JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • July 31, 2006 Volume 2, Number 35 • $7.95 Artist Q&A: STEVEN BERNSTEIN page 9 On The Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Regina Carter #1 Smooth Album – Mindi Abair #1 College Jazz – Costello/Toussaint #1 Smooth Single – Peter White #1 World Music – Sean Paul JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger MUSIC EDITOR Tad Hendrickson ven though IAJE is about five months away, planning is be- CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ ing finalized for this year’s radio track. JazzWeek is pleased PHOTOGRAPHER Eto coordinate those three sessions again this year. We’ll have Tom Mallison information for you here shortly. PHOTOGRAPHY One panel session, proposed by WSHA’s Bob Rogers, picks up Barry Solof on the theme of many of our discussions at the JazzWeek Sum- Contributing Editors mit in June. The topic will be the crisis in jazz radio, and why that Keith Zimmerman might be an opportunity. 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We’ll cover this in January, http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ subscribe.html but we’ll also have a series of articles in the fall on this subject. I’d like to hear from you if you’ve got things you’ve implemented to stem the tide or grow your audience – we’d like to feature you in AIRPLAY MONITORING BY an upcoming issue. THIS ISSUE MARKS an anniversary. Three weeks after the demise Mediaguide of the Gavin jazz chart, the predecessor to this publication, the 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Yellow Dog Jazz Report, launched with its first chart on August 3, Suite 150 Berwyn, PA 19312 2001. No. 1 that first week? Terence Blanchard’s Let’s Get Lost. Five years. Where the heck did it go? JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) is published weekly by – Ed Trefzger, Editor ������������� 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 [email protected] Copyright ©2006 Trefzger Media LLC jazzweek.com • July 31, 2006 JazzWeek 2 Contents July 31, 2006 News . 4 EMI Organizes Adult Music Under Blue Note Label Group . 4 Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio with Ed Bradley Announces New Season. 5 Classic Blue Note Jazz Recordings Now Available As Ringtones . 5 Eldar, Karrin Take Turns As Guest DJs At Rochester’s WGMC . 6 Music and Industry News In Brief ... 7 Jazz Birthdays . 8 9 Feature Artist Q&A: Steven Bernstein . 9 Jazz Radio . 13 Jazz Album Charts . 14 College Jazz Chart . 15 Jazz Reviews . 16 Caribbean Jazz Project. 16 13 Hot Club Of Detroit . 16 Joe Lovano Ensemble . 16 Scott Hamilton . 17 Elias Haslanger. 17 Rick Wald 16/NYC. 18 Jazz Add Dates . 19 Jazz Current CDs . 20 Jazz Radio Panel . 23 24 Smooth Jazz Radio . 24 Smooth Album Chart . 25 Smooth Singles Chart. 26 Impacting Radio . 27 Smooth Currents. 28 Smooth Radio Panel . 29 World Music Radio . 30 30 World Music Album Chart . 31 Closing Number Five Albums Where You Heard Steven Bernstein and May Not Have Known It . 32 Cover Photo: Steven Bernstein (photo by: Ziga Koritnik) JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 35 jazzweek.com • July 31, 2006 JazzWeek 3 News EMI Organizes Adult Music Under Blue Note Label Group NEW YORK – EMI Music has an- will be organized into three distinct ing Sarah Brightman, will move into nounced a new label structure for its A&R and marketing streams, each to Ralfini’s new group; adult pop, jazz and classics labels with be overseen by a general manager: • Tom Evered has been named Gener- the formation of The Blue Note La- • Ian Ralfini, Senior Vice President al Manager for all classical releases on bel Group, the first full-scale, multi- Angel and the marketing of EMI and genre music division dedicated to serv- Virgin classical artists in the U.S in ing the adult music market. Previously an effort to focus more acutely on the known as EMI Jazz & Classics, The growing classical market. In this role, Blue Note Label Group will be over- Tom will leverage his strong classical seen by Bruce Lundvall, President and background to expand the Angel clas- CEO. Lundvall will continue to re- sical artist roster, increase EMI’s over- port to David Munns, Chairman and all classical market share in the U.S. CEO, EMI Music North America. and expand opportunities for classical According to EMI, this expand- genres in digital formats. ed division was established to capital- • Zach Hochkeppel, who had been ize on the growing adult music market Vice President of Marketing for EMI and on the heels of successes with art- Jazz & Classics, has been promoted ists such as Norah Jones, Sarah Bright- to be General Manager of Blue Note man, Amos Lee, Anita Baker, Raul and will supervise all releases on Blue Midon, Celtic Woman and jazz artists Note, Metro Blue and the Narada Jazz such as Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lova- labels. no, Patricia Barber, Dianne Reeves, In addition, newly expanded Sales, EMI Group/Blue Note Cassandra Wilson and Jason Moran. Promotion, Digital, Creative and In- Bruce Lundvall, President and CEO of the All will now be grouped under the es- newly-formed Blue Note Label Group. ternational departments have been tablished and prestigious Blue Note formed to serve all three music streams. name. These departments will report to Bruce In addition, the division will now and General Manager of the Manhat- Lundvall and newly appointed COO, oversee the Narada Label Group, tan label, will also assume GM duties Dave D’Urbano, who has been pro- whose artists include Lila Downs, for Narada, which includes Ameri- moted from his previous post as CFO. Alejandro Escovedo, Bird York, Char- cana/Roots music on Back Porch, New Kevin Carroll will become Senior Vice lie Sexton, and The Subdudes, and Age music on Higher Octave, and the President of Promotion, and Sales Vice Jazz artists Euge Groove, Eric Darius, US license for Peter Gabriel’s World President Saul Shapiro will supervise Ramsey Lewis and Jeff Lorber. Nara- Music label, Real World whose roster all Sales and Field Marketing for The da will relocate from Milwaukee to includes The Blind Boys of Alabama, Blue Note Label Group. New York and will be combined with Mapfumo, Afro Celt Sound System “My vision is to create and sus- the Manhattan Label. and Yunchen Llamo. Additionally, tain the leading position in the sophis- ➤ Under Lundvall’s direction, labels all classical cross-over artists, includ- ticated 25-plus music market. jazzweek.com • July 31, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News Classic Blue Note EMI Creates Blue Note Label Group Jazz Recordings Now (continued from page 4) This move will streamline and orga- Available As Ringtones nize our staffing to maximize our pen- etration of these key markets. Moving NEW YORK – Blue Note Records surface of the classic Blue Note cata- the Narada Label Group to New York has begun releasing ring tunes fea- log with this first batch,”said Jeff Za- further enhances our ability to attract turing riffs from some classic record- kim, Director of New Media for Blue talent to these music genres and com- ings by legendary artists including Note. plete our involvement in all adult rep- Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, The following classic Blue Note ertoire areas,” said Lundvall. “While Art Blakey and Chet Baker. Part of a tunes are starting to be made available my heart will always be with Blue Note new program called “The Best of Blue to major carriers in the U.S.: and Jazz, we have proven that we can Tones”, this marks the first time these Art Blakey “Dat Dere,” Art Blakey “Moanin’,” break artists in virtually every area of tracks have been made available for the Clifford Brown “Daahoud,” Clifford Brown quality music and we will continue to mobile platform. “Joy Spring,” Herbie Hancock “Cantaloupe do so with elan and total commitment. “Jazz fans of any age can be part Island,” Herbie Hancock “Watermelon I am particularly proud of my execu- of the mobile music phenomenon now. Man,” Blue Mitchell “Fungii Mama,” tive team - they have the vision, love ‘The Best of Blue Tones’ lets fans use Thelonious Monk “Straight No Chaser,” of music and intelligence to make the classic recordings like ‘Dat Dere’, Lou Donaldson “The Blues Walk,” Lou Blue Note Label Group a very special ‘Straight no Chaser’ or ‘My Funny Donaldson “Aligator Boogaloo,” Hank Mobley “The Turnaround,” Kenny Burrell division of EMI.” Valentine’ to jazz up their phone and “Chitlins Con Carne,” Chet Baker “My The division will issue new releas- express their personality,”said Bruce Funny Valentine,” Gerry Mulligan “Bernie’s es by Sarah Brightman, Norah Jones, Lundvall, President of EMI Jazz & Tune,” Lee Morgan “The Sidewinder,” Amos Lee, Raul Midon, Al Green, Classics. Miles Davis “Move,” Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis as well as new Lundvall worked closely with “Broad Way Blues,” Ronnie Laws “Always releases from Celtic Woman (which members of the Blue Note team to There,” Jimmy Smith “Back at the Chicken recently broke a record by holding the personally select the first installment Shack,” Sonny Clark “Cool Struttin’,” #1 spot on the Billboard World Music of ringtones, even helping to identify Lonnie Smith “Son Of Ice Bag,” Bobby Chart for 68 weeks), Louise Setera, a the unique hook that should be used Hutcherson “Ummh,” Freddie Hubbard new signing from the UK, Carrie Ro- for each track.