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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 Volume 2, Number 23 • $7.95 In This Issue: Journalists Association Jazz COWBOY JUSTICE Awards Finalists Announced . . 4 Photographer William J. Gottlieb, 89 . . 6 Denver’s KUVO Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month ...... 7 Ben Allison Music and Gets Political Industry News In Brief . . . . . 7 on his New Reviews and Palmetto CD Picks . . . . . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Q&A: page 10 Smooth Jazz Radio...... 25 Radio Panels. . 24, 29 News...... 4 Charts: #1 Jazz – Pat Martino #1 Smooth Album – Nils #1 Smooth Single – Paul Brown JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger he lively discussion this past week on the Jazz Programmers’ Mail- MUSIC EDITOR ing List has caused us to rethink a couple of topics for the Jazz- Tad Hendrickson TWeek Summit, so we’re holding off on releasing the schedule and agenda for a couple of days. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS The eventual demise of jazz programming on WBEZ in Chica- Keith Zimmerman Kent Zimmerman go has been the catalyst for some heated and insightful discussion. It’s CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ prompted me to think about a few things, particularly what do we do PHOTOGRAPHER to stem the tide of public jazz stations becoming more and more scarce? Tom Mallison We’ll be addressing specific topics such as building an audience and PHOTOGRAPHY considering various music selection and programming approaches at the Barry Solof Summit. I’m hoping for some lively discussion, yielding more light than heat. Maybe we can reverse the trend. Founding Publisher: Tony Gasparre ••• Eras of history with sharp political polarizations have yielded polit- ADVERTISING: Devon Murphy Call (866) 453-6401 ext. 3 or ically-based arts. Such a time period was the 1960s and early ’70s; and email: [email protected] really, the civil rights movement extends that era of turmoil back to the 1950s. Finding inspiration from the times is bassist and composer Ben SUBSCRIPTIONS: Allison; he talks about his latest Palmetoo album, Cowboy Justice, with Free to qualified applicants Premium subscription: $149.00 per year, music editor Tad Hendrickson. And as a bonus, Ben includes his top 5 w/ Industry Access: $249.00 per year political jazz picks for us on page 32. To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ ••• AMEX/PayPal go to: http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ subscribe.html This year’s JazzWeek Summit will run from Thursday, June 15 through Saturday, June 17, coinciding with the final three days of the Rochester International Jazz Festival. The host hotel will be the Roch- AIRPLAY MONITORING BY ester Clarion Riverside. Reservation information for the hotel is online at jazzweek.com. We have ample opportunities for sponsorships and artist showcases and there are hospitality arrangements available with Mediaguide the hotel for suites or receptions. Registration is at jazzweek.com and a 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. registration form is also included on page 30. Suite 150 Berwyn, PA 19312 Be sure to send in your nomination form for the JazzWeek awards. The form is on page 31 and is due by noon ET May 12. JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) is published weekly by – Ed Trefzger, Editor �������������

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News ...... 4 10th Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards Finalists Announced . . . . . 4 Photographer William Gottlieb, 89 ...... 6 Music and Industry News In Brief ...... 7 Denver’s KUVO Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month ...... 7 Birthdays ...... 9 Features 7 Artist Q&A: Ben Allison ...... 10 Reviews ...... 14 Roy Hargove Quintet...... 15 RH Factor ...... 15 Pete Malinverni...... 15 Anne Ducros...... 16 Mark Kleinhaut Trio ...... 16 10 Jazz Charts ...... 18 Jazz Album Chart ...... 19 Jazz Add Dates ...... 20 Jazz Current CDs ...... 21 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 24 Smooth Jazz Charts ...... 25 Smooth Album Chart ...... 26 Smooth Singles Chart...... 27 18 Smooth Current CDs ...... 28 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 29 Classifieds ...... 17

Closing Number Ben Allison’s Top 3 Political (plus two songs) ...... 32

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Cover Photo: Ben Allison (photo by Lourdes Delgado) JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 23 jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 3 News 10th Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards Finalists Announced 2. Musician of the Year Michael Brooks, Bob Irmin, Seth Rothstein, project NEW YORK – The Jazz Journal- director) ists Association has announced the fi- Andrew Hill 7. of the Year nalists ballot for its 10th annual Jazz Blue Note Awards, with the 20-year old profes- Mosaic Paul Motian ArtistShare sional organization nominating more Ken Vandermark Palmetto than 200 jazz musicians, recordings, 3. Up & Coming Musician of the Year Arbors labels, producers, concert presenters, Anat Cohen Concord/Fantasy/Telarc Eldar Djangirov authors, broadcasters, photographers 8. Events Producer of the Year Robert Glasper Tim Jackson, ; Kuumbwa Jazz and new media outlets for recognition John Hollenbeck Center of achievements in 2005-2006. Dafnis Prieto Jack Kleinsinger, Highlights in Jazz Miguel Zenon Winners, to be voted on by the in- Randall Kline, SFJAZZ 4. Jazz Album of the Year Patricia Nicholson-Parker, Vision Festival ternational JJA’s approximately 400 , Leaves of Grass (Palmetto) George Wein, Festival Productions professional members, will be an- Andrew Hill, Time Lines (Blue Note) 9. Composer of the Year nounced at a gala supper party, open to & ,Carnegie Hall 1957 Carla Bley (Blue Note) the public, on Monday, June 19, from Dave Douglas Charlie Parker & , Town Hall 1945 Andrew Hill 4 to 7 p.m. at B. B. King’s Club (Uptown) John Hollenbeck and Grill in . Sonny Rollins, Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert Maria Schneider (Milestone) The Jazz Awards are present- 10. Arranger of the Year 5. Single CD Reissue of the Year ed in 41 categories, including Life- Carla Bley Derek Bailey/Evan Parker,The London Concert (Psi) Bob Brookmeyer time Achievement in Jazz and in Jazz Bob Brookmeyer & Friends (Columbia/Legacy) Bill Holman Journalism. All nominees are invit- Don Ellis, Essence (Mighty Quinn Productions) Maria Schneider /Ornette Coleman, Song X (Nonesuch) Gerald Wilson ed guests at the party at B.B. King’s, Alan Skidmore Quintet, Once Upon A Time (Dutton 11. Male of the Year a fundraiser supporting the non-prof- Vocalion) Kurt Elling , Stepping Stones: Live At The Village it JJA’s education, audience-outreach Andy Bey Vanguard (Sony BMG Legacy) and professional mentoring initiatives. Mark Murphy 6. Boxed Set Reissue of the Year Tax-deductible tickets cost $200 ($75 Giacomo Gates , The Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio for members of the JJA), and are avail- Recordings (Mosaic), originals produced by Norman Granz, produced for release by Scott Wenzel, executive 12. Female Jazz Singer of the Year able at www.JazzJournalistsAwards. producer Michael Cuscuna com. Diana Reeves ,The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Colum- Luciana Souza Jazz Journalists Association bia/Legacy), original sessions produced by Teo Macero, Tierney Sutton produced for release Jazz Awards 2006 by Teo Macero and Stan Tonkel 13. Latin Jazz Album of the Year Finalist nominees based on cumulative votes of Andrew Hill, Mosaic Select (Mosaic), original sessions , Time Was - Time Is (O+) professional members, Jazz Journalists Associa- produced by Francis Wolff and Alfred Lion; produced Edsel Gomez, Cubist Music (Zoho) tion. for release by Michael Cuscuna Eddie Palmieri, Listen Here (Concord Picante) 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz ,The Complete Library Of Congress Poncho Sanchez, Do It! (Concord Picante) Records by Alan Lomax (Rounder), produced for Moacir Santos, Choros y Alegria (Adventure Music) Andrew Hill release by Anna Lomax Wood and Jeffrey A. Greenberg Bebo Valdés, Bebo de Cuba (Calle 54) Various Artists, Progressions: 100 Years Of Marian McPartland (Columbia/Legacy), Originals produced by various, Paul Motian produced for release by Steve Berkowitz (Legacy A&R, (continued on page 5) jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News

10th Annual JJA Jazz Awards Finalists (continued from page 4) 14. Small Ensemble of the Year (<9 pieces) 23. Clarinetist of the Year 32. Percussionist of the Year -Joe Cohn Quartet Don Byron Ray Barretto Trio Kenny Davern Cyro Baptista Andrew Hill Quintet Paquito D’Rivera Hamid Drake Dave Holland Quintet Marty Ehrlich Kahil El’Zabar Jason Moran & The Bandwagon Ken Peplowski Giovanni Hidalgo Quartet 24. Flutist of the Year Poncho Sanchez The Vandermark 5 Jamie Baum 33. Drummer of the Year 15. Large Ensemble of the Year (9+ pieces) James Moody Hamid Drake Dave Holland Big Band Sam Rivers Roy Haynes Mingus Big Band Lew Tabackin Paul Motian Maria Schneider Orchestra Lewis Nash Vanguard Jazz Orchestra 25. Pianist of the Year Matt Wilson Gerald Wilson Orchestra 34. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism 16. Trumpeter of the Year Bill Charlap (past winners: Whitney Balliett, Stanley Dance, Gary Dave Douglas Fred Hersch Giddins, Nat Hentoff, Ira Gitler, Dan Morgenstern, Bob Andrew Hill Blumenthal) Keith Jarrett Francis Davis Nicholas Payton Jason Moran Larry Kart Jeremy Pelt Danilo Perez Howard Mandel Randy Sandke 26. Organ-keyboards of the Year Doug Ramsey 17. Trombonist of the Year Joey DeFrancesco Kevin Whitehead Mike Zwerin Wycliffe Gordon Dr. Lonnie Smith 35. Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award Craig Taborn for Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting Roswell Rudd Sam Yahel (past winners: Neil Tesser, Marian McPartland, Dr. Billy Steve Turre 27. Guitarist of the Year Taylor, Phil Schaap, Michael Bourne, Kenny Washing- 18. Player of the Year of Instruments Rare in Jazz Bill Frisell ton, Alyn Shipton, Steve Schwartz, Rhonda Hamilton) Bela Fleck (banjo) Dick Buckley (WBEZ-FM, Chicago) Richard Galliano (accordion) Russell Malone Eric Jackson (WGBH-FM, Boston) Howard Levy (harmonica) Pat Metheny Leigh Kammann (Minnesota Public Radio, Saint Paul) Scott Robinson (reeds) Ben Monder Oscar Treadwell (late of WVXU-FM, Cincinnati) Bob Stewart (tuba) Kurt Rosenwinkel Jim Wilke (KPLU-FM, Seattle) Linda Yohn (WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti) Toots Thielemans (harmonica) 28. Acoustic Bassist of the Year 19. Alto Saxophonist of the Year Ron Carter 36. Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award - Excellence Ornette Coleman in Photography Marty Ehrlich Charlie Haden (past winners: William Claxton, William Gottlieb, Lee Konitz Dave Holland , Chuck Stewart, Enid Farber, Ken Greg Osby Christian McBride Franckling, Lee Tanner, Jack Vartoogian) William Parker John Abbott 20. Tenor Saxophonist of the Year 29. Electric Bassist of the Year Jimmy Katz Gene Martin Joe Lovano Richard Bona David Redfern Tony Malaby Mitchell Seidel Chris Potter Matthew Garrison Herb Snitzer Sonny Rollins Christian McBride Wayne Shorter 37. Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award-Excel- 21. Soprano Saxophonist of the Year Stomu Takeishi lence in Newspaper, Magazine or Online Jane Ira Bloom 30. Strings Player of the Year Writing Jane Bunnett Billy Bang (past winners: Gary Giddins, Howard Mandel, Bill David Liebman Regina Carter Milkowski, Ben Ratliff) Branford Marsalis Mark Feldman David Adler Wayne Shorter Erik Friedlander Nate Chinen Evan Parker Jenny Scheinman Francis Davis Mike Zwerin 22. Baritone Saxophonist of the Year 31. Mallets Player of the Year Hamiet Bluiett Gary Burton 38. Best Periodical Covering Jazz Stefon Harris AllAboutJazz-New York Ronnie Cuber Down Beat Claire Daly Joe Locke Cadence Gary Smulyan Steve Nelson JazzTimes Signal to Noise (continued on page 6) jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 5 News

JJA (continued from page 5) Photographer William Gottlieb, 89 39. Best Website Concentrating on Jazz AllAboutJazz.com NEW YORK – Photographer Wil- ally write 16 books, most of them for Jazzcorner.com liam J. Gottlieb, whose photographs of children. Jazztimes.com jazz musicians set the standard for jazz In 1979, after his retirement from Jerryjazzmusician.com Pointofdeparture.org photography, died at his home April McGraw-Hill, Gottlieb published a 40. Best Book About Jazz 24. He was 89. book of his photographs, The Golden Jazzlife, by William Claxton and Joachim Berendt Gottlieb made his first photographs Age of Jazz. A collection of those pho- (Taschen) in 1939 as a companion to his weekly tographs was purchased by the Library Running The Voodoo Down: The Electric Music Of Miles Washington Post column, “Swing Ses- of Congress in 1995. Approximately Davis, (Backbeat), by Phil Freeman sions.” His writing and photography 1,600 negatives and color transparen- : Livin’ In A Great Big Way (Da Capo), by Peter Levinson landed him a position as an editor at cies, 54 framed exhibition prints, 950 The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie, (Harper Down Beat, for whom he wrote about reference prints, and accompanying Collins), by Donald Maggin and photographed jazz until 1948. At contact prints compose the collection. Chasin’ The Bird, (Oxford University Press), by Brian both publications, he was paid for his The collection is available online at Priestly writing, but not his photography, so he http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wght- Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul learned to be economical with the sup- ml/. Desmond (Parkside), by Doug Ramsey plies for his Speed Graphic and Rollei- Gottlieb is survived by his wife 41. Jazz Photo of the Year flex cameras. of 66 years, Delia; four children, six Entrants on display at www.Jazzhouse.Org Gottlieb left the jazz world to make grandchildren and three great-grand- �������������������������������������� JW JW educational filmstrips and to eventu- children.

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jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 6 News Music and Industry News In Brief ... ❏ MILLWOOD, N.Y. – Latin/jazz indie label Rican musicians. Ray wanted to feature context outside of what could be referred ZOHO Music L.L.C. has announced the them in a 1950’s Blue Note-style straight to as “Latin Jazz”. release of Standards Rican-ditioned, ahead blowing session playing classic jazz The band Ray assembled for this recording the last recording by the legendary standards. His intentions were to feature features Hilton Ruiz on , David percussionist Ray Barretto – who passed standards that are rarely heard today, Sanchez on tenor sax, Papo Vazquez away unexpectedly on February 17, 2006, songs he heard when he was getting on trombone, John Benitez on bass and at the age of 76. started as a musician in the late 40’s. The repertoire was to be performed by these In the summer of 2005, Ray Barretto on drums. great Puerto Rican musicians – who would met with Jochen Becker from ZOHO in The recording be playing this material for the first time. New York City to discuss plans for his s e s s i o n s It was of importance to Ray to showcase next recording. Ray wanted to record took place at these extraordinary players in a musical with an all-star ensemble of top Puerto Kaleidoscope Sound in Union City, N.J., from Denver’s KUVO Celebrates December 14 to Jazz Appreciation Month 16, 2005. The song Andrew Lepley selection and Ray Barretto accepts the arrangements 2006 NEA Jazz Masters a g a i n Award from Ramsey demo ns t r a t e Lewis at the IAJE confer- Ray’s meticulous ence in New York in care with January. detail, and his encyclopedic knowledge of the by-ways of the classic “Great American Song Book” repertoire. An example: the ballad “Suddenly It’s Spring,” as performed by a young in the early 1940s, which Sinatra never officially recorded. Ray possessed a rare live radio broadcast check tape of it – which was carefully transcribed by pianist TOP: KUVO’s Carlos Lando is joined by Hilton Ruiz for the present recording. Edward Palmieri, Eddie Palmieri and Adding extra poignancy to this recording series producer Alfredo Cruz during the is that it also features for the first time recording of the KUVO-produced Eddie Ray’s 20-year-old son Chris Barretto, Palmieri radio project, “Caliente! Latin on two stunning alto sax solos. Chris Jazz with Eddie Palmieri.” The series is presently studying at the Manhattan was recorded in part at KUVO’s Oasis School of Music. “Ray was so proud of his Performance Studio. son’s accomplishments that he made me listen to the solos over the telephone, right LEFT: During a visit to Denver April 12, after they were recorded,” remembered composer and orchestra leader Marcus Becker. Shelby (left) stopped by to chat with KUVO music director Arturo Gómez about ❏ NEW YORK – In 2003, the acclaimed the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra’s lat- singer-pianist-composer Patricia Barber est project, Port Chicago. became one of the few Jazz musicians ever to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, photos: Susan Gatschet Reese, KUVO (continued) jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 7 News collection includes separate discs devoted countless other events, will turn over its (continued) News In Brief to The Pajama Game Cast Album and Thou field to Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl Shalt Not and will be in stores on Tuesday, (presented as one of five events under the and she took the opportunity to create one May 9. “Pasadena Summer Fest” banner). of the most ambitious and affecting works of her career. Mythologies is a song cycle In addition to interpretations of the Returning for its second consecutive based on Greek mythology, which uses musical’s classic songs including “Hey year to present an exciting all-new line characters from The Metamorphoses of There,” “Steam Heat,” and “Hernando’s up, Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl – a as the basis for each of the 11 songs, Hideaway,” both the Roundabout Theatre music medley of old and new traditions giving these timeless stories a uniquely production and The Pajama Game Cast – takes the audience from straight-ahead contemporary and compelling musical Album feature three songs – “If You traditional and Big Band Era Swing to the setting. Barber, whom TIME magazine Win, You Lose” and “The Three of Us,” smooth sounds of Contemporary Jazz, once referred to as a cross between written by Richard Adler, and “The World then sprinkles in an eclectic mix of Latin Susan Sontag and Diana Krall, has now Around Us,” written by Richard Adler and Street Music, Salsa, Afro Caribbean and recorded Mythologies for release on Jerry Ross – not included in the original Latin Jazz, and rounds out the music on August 15. Built production. flavors of the weekend with a pinch of around her dynamic quartet, Mythologies Smooth Pop , to present nationally also features a guest saxophonist, vocal ❏ PASADENA, Calif. – For one special recognized artists along with some of soloists, a gospel choir, and children hip holiday weekend in May, the Rose Bowl Southern ’s best musicians on hop artists. will be remembered for hosting World- the scene today. Playboy Jazz at the Rose Class jazz. 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jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 9 Artist Q&A: Ben Allison

Lourdes Delgado omposer/bassist Ben Allison has been a part of the jazz land- scape thanks to a phenomenal run of albums for Palmetto CRecords. Not only has he led his own bands, he’s also been the main force behind the loose group of younger musicians who work together as the Jazz Composers Collective. Here Allison talks about his new band and political-minded new album, Cowboy Jus- tice, and also gives JazzWeek the lowdown on the unofficial disso- lution of the JCC after more than a decade of organizing concerts and commissioning new compositions. In the spirit of passing our work along to others, we also had Ben give us his own picks for his favorite politically charged jazz albums. – Tad Hendrickson

JazzWeek: So the new record marks the debut of a new quartet for you. Ben Allison: We’ve been playing together for about eight months, but it still feels new. It’s a quartet, which is new, because my groups tend to be larger quintets, sextets and larger. And there’s the line-up of guitar, trumpet, bass and drums. I’m looking around on the internet and I don’t see anyone using that line-up. I don’t know why. But part of my inspiration for putting this to-

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gether was the challenge of writing for a smaller group. Whereas past groups have been more compositional and orchestral, where I doubled up and tripled It’s nothing up sounds, this time I wanted to just focus on the four basic sounds and see how much I could get out of that by stripping down the palette. against the Are the other bands done? What was wrong with them that you chose to mindset of a move on? knowledgeable Nothing was wrong. We continue to play and tour and experiment. But there probably isn’t a musician alive that doesn’t feel the restless drive to do some- audience, but I thing else or develop a new project. Medicine Wheel was a group that I played with for 10 years; Peace Pipe was a group that played a lot together in the four really love it when years or so that it was active. Other groups have come and gone as well. “people come to How did this one come together? the show without Part of it is playing with Steve Cardenas. The first few times we played, I thought, “Aha! This is the guitar sound I’ve been looking for for the last 15 any preconceived years or so.” Playing with him immediately brought to mind a number of mu- sical ideas, which I thought was a [good starting point] for putting together a notions. new thing. It’s nice that he plays acoustic guitar. You don’t hear a lot of that on jazz re- cords. Yeah. And he plays nylon-string guitar beautifully too, which is not on the re- cord. He has a couple of different guitars, and makes good use of them. The main one he uses is the one he got in grade school. It has this warm mid-range tone, which from the perspective of a bass player is great. I came up in an era where a lot of guys had this overly large and, in my opinion, overly processed sound. It covers the whole tonal spectrum almost the way an organ would. For the same reason organ players typically don’t use bass, I felt uncomfortable with using someone who had that large sound. Like I had to compete with it. Not just in volume but in tone. Having a guitar makes this band a little more flexible – you don’t need a pi- ano to play live and the more aggressive passages could cross over into the rock world. Exactly. I did want to make, kinda, a rock album in a way. If Peace Pipe had an African tinge, Third Eye had a world music tinge, and Riding The Nuclear Tiger was sort of ’60s jazz, this one has a little tinge of rock. I want each al- bum to have a little bit of rock in it, and with this one it fit even more because of the Americana themes. Yeah, guitar is fun to rock out with and Steve’s from Kansas City and it has a certain sensibility of that. So are you looking to crossover with your music? Yeah. It’s nothing against the mindset of a knowledgeable audience, but I re- ally love it when people come to the show without any preconceived notions. So they are not trying to make any comparative analysis. Instead, they are just continued ... jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 11 Artist Q&A: Ben Allison (continued)

listening to it. Or comparing it to what they know, which could be whatever. I love that because I always get an interesting reaction. Some guy in Portugal told me we sound like , which is so out of left field but to me interest- ing. I’d rather get that than one time in Amsterdam where this guy comes up to me after a Herbie Nichols gig and said: “Very interesting, but why do you swing so much?” [Laughs] I don’t think any jazz musician on earth has ever been asked that question. I couldn’t even respond to that. It was the strangest thing I think I’ve ever heard. I felt like saying, “Because I can!” The cool thing is sometimes, like with Coldplay, I’ll go and check out the music they reference and see if I figure out what they are hearing. Your wife works in politics and diplomacy, is that the inspiration for the political bent on Cowboy Justice? The thought has occurred to me, but as she points out: Jazz is musical diplomacy. She brings up an interesting point in that the average Iranian likes Americans. It sure- ly isn’t because of George Bush. It’s because of the oth- er things we do – our culture and music and movies and whatever else they like. In that sense, music is signifi- cant. I’ve never articulated my political beliefs. Most of the time I try to express them through what I do either with the collective or with my music. I figured that if I’m ever going to open my mouth, now is the time to do it. It’s not a straight political album though. Some of it is tongue-in-cheek. It’s all heartfelt, but I try not to take this stuff too seriously. But, you know, it’s kind of a f—ed-up scene. So the music comes out of that. Even though the music was borne out of anger and frustration, I wanted to counter it with something posi- tive and joyous. It’s the way I see this country and the way I would like to see it perceived from abroad. When I was frustrated with the music scene, I formed the Collective. I wanted to do something positive. When we travel as musicians we see how people perceive the country right now. It’s horrifying to me and it’s not how I want them to see it. I wanted to show another side to recast the image of the country. I do it through music because that’s what I do. I talk to people and a lot of my con- temporaries feel the same way. What’s the reaction been? It’s been good. We get a good reaction when we go overseas. People are able to differentiate leaders and misguided politicians from the actual people who live here. So where does the “Theme To Midnight Cowboy” fit into all this? Mostly it fits in because I love the tune. We’ve been playing it on and off in the continued ... jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 12 Artist Q&A: Ben Allison (continued)

band for a while. I love John Barry’s writing and I’ve made reference to him on previous albums. The [album] title sort of took an interesting twist as I started I’ve never coming up with tunes and titles for the songs. Little themes started emerging and the cowboy theme was one that popped out. It was just a pure coincidence. articulated my Then you put it right next to “Tricky Rides Again.” political beliefs. That’s sort of looser freer take on “Tricky Dick” just kind of happened sponta- neously when we were messing around in the studio. Tune titles are the hard- Most of the est part for me in making a record. Writing the music is one thing. Then tour- time I try to ing, and rehearsing and mixing and mastering and all that is another thing. Tune titles are tricky. [chuckle] express them Besides naming tunes, what’s your biggest challenge as a composer? “through what I If I have to wrestle with something and its not interesting enough, I will try do either with and solve the problem by making the song more complex. And that’s the same trap as musicians who think energy comes from playing loud or fast, which it the collective or can, but to me those who play soft and quiet with a percolating but intense en- ergy is way harder. Like can play high and soft. Not everyone in with my music. the room is going to notice it, but trumpeters in the room will be like: “Oh, I figured that if S—! He just dropped some stuff on us.” It’s hard to write music that is simple but sustains your interest. I’m ever going to So what’s going on with the Jazz Composers’ Collective these days? open my mouth, Well, we stopped the [live performance] series two years ago. Without the se- ries there really isn’t a whole lot of … collectivity. [Laughs] Without the series now is the time we didn’t do a newsletter. And without the series, the majority of our fund- to do it. ing went by the wayside as well. For a lot of reasons it just seemed like it was time to wrap it up. We did it for 13 years, me and my wife, and did the major- ity of the work. It served its purpose well in providing a forum for a number of bands over time and other musicians – every concert would feature someone who had never performed with us before. By the end, there have been over 200 musicians involved, and over 300 compositions premiered (new music was our focus). It brought attention to this kind of jazz. It created a great atmosphere, which was casual but concert-like – I didn’t want it to be stuffy, but I didn’t want cash registers to be going in the background. Because it was musician run, it allowed us to be as idealistic as we wanted to be in terms of how the music was presented and what the vibe was. We were also conscious of how we presented ourselves in the newsletter and in the wording of press releases. It’s an admirable if work-intensive approach to a career in music. We live in a world where, as artists, our art is completely intertwined with the world of commerce. There is nothing bad about that. I want people to buy my CDs and I want to get gigs so I can go play in front of new audiences. I need to make a living. It’s not a bad thing, it only gets bad if you are swallowed up in that process. You lose a chance to develop something personal and the Col-

continued ... jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 13 Artist Q&A: Ben Allison (continued)

lective was a way of bringing attention to the music and gave us a structur- al framework to present the music idealistically. Once I felt that it had sort of served its purpose and the other composers had, I thought, drifted away a lit- tle bit, I wanted to stop it. So that it would never become work – it was always work, but it was joyful work – and at the end I could see it becoming a situa- tion where it would be more work and less joy. There’re other priorities too. The baby came. There was increased touring with the band. And all that cuts into your time. It was at least a part time job to keep the JCC going. And the other guys are working. If part of our goal was to bring attention to this music, we achieved that goal. Most of the ongoing projects are actually more active than ever. JW

Editor’s note: Ben Allison shares his Top 5 favorite political jazz record- ings with us on page 32.

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Roy Hargove Quintet or co-written by singer Renee Neufville, who is a standout on the album. Here’s a pair a sister albums that each have Nothing Serious (Verve) their own merits; nonetheless, it seems that the electric one RH Factor has a little more thought put into it. – Tad Hendrickson Distractions (Verve) Contact: Jane Dashow RATHER THAN RELEASING a Jeckyl and Hyde effort, Roy Phone: (212) 679-1445 Email: [email protected] Hargrove divides his interests in two. Here on Nothing Add Date: May 1 Serious, we get his acoustic working quintet (with Slide Release Date: May 2 Hampton also on three tracks) most- Pete Malinverni ly going through originals the band Theme & Variations (Reservoir) members. The band seems to take the SOLO PERFORMANCES AREN’T only used for exit music on title’s sentiment to NPR magazine shows. A single instrumental voice per- heart, playing with forming can be a captivatingly direct musical experience, a loose chemis- and perhaps the try that suggests easiest format of live record with- improvisation for out the lengthy so- neophytes to dig los. Standout cuts into. New York pi- include the Latin-leaning title track and the hard-charg- anist Pete Malin- ing “Devil Eyes.” If Nothing Serious is a laidback tip of the verni has released a hat to Gillespie and Morgan, Distractions does so to P- number of well-re- Funk and Prince. ceived albums over Like the 2003’s the years and this Hard Groove, the time returns with a new RH Factor is Theme & Variations. filled with wiggly As the title im- synthesizers, elec- plies, the 25 tracks tric bass grooves, here are either tunes or different variations based on the soulful vocals and tune’s rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, form or a com- vocal harmonies. bination of thereof. It’s fascinating to hear what the light- D’Angelo returns fingered pianist comes up with on short variations in the for another guest one- or two-minute range, but they are likely short of radio. turn, but this one Better fits are “In The Garden Of The Eternal Optimist,” doesn’t have the the soulful version of Sly Stone’s “Everybody Is A Star” and bushel of guests of the previous one, thus possessing a more the gospel-tinged “Standin’ In The Need Of Prayer.” (The focused and less dense groove. Standouts include “On The pianist also has a new CD/DVD entitled Joyful that fuses One,” “A Place” and “Hold On,” all of which were written continued ... jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 15 Reviews and Picks

Pete Malinverni (continued) Mark Kleinhaut Trio

gospel and jazz using a band and singers). Definitely a good Holding The Center (Invisible Music) place to start with this under-heralded player. WHILE HARDLY THE center of the jazz universe, Maine is – Tad Hendrickson home to an outstanding , Mark Kleinhaut. The follow-up to his 2003 album Balance of Light, which Contact: Jason Byrne Phone: (718) 921-1330 featured a guest Email: [email protected] appearance by alto Add Date: Now saxophonist Bob- Release Date: Out by Watson, Hold- ing The Center al- Anne Ducros lows Kleinhaut to show his versatil- Piano, Piano (Dreyfus) ity. With sounds ranging from Pat FRENCH SINGER ANNE Ducros has carved out quite a reputa- Metheny-like in- tion for herself in Europe even though she hasn’t had much trospection, to exposure Stateside. Here on the aptly named Piano, Pia- Latin rhythms, no, she is backed by five different pianists (including Chick to the loping backbeat shuffle popularized by people like Corea, Jacky Ter- and John Scofield, Kleinhaut covers the rasson and En- jazz guitar gamut on this CD of originals. The album’s title rico Pieranun- track includes some ambient loops, and “Erika’s 8:30 Rule” zi). While Corea feeds the guitar through a Leslie and adds samples and a and the singer go turntablist for some hip, jam-influenced sounds. As a com- it alone on a few plete contrast, the album opens with gentle, nylon-stringed standards, the oth- acoustic guitar. Bassist Jim Lyden and drummer Les Har- er four keyboard- ris, Jr. are also versatile and follow the different styles with ist work with bass, seeming ease. Not everyone could pull off all of these dif- drums and occa- ferent jazz guitar approaches, but from swing to groove and sionally saxophone. shuffle to samba, Kleinhaut does it, with an eclectic album Ducros’ instru- that’s nonetheless cohesive. ment isn’t particu- – Ed Trefzger larly remarkable for its timbre or range; her phrasing is usu- Contact: Groov Marketing ally okay but she sometimes tends to over-enunciate lyrics Phone: (877) GROOV32 Email: [email protected] which adds an odd emphasis to certain lines. For the most Release Date: May 16 part the song selection is predictable, but the vocal arrange- Add Date: April 24 ments on Miles Davis’s “Four” and John Coltrane “Nai- ma” are fairly inspired. Better is the French language “Les Feuilles Mortes.” Not likely to reach out and grab one’s A R T. attention, this one may be best for those with a thing for A S K F O R singers. MORE. – Tad Hendrickson For more information about the Contact: Tatsuya Koeda importance of arts education, please contact Phone: (212) 398-5859 www.AmericansForTheArts.org. Email: [email protected] Add Date: May 1 Release Date: May 2

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Pat Martino’s Remember Is No. 1 For Third Week

Legends of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Showcase is Week’s Most Added

uitarist Pat Martino’s latest album, Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgom- Gery (Blue Note) stays at the top of the chart for a third week, with 373 spins on 66 stations. It picked up 26 spins and was add- ed on four stations.

The most-added CD this week isLegends of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Showcase (LRS Media). The CD (and DVD) release was added on 31 stations.

The release gaining the most spins was Remember: A Tribute To (Blue Note) by guitarist Pat Martino picks up 26 spins Timeless from Sergio Mendes (Concord) in in its third week at No. 1. part due to an NPR feature. Karrin Ally- son’s Footprints (Concord) added 126 spins as it moved to No. 2.

Just two releases made a debut this week.

Jazz Album Chart p. 19 Jazz Add Dates p. 20 Jazz Current CDs p. 21 Jazz Radio Panel p. 24 Legends of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Showcase (LRS Media) was the week’s Most Added CD and was the top Chartbound release.

jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 18 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart May 1, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery Blue Note 373 347 26 4 66 4 2 6 NR 2 Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord 361 235 126 2 64 17 3 2 3 1 Joey DeFrancesco Organic Vibes Concord 309 314 -5 7 63 0 4 4 2 1 Genuine Chestnut Telarc 253 254 -1 10 61 0 5 3 4 3 Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Heads Up 248 263 -15 5 54 0 6 5 5 3 Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine 243 248 -5 10 59 0 7 8 6 2 Big Band Old School: New Lessons MCG Jazz 205 199 6 10 54 0 8 7 11 7 Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music 201 203 -2 6 52 0 9 15 NR 9 Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game HighNote 197 167 30 2 50 11 10 10 7 6 Tom Scott Bebop United MCG Jazz 195 196 -1 10 50 0 11 NR NR 11 Sergio Mendes Timeless Concord 185 51 134 1 40 14 12 14 17 12 Monty Alexander Concrete Jungle: The Music Of Bob Marley Telarc 182 173 9 5 50 2 13 23 32 13 Phil Woods Unheard Herd Jazzed Media 181 139 42 4 44 6 14 12 10 1 David “Fathead” Newman Cityscape HighNote 177 187 -10 12 53 0 15 17 13 13 Taylor Eigsti Lucky To Be Me 176 160 16 5 53 3 16 20 12 4 Tony Monaco East To West Chicken Coup 166 151 15 12 38 0 17 11 9 8 Brian Bromberg Wood II Artistry 163 191 -28 7 49 1 18 9 8 1 Larry Goldings Quartet Palmetto 162 197 -35 12 47 0 19 22 28 19 SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Collective 2 Nonesuch 152 150 2 5 42 3 20 38 NR 20 Ends And Means HighNote 146 96 50 2 47 18 21 18 16 1 The Ultimate Adventure 141 154 -13 13 30 0 22 16 18 13 Paul Bollenback Brightness of Being Elefant Dreams 140 162 -22 8 45 0 23 24 20 20 Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note 134 137 -3 3 33 3 24 13 15 13 Maria Schneider Orchestra Days of Wine and Roses Artist Share 132 180 -48 5 43 2 25 25 22 17 Marsalis Music Honors Michael Carvin Marsalis Music 130 134 -4 5 45 2 26 29 NR 26 Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Project Fallen Angel Sons of Sound 129 107 22 2 39 4 27 20 14 3 Larry Willis Trio The Big Push HighNote 126 151 -25 12 39 0 28 45 NR 28 Duduka Da Fonseca Samba Jazz In Black & White Zoho Music 120 84 36 4 36 3 29 38 36 29 Charley Harrison Keeping My Composure C3 Records 118 96 22 5 30 3 30 33 29 20 The Outlaw Savant 113 100 13 8 41 3 31 32 27 27 Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz 110 104 6 6 31 0 31 35 NR 31 Chuck Redd Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Kessel: Arbors 110 98 12 2 38 14 Happy All Time 31 30 29 20 Manu Katché Neighbourhood ECM 110 106 4 9 30 0 34 28 33 28 Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Port Chicago Noir Records 109 112 -3 4 26 2 34 33 23 1 Jae Sinnett The Sinnett Hearings J-Nett Records 109 100 9 13 29 0 36 27 21 11 Ernie Andrews How About Me HighNote 106 121 -15 11 33 0 37 43 23 5 Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East Diamonds For Nat Summit 102 87 15 13 37 1 37 48 37 37 Bill Henderson Live At The Kennedy Center WebOnlyJazz.com 102 81 21 3 37 4 39 47 47 12 Ray Marchica In The Ring Sons of Sound 101 83 18 13 26 2 40 NR 38 22 Fred Hersch In Amsterdam: Live At Bimhuis Palmetto 98 67 31 7 47 6 41 26 25 11 Steve Khan The Green Field Tone Center 97 122 -25 11 28 3 42 44 NR 42 Don Braden Workin’ HighNote 94 85 9 2 34 9 42 NR NR 42 Odean Pope w/ M Brecker/Carter/Lovano Locked & Loaded: Live at the Blue Note Records 94 58 36 1 35 7 42 35 26 12 Grant Geissman Say That! Futurism Records 94 98 -4 13 23 0 45 30 33 15 Andre Ceccarelli Avenue des Diables Blues Dreyfus 93 106 -13 11 26 0 46 41 35 35 Ulf Wakenius Notes From The Heart ACT 92 91 1 5 31 1 47 37 19 19 Rick Haydon & Just Friends Mel Bay 91 97 -6 6 27 1 48 40 31 31 Oscar Castro-Neves All One Mack Avenue 90 93 -3 8 31 2 49 NR 38 38 Karen Blixt Spin This Hi Fli 89 72 17 4 33 9 50 NR NR 10 Monk’s Music Trio Monk’s Bones CMB Records 87 50 37 12 42 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Sergio Mendes Timeless (Concord) +134 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Showcase (LRS Media) Showcase (LRS Media) +31 Karrin Allyson Footprints (Concord) +126 Sai Ghose New Blood (Summit) John McNeil East Coast Cool (OmniTone) The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up From The Skies: Music Of Vincent Herring Ends And Means (HighNote) +50 Catherine Russell Cat (World Village) Jim McNeely (Planet Arts) +24 Phil Woods Unheard Herd (Jazzed Media) +42 David Sills Down The Line (Origin) Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery () +20 Monk’s Music Trio Monk’s Bones (CMB Records) +37 Steve Tyrell The Disney Standards (Disney) Vincent Herring Ends And Means (HighNote) +18 Duduka Da Fonseca Samba Jazz In Black & White Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Trio Zep Tepi (Random Chance) Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Trio Zep Tepi (Random (Zoho Music) +36 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up From The Skies: Music Of Jim McNeely (Planet Arts) Chance) +18 Odean Pope w/ M Brecker/Carter/Lovano Locked & Loaded: Internet (Piadrum) Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center (Challenge) +18 Live at the Blue Note (Half Note Records) +36 Regina Carter I’ll Be Seeing You (A Sentimental Journey) (Verve Music Group) jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 19 Jazz Radio Adds Here are upcoming add dates for new releases, and add dates that have passed recently. This listing was current as of press time. JazzWeek industry subscribers may update this information online at jazzweek.com. Add dates may also be submitted via email to [email protected].

April 10, 2006 May 15, 2006 Catherine Russell – Cat (World Village) Ed Wiley, Jr. – About The Soul (Talking House Productions) Don Braden – Workin’ (Highnote) Dafnis Prieto – Absolute Quintet (Zoho Music) Eric Alexander – It’s All In The Game (HighNote) Tangria Jazz Group – Mebane’s Eleven (Blastfamous) May 16, 2006 Ignacio Berroa – Codes (Blue Note) Vincent Herring – Ends And Means (HighNote) Erin Boheme – What Love Is (Concord) May 18, 2006 April 11, 2006 Greg Pasenko – Something Old New Borrowed Blue (Blujazz) Charnett Moffett – Internet (PIADRUM) May 19, 2006 Dave Douglas – Meaning & Mystery (Greenleaf) Evan Stone – Sticks & Stone, Vol. 1 (Red Jazz) April 13, 2006 May 22, 2006 Valarie King – Only Time Will Tell (Kangu Records) – Play (Palmetto) Rick Holland – In Time’s Shadow (Blujazz) Mark Elf – Liftoff (Jen Bay Records) Vanguard Orchestra, Music of Jim McNeeley – Up From The Skies May 23, 2006 (Planet Arts) Jackie Allen – Tangled (Blue Note) April 14, 2006 Dr. John – Mercernary (Blue Note) John Adams – Trios (Congruent Music) Avishai Cohen – Continuo (RazDaz/Synnyside) April 17, 2006 June 5, 2006 Karrin Allyson – Footprints (Concord) Gladys Knight – Before Me () Roseanna Vitro – Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center Gnappy – Unloaded (Bean Pie Records) (Challenge) June 6, 2006 – The Essential George Benson (Columbia/Legacy) Heernt – Locked in a Basement (RazDaz/Sunnyside) April 18, 2006 June 12, 2006 Dave Douglas – Meaning & Mystery (Greenleaf) Allen Toussaint/Elvis Costello – River In Reverse (Verve Records) Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis – Showcase (LRS Media) Regina Carter – I’ll Be Seeing You (Verve Records) Kelly Friesen – Sings Songs of Love (Self Produced) Shaynee Rainbolt – At Home (33JAZZ) June 15, 2006 Toby Koenigsberg Trio – Sense (Origin Records) April 24, 2006 Ben Allison – Cowboy Justice (Palmetto) June 20, 2006 Calvin Keys – Vertical Clearance (Wide Hive Records) Larry Vuckovich – Street Scene (Tetrachord Music) David Berger – Hindustan (Such Sweet Thunder Inc.) June 26, 2006 – Funky Cha (Zoho Music) Marilyn Harris – Round Trip (Wrightwood Records) Various Artists – Hear and Now () July 13, 2006 May 1, 2006 Big Band – No Bounds (Origin) Anne Ducros – Piano, piano (Dreyfus Jazz) Joe Locke/Geoff Keezer Group – Live At The Ballard Jazz Festival Roy Hargrove Quintet – Nothing Serious (Verve Records) (Origin) Ginny Carr – After All These Years (HouseKat Records) July 17, 2006 May 7, 2006 Dr. Lonnie Smith – Jungle Soul (Palmetto) Sophie Milman – Sophie Milman (Linus Entertainment) August 1, 2006 May 8, 2006 Tania Maria – Intimidade (Blue Note) Marilyn Scott – Innocent of Nothing (Prana Entertainment) Planet Jazz – Planet Jazz (Sharp Nine) August 28, 2006 Jacqui Naylor – Five On Five (Ruby Records) May 11, 2006 Brian Owen – Unmei (OA2 Records) September 12, 2006 David Dahlsten – Study Your Own Heart (Rainbow Records) Marisa Monte – TBA (Blue Note) Jessica Williams – Billy’s Theme: A Tribute to Dr Billy Taylor (Origin Records) John Moulder – Trinity (Origin Records) Sonando – Tres (Origin Records) jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 20 Jazz Radio Currents

3ósity 3ósity Capri James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Gold Sounds Brown Brothers Greg Abate Monsters In The Night Koko Jazz Jackson & Michael Carvin Marsalis Music Honors Michael Marsalis Music Daisuke Abe On My Way Back Home Nagel Heyer Carvin Beegie Adair Sentimental Journey Village Square Music Carlos Cascante Y Su Timbao Recuerdos Bettrmusik Beegie Adair Quiet Romance Village Square Music Oscar Castro-Neves All One Mack Avenue Annette A. Aguilar & String Beans No Cheap Dates Self Released But Beautiful Arbors Eric Alexander It’s All In The Game HighNote Laura Caviani Going There Self Released Monty Alexander Concrete Jungle: The Music Of Bob Telarc Joyce/ Rio Bahia Far Out Marley Andre Ceccarelli Avenue des Diables Blues Dreyfus Ben Allison Cowboy Justice Palmetto Joe Chambers The Outlaw Savant Karrin Allyson Footprints Concord Dennis Chambers, Jeff Berlin, Dave Boston T Party Tone Center Daniel Almada and Martin Tango Crash Justin Time Fiuczynski, T Lavitz Iannacone Craig Chaquico Holiday Higher Octave Marcos Amorim Sete Capelas Adventure Music Buddy Charles We’re Here Jazzed Media Leny Andrade Bossa Novas Albatroz Yashmin Charnet-Abler Jobim, etc. Bossa Nova Music Ernie Andrews How About Me HighNote Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc Angá Echu Mingua Nonesuch Tony Cimorosi Horizon Epoch Ivo Antognini Jazz Project Feggari Mou Self Released Charmaine Clamor Searching For The Soul FreeHam Susie Arioli Band Learn To Smile Again Justin Time The Claudia Quintet Semi-Formal Cuneiform Antonio Arnedo Colombia Adventure Music Hilary Noble and Rebecca Cline Enclave Zoho Music Dave Askren Some Other Things Sea Breeze Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Michael Attias Renku Playscape Billy Cobham All That Groove Just Groove David Axelrod The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Capitol Records 1966-1970 Mark Colby Speaking of Stan Hallway Records The Bamboos Step It Up Ubiquity Perry Conticchio Speak Your Truth Liven Up Jazz Amy Banks When The Sun Comes Out Self Released Gloria Cooper Dedicated To You Origin Dan Baraszu Nightfall Blue Canoe Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure Stretch Records Cris Barber Comes Love Paws Here Elvis Costello w/ The Metropole My Flame Turns Blue Deutsche Grama- Carlos Barbosa-Lima Carioca Zoho Music Orkest phone George Cotsirilos On The Rebop OA2 Records Gerry Beaudoin Trio Swing Cafe North Star Duduka Da Fonseca Samba Jazz In Black & White Zoho Music Gerald Beckett Flute Vibes Summit Dave’s True Story Simple Twist Of Fate Bepop Bob Belden Three Days of Rain Sunnyside Kenny Davern In Concert Arbors Sathima Bea Benjamin Musical Echoes Ekapa Roger Davidson Trio Ten To Twelve Soundbrush Records Bethany and Rufus Bethany and Rufus bethanyandrufus.com Rick Davies Siepre Salsa Emlyn Music Faruq Z. Bey With The Northwoods Rwanda Qubic Improvisers Joey DeFrancesco Organic Vibes Concord The Big Three Trio We Got Rhythm Beezwax Phil DeGreg Brasilia Strugglebaby John Bishop Nothing If Not Something Origin Jack DeJohnette/Bill Frisell The Elephant Sleeps But Still Golden Beams Right Before Your Very Ears Clean Feed Remembers Bob Dogan Rings Big Foot Jazz Karen Blixt Spin This Hi Fli Julia Dollison Observatory Like So Music Blue Cat Express Spirit Of New Orleans Rhombus Tommy Dorsey The Sentimental Gentleman Of Bluebird/Legacy Erin Boheme What Love Is Concord Records Swing: Centennial Collection Paul Bollenback Brightness of Being Elefant Dreams Dave Douglas Meaning And Mystery Greenleaf Music BOX (Binder/Weber/Ulrich) Ten Variations on an Unknown Origin Records Dr. John & The Lower 911 Sippiana Hericane Blue Note Theme E.S.T. Viaticum 215 Records Don Braden Workin’ HighNote Taylor Eigsti Lucky To Be Me Concord Jazz Ruby Braff Controlled Nonchalance at the Arbors Regattabar, Vol. 2 Harris Eisenstadt Ahimsa Orchestra Nine Winds Anouar Brahem Le Voyage De Sahar ECM Doug Ellington & New Urban Groove Life Llama Productions Breakestra Hit The Floor Ubiquity Stuart Elster Get It Right Primrose Lane Federico Britos & Jorge Garcia The Sound of Strings YIKI Records Dewey Erney Lucky To Be Me Primrose Lane Brian Bromberg Wood II Artistry Gene Ess Sandbox and Sanctum – Song SIMP Cecil Brooks III Double Exposure Savant Cycle for Quartet Estrada Brothers Two For The Road Cougar Anthony Brown’s Orchestra Rhapsodies Water Baby Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Hidden Land Sony Gary Brunotte Smile Summit Mimi Fox Perpetually Hip Favored Nations Alex Budman & The Contemporary Instruments Of Mass Pleasure OA2 Records Jazz Orchestra Erik Friedlander Prowl Cryptogramophone The Budos Band The Budos Band Daptone The Don Friedman VIP Trio Timeless 441/Village Leslie Byers & The Jazz Cats Undecided Red Lip Records Lisa Fuller Teach Me Tonight Bizarre Planet Yosvany Terry Cabrera Metamorphosis Kindred Rhythm Tony Gairo/Gary Rissmiller Jazz Treacherous Sea Breeze Francesco Cafiso Quartet Happy Time Cam Jazz Orchestra Bob Gallo Wake Up Call Self Released Neil Caine Backstabber’s Ball Smalls Records Frank Gambale Natural High Wombat Royce Campbell Gypsy Soul Moon Cycle Records Red Garland At The Prelude Prestige Royce Campbell & The Groovedig- Right Now! Self Produced gers Grant Geissman Say That! Futurism Records Alex Candelaria Yeahway Evander Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Hep Jazz Vincius Cantuaria Silva Hannibal Songbook Moncef Genoud Aqua Savoy Jazz Rosie Carlino So In Love With You Quillian Entertain- ment Sai Ghose New Blood Summit Ginny Carr After All These Years HouseKat Marla Gibbs It’s Never Too Late Forever 30 Kenny Carr Friday at Five TAS Management Ben Goldberg Quintet The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Cryptogramophone Regina Carter I’ll Be Seeing You (A Sentimental Verve Music Group Fact Journey) Larry Goldings Quartet Palmetto Edsel Gomez Cubist Music Zoho Music jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 21 Jazz Radio Currents

Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Rumba - The Music of Art Random Chance Pascal Le Boeuf Migration Le Boeuf Bros. Music Band Blakey and Bradley Leighton Back To The Funk Pacific Coast Jazz Gospel Keyboard Trio Heavenly Keys The Sirens Record- ings Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Duper Session Astralworks Alex Graham The Good Life Origin Quartet Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress The Great Jazz Trio ‘S Wonderful 441 Records Arthur Lillard’s Heavenly Band Reasons To Be Thankful Summit Old Friends and Relatives Bad Dog Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra w/ Don’t be afraid... the music of Palmetto Steve Guasch y su Orquesta Nueva Siguiendo La Tradicion Salsaneo Records Wynton Marsalis Era Guitar Quartet Spin Telarc Hagberg/Bergeron Quartet Jobim Now Teal Creek Record- ings Carmen Lundy Jazz & The New Songbook: Live at Afrasia Steve Hall Quintet Steve Hall Quintet Moovalong the Matthias Lupri Group Metalix Summit Rich Halley Mountains and Plains Louie Pamela Luss There’s Something About You I Savant The Essential Herbie Hancock Sony Don’t Know Roy Hargrove Nothing Serious Verve Music Group Brian Lynch Latin Jazz Sextet Conclave Criss Cross Charley Harrison Keeping My Composure C3 Records Frank Macchia Mo’Animals Cacophony Records Joel Harrison Harrison On Harrison HighNote Mambo Kings Live! Mambokingdom Ken Hatfield String Theory Arthur Circle Music Eyal Maoz Edom Tzadik Reunion Hawk-Richard Jazz Sea Breeze Orchestra Ray Marchica In The Ring Sons of Sound Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli Just Friends Mel Bay Eugene Marlow A Summer Afternoon With You MEII Enterprises Kevin Hays Open Range ACT Barrett Martin The Painted Desert Fast Horse Bill Henderson Live At The Kennedy Center WebOnlyJazz.com Joel Martin Jazzical: Perestroika! MCS Records Vincent Herring Ends And Means HighNote Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute To Wes Blue Note Fred Hersch In Amsterdam: Live At Bimhuis Palmetto Montgomery Eugene Maslov Where The Light Comes From Self Released Conrad Herwig Obligation Criss Cross Bob Masteller The Jazz Corner Swings Latin Self Released Andrew Hill Time Lines Blue Note Greta Matassa Favorites From A Long Walk Origin Records Calvin Hill I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Arichi Susan May Black Coffee Southport Hiromi Spiral Telarc Earl May Quartet Swinging The Blues with Barry Arbors Ted Hogarth Collective Misconception Blujazz Harris Adam Holzman and Brave New Jazz Rocket Science Nagel Heyer Jon Mayer My Romance Reservoir World Virginia Mayhew Sandan Shuffle Renma Seasons Of A Life Blue Note Maysa Sweet Classic Soul Shanachie The Hot 8 Brass Band Rock With The Hot 8 Louisiana Red Hot Records Christian McBride Live At Tonic Ropeadope Charlie Hunter Trio Copperopolis Ropeadope Donny McCaslin Soar Sunnyside Charlie Hunter, Chinna Smith and Earth Tones GSE/Green Street Robin McKelle Introducing Robin McKelle Cheap Lullaby Ernest Ranglin John McNeil East Coast Cool OmniTone Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey The Sameness Of Difference Hyena Records Marian McPartland Marin McPartland’s w/ Jazz Alliance Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch John Medeski Brett Jensen Trios Origin Marian McPartland and Shirley Horn Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast Jazz Alliance Ingrid Jensen At Sea Artist Share Mike Melvoin presents Dan Jaffe Playiong The Word City Light Johnny and the Mo Tones Two Hits For The Kitty Altenburgh Jazz Sergio Mendes Timeless Concord George Johnson, Jr. All Star Tribute BCS Records Rale Micic Serbia CTA Dreams and Stories Savant Dom Minasi The Vampire’s Revenge CDM Marlon Jordan w/ Stephanie Jordan You Don’t Know What Love Is Louisiana Red Hot Bob Mintzer Big Band Old School: New Lessons MCG Jazz Records Charnett Moffett Internet Piadrum Beat Kaestli Happy, Sad and Satisfied B&B Productions Tony Monaco East To West Chicken Coup Jerry Kalaf Seems Like Old Times Self Released Ben Monder Oceana Sunnyside Ken Karsh Ventana Alanna Records Monk’s Music Trio Monk’s Bones CMB Records Manu Katché Neighbourhood ECM Francisco Mora Catlett River Drum 1er Cru Jeff Kaye Just Like Me Jazzed Media Paul Motian Band Garden Of Eden ECM Geoffrey Keezer Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ Greg Murphy Orientation Murphasaurus Arthur Kell Traveller Fresh Sound New Talent David Murray Quartet w/ Strings Waltz Again Justin Time Paul Keller Orchestra A Tribute To PKO Kim Nalley She Put A Spell On Me Ce Jazz & Blues Grace Kelly Times Too Self Released Jovino Santos Neto Roda Carioca (Rio Circle) Adventure Music Steve Khan The Green Field Tone Center David “Fathead” Newman Cityscape HighNote Billy Kilson’s B. K. Groove Pots & Pans Arintha Star Nia Quintet End of Time Blujazz Valarie King Kangu Novak & Haar Old Friends Self Produced Bill Kirchner Everything I Love Evening Star Records Shahida Nurullah The Ruby and the Pearl Alembra Arts Konono No. 1 Congotronics Crammed Discs Hod O’Brien Reservoir Joachim Kuhn Piano Works I - Allegro Vivace ACT Luis Ochoa Cimarron Cuban Music Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho Sunnyside/Venus Productions Odyssey: The Band Back In Time PI Recordings Bireli Lagrène Swing ‘81 Le Chant du Monde Keith Oxman Dues In Progress Capri Abe Lagrimas Jr. Dimensions Pass Out Records Michael Pag√°n Pag’s Groove Capri Oliver Lake Quartet Live Passiní Thru Records Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio Music Elissa Lala Touch of Your Voice - New Takes on OmniTone Chet Baker Nicole Pasternak In A Word Garagista Lalo Half Moon Self Released Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Heads Up Jeannette Lambert Sand Underfoot Rant Peter Paulsen Trio Tri-cycle Wahbo Records Michel Lambert Le Passant Rant Sacha Perry Eretik Smalls Records Nils Landgren & Joe Sample Creole Love Call ACT Gianluca Petrella Indigo4 Blue Note Bob Lark Until You Hallway Records Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 22 Jazz Radio Currents

Enrico Pieranunzi, & Play Morricone Sunnyside Streetwize Does Dre Shanachie Suzahn Paris Without His Kiss Indi Gogh Kerry Politzer Labyrinth The Orchard Lew Tabackin Trio Tanuki’s Night Out MFC Stephen Pollock So Near, So Far Alanna Records Tango Crash Tango Crash Justin Time Odean Pope w/ M Brecker/Carter/ Locked & Loaded: Live at the Blue Half Note Records Lovano Note Joris Teepe’s Groningen Art Jazz In, Jazz Out Planet Arts Tineke Postma For The Rhythm 215/Munich Records Ensemble Temple University Jazz Ensemble Room 323 Sea Breeze Frank Potenza and Shelly Berg First Takes Azica Records Pyeng Threadgill Of The Air Random Chance Chris Potter Underground Sunnyside Paul Tillotson Tequila Time! Scrapper Baden Powell Live a Bruxelles Sunnyside Nestor Torres Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Heads Up Bobby Previte The Coalition of the Willing Ropeadope Peace Rachael Price Dedicated To You Self Released Samuel Torres Skin Tones One Soul Quadro Nuevo Luna Rossa Justin Time Trio Con Brio At 8200 Brill Strugglebaby Chuck Redd Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Arbors Trio Mocoto Beleza! Beleza!! Beleza!!! Crammed Discs Kessel: Happy All Time Tryptych Myth The Beautiful AUM Fidelity The Reese Project Vicodin Dreams 95 North Mike Tucker Collage Self Released Russ Reinberg Blue Scarlett Jazzed Media Gecko Turner Guapapasea! Quango Randy Reinhart at the Mill Hill Playhouse: As Long Arbors As I Live Steve Tyrell Songs of Sinatra Hollywood Records Nika Rejto Teazing Socrates Unika Music Steve Tyrell The Disney Standards Disney RH Factor Distractions Verve Music Group James Blood Ulmer Birthright Hyena Records Herlin Riley Cream of the Crescent Criss Cross Upper Left Trio Sell Your Soul Side Origin Carol Robbins Jazz Play Jazzcats Manuel Valera Melancolia MAVO Records Lenny Roberts The City Life Shuffle Self Released Ken Vandermark The Color of Memory Atavistic Sherri Roberts The Sky Could Send You Pacific Coast Jazz The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up From The Skies: Music Of Jim Planet Arts Wallace Roney Mystikal HighNote McNeely Various Artists Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Impulse Pamela Rose Just For A Thrill Three Handed Reworked Christine Rosholt Detour Ahead Self Released Various Artists Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Blue Note Gonzalo Rubalcaba Solo Blue Note Benefit Various Artists Gilles Peterson Digs America: Luv N’ Haight/Ubiq- Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Blue Mongol Sunnyside Brownswood USA uity Buryat Band Various Artists Our New Orleans 2005 Nonesuch Catherine Russell Cat World Village Various Artists A Celebration of New Orleans Music Rounder Ali Ryerson & Steve Rudolph Soul Quest PA-CT to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Terje Rypdal Vossabrygg ECM Relief 2005 Harvie S Funky Cha Zoho Music Various Artists I Heard It on NPR NPR 9 Piano Improvisations Not By Sight Various Artists Four Dead Batteries Hightone Moacir Santos Choros & Alegria Adventure Music Various Artists I Believe To My Soul Rhino Carl Saunders Can You Dig Being Dug? ItsusJazz Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler Blue Note Maria Schneider Orchestra Days of Wine and Roses Artist Share Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey LRS Media David Schumacher Endangered Species Summit Lewis Showcase Kasper Villaume Hands Stunt Radam Schwartz Conspiracy For Positivity Blue Ark Records Roseanna Vitro Live At The Kennedy Center Challenge Christian Scott Rewind That Concord Jazz Ulf Wakenius Notes From The Heart ACT Tom Scott Bebop United MCG Jazz James Jabbo Ware/The Me We and Vignettes In The Spirit Of Ellington Y’all of New York Inc. Paul Seaforth When Did You Leave Heaven? Rhombus Them Orchestra Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Sacred Music of Origin Flying Dolphin Joey Sellers’ Jazz Aggregation El Payaso Nine Winds A Handful Of Stars Arbors SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Collective 2 Nonesuch Laura Welland Dissertation On The State Of Bliss OA2 Records Paul Shapiro It’s In The Twilight Tzadik Wendolina Tenderly Sail Away Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Port Chicago Noir Records Dwight West The Time Is Right Blue Ark Records John Sheridan Dream Band Arbors Randy Weston & His African Zep Tepi Random Chance Janis Siegel A Thousand Beautiful Things Telarc Jazz Rhythms Trio David Sills Down The Line Origin Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendevous Nina Simone Forever Young, Gifted & Black RCA/Legacy Brad Wheeler The Future Was Yesterday Origin Records Nina Simone Sings The Blues RCA/Legacy Richard Whiteman All Or Nothing At All Cornerstone Records Nina Simone Silk & Soul RCA/Victor Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East Diamonds For Nat Summit Frank Sinatra w/ Tommy Dorsey The Essential Frank Sinatra w/ Bluebird/Legacy Mary Lou Williams Collective Zodiac Suite: Revisited Mary Records Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Larry Willis Trio The Big Push HighNote Jae Sinnett The Sinnett Hearings J-Nett Records Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Slammin’ All-Body Band Slammin’ All-Body Band Crosspulse Records Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Fallen Angel Sons of Sound Anthony Wilson Trio Savivity Groove Note Project Deanna Witkowski Length of Days Artist Share Martial Solal & Dave Douglas Rue De Seine Sunnyside Woody Witt Quintet w/ Randy Square Peg, Round Hole Apria Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up Brecker Amy Stephens My Many Moods Anthony Wonsey The Thang Sharp Nine Amy Stephens Group My Many Moods OA2 Records Phil Woods Unheard Herd Jazzed Media Chris Stewart Phoenix: A Tribute to Cannonball Self Released William Woods Every Part of Me Whaling City Sound Adderley Nat Yarbrough Triple Play Capri Grant Stewart 4 Criss Cross Lester Young Blue Lester: The One And Only Savoy Jazz Yevette Stewart The Love Project Self Released Lester Young Don Stiernberg & John Carlini By George Blue Night L. Zaide Planet Chill: Memoirs Of A Jazz Rebel Phi Nicola Stilo/ Duets Adventure Music Band Colin Stranahan Transformation Capri Zaxariades Mr. Z FreeHam Phillip Strange and Larry Marshall In The Moment Summit jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 23 Jazz Station Panel Call letters Frequency Market Rank Call letters Frequency Market Rank CJRT-FM* 91.1 Toronto, ON N/A WESM-FM 91.3 Princess Anne, MD 152 KAJX-FM* 91.5 Aspen, CO N/A WFCR-FM 88.5 Springfield, MA 82 KANU-FM 91.5 Topeka, KS 195 WFNX-FM 101.7 Boston, MA 133 KBCS-FM 91.3 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WFSS-FM 91.9 Fayetteville, NC 128 KBEM-FM 88.5 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 WGBH-FM 89.7 Boston, MA 8 KCCK-FM* 88.3 Cedar Rapids, IA 204 WGLT-FM 89.1 Peoria, IL 149 KCLU-FM 88.3 Los Angeles, CA 2 WGMC-FM 90.1 Rochester, NY 54 KCME-FM 88.7 Colorado Springs, CO 96 WGVU-FM 88.5 Grand Rapids, MI 67 KCSM-FM 91.1 San Francisco, CA 4 WHRV-FM 89.5 Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News, VA 40 KEWU-FM 89.5 Spokane, WA 93 WICN-FM* 90.5 Worcester, MA 110 KFSR-FM 90.7 Fresno, CA 68 WICR-FM 88.7 Indianapolis, IN 41 KIOS-FM 91.5 Omaha, NE - Council Bluffs, IA 73 WJSU-FM 88.5 Jackson, MS 123 KIPO-FM* 89.3 Honolulu 62 WKNS-FM†† 90.3 Greenville - New Bern - Jacksonville, NC 88 KJZZ-FM 91.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 WLRN-FM 91.3 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 KKJZ-FM 88.1 Los Angeles, CA 2 WMOT-FM 89.5 Nashville, TN 44 KLCC-FM 89.7 Eugene-Springfield, OR 171 WMUA-FM 91.1 Springfield, MA 82 KMHD-FM 89.1 Portland, OR 24 WMUB-FM 88.5 Cincinnati, OH 27 KMUW-FM 89.1 Wichita, KS 95 WNCU-FM 90.7 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KNTU-FM 88.1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 WPFW-FM 89.3 Washington, DC 8 KPLU-FM 88.5 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 WRTI-FM 90.1 , PA 6 KRTU-FM 91.7 San Antonio, TX 30 WSHA-FM 88.9 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 KSDS-FM 88.3 San Diego, CA 17 WSIE-FM 88.7 St. Louis, MO 19 KSJS-FM 90.5 San Jose, CA 33 WSNC-FM 90.5 Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point, NC 45 KSMF-FM* 89.1 Ashland, OR 207 WTEB-FM 89.3 Greenville, NC 87 KSUT-FM* 91.3 Ignacio, CO N/A WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 KTSU-FM 90.9 - Galveston, TX 7 WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 KUAZ-FM 89.1 Tucson, AZ 63 WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 KUER-FM 90.1 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 KUNR-FM* 88.7 Reno, NV 231 WVPR/WVPS-FM 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 KUNV-FM 91.5 Las Vegas, NV 38 WVTF-FM 89.1 Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA 115 KUOP-FM† 91.3 Stockton, CA 81 WWOZ-FM 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 KUT-FM 90.5 Austin, TX 7 WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 168 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WXUT/WXTS-FM 88.3 Toledo, OH 85 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 WYPR-FM 88.1 Baltimore, MD 20 WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 Music Choice* Cable National Distribution N/A WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 Sirius* Satellite National Distribution N/A WBFO-FM 88.7 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 52 XM Beyond Jazz Satellite National Distribution N/A WBGO-FM 88.3 New York, NY 1 XM Real Jazz Satellite National Distribution N/A WBLU/WBLV-FM 88.9/90.3 Grand Rapids, MI/Muskegeon, MI 66/232 Airplay of all stations, except as noted, is monitored by Mediaguide. WCLK-FM 91.9 Atlanta, GA 11 WCMU/WUCX-FM 89.5/90.1 Mount Pleasant – Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI 131 To apply to become a member of a station panel, email WCPN-FM 90.3 Cleveland, OH 25 [email protected] WDCB-FM* 90.9 Chicago, IL 3 WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit, MI 10 *Denotes station not monitored by Mediaguide. Station submits a weekly airplay report. WDNA-FM 88.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 †Repeats KXJZ WDUQ-FM 90.5 Pittsburgh, PA 23 ††Repeats WTEB for a portion of its programming WEAA-FM 88.9 Baltimore, MD 20 WEMU-FM* 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 24 Smooth Jazz Radio

Paul Brown and Nils No. 1 Single and Album

Wayman Tisdale Sees Biggest Spin Increase

uitarist Paul Brown stays at the top of the singles chart for a fifth week Gthis week with his GRP/Verve track “Winelite.” Again at the top of the al- bum chart on the strength of No. 3 single “Summer Nights” and No. 37 single “Pa- cific Coast Highway” is guitarist Nils, with his GRP/Verve CD Pacific Coast Highway.

The most added single this week comes Guitarist Paul Brown is again at the top of the singles chart with “Winelite” from his GRP/Verve CD The City. from guitarist Jeff Golub whose “Cream and Sugar” (Narada Jazz) was added on 8 stations. Wayman Tisdale saw the big- gest increas in airplay, +72, for his album Way Up (Rendezvous) and the single “Get Down On It.”

Smooth Albums p. 26 Smooth Singles p. 27 Smooth Current CDs p. 28 Nils is at the top of the album chart for a second week with Pacific Coast Highway (GRP/Verve) on the strength Smooth Radio Panel p. 29 of two top-40 singles. jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 25 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart May 1, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 2 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 629 627 2 65 30 0 2 2 1 1 Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve 603 623 -20 42 31 0 3 3 3 3 Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve 579 598 -19 28 31 0 4 5 5 4 Heads Up 557 576 -19 41 30 0 5 4 4 1 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen 521 598 -77 46 31 0 6 6 6 1 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 455 455 0 76 28 0 7 7 7 6 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie 439 425 14 37 29 1 8 9 12 8 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N 422 361 61 6 27 0 9 10 21 9 Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP/UMG/Verve 392 354 38 5 25 0 10 12 13 10 David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord 365 344 21 40 22 0 11 8 8 5 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up 341 384 -43 76 27 0 12 11 11 11 Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous 333 345 -12 32 25 0 13 13 14 13 Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada 300 311 -11 4 25 0 14 14 16 14 Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada 294 298 -4 3 27 0 15 17 15 9 To Love Again: The Duets Columbia 294 262 32 28 27 0 16 15 9 9 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave 286 285 1 64 26 0 17 20 19 17 Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord 257 207 50 12 31 4 18 16 10 1 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 251 284 -33 36 29 0 19 18 18 5 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music 209 250 -41 62 21 0 20 24 28 2 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 185 189 -4 58 20 0 21 25 27 21 Chris Standring Soul Express Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm/V2 180 164 16 4 19 2 22 26 25 22 Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz/Virgin 174 163 11 8 20 0 23 19 17 3 Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen 168 222 -54 35 27 0 24 38 39 24 Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] Narada Jazz 167 127 40 7 19 5 25 52 87 25 Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous 165 93 72 3 18 5 26 21 22 1 Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz 148 194 -46 37 25 0 27 28 31 27 Donald Fagen Morph The Cat Reprise 145 161 -16 9 12 0 28 22 23 3 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up 144 194 -50 49 22 0 29 31 33 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 143 142 1 59 25 0 30 29 24 17 Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 142 159 -17 32 18 0 31 33 36 31 Jason Miles What’s Going On? Virgin/Narada Jazz 141 138 3 6 14 0 32 30 30 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP 139 155 -16 71 29 0 33 23 20 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 139 193 -54 76 25 0 34 27 32 17 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan 134 162 -28 45 10 0 35 36 35 1 Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 130 129 1 42 24 0 36 40 52 36 Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio 126 118 8 3 16 2 37 34 29 14 Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz 126 136 -10 64 17 0 38 50 53 4 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 126 101 25 76 28 0 39 32 26 15 Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin/EMI 125 139 -14 23 20 0 40 53 51 16 Journey BMG 125 92 33 76 27 0 41 42 46 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 124 114 10 71 29 0 42 35 34 1 Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista 121 135 -14 71 27 0 43 41 37 14 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 112 116 -4 41 18 0 44 37 40 2 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 109 129 -20 76 22 0 45 39 49 39 Pamela Williams Positive Vibe [Single] Shanachie 108 122 -14 6 11 1 46 44 38 28 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up 107 109 -2 18 8 0 47 45 41 16 Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise 103 109 -6 41 12 1 48 46 42 26 Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch 101 105 -4 10 14 0 49 43 44 29 Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous 99 113 -14 37 17 0 50 55 50 25 & Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch 96 85 11 41 18 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] (Narada Jazz) +5 Wayman Tisdale Way Up (Rendezvous) +72 Sergio Mendes Timeless (Hear/Concord) Wayman Tisdale Way Up (Rendezvous) +5 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions Steve Briody Whiz Kid [Single] (215) George Benson Best Of George Benson Live (GRP/UMG/Verve) Gerald Albright New Beginnings (Peak/Concord) +4 (G & N) +61 Maysa Sweet Classic Soul (Shanachie) Althea Rene In The Moment (Chocolate Caramel/Alliant) Gerald Albright New Beginnings (Peak/Concord) +50 Mark Cassara Let’s Talk Sax (Rhombus) +4 Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] (Narada Jazz) +40 Renee Olstead Renee Olstead (143/Reprise) Kim Waters All For Love (Shanachie) Nestor Torres Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Peace Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary (GRP/UMG/Verve) +38 Warren Hill/Turning Point Low Rider/Cruise Control [Single] (Native Language) (Heads Up) +4 Fourplay Journey (BMG) +33 Bradley Leighton Back To The Funk (Pacific Coast Jazz) (3 more at +3) Mark Hollingsworth On The Mark (Windshore) jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 26 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart May 1, 2006 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Paul Brown Winelite GRP/Verve 575 588 -13 28 30 0 2 2 3 2 Najee 2nd 2 None Heads Up 544 562 -18 37 29 0 3 3 4 2 Nils Summer Nights Baja 522 518 4 29 28 0 4 4 2 2 Brian Culbertson Let‘s Get Started GRP/Verve 498 509 -11 17 30 0 5 6 6 4 Kim Waters Steppin‘ Out Shanachie 439 425 14 37 29 1 6 8 9 6 The Phillipe Saisse Trio Do It Again G & N 422 361 61 6 27 0 7 5 5 1 Richard Elliot Mystique Artizen 410 479 -69 26 29 0 8 7 7 7 Michael Lington Pacifica Rendezvous 383 379 4 28 26 0 9 9 11 9 Ramsey Lewis Oh Happy Day Narada 300 311 -11 4 25 0 10 12 17 10 Mindi Abair True Blue GRP/UMG/Verve 298 284 14 5 25 0 11 11 14 11 Nick Colionne Always Thinking Of You Narada 293 288 5 3 27 0 12 15 10 10 3rd Force You Got It Higher Octave 266 259 7 29 26 0 13 13 13 13 Kirk Whalum Whip Appeal Rendezvous 260 270 -10 29 23 0 14 10 12 5 Marion Meadows Suede Heads Up 259 299 -40 76 27 0 15 17 15 9 Chris Botti Good Morning Heartache (w/ Jill Scott) Columbia 236 221 15 28 26 0 16 14 8 1 Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous 234 268 -34 36 28 0 17 21 18 15 Gerald Albright We Got The Groove Peak/Concord 230 184 46 11 31 7 18 20 25 18 David Pack Biggest Part Of Me Peak/Concord 222 185 37 15 16 0 19 22 23 19 Chris Standring I Can’t Help Myself Trippin ’N’ Rhythm/V2 180 164 16 4 19 2 20 16 16 2 Rick Braun Shining Star Artizen 168 222 -54 34 27 0 21 31 34 21 Euge Groove Chillaxin’ Narada Jazz 167 127 40 6 19 5 22 43 100 22 Wayman Tisdale Get Down On It Rendezvous 165 93 72 3 18 5 23 18 19 1 Euge Groove Get Em Goin’ Narada Jazz 148 194 -46 37 25 0 24 23 20 15 Gregg Karukas Show Me the Way V2 142 159 -17 32 18 0 25 28 31 25 Jason Miles Sexual Healing Virgin/Narada Jazz 139 134 5 6 13 1 26 19 21 3 Walter Beasley Coolness Heads Up 138 187 -49 49 22 0 27 33 32 25 Eric Darius Steppin’ Up Narada Jazz/Virgin 130 119 11 8 12 0 28 30 28 1 Paul Hardcastle Serene Trippin ‹N› Rhythm 130 129 1 42 24 0 29 35 46 29 Ray Parker Jr. Mismaloya Beach Raydio 126 118 8 3 16 2 30 26 22 10 Boz Scaggs Lowdown (Unplugged) Virgin/EMI 125 139 -14 34 20 0 31 25 24 23 Donald Fagen H Gang Reprise 124 142 -18 9 11 0 32 24 30 5 Ken Navarro Positive Music 120 150 -30 62 20 0 33 29 26 8 David Pack You›re The Only Woman Peak/Concord 117 133 -16 40 18 0 34 27 33 17 Raul Midon If You’re Gonna Leave Manhattan 115 137 -22 43 10 0 35 49 47 15 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 109 84 25 76 26 0 36 32 41 32 Pamela Williams Positive Vibe Shanachie 108 122 -14 6 11 1 37 37 27 1 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 107 109 -2 65 26 0 38 39 36 2 Steve Cole Thursday Narada Jazz 100 100 0 58 20 0 39 36 29 1 Brian Culbertson Hookin’ Up GRP/Verve 98 109 -11 42 25 0 40 45 39 2 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 96 92 4 59 20 0 41 38 35 2 Kenny G & David Sanborn Pick Up The Pieces Arista 95 106 -11 71 26 0 42 57 50 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP/Universal/Verve 92 70 22 76 29 0 43 42 37 1 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 8 90 94 -4 68 21 0 44 44 45 1 Richard Elliot People Make The World Go ‘Round Artizen 88 92 -4 46 23 0 45 40 44 40 Ken Navarro Stoned Soul Picnic Positive Music 88 99 -11 18 8 0 46 34 42 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 86 119 -33 76 21 0 47 46 83 46 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 85 89 -4 3 8 0 48 47 38 36 Jeff Lorber Everybody Knows That Narada Jazz 84 88 -4 23 8 0 49 50 48 42 Joe McBride Double Down Heads Up 81 78 3 27 9 0 50 54 40 4 Tropical Shanachie 79 72 7 62 18 0

Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Jeff Golub “Cream And Sugar” (Narada Jazz) +8 Wayman Tisdale “Get Down On It” (Rendezvous) +72 Pieces Of A Dream “Forward Emotion” (Heads Up) Cassandra Wilson “It Would Be So Easy” (Blue Note) Gerald Albright “We Got The Groove” (Peak/Concord) +7 The Phillipe Saisse Trio “Do It Again” (G & N) +61 Steve Briody “Whiz Kid (w/ Jeff Lorber)” (215) Euge Groove “Chillaxin’” (Narada Jazz) +5 Gerald Albright “We Got The Groove” Maysa “Playing Your Game, Baby” (Shanachie) Wayman Tisdale “Get Down On It” (Rendezvous) +5 (Peak/Concord) +46 Mark Cassara “Africa” (Rhombus) Jeff Golub “Cream And Sugar” (Narada Jazz) Althea Rene “In The Moment” Euge Groove “Chillaxin’” (Narada Jazz) +40 Renee Olstead “A Love That Will Last” (143/Reprise) (Chocolate Caramel/Alliant) +4 David Pack “Biggest Part Of Me” (Peak/Concord) +37 Warren Hill “Low Rider” (Native Language) David Stellmach “Spring Lake” (Rendezvous) +3 Fourplay “Fields Of Gold” (BMG) +25 Ultrablue “Shiver” (215) Cassandra Wilson “It Would Be So Easy” (Blue Note) +25 Mindi Abair “Bloom” (GRP/UMG/Verve) jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2006 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 27 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

3D Riff To The Smooth [Single] 215 Gerald Albright New Beginnings Peak/Concord 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave At The Jazz Base! Heads Up Acoustic Alchemy American/English Higher Octave Grant Geissman Say That! Futurism Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues Heads Up Greg Adams Firefly 215 Anders Holst Five Self-Released Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Andre Delano Full Circle 7th Note Gregg Karukas Looking Up V2 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Hil St. Soul Goodbye [Single] Shanachie Average White Band Greatest And Latest Liquid 8 Hiroshima Obon Heads Up Blake Aaron Spin Zone [Single] 215 Hugh Masekela Revival Heads Up All In A Days Work [Single] 215 Jaco Pastorius Big Band The Word Is Out Heads Up Bob James Urban Flamingo Tappan Zee/Koch Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Verve Bona Fide Soul Lounge Heads Up Jamie Cullum Twenty Something Verve Boney James Pure Warner Bros. Janita Seasons of Life Lightyear Boz Scaggs Fade Into Light Virgin/EMI Jason Miles What’s Going On? Virgin/Narada Jazz Bradley Leighton Back To The Funk Pacific Coast Jazz Jeff Golub Temptation Narada Jazz Brian Bromberg Choices Artistry Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Brian Bromberg Wood II Artistry Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight GRP/Verve Jeffrey Osborne From The Soul JayOz/Koch Brian Culbertson Nice & Slow Atlantic Jill Jenson Crystal Blue Persuasion [Single] Bai Mai Brian Simpson It’s All Good Rendezvous Jimmy Cobb Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb Marsalis/Rounder Camiel Sunset Rendezvous Joe McBride Hold’Em Heads Up Candy Dulfer Right In My Soul Eagle*Seagull Joey DeFrancesco Organic Vibes Concord Jazz Carol Duboc All Of You Gold Note Jonathan Butler Jonathan Rendezvous Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird Blue Note Jovino Santos Neto Roda Carioca Adventure Chiara Civello Last Quarter Moon Verve Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz/Virgin Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure Stretch/Concord/Con- Kem Album II Universal/ cord Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music Chieli Minucci Jewels JVC Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista Chieli Minucci The Juice [Single] Shanachie Kevin Toney Quiet Conversation [Single] Shanachie Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Columbia Kim Waters All For Love Shanachie Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie Chris Strandring Soul Express Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm/V2 Kim Waters Steppin’ Out [Single] Shanachie Chuck Leavell Southscape Evergreen Arts Kirk Whalum Performs The Babyface Songbook Rendezvous Chuck Leavell Tomato Jam [Single] Evergreen Arts Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue Candid/Rendezvous Chuck Loeb When I’m WIth You Shanachie Lalah Hathaway Outrun The Sky AgU/Sanctuary Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc Larry Gittens Too Hot [Single] Human Feel Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch Larry Willis The Big Push HighNote David Lanz The Good Life Decca Lee Venters Vermillion Sands Lifeforce Jazz David Pack The Secret of Movin’ On Peak/Concord Lisa Hilton My Favorite Things Lisa Hilton David Sanborn Closer Verve Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake Verve Dean James Brighter Days Silhoette Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous Dianne Reeves Good Night, And Good Luck Concord [Soundtrack] Marc Antoine Modern Times Rendezvous Donald Fagen Morph The Cat Reprise Marcos Amorim Sete Capelas Adventure Dreamer Bluebird/Arista Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up Eric Benet Hurricane Warner Bros. Mark Cassara Let’s Talk Sax Rhombus Eric Darius Just Getting Started Narada Jazz/Virgin Mark Hollingsworth On The Mark Windshore Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Mark Whitfield Mark Whitfield & Panther Dirty Soap Eric Essix Somewhere In Alabama Essential Matt Bianco Matt’s Mood UMG Etta James Stop On By [Single] RCA Victor Maysa Sweet Classic Soul Shanachie Euge Groove Chillaxin’ [Single] Narada Jazz Michael Buble It’s Time 143/Reprise Euge Groove Just Feels Right Narada Jazz Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous Everette Harp All For You A440 Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown Fattburger Sizzlin’ Shanachie Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP Fourplay Journey BMG Mindi Abair Life Less Ordinary GRP/UMG/Verve Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Najee My Point Of View Heads Up Gary Burton Next Generation Concord Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch Gene Dunlap Peaceful Days 215 Nick Colionne Keepin’ It Cool Narada George Benson Best Of George Benson Live GRP/UMG/Verve Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja George Benson Irreplaceable GRP/Universal/Verve Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note/EMI Duke [Sampler] Bpm Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. George Duke T-Jam [Single] Bpm/Navarre Novecento Dreams Of Peace Favored Nations Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP/Universal/Verve O’2L Doyle’s Brunch Peak jazzweek.com • May 1, 2006 JazzWeek 28 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

Pamela Williams Positive Vibe [Single] Shanachie Pamela Williams Sweet Saxations Shanachie Smooth Station Panel Patches Stewart Blow Koch Call letters Frequency Market Rank Paul Brown The City GRP/Verve KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 Paul Brown Up Front GRP KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 Paul Hardcastle 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 Peter White Confidential Columbia KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Phil Perry Classic Love Songs Shanachie KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 Pieces Of A Dream Pillow Talk Heads Up KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 Positive Flow The City Streets [Single] Shanachie KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 Praful Pyramid In Your Backyard Rendezvous/Therapy KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 The Dana Owens Album AM/Universal Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Narada KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 Raul Midon State Of Mind Manhattan KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 Genius Loves Company Concord KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 Ray Parker Jr. I’m Free Raydio KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143/Reprise KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 Richard Elliot Metro Blue Artizen KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 Rick Braun Shining Star [Single] Artizen KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 Sara Gazarek Yours Stiletto/Native KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 Language Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 Sergio Mendes Timeless Hear/Concord WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 Soul Ballet She Rides [Single] 215 WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 Spencer Sherrod Listen With Your Heart Self-Released WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 Spyro Gyra Wrapped In A Dream Heads Up WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 Steve Briody Whiz Kid [Single] 215 WJJZ-FM 106.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 Steve Oliver 3-D Koch WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 Stuart Elster Get It Right! Primrose Lane WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 The Benoit/Freeman Project The Benoit/Freeman Project 2 Peak WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 The Mizell Brothers Mizell Blue Note WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 The Phillipe Saisse Trio The Body And Soul Sessions G & N WJZW-FM 105.9 Baltimore, MD 20 The Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Jazz WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak The Rippingtons Wild Card Peak WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 To The Bone Spread Love Like Wildfire Narada WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 Turning Point Matador Native Language WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 Ultrablue Shiver [Single] 215 WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 Various Artists Def Jazz GRP WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 Various Artists Groove Boutique: Volume One Tommy Boy WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 Various Artists Handcrafted Music Sampler Blue Note WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Columbia/Legacy/ WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 Guitar Sony BMG Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge 2 Rendezvous WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 Voodoo Funk Project Deep In The Cut Kwerk/215 WVSU-FM 91.1 Birmingham, AL 57 Walter Beasley For Her Heads Up WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 Warren Hill Popjazz Pop Jazz/Native WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 Language Warren Hill/Turning Point Low Rider/Cruise Control [Single] Native Language Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous Wayman Tisdale Way Up Rendezvous Will Donato Earth Shakin’ [Single] Generation Will Donato Espana [Single] Generation Airplay of all stations is monitored by Mediaguide. William Woods Whadja Expect? [Single] Whaling City Sound To apply to become a member of a station panel, email [email protected]

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Ben Allison’s Top s I’m thinking of albums that would fit the bill I could only think of things from the 3 Political Albums A ’50s thru early ’70s. Maybe it’s due to my lack of awareness of certain modern artists. Or (plus two songs) is there less politically-oriented work being put out these days? – Ben Allison 1. Charlie Haden – Liberation Music Orchestra

Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, which was record- ed in 1970, featured arrangements by Carla Bley and a who’s-who of the musical vanguard of that era. The album includes a num- ber of Spanish Civil War songs and “We Shall Overcome” among originals by Charlie, Carla, and Ornette Coleman. 2. Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite

One of the first “protest albums” released by a jazz musician, Freedom Suite was Sonny’s overt political statement regarding ra- cial inequities in America in the 1950s. On the original release, changed the title of the album and did not in- clude Sonny’s liner notes, replacing them with toned down notes by . 3. – We Insist! Freedom Now Suite

Recorded in 1960, Freedom Now Suite has a great cover and features the vocalizations of Abbey Lincoln (who was married to Roach at the time) and the fascinating pairing of and .

4. Charles Mingus – Mingus Presents Mingus

Also recorded in 1960, this is probably my favorite Mingus re- cord. On “Original Faubus Fables,” Mingus speaks out (literally) against the racist actions of then Arkansas governor Orval Faubus.

5. John Coltrane – “Alabama”

Inspired by the KKK bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, this tune appears on Live at Birdland.

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