FM 104.1 Albuquerque, NM 71 Nick Colionne Liquid Narada KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 Nils Georgy Porgy Baja KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 Nils Ready To Play Baja Norah Jones Thinking About You Blue Note KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 Oli Silk Easy Does It Trippin ’N’ Rhythm KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 Pamela Williams Positive Vibe Shanachie KIJZ-FM 105.9 Portland, OR 23 Paolo Rustichelli My Geisha Next Age KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 Patrick Yandall Samoa Soul Zangi KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Patti Austin So Amazing Rendezvous KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Paul Brown The Rhythm Method Peak Paul Hardcastle Smooth Jazz Is Bumpin’ (w/ Maxine Trippin ’N’ Rhythm KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 Hardcastle) KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 Peter White Deja Vu Columbia/Legacy KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 Peter White Mister Magic Columbia/Legacy Peter White What Does It Take (To Win Your Columbia/Legacy KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 Love) KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 Phil Perry Hello Shanachie KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 Pieces Of A Dream Forward Emotion Heads Up Pieces Of A Dream Wake Up Call Heads Up KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 Ramsey Lewis Oh Happy Day Narada KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 Ray Parker, Jr. Mismaloya Beach Raydio KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 Rick Braun Groove Is In The Heart Artizen KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 Rick Braun Love’s Theme Artizen KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 Rick Braun Sao Paulo Artizen KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 Rick Braun Walk On The Wild Side Artizen Shilts HeadBoppin Artizen WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 Shilts Look What’s Happened Artizen WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 Shilts Say Something Artizen WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 Simply Red So Not Over You Verve Forecast WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 Soul Providers Encore Fast Life WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 Spyro Gyra Impressions Of Toledo Heads Up WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 Spyro Gyra Lil’ Mono Heads Up Spyro Gyra Spyro Time Heads Up WJCD-FM 107.7 Windsor/Newport, VA 40 Spyro Gyra The Lowdown Heads Up WJJZ-FM 95.5 Trenton, NJ 141 Spyro Gyra The Voodooyoodoo Heads Up WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 Spyro Gyra Walkin’ Home Heads Up WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 Steve Cole TRUENarada Jazz Steve Oliver Good To Go Koch WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 Steve Oliver Tradewinds Koch WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 Steve Tyrell Ev’rybody Wants To Be A Cat Walt Disney WJZW-FM 105.9 Washington, DC 8 Steve Tyrell When You Wish Upon A Star (w/ Walt Disney WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 Chris Botti) Steve Tyrell You’ll Be In My Heart (w/ Dave Koz) Walt Disney WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 Steve Tyrell You’ve Got A Friend In Me (w/ Dr. Walt Disney WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 John) WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 The Jazzmasters Free As The Wind Trippin ’N’ Rhythm The Philippe Saisse Trio Do It Again G & N/Rendezvous WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 The Philippe Saisse Trio Fire And Rain G & N/Rendezvous WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 The Philippe Saisse Trio Lovely Day G & N/Rendezvous WRMU-FM 91.1 Alliance, OH (Canton, OH) 128 The Rippingtons Bingo Jingo Peak WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 The Rippingtons Twenty Peak WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 Turning Point Cruise Control Native Language Ultrablue Guilty Pleasures 215 WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 Ultrablue Shiver 215 WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 Urban Jazz Coalition Back In The ‘Ville Major 6th WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 Vanessa Williams Never Can Say Goodbye Lava WVSU-FM 91.1 Birmingham, AL 57 Victor Fields Lovely Day Regina WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 Walter Beasley Free Heads Up WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 Walter Beasley Ready For Love Heads Up Warren Hill Low Rider Pop Jazz/Native Language Airplay of all stations is monitored by Mediaguide. Wayman Tisdale Get Down On It Rendezvous Wayman Tisdale It’s A Good Day (w/ Jeff Lorber & Rendezvous To apply to become a member of a station panel, email Tom Braxton) [email protected] Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous William Woods Under My Skin Qantar/Whaling City Sound jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 26 World Music Radio

Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba Is No. 1 Putumayo’s A New Groove Is Most Added For A Second Week

here’s a new No. 1 this week on the World Music chart as the Hip-O/Universal collection Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba takes Tover the top spot, with 151 spins on 35 stations. The CD also had the biggest increase in airplay, +107. The week’s most added again this week is Putumayo’s A New Groove collection, added on 12 stations. The highest debut is the Enja collection Re:Brahim – Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed, at No. 9. The World Music Panel is now available as an Industry Panel selection through Mediaguide’s Music Monitor. Note: World releases are now limited to 26 weeks as currents; they will still be tracked by Mediaguide but not reported here. World Music No. 1: Various Artists, Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba (Hip-O/Univer- sal)

Most Added: Various Artists, A New Increased Airplay: Various Artists, Top Debut: Various Artists, Re:Brahim Groove (Putumayo) Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba (Hip-O/Univer- – Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed (Enja) sal)

World Album Chart p. 28

jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 27 airplay data JazzWeek World Music Albums Feb. 5, 2007 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 9 7 1 Various Artists Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba Hip-O/Universal 151 44 107 12 35 2 2 2 2 2 Rodrigo Y Gabriela Rodrigo Y Gabriela ATO 123 124 -1 20 34 4 3 1 1 1 The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project Simpatico ArtistShare 122 135 -13 19 41 2 4 4 3 2 Forro In The Dark Bonfires Of Sao Joao Nublu 64 80 -16 11 26 0 5 3 4 1 Brazilian Girls Talk To La Bomb Verve Forecast 59 82 -23 22 36 1 6 10 14 6 Various Artists Serious Times Ghetto Arc/XL 56 44 12 13 32 0 7 17 9 7 Buju Banton Too Bad Gargamel 56 36 20 18 28 3 8 7 8 2 Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Living Like A Refugee ANTI- 50 48 2 18 21 3 9 NR NR 9 Various Artists Re:Brahim - Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed Enja 47 0 47 3 41 3 10 6 5 1 Eliane Elias Around The City Bluebird/RCA Victor 45 59 -14 25 21 0 11 16 13 11 Rihanna A Girl Like Me SRP/Def Jam 45 37 8 11 5 0 12 8 15 8 HD2 Songs From The Last Century Blue Toucan 43 48 -5 19 16 0 13 NR NR 13 Christopher Hedge The New Heroes Triloka 43 0 43 2 27 4 14 18 6 4 Various Artists Electric Gypsyland 2 Crammed Discs 42 35 7 10 30 3 15 13 10 2 Various Artists One World, Many Cultures Putumayo 40 39 1 14 23 0 16 28 54 16 Katchafire Slow-Burning Katchafire/Mai 39 22 17 3 18 11 17 21 NR 17 Various Artists A New Groove Putumayo 38 33 5 2 30 14 18 19 11 8 Nilson Matta Walking With My Bass Blue Toucan 37 35 2 19 14 0 19 24 16 1 Various Artists Acoustic Africa Putumayo 37 26 11 24 25 3 20 11 42 1 Jose Gonzalez Veneer Hidden Agenda/Impe- 34 44 -10 25 15 0 rial/Mute 21 20 18 14 Los Amigos Invisibles Superpop Venezuela Gozadera 32 35 -3 26 15 0 22 30 32 22 Collie Buddz Collie Buddz Sony Urban/Epic 31 21 10 22 18 2 23 25 12 12 Nakai Reconnections Canyon 31 25 6 14 17 0 24 23 NR 23 Stephen Marley Mind Control Ghetto Youths/Tuff 30 26 4 2 19 3 Gong/Universal Republic 25 35 21 15 Mayra Casales Woman On Fire - Mujer Ardiente Afrasia 27 19 8 18 10 1 26 15 25 5 Easy Star All-Stars Radiodread Easy Star 26 37 -11 25 13 0 27 37 44 8 Laika Fatien Look At Me Now! Body & Soul 25 19 6 23 8 0 28 14 20 6 Caribbean Jazz Project Mosaic Concord Picante 24 38 -14 20 11 1 29 59 50 29 Morgan Heritage Mission In Progress VP 23 11 12 5 12 5 30 22 19 2 Ray Barretto Standards Rican-ditioned Zoho 23 32 -9 26 12 0 31 38 45 4 Novalima Afro Mr. Bongo/Quango 23 19 4 24 14 0 32 NR NR 27 Various Arists Rackaz VP/Downsound 23 2 21 5 4 0 33 12 27 12 Various Artists Babel [Original Sountrack] Concord 22 41 -19 11 21 2 34 52 59 3 Tania Maria Intimidade Bel Horizon/Blue Note 21 13 8 26 10 1 35 89 61 35 Pistolera Siempre Hay Salada Self-Released 20 7 13 3 12 6 36 34 99 34 Various Artists Dreaming Riddim Daseca 19 20 -1 3 8 2 37 75 31 21 Various Artists Riddim Driven: Dem Time Deh Legends/VP 19 9 10 21 5 0 38 26 26 1 Esperanza Spalding Junjo Ayva 19 24 -5 26 12 1 39 44 37 28 The Paul Carlon Octet Other Tongues Deep Tone 18 15 3 14 11 1 40 62 33 15 Nickodemus Endangered Species Wonderwheel/ESL 18 11 7 12 13 6 41 72 49 12 Tartit Abacabok Crammed Discs 17 9 8 9 8 3 42 68 77 40 Various Artists Show Off Riddim TJ 17 10 7 8 5 1 43 45 41 39 Roger Robin Take It Slow VP 17 15 2 20 13 2 44 39 47 37 Various Artists Old Skool Riddim FiWi 17 19 -2 11 8 1 45 NR NR 45 Vieux Farka Toure Vieux Farka Toure Modiba/World Village 16 0 16 1 13 13 46 31 51 31 Matisyahu No Place To Be One Haven/Or/Epic 16 21 -5 4 9 4 47 60 NR 47 Various Artists Heathen Riddim Big Yard 16 11 5 2 13 6 48 82 74 48 Joseph Israel Gone Are The Days New Door 16 8 8 5 14 4 49 61 24 12 The Idan Raichel Project The Idan Raichel Project Cumbancha 15 11 4 14 8 0 50 48 72 25 Tarrus Riley Parables VP 15 14 1 11 11 2

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Various Artists A New Groove (Putumayo) +14 Various Artists Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba Miguel Zenon Jibaro (Marsalis/Rounder) Vieux Farka Toure Vieux Farka Toure (Hip-O/Universal) +107 Daville On My Mind [Single] (Fashozy Records) (Modiba/World Village) +13 Various Artists Re:Brahim - Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed Luciano Revelation Time (Charm/Jet Star) Cham Ghetto Story (Madhouse/Atlantic) Katchafire Slow-Burning (Katchafire/Mai) +11 (Enja) +47 Various Artists Taxi Riddim (Silent River/Taxi) Gipsy Kings Pasajero (Nonesuch) +7 Christopher Hedge The New Heroes (Triloka) +43 Dr. Israel Dreadtone International: Patterns Of War (Reachout) Pistolera Siempre Hay Salada (Self-Released) +6 Various Arists Rackaz (VP/Downsound) +21 Gipsy Kings Pasajero (Nonesuch) Various Artists Heathen Riddim (Big Yard) +6 Buju Banton Too Bad (Gargamel) +20 Miguel Romero Welcome To My World (Alafia) Caetano Veloso Ce (Nonesuch) +6 Katchafire Slow-Burning (Katchafire/Mai) +17 Natural Black Far From Reality (Zest/Greensleeves) Bitty Mclean The Real Thing [Single] (Silent River/Taxi) jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 28 Closing Number Top 5 of 2006 at WGMC, Jazz 90.1

ince WGMC music director Derrick Lucas is featured in this issue, we thought we’d include the top ﬁve CDs of last year as chosen by the staﬀ of both paid and volunteer on-air hosts at that SRochester, N.Y. station.

Nomo New Tones (Ubiquity)

Ben Allison Cowboy Justice (Palmetto)

Karrin Allyson Footprints (Concord)

Joe Locke/Geoﬀrey Keezer Group Live In Seattle (Origin)

Dr. Lonnie Smith Jungle Soul (Palmetto)

jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 29 Radio Q&A: Derrick Lucas (continued from page 11)

Your evening programming (Jazz ideas I have about how to present the ket. We at WGMC Jazz 90.1 primar- Horizons) has a younger edge to it. music. She has also given me a great ily play straight ahead while the other How is that going? deal of confidence to be aggressive in concentrates on smooth, but still the We have been getting really great re- my choices in programming, stating fact that there is room enough for sponses to our evening programming, that people by and large will not turn both is incredible when you think that playing “edgier” stuff. After look- away from the station if we play edg- there are major markets that do not ing at our demographics we noticed ier stuff and if we do one lose one lis- have either. There is such a rich his- a seismic shift in the makeup of our tener, chances are we will pick up two tory of jazz from the great clubs it has listener. During the day our aver- more – their kids. Also she has ex- had such as the Pythodd Club, and age aged listener was about 60 years posed me to new music such as elec- other clubs or the musicians it has old. But after 9 p.m. the averaged age tronic music that uses jazz as a base. produced such as Chuck Mangione, listener dropped by about 30 years, So now I’m checking out artists that I Cab Calloway, Steve Gadd, Pee Wee which meant that we were having never would be exposed to like Amon Ellis, Roy McCurdy, Scott LaFaro, high school, college kids and folks be- Tobin, for example. Sun House and Joe Locke. Even leg- tween 22-35 listening in. It occurred Any successful pledge-drive tactics endary photographer Pete Turner, on our station manager Rob Linton you’d care to share with the rest of who was the principal photographer that we really had to find a way to us? for Impulse, Verve, A&M and CTI. keep and attract more Gen X’ers or Also having the Eastman School Of Radio is in a fight, not against other Millennium kids. So when we would Music doesn’t hurt either, nor one of stations, satellite radio or even oth- talk during our mic breaks that we the fastest growing jazz festivals in er formats, but as Ken Dashow once are the soundtrack for these peoples’ the world with the Rochester Inter- pointed out, we as programmers are lives: They are putting the baby down, national Jazz Festival to boot which battling against the iPod, the MP3 doing homework, studying for ex- in its fifth year has almost drawn player. Although radio will always ams etc. And we started to get phone 100,000 people which is incredible have a place, we need to be vigilant calls from listeners who said, “How when you realize that the city itself with how can we reach listeners and did you know that I was doing that?” has a population of about 450,000 keep them listening. With pledge Longer pieces that we really could not people and a little over one million drives we try to keep a good sense of play during the day are also show- overall. Rochester is quickly becom- humor and create a party atmosphere cased. At night there is more time, ing Jazz town USA. that supporting the local jazz station and I feel to play a great cut even if it is as important as the museum, the- So do I get a medal for eating a gar- is 14 or 15 minutes long. I’m always ater, in that we our part of the cultur- bage plate last June and not getting tinkering with it because I feel that al landscape of the city and that our sick? its our best opportunity catch young- station is one of the last full time jazz You get two medals for eating the er listeners and grow that audience stations left in the country. We have garbage plate!!! A Rochester staple to become lifetime jazz fans. Because brought in local politicians to play DJ and something every visitor to Roch- someone did the same thing with and pitch or local celebrities to help ester MUST experience. That along their parents once upon a time. pitch and play DJ by playing their fa- with a eating a plate while down- You work with college interns now vorite tunes. ing a “screamer.” Next time you are as music director. What have you What makes the Rochester market in Rochester I’ll be happy to tell you learned from them? JW unique? what that is. My one intern, Molly Ahern, has Rochester may be one of a handful of been an invaluable asset to me in that cities left that can boast of TWO full she had been a sounding board about time jazz stations in the same mar- jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 30