JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • April 6, 2005 Volume 1, Number 20 • $7.95 In This Issue: Juno Awards for Jazz and Blues Presented . 4 Legends of Jazz on PBS This June . 5 Stamp for Yip Harburg. 9 Feldman Starts Firm . 11 Reviews and Picks. 16 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio. 23 Radio Panels. 27 News. 4 JAZZ REMIXED page 13 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Joey DeFrancesco #1 Smooth Album – Kenny G #1 Smooth Single – Dave Koz JazzWeek This Week EDITOR Ed Trefzger ack in the mid-to-late ’80s, I had friends who wanted to be CONTRIBUTING EDITORS the next New Order, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Keith Zimmerman Kent Zimmerman Bor Depeche Mode, all synthesizer bands from that period. Tad Hendrickson Armed with early versions of the sequencer program Cakewalk CONTRIBUTING WRITER and a pricey AKAI sampler, these guys sampled everything, from Tom Mallison jazz grooves, to grocery store commercials to a syndicated garden- PHOTOGRAPHY ing talk show host. At the time, I thought the stuff was pretty cool Barry Solof (and one of these days, I’ll dig out those LPs and 12 inches and PUBLISHER see if they hold up.) Anyhow, I bring this up because it was right Tony Gasparre about that time that jazz labels started to notice their records be- ADVERTISING: Contact Tony Gasparre ing sampled for dance records – usually without permission. To- (585) 235-4685 x3 or day, those same labels are opening their vaults to DJs to remix email: [email protected] and sample their vast catalogs, a practice that some purists decry. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Prices in US Dollars: Who’s right? Maybe both are. Tad Hendrickson takes a look at Charter Rate: $199.00 per year, the issue on page 13. JazzWeek w/ Industry Access – Charter Rate: $249.00 per year At IAJE, we heard about a new Legends of Jazz TV show on To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ PBS. 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JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) is published weekly by – Ed Trefzger, Editor 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 phone: (585) 235-4685 fax: (585) 235-4685 [email protected] Copyright ©2005 Yellow Dog Communications Inc. jazzweek.com • April 6, 2005 JazzWeek 2 Contents April 6, 2005 News . 4 Jazz and Blues Albums Among Winners at Canada’s Juno Awards . 4 National PBS Series Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Launches With One-Hour Special on June 16 . 5 Commemorations Planned for Les Paul’s 90th Birthday This June . 8 New Commemorative Stamp Will Honor Songwriter ‘Yip’ Harburg . 9 5 WDNA Launches ‘Inside Miami’ Public Affairs Program. 10 Mitchell Feldman Associates Launched in Wake of INDIEgo Demise . 11 J@LC Celebrates Don Quixote Anniversary . 11 Birthdays . 12 Features Jazz and Remixing . 13 Reviews and Picks . 16 Irvin Mayfield . 16 13 Charles Lloyd . 16 Carolyn Leonhart . 16 Editors’ Picks . 17 Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith Remains #1. 18 Jazz Charts . 18 Jazz Album Chart . 19 Jazz Add Dates . 20 Jazz Current CDs . 21 18 Jazz Radio Panel . 27 Smooth Jazz Charts . 23 Smooth Album Chart . 24 Smooth Singles Chart. 25 Smooth Current CDs . 26 Smooth Radio Panel . 27 23 JazzWeek Volume 1 Issue 20 jazzweek.com • April 6, 2005 JazzWeek 3 News Jazz and Blues Albums Among Winners at Canada’s Juno Awards ike its U.S. counterpart, the Grammys, Canada’s Juno Awards Lfeature pop artists during the tele- vised program, and award other cate- gories prior to the nationwide broad- cast. Saturday, April 2, awards were given in three jazz categories and in blues to Canadian artists at a dinner the night before the Sunday telecast. Winning for best vocal jazz album was Diana Krall, a native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, for The Girl In The Other Room (Verve/Uni- versal). Her 2001 smash hit album, The Look Of Love, earned her three Juno Awards the following year. N e w Danzon by the Hilario Garrett Mason accepts The David Braid Sextet (Braid seated at right) won the Juno for Best Traditional Jazz Duran Trio his Juno on Saturday Album for Vivid: The David Braid Sextet Live. night. (Alma/Uni- versal) won in Hernandez on the album. but a piece for orchestra and jazz pia- the contem- Pianist David Braid won in the no with the Winnipeg Symphony Or- porary jazz category. The Cuban-born, traditional jazz category for Vivid: The chestra. Toronto-based pianist and composer is David Braid Sextet Live. The sextet Nova Scotian Garrett Mason’s de- a previous Juno Award nominee, and has performed his original work across but CD, I’m Just A Man (G Spot), was his playing has graced much of Jane Canada for the last five years. A flu- the winner for best blues album. Bunnett’s acclaimed work. Duran was ent pianist, Braid earned four nomina- The Juno Awards were held this joined by bassist Roberto Occhipinti tions at Canada’s 2004 National Jazz year in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the and percussionist Horacio ‘El Negro’ Awards. This month, Braid will de- MTS Centre. JW jazzweek.com • April 6, 2005 JazzWeek 4 News National PBS Series Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Launches With One-Hour Special on June 16 LRSmedia and WTTW National Pro- ductions are set to launch a new tele- vision series, Legends of Jazz, hosted by Ramsey Lewis. This national PBS se- ries will debut on June 16, 2005 with a one-hour special, showcasing win- ners of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters award. The 13 weekly 30-minute episodes will debut in Fall 2005, marking the first time in 40 years that jazz has been the focus of a national network weekly series. Produced in state-of-the-art HDTV and Dolby Surround 5.1 au- dio, the series is unique in combining live performance, intimate conversa- tion and archival material to provide a fascinating and entertaining first-hand accounting of some of the most mem- orable moments in jazz perhaps the most purely American art form, often referred to as “America’s classical mu- Paquito D’Rivera (left) and George Wein reminisce at the 2005 International Association sic.” for Jazz Education convention in Long Beach, Calif., where both were named 2005 Jazz The PBS series premieres withLeg - Masters. ends of Jazz: The Jazz Masters, spon- sored by Verizon and the National Endowment for the Arts. The historic appears as a special guest, providing a like Nancy, Moody, Jon, Paquito and hour-long special spotlights five recip- fascinating counterpoint to the estab- so many others as they recount their ients of the NEA Jazz Masters award, lished jazz superstars on the program. memories and speak about their influ- the highest national honor in this art “One of the most important rea- ences. These people, and those legends form, presented annually since 1982. sons for me doing this series – aside who came before them, are jazz, and The celebrated guests are vocalist Nan- from the pure entertainment value – is so it really is like being treated to an cy Wilson (NEA Jazz Master 2004); to document and archive this incred- oral history of the genre.” saxophonist James Moody (1998); vo- ible wealth of experience,” said Lew- Larry Rosen, co-chairman of LRS- calist Jon Hendricks (1993); Latin jazz is, a three-time Grammy Award win- media, co-founder of GRP Records, artist Paquito D’Rivera (2005); and ner and host of the popular Legends of and creator and executive producer of Newport Jazz Festival founder George Jazz nationally syndicated radio pro- Legends of Jazz, said, “This series not Wein (2005). In addition, teen jazz gram, heard by more than 5 million only serves to pay homage to the es- vocal sensation Renee Olstead, who listeners each week. “It’s an incred- tablished legends of jazz, but also pro- made her major label debut in 2004, ible feeling listening to great artists continued ... jazzweek.com • April 6, 2005 JazzWeek 5 News Legends of Jazz (continued) vides a national platform for audiences for Television at WTTW National instrument, style or element of jazz. to be exposed to new, exciting young Productions. The series, conceived by veter- artists who are building upon the leg- “Since 1982, the NEA Jazz Mas- an music producer Rosen and Lewis, acy of these greats. Now, for the first ters program has honored many jazz provides a unique business model for time in nearly 40 years, we are bring- greats. We are delighted that this se- public/private partnership, combin- ing jazz back to U.S. network televi- ries, which will reach millions of view- ing the expertise of LRSmedia and sion, and we are doing it with state- ers across the country, will begin with the International Association for Jazz of-the-art HDTV and 5.1 Surround a tribute to the music’s true legends,” Education, according two the two or- production technology.” said Dana Gioia, NEA chairman.