JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • November 27, 2006 Volume 3, Number 2 • $7.95 Artist Q&A: TERRY GIBBS page 9 On The Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Diana Krall #1 World Music – Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri #1 College Jazz – Medeski, Scofield, #1 Smooth Album – Boney James Martin and Wood #1 Smooth Single – Boney James JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger ad Hendrickson’s interview with Terry Gibbs mentions MUSIC EDITOR Tad Hendrickson the spark and vitality the vibraphonist has and has al- Tways shown in his music. And I got that vibe, if you will, CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ from Terry when I met him at a reception a few years back. PHOTOGRAPHER Tom Mallison I often write here about how important it is for us to sup- PHOTOGRAPHY port up-and-coming artists; this week, I’m making the pitch Barry Solof for us also supporting the new works of legendary artists who Contributing Editors still make amazing music into their 70s and 80s. 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Mediaguide – Ed Trefzger 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Suite 150 Berwyn, PA 19312 JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) is published weekly by ������������� 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 [email protected] Copyright ©2006 Trefzger Media LLC jazzweek.com • November 27, 2006 JazzWeek 2 Contents November 27, 2006 News . 4 Ruth Brown Passes at 78 . 4 Monterey Announces Third Next Generation Festival. 5 Music and Industry News In Brief . 6 Jazz Birthdays . 8 Feature 9 Artist Q&A: Terry Gibbs . 9 Jazz Radio . 12 Jazz Album Chart . 13 College Jazz Chart . 14 Jazz Reviews . 15 Bebo Valdes & Federico Britos . 15 Bebo Valdes . 15 Brian Groder . 15 12 Bob DeVos . 16 Jazz Add Dates . 17 Jazz Current CDs . 18 Jazz Radio Panel . 21 Smooth Jazz Radio . 22 Smooth Album Chart . 23 Smooth Singles Chart. 24 Smooth Currents. 25 22 Smooth Radio Panel . 26 World Music Radio . 27 World Music Album Chart . 28 Closing Number Selected Terry Gibbs Releases . 29 27 Cover Photo: Terry Gibbs (photo by Theo & Juliet) JazzWeek Volume 3 Number 2 jazzweek.com • November 27, 2006 JazzWeek 3 News Ruth Brown Passes at 78 LAS VEGAS – The incomparable onset of the turbulent ‘60s, musical the Ralph Gleason Award for Music. Ruth Brown, whose musical legacy styles changed and, like so many R&B She was given a Pioneer Award from was matched by her fight for royal- Pioneers, Brown was left behind. She the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, ty reform for herself and other R&B was thrust into the role of single par- an organization which was founded as Artists, passed away on November 17, ent raising two boys alone, forcing her a direct result of her efforts to foster 2006 in a Las Vegas area hospital from to take jobs as a maid, wider recognition and complications following a stroke and driving a school bus, provide financial as- heart attack. Howell Begle, longtime and as a Head Start sistance to Rhythm friend and legal representative, made teacher. and Blues musicians the announcement for the family. The story might of any stature. Known as “The Girl with a Tear have ended there, but “Ruth was one of in her Voice,” “The Original Queen of Brown enjoyed a career the most important Rhythm & Blues,” “Miss Rhythm & renaissance in the mid- and beloved figures in Blues,” and the well-known moniker seventies. She began modern music,” said of “Miss Rhythm,” the nickname giv- recording blues and Bonnie Raitt. “She en her by Mr. Rhythm, Frankie Lane, jazz for a variety of la- set the standard for Ruth Brown was also credited as the bels. She toured over- sass, heartache and first star made by Atlantic Records. seas in 1979 and 1980 resilience in her life Her regal hit-making reign from 1949 and upon her return to as well as her mu- to the close of the ‘50s helped tremen- the United States, she sic, and fought tire- dously to establish the New York la- starred in Allen Tous- lessly for royalty re- bel’s predominance in the R&B field, saint’s off-Broadway form and recognition a track record for which the young la- musical Staggerlee and for the R&B pioneers bel was referred to as “The House That made a spectacular who never got their Ruth Built.” splash in the film Hairspray as Motor- due. She taught me more than anyone Brown’s two dozen hit records in- mouth Maybelle. Beginning in 1985, about survival, heart and class. She cluded the single “So Long,” the signa- Ruth hosted the Harlem Hit Parade was my dear friend and I will miss her ture song of Little Miss Cornshucks, series on National Public Radio and in terribly.” and a favorite of Atlantic Records’ Ex- 1989 won a Tony Award for Best Ac- The firstborn of seven children in a ecutive Herb Abramson’s partner, Ah- tress in a Musical for the Broadway re- family with deep religious roots, Ruth met Ertegun, as well as “Teardrops vue Black And Blue. Weston’s father worked on the docks From My Eyes” which brought out In 1989 Ruth Brown received a at the seaport in Portsmouth, Va., and the more swaggering, aggressive side Grammy Award for the album Blues was choir director at Emmanuel AME for which Ruth was rewarded with her On Broadway. In 1993, she was in- Church. Brown is survived by her two first No. 1 R&B hit. For the duration ducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of sons, Earl Swanson and Ron Jackson, of the Fifties, Brown dominated the Fame. Brown was recognized in 1999 and siblings: Leonard Weston, Delia R&B charts with such red-hot sides with a Lifetime Achievement Award Weston, Benjamin Weston and Alvin JW as “5-10-15 Hours” and “(Mama) He from The Blues Foundation, in addi- Weston. Treats Your Daughter Mean.” tion to receiving two W.C. Handy The relationship with Atlantic Re- Awards from the organization. Her Source: The Rhythm & Blues Foun- cords would last until 1961. With the autobiography, Miss Rhythm, received dation jazzweek.com • November 27, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News Monterey Announces Third Next Generation Festival MONTEREY, Calif. – The Mon- tival’s Annual National High School faculty at USC’s Thornton School of terey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz ed- Jazz Competition, now in its 37th year. Music, the winning composer will re- ucation since its inception in 1958, The High School Jazz Competition is ceive a cash award, and the honor of has announced plans for the 3rd An- open to superior rated big bands, com- premiering the composition with the nual Next Generation Festival, fea- bos, and vocal ensembles. The non- Next Generation Jazz Orchestra on turing the nation’s most talented mid- competitive middle school category is the Lyons Stage in the Arena before a dle school, high school and college open to superior rated big bands. The crowd of 6500 fans. jazz musicians and vocalists. The Next Next Generation Festival is also open As in the past, Next Generation Generation Festival, which includes to all college level big bands. “At the Festival events – from the star studded MJF’s 37th Annual National High Next Generation Festival we empha- Opening Night Concert to the hotly School Jazz Competition, will take size the ‘festival’ aspect of the event contested Big Band Finals on Saturday place in historic downtown Monterey and offer students, teachers, and jazz night – will be open to the public, free from March 23-25, 2007. The Com- fans the opportunity to come togeth- of charge. The Festival will also con- petition is accepting applications from er to share and enjoy this wonderful duct clinics, workshops, jam sessions middle school, college and high school music called jazz,” said Dr. Rob Kle- and auditions in the heart of the his- big bands and from high school com- van, the Director of Education of the toric Monterey, with music to be per- bos and vocal jazz ensembles through Monterey Jazz Festival. “In the High formed at the Monterey Conference Jan. 24, 2007. Application forms may School and College divisions, there Center, the host Portola Plaza Hotel, be downloaded at the Monterey Jazz is the competition and much at stake, in the recently renovated historic State Festival’s website, www.montereyjazz- but all who attend the NGF are truly Theater, and at Fisherman’s Wharf.