JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 22, 2006 Volume 2, Number 26 • $7.95 In This Issue: 2006 JazzWeek Awards Nominees Announced . 4 John Hicks Dies at 64 . 5 Festival Update: JVC-Newport Jazz Radio Q&A: and Detroit . 7 WNCU’S Music and Industry News BH HUDSON In Brief . 8 page 11 Reviews and Picks . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio. 25 Radio Panels. 24, 29 News. 4 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Karrin Allyson #1 Smooth Album – Paul Brown #1 Smooth Single – Paul Brown JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger eaders have spoken ... this year’s nominees for the fourth MUSIC EDITOR annual JazzWeek Awards have been tabulated. Check out Tad Hendrickson Rthe list of nominees on page 4 and be sure to send in your CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ballot. The ballot is found on page 31 (or may be downloaded from Keith Zimmerman http://www.jazzweek.com/2006ballot.pdf). Deadline for ballots Kent Zimmerman is May 26 at noon ET. Congratulations to all nominees. 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Berwyn, PA 19312 JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) – Ed Trefzger, Editor is published weekly by ������������� 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 [email protected] Copyright ©2006 Trefzger Media LLC jazzweek.com • May 22, 2006 JazzWeek 2 Contents May 22, 2006 News . 4 Readers Select Nominees For 2006 JazzWeek Awards . 4 Pianist John Hicks Dies at 64 . 5 Andy McGhee Saluted At Berklee . 6 Newport, Detroit Announce 2006 Festival Lineups . 7 Music and Industry News In Brief ... 8 Birthdays . 9 6 Features Radio Q&A: BH Hudson, WNCU . 10 Reviews . 15 Mark Elf . 15 Liquid Soul . 15 Avishai Cohen . 15 Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint . 16 11 Nat King Cole CD & DVD . 16 Jackie Allen . 17 Jazz Charts . 18 Jazz Album Chart . 19 Jazz Add Dates . 20 Jazz Current CDs . 21 Jazz Radio Panel . 24 Smooth Jazz Charts . 25 18 Smooth Album Chart . 26 Smooth Singles Chart. 27 Smooth Current CDs . 28 Smooth Radio Panel . 29 Closing Number Five Pittsburgh Tribute Albums by John Hicks . 32 25 Cover Photo: photo illustration of BH Hudson (photo provided by WNCU) JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 26 jazzweek.com • May 22, 2006 JazzWeek 3 News Readers Select Nominees For 2006 JazzWeek Awards ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Nominees Station of the Year, Markets 80+ Major Label of the Year KANU, Lawrence Blue Note* have been selected by readers of Jazz- KCCK, Cedar Rapids* Concord Week for the 2006 JazzWeek Awards, KEWU, Spokane* Nonesuch to be presented during the JazzWeek WESM, Princess Anne Sony/BMG Summit, June 17, 2006. WWSP, Stevens Point Verve* Nominations were made in 14 cat- Programmer of the Year, Markets 1-25 Independent Label of the Year egories. The top five in each category Arturo Gómez, KUVO* Heads Up made it to the final round. Thirteen of Shaunna Morrison Machosky, WDUQ HighNote Chuy Varela, KCSM* Palmetto* the categories will be voted on by read- Gary Walker, WBGO Sunnyside ers, while the remaining award, the Linda Yohn, WEMU** Telarc** Duke Dubois Humanitarian Award, is Programmer of the Year, Markets 26-79 Album of the Year selected by a committee. Of those 13 Eric Cohen, WAER Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut (Telarc) categories, 43 of the 65 nominees have Bert Gambini, WBFO Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane not previously won the award. BH Hudson, WNCU* At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note) A ballot to select this year’s win- Derrick Lucas, WGMC Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Brad Stone, KSJS* (Heads Up) ners is found on page 31 of this issue. Programmer of the Year, Markets 80+ Chris Potter Underground (Sunnyside) Ballots are due by 12 noon ET on May Dianne Reeves Good Night and Good Luck 26, 2006. Elizabeth Farriss, KEWU* Ron Fundingsland, KSUT (Concord) This year marks the fourth annual Russ Haines, WWSP Vocalist of the Year presentation of the JazzWeek Awards. Bob McWilliams, KANU Kurt Elling Past winners of the Duke Dubois Bob Stewart, KCCK* Carmen Lundy award are: Tom Mallison, 2003; Dick Record Company Promotional Dianne Reeves LaPalm, 2004; Joe Fields, 2005. Tierney Sutton* Representative of the Year Nancy Wilson Terry Coen, Palmetto* Nominations Tatsuya Koeda, Dreyfus Instrumentalist of the Year Tina Pelikan, ECM Bill Charlap Station of the Year, Markets 1-25 Vikki Rzepka, Telarc Hiromi KCSM, San Mateo* Garrett Shelton, Sunnyside*** Joe Locke KUVO, Denver* Chris Potter Independent Promotion John Scofield WDUQ, Pittsburgh Company of the Year WEMU, Ypsilanti** Dr. Jazz Operations (Dr. Jazz) WGBH, Boston Groov Marketing (Josh Ellman, Mark Rini, NOTES: Station of the Year, Markets 26-79 Thad Paulsen)* * Previous Award Winner KSJS, San Jose* Jazzzdog Promotions (Jane Dashow, Cindy ** Won the award in a different category WBFO, Buffalo Budd)* *** Won the award with a different WGMC, Rochester* New World ‘N’ Jazz (Neal Sapper, Matt company. WNCU, Durham Hughes) WWOZ, New Orleans Tracking Station (Mike Hurzon) JW jazzweek.com • May 22, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News Pianist John Hicks Dies at 64 NEW YORK – Pianist John Hicks musical mentors were Lucky Thomp- include Curtis Lundy, David Murray, died the morning of May 10 after be- son, Miles Davis and Clark Terry. Elise Wood, David “Fathead” New- ing rushed to the hospital the previous Hicks also toured with blues legends man, Hannibal Peterson, Cecil Brooks day. He was 64. Little Milton and Albert King as well III, Walter Booker, Billy Bang, Son- Hicks was born in Atlanta, Ga., as jazz greats Al Grey, Johnny Grif- ny Fortune, Frank West, Louis Hayes, on Dec. 21, 1941, and was the eldest fin and Pharaoh Sanders before he ar- Buster Williams, George Mraz, Id- of five children. His late parents, Rev. rived in New York in 1963. John then ris Muhammad, Mickey Bass, Lester Dr. John J. Hicks and the former Pol- worked with Kenny Dorham, Lou Bowie, and a host of luminaries in the lie Louise Bledsoe of Atlanta moved to Donaldson and Joe Henderson be- jazz genre. Los Angeles when Hicks was an in- fore becoming a full-fledged member Hicks is survived by his wife, flut- fant. When he was fifteen, the family of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. After ist Elise Wood of New York City; his moved to St. Louis, Mo., where his fa- two years with Blakey, Hicks joined daughter and granddaughter, Naima ther was the minister Union Memorial another jazz training ground, the Bet- Yemenejah and Chintamini Hicks of Methodist Church. ty Carter Trio. Atlanta; his son, Jamil Malik Hicks; After high school and attend- Hicks’ recorded works have includ- his only surviving brother, Raiford ing Lincoln University, the Berklee ed artists such as Joshua Redman, Al Emerson Hicks; two sisters, Mrs. Pau- School of Music, and Julliard, Hicks Grey, Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Grady la Hicks Neely (Louis) and Ms. Emma relocated to New York City from St. Tate, Charles Tolliver, Oliver Lake, Hicks Kirk (Ronald) of Stockbridge, Louis when he was hired for his first Roy Hargrove, Gary Bartz, and Bob- Georgia; and several nieces, nephews, JW tour with Della Reese. Among his by Watson. 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