JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • April 27, 2005 Volume 1, Number 23 • $7.95 In This Issue: Stan Levey, NHØP, Arnie Lawrence Passings . 4,5 Sacramento’s KXJZ Goes HD . 8 2004 Detroit Jazz Fest Best Available for Broadcast . 9 Reviews and Picks. 17 Jazz Radio . 19 Smooth Jazz Radio. 24 Radio JAZZ AFTER HOURS Panels. 28 Q&A with PRI’s Jim Wilke . page 12 News. 4 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Gary Burton #1 Smooth Album – Kenny G #1 Smooth Single – Boney James JazzWeek This Week EDITOR Ed Trefzger nother talented radio colleague is featured in a Q&A with CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Tad Hendrickson this week: Jim Wilke of PRI and KPLU. Keith Zimmerman Kent Zimmerman AJim is a master of jazz radio in much the same way Red Bar- Tad Hendrickson ber and Mel Allen were as baseball broadcasters – not only does CONTRIBUTING WRITER he understand and love the subject matter, he has an inestimable Tom Mallison ability as a communicator. 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JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) com/summit/, or you may use the registration form on page 6 of is published weekly by this issue. – Ed Trefzger, Editor 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 phone: (585) 235-4685 fax: (585) 235-4685 [email protected] Copyright ©2005 Yellow Dog Communications Inc. jazzweek.com • April 27, 2005 JazzWeek 2 Contents April 27, 2005 News . 4 Bebop Pioneer Stan Levey Dies at 79. 4 Saxophonist Arnie Lawrence Passes . 4 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Dead at 58 . 5 Pittsburgh Jazz Society/Mellon Jazz Scholarship Announced . 7 Baker, Carter, Eubanks to Receive Honorary Doctorates at Berklee . 7 4 Sacramento’s KXJZ Adds HD Radio Signal. 8 Best of 2004 Detroit Jazz Fest Available for Broadcast . 9 LCJO Announces Summer Tour . 10 Birthdays . 11 Features Q&A: Jim Wilke, Host of PRI’s Jazz After Hours . 12 Reviews and Picks . 17 Guillermo Klein . 17 12 Eric Comstock . 17 Michelle Latimer . 17 Editors’ Picks . 18 Jazz Charts . 19 Jazz Album Chart . 20 Jazz Add Dates . 21 Jazz Current CDs . 22 Jazz Radio Panel . 28 19 Smooth Jazz Charts . 24 Smooth Album Chart . 25 Smooth Singles Chart. 26 Smooth Current CDs . 27 Smooth Radio Panel . 28 24 Cover photo: courtesy Jim Wilke/PRI JazzWeek Volume 1 Issue 23 jazzweek.com • April 27, 2005 JazzWeek 3 News Bebop Pioneer Stan Levey Dies at 79 rummer Stan Levey, who per- bra Streisand, The Andre Previn, Neil formed with legends such as Supremes, Vic Hefti, and many DDizzy Gillespie, Charlie Park- Damone, Nan- others, and for er, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kenton, and cy Wilson, Nat more than 3000 countless others, died last Friday at the King Cole, Sar- television shows. age of 79, two months after undergo- ah Vaughn, Bil- A featured ing cancer surgery. lie Holiday, Bobby storyteller in Ken Self-taught on the drums, Levey Darin, June Chris- Burns’ Jazz doc- moved to New York after sitting in ty, Mel Torme, umentary, Levey with Gillespie in Levey’s home town and more. told fascinating of Philadelphia. In New York, Levey Levey’s big tales of his days became part of the group of musi- band resume in- with the famed cians who gave bebop its start, includ- cludes Benny Parker/Gillespie ing Dexter Gordon and Miles Davis, Goodman, Stan group on 52ⁿd as well as Gillespie and Parker, whose Kenton, Woody Street in New quintet he joined in the mid 1940’s. Herman, Quin- York and his being Levey also played in big bands with cy Jones,Nelson the driving force Woody Herman and Benny Goodman Riddle,and Skitch of the Stan Ken- before drumming for the Stan Kenton Henderson and A DVD documentary on Stan Levey is ton Orchestra and orchestra for two years. “The Tonight available at stanlevey.com. Howard Rumsey’s In 1954, Levey moved to Los An- Show Band”. Lighthouse All- geles, where he joined Howard Rum- He also peformed for more than Stars in a recent DVD documentary sey and the Lighthouse All-Stars, and 300 motion pictures under Lalo Schi- Stan Levey, “The Original Original”. became an influence on what became frin, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, JW known as West Coast or cool jazz. Levey retired from the music busi- ness in 1973 to devote himself full- Saxophonist Arnie Lawrence Passes time to his photography career. axophonist Arnie Lawrence, His son Erik wrote about his fa- Levey appeared on more than founder the New School for Jazz ther in an email announcing his pass- 2,000 recordings during his career. Sand Contemporary Music in ing. “I remember Pops telling me that Peformances with instrumentalists in- New York City, has died. Lawrence, Ben Webster advised ‘You’re only as clude: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Park- who set aside his own recording career good as your rhythm section’ when he er, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, to start the program in 1986, moved was 16 years old. I can’t tell you how Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Errol to Jerusalem, Israel, in 1997, where many rhythm section players have told Garner, Miles Davis, George Shear- he brought Jews and Arabs together me they never played as well as they ing, Lester Young, Roy Eldrige, Zoot through music education by founding played with him.” Sims, Al Cohn, Stan Getz, John Lew- the International Center for Creative Lawrence’s students at New School is, Ray Brown and many more. Music. included Roy Hargrove, Brad Mehl- Levey performed with singers such Lawrence’s career included a de- dau, Larry Goldings, John Popper, Pe- as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Frank cade and a half with the Tonight Show ter Bernstein and Jay Rodriguez. Sinatra, Gary Crosby, Pat Boone, Bar- band. JW jazzweek.com • April 27, 2005 JazzWeek 4 News Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Dead at 58 anish jazz star Niels-Henning trio in 1973. Pedersen was an occa- Danish folk poetry and songs. Ørsted Pedersen died unexpect- sional member of the trio throughout He is survived by his wife, Solveig Dedly of heart failure at his home the 1970’s. Pedersen, and three children. in Ishoef, Denmark on Tuesday, April Manager Marianne Jul said, “This 19. He was 58. comes as a great shock to us, particu- The “great Dane with the never- larly since he was not ill and had just ending name” was born in Osted on finished touring Denmark with his the Danish island of Zealand. trio.” Known to many fans as NHØP, Pedersen started his musical train- the bass player performed with many ing as a pianist, but switched to the big names in jazz during his 35-year bass at the age of 14. His career as a career, including Count Basie, Diz- bass player got rolling when he was zy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Dexter 16, playing as the house bassist in Co- Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell, penhagen’s Montmartre jazz club, Bill Evans, Larry Coryell, Stephane where Basie – whom he turned down Grappelli, Joe Pass and Albert Ayler. a chance to join – Gordon and Powell In the 1970’s, Pedersen worked in a each performed. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen’s discogra- duo and recorded with Kenny Drew. From 1964 to 1982, Pedersen was phy includes his 1997 Verve CD Those Who His international breakthrough a member of the Danish Radio Or- Were. came when he joined Oscar Peterson’s chestra. 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