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Jazzweek with Airplay Data Powered by Jazzweek.Com • December 14, 2009 Volume 6, Number 4 • $7.95 JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • December 14, 2009 Volume 6, Number 4 • $7.95 Jazz Album No. 1: Jeff Hamilton Trio Smooth Single No. 1: Peter White Good Day Symbiosis (Capri) (Peak) World Music No. 1: Various Artists Daptone Smooth Single No. 1: Peter White “Bright” Gold (Daptone) (Peak) Jazz Album Chart .................... 3 Jazz Radio Currents .................. 8 Smooth Jazz Album Chart ............. 4 Jazz Radio Panel ................... 11 Smooth Singles Chart ................. 5 Key Non-Monitored Jazz Stations . 12 World Music Album Chart.............. 6 Smooth Jazz Current Tracks........... 13 Jazz Add Dates ...................... 7 Smooth Jazz Station Panel............ 14 Jazz Birthdays December 14 December 18 December 25 Budd Johnson (1910) Fletcher Henderson (1897) Kid Ory (1890) Ted Buckner (1913) Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1917) Cab Calloway (1907) Clark Terry (1920) Harold Land (1928) Chris Woods (1925) Cecil Payne (1922) Leo Smith (1941) Bob James (1939) Phineas Newborn (1931) December 19 Ronnie Cuber (1941) Jerome Cooper (1946) Bob Brookmeyer (1929) December 26 Dan Barrett (1955) Bobby Timmons (1935) Monty Budwig (1929) December 15 December 20 John Scofield (1951) Stan Kenton (1911) Larry Willis (1940) Cassandra Wilson (1955) Billy Butler (1925) December 21 December 27 Gene Quill (1927) Panama Francis (1918) Bunk Johnson (1889) Barry Harris (1929) Hank Crawford (1934) Booty Wood (1919) Curtis Fuller (1934) John Hicks (1941) Walter Norris (1931) Dannie Richmond (1935) December 28 Eddie Palmieri (1936) December 22 Joe Lee Wilson (1935) Earl “Fatha” Hines (1903) December 16 Ed Thigpen (1930) December 23 Andy Razaf (1895) Lonnie Liston Smith (1940) Chet Baker (1929) Turk Murphy (1915) Michel Petrucciani (1962) Frank Morgan (1933) Sam Most (1930) David Berkman (1964) Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1933) December 24 December 29 Joe Farrell (1937) Baby Dodds (1898) Snub Mosley (1905) John Abercrombie (1944) Cladys “Jabbo” Smith (1908) Joe Lovano (1952) Rene McLean (1946) Ray Bryant (1931) December 30 December 17 Chris McGregor (1936) Jack Montrose (1928) Ray Noble (1903) Woody Shaw (1944) Wolfgang Dauner (1935) Sy Oliver (1910) Ralph Moore (1956) Sonny Red (1932) Louis Moutin (1961) December 31 Walter Booker (1933) François Moutin (1961) John Kirby (1908) Jonah Jones (1909) For daily, online access to the data behind the charts, please contact Doug Hall at (610) 578-0800 x120 or [email protected] jazzweek.com • December 14, 2009 JazzWeek 2 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Dec. 14, 2009 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW +/- Weeks Reports Adds 1 2 1 1 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis Capri 212 166 46 11 52 2 2 3 3 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues Concord Jazz 186 163 23 12 47 2 3 5 2 1 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot HighNote 183 147 36 8 52 1 4 1 4 1 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest HighNote 180 167 13 11 49 1 5 4 6 4 Houston Person Mellow HighNote 170 149 21 8 46 3 6 7 16 6 Roni Ben-Hur Fortuna Motema 165 136 29 5 45 3 6 12 5 3 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit Mack Avenue 165 114 51 14 50 1 8 8 10 1 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence EmArcy/Groovin’ High 159 128 31 16 41 2 9 25 27 9 Manuel Valera Currents MaxJazz 155 81 74 9 57 12 10 13 8 8 Angela Hagenbach The Way They Make Me Feel Resonance 137 113 24 8 48 2 11 11 13 11 Graham Dechter Right On Time Capri 133 116 17 11 45 1 12 18 10 10 The Mike Longo Trio Sting Like A Bee C.A.P. 132 99 33 7 35 4 13 15 9 9 Steve Davis Eloquence Jazz Legacy 127 104 23 11 45 2 14 10 18 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy Open Art 125 119 6 21 46 0 15 9 7 6 Cedar Walton Voices Deep Within HighNote 114 121 -7 11 40 1 16 34 17 16 Dana Hall Into The Light Origin 113 67 46 4 41 8 17 27 12 3 Roberta Gambarini So In Love EmArcy/Groovin’ High 108 78 30 16 45 0 18 26 27 18 Jeff Lashway Reunion Random Act 106 79 27 11 24 0 19 42 36 1 Christian McBride & Inside Straight Kind Of Brown Mack Avenue 105 60 45 26 46 1 20 21 26 14 Reuben Wilson Azure Te 18th & Vine 96 94 2 17 34 0 21 19 21 4 Heath Brothers Endurance Jazz Legacy 95 98 -3 16 37 0 22 40 22 14 Ben Allison Think Free Palmetto 92 61 31 11 55 4 23 6 23 6 Oliver Jones & Hank Jones Pleased To Meet You Justin Time 91 144 -53 5 38 4 23 39 24 6 Rodney Jones A Thousand Small Things 18th & Vine 91 62 29 14 35 1 25 14 19 4 James Moody 4A IPO 85 105 -20 15 39 2 26 59 – 26 Jeb Patton New Strides MaxJazz 84 49 35 2 34 12 27 20 34 5 Ramsey Lewis Songs From The Heart: Ramsey Plays Concord Jazz 79 96 -17 12 30 0 Ramsey 28 37 59 28 Mark Levine And The Latin Tinge Off & On Left Coast Clave 77 63 14 16 29 0 28 16 19 16 Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts Quintet Bridging The Gap Planet Arts/Blujazz 77 103 -26 6 30 3 30 36 39 30 George Colligan Come Together Sunnyside 76 64 12 11 28 0 30 22 27 16 Mark Isham & Kate Ceberano Bittersweet Earle-Tones 76 87 -11 11 18 0 32 – 50 24 Jon Irabagon The Observer Concord Jazz 75 48 27 7 36 3 33 28 32 18 Count Basie Orchestra Swinging, Singing, Playing Mack Avenue 73 75 -2 16 28 0 34 37 – 34 Royce Campbell Trio & Phil Woods Movie Song Project Philology 71 63 8 3 35 14 35 50 43 22 Curtis Stigers Lost In Dreams Concord Jazz 69 56 13 10 24 2 35 30 56 30 Wayne Escoffery Uptown Posi-Tone 69 73 -4 5 32 2 35 52 41 9 Bill Easley Hearing Voices 18th & Vine 69 55 14 17 22 2 38 30 47 30 Sharel Cassity Relentless Jazz Legacy 68 73 -5 11 28 1 38 23 44 23 Cyrus Chestnut Spirit Jazz Legacy 68 86 -18 16 23 1 40 45 44 9 Vijay Iyer Trio Historicity Act Company 66 58 8 9 21 1 40 33 42 23 The Godfathers Of Groove 3 18th & Vine 66 68 -2 14 24 1 42 32 59 11 Eldar Virtue Sony 65 70 -5 15 20 0 43 16 15 5 Robert Glasper Double Booked Blue Note 64 103 -39 16 24 1 44 24 54 24 Joel Frahm & Bruce Katz Project A Anzic 63 85 -22 15 17 0 45 52 – 45 Bill Mays Trio Mays At The Movies Steeplechase 62 55 7 2 28 9 45 45 13 13 John Beasley Positootly! Resonance 62 58 4 17 22 1 47 40 39 5 The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet Bien Bien Patois 61 61 0 13 34 1 48 52 – 48 Tony Foster In Between Moods Self-Released 60 55 5 7 19 0 49 – 54 49 James Weidman Three Worlds Inner Circle 59 48 11 6 25 2 49 – – 19 Sophie Milman Take Love Easy Linus 59 46 13 27 25 0 Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Royce Campbell Trio & Phil Woods Movie Song Project Manuel Valera Currents (MaxJazz) +74 Miguel Zenon Esta Plena (Marsalis) (Philology) +14 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) +51 Jake Langley Here And Now (Tonepoet) John Wojciechowski Lexicon (Self-Released) Jake Langley Here And Now (Tonepoet) +14 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) +46 Dave Braham ...To Be Free (Random Act) Manuel Valera Currents (MaxJazz) +12 Dana Hall Into The Light (Origin) +46 Phil Kelly & The NW Prevailing Winds Ballet Of The Bouncing Beagles Jeb Patton New Strides (MaxJazz) +12 Christian McBride & Inside Straight Kind Of Brown (Origin) Fat Cat Big Band Face (Smalls) +11 (Mack Avenue) +45 Fahir Atakoglu Faces & Places (Far & Here) Phil Brown And The New Arts Jazztet Bright Side Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) +36 ESP Time’s Up! (Spider) Keith Oxman Doing All Right (Capri) (A Caldera) +11 Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Anything Goes (Concord Jazz) Fat Cat Big Band Face (Smalls) jazzweek.com • December 14, 2009 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2009 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 3 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Dec. 14, 2009 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW +/- Weeks Reports Adds 1 1 2 1 Peter White Good Day Peak 171 168 3 17 11 0 2 2 1 1 Jessy J True Love Peak 151 153 -2 21 10 0 3 3 6 1 George Benson Songs & Stories Monster/Concord 147 144 3 19 11 0 4 4 4 1 Boney James Send One Your Love Concord 140 143 -3 46 10 0 5 5 5 5 Craig Chaquico Follow The Sun Shanachie 136 141 -5 29 9 0 6 7 7 3 Darren Rahn Talk Of The Town NuGroove 130 110 20 43 10 0 7 6 8 3 Bernie Williams Moving Forward Reform/Rock Ridge 127 131 -4 37 10 0 8 13 12 5 Rick Braun All It Takes Artistry/Mack Avenue 110 94 16 28 10 0 9 10 11 9 Najee Mind Over Matter Heads Up 105 97 8 15 10 0 10 13 9 7 Paul Taylor Burnin’ Peak 99 94 5 20 9 0 10 12 14 1 Jackiem Joyner Lil’ Man Soul Artistry/Mack Avenue 99 96 3 40 11 0 12 10 12 3 Seal Soul 143/Warner Bros.
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