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Jazzweek Smooth Album Chart Sept airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Sept. 4, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 2 1 Peter White Playin’ Favorites Columbia 595 615 -20 13 28 0 2 2 1 1 Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP/UMG/Verve 594 609 -15 23 27 0 3 3 3 1 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz 585 585 0 55 27 0 4 5 5 4 Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada 455 472 -17 21 27 0 5 4 4 4 Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous 442 496 -54 21 27 1 6 6 12 6 The Jazzmasters The Jazzmasters V Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 407 399 8 10 24 0 7 8 6 1 Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve 379 378 1 60 28 0 8 7 8 7 Fourplay Fourplay X RCA 373 378 -5 10 27 0 9 10 7 1 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen 372 372 0 64 27 0 10 9 10 9 Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae Capitol 349 373 -24 15 26 0 11 11 11 1 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 334 344 -10 54 28 0 12 13 17 12 Lionel Richie Coming Home Island 312 290 22 6 22 0 13 14 16 13 Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up 312 285 27 27 26 0 14 17 15 14 Ray Parker, Jr. I’m Free Raydio 301 277 24 21 27 0 15 15 14 14 David Benoit Full Circle Peak/Concord 277 282 -5 13 24 0 16 18 20 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 275 226 49 83 28 0 17 31 NR 17 Boney James Shine Concord 273 100 173 2 24 4 18 16 13 13 Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz/Virgin 270 277 -7 26 22 0 19 12 9 2 The Philippe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N 259 322 -63 24 25 0 20 20 18 12 Rick Braun Yours Truly Artizen 220 220 0 17 28 0 21 24 22 4 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada 210 181 29 22 25 0 22 21 21 11 Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous 191 214 -23 50 19 0 23 25 23 9 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave 180 176 4 82 21 0 24 22 24 18 Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie 171 191 -20 49 23 0 25 19 19 1 Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve 171 225 -54 46 25 0 26 23 25 18 Chris Standring Soul Express Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2 164 188 -24 22 24 0 27 26 26 4 Najee My Point Of View Heads Up 162 158 4 59 27 0 28 27 27 27 Marion Meadows Dressed To Chill Heads Up 139 136 3 19 15 0 29 28 28 1 Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista 120 122 -2 89 26 0 30 30 30 30 Oli Silk So Many Ways Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 116 108 8 9 16 0 31 33 29 27 Shilts Headboppin Artizen 113 97 16 13 13 1 32 29 31 5 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music 112 117 -5 80 21 0 33 32 34 1 Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 109 98 11 60 19 0 34 34 38 34 Everette Harp In The Moment Shanachie 108 88 20 6 13 2 35 39 32 17 Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord 90 80 10 30 12 0 36 36 39 25 Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch 86 86 0 59 15 0 37 47 44 2 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 85 64 21 76 24 0 38 37 35 3 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up 84 85 -1 67 20 0 39 40 37 9 Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia 83 79 4 46 15 0 40 35 43 15 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin/EMI 80 86 -6 41 17 0 41 38 36 36 Michael Franks Rendezvous In Rio Sleeping Gypsy/Koch 79 84 -5 13 9 0 42 49 47 28 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up 75 62 13 36 6 0 43 48 48 16 Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise 72 64 8 59 14 0 44 46 55 33 Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 71 67 4 55 8 0 45 44 41 14 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 70 70 0 59 18 0 46 41 46 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 67 75 -8 77 21 0 47 42 42 40 Pamela Williams Elixir Shanachie 66 71 -5 10 9 0 48 54 49 48 Dan Siegel Departure Native Language 63 56 7 10 6 0 49 43 40 40 Bobby Lyle Hands On Heads Up 62 70 -8 13 7 0 50 58 61 30 Camiel Sunset Rendezvous 62 49 13 55 16 0 Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Lee Ritenour Smoke N’ Mirrors (Peak) +5 Boney James Shine (Concord) +173 Lee Ritenour Smoke N’ Mirrors (Peak) Boney James Shine (Concord) +4 Nils Pacific Coast Highway (Baja) +49 George Benson & Al Jarreau Givin’ It Up (Concord) Doc Powell Doc Powell (DPR/Heads Up) George Benson & Al Jarreau Givin’ It Up (Concord) +4 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice (Narada) +29 Andy Snitzer Some Quiet Place (Native Language) Michael Lington A Song For You (Rendezvous) +4 Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk (Heads Up) +27 Anders Holst Five (Self-Released) Everette Harp In The Moment (Shanachie) +2 George Benson & Al Jarreau Givin’ It Up (Concord) +27 Mark Cassara Je Vous Aime [Single] (Rhombus) Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler (Blue Note) (10 More at +1) Ray Parker, Jr. I’m Free (Raydio) +24 David Boswell Bridge Of Art (My Quiet Moon) Eric Marienthal Got You Covered (Peak) David Davis Smile (Self-Released) jazzweek.com • September 4, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 26.
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