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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 Volume 1, Number 4 • $7.95 In This Issue: Breaking Dave Douglas Launches News ‘Greenleaf’ . . 5 CONCORD Savoy Signs RECORDS Vijay Iyer . . . . 5 ACQUIRES WQCD is now FANTASY p. 4 N.Y. Chill . . . . 6 CD Reviews and Editors’ Picks...... 12

Jazz Radio Charts, Adds, Releases . . . 15

Smooth Jazz Radio Album and Singles Charts, Releases . . . 20 Radio Blindfold Test With Panels. . . . . 24 p. 7 News...... 4 Pianist Michel Camilo Charts: Jazz Album – Dr. Lonnie Smith Smooth Album – Dave Koz Smooth Single – Wayman Tisdale JazzWeek This Week EDITOR Ed Trefzger Regular contributors Keith and Kent Zimmerman are back with an- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS other in their continuing series of columns, Take The “Z” Train. They had Keith Zimmerman a chance to sit down with 2004 JazzWeek Artist of the Year Michel Cami- Kent Zimmerman lo on his recent visit to the bay area, and had a good old-fashioned blindfold Tad Hendrickson test. Check out how your opinion matches up with his. We’re glad to have CONTRIBUTING WRITER the Z-men on board; look forward to more contributions from them in the Tom Mallison future. PHOTOGRAPHY Barry Solof There have been rumblings about Fantasy being purchased by another label for a few months now. Concord now will possess a vault that is rivaled PUBLISHER only by Blue Note and Verve – the groundbreaking recordings from Pres- Tony Gasparre tige, Orrin Keepnews’ Riverside and Milestone labels, Stax and Volt, Nor- man Granz’s irreplaceable Pablo live recordings, plus a lot of stuff that I can ADVERTISING: Contact Tony Gasparre (585) 235-4685 x3 or only begin to guess about. I trust that the new Concord Music Group will email: [email protected] be as good a caretaker as Fantasy has been. Tad Hendrickson notes another artist starting his own label, Dave SUBSCRIPTIONS: Prices in US Dollars: Charter Rate: $199.00 per year, Douglas. (And if you’re counting, that’s three new artist-owned labels JazzWeek w/ Industry Access -- Charter in our first four issues!) Tad also catches a live set from Lou Donaldson, Rate: $249.00 per year brings us some CD reviews, and updates us on Vijay Iyer’s signing to Savoy. Introductory Rates effective until 12/31/04 To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ I’m intrigued by WQCD’s move to “New York Chill”, adding a good AMEX/PayPal go to: dose of chill to the otherwise standard Smooth Jazz format. Could this be http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ the answer to ending a bit of stagnation in the format? It certainly seems subscribe.html like it will fit a hip, urban, and maybe a younger, demographic. And it fits a sound that many smooth artists have begun to dabble in. AIRPLAY MONITORING BY We noted that Apple opened its iTunes store in Canada this week. Jazz has done well at digital download sites – Sunnyside’s Garrett Shelton has a pithy comment on the issue, and we hope to look at digital music sales in- depth in the new year. Mediaguide 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Speaking of which, IAJE 2005 isn’t that far away; if you’re on the Suite 150 fence, this year promises to have more radio and industry-specific sessions Berwyn, PA 19312 than ever. Check out the IAJE ad on page 25 for info. Once again, please let us know what’s on your mind. We’ll start pub- Published weekly by lishing letters when we start receiving them. We know a lot of you, and know you are outspoken, so don’t be shy. And if you’re a writer who’d like to contribute, drop us a line, too. Reach me at [email protected]. – Ed Trefzger, Editor 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 phone: (585) 235-4685 fax: (585) 235-4685 [email protected] Copyright ©2004 Yellow Dog Communications Inc. jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 2 Contents December 3, 2004

News ...... 4 Concord Records Acquires Fantasy ...... 4 Dave Douglas Launches Greenleaf Records ...... 5 Vijay Iyer Signed to Savoy Jazz ...... 5 AirTran Sponsors Koz Tour ...... 5 4 Apple Opens iTunes Store in Canada ...... 6 WQCD Becomes N.Y. Chill ...... 6 Features Pianist Michel Camilo Takes A “Z” Train-JazzWeek Blindfold Test...... 7 Reviews and Picks ...... 12 Jazz Charts ...... 15 Jazz Album Chart ...... 16 7 Jazz Add Dates ...... 17 Jazz Current CDs ...... 18 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 24 Smooth Jazz Charts ...... 20 Smooth Album Chart ...... 21 Smooth Singles Chart...... 22 Smooth Current CDs ...... 23 15 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 24

20 JazzWeek Volume 1 Issue 4 jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 3 News Concord Records Acquires Fantasy

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Con- honored to be in a position to help car- The Rippingtons, Poncho Sanchez cord Records, Inc. and Fantasy, Inc. ry the Fantasy legacy into the future. I and Curtis Stigers. Concord’s posthu- announced Wednesday that Concord am so enthusiastic about this merger, mous duet release from Ray Charles, has completed its acquisition of Fanta- about working with the talented pro- Genius Loves Company, has shipped sy and has merged the two companies fessionals involved from both sides and more than 2 million copies in the U.S. to form a new entity called the Con- the great opportunities for the com- and 3 million units worldwide, and has cord Music Group, Inc. bined companies going forward.” been certified multi-platinum. As part of the transaction, Tail- First organized in 1969 by Carl Fantasy Records was established wind Capital Partners, a private equi- Jefferson, the Concord Jazz Festival in San Francisco in 1949 by Max and ty investment firm focused on me- Sol Weiss, who ran a pressing plant dia and other growth sectors of the and the Fantasy Records and Gal- economy, provided new equity cap- axy labels. Their first artist was an ital to the Concord Music Group. Oakland pianist named Dave Bru- The existing owners of Concord Re- beck, and recordings by Cal Tjader, cords, Norman Lear and Hal Gaba, Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker, Vince remain substantial shareholders Guaraldi (whose “A Charlie Brown in the combined entity. Concord’s Christmas” is a perennial seasonal management will also have a share best-seller), Mongo Santamaria and of the new company. John Lee Hooker soon followed. Ralph Kaffel, president of Fan- Saul Zaentz, who had joined tasy, said, “Having spent fifty years Fantasy as a salesman in 1955, as- in the record business, 33 of them sembled a group of investors in at Fantasy building up the catalogs, Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company has gone 1967 and purchased the label from my primary concern as well as that multi-platimum for Concord Records. the Weiss brothers. Just a year lat- of the other principals, was that the er, Creedence Clearwater Reviv- acquiring entity should have the al released its debut recording, and proper understanding and respect within 18 months had scored more in Northern California served as the for the treasure that we are turning than 20 Hot 100 singles and nine con- catalyst for what would eventually be- over to them, and be willing to per- secutive top 10 singles in the U.S. The come Concord Records. Lear and petuate the historical legacy these cat- company used that success to acquire Gaba bought the company in 1999, alogs represent. With Norman, Hal, many labels, including two started by and in 2002, moved its headquarters Glen Barros and all the other talented legend Orrin Keepnews – Riverside to Beverly Hills. people now at the helm at the Con- and Milestone – as well as Contempo- cord Music Group, my colleagues and Concord’s current roster of vocal rary/Good Time Jazz, Debut, Kick- I are convinced the Fantasy catalog is and instrumental artists includes: Kar- ing Mule, Pablo, Prestige/New Jazz, in very good hands.” rin Allyson, Patti Austin, Regina Belle, Stax/Volt/Enterprise, Specialty and Peter Cincotti, Michael Feinstein, Takoma. Glen Barros, president and CEO at Concord, and now president and Nnenna Freelon, Robben Ford, Latoya The new company is expected to chief executive officer of the Concord London, Marian McPartland, Barry maintain offices both in Beverly Hills Music Group, said, “I am incredibly Manilow, Ozomatli, Eddie Palmieri, and in Berkeley. JW jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 4 News Vijay Iyer Signed to Savoy Jazz Dave Douglas Launches One of the most promising young pianists working today, Vijay Iyer’s career continues to pick up speed in 2005 Greenleaf Records with the release of Reimagining. This album, set for late-March release, will by Tad Hendrickson be his Savoy debut. It will feature Iyer as well as regular saxophonist Rudresh ach new day reinforces how important it is for artists, labels and others Mahanthappa, bassist Stephen Crump in the music business to adopt new ways of doing business. As the majors and 18-year-old hotshot drummer Marcus Econtinue to merge and retain only the most lucrative acts, marginalized Gilmore, who happens to be the grandson performers like jazz musicians are forced to rethink how they want to conduct of drum legend Roy Haynes. business. It’s with this in mind that trumpeter Dave Douglas has left BMG’s The album will include a cover of the Bluebird Records to launch Greenleaf Records with partner Michael Friedman Beatles “Revolution” (here retitled (who also owns and runs Premonition). “Revolutions”) and one of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” “Perhaps these versions “Dave is the A&R, could be seen as critical reexaminations musician and idea guy, of the original songs,” Iyer says of the I’m doing everything songs, “refracted through the lens of my else,” says Friedman of individual and collective experiences.” the 50-50 partnership. He continues, adding: “In my case it’s “The goal is to put out about articulating a perspective that new and creative music.” is both mournful and hopeful. It’s a The label will also of- perspective that is informed very directly fer 50-50 profit sharing by our present-day realities, political and deals with artists, also otherwise.” keeping them directly Revolutions is the follow up to Iyer’s involved in every facet critically acclaimed quartet effort, of the business, includ- Blood Sutra, and his innovative In What ing marketing, licensing, Language?. The latter was a collaboration and promotion. with hip-hop vocalist Mike Ladd that fused spoken word, electronics and No doubt these vet- a live jazz combo into a multimedia erans, who have known commentary on the state of race relations each other for 20 years, Ashley Mitchell and cultural identity in a post-9/11 world. will have a good idea – Tad Hendrickson what to do as the first four records are rolled out in 2005, with a second four ten- tatively scheduled for 2006. The label promises to provide a supportive platform AirTran Sponsors Koz Tour for cutting edge artists of various stripes – be it jazz, modern or world music. AirTran Airways will serve as the official First up is the January 25 release of Douglas’s NOMAD ensemble entitled airline sponsor of the eighth annual Dave Mountain Passages. Plans are also in the works for a second Douglas album by his Koz and Friends Smooth Jazz Christmas Keystone project, which will present new Douglas-written scores for the mov- Tour. ies of Fatty Arbuckle. The label is also scheduled to release albums by the band Saxophonist Koz will lead the 21-city Kneebody and a duo album with pianist Misha Mengelberg and Douglas. tour accompanied by keyboardist Brian Culbertson, guitarist Norman Brown, and As for Premonition, Friedman has put Premonition on hold while the ac- vocalist Patti Austin. counting with Blue Note-EMI, who had a five year joint imprint and distribution deal, is worked out. Premonition and Greenleaf will both be distributed This is not the first time Culbertson and Koz have teamed up. They collaborated through Koch in America with different independent distributors handling ter- on Koz’s most recent album, Saxophonic, ritories around the world. and the single “All I See Is You”. Both hit No. 1 on the JazzWeek Smooth charts. jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 5 News Apple Opens iTunes Store in Canada WQCD Becomes N.Y. Chill APPLE COMPUTER ON Thursday launched its iTunes(R) Mu- SMOOTH JAZZ WQCD in New York is now “New York sic Store in Canada, giving music fans in Canada the same Chill”, with PD Blake Lawrence mixing in about 30 per- features and a price of $.99 CDN per song – just $.83 USD cent “chill”. According to the at press time. station’s web site, artists like St. Germain, Thievery Corporation, “The demand across Canada for the iTunes Music Store Mandalay, Morcheeba, and Beb- has been overwhelming,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice presi- el Gilberto will be blended with dent of Applications. “We are excited to be able to offer mu- conventional Smooth Jazz fare such as Chris Botti, George sic fans in Canada their own customized iTunes Music Store Benson, Sade, Boney James, Rick Braun, Norah Jones, and featuring many top Canadian artist exclusives.” Dave Koz. The iTunes Music Store in Canada features over 700,000 Many Smooth Jazz artists are incorporating elements songs. of chill – a sound that started in Europe in the ’90’s, incor- In the U.S., both independent and major labels have poating pop, electronica, and jazz – in their music. found Apple’s iTunes and other digital outlets to be a boost WQCD, owned by Emmis Communications, made for not only for new releases but for back catalog that might the switch Nov. 22. not otherwise see the light of day. Send items of interest to [email protected] Birthdays December 3 December 11 Sylvia Syms (1919) McCoy Tyner (1938) Herbie Nichols (1919) December 12 Webster Young (1932) Eddie Barefield (1909) December 4 Frank Sinatra (1915) Russell Jacquet (1917) Dodo Marmarosa (1925) Jim Hall (1930) Joe Williams (1928) Dennis Charles (1933) Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929) Andy LaVerne (1947) Grover Washington, Jr. (1943) December 5 Alex Acuña (1944) Art Davis (1934) Michael Carvin (1944) Egberto Gismonti (1947) Tony Williams (1945) December 6 December 13 Dave Brubeck (1920) Sonny Greer (1895) Jay Leonhart (1940) Reggie Johnson Born (1940) Miroslav Vitous (1947) Mark Elf (1949) Harvie S (1948) December 14 Sunnyside’s out-of-print Shorter By Two by Harold Danko and December 8 Budd Johnson (1910) Jimmy Smith (1925) Ted Buckner (1913) Kirk Lightsey is now available online at Apple’s iTunes Store. Clark Terry (1920) December 9 Cecil Payne (1922) Bob Scobey (1916) Phineas Newborn (1931) Donald Byrd (1932) “iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, Microsoft and other down- Jerome Cooper (1946) Jimmy Owens (1943) load stores provide a valuable new avenue for getting jazz Dan Barrett (1955) December 10 into the hands of amazing music fans,” said Garrett Shelton Ray Nance (1913) of Sunnyside Records. “These listeners have incredibly eclec- Bob Cranshaw (1932) tic tastes and every where you look on these services, you see Franco Ambrosetti (1941) that. Someone that is buying Immortal Technique or Neu- Dianne Schuur (1953) rosis is also buying Kirk Lightsey and Chris Potter. And god Ole Amund Gjersvik (1963) bless ’em for that!” jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 6 Take the “Z” Train Pianist Michel Camilo Takes A “Z” Train-JazzWeek Blindfold Test

By Keith and Kent Zimmerman

very two years in the fall, pianist Michel Camilo appears at the San Fran- cisco Jazz Festival on the stage of the Palace of Fine Arts. This year, he Eperformed two dazzling sets – one solo piano and the other with his trio, consisting of bassist Charles Flores and drummer Cliff Almond. Besides top- ping the JazzWeek charts, and winning JazzWeekʼs 2004 Artist of the Year Award, Michel’s stellar Live at the Blue Note set on Telarc earned him a prestigious Grammy Award. These days Michel has been relent- lessly touring, especially in Europe, fresh off the festival circuit with some American gigs thrown in as well. Coming in January, for his 16th release, Michel has completed his very first jazz solo CD on Telarc. Appropriately titled Solo, there are obviously no over- dubs and the set includes four Brazilian tunes, four jazz standards, three original compositions, and one Camilo remake. As a change of pace for this edition of Take the “Z” Train, we decided to throw Michel into the deep end of the jazz pool and put together an old-fashioned blindfold test. For the audition tunes, we picked out some of our current favorites, made up of a divergent range of talented players. We encouraged Michel to give us honest and off-the-cuff responses. More often than not, Camilo was unable to guess who the artists Jazz pianist Michel Camilo gives his trio a rest in 2005 with the were, but he was pretty spot-on with his comments January release of a solo piano recording on the Telarc label. and remarks. See if you agree. continued ... jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 7 Michel Camilo “Z” Train Blindfold Test Continued

1. Jessica Williams “I’m Confessin’ That I Love You” Live At Yoshi’s Volume One (MaxJazz) It’s great. There are Monk elements there, believe it or not, but I don’t think it’s Monk. I love the piano playing and I love the style. I don’t know who it is, but it’s a combination of styles. I can hear some of Errol Garner’s stuff in there with the left hand. But then I hear the fast lines on the right hand. I like the good jazz piano playing. I’d give it a big thumbs-up. Jessica Williams? Good stuff. I could hear the Monkish elements and the Errol Garner on the left hand. I hear all these elements and influences and it threw me for a loop. I hear the Tatum runs versus the Errol Garner left hand versus the Monkish angles. You hear three different elements in her music. I’m not familiar with Jessica’s music. It’s the first time I’ve heard her but I like it.

2. Jamie Cullum “Twentysomething” Twentysomething (Verve) Not my cup of tea. It’s okay. It’s so hard to criticize a colleague. It’s a little bit too pop for my taste. He’s okay; all the elements are there, but he’s a little bit too cabaret for me. I’m neutral about it. I know Jamie Cullum has sold many, many copies, but he’s a little too show biz for me. Billy Joel meets Diana Krall. I heard him on television in Europe and I saw him this summer at the North Sea Jazz Festival. The show was pretty good. He’s a powerhouse live, but I feel it’s a little bit too pop for my tastes. I didn’t pick up on the lyrics. It’s a little bit of an act; it’s preplanned and more structured – a little cabaret and formatted and not loose enough. Closer to Broadway.

3. Chad Lawson Trio “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” Unforeseen (Summit) It sounds like Sting’s material from the Police. Something threw me off. I may be wrong, but it sounded like it was an edited recording. There’s a change and it sounds like two takes put together, not like one complete take. The color in the piano switches, and that means that maybe it’s two takes put together. It’s okay, but it should be more fluid. It’s sounds like they’re counting that 5/4 beat so hard but it’s not flowing forward. Then the 7/4 bridges are a little bit forced. They don’t flow well. Somehow it should be more fluid and it sounds like they were reading their parts and not feeling each other. Maybe I’m being too tough. It feels like someone was reading charts as opposed to playing a song.

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4. Madeleine Peyroux “Dance Me To the End of Love” & “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” Careless Love (Rounder) Billie Holiday? Yeah. You threw me a curve there. It’s great. It’s not Billie because that’s a Dylan song, but it’s pretty amazing. There’s something there in her voice that reminds me of Billie in the lower register. I like some of it, especially the second cut. It’s scary. Madeleine Peyroux? I don’t know her but I like her.

5. Jean-Michel Pilc “South” Cardinal Points (Dreyfus Jazz) This one is a tough one. With all the multi layers, it’s tough to picture. A nice head with that pedal bass line. Several layers of keyboards. [Long pause] I’m stumped. I’m not sure if I like the quality of the piano sound on this particular recording. It sounds like sampled piano, but it could be the presence of the piano and the way they recorded it. The groove was interesting to me. The mo- tif is nice. But I didn’t get into the solo. The African beat was nice, but I wanted it to go somewhere else. It’s an interesting groove, but I was waiting for a little more meat.

6. Jean-Michel Pilc “My Favorite Things” Follow Me (Dreyfus Jazz) This sounds like an exploration that Danilo Perez would do, the sustain without pedaling down. It’s an interesting exploration of the song, although it’s too much pedal. He went for a sustain kind of mode. He’s using the pedal quite a lot to create those multi-layers, which is okay. He plays a note, sustains it, and then plays another note to create a lot of layers. Maybe that’s Jacky Terrasson. It’s Jean-Michel Pilc again? This time it sounds like Omar Sosa, the Cuban piano player, inﬂuences him. You know, the pianist who wears a white turban. There’s a lot of African-oriented exploration here, like Omar Sosa’s music, which happens to be distributed from France. There’s an African French thing happening here. You can hear what Pilc is going for because Omar has been very successful at doing these kinds of layers. So Pilc sounds Omar Sosa inspired. I like to hear Danilo and Omar do this kind of exploration.

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7. Lynne Arriale Trio “Red Is the Rose” Come Together, Tenth Anniversary (Motema Music) It’s tricky to play ballads. The ﬁrst thing I wish was that the bass player would have tuned his instrument better, especially the B’s and the C’s and the A’s. It’s pleasant. I don’t want to sound too negative. It’s a beautiful ballad. I would like more ﬁnesse. I would like more care of the touch, more of a legato touch, and more poetic. Think of the phrases and the texture you want to go for, and the overall sound. It’s very simple and hymn-like, which is okay. But it could be more lyrical. Lynne Arriale Trio? I know Lynne well because she won the Great American Piano Competition when I was part of the jury. I voted for her. I remember it was a tough vote there because the jury was very divided. At the end she won. She’s a good player, but on that particular cut, there’s something that is destroying the mood that is not totally in tune with itself. The producer should have been pickier with the tuning.

8. Bill Charlap Trio “Cool” Somewhere – The Songs of Leonard Bernstein (Blue Note) I consider this album to be a masterpiece. He’s a wonderful piano player, and he’s the one that the jury was divided upon with Lynne Arriale. I voted for her in one round, but then I voted for him, also. Bill Charlap a great jazz pianist. He’s very tasty; he has control of his touch. He’s got nice voicing too, and he’s a great accompanist! He recorded with Tony Bennett. This album is very well done. He’s done great arrangements of West Side Story. Personally, he’s very nice and a quiet guy, and he’s certainly one of the great ones in jazz today.

9. Maria Schneider Orchestra “Three Romances” Concert In the Garden (Artist Share) I like it. It’s great. That’s either Hermeto Pascoal or it’s influenced by Her- meto Pascoal’s writing. That’s the kind of stuff that he used to do, this counter- point, the horn charts, and different things going on at the same time. It’s nice. Maria Schneider? She’s a great arranger. If you listen to Hermeto Pascoal from the 1980s and 1990s, you will hear the connection. That’s the kind of layered music he does. The only thing missing for me on that particular cut was I wish the bass had been recorded louder.

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10. Branford Marsalis Quartet “The Ruby and the Pearl” Eternal (Marsalis Music/Rounder) If you play a ballad, at least the guy is being lyrical with the melody. He’s taking his time phrasing the melody. This is what I call lyrical. It’s pleasant for ballad playing. There’s also a wonderful mood created by the supporting rhythm section. The rhythm section is playing very well. It’s like a tropical breeze; it’s pleasant to me in that sense. But at the same time, the saxophone player is some- times laying back the way he should to expose the melody. He sounds like the leader. It could be David Sanchez, but I’m not sure. It’s Branford? That makes sense because they’re very good friends. I know that Branford has an incredible, beautiful tone. It’s exactly what I mean by lyrical. It’s the laying back against the beat and stretching out each bar and milking the sound and the tone, and gain- ing the mood you want to create. He doesn’t have to be tight with the rhythm section. He just has to be in his own universe, versus the groove under him. That’s what masters do, and Branford is a master of our time. Now I know exactly why Branford signed Miguel Zenon. Miguel has just been named as part of the San Francisco Jazz Collective. He’s being commissioned to write pieces for the San Francisco Jazz Festival. Miguel is an incredible Puerto Rican talent. He’s already one of the greatest alto sax players of the new generation. Branford loves him. Check him out.

11. Don Byron “In A Silent Way” Ivey-Divey (Blue Note) It feels to me like the drummer is either inspired by Jeff Watts or it is Jeff Watts. It’s interesting to hear the sounds played on clarinet as opposed to a so- prano sax. That would be the norm. It’s refreshing to hear sounds like this on clarinet. It’s In a Silent Way by Miles Davis? I like it. It’s pretty hip. Clarinet, piano, and drums. The whole album has no bass player? Nice sound. It’s refreshing. Now I can hear the Jack DeJohnette connection. I once worked with Jack at a festival in Sardinia where he and Dave Holland were the rhythm section. We were each challenged to play a solo piano recital and then afterwards, use the festival’s rhythm section. McCoy Tyner was there. Michel Petrucciani was billed as well. Each player had an evening outdoors concert, an hour of solo piano. Then at the end there was a jam session with Jack and Dave. I was one of the players, and it was one of the greatest experiences I ever had. I had never Keith & Kent Zimmerman are played with the guys before and there were no rehearsals allowed. I remember it JazzWeek contributing editors and was Jack’s birthday that night, so we had a great time onstage as we were jam- are authors of 7 books, including their ming. Then later on we all ate cake and had drinks. It sounded amazing. I like latest, Sing My Way Home: Voic- this particular album. I find it very fresh. It’s avant-garde, but well done, the way es of the New American Roots it should be. The textures are all in the right place. It’s challenging to hear the Rock, published by BackBeat Books. clarinet and it’s rare. Well done. JW jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 11 CD Reviews and Picks Jay Leonhart Trio versatile playing does bebop, samba and torch song ballad- ry with uniformly strong results. Here on Weathervane, her Cool (Sons Of Sound) fourth album, Bryant steps away from the standards to con- PERHAPS IT’S THE floating lines unanchored by drums or centrate her own originals as well as new tunes from others. the similar sonic palette of the musical instruments, but She gets supple support on the vocal numbers from her un- there’s something intrinsically unique about a stringed obtrusive trio while all four take turns stepping out on the trio. On Cool, bass master instrumentals. Highlights include the tender title track, the Jay Leonhart leads pianist upbeat “I Saw Stars” and wholly samba-ized original “Dai- Ted Rosenthal and gui- kanyama Samba.” – Tad Hendrickson Contact: Groov Marketing and Consulting tarist Joe Cohn through a Phone: (877) GROOV-32 mostly quiet and assured Email: [email protected] set. An occasional vocalist Add Date: Out now and songwriter, Leonhart lends his hep-cat conversa- Here are a couple of releases you may have missed tional singing style to the that we think are worth another listen: Bernstein and Sondheim- Matthias Lupri penned title cut as well as “My Bluebird,” which is a Tommy Flanagan tune with Transition Sonic (Summit) new Leonhart lyrics. For the most part, however, Leon- hart sticks with bass accompaniment that allows his side- VIBRAPHONIST MATTHIAS LUPRI’S latest project is an am- men more solo time than himself. While the album is aptly bitious one; he’s composed a 12-part suite called Transition named, things do get hot at times, particularly on open- Sonic, which spans a wide range of moods and styles. Lupri er “Take Four.” The trio also gets playful when it romps is joined by two cutting-edge jazz musicians making names its way through a delightful version of “If I Only Had A in their own right, tenor Brain” and Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz.” A fine follow- saxophonist Mark Turner, up to 2002’s Rogers and Leonhart, Cool reminds us that not and trumpeter Cuong Vu. only does this bassist deserve respect he gets as a player, he’s Each brings his own ele- also quite effective when he’s puts his wit and playfulness ments to the recording, es- on display. – Tad Hendrickson pecially Vu’s breathy trum- Contact: Mark Elf pet noises and electronic Phone: (516) 599-6589. effects, but it’s the compo- Email: [email protected] sitions that shine. While Release Date: Out now; add date Jan. 13 radio may not have the Betty Bryant luxury of playing the disc end-to-end, as it is best Weathervane (Bry-Mar) heard, there are some tunes that will work well on the air. “Sonic” and “Deception” layer lyrical two-man leads from IT’S RARE THAT musicians Turner and Vu over driving vibes; Thomson Kneeland’s sing and play with equal bowed bass is beautiful and eerie on “Iceland Dark”; gui- skill. Los Angeles veter- tarist Nate Radley and drummer Jordan Perlson also have an Betty Bryant can make ample room to shine. If you’ve passed on or overlooked this such a claim – her lived-in fine disc, please give it another listen. – Ed Trefzger voice and laidback phrasing Contact: Dr. Jazz Operations sounds like a cross between Phone: (800) 955-4375 Shirley Horn and a young Email: [email protected] Billie Holiday while her Add Date: Out now

jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 12 CD Reviews and Picks Marilyn Scott

Nightcap (Prada) and Randy Johnston (guitar) and newer drummer Fukushi SINGER MARILYN SCOTT Tainaka – opened the set with “Stella By Starlight.” Don- teams up with legendary aldson’s alto sounded slightly brittle as he worked his way producer and keyboardist through in workmanlike fashion before turning the song George Duke – plus Vin- over to Johnston and then to Smith, who took the energy nie Colaiuta on drums, down for playfully coy solo. After the song was finished, Brian Bromberg on bass, Donaldson announced that these were real jazzmen, not and Ray Fuller on gui- like “Everybody who goes home and practices their solos.” tar – on a terrific collection of eight standards. The choice Seemingly taking the quip as a cue, the band immedi- of material is superb; as Scott notes, their goal was sim- ately jumped into “Body And Soul,” showing the audience plicity: “Choose songs that are neither shopworn nor cli- (including one nine-year-old boy up way past his bedtime) chéd. Make the fresh. Let them breathe.” They more than that there was still life left in the evergreen ballad. met their goal. “Isn’t This a Lovely Day?” positively spar- The first two tunes were fine, but the group and the au- kles, given an added boost with a flute solo by Dan Hig- dience seemed to spring to life when it left the bebop and gins. “Smile” is another jazz gem. “Here’s That Rainy Day” ballads behind. Donaldson was particularly playful on the is perfect for a Smooth Jazz and Vocals format, as is the funky “Gravy Train” thanks in part to Smith’s bass lines simple arrangement of “Stardust”, with some tasty Rhodes and harmonic coloring. Johnston was strong here as well, from Duke. Nightcap is that rare release that will work well playing long serendipitous lines one note at a time. The on both jazz and smooth stations. – Ed Trefzger band also dug in for an unnamed slow blues where the sax- Contact: Jane Purcell Dashow JazzzDog Promotions ophonist explored the lexicon: he was a blues tour de force Phone: (212) 679-1445 as he bent notes towards the blue tones, pausing for breath Email: [email protected] and dramatic effect, and generally showing the room how Add Date: Out now close jazz and blues really are. The band finished the 75-minute set with a mid-tempo Live Review: Lou Donaldson Quartet version of “What a Wonderful World.” Not a minute after he was in his dressing room, Donaldson could be heard Sunday, Nov. 28 playing his saxophone again. It seemed as if he still had lto saxophonist Lou Donaldson finished out his more to say with his horn after 14 sets in six days, but fans weeklong stand at New York City’s Village Vanguard certainly didn’t feel cheated on this night as they put on Aon Sunday. During the second set it seemed as if the their coats to go. – Tad Hendrickson saxophonist hadn’t changed much since the early days, playing a mix of classic bebop, blues, funk and soul. Nor has his wit been tem- pered with time – always ready with a quip of some sort, the saxophonist didn’t disappoint, adding sly cutting comments after nearly every song that were equal parts funny and pointed. The quartet – which also featured longtime side- men Dr. Lonnie Smith (B3) jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 13 CD Reviews and Picks Editors’ Picks Russell Gunn Ethnomusicology Vol.4 Live In Atlanta (Justin Jane Bunnett Red Dragonfly (aka Tombo) (Narada Jazz) Time) This project began as a series of compositions taken from different The last time IAJE was in Long Beach, many of us witnessed parts of the world including America and Canada. (Unbelievably, the brilliance of Russell and his Ethnomusicology group. This those countries are part of the world.) Folk songs are transformed recording really delivers the live show, with energy, outstanding into jazz. The gem here is “Heaven’s Gate”, the only original on the performances, and turntables. Got a groove or a blues show going disc. on at your station? Plug this one in. A full review is on the way. David Boswell Hold Tight To Your Dreams (My Quiet Moon Buyu Ambroise Blues in Red (Mirage/Justin Time) Records) This is a wonderful blending of traditional music from Haiti and This is a guitar-driven recording, but mainly with the use of acoustic jazz. New Orleans is considered the birthplace of jazz but it was guitars, which is unusual for a smooth jazz release. If you are one the influx of immigrants from the Caribbean that made up a huge of those stations that spins both jazz and smooth jazz, this recording portion of the population. This is just a great play for any jazz will help in transition. This disc really mixes it up and it is fun to hear station. David’s influences – Metheny and Abercrombie come to mind. Global Village Orchestra Globalistics (Random Chance) Larry Chernicoff October (Windy Planet) This is truly a global band considering that eight out of the ten Composer Chernicoff presents a very orchestral album – but leaving members are from different countries. The music on the disc room for improvisation – blending world, jazz, and classical ensemble reflects a wide variety of cultures and music that all swings back to sounds in a warm and organic way. jazz one way or another.

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jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 14 Jazz Radio

Dr. Lonnie Smith Is Still No. 1

Paradigm Shift Shifting Times is Most Added octor Lonnie Smith remains at the No. 1 spot on this week’s JazzWeek Jazz Album DChart with his Palmetto Records CD Too Damn Hot! The album picked up 48 spins and 5 adds in its third week on the chart. In a tight race, Eric Alexander’s Dead Center (HighNote) moved into the number two spot. Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) from Paradigm Shift was the most added CD of the week with 9 adds. Three artists tied for second most added jazz release. They were Steve Turre withThe Spir- its Up Above (HighNote), Jim Snidero’s Close Up (Milestone), and Michael Wolﬀ with Dangerous Vision (Artimas) all with 8 adds. Doctor Lonnie Smith is Too Damn Hot! (Palmetto), The highest debut of the week is Leslie Pint- the week’s No. 1 CD. chik’s So Glad To Be Here on Ambient, hitting the chart at No. 28. She also had the biggest spin increase with 61 spins. Denise Perrier also de- buted at No. 45 with Live at Yoshi’s (Chez Perrier Records) In Chartbound, George Kahn, Marilyn Scott, and Linda Ronstadt are in position to hit the jazz chart.

Jazz Album Chart p. 16 Jazz Add Dates p. 17 Jazz Current CDs p. 18 Paradigm Shift’s Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) is Jazz Radio Panel p. 24 Most Added with 9 adds this week. jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 15 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Dec. 3, 2004 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 3 1 Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot Palmetto 287 239 48 3 54 5 2 3 1 1 Eric Alexander Dead Center HighNote 284 228 56 4 54 3 3 2 2 2 Houston Person To Etta With Love HighNote 244 238 6 4 48 2 4 6 23 4 Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above HighNote 229 197 32 3 51 8 5 4 5 2 Phil Woods This Is How I Feel About Quincy Jazzed Media 196 213 -17 8 44 1 6 8 25 6 Clark Terry Porgy & Bess Americana Music/A440 188 186 2 11 35 4 Music Group 7 7 4 1 Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts Wake Up! (to what’s happening) Palmetto 172 191 -19 11 40 1 8 5 6 5 Royce Campbell Six By Six Moon Cycle Records 170 201 -31 10 40 1 9 13 36 9 New Stories Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope Origin 146 138 8 5 31 5 10 9 19 9 Mike Longo and the New York State of the Oasis CAP 144 162 -18 7 38 3 Art Jazz Ensemble 11 29 NR 11 Jim Snidero Close Up Milestone 142 102 40 5 41 8 12 9 7 2 Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz 140 162 -22 13 34 3 13 15 9 9 The Great Jazz Trio Someday My Prince Will Come Eighty-Eights/Columbia 132 137 -5 10 28 2 14 18 22 7 Peter Leitch Autobiography Reservoir 131 121 10 9 32 0 15 11 10 5 Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder 130 148 -18 10 38 4 16 25 28 16 Tony Monaco Firey Blues Summit 128 109 19 5 44 4 17 13 15 13 Joe Sample Soul Shadows Verve Music Group 127 138 -11 6 33 3 18 16 19 9 Patricia Barber Live: A Fortnight In France Blue Note 124 131 -7 11 32 0 18 21 17 14 Norman Simmons In Private Savant 124 117 7 8 32 3 20 17 13 6 Ray Mantilla Man-Ti-Ya Savant 123 129 -6 7 33 0 20 27 32 20 Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch Munich Records 123 103 20 4 35 1 22 29 26 21 Rene Marie Serene Renegade MAXJAZZ 119 102 17 7 36 5 23 23 7 1 Geri Allen The Life Of A Song Telarc Jazz 116 116 0 14 25 0 23 26 29 23 Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Truth Half Note Records 116 105 11 5 32 1 25 21 41 21 Deep Blue Organ Trio Deep Blue Bruise Delmark 112 117 -5 5 26 3 26 18 11 3 Jane Monheit Taking A Chance On Love Sony Classical 111 121 -10 13 29 0 27 12 41 12 Ken Peplowski Easy To Remember Nagel Heyer 109 141 -32 4 34 4 28 NR NR 28 Leslie Pintchik So Glad To Be Here Ambient 107 46 61 1 15 2 29 31 NR 29 Wallace Roney Prototype HighNote 106 101 5 2 40 7 30 38 45 30 Paradigm Shift Shifting Times Nagel Heyer 104 92 12 3 38 9 31 18 12 11 Papa John DeFrancesco Walking Uptown Savant 100 121 -21 8 32 2 32 36 NR 32 Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers The Hideout Milestone 99 95 4 2 33 4 33 34 39 23 Maurice Brown Hip To Bop Brown Records 97 98 -1 6 25 2 34 37 32 21 Alice Coltrane Translinear Light Impulse 94 94 0 8 29 3 35 43 27 2 Branford Marsalis Quartet Eternal Marsalis Music/ Rounder 93 87 6 12 30 1 Records 35 38 NR 35 Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision Artimas 93 92 1 2 29 8 37 24 34 20 Don Byron ivey-divey Blue Note 91 111 -20 9 25 4 38 27 30 6 Frank Morgan City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard HighNote 90 103 -13 15 21 0 39 34 15 15 Manhattan Transfer Vibrate Telarc 85 98 -13 8 22 1 40 38 31 28 Ian Hendrickson-Smith Still Smokin’ Sharp Nine 84 92 -8 5 23 1 40 NR 44 7 Jessica Williams Live At Yoshi’s Volume One MAXJAZZ 84 67 17 15 30 1 42 42 NR 38 Rob Schneiderman Back In Town Reservoir 83 90 -7 5 23 1 42 32 18 3 Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group 83 100 -17 17 24 0 44 33 14 5 Lynne Arriale Come Together Motema 81 99 -18 11 29 1 45 NR NR 45 Denise Perrier Live At Yoshi’s Chez Perrier Records 80 66 14 1 27 5 46 NR 45 33 Buddy Rich No Funny Hats Lightyear Entertainment/Lo- 79 76 3 5 17 1 bitios Creek Ranch 46 49 NR 46 Michael James Turre Compositions Illusory 79 79 0 2 26 3 48 NR 48 1 Mark Elf Glad To Be Back Jen Bay Records 78 77 1 15 22 0 49 NR NR 39 Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest 76 58 18 4 15 2 50 41 19 6 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord 75 91 -16 16 23 1

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Paradigm Shift Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) 9 Leslie Pintchik So Glad To Be Here (Ambient) +61 George Kahn Compared To What? (Playing Records) Marilyn Scott Nightcap (Prana Entertainment) Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) 8 Eric Alexander Dead Center (HighNote) +56 Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself (Verve Music Group) Jim Snidero Close Up (Milestone) 8 Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot (Palmetto) +48 David Berger and the Sultans of Swing Marlowe Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision (Artimas) 8 Jim Snidero Close Up (Milestone) +40 (Such Sweet Thunder Records) Randy Halberstadt Parallel Tracks (Origin Records) Wallace Roney Prototype (HighNote) 7 Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) +32 Herb Gibson Blue Vibes (Silverado Records) Bob Acri w/Soloff/Wess/Thigpen/Mraz/Delin (Blujazz) Chris Botti When I Fall In Love (Columbia) Pete Zimmer Common Man (Tippin’ Records) Tim McNamara Quartet Earth Sign (Blujazz) jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 16 Jazz Radio Adds

Here are upcoming add dates for new releases, and add dates that have passed during the last 30 days. This listing was current as of press time. November 4, 2004 Bob Dorough – Live At The Iridium (Arbors Records) Ken Peplowski – Easy To Remember (Nagel Heyer) Linda Ronstadt – Hummin’ To Myself (Verve Records) Paradigm Shift–Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Printup, Joe Locke – Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) November 11, 2004 Larry McDonough – Tuscarora: Short Stories For Jazz Piano (Self-produced) Steve Turre – The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) Wallace Roney – Prototype (HighNote) November 12, 2004 Carol Mennie – I’m Not A Sometime Thing (CDM 1004) November 18, 2004 Ann Austin – Lost In Your Eyes (Whaling City Sound) Anton Schwartz – Holiday Time (AntonJazz) November 29, 2004 Larry Chernicoff – October (Windy Planet Music) Sasha Dobson w/ The Chris Byers Octet – The Darkling Thrush (Smalls) November 30, 2004 Count Basie – Good Times Blues (Pablo) Ladd McIntosh Big Band – Ride the Beast (L.E.M. Productions) December 2, 2004 Sasha Dobson w/ The Chris Byers Octet – The Darkling Thrush (Smalls) December 3, 2004 Betty Bryant – Weathervane (Bry-Mar Music) December 5, 2004 Global Village Orchestra – Globalistics (Random Chance) December 7, 2004 Jane Bunnett – Red Dragonfly (aka Tombo) (Narada Jazz) January 15, 2005 Donald Harrison – Free Style (Nagel Heyer)

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jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 17 Jazz Radio Currents

Artist Release Label Herb Gibson Blue Vibes Silverado Records Bob Acri w/Lew Soloff/Frank Wess/Ed Blujazz Global Village Orchestra Globalistics Random Chance Thigpen/George Mraz/Diane Delin Benny Golson Terminal 1 Concord Eric Alexander Dead Center HighNote Jerry Gonzalez Y Los Piratas Del Flamenco Sunnyside Geri Allen The Life Of A Song Telarc Jazz The Great Jazz Trio Someday My Prince Will Come Eighty-Eights/Co- Jackie Allen Love Is Blue A440 Music Group lumbia Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel Buzz Palmetto Benny Green & Russell Malone Bluebird Telarc Karrin Allyson Wild For You Concord Jazz Dave Grusin Now Playing GRP Gabriela Anders Last Tango In Rio Narada Jazz Don Grusin The Hang Sovereign Records Lynne Arriale Arise! Charlie Haden Land Of The Sun Verve Music Group Lynne Arriale Come Together Motema Angela Hagenbach Poetry Of Love Amazon Records Lynne Arriale Trio Arise Randy Halberstadt Parallel Tracks Origin Records The Bad Plus Give Columbia Jeff Hall Let’s Face the Music Jeffworld The Sheryl Bailey 3 Bull’s Eye Pure Music Records Jeff Hamilton The Best Things Happen Azica Records Patricia Barber Live: A Fortnight In France Blue Note Scott Hamilton / Harry Allen Heavy Juice Concord Darren Barrett The Attack Of Wren Nagel Heyer Herbie Hancock The Piano Columbia/Legacy Kenny Barron Quintet Images Sunnyside Steve Hancoff The Single Petal Of A Rose Out Of Time Records Count Basie Good Time Blues Pablo Stefon Harris & Blackout Evolution Blue Note Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra Two Seconds To Midnight Sea Breeze Donald Harrison Free Style Nagel Heyer Bebo & Cigala Lai Grimas Negras Bluebird Joel Harrison So Long 2nd Street Act 3 Music Group Gerald Beckett Traveling West Summit Richie Hart Blues In The Alley Zoho Music David Berger and the Sultans of Marlowe Such Sweet Thunder Jeff Hedberg The Summer Knows Blujazz Swing Records Alex Heitlinger Sextet Green Light Synergy Music Erin Bode Don’t Take Your Time MAXJAZZ Ian Hendrickson-Smith Still Smokin’ Sharp Nine Joe Bonner New Beginnings Evidence Bruce A. Henry Connections BAHLOVE Productions Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Nicole Henry The Nearness Of You Banister Records Melody Breyer-Grell The Right Time Blujazz Hermann / Fontana The Jazz Trombone Sea Breeze Clarence Gatemouth Brown Timeless Hightone Records Vincent Herring Mr. Wizard HighNote Maurice Brown Hip To Bop Brown Records Gary Hobbs Of My Times Origin Records Betty Bryant Weathervane Bry-Mar Music Stevie Holland Restless Willow 150 Music Jane Bunnett Red Dragonfly (Aka Tombo) Narada Jazz Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Thought Trains Sons of Sound Vicki Burns Siren Song Merrymaid Produc- Orchestra tions Arlington Houston Cool Casual LifeForcejazz Records Don Byron ivey-divey Blue Note Charlie Hunter Freinds Seen And Unseen Ropeadope/Atlantic Joey Calderazzo Haiku Marsalis Music/ Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher If Bix Played Gershwin Arbors Rounder Records Weber Iago Children of the World Adventure Music Ann Hampton Callaway Slow Shanachie Frank Jackson New York After Dark Kasis Royce Campbell Six By Six Moon Cycle Records Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack The Out of Towners ECM Rondi Charleston Love Is The Thing LML Music DeJohnette Larry Chernicoff October Windy Planet Music Jazz Jamaica All Stars Massive Dune Records Peter Cincotti On The Moon Concord Jazz Rosco Rosco’s Place A-Train Records Tom Collier Mallet Jazz Origin Records Dr. John N‚ÄôAwlinz: Dis, Dat or D‚Äôudda Blue Note Alice Coltrane Translinear Light Impulse Jeff Johnson Near Earth Origin Chick Corea Elektric Band To the Stars Stretch Records Liz Johnson Playground Lily Records Jamie Cullum Twentysomething Verve Music Group Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note Roger Davidson Trio Rogers In Rio Soundbrush Records Sean Jones Eternal Journey Mack Avenue Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Mean Ameen Delmark Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby The New Mixes Vol. 1 Concord Jazz Deep Blue Organ Trio Deep Blue Bruise Delmark Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby The Original Sessions 1969 Concord Records Papa John DeFrancesco Walking Uptown Savant Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Truth Half Note Records The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band Hittin’ the Blue Notes - Vol. Two Origin Records Anders Jormin In Wind, In Light ECM Tom Dempsey / Tim Ferguson Perspectives Imaginary Records Vic Juris Blue Horizon Zoho Music Quartet Mary Kadderly Lucky Me Lifelike Records Sasha Dobson w/The Chris Byars The Darkling Thrush Smalls Records George Kahn Compared To What? Playing Records Octet Bob Dorough Sunday At Iridium Arbors Katahdin’s Edge Step Away Incline Records Dave Douglas/Sclavis/Lee/van der Bow River Falls Premonition The Bruce Katz Band A Deeper Blue Severn Schyff Chaka Khan Classikhan AGU Sanctuary Christiana Drapkin Songs About You IANA Records Records E.S.T. Seven Days of Falling 215 Records Soweto Kinch Conversations With The Unseen Dune Records Mark Elf Glad To Be Back Jen Bay Records Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion Classic Meets Cuba Sony Classical Eliane Elias Dreamer Bluebird Paul Kogut Know It? I Wrote It! Blujazz Kurt Elling Man In The Air Blue Note Lee Konitz w/ Alan Broadbent More Live-Lee Milestone Bobby Forrester Organic Chemistry Lollipop Recordings Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Music Group The Frank And Joe Show 33 1/3 Hyena Records Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest Eric Frazier Find Yourself (Then Find Me) Eric Frazier Music The Latin Giants Of Jazz The Giants Play The Music of Gigante Palladium Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Walking With Giants Hyena Records Chad Lawson Unforeseen Summit Von Freeman The Great Divide Premonition Records/ The Nguyen Le Trio Bakida Act 3 Music Group KOCH Records Bill Frisell Unspeakable Nonesuch Mike Ledonne Smokin’ Out Loud Savant The Mike Frost Project Nothing Smooth About It Blujazz Peter Leitch Autobiography Reservoir William Galison w/ Madeleine I Got You On My Mind Waking Up Music Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Peyroux Lorie Line Young At Heart Lori Line Music Jan Garbarek In Praise of Dreams ECM Arthur Lipner Modern Vibe Jazz Heads Giacomo Gates Centerpiece Origin Records Mike Longo and the New York State Oasis CAP George Gee Big Band Settin’ The Pace GJazz Records of the Art Jazz Ensemble Sai Ghose Trio E-Motion Summit Micarelli Lucia Music From A Farther Room Reprise Terry Gibbs From Me To You: A Tribute to Lionel Mack Avenue Matthias Lupri Transition Sonic Summit Hampton Frank Macchia Animals Cacophony Records Terry Gibbs 52nd & Broadway: Songs of the Mack Avenue Bruce MacLeod Parade Parhelion Records Bebop Era Miriam Makeba Reflections Heads Up jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 18 Jazz Radio Currents

Gui Mallon Live at Montreux Adventure Music The Sala Bros Out Of The Blue Blujazz Russell Malone Playground MAXJAZZ Joe Sample Soul Shadows Verve Music Group Manhattan Transfer Vibrate Telarc David Sanchez Coral Columbia Herbie Mann / Phil Woods Beyond Brooklyn MCG Jazz Poncho Sanchez Out Of Sight! Concord Picante Ray Mantilla Man-Ti-Ya Savant Moacir Santos Ouro Negro Adventure Music Rene Marie Serene Renegade MAXJAZZ Saxophone Summit Gathering of Spirits Telarc Jazz Lou Marini Lou’s Blues Chase Music Group Maria Schneider Orchestra Concert In The Garden Artist Share Maria Marquez Nature’s Princess Adventure Music Rob Schneiderman Back In Town Reservoir Branford Marsalis Romare Bearden Revealed Marsalis Music/ Dave Schnitter Sketch Sunnyside Rounder Records Anton Schwartz Holiday Time Anton Jazz Branford Marsalis Quartet Eternal Marsalis Music/ John Scofield Trio EnRoute Verve Music Group Rounder Records Jill Scott Beautifully Human: Words And Hidden Beach Wynton Marsalis Quartet The Magic Hour Blue Note Sounds Vol. 2 Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso Adventure Music Marilyn Scott Nightcap Prana Entertainment Rebecca Martin People Behave Like Ballads MAXJAZZ Seattle Woman’s Jazz Orchestra Dreamcatcher OA2 Records Mat Marucci / Markus Burger Genesis Cadence Jazz Marlena Shaw Looking For Love 441 Records Ensemble Sounds Cybill Shepherd At Home With Cybill River Siren Jeff Marx Treading Air Breathing Fire Soluna Records Mark Sherman The Motive Series CAP Tim May Trio Mayzing Records Matthew Shipp Harmony & Abyss Thirsty Ear Chris Mc Nulty I Remember You Mop Top Records James Silberstein Song For Micaela CAP Paul McCandless / Art Lande Shapeshifter Synergy Music David Sills Eastern View Origin Records Larry McDonough Tuscarora: Short Stories for Jazz Self-Produced Judi Silvano Let Yourself Go Zoho Music Piano Kate McGarry Show Me Palmetto Ricardo Silveria Live: Plays the Music of Milton Adventure Music Nascimento Ladd McIntosh Big Band Ride The Night Beast L.E.M. Productions Norman Simmons In Private Savant Tim McNamara Quartet Earth Sign Blujazz Alex Skolnick Trio Transformation Magatude Records Medeski Martin & Wood End of The World Party Blue Note Charles Small Small Talk Blue Lady Brad Mehldau Live In Tokyo Nonesuch Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot Palmetto Carol Mennie I’m Not A Sometime Thing CDM Steve Smith and Vital Information Come On In OmniTone Milla Dream A Little Avid Diva Jim Snidero Close Up Milestone Mulgrew Miller Live @ Yoshi’s Volume One MAXJAZZ Omar Sosa Mulatos OTA Pete Mills Art And Architecture Summit Johnny Souza Meet me In The City 1620 Jazz Records Dom Minasi Quick Response CDM Melvin Sparks It Is What It Is Savant Bob Mintzer Big Band w Kurt Elling Live at MCG MCG Jazz John Stetch Exponentially Monk Justin Time Tony Monaco Firey Blues Summit Robert Stewart Heaven And Earth Nagel Heyer Jane Monheit Taking A Chance On Love Sony Classical George Stone Performs The Music Of Stewart Sea Breeze Typhanie Monique / Neal Alger Intrinsic Blujazz “Dirk” Fisher Frank Morgan City Nights: Live at the Jazz HighNote Rick Stone Samba de Novembro Jazzand Standard Steve Swallow /Ohad Talmor The Bum’s Tale Palmetto Maria Muldaur Love Wants To Dance Telarc Blues The Tango Group Amor por el Tango Soundbrush Records Mark Murphy Bop For Miles HighNote Jonas Tauber Storm Walking Singing Origin David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Gwotet Justin Time Ximo Tebar Champs Sunnyside Masters feat. Pharoah Sander Michael Musillami Octet Spirits Playscape Clark Terry Porgy & Bess Americana Negroni’s Trio Piano/Drums/Bass Universal Music Music/A440 Music Latino Group Steve Nelson Fuller Nelson Sunnyside Triangle 3 Sides Of A Question Synergy Music New Stories Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope Origin Trio Mundo Rides Again Zoho Music Adam Niewood Introducing Adam Niewood Native Language Michael James Turre Compositions Illusory Gerry Niewood Facets Native Language Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above HighNote Bill O’Connell Latin Jazz Fantasy Random Chance McCoy Tyner Illuminations Telarc Jazz Noel Okimoto ‘Ohana Reservoir Warren Vache Dream Dancing Arbors Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143 Records/Reprise Manuel Valera Forma Nueva MAVO Records Paradigm Shift Shifting Times Nagel Heyer Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch Munich Records Rosa Passos Amorosa Sony Classical The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra The Way - Music of Slide Hampton Planet Arts Mario Pavone Boom Playscape Various Artists Syncopated Energy - Jazz From The Synergy Music Synergy Music Catalog Ken Peplowski Easy To Remember Nagel Heyer Various Artists Verve Remixed 2 Verve Music Group Denise Perrier Live At Yoshi’s Chez Perrier Records Various Artists Blue Note Revisited Blue Note Houston Person To Etta With Love HighNote Fay Victor Lazy Old Sun - Live/Life in the Green Avenue Music Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder Lowlands Enrico Pieranunzi Fellini Jazz CAM Claudia Villela & Kenny Werner Dreamtales Adventure Music Jean-Michel Pilc Follow Me Dreyfus Jazz Roseanna Vitro Tropical Postcards A Records Courtney Pine Devotion Telarc Jazz Rich Walker Sextet Bar Hop Altru Music Leslie Pintchik So Glad To Be Here Ambient Bobby Watson & Horizon Horizon Reassembled Palmetto Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers The Hideout Milestone Jeff Watts Detained At The Blue Note Half Note Records Hugh Ragin Revelation Justin Time Mort Weiss The Three of Us SMS Jazz Phil Ranelin Inspiration Wide Hive Records The Jim Widner Big Band Flying High Chase Music Group Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight Blue Note Buster Williams Griot Liberte HighNote Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here Blue Note Jessica Williams Live At Yoshi’s Volume One MAXJAZZ Irene Reid Thanks To You Savant Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz Paul Renz & Friends Hubbub Gabwalk Records Gerald Wilson Orchestra New York, New Sound Mack Avenue Buddy Rich No Funny Hats Lightyear Entertain- Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts Wake Up! (to what’s happening) Palmetto ment/Lobitios Creek Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision Artimas Ranch Anthony Wonsey Blues For Hiroshi Sharp Nine Kim Richmond / Clay Jenkins Crossweave Origin Phil Woods This Is How I Feel About Quincy Jazzed Media Jose Rizo’s Jazz On The Latin Side The Last Bullfighter Saungu Josh Workman Jumpin’ At The Border Tetrachord Allstars Wallace Roney Prototype HighNote Jacob Young Evening Falls ECM Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself Verve Music Group Kahil El Zabar & David Murray We Is Live At The Bop Shop Delmark Gonzalo Rubalcaba Paseo Blue Note Pete Zimmer Common Man Tippin’ Records Glauco Sagebin When Baden Meets Trane Blue Toucan Music jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 19 Smooth Jazz Radio Tisdale and Koz Top Charts Dave Koz Saxophonic is #1 Album, Wayman Tisdale’s “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” is #1 Single

ayman Tisdale tops the JazzWeek Smooth Singles chart again this week with “Ain’t WNo Stoppin’ Us Now, while Dave Koz’s Sax- ophonic (Capitol) returns to the top position on the album chart. Richard Elliot’s “Your Secret Love” (GRP) stays at No. 2 on the singles chart, while Tis- dale’s Hang Time slips to second place on the album chart. Seal’s “Walk On By” (Warner Bros.) was the most added single again this week, picking up 4 more stations. That single, and his Best: 1991-2004 CD each had the biggest increase in airplay, with 155 more spins this week.

Wayman Tisdale’s “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” Holiday-themed albums were the most added on (Rendezvous) tops the Smooth Singles Chart. the Smooth Jazz Album chart, with Dave Koz’s De- cember Makes Me Feel This Way (Capitol), Jim Brick- man’s Peace (Windham Hill) and Michael Bublé’s Let It Snow EP (Reprise) each picking up 5 stations.

Smooth Album Chart p. 21 Smooth Singles Chart p. 22 Smooth Current CDs p. 23 Smooth Radio Panel p. 24 Dave Koz returns to No. 1 on the Smooth Album chart with Saxophonic (Capitol). jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 20 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Dec. 3, 2004 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Song/Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 2 2 1 Dave Koz Saxophonic Capitol 708 660 48 6 37 0 2 1 19 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 676 682 -6 4 33 0 3 3 5 3 Richard Elliot Your Secret Love [Single] GRP 656 626 30 6 34 0 4 5 6 4 Norman Brown Up ‘N’ at ‘Em [Single] Warner Bros. 611 605 6 6 34 0 5 8 1 1 Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP 590 573 17 6 38 0 6 6 3 3 Paul Jackson, Jr. Still Small Voice Blue Note 578 584 -6 6 35 0 7 7 7 3 Chris Botti A Thousand Kisses Deep Columbia 541 583 -42 6 36 0 8 11 9 5 Peter White Confidential Columbia 525 485 40 6 36 0 9 4 4 1 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 510 616 -106 6 36 0 10 12 12 10 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 503 481 22 5 37 1 11 15 17 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 483 464 19 6 37 0 12 13 13 12 Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Universal 481 480 1 5 36 0 13 9 10 8 Nick Colionne Just Come On In Will Keys 470 493 -23 6 35 0 14 10 16 3 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 450 486 -36 6 34 0 15 18 18 13 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up 449 442 7 6 31 0 16 14 14 14 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 445 465 -20 5 33 0 17 16 8 1 George Benson Irreplaceable GRP 431 453 -22 6 36 0 18 17 11 8 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 427 448 -21 6 37 0 19 19 15 14 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 423 441 -18 6 37 0 20 21 21 5 Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI 381 376 5 6 34 0 21 20 23 19 Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie 373 405 -32 6 28 0 22 22 20 18 Marc Antoine The Very Best Of Marc Antoine Verve 347 375 -28 6 34 0 23 26 24 1 Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous 343 319 24 6 34 0 24 23 22 22 Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown 339 367 -28 5 29 1 25 25 29 24 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord 321 338 -17 6 26 0 26 27 28 9 Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz 303 313 -10 6 32 0 27 24 25 22 Toni Braxton Ultimate Toni Braxton LaFace 295 353 -58 6 34 0 28 29 27 2 Paul Taylor Steppin’ Out Peak 263 270 -7 6 35 0 29 30 30 25 Fourplay Journey BMG 254 250 4 6 21 0 30 28 34 14 Richard Smith Soulidified A440 245 299 -54 6 29 0 31 33 36 31 Najee Classic Masters Capitol 233 241 -8 6 35 0 32 32 26 9 Mindi Abair It Just Happens That Way GRP 219 244 -25 6 34 0 33 37 37 10 Praful One Day Deep Rendezvous 215 215 0 6 35 0 34 39 52 35 Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia 213 205 8 5 23 2 35 40 38 15 Rick Braun Esperanto Warner Bros. 203 200 3 6 29 0 36 106 NR 37 Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. 200 45 155 1 20 4 37 38 35 11 Seal Seal IV Warner Bros. 200 208 -8 6 30 0 38 48 49 29 Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up 196 166 30 6 21 0 39 34 33 23 Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch 193 236 -43 6 17 0 40 36 43 36 Richard Elliot Ricochet Verve 180 220 -40 6 30 0 41 41 31 31 Greg Adams Firefly 215 178 198 -20 6 19 1 42 42 42 21 Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language 178 185 -7 6 21 0 43 49 47 20 Michael McDonald Motown Motown 176 158 18 6 36 0 44 45 44 26 The Jazzmasters The Jazzmasters 4 Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 166 174 -8 6 29 0 45 46 41 14 Brian Culbertson Come On Up Warner Bros. 166 173 -7 6 30 0 46 53 48 18 Steve Cole NY LA Warner Bros. 153 151 2 6 28 0 47 52 46 46 The Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Jazz 147 153 -6 6 21 0 48 50 40 31 Steve Oliver 3-D Koch 145 155 -10 6 16 0 49 51 77 51 Everette Harp All For You A440 143 153 -10 4 14 0 50 55 56 22 Najee Embrace N-Coded 130 135 -5 6 27 0

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Dave Koz December Makes Me Feel This Way Seal Best: 1991-2004 (Warner Bros.) +155 Urban Knights Urban Knights V (Narada) (Capitol) 5 Dave Koz Saxophonic (Capitol) +48 Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys (J) David Benoit Right Here, Right Now (Universal) Jim Brickman Peace (Windham Hill) 5 Peter White Confidential (Columbia) +40 Various Artists Groove Boutique: Volume One (Tommy Boy) Michael Buble Let It Snow [EP] (Reprise) 5 Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys (J) +34 Hiroshima Spirit Of The Season (Heads Up) Positive Flow The City Streets [Single] (Shanachie) 4 Yellowjackets Peace Round (Heads Up) +31 Various Artists A Twist of Motown: Inner City Blues (Universal) Acoustic Alchemy Radio Contact (Higher Octave Jazz) Yellowjackets Peace Round (Heads Up) 4 Various Artists A Twist of Motown (Universal) +31 Yellowjackets Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration (Heads Up) Hiroshima Spirit Of The Season (Heads Up) 4 Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge, Vol.1 Spyro Gyra Original Cinema (Heads Up) Seal Best: 1991-2004 (Warner Bros.) 4 (Rendezvous) +31 Positive Flow The City Streets [Single] (Shanachie) jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 21 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart Dec. 3, 2004 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Song/Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 13 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 664 677 -13 4 33 0 2 2 2 2 Richard Elliot Your Secret Love GRP 656 626 30 6 34 0 3 3 4 3 Norman Brown Up ‘N’ At ‘Em Warner Bros. 611 605 6 6 34 0 4 5 1 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP 551 532 19 6 37 0 5 7 6 5 Soul Ballet Cream 215 503 481 22 5 37 1 6 6 8 5 Chris Botti Back Into My Heart Columbia 465 491 -26 6 35 0 7 4 3 1 Boney James Here She Comes Warner Bros. 464 572 -108 6 36 0 8 8 9 8 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 445 465 -20 5 33 0 9 9 7 7 Paul Jackson, Jr. Walkin’ Blue Note 443 457 -14 6 31 0 10 11 12 10 Queen Latifah California Dreamin’ Universal 438 440 -2 5 35 0 11 13 14 8 Marion Meadows Sweet Grapes Heads Up 434 427 7 6 30 0 12 10 11 9 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 423 441 -18 6 37 0 13 12 5 1 George Benson Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise GRP 423 431 -8 6 35 0 14 14 10 5 Anita Baker You’re My Everything Blue Note 387 404 -17 6 36 0 15 18 20 15 Dave Koz Let It Free Capitol 354 332 22 6 29 0 16 15 16 13 Kim Waters In Deep Shanachie 347 378 -31 6 26 0 17 16 15 14 Michael McDonald Tracks Of My Tears Motown 331 364 -33 5 29 1 18 20 19 17 Peter White How Does It Feel Columbia 319 292 27 6 27 0 19 17 18 2 Michael Lington Show Me Rendezvous 294 346 -52 6 33 0 20 21 25 20 Paul Brown Moment By Moment GRP 286 273 13 6 29 1 21 19 17 12 Nick Colionne It’s Been Too Long Will Keys 257 316 -59 6 30 0 22 22 27 22 Ray Charles You Don’t Know Me (w/ Diana Krall) Concord 249 264 -15 6 21 0 23 25 22 1 Dave Koz All I See Is You Capitol 236 215 21 6 36 0 24 24 21 1 Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous 223 227 -4 6 33 0 25 23 23 8 Joyce Cooling Expression Narada Jazz 209 233 -24 6 30 0 26 33 32 17 Nick Colionne High Flyin’ Will Keys 207 174 33 6 34 0 27 95 NR 27 Seal Walk On By Warner Bros. 200 45 155 2 20 4 28 29 30 2 Paul Brown 24/7 GRP 196 187 9 6 34 0 29 28 28 28 Euge Groove XXL EMI 195 188 7 6 27 1 30 37 39 23 Pieces Of A Dream It’s Go Time Heads Up 194 161 33 6 20 0 31 26 24 3 Paul Taylor Steppin’ Out Peak 191 206 -15 6 30 0 32 36 34 3 Peter White Talkin’ Bout Love Columbia 176 161 15 6 34 0 33 35 33 11 Rick Braun Daddy-O Warner Bros. 175 163 12 6 25 0 34 30 26 26 Greg Adams Firefly 215 174 184 -10 6 19 1 35 34 29 10 Seal Love’s Divine Warner Bros. 174 171 3 6 29 0 36 32 35 18 Dan Siegel In Your Eyes Native Language 167 174 -7 6 20 0 37 39 37 37 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 154 155 -1 6 18 0 38 43 56 38 Michael Lington Two Of A Kind (w/ Chuck Loeb) Rendezvous 154 139 15 4 18 0 39 38 42 2 Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI 153 157 -4 6 31 0 40 27 38 11 Richard Smith Sing A Song A440 151 199 -48 6 25 0 41 40 53 40 Chris Botti No Ordinary Love Columbia 147 152 -5 4 22 2 42 41 62 41 Everette Harp Can You Hear Me A440 143 150 -7 3 14 0 43 42 41 38 The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd Narada Jazz 140 149 -9 6 19 0 44 48 44 18 Praful Sigh Rendezvous 137 126 11 6 32 0 45 49 40 24 Paul Jackson, Jr. It’s A Shame Blue Note 134 125 9 6 32 0 46 46 36 27 Steve Oliver Chips And Salsa Koch 130 129 1 6 15 0 47 51 49 27 The Jazzmasters Puerto Banus Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 123 112 11 6 27 0 48 44 45 12 Brian Culbertson Come On Up (w/ Norman Brown) Warner Bros. 123 131 -8 6 25 0 49 31 31 20 Daryl Hall & John Oates Love T.K.O. U-Watch 122 177 -55 6 13 0 50 50 46 16 Steve Cole Everyday Warner Bros. 119 119 0 6 24 0

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Seal “Walk On By” (Warner Bros.) 4 Seal “Walk On By” (Warner Bros.) +155 Alicia Keys “If I Ain’t Got You” (J) Positive Flow “The City Streets” (Shanachie) 4 Nick Colionne “High Flyin’” (Will Keys) +33 Richard Smith “Whatzup?” (A440) Pete Belasco “Hurry Hurry” (Compendia) 4 Joyce Cooling “Camelback” (Narada Jazz) Pieces Of A Dream “It’s Go Time” (Heads Up) +33 David Blamires Group “Deep As The Midnight Sea” (Navarre) Chris Botti “No Ordinary Love” (Columbia) 2 Richard Elliot “Your Secret Love” (GRP) +30 Daryl Hall & John Oates “I’ll Be Around” (U-Watch) Rafe Gomez “Icy” (Tommy Boy) 2 Peter White “How Does It Feel” (Columbia) +27 Spyro Gyra “Summer Fling” (Heads Up) Dido “White Flag” (Arista) 2 Grady Nichols “Tuesday Morning” (Compendia) Blake Aaron “Infatuation” (Innervision) 2 David Benoit “Watermelon Man” (Universal) Chris Botti “When I Fall In Love” (Columbia) 2 Acoustic Alchemy “Shelter Island Drive” (Higher Octave) 2 jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 22 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

Mindi Abair It Just Happens That Way GRP Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys J Records Mindy Abair Come As You Are GRP Chaka Khan Classikhan AGU Sanctuary Acoustic Alchemy Radio Contact Higher Octave Records Greg Adams Firefly 215 Records Dave Koz Saxophonic Capitol Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Music Group Gabriela Anders Last Tango In Rio Narada Jazz Pattie LaBelle Timeless Journey Island /Def Jam Marc Antoine Mediteraneo Rendevous David Lanz The Good Life Decca Marc Antoine The Very Best of Marc Antoine Verve Music Group Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest Lynne Arriale Arise! Ronnie Laws Everlasting Holland Group Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Bob Baldwin Brazil Chill A440 Music Group Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendevous Walter Beasley Go With The Flow N-Coded Music Liquid Soul Evolution Shanachie Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia Chuck Loeb eBop Shanachie Regina Belle Lazy Peak Jeff Lorber Uncle Darrow Narada David Benoit / Russ Freeman Benoit Freeman Project 2 Peak Torcuato Mariano Diary 215 Records George Benson Irreplaceable GRP Eric Marienthal Sweet Talk Peak Theo Bishop Newport Nights Native Language Keiko Matsui Wildflower Narada Chris Botti A Thousand Kisses Deep Columbia Michael McDonald Motown Motown Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up Jeff Bradshaw Bone Deep Hidden Beach Chieli Minucci Night Grooves Shanachie Rick Braun Esperanto Warner Bros. Najee Embrace N-Coded Music Toni Braxton Ultimate Toni Braxton LaFace Najee Classic Masters Capitol Braxton Brothers Rollin Peak Ken Navarro All The Way Shanachie Bridge To Havana (f. Gladys Bridge To Havana Pyramid Grady Nichols Sophistication Compendia Knight) Andrew Oh Silk Ark Music Brian Bromberg Choices A440 Music Group Steve Oliver 3-D Koch Records Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143 Records/Reprise Paul Brown Up Front GRP Joan Osborne How Sweet It Is Compendia Alex Bugnon Southern Living Narada Jazz Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up Cabo Frio Island Dance Kezia Records Doc Powell 97th & Columbus Heads Up Jonathan Cain Bare Bones Reality/AAO Music Doc Powell Cool Like That Heads Up Sergio Caputo That Kind of Thing Idiosyncrasy Music Praful One Day Deep Rendezvous/N-Coded Larry Carlton Sapphire Blue Bluebird Nelson Rangell Look Again A440 Music Group Craig Chaquico Midnight Moon Higher Octave The Rippingtons Let It Ripp Peak Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself Verve Music Group Club 1600 Ridin, High N-Coded Music Joe Sample Soul Shadows Verve Music Group Steve Cole NY LA Warner Bros. Poncho Sanchez Out Of Sight! Concord Picante Nick Colionne Just Come On In Three Keys Music Jill Scott Beautifully Human: Words And Hidden Beach Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got to Play Narada Jazz Sounds Vol. 2 Chick Corea Elektric Band To the Stars Stretch Records Marilyn Scott Nightcap Prana Entertainment Couch Potato Allstars Jazz For Couch Potatoes Shanachie Seal IV Warner Bros. Brian Culbertson Come On Up Warner Bros. Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language Jamie Cullum Twentysomething Verve Music Group Simply Red Home Simply Red Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Richard Smith Soulidfied A440 Music Group Will Downing Emotions GRP Jimmy Sommers Love Life Higher Octave Richard Elliot Ricochet GRP Special EFX Party Shanachie Fattburger Work To Do Shanachie Spyro Gyra The Deep End Heads Up Fourplay Journey RCA / Victor Stanley B. All For Love A. Ray Fuller The Weeper A Ray Artists Music Wonder Stevie The Definitive Collection Motown Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Paul Taylor Steppin Out Peak/Concord Jeff Golub Soul Sessions GRP J. Thompson Romantic Night AMH Records Al Green The Absolute Best EMI Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendevous Rayford Griffin Rebirth Of The Cool Razor Edge Nester Torres Sin Palabras Heads Up Euge Groove Living Large Narada Urban Knights Urban Knights V Narada Dave Grusin Now Playing GRP Luther Vandross Dance With My father J Records Don Grusin The Hang Sovereign Records Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP Daryl Hall Can’t Stop Dreaming Rhythm & Groove Various Artists Wedding Songs: A Body & Soul Time Life Hall & Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch Collection Paul Hardcastle The Jazzmasters 4 Trippin’ N’ Rhythm Various Artists Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engage- Walt Disney Records ment [Original Soundtrack] Everette Harp All For You A440 Music Group Andre Ward Steppin Up Orpheus Hil St. Soul Copasetik & Cool Shanachie Kim Waters Someone To Love You Shanachie Hiroshima The Bridge Heads Up Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie Incognito Who Needs Love Narada Jazz Kirk Whalum Into My Soul Warner Bros. Paul Jackson Jr. Still Small Voice Blue Note Peter White Confidential Columbia Boney James Pure Warner Bros. Bernie Williams The Journey Within GRP Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group Pamela Williams The Perfect Love Shanachie Jazz Crusanders Soul Axess True Life Jim Wilson River Hillsboro Marcus Johnson Urban Groove Marimelj Entertainment Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz Norah Jones Feels Like Home Blue Note Steve Winwood About Time Sci Fidelity Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby The New Mixes Vol. 1 Concord Jazz Chuck Yamek Feels So Right Mopay Ronny Jordan At Last N-Coded Music Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Kem Kemistry Motown jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 23 Jazz Station Panel Smooth Station Panel Call letters Frequency Market Rank Call letters Frequency Market Rank CJRT-FM* 91.1 Toronto, ON N/A KAJZ-FM 101.7 Albuquerque, NM 71 KANU-FM 91.5 Topeka, KS 195 KBZN-FM 97.9 Salt Lake City - Ogden - Provo, UT 31 KBEM-FM 88.5 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 KEZL-FM 96.7 Fresno, CA 68 KCCK-FM* 88.3 Cedar Rapids, IA 204 KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 KCLU-FM 88.3 Los Angeles, CA 2 KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 KCSM-FM 91.1 San Francisco, CA 4 KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 KEWU-FM 89.5 Spokane, WA 93 KJZI-FM 100.3 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 KFSR-FM 90.7 Fresno, CA 68 KIOS-FM 91.5 Omaha, NE - Council Bluffs, IA 73 KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 KJZZ-FM 91.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 KKJZ-FM 88.1 Los Angeles, CA 2 KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 KLCC-FM 89.7 Eugene-Springfield, OR 171 KLJT-FM 102.3 Tyler-Longview, TX 148 KMHD-FM 89.1 Portland, OR 24 KMGQ-FM 97.5 Santa Barbara, CA 204 KMUW-FM 89.1 Wichita, KS 95 KOAI-FM 107.5 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 KNTU-FM 88.1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX 5 KOAS-FM 105.7 Las Vegas, NV 38 KPLU-FM 88.5 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 KRVR-FM 105.5 Stockton, CA 82 KRTU-FM 91.7 San Antonio, TX 30 KSKX-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs, CO 97 KSDS-FM 88.3 San Diego, CA 17 KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 KSJS-FM 90.5 San Jose, CA 109 KSMF-FM* 89.1 Ashland, OR 207 KSSJ-FM 94.7 Sacramento, CA 26 KSUT-FM* 91.3 Ignacio, CO N/A KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, CA 2 KTSU-FM 90.9 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle - Tacoma, WA 14 KUAZ-FM 89.1 Tucson, AZ 63 KYOT-FM 95.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 KUNR -FM* 88.7 Reno, NV 231 WBRH-FM 90.3 Baton Rouge, LA 84 KUNV-FM 91.5 Las Vegas, NV 38 WEIB-FM 106.3 Hartford - New Britain - Middletown, CT 50 KUT-FM 90.5 Austin, TX 7 WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 WBFO-FM 88.7 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 52 WJJZ-FM 106.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 WBGO-FM 88.3 New York, NY 1 WJSJ/WSJF-FM 105.5 Jacksonville, FL 49 WCFJ/WSBC* 1470 AM Chicago, IL 3 WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 WCLK-FM 91.9 Atlanta, GA 11 WJZI-FM 93.3 Milwaukee - Racine, WI 32 WCPN-FM 90.3 Cleveland, OH 25 WJZL/WJZO-FM 93.1 Louisville, KY 55 WDCB-FM* 90.9 Chicago, IL 3 WJZR-FM 105.9 Rochester, NY 54 WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit, MI 10 WJZW-FM 105.9 Baltimore, MD 20 WDNA-FM 88.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 WJZZ-FM 107.5 Atlanta, GA 11 WDUQ-FM 90.5 Pittsburgh, PA 23 WLOQ-FM 103.1 Orlando, FL 39 WEAA-FM* 88.9 Baltimore, MD 20 WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 WEMU -FM 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 WFNX-FM 101.7 Boston, MA 133 WNUA-FM 95.5 Chicago, IL 3 WFSS-FM 91.9 Fayetteville, NC 128 WNWV-FM 107.3 Cleveland, OH 25 WGLT-FM 89.1 Peoria, IL 149 WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 WGMC-FM 90.1 Rochester, NY 54 WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 WGVU-FM 88.5 Grand Rapids, MI 67 WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 WHRV-FM 89.5 Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News, VA 40 WSJW-FM 92.7 Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle, PA 80 WICN-FM* 90.5 Worcester,MA 8 WSMJ-FM 104.3 Baltimore, MD 20 WJSU-FM 88.5 Jackson, MS 123 WSSM-FM 106.5 St. Louis, MO 19 WMOT-FM 89.5 Nashville, TN 44 WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 WNCU-FM 90.7 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 WSHA-FM 88.9 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 WSIE-FM 88.7 St. Louis, MO 19 WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 WTEB-FM 89.3 Greenville,NC 87 WZMR-FM 104.9 Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY 64 WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 Music Choice National N/A WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 Airplay of all stations, except as noted, is monitored by Mediaguide. WVPR-FM* 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 WWOZ-FM 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 To apply to become a member of a station panel, contact Tony WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 198 Gasparre at (585) 235-4685, or email [email protected]. WXUT/WXTS-FM 88.3 Toledo, OH 85 Music Choice National Distribution N/A Sirius* National Distribution N/A *Denotes station not monitored by Mediaguide. Station submits a weekly airplay report. jazzweek.com • December 3, 2004 JazzWeek 24