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JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 Volume 1, Number 24 • $7.95 In This Issue: Adventure Music Underwrites WLIU/WFMT’s The Song Is You ...... 4

Pasadena Fest Brings Jazz to Rose Bowl. . . 8

Industry Q&A: Mitchell Feldman . . . 13

Reviews and Picks...... 17 Jazz Radio . 19

Smooth Jazz Radio...... 24 Radio PERCY HEATH, 1923-2005 Panels. . . . . 28 page 4 News...... 4

Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Monty Alexander #1 Smooth Album – Kenny G #1 Smooth Single – Boney James JazzWeek This Week EDITOR Ed Trefzger

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ’m in the middle of reading a what is so far a terrific book from Keith Zimmerman Kent Zimmerman Berklee Press, The Future of Music, by David Kusek and Gerd Tad Hendrickson ILeonhard, which I will be reviewing in an upcoming issue of CONTRIBUTING WRITER this magazine. Even though I’m halfway through it, I couldn’t Tom Mallison wait until I had finished it to pass along a couple of thoughts. PHOTOGRAPHY In Chapter 2, Kusek and Leonhard share their top-10 truths Barry Solof about the music business. No. 6 is that “radio is no longer the pri- PUBLISHER mary way in which people discover new music,” and in successive Tony Gasparre pages, they go on to explain why radio may join “the word record ADVERTISING: Contact Tony Gasparre in the dustbin of history. ...” (585) 235-4685 x3 or How can radio make itself relevant? The authors echo some of email: [email protected] the items in the PRPD jazz core values study: radio needs to form SUBSCRIPTIONS: Prices in US Dollars: a personal relationship with listeners and needs to be a trusted Charter Rate: $199.00 per year, source of information about artists and their music. JazzWeek w/ Industry Access – Charter Rate: $249.00 per year And to add my two cents worth, to do that, jazz radio needs to To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ feature new music and new artists worthy of attention. Not every- AMEX/PayPal go to: http://www.jazzweek.com/account/ thing that comes across music directors’ desks is all that ground- subscribe.html breaking, but there are some current releases that are worthy of radio’s strong support. Your listeners want to know what’s good; don’t let them down. AIRPLAY MONITORING BY On the smooth jazz side, things look even more bleak in the eyes of the authors; with ownership mostly in the hands of large companies, the homogenization of commercial formats is leading Mediaguide radio to its demise, according to them. 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. Suite 150 Berwyn, PA 19312 Next week, we’ll have the complete listing of workshops for this year’s JazzWeek Summit a couple of last-minute changes pre- JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) cluded it from this week’s issue.) As we announced previously, our is published weekly by Thursday night showcase includes the legendary Mike Longo, and Mack Avenue recording artists Ilona Knopfler and Ron Blake. It should be a fun evening. The Summit registration fee goes up after May 31, so please register soon if you can. Don’t forget, all 2117 Buffalo Road registrants receive VIP seating at the festival, and all subscribers Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 receive a $50 discount on registration. To register, visit jazzweek. phone: (585) 235-4685 fax: (585) 235-4685 com/summit/, or you may use the registration form on page 6 of [email protected] this issue. Copyright ©2005 Yellow Dog Communications Inc. – Ed Trefzger, Editor jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 2 Contents May 4, 2005

News ...... 4 Jazz Great Percy Heath Passes at 81 ...... 4 Jimmy Woode, 78, Was Ellington Bassist ...... 5 Adventure Music Underwrites The Song Is You On WFMT Radio Network . . . 7 Adventure Music America Imprint Launches May 10 ...... 7 Pasadena Summer Fest Brings Jazz to Rose Bowl For First Time ...... 8 4 Tony Monaco Makes Washington Stop ...... 9 Botti Goes DualDisc ...... 9 Walter Beasley Will Perform at Benefit for Violence Victims ...... 10 Terri Lyne Carrington Will Head Berklee Summer Program ...... 11 Al Jarreau Will Sing for T-Rex...... 11 WJJZ Sponors Free Concerts ...... 11 Birthdays ...... 12 Features 13 Industry Q&A: Mitchell Feldman...... 13 Reviews and Picks ...... 17 Joe Lovano ...... 17 Vijay Iyer ...... 17 Lorraine Feather ...... 17 Editors’ Picks ...... 18 Jazz Charts ...... 19 Jazz Album Chart ...... 20 19 Jazz Add Dates ...... 21 Jazz Current CDs ...... 22 Jazz Radio Panel ...... 28 Smooth Jazz Charts ...... 24 Smooth Album Chart ...... 25 Smooth Singles Chart...... 26 Smooth Current CDs ...... 27 24 Smooth Radio Panel ...... 28

Cover photo: Percy Heath at 2004 JVC Newport Jazz Festival by Tom Mallison JazzWeek Volume 1 Issue 24 jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 3 News Jazz Great Percy Heath Passes at 81

ercy Heath, whose bass was the Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rol- foundation of the Modern Jazz lins, Fats Navarro, and Charlie Parker PQuartet, died April 28, just two during those early years in New York. days shy of his 82ⁿd birthday. Heath From 1950-52, Heath was a mem- had been suffering from bone cancer, ber of the Dizzy Gillespie sextet, and passed away near his Montauk, where he met the other musicians who Long Island, home. would form the Modern Jazz Quar- Heath, the oldest of three musical tet: pianist John Lewis, vibraphon- brothers, including saxophonist Jim- ist Milt Jackson, and drummer Kenny my and drummer Albert “Tootie”, was Clarke. Heath was a member of MJQ born in Wilmington, N.C. and grew for its entire on-and-off history, a pe- up in Philadelphia. He began his in- riod spanning five decades. The group terest in music at a young age, start- would see only one lineup change during in his school orchestra on the vio- ing its first incarnation, from 1952-74: lin. Heath took up the double bass in Clarke left the group in 1955 and was 1946 at the Granoff School of Music replaced by Connie Kay. During that in Philadelphia after his service in the period, Heath also performed and re- Army Air Corps as a member of the corded with his brother Jimmy on oc- Tom Mallison Tuskegee Airmen during World War casion. Percy Heath performs at the 2004 JVC II. After MJQ went on hiatus in 1974, Newport Jazz Festival. Heath worked with brothers Jim- my and Albert as the Heath Brothers a leader in 2004, the Daddy Jazz CD A from 1975-82 and worked with Sarah Love Song, on which he also peformed, Vaughan in 1975. as he had often, on the cello which he Heath rejoined the reformed MJQ would jokingly call the “baby bass.” in 1981, and stayed with the group un- Heath continued to perform until Heath decided he was ready to stop til recently, including at the 2004 JVC touring. MJQ quietly disbanded in Newport Jazz Festival. the mid-1990s. In 1994, near the end Percy Heath was named an NEA of the group’s second run, Connie Kay Jazz Master in 2002, and received an passed away and was replaced by Al- honorary doctorate in 1989 from Berk- bert Heath; Milt Jackson died in 1999 lee College of Music among may other Percy Heath’s first CD as a leader, A Love and John Lewis in 2001. During the awards, and performed at the White Song (Daddy Jazz) came in 2004. second life of MJQ , Heath also per- House for Presidents Nixon and Clin- formed with the Heath Brothers from ton. A quick study, in 1947 Heath time to time, and after the end of MJQ Heath is survived by his wife June; joined his brother Jimmy in New York reformed the Heath Brothers. three sons, Percy III, Jason and Stuart; as a member of trumpeter Howard After more than 300 recordings and his two brothers. Following Percy McGhee’s sextet and big band. In the as a member of a group or as a side- Heath’s wishes, no memorial service is cradle of bebop, Heath performed with man, Percy Heath recorded his first as planned. JW jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 4 News Jimmy Woode, 78, Heath Brothers Was Ellington Bassist Bassist Jimmy Woode, best known for his five years with the Duke Ellington orchestra, but who was part of the European expatriate jazz scene until returning to the U.S. in 2001, died April 30 at his home in Lindenwold, N.J. He was 78. Woode, who was born in Philadelphia, was a regular performer in the mid-1950s in Boston at the famed Storyville and Hi Hat nightclubs, where he accompanied such performers as Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. Woode joined Ellington as a substitute in 1955 during that group’s lowest point, but was part of its revival after Ellington’s 1956 comeback at Newport. In Europe, he worked with pianist Bud Powell, drummer Kenny Clarke, and saxophonists Don Byas and Johnny Griffin. Woode was widowed twice and is survived by a son and three daughters, two The Heath Brothers, Jimmy, Percy, and Albert “Tootie” Heath, in a late 1990’s publicity sisters, four grandchildren, and two great- photo for Concord Records. grandchildren. ��

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�� News Adventure Music Underwrites Adventure Music National Syndication of The Song America Imprint Launches May 10 Is You On WFMT Radio Network Adventure Music, the three-year-old independent record label that is home CHICAGO – Adventure Music, an and Ron Blake, writers Nelson DeMi- to a host of acclaimed Brazilian and independent record label focusing on lle, Terrence McNally, Mary and Car- South American artists, with fourteen the music of Brazil, has announced ol Higgins Clark, former Poet Lau- releases to date, has announced the launch of Adventure Music America, that it will be the exclusive underwriter reate Billy Collins, and many more a new imprint that will focus on a of The Song Is You, which is now syndi- ordinary and extraordinary people. wide expanse of acoustic music, from cated nationally by Chicago’s WFMT Richard Zirinsky Jr., managing Americana to folk to bluegrass to jazz. Radio Network. The Song Is You, an in- partner of Adventure Music, found- ventive music/talk radio program cre- ed the label to “provide the freedom Adventure Music America will be helmed by the same three principals ated, hosted and produced by veteran and resources our artists need to cre- who head Adventure Music: Richard public radio personality Bonnie Grice, ate and share the pure and joyful mu- Zirinsky, Robert Corroon and Mike has aired locally on Long Island and in sic of their cultures.” Zirinsky said, “I Marshall, the mandolin and string player Southern California since 1999. consider Bonnie to be one of the ﬁnest whose musical career has spanned Winner of the 2003 Gracie Allen talents in broadcasting today, and we over two decades. The label will launch award from the American Women in at Adventure Music are thrilled by the with the May 10 release of Now Hear Radio and Television, The Song Is You opportunity to work with her and with This, the first recording in seven years is a program about music and people. WLIU on this exciting venture.” from Marshall’s acoustic supergroup Bonnie Grice created the concept over Adventure Music is home to a Psychograss, which also features fiddler Darol Anger, Todd Phillips (bass), 10 years ago while working for a pub- host of acclaimed Brazilian and South Tony Trischka (banjo), and David Grier lic radio station in Los Angeles, and American artists, with fourteen releas- (guitar). later developed that idea into the full- es to date from such artists as Antonio length program, which was ﬁrst broad- Carlos Jobim, Ricardo Silveira, Moacir “We decided to establish Adventure Music America for several reasons,” cast on 88.3 WLIU FM in Southamp- Santos, Tom Lellis, Nelson Angelo, explained Zirinsky. “We wanted to ton, N.Y., in 1999. Through unscripted Claudia Villela, Ricardo Peixoto, Gui expose audiences to the great music conversations, Bonnie’s guests reveal Mallon, Weber Iago, and Maria Mar- that has come our way, but we didn’t how music has touched their lives. quez, including the June 14 release of want to confuse the Brazilian music This unique format provides listeners the 2004 Latin Grammy Award win- audience”. of each program with a wide and var- ning recording of “Symphonic Jobim.” Marshall added, “I have many friends ied palette of music, often presenting Earlier this year, the label announced who come from the American roots surprise selections that break the ste- the launch of Adventure Music Amer- styles of music who have music they’d reotype of a guest’s reputation. ica, a new imprint dedicated to the like to record, but no particular home Guests have ranged from the own- full spectrum of acoustic music, from for it at this time. From samba and er of a local lobster shop to actors Eli Americana to folk to bluegrass to jazz. choro, to folk and bluegrass, a singular Wallach and Stefanie Powers, televi- The label will launch with the May 10 sound is emerging that connects the sion and radio celebrities Montel Wil- release of Now Hear This, from label music of string band musicians from liams, Harry Smith and Cousin Bruc- co-founder Mike Marshall’s acoustic around the Americas. We’re harnessing the beauty of that sound and giving it to ie, jazz greats Arturo Sandoval, Horace supergroup, Psychograss (see sidebar.) the world.” Silver, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, The Song Is You is produced in the Dianne Schurr, Tuck and Patti, Karrin studios of 88.3 WLIU FM in South- Adventure Music America will operate Allyson, Poncho Sanchez, Tom Lellis, ampton, N.Y. and in studios in New out of the Adventure Music offices in New York City and Oakland, California, and Marian McPartland, young jazz York City. For additional information and will be exclusively distributed in artists such as Regina Carter, Peter on the show visit www.thesongisyou. JW the U.S. by the Burnside Distribution Cincotti, Jane Monheit, Lizz Wright org. Corporation. jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 7 News Pasadena Summer Fest Brings Jazz to Rose Bowl For First Time

PASADENA, Calif. – Now in its 16th year, the “Pasadena Summer Fest” keeps growing, and this year moves its traditional Memorial Day weekend festivities to the Rose Bowl. On May 28, 29 and 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., the festival tradi- tions will remain the same with five events presented simultaneously under the “Pasadena Summer Fest at the Rose Bowl” banner: Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl, the Family Fun Fest, A Taste of Summer, the Summer Art Fest and The Sports Zone. Pianist Taylor Eigsti performs at the Rose Bowl as part of “Pasadena Summer Fest.” “Back in the early days, the audience was a scant thousand,” said Pasa- our collaboration has become a much- Saturday, May 28: Jeff Kashiwa dena Summer Fest producer Ray Lei- anticipated Memorial Day weekend and Costal Access; jazz bassist Henry er. “Now we can boast an impressive tradition,” said Bill Farley, vice presi- Franklin Group; Vocal Legacy featur- attendance of well over 100,000 week- dent of marketing events at Playboy ing Victor Fields and Clairdee; Oskar end visitors.” Enterprises, Inc. “Short of the Playboy Cartaya & Enclave; The Hi-Fi Quin- Darryl Dunn, general manager, Jazz Festival itself, the Pasadena Sum- tet; Trio Gonzalo. Rose Bowl Operating Company, said, mer Fest is the best place for jazz fans Sunday, May 29: Ronnie Laws; “We’ve watched Summer Fest get big- to enjoy the music they love. And, best Bill Fulton Band; Odara; jazz vocalist ger each year, and we’re very happy that of all, it’s free!” Kristin Korb. Ray Leier accepted our invitation to “This Playboy Jazz Festival event Monday, May 30: Steve Oliver; use the Rose Bowl facilities. Our ven- has been an integral part of the ‘Pasa- Rickey Woodard; Taylor Eigsti; Luis ue is not only spacious and rich in his- dena Summer Fest’ for eleven straight Conte; Sandy Graham. tory; it is also synonymous with family years, and it just keeps getting bigger Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl entertainment. It’s a perfect fit.” and better. We are thankful for the op- is presented in cooperation with the “Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl” portunity to present some of the best 2005 Playboy Jazz Festival, KTWV will be the first-ever jazz concert held talent seen collectively at a free out- The Wave and KKJZ 88.1 FM, and at the world-famous stadium. This an- door event,” said Summer Fest produc- is supported in part by the Record- nual free music event, presented at er Ray Leier. “I am still amazed at how ing Industry Music Performance Trust “Pasadena Summer Fest,” will feature the event has grown. Before Playboy, Fund. The Las Vegas Convention and live performances all day long – from we presented a small two-day event Visitor’s Authority sponsor this year’s contemporary/smooth and traditional that offered entertainment on a small “Playboy Jazz Festival.” Darlene Chan, jazz, to R&B, blues, Afro-Cuban and stage, an unexciting food court, a few vice president of Festival Productions, Latin/salsa, beginning at 11:00 a.m. rides and amusements for the kids and Inc., produces the event. daily. an art show. Now we have five events Ray Leier of Altadena-based del “Since the Playboy Jazz Festival under our banner. Together we have Mano Productions, co-owner of Brent- and the Pasadena Summer Fest teamed created good chemistry and a great wood’s del Mano Gallery produces the up to bring a weekend of music, enter- vibe!” annual “Pasadena Summer Fest.” tainment and fun to the Southland, Scheduled performances include: JW jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 8 News Botti Goes DualDisc

Tony Monaco Makes Washington Stop Columbia Records is set to release a DualDisc edition of When I Fall In Love, the latest RIAA gold certiﬁed album from trumpeter Chris Botti, on Tuesday, May 31. The When I Fall In Love DualDisc features the album in its entirety on the audio-only side. The DualDisc’s DVD side includes the full album, in PCM stereo; “Standards In Real Time,” an exclusive documentary about the mak- ing of the album featuring interviews with Botti and the album’s guest artists as well as on-stage and in-the-stu- dio footage; and a live video of Botti’s performance of “Someone To Watch Over Me” at the 2004 Nobel Prize ceremonies in Oslo, Norway. Submitted Photo The success of When I Fall In Love Summit Records recording artist Tony Monaco (center) wowed the crowd with his organ led to an invitation to ﬁll the opening pyrotechnics at Jazzbones in Tacoma, Wash., on April 25. At left is KPLU, Tacoma-Seattle, slot on the Josh Groban North Ameri- JW music director Nick Morrison and at right, Mike Carlson, MC Promotions. can tour. ��

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jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 9 News Walter Beasley Will Perform at Benefit for Violence Victims RYE, N.H. – Saxophonist Walter in stores on May 24. der.org. Beasley will perform at a fundraiser Jaden’s Ladder is dedicated to pro- for Jaden’s Ladder, a non-profit orga- viding services that empower survivors nization that assists survivors of do- to break the cycle of domestic violence, mestic violence on Saturday, June 4, become active members of the com- at the historic Wentworth by the Sea munity and reach new personal mile- Hotel in Newcastle, New Hampshire. stones. All proceeds from the event will bene- “We’ve been overwhelmed by the fit Jaden’s Ladder in their effort to pro- outpouring of support from the New vide post-shelter care and guidance to England community,” said Oneta domestic violence survivors trying to Bobbett, the founder of Jaden’s Lad- reestablish their lives. der. “We hope this fundraiser provides “With roots in the New England us with additional resources to help us area, I am delighted to be partici- continue the programs that help do- pating in an event that helps domes- mestic violence survivors take back tic violence survivors obtain the skills their lives.” for self-reliance as they reacclimate to Tickets are $200 each and include their community,” said Beasley, who dinner and drinks. All proceeds to

recently �� signed with Heads Up. His beneﬁt Jaden’s Ladder. For more in- Walter Beasley ﬁrst CD for the label, For Her, arrives formation, please visit www.jadenslad-

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jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 10 News Terri Lyne Carrington Will Head Al Jarreau Will Berklee Summer Program Sing for T-Rex CHICAGO – The Field Museum’s famed T. rex Sue will get an early present for her BOSTON – Berklee College of Mu- Students attending the Summer fifth birthday celebration when five-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Al Jar- sic has offered the Five-Week Sum- Jazz Workshop will be immersed in reau sings “Happy Birthday” on Thursday, mer Performance Program since 1987, all aspects of performance, includ- May 12, in the Museum’s Stanley Field giving high school students the oppor- ing playing in ensembles, develop- Hall. Jarreau will be joined by chef Wolf- tunity to study jazz, pop, rock, funk, ing improvisational and reading skills, gang Puck as part of the museum’s kick- fusion, and R&B. This year the Five- and improving technique. They will off for its Sue birthday celebration. Week Summer Performance Program also attend lectures and clinics by the Jarreau is the only vocal performer in his- is inaugurating the Berklee Summer workshop faculty, which, in addition tory to win Grammy Awards in three dif- Jazz Workshop, a special program for to Carrington, includes Tiger Okoshi, ferent categories (Jazz, Pop and R&B) the best and brightest high school jazz Rick DiMuzio, John Lockwood, Jeff and will help release a new CD, A T. Rex players from around the world who Stout, and Daryl Lowery. Named Sue, produced by Music for Little have recently auditioned for Berklee. Carrington said, “I am very excit- People. Jarreau will perform “Bones,” a All students selected for the pro- ed about working with the students new song he recorded on the CD. gram will receive full scholarships and in taking their musical dreams a lit- housing, and will take special courses tle further. I am reminded of my own WJJZ Sponors in addition to some of the Five-Week experience as a young up-and-com- Free Concerts classes. ing musician getting my feet wet un- PHILADELPHIA – Bringing smooth jazz to The program’s artistic director, ac- der the tutelage of many great teachers the Philadelphia Waterfront, the Penn’s claimed drummer Terri Lyne Car- at Berklee, so this is full circle for me, Landing Jazz on the Waterfront Series will rington, will lead the students in an and I plan to give back with the same return to the Great Plaza at Penn’s Land- ensemble, which is planning several integrity and commitment.” ing for its eighth year. NBC 10 will broad- concert performances. Carrington, a native of Medford, cast every concert from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m., The Summer Jazz Workshop was Mass., developed a reputation as a hosted by NBC 10 personality Amy Freeze initiated by Berklee president Roger child prodigy, jamming with Dizzy and Michael Tozzi from Smooth Jazz H. Brown, offering scholarships with Gillespie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Os- WJJZ 106.1, along with other WJJZ personalities. the goal of providing top-notch mu- car Peterson, and more. At age 11, she sic instruction to talented high school received a full scholarship to Berklee, The series will kick-off on Friday, August students who might not otherwise be where she played with Kevin Eubanks, 5, with the smooth sounds of Jeff Kashiwa able to attend. Mike Stern, and Branford Marsalis, & The Coastal Access Band. On Friday, August 12, Grammy-nominated saxophon- Bob Doezema, associate direc- among others. In 1983 she moved to ist Paul Jackson Jr. will perform. Another tor of the Five-Week Program, said, New York and worked with Stan Getz, saxophonist, Steve Cole, will perform on “We are committed to providing tal- Lester Bowie, Pharoah Sanders, Cas- Friday, August 19, with his own brand of ented young musicians with the most sandra Wilson, and David Sanborn. smooth sax jazz sounds inspired by his comprehensive and rigorous program She spent seven years on tour with hometown of Chicago. Nick Colionne, win- for jazz performance. We want high Herbie Hancock and has also toured ner of Chicago Music Award for Best Jazz school students to know that Berklee with Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, and Album of 2005, will perform on Friday, Au- is the place to be to study and play jazz Al Jarreau. In addition to being an in- gust 26. The series will conclude on Fri- at the highest level.” The instrumenta- demand side player and producer, Car- day, September 2, with a performance by Guitarzz with Chieli Minucci. tion for the first Summer Jazz Work- rington has released the albums Jazz Is shop will be three horns, a four-piece A Spirit, Structure, and the Grammy- WJJZ radio personalities will be on site rhythm section, and a vocalist. How- nominated Real Life Story. Carrington each Friday evening to give away prizes ever, the lineup may vary from year to will be a visiting professor in the per- and sell special merchandise. WJJZ is a Mediaguide-monitored member of the year, depending on the specific talents cussion department during the 2005- JazzWeek Smooth Jazz panel. of the musicians chosen. 06 academic year. JW jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 11 News Birthdays May 15 May 23 Edmond Hall (1901) Artie Shaw (1910) May 4 Ellis Larkins (1923) Rosemary Clooney (1928) Paul Barbarin (1899) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936) Marvin Stamm (1939) Fred Astaire (1899) May 16 Famoudou Don Moye (1946) Bix Beiderbecke (1903) Eddie Bert (1922) Richie Beirach (1947) Stanley Cowell (1941) Betty Carter (1930) Ken Peplowski (1959) Jack Walrath (1946) Michael Moore (1945) May 24 May 6 Billy Cobham (1946) Archie Shepp (1937) David Friesen (1942) May 17 Charles Earland (1941) May 8 Paul Quinichette (1916) May 25 Mary Lou Williams (1910) Dewey Redman (1931) Jimmy Hamilton (1917) Keith Jarrett (1945) Jackie McLean (1932) Marshall Allen (1924) May 10 May 18 Phil Ranelin (1939) Mel Lewis (1929) Big Joe Turner (1911) Wallace Roney (1960) Ahmed Abdullah (1947) Kai Winding (1922) May 26 May 11 May 19 Shorty Baker (1914) King Oliver (1885) George Auld (1919) Miles Davis (1926) Irving Berlin (1888) Cecil McBee (1935) Lew Tabackin (1940) J C Higginbotham (1906) Sonny Fortune (1939) May 27 Carla Bley (1938) Tom Scott (1948) Albert Nicholas (1900) May 12 May 20 Bud Shank (1926) Gerald Wiggins (1922) Jimmy Blythe (1901) Ramsey Lewis (1935) Gary Peacock (1935) Bob Florence (1932) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946) Charles Davis (1933) Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950) May 13 Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963) Maxine Sullivan (1911) Rufus Harley (1936) Gil Evans (1912) Ralph Peterson (1962) May 28 Woody Herman (1913) May 21 Andy Kirk (1898) Red Garland (1923) Fats Waller (1904) Tommy Ladnier (1900) Russ Freeman (1926) May 14 Lawrence Marable (1929) Sidney Bechet (1897) Christian McBride (1972) May 22 Sun Ra (1914)

jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 12 Industry Q&A: Mitchell Feldman

by Tad Hendrickson

Name: Mitchell Feldman Position: Owner of MFA Jazz Radio and Promotion

itchell Feldman has been lucky enough to be professional- ly involved with jazz in some capacity every day of his adult

Paul Trantow Paul Mlife. He started doing jazz radio and journalism at the Uni- versity of Georgia and produced the Southern premieres of the Sam Rivers-Dave Holland Duo and the Art Ensemble of Chicago there in 1979. He was a jazz journalist and editor from 1980-85 in At- lanta. From 1985-89, he ran the jazz-world music label CMP Re- cords in Germany and covered the jazz scene there for Down Beat. From 1989-96, he was on staﬀ as a publicist at The 92ⁿd Street Y, Symphony Space and a classical music PR ﬁrm in New York, also writing bios, liner notes and other copy for Jazz At Lincoln Center, Blue Note and others. After a brief stop at ECM at BMG Classics, he lived in Italy from 1999-2003, covering the jazz scene there and elsewhere in Europe for Down Beat, among other gigs. He’s been continued ... jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 13 Q&A: Mitchell Feldman (continued)

in Denver since January 2004, working on the re-launch of the jazz label Synergy Music and launch INDIEgo Jazz Promotions. Af- ter the parent company suspended its operations to focus on its core business in March 2005, he returned to doing jazz PR and radio promotion on his own as Mitchell Feldman Associates (MFA).

JW: How has the transition been back to MFA after INDIEgo and Syner- gy? MF: Thankfully both seamless and painless. I don’t have a mail room, art department, tech support or an assistant, but I was fortunate to open shop with the retainer to continue promoting the British label Dune Records in the U.S. and another to do radio promotion for the Colorado label Capri Records. The Jazz Gallery in New York has hired me to conduct an international media campaign in advance of its 10th Anniversary Season this fall, and I’m midway through a promotion of Israeli saxophonist Anat Cohen’s debut CD. I could use a few more short-term projects like Anat’s, but I really can’t complain. Michael Fitts You typically work with smaller boutique labels and emerging artists. Why not go after bigger fish? Major or major indie labels either have outstanding people in-house – like Ter- ry Coen at Palmetto or Garrett Shelton at Sunnyside – or long-standing rela- tionships with firms like Groov Marketing. Over the years I’ve done a lot of work for Blue Note and ECM, and both labels know I’d jump at the chance to work any release they’d send my way. But I’m not going to actively pursue this when Mark Rini and Josh Ellman, whom I respect tremendously, have a history of delivering superb results for them. Sure, I’m friends with decision mak- ers there, but if I were them I’d be taking the same “why fix a wheel that ain’t broke” or “why change a horse in midstream” attitude. You’re relatively new to the world of radio promotion. How’s it going? Have you been welcomed into the fraternal order or hazed like a punk rookie? Yeah, I’m the “new kid on the block” having just celebrated my first anniversary as a radio promoter. But it’s funny – other than you, and now me I guess, there’s very little crossover between the worlds of jazz press and jazz radio. Be- fore INDIEgo my only contact with the jazz radio was a friend, Erica Linder- holm, who worked for GRP and later Atlantic. But let’s be real: Despite our desire to see ourselves as a close-knit community dedicated to the common cause of getting jazz on the airwaves, times are tough. There’s a limited amount of work and when it comes down to it everyone has to look out for No. 1. That said, over the past few months since hang- ing out a bit during IAJE 2005, Mark Rini and Garrett Shelton, whom Neil Gorov and Dick LaPalm mentored, have been incredibly supportive of and continued ... jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 14 Q&A: Mitchell Feldman (continued)

helpful to this “rookie.” Rather than see me as a threat, they’ve hipped me to stations I should service, given advice freely and helped me put things in per- spective. I appreciate the sense of camaraderie developing between us. We trade the CDs we’re working and I look forward to our email exchanges after the weekly charts come out – I’m really as fired up about seeing where their projects landed as I am about mine. This is a healthy kind of competition I’ve jokingly referred to with Mark as a race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit with me being the long shot. I’m also obviously grateful to everyone at Jazz- Week for reviewing CDs and performances by artists I represent and for news and feature coverage of my promotion activities that has helped establish me with the jazz radio community at large. What have been some of the biggest obstacles? I haven’t encountered anything I’d call an obstacle, but I’m frustrated I’ve been “Programmers I unable to connect at all, let alone establish a rapport, with influential program- have developed mers at important stations in major markets. Building a relationship is difficult if one gets no response to repeated emails and voicemails and there are people a personal bond I’ve never heard back from, who’ve not added any of the 15 titles I’ve serviced over the past year despite the fact that several could have fit into their station’s with over the “sound.” Adjusting one’s service list to best suit the characteristics of a specif- past year know ic CD is one of the basics of promotion, so if a station gets something from me I’ve done some research and obviously there’s a decent chance the music will I’ve never asked work within its format. Seriously, why waste my time, their time and a client’s money sending something that will just end up in a used record bin? them to audition Programmers I have developed a personal bond with over the past year know a CD that didn’t I’ve never asked them to audition a CD that didn’t contain quality music and I never will, although I know not everything I send will work for them. I’m not contain quality the most patient person, and I just hope that doors will eventually open. music and I never Have you been happy with how Mediaguide is working? will, although I Absolutely, especially since nothing I tracked charted at JazzWeek until their data was used to count spins! I start every day by putting my espresso pot on know not every- the stove, checking my email and seeing how much airplay CDs I’m tracking got the previous day. A few bugs still need to be worked out, and I miss the thing I send will date-specific search feature in the first version that will eventually be avail- work for them.” able again. But these airplay reports are an invaluable resource that can help distributors and labels zero in on retailers – and artists or agents in on clubs – in markets where CDs have received heavy airplay. I’m one of Mediaguide’s “power users” in our format and I’ve been involved in a few situations where music from current CDs featured on NPR or used as the bed for a station pro- mo have triggered false spins. Hiring [former WRTI music director] Frank Johnson as their jazz point person was a great move since Mediaguide now has a dedicated staffer to monitor these anomalies and other things which demon- continued ... jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 15 Q&A: Mitchell Feldman (continued)

strates they’re committed to and appreciate the importance of our genre. What do you think is radio’s biggest strength? Its immediacy, its presence and the reactions it inspires in active listeners, which most jazz fans are. When I hear something I like for the first time on KUVO, if I’m not at home and can look the title up on their website, I’m on the phone asking the on-air host “What was that?!” I can’t tell you how often my take-out food gets cold because I’ve stayed in my car to hear the end of a song. Within 24 hours of being featured on NPR, an artist’s CD can be catapulted into Amazon.com’s Top-100 and experience a significant spike in downloads at iTunes. Radio is clearly still a powerful medium. At Soweto Kinch’s gig at The Jazz Gallery last December, you talked about how amazing it is to work with a hot artist. Would you say he’s been your biggest artist to date? Doing Soweto’s PR in the U.S. is one of the highlights of my 25 years as a publicist, which includes representing world-renowned artists like Keith Jar- rett and Alfred Brendel. My part was convincing people to check out someone they’d never heard of, but Soweto would not have received the coverage he has were he not a charismatic artist doing something totally fresh and original. Getting results like that and the 14+ week runs on the JazzWeek Michael Fitts chart debut CDs by Denver bassist Ken Walker and Manuel Valera en- joyed are what make putting in 15-hour days and working weekends worth it. Helping raise their profiles and that of other emerging artists or ones deserving wider recognition like Anat Cohen is a major reason I’m in this business, and why I enjoy promoting smaller labels and artist-produced CDs. I love hearing from a client that they got a call or email from someone who heard their music on the radio halfway across the country. It’s like a Master Card moment. What are you listening to right now that has you excited? Babatunde Lea’s and Gary Burton’s new CDs. Keith Jarrett’s new solo improv CD and Trio by Tomasz Stanko’s rhythm section with the unpronounceable Polish last names on ECM. A CD-R of a session by an incredible straight- ahead singer, Roberta Gambarini, that’s being shopped around at the moment, rough mixes of Jazz Jamaica’s forthcoming CD featuring ska-jazz versions of Motown classics, and the recording debut of Peter Apfelbaum’s New York Hi- eroglyphics Ensemble that will be coming out on Act Music & Vision in the fall. JW jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 16 Reviews and Picks

Joe Lovano In What Language?; at other times he leads his challenging acoustic quartet, which the case with his Savoy debut Re- Joyous Encounter (Blue Note) imagining. Also featuring alto saxophonist Rudresh Ma- ONE YEAR, PRACTICALLY to the day, after the great I’m All hanthappa, bassist For You came out, Joe Lovano returns with Joyous Encoun- Stephan Crump and ter. Featuring the same quartet as the last album, it’s joy- impressive young ous both because of drummer Marcus the great band and Gilmore, the group because all the mem- is perfectly suited for bers are (joyfully) still Iyer’s often rigorous- with us. The band ac- ly cerebral compo- tually sounds young- sitions. Within this er this time around, serious interplay are not dwelling so deep- some nuggets melo- ly on sentimental bal- dy however – “Iner- lads, instead offering tia” is dramatic in its an often upbeat mix presentation, seemingly a jazz version of tango, if only in of 11 tunes buoyed spirit. More knotty are “Infogee’s Cakewalk,” where Gilm- by the jaunty free- ore and Rudresh continually search as Crump and Iyer stay form playing of drummer Paul Motian. Hank Jones is his at home with shifting chords and harmonies, and Iyer’s vir- usual elegant self, playing spare chromatic harmonies with tuosic classical-inflected turn on “Cardio.” Another high- bop flourishes, and George Mraz gets some solo time here light among the 10 cuts, all of which radio friendly in as well. But it is Lovano who is the star of the show as he length, is the “re-imagined” (and barely recognizable) ver- highlights his versatility on both tenor and curved sopra- sion of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” no saxophone – his balladry is never better displayed than – Tad Hendrickson on “Autumn In New York”; his brisk original “Birds Eye Contact: Joshua Sherman View” is playful and hard charging. Modal fans will enjoy Phone: (646) 282-3279 band’s take on Coltrane’s “Crescent.” Perhaps it should have Email: [email protected] Add Date: May 10 been called “Joyous Return,” because this is such an excel- Release Date: May 17 lent follow up to one of last year’s best albums. – Tad Hen- drickson Lorraine Feather Contact: Groov Marketing Phone: (877) GROOV 32 Email: [email protected] Dooji Wooji (Sanctuary) Add Date: May 10 THERE IS NO doubt that vocalist Lorraine Feather is some- Release Date: May 10 thing of a throwback who is completely immersed in the swing of Ellington, Goodman and other past legends. None- Vijay Iyer theless, her full-sized band is hot as it rolls through this 12 song set with gusto. When they tone it down a notch, as they Reimagining (Savoy Jazz) do on the charming ballad “Remembering To Breathe,” it PIANIST VIJAY IYER has released a stream of excellent al- happily allows the singer’s voice to more to the foreground. bums over the last few years. Sometimes he goes the post- And while her voice is fine, it’s her witty lyrics that tru- modern multi-media route, as he does with the exceptional ly shine here (either when she’s collaborating with current continued ... jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 17 Reviews and Picks

Lorraine Feather (continued) Editors’ Picks Simone Kopmajer [pronounced “Cop - myer”] Romance players or adding (ZOHO Music) words to four Elling- Simone grew up in a family of musicians and started to sing ton originals) with in her father’s band when she was 12. She has studied piano such modern refer- through the years, although singing has remained her first ences as TV remotes, love. This is a strong second release with a little help from hippies, yearly semi- Eric Alexander, John di Martino, George Mraz, and Tim Horner. nars and classic cars. This vocalist will stand out among the rest in your rotation. Key Tracks: “We Kiss in a Shadow”, “How Do You Keep the Music There’s also a happy Playing”, and “A Blossom Fell”. playfulness on tracks Walter Beasley For Her (Heads Up) like “Indiana Lana” that keeps the mood To us in radio he is Walter, but for the past twenty-two years light and decidedly he also has been known as Professor Beasley to those attending the Berklee School of Music. During those years, un-diva-like. And it’s he has been putting out some great music that has helped this wit and playfulness that makes this another strong ef- define the Smooth Jazz Format. Walter provides a nice balance fort from Feather. – Tad Hendrickson between the ballads and the killer, up-tempo tracks. Heads Up should think about pressing some vinyl for the dance clubs Contact: Groov Marketing with those tracks. Key Tracks: “She’s All That”, “Remember Phone: (877) GROOV 32 When”, and “Coolness”. Email: [email protected] Add Date: May 10 Brian Bromberg It’s About Time (Artistry Music) Release Date: May 17 Chances are that you don’t have Brian’s first acoustic jazz recording that was releasedon Nova Records back in 1991. (Editor’s note: Lorraine Feather will be featured in an inter- Brian has gone back to the original tapes and has re-mixed and re-mastered the whole project. It’s well worth re-discovering view in the May 11 edition of JazzWeek.) and sharing this with your audience. Featured on this disc is Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Watts, and Mitchell Forman. Key Tracks: “Dear John”, “One For The Woofer”, and “If I Should Reach radio Lose You”. programmers Khan Jamal Peace Warrior (Random Chance) Jamal is one of a handful of underrated vibe players who have produced some interesting recordings. This disc is a collection of songs he recorded in 1982 and in 1989. On some of the songs, Jamal uses a midi percussion synthesizer that provides an interesting sound that will attract your ear to his performance. Key Tracks: “One For Hamp”, “Body And Soul”, and “Lovely Afternoon”. Herb Silverstein Beach Walker (Silvertunes Music Productions) When he is not writing and performing jazz, Dr. Silverstein is a world-renowned ear specialist. Since he has to perform improvisation in both careers, Herb feels both are closely related. Proceeds from the sale of the CD will go to The Ear Research Foundation and in the past 12 years, he has raised Advertise in over $120,000. This is a recording of all original music with the piano driving either a quartet or a quintet with a string quartet JazzWeek thrown in on a couple of tracks. This is not a vanity disc just Call Tony Gasparre at used for fundraising but a rather serious and entertaining jazz (585) 235-4685, ext. 3 recording. Key Tracks: “Beach Walker”, “A French Wedding”, or email – compiled by Tony Gasparre [email protected] jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 18 Jazz Radio

Monty Alexander’s Live at the Iridium Is Back at No. 1

Most Added: Vic Juris, Steve Hobbs

onty Alexander’s Live At The Iridi- um (Telarc) moved back to the No. M1 spot on this week’s Jazz Album Chart with 53 stations. One More Music of Thad Jones (IPO Re- cordings) moves up into the No. 2 position with airplay on 45 stations. A Second Look (Mel Bay) from Vic Juris and Spring Cycle (Random Chance) from Steve Hobbs tied for Most Added on the Jazz Album Chart. After a week at No. 3, Monty Alexander’s Live at Alan Pasqua’s My New Old Friend (Cryp- The Iridium (Telarc Jazz) returnes to No. 1 togramophone) had the Most Increased Air- play with 49 additional spins and had the highest debut at No. 24.

Jazz Album Chart p. 20 Jazz Add Dates p. 21 Jazz Current CDs p. 22 Jazz Radio Panel p. 28 Alan Pasqua had the highest debut and the biggest increase in spins with My New Old Friend (Cryptogramophone). jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 19 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart May 4, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 3 1 1 Monty Alexander Live At The Iridium Telarc Jazz 280 286 -6 10 53 0 2 4 3 2 One More Music of Thad Jones IPO Recordings 273 271 2 7 45 0 3 6 5 3 Scott Hamilton/Bill Charlap Trio Back In New York Concord Jazz 245 245 0 4 48 0 4 1 9 1 Gary Burton Next Generation Concord Jazz 236 308 -72 4 55 3 5 2 4 2 Eldar Sony Classical 233 293 -60 4 50 3 6 10 11 6 Babatunde Lea Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Ghost Motema 223 185 38 5 50 4 7 10 25 7 Curtis Fuller Keep It Simple Savant 220 185 35 3 43 11 8 5 2 1 Joey DeFrancesco w/Jimmy Smith Legacy Concord Jazz 196 267 -71 13 41 0 9 8 7 6 BeatleJazz With A Little Help From Our Friends Lightyear 171 192 -21 8 43 0 9 9 6 1 David “Fathead” Newman I Remember Brother Ray HighNote 171 188 -17 14 43 0 9 7 13 7 Amina Figarova Come Escape With Me Munich Records 171 197 -26 8 43 0 12 21 19 11 Yellowjackets Altered State Heads Up 168 141 27 8 39 4 13 18 14 13 John Pizzarelli Knowing You Telarc Jazz 163 154 9 5 41 2 14 15 16 1 Shelly Berg Trio Blackbird Concord Jazz 147 167 -20 18 28 0 14 17 8 8 Connie Evingson Gypsy In My Soul Minnehaha Music 147 162 -15 7 35 0 16 14 10 6 Avishai Cohen Trio & Ensemble At Home Razdaz 142 168 -26 11 40 0 17 21 11 11 The Chris Walden Big Band Home Of My Heart Origin Records 141 141 0 11 35 2 18 12 20 12 Kurt Rosenwinkel Deep Song Verve Music Group 140 175 -35 9 37 2 19 13 17 12 Phil Woods Groovin’ To Marty Paich Jazzed Media 134 174 -40 8 37 0 20 32 18 18 Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch Records 126 102 24 5 25 1 21 31 NR 21 Cheryl Bentyne Let Me Off Uptown Telarc Jazz 125 106 19 2 34 11 22 19 15 3 Randy Johnston Is It You? HighNote 122 150 -28 13 31 0 23 30 23 3 Kevin Mahogany Big Band Zebra Records/Mahogany 119 108 11 13 28 0 Jazz 24 29 37 24 Curtis Stigers I Think It’s Going To Rain Today Concord Jazz 116 110 6 3 34 4 24 37 46 24 Diane Schuur w/ Caribbean Jazz Project Schuur Fire Concord Records 116 94 22 3 32 7 24 NR NR 24 Alan Pasqua My New Old Friend Cryptogramophone 116 67 49 1 31 12 27 16 22 13 Dave Holland Big Band Overtime Dare2/Sunnyside 114 164 -50 10 34 0 28 25 21 10 Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project Move Dreyfus Jazz 113 115 -2 13 27 0 29 45 NR 29 Marian McPartland & Friends 85 Candles-Live In New York Concord Jazz 111 79 32 2 29 8 30 27 24 9 Reed Kotler Tomo Torii Records 110 113 -3 13 21 1 31 26 NR 26 Ted Nash & Odeon La Espade de la Noche Palmetto 105 114 -9 2 34 4 31 24 28 3 David Sanborn Closer Verve Music Group 105 118 -13 16 25 1 33 27 33 27 Lea DeLaria Double Standards Telarc 104 113 -9 3 29 3 34 20 28 16 Los Hombres Calientes Vol 5: Carnival Basin Street 100 143 -43 8 34 2 35 35 31 6 Jay Leonhart Cool Sons of Sound 98 97 1 16 20 0 36 46 NR 36 Kermit Ruffins Throwback Basin Street 96 78 18 2 28 3 37 44 NR 37 Kate McGarry Mercy Streets Palmetto 93 83 10 2 32 4 38 35 34 10 Caribbean Jazz Project Here and Now: Live In Concert Concord Picante 89 97 -8 18 22 0 38 23 25 3 Stefano di Battista Parker’s Mood Blue Note 89 120 -31 15 30 0 40 46 NR 40 Judy Wexler Easy On The Heart Rhombus 85 78 7 4 23 0 41 50 NR 41 Anat Cohen Place & Time Anzic Records 84 73 11 2 29 6 42 34 28 13 Ken Walker Sextet Terra Firma Synergy Music 82 98 -16 15 23 0 42 NR NR 42 Vic Juris A Second Look Mel Bay 82 36 46 1 28 16 42 NR NR 42 Luther Hughes Cannonball-Coltrane Primrose Lane 82 39 43 1 21 7 42 33 36 28 John Ellis One Foot In The Swamp Hyena Records 82 99 -17 5 25 1 46 42 38 32 Joe Williams Havin’ A Good Time! Hyena Records 76 84 -8 5 24 1 46 38 32 3 Christian Jacob Styne and Mine WilderJazz 76 85 -9 16 23 0 48 NR NR 48 Charles Lloyd Jumping The Creek ECM 74 59 15 1 25 7 49 38 40 31 Dale Fielder Baritone Sunride Clarion Jazz 73 85 -12 6 20 1 50 38 25 25 Mel Torme, Gerry Mulligan & George The Classic Concert Live Concord Jazz 70 85 -15 10 19 1 Shearing

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Vic Juris A Second Look (Mel Bay) +16 Alan Pasqua My New Old Friend Jacqui Naylor East/West Birdland - Yoshi’s (Ruby Records) Jim Payne Energie (Savant) Steve Hobbs Spring Cycle (Random Chance) +16 (Cryptogramophone) +49 Bradley Leighton Just Doin’ Our Thang (Pacific Coast Jazz) Dana Landry Journey Home (Summit) +14 Vic Juris A Second Look (Mel Bay) +46 Savina Yannatou & Primavera En Solonico Sumiglia (ECM) The Marco Benevento/Joe Russo Duo Reason to Buy Luther Hughes Cannonball-Coltrane Zach Brock & The Coffee Achievers Chemistry (Secret Fort) Tord Gustavsen Trio The Ground (ECM) the Sun (Ropeadope) +14 (Primrose Lane) +43 Dave’s True Story Nature (Be Pop Records) Alan Pasqua My New Old Friend (Cryptogramophone) Babatunde Lea Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Ghost Dana Landry Journey Home (Summit) +12 (Motema) +38 Irvin Mayfield & The Orleans Jazz Orchestra Strange Fruit (Basin Street) Steve Hobbs Spring Cycle (Random Chance) Curtis Fuller Keep It Simple (Savant) +35 jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 20 Jazz Radio Adds Here are upcoming add dates for new releases, and add dates that have passed during the last few weeks. This listing was current as of press time.

March 21, 2005 April 27, 2005 Babatunde Lea – Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Ghost (Motema) Catherine Dupuis – The Rules of the Road (Bearheart Records) Times 4 – Seductivity (Rhombus) May 2, 2005 March 22, 2005 Daniel Benzali – Benzali (Rio Cat) Cheryl Bentyne – Let Me Off Uptown (Telarc) Gordon Johnson – Trios Version 3.0 (Tonalities) John Pizzarelli – Knowing You (Telarc) Mark Masters Ensemble – Porgy & Bess Redefined (Capri Records) Lea DeLaria – Double Standards (Telarc) Dana Landry – Journey Home (Summit) March 24, 2005 Enrico Pieranunzi - Charlie Haden - Paul Motian – Special Encounter (CAM Kevin Stout & Brian Booth – Tales of the Tetons (Jazzed5 Records) Jazz) Guillermo Klein – Una Nave (Sunnyside) March 28, 2005 Kenny Wheeler - Chris Potter - Dave Holland - John Taylor – What Now? Bobby Darin – Live At The Desert Inn (Concord Records) (CAM Jazz) Katie Bull – Love Spook (Corn Hill Indie Records) Abdullah Ibrahim – A Celebration (Justin Time) May 3, 2005 Trudy Desmond – A Dream Come True: The Best Of Trudy Desmond (Just Dena DeRose – A Walk In The Park (MAXJAZZ) A Memory) Peter Martin – In The P.M. (MAXJAZZ) Dr. John – The Best of the Parlophone Years (Blue Note) March 30, 2005 Marty Nau – At The Bouquet Chorale (Summit) Luther Hughes – Cannonball-Coltrane Project (Primerose Lane Records) Michelle Latimer – Sings & Plays (Cool Note) March 31, 2005 Mike Vax Big Band – Next Stop (Summit) Marc Pompe Featuring The Joey DeFrancesco Trio – You Must Believe In May 4, 2005 Swing (Cadence Jazz Records) Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso – Music From The Hearts Of The April 4, 2005 Masters (Kindred Rhythm / Golden Beams) Anat Cohen – Place & Time (Anzic Records) May 9, 2005 Scott Hamilton/Bill Charlap Trio – Back In New York (Concord Records) Daria – Feel The Rhythm (Jazzmup Records) Ted Nash & Odeon – La Espade De La Noche (Palmetto) Eric Comstock – No One Knows (Harbinger Records) April 5, 2005 Gabriel Mark Hasselbach – Swingin’ Affairs (Wind Tunnel) Kate McGarry – Mercy Streets (Palmetto) May 10, 2005 April 11, 2005 Lorraine Feather – Dooji Wooji (Sanctuary) Dave’s True Story – Nature (BeBop Records) Paul Grabowsky – Tales Of Time And Space (Sanctuary) Keeley Smith – (Concord Records) Jeff Siegel – Magical Spaces (CAP) Roz Corral with the Bruce Barth Sextet – Telling Tales (Blujazz) May 15, 2005 Curtis Fuller – Keep It Simple (Savant) Bill Cunliffe – Imaginacion (Torii) Diane Schuur And The Caribbean Jazz Project – Schuur Fire (Concord Records) May 17, 2005 Jim Payne – Energie (Savant) Ron Blake – Sonic Tonic (Mack Ave.) Nguyen Le Quartet – Walking On The Tiger’s Tail (The Act Company) May 24, 2005 April 12, 2005 Dave Brubeck – London Flat, London Sharp (Telarc) Carolyn Leonhart – New 8th Day (Sunnyside) Tony DeSare – Want You (Telarc) Joe Gilman Trio – Time Again: Brubeck Revisted Vol. 2 (Sunnyside) Luciana Souza – Duos II (Sunnyside) April 18, 2005 May 25, 2005 Curtis Stigers – I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today (Concord Records) Tim Reis – Stones Project (Concord Records) Herb Silverstein & Friends – Beach Walker (Silvertunes Music Productions) April 19, 2005 Alan Pasqua – My New Old Friend (Cryptogramophone) April 25, 2005 Bradley Leighton – Just Doing Our Thang (Pacific Coast Jazz)

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Greg Abate Horace Is Here Koko Jazz Lea DeLaria Double Standards Telarc Ahmed Abdullah’s Dispersions of Traveling The Spaceways Planet Arts Bettina Devin Dangerous Type Self-Produced the Sprit of RA Stefano di Battista Parker’s Mood Blue Note Bob Acri w/Lew Soloff/Frank Wess/Ed Blujazz Thigpen/George Mraz/Diane Delin Sasha Dobson w/The Chris Byars The Darkling Thrush Smalls Records Sandro Albert The Color Of Things 215 Records Octet Bob Dorough Sunday At Iridium Arbors Eric Alexander Dead Center HighNote Dave Douglas Mountain Passages Greenleaf Music Monty Alexander Live At The Iridium Telarc Jazz Rosanne Drago Hot Sophisticated Jazz Now Self-Produced Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Lost Treasures Shout Factory E.S.T. Seven Days of Falling 215 Records Buyu Ambroise Blues In Red Justin Time Martin Eagle & Friends A Welcoming Beauty Hawksnest Carl Amundson & The Modern Guitarists Blue Line Music Guitar Quintet Eldar Sony Classical The William Ash Trio The Phoenix Smalls Records John Ellis One Foot In The Swamp Hyena Records Grazyna Augucik The Light GMA Records Connie Evingson Gypsy In My Soul Minnehaha Music Babatunde Lea Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Motema Savoir Faire Running Out Of Time Delmark Ghost The Bad Plus Blunt Object: Live In Tokyo Sony Dale Fielder Baritone Sunride Clarion Jazz Jeff Baker Monologue OA2 Records Amina Figarova Come Escape With Me Munich Records Bill Banfield Striking Balance Innova Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio Once Around The Sun SVFM Denys Baptiste Let Freedom Ring Dune Records Helane Fontaine My Greenbrier Season Curly Girl Patricia Barber Live: A Fortnight In France Blue Note Bill Frisell Unspeakable Nonesuch BeatleJazz With A Little Help From Our Friends Lightyear Curtis Fuller Keep It Simple Savant Opie Bellas Faces Bella Blue Onaje Allan Gumbs Remember Their Innocence Ejano The Marco Benevento/Joe Russo Reason to Buy the Sun Ropeadope Russell Gunn Ethnomusicology Vol. 4: Live In Justin Time Duo Atlanta Tony Bennett The Art Of Romance Columbia Rigmor Gustafsson & The Jacky Close To you HighNote(ACT) Terrason Trio Cheryl Bentyne Let Me Off Uptown Telarc Jazz Tord Gustavsen Trio The Ground ECM Shelly Berg Trio Blackbird Concord Jazz Michael Hackett Circles Summit Jeff Berlin Lumpy Jazz M.A.J. Records Charlie Haden Land Of The Sun Verve Music Group Jane Ira Bloom Like Silver, Like Song Artist Share Dan Haerle Trio Standard Procedure Blujazz Salvatore Bonafede Journey To Donnafugata CAM Scott Hamilton/Bill Charlap Trio Back In New York Concord Jazz Debby Boone Reflections Of Rosemary Concord Happy Apple The Peace Between Our Companies Sunnyside Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Roderick Harper The Essence Of... RHM Ron Brendle Trio Photograph Lo Note Donald Harrison Free Style Nagel Heyer Zach Brock & The Coffee Achievers Chemistry Secret Fort John Hart Indivisible Hep Jazz Maurice Brown Hip To Bop Brown Records Percy Heath A Love Song Daddy Jazz Jimmy Bruno Solo Mel Bay Carol Heffler Exactly Peeka Records Katie Bull Love Spook Corn Hill Indie Fred Hersch Ensemble Leaves Of Grass Palmetto Jane Bunnett Red Dragonfly (Aka Tombo) Narada Jazz Hiroshima Obon Heads Up Gary Burton Next Generation Concord Jazz Steve Hobbs Spring Cycle Random Chance Don Byron ivey-divey Blue Note Dave Holland Big Band Overtime Dare2/Sunnyside Michel Camilo Solo Telarc Jazz Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Thought Trains Sons of Sound Caribbean Jazz Project Here and Now: Live In Concert Concord Picante Orchestra The Hot Club of San Francisco Postcards From Gypsyland Lost Wax Music Amanda Carr Tender Trap Original Music Luther Hughes Cannonball-Coltrane Primrose Lane Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Abdullah Ibrahim A Celebratiom Enja/Justin Time Corey Christiansen Awakening Mel Bay Christian Jacob Styne and Mine WilderJazz Jim Cifelli Groove Station Short Notice Music Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group Chiara Civello Last Quarter Moon Verve/Forecast Gordon Johnson Trios Version 3.0 Tonalities Jeff Coffin Bloom Compass Randy Johnston Is It You? HighNote Anat Cohen Place & Time Anzic Records Vic Juris A Second Look Mel Bay Avishai Cohen Trio & Ensemble At Home Razdaz Katahdin’s Edge Step Away Incline Records Tom Collier Mallet Jazz Origin Records Roger Kellaway I Was There - Roger Kellaway Plays IPO Recordings Collier & Dean Duets Origin Records From The Bobby Darin Songbook Alice Coltrane Translinear Light Impulse Chaka Khan Classikhan AGU Sanctuary Ravi Coltrane In Flux Savoy Jazz Records Kneebody Kneebody Koch Eric Comstock No One Knows Harbinger Records Cliff Korman and the Brazilian Tinge Migrations Planet Arts Bill Connors Return Tone Center Reed Kotler Tomo Torii Records Roz Corral Telling Tales Blujazz Ladysmith Black Mambazo No Boundaries Heads Up Chris Cortez Mum Is The Word Blue Bamboo Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project Move Dreyfus Jazz Lars Danielsson Libera Me HighNote(ACT) Dana Landry Journey Home Summit Daria Feel The Rhythm Jazz M Up Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest Bobby Darin Live At The Desert Inn Concord Records Michelle Latimer Sings and Plays Cool Note Dave’s True Story Nature Be Pop Records Nguyen Le Quartet Walking On The Tiger’s Tail ACT Orbert Davis Blue Notes 3 Sixteen Bradley Leighton Just Doin’ Our Thang Pacific Coast Jazz Joey DeFrancesco w/Jimmy Smith Legacy Concord Jazz Carolyn Leonhart New 8th Day Sunnyside jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 22 Jazz Radio Currents

Jay Leonhart Cool Sons of Sound Wallace Roney Prototype HighNote Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom Voodoo Boogaloo Levtronic Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself Verve Music Group Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra A Love Supreme Palmetto Roomful Of Blues Standing Room Only Alligator Charles Lloyd Jumping The Creek ECM Ted Rosenthal/Bob Brookmeyer One Night In Vermont Planet Arts Mike Longo and the New York State Oasis CAP Kurt Rosenwinkel Deep Song Verve Music Group of the Art Jazz Ensemble Gonzalo Rubalcaba Paseo Blue Note Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz Kermit Ruffins Throwback Basin Street Los Hombres Calientes Vol 5: Carnival Basin Street Sakesho We Want You To Say Heads Up Joe Lovano Joyous Encounter Blue Note David Sanborn Closer Verve Music Group Sylvain Luc Ambre Dreyfus Jazz Rebecca Sayre This Is Always Becca Kevin Mahogany Big Band Zebra Records/Ma- hogany Jazz Maria Schneider Orchestra Concert In The Garden Artist Share Thomas Marriott Individuation Origin Diane Schuur w/ Caribbean Jazz Schuur Fire Concord Records Wynton Marsalis Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise Blue Note Project and Fall of Jack Johnson Marilyn Scott Nightcap Prana Entertainment Branford Marsalis Quartet Eternal Marsalis Music/ The Jim Seeley/Arturo O’Farrill Zoho Music Rounder Records Quintet Scott Martin Menudo and Gritz SCM Shapes The Big Picture Burnin’ Down The Will Martin Morning Saguaro Beach House Productions Avery Sharpe Trio Dragonfly JKNM Mark Masters Ensemble Porgy & Bess Redefined! Capri Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron Left Alone Revisited: Tribute To Billie Synergy Music Irvin Mayfield & The Orleans Jazz Strange Fruit Basin Street Holiday Orchestra Mark Sherman The Motive Series CAP Kate McGarry Mercy Streets Palmetto Ben Sidran Quartet Bumpin’ At The Sunside! Nardis Tim McNamara Quartet Earth Sign Blujazz David Sills Eastern View Origin Records Marian McPartland Piano Jazz w/ Steely Dan Concord Herb Silverstein & Friends Beach Walker Silvertunes Music Marian McPartland & Friends 85 Candles-Live In New York Concord Jazz Productions Charles McPherson w/ Strings A Tribute To Charlie Parker Clarion Jazz Norman Simmons In Private Savant Medeski Martin & Wood End of The World Party Blue Note Charles Small Small Talk Blue Lady Pat Metheny Group The Way Up Nonesuch Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot Palmetto Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch Records Keely Smith Vegas ‘58 - Today Concord Tony Monaco Firey Blues Summit Jim Snidero Close Up Milestone Grachan Moncur III Exploration Capri The Stamm/Soph Project Live At Birdland NYC Jazzed Media Jane Monheit Taking A Chance On Love Sony Classical Curtis Stigers I Think It’s Going To Rain Today Concord Jazz Monk’s Music Trio Think Of One CMB Records Kevin Stout & Brian Booth Tales Of The Tetons Jazzed 5 Records Jason Moran Same Mother Blue Note Andy Summers The X Tracks Fuel 2000 Dan Nadel Brooklyn Prayer Nadel Music Bill Tapia Duke Of Uke Moon Room Records Ted Nash & Odeon La Espade de la Noche Palmetto Times 4 Seductivity GTM The Marty Nau Group At The Bouquet Chorale Summit Mel Torme, Gerry Mulligan & George The Classic Concert Live Concord Jazz Jacqui Naylor East/West Birdland - Yoshi’s Ruby Records Shearing Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above HighNote Ed Neumeister Quartet New Standards Meistero Two Siberians Out of Nowhere Heads Up David Newman I Remember Brother Ray HighNote Belinda Underwood Underwood Uncurling Cosmik Muse Russ Nolan Two Colors Rhinoceruss Rekords Octobop After Dark Mystic Lane Produc- Manuel Valera Forma Nueva MAVO Records tions Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch Munich Records Darek Oles Like A Dream Cryptogramophone The Mike Vax Big Band Next Stop - Live... On The Road Summit One More Music of Thad Jones IPO Recordings Steve Venz Scoop Daal Jazz Paradigm Shift Shifting Times Nagel Heyer The Chris Walden Big Band Home Of My Heart Origin Records Alan Pasqua My New Old Friend Cryptogramophone Ken Walker Sextet Terra Firma Synergy Music Jim Payne Energie Savant Wasilewski, Kurkiewicz & Trio ECM Jim Pearce Washington Square Park Oak Avenue Miskiewicz Publishing Harry Watters Out Of A Dream: Love Songs Summit Ken Peplowski Easy To Remember Nagel Heyer Judy Wexler Easy On The Heart Rhombus Houston Person To Etta With Love HighNote Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor Where Do We Go From Here? CAM Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Rounder Wesla Whitfield In My Life HighNote Enrico Pieranunzi Fellini Jazz CAM Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra The Minute Game Summit Enrico Pieranunzi Doorways CAM Joe Williams Havin’ A Good Time! Hyena Records Leslie Pintchik So Glad To Be Here Ambient Abram Wilson Jazz Warrior Dune Records John Pizzarelli Knowing You Telarc Jazz Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz Marc Pompe You Must Believe In Swing Cadence Jazz Dave Wilson Quartet Through The Time Dreamscape Records Michel Portal & Richard Galliano Concerts Dreyfus Jazz Chris Winters Impressions Blujazz The Devere Pride Trio ... As In A Morning Sunrise The Davis Group Ben Wolfe My Kinda Wonderful Planet Arts Dafnis Prieto About The Monks Zoho Music Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision Artimas Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers The Hideout Milestone Phil Woods Groovin’ To Marty Paich Jazzed Media Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch Victor Wooten Soul Circus Vanguard Paul Renz & Friends Hubbub Gabwalk Records Savina Yannatou & Primavera En Sumiglia ECM Roditi / Ignatzek / Rassinfosse Light In The Dark Nagel Heyer Solonico Yellowjackets Altered State Heads Up jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 23 Smooth Jazz Radio

Kenny G Still Tops Albums, Boney James Singles

Alexander Zonjic Has Most Added Album, Single

enny G remains in the No. 1 spot on the Smooth Jazz Album Chart with At Last ... KThe Duets Album (Arista). Staying at the No. 1 spot on this week’s JazzWeek Smooth Sin- gles Chart is “Stone Groove” featuring Joe Sam- ple, from Boney James (Warner Bros.) Staying at the No. 2 spot on the Smooth Jazz Album Chart is Boney James’ Pure (Warner Bros.) Alexander Zonjic has the most added album on this week’s Smooth Album Chart with Seldom

Kenny G’s At Last ... (Arista) is still atop the album Blues (Heads Up) and the most added single with chart on the strength of several singles. “Leave It With Me” on the JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart.

Smooth Album Chart p. 25 Smooth Singles Chart p. 26 Smooth Current CDs p. 27 Smooth Radio Panel p. 28 “Stone Groove” from Boney James’ Pure (Warner Bros.) featuring Joe Sample is still the No. 1 single. jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 24 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart May 4, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Kenny G At Last...The Duets Album Arista 1011 1001 10 21 33 0 2 2 3 2 Boney James Pure Warner Bros. 816 884 -68 26 35 0 3 3 2 1 Dave Koz Saxophonic Capitol 806 884 -78 26 34 0 4 4 5 4 Euge Groove Livin’ Large EMI 658 652 6 26 34 0 5 5 4 3 Paul Brown Up Front GRP 606 597 9 21 33 0 6 6 6 6 Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendezvous 561 552 9 26 33 0 7 10 12 7 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 549 437 112 15 32 0 8 8 10 1 Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP 430 441 -11 21 33 0 9 9 11 9 Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note 426 438 -12 18 32 0 10 11 8 4 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 403 429 -26 26 34 0 11 7 7 4 Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 397 477 -80 18 31 0 12 15 13 12 Marc Antoine The Very Best Of Marc Antoine VMG 396 384 12 26 32 0 13 13 14 12 Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia 391 400 -9 21 32 0 14 12 15 12 Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz 380 401 -21 7 29 1 15 17 17 15 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 350 308 42 8 31 0 16 20 25 16 Chuck Loeb When I’m With You Shanachie 330 302 28 12 29 0 17 19 20 17 3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave 313 303 10 14 29 0 18 21 19 14 Nick Colionne Just Come On In Will Keys 313 297 16 26 29 0 19 14 9 1 Soul Ballet Dream Beat Dream 215 310 391 -81 26 33 0 20 16 18 16 Fourplay Journey BMG 297 336 -39 26 25 0 21 18 16 16 David Sanborn Closer Verve 295 308 -13 16 28 0 22 27 31 1 Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendezvous 294 272 22 26 30 0 23 26 21 6 Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up 292 274 18 26 32 0 24 22 26 22 Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz 287 293 -6 14 25 0 25 25 24 21 Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play Narada Jazz / Virgin 283 278 5 21 32 0 26 29 29 1 Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP / VMG / UMG 278 258 20 26 33 0 27 23 23 2 Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. 268 284 -16 26 28 0 28 24 22 3 Paul Jackson, Jr. Still Small Voice Blue Note 265 282 -17 26 32 0 29 28 30 5 Chris Botti A Thousand Kisses Deep Columbia 246 264 -18 26 32 0 30 30 27 9 Peter White Confidential Columbia 233 242 -9 21 26 0 31 34 35 18 Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up 225 207 18 26 19 0 32 36 28 14 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord 209 196 13 19 33 0 33 31 33 5 George Benson Irreplaceable GRP / VMG / UMG 208 215 -7 26 33 0 34 32 34 18 Najee Classic Masters Capitol / EMI 208 211 -3 26 32 0 35 38 41 35 Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch 184 176 8 6 19 1 36 41 44 36 Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues Heads Up 182 167 15 21 28 14 37 39 38 33 Pamela Williams Sweet Saxations Shanachie 179 176 3 14 15 1 38 40 43 38 Michael McDonald Motown Motown 173 176 -3 16 30 0 39 37 37 30 Various Artists Rendezvous Lounge, Vol.1 Rendezvous 170 187 -17 26 18 0 40 43 45 20 Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language 159 163 -4 26 20 0 41 50 52 41 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music 154 125 29 12 16 3 42 48 40 18 Praful One Day Deep Rendezvous 150 128 22 26 30 0 43 44 50 26 Richard Smith Soulidified A440 146 149 -3 21 28 0 44 42 36 29 Daryl Hall & John Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch 145 166 -21 18 19 0 45 33 39 14 Marc Antoine Mediterraneo Rendezvous 135 207 -72 26 24 0 46 46 48 31 Rick Braun Esperanto Warner Bros. 135 130 5 21 26 0 47 52 54 37 Seal Seal IV Warner Bros. 133 123 10 18 29 0 48 45 42 22 Seal Best: 1991-2004 Warner Bros. 131 148 -17 18 16 0 49 53 51 33 Richard Elliot Ricochet VMG 124 120 4 21 26 0 50 54 55 25 The Ramsey Lewis Trio Time Flies Narada Jazz 118 117 1 21 20 0

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues (Heads Up) +14 Nils Pacific Coast Highway (Baja) +112 The Benoit/Freeman Project The Benoit/Freeman Project 2 (Peak) Everette Harp All For You (A440) +4 Paul Taylor Nightlife (Peak) +42 Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ To Myself (Verve) George Duke Duke (BPM/Navarre) Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul (Positive Music) +3 Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul (Positive Music) +29 Slow Train Soul Illegal Cargo (Tommy Boy) (7 Albums at +1) Chuck Loeb When I’m With You (Shanachie) +28 Bobby Caldwell Perfect Island Nights (Sin-Drome) Praful One Day Deep (Rendezvous) +22 Chaka Khan Classikhan (Sanctuary) Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 (Koch) Wayman Tisdale Hang Time (Rendezvous) +22 Novecento Dreams Of Peace (Favored Nations) Joe Sample Soul Shadows (Verve) jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 25 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Singles Chart May 4, 2005 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Boney James Stone Groove (w/ Joe Sample) Warner Bros. 678 718 -40 25 33 0 2 3 2 2 Kenny G & David Sanborn Pick Up The Pieces Arista 599 597 2 21 62 0 3 2 3 1 Dave Koz Let It Free Capitol 575 629 -54 26 31 0 4 4 5 4 Euge Groove XXL EMI 573 557 16 26 31 0 5 8 10 5 Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja 549 437 112 15 32 0 6 5 6 5 Paul Brown Moment By Moment GRP 486 479 7 21 33 0 7 7 9 7 Michael Lington Two Of A Kind (w/ Chuck Loeb) Rendezvous 456 455 1 26 31 0 8 6 4 1 Tim Bowman Summer Groove Liquid 8 397 477 -80 18 31 0 9 12 11 9 Kenny G & Earth Wind, & Fire The Way You Move Arista 385 381 4 17 58 1 10 9 12 9 Steve Cole Thursday Narada Jazz 380 401 -21 7 29 1 11 10 8 3 Mindi Abair Come As You Are GRP 374 400 -26 26 34 0 12 15 15 12 Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak 350 308 42 8 31 0 13 13 13 10 Chris Botti No Ordinary Love Columbia 340 339 1 21 32 0 14 17 19 14 Chuck Loeb Tropical Shanachie 330 302 28 12 29 0 15 16 16 15 3rd Force Believe In Me Higher Octave 313 303 10 14 29 0 16 14 14 11 Anita Baker How Does It Feel Blue Note 311 337 -26 18 25 0 17 11 7 1 Soul Ballet Cream 215 310 391 -81 26 33 0 18 18 20 16 Jeff Lorber Ooh La La Narada Jazz 287 293 -6 14 25 0 19 20 17 2 Norman Brown Up ‘N’ At ‘Em Warner Bros. 268 284 -16 26 28 0 20 19 22 19 Fourplay Fields Of Gold BMG 261 289 -28 26 23 0 21 22 21 5 Marion Meadows Sweet Grapes Heads Up 247 239 8 26 32 0 22 23 25 1 Gerald Albright To The Max GRP / VMG / UMG 238 220 18 26 33 0 23 21 18 16 David Sanborn Tin Tin Deo Verve 234 240 -6 16 27 0 24 27 30 24 Paul Jackson, Jr. Never Too Much GRP 200 185 15 11 22 1 25 25 23 1 Wayman Tisdale Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now Rendezvous 195 207 -12 26 30 0 26 24 31 5 Chris Botti Back Into My Heart Columbia 195 213 -18 26 31 0 27 29 28 27 Joyce Cooling Camelback Narada Jazz / Virgin 190 174 16 21 30 5 28 32 36 28 Alexander Zonjic Leave It With Me Heads Up 182 167 15 21 28 14 29 26 24 1 Richard Elliot Your Secret Love GRP 180 198 -18 21 30 0 30 28 26 26 Pamela Williams Fly Away With Me Shanachie 177 176 1 14 15 0 31 39 42 11 Nick Colionne It’s Been Too Long Will Keys 167 147 20 26 22 0 32 30 37 3 George Benson Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise GRP / VMG / UMG 165 173 -8 26 31 0 33 31 34 29 Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch 164 171 -7 6 16 0 34 34 33 16 Pieces Of A Dream It’s Go Time Heads Up 160 163 -3 26 17 0 35 46 46 35 Ken Navarro You Are Everything Positive Music 153 123 30 12 16 3 36 41 29 13 Ray Charles You Don’t Know Me (w/ Diana Krall) Concord 147 138 9 19 33 0 37 36 38 15 Dan Siegel In Your Eyes Native Language 147 151 -4 26 19 0 38 38 43 31 Nick Colionne High Flyin’ Will Keys 145 148 -3 21 26 0 39 35 40 5 Paul Jackson, Jr. Walkin’ Blue Note 140 152 -12 26 28 0 40 33 27 24 Daryl Hall & John Oates I’ll Be Around U-Watch 136 163 -27 18 18 0 41 37 32 13 Seal Walk On By Warner Bros. 131 148 -17 18 16 0 42 44 45 21 Paul Jackson, Jr. It’s A Shame Blue Note 125 128 -3 26 27 0 43 48 48 28 Rick Braun Daddy-O Warner Bros. 122 119 3 21 24 0 44 42 41 14 Dave Koz All I See Is You Capitol 120 138 -18 26 26 0 45 50 49 29 Paul Brown 24/7 GRP 118 116 2 21 27 0 46 52 52 22 The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd Narada Jazz 114 114 0 21 19 0 47 51 55 33 Richard Smith Sing A Song A440 112 116 -4 21 23 0 48 47 39 39 Matt Bianco Ordinary Day (w/ Basia) UMG 111 123 -12 12 12 0 49 54 56 39 Seal Love’s Divine Warner Bros. 109 98 11 18 28 0 50 55 54 10 Michael Lington Show Me Rendezvous 104 97 7 26 22 0

Most Added Increased Airplay Chartbound Alexander Zonjic “Leave It With Me” (Heads Up) +14 Nils “Pacific Coast Highway” (Baja) +112 Wayman Tisdale “Ready To Hang” (Rendezvous) Joyce Cooling “Camelback” (Narada Jazz/Virgin) +5 Paul Taylor “Nightlife” (Peak) +42 Everette Harp “When Can I See You Again” (A440) George Duke “T-Jam” (BPM/Navarre) Everette Harp “When Can I See You Again” (A440) +4 Wayman Tisdale “Ready To Hang” (Rendezvous) +33 Slow Train Soul “Twisted Cupid” (Tommy Boy) Praful “Teardrop Butterfly” (Rendezvous) +4 Ken Navarro “You Are Everything” (Positive Music) +30 David Lanz “Kal-E-Fornia” (Decca) Ken Navarro “You Are Everything” (Positive Music) +3 Chuck Loeb “Tropical” (Shanachie) +28 Bobby Caldwell “Can’t Get Over You” (Sin-Drome) Pieces Of A Dream “Lunar Lullaby” (Heads Up) Linda Ronstadt “Blue Prelude” (Verve) +3 Richard Elliot “Corner Pocket” (VMG) Norah Jones “Sunrise” (Blue Note/EMI) jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2005 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 26 Smooth Jazz Radio Current Albums

3rd Force Driving Force Higher Octave Chaka Khan Classikhan AGU Sanctuary Mindy Abair Come As You Are GRP Records Greg Adams Firefly 215 Records Dave Koz Saxophonic Capitol Sandro Albert The Color Of Things 215 Records Pattie LaBelle Timeless Journey Island /Def Jam Gerald Albright Kickin’ It Up GRP David Lanz The Good Life Decca Marc Antoine Mediteraneo Rendevous Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album Qwest Marc Antoine The Very Best of Marc Antoine Verve Music Group Ronnie Laws Everlasting Holland Group Anita Baker My Everything Blue Note Michael Lington Stay With Me Rendevous Bob Baldwin Brazil Chill A440 Music Group Liquid Soul Evolution Shanachie Walter Beasley Go With The Flow N-Coded Music Chuck Loeb eBop Shanachie Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia Jeff Lorber Flipside Narada Jazz Regina Belle Lazy Peak Torcuato Mariano Diary 215 Records David Benoit / Russ Freeman Benoit Freeman Project 2 Peak Eric Marienthal Sweet Talk Peak George Benson Irreplaceable GRP Keiko Matsui Wildflower Narada Theo Bishop Newport Nights Native Language Michael McDonald Motown Motown Debby Boone Reflections Of Rosemary Concord Michael McDonald Motown Two Motown Chris Botti A Thousand Kisses Deep Columbia Marion Meadows Player’s Club Heads Up Chris Botti When I Fall In Love Columbia Jason Miles Miles To Miles Narada Jazz Tim Bowman This Is What I Hear Liquid 8 Marcus Miller Silver Rain Koch Records 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 Knight) Bridge To Havana Pyramid Ken Navarro Love Coloured Soul Positive Music Brian Bromberg Choices A440 Music Group Grady Nichols Sophistication Compendia Norman Brown West Coast Coolin’ Warner Bros. Nils Pacific Coast Highway Baja/TSA Records Paul Brown Up Front GRP O’2L Doyle’s Brunch Peak Alex Bugnon Southern Living Narada Jazz Andrew Oh Silk Ark Music Cabo Frio Island Dance Kezia Records Steve Oliver 3-D Koch Records Jonathan Cain Bare Bones Reality/AAO Music Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 143 Records/Reprise Bobby Caldwell Perfect Island Nights Sin-Drome Pieces Of A Dream No Assembly Required Heads Up Sergio Caputo That Kind of Thing Idiosyncrasy Music Doc Powell 97th & Columbus Heads Up Larry Carlton Sapphire Blue Bluebird Doc Powell Cool Like That Heads Up Craig Chaquico Midnight Moon Higher Octave Praful One Day Deep Rendezvous/N-Coded Ray Charles Genius Loves Company Concord Nelson Rangell Look Again A440 Music Group Club 1600 Ridin, High N-Coded Music Nelson Rangell My American Songbook Vol. 1 Koch Steve Cole NY LA Warner Bros. The Rippingtons Let It Ripp Peak Steve Cole Spin Narada Jazz Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself Verve Music Group Nick Colionne Just Come On In Three Keys Music David Sanborn Time Again Verve Music Group Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got to Play Narada Jazz David Sanborn Closer Verve Music Group Couch Potato Allstars Jazz For Couch Potatoes Shanachie Marilyn Scott Nightcap Prana Entertainment Brian Culbertson Come On Up Warner Bros. Seal IV Warner Bros. Eric Darius Night On The Town Higher Octave Dan Siegel Inside Out Native Language Will Downing Emotions GRP Simply Red Home Simply Red Carol Duboc All Of You Gold Note Richard Smith Soulidfied A440 Music Group George Duke T-Jam [Single] BPM / Navarre Jimmy Sommers Love Life Higher Octave Richard Elliot Ricochet GRP Special EFX Party Shanachie Tommy Emmanuel Endless Road Favored Nations Spyro Gyra The Deep End Heads Up Fattburger Work To Do Shanachie Stanley B. All For Love Helane Fontaine My Greenbrier Season Curly Girl Wonder Stevie The Definitive Collection Motown Fourplay Journey RCA / Victor Patches Stewart Blow Koch A. Ray Fuller The Weeper A Ray Artists Music Curtis Stigers I Think It’s Going To Rain Today Concord Jazz Garry Goin Goin’ Places Compendia Andy Summers The X Tracks Fuel 2000 Jeff Golub Soul Sessions GRP Paul Taylor Steppin Out Peak/Concord Al Green The Absolute Best EMI Paul Taylor Nightlife Peak Euge Groove Living Large Narada J. Thompson Romantic Night AMH Records Onaje Allan Gumbs Remember Their Innocence Ejano Wayman Tisdale Hang Time Rendevous Hall & Oates Our Kind Of Soul U-Watch Nester Torres Sin Palabras Heads Up Paul Hardcastle The Jazzmasters 4 Trippin’ N’ Rhythm Two Siberians Out of Nowhere Heads Up Records Urban Knights Urban Knights V Narada Everette Harp All For You A440 Music Group Luther Vandross Dance With My father J Records Gabriel Mark Hasselbach Gabriel... First Name Basis Wind Tunnel Various Artists Forever, For Always, For Luther GRP Hil St. Soul Copasetik & Cool Shanachie Various Artists Wedding Songs: A Body & Soul Time Life Hiroshima The Bridge Heads Up Collection Hiroshima Obon Heads Up Various Artists Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engage- Walt Disney ment [Original Soundtrack] Incognito Who Needs Love Narada Jazz Vlad Vladosphere Unis Paul Jackson Jr. Still Small Voice Blue Note Andre Ward Steppin Up Orpheus Boney James Pure Warner Bros. Kim Waters Someone To Love You Shanachie Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive Verve Music Group Kim Waters In The Name Of Love Shanachie Jazz Crusanders Soul Axess True Life Kirk Whalum Into My Soul Warner Bros. Marcus Johnson Urban Groove Marimelj Entertain- Peter White Confidential Columbia ment Bernie Williams The Journey Within GRP Ronny Jordan At Last N-Coded Music Pamela Williams Sweet Saxations Shanachie Jeff Kashiwa Peace Of Mind Native Language Jim Wilson River Hillsboro Kem Kemistry Motown Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. MCG Jazz Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys J Records Victor Wooten Soul Circus Vanguard Yellowjackets Altered State Heads Up jazzweek.com • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 27 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 KCLU-FM 88.3 Los Angeles, CA 2 KHJZ-FM 95.7 Houston - Galveston, TX 7 KCSM-FM 91.1 San Francisco, CA 4 KIFM-FM 98.1 San Diego, CA 17 KEWU-FM 89.5 Spokane, WA 93 KJCD-FM 104.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 KFSR-FM 90.7 Fresno, CA 68 KJZI-FM 100.3 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 KIOS-FM 91.5 Omaha, NE - Council Bluffs, IA 73 KJZY-FM 93.7 San Francisco, CA 4 KIPO-FM* 89.3 Honolulu 62 KKSF-FM 103.7 San Francisco, CA 4 KJZZ-FM 91.5 Phoenix, AZ 15 KKSJ/KTSJ-FM 105.9 Lafayette, LA 102 KKJZ-FM 88.1 Los Angeles, CA 2 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 KSJS-FM 90.5 San Jose, CA 33 KSMJ-FM 97.7 Bakersfield, CA 83 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 KUVO-FM 89.3 Denver - Boulder, CO 22 WFJZ-FM 106.7 Ft. Wayne, IN 105 KXJZ-FM 88.9 Sacramento, CA 26 WFSK-FM 88.1 Nashville, TN 44 WAER-FM* 88.3 Syracuse, NY 79 WGPR-FM 107.5 Detroit, MI 10 WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago, IL 3 WJAB-FM 90.9 Huntsville, AL 116 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 WCLK-FM 91.9 Atlanta, GA 11 WJZA/WJZK-FM 103.5 Columbus, OH 35 WCMU/WUCX-FM 89.5/90.1 Mount Pleasant – Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI 131 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 WEMU-FM* 89.1 Ypsilanti, MI 10 WLVE-FM 93.9 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL 12 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 WGBH-FM 89.7 Boston, MA 8 WPMJ-FM 94.3 Peoria, IL 149 WGLT-FM 89.1 Peoria, IL 149 WQCD-FM 101.9 New York, NY 1 WGMC-FM 90.1 Rochester, NY 54 WSJT-FM 94.1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 WGVU-FM 88.5 Grand Rapids, MI 67 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 WVAS-FM 90.7 Montgomery, AL 152 WMOT-FM 89.5 Nashville, TN 44 WVMV-FM 98.7 Detroit, MI 10 WNCU-FM 90.7 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 WXJZ-FM 100.9 Gainesville - Ocala, FL 87 WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia, PA 6 WYJZ-FM 100.9 Indianapolis, IN 41 WSHA-FM 88.9 Raleigh - Durham, NC 43 Music Choice National N/A WSIE-FM 88.7 St. Louis, MO 19 WTEB-FM 89.3 Greenville,NC 87 Note: WSSM, St. Louis, has changed formats and is dropped from the panel. WUAL-FM 91.5 Tuscaloosa, AL 133 WUCF-FM 89.9 Orlando, FL 39 Airplay of all stations, except as noted, is monitored by Mediaguide. WUMR-FM 91.7 Memphis, TN 48 WUSF-FM 89.7 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL 21 To apply to become a member of a station panel, contact Tony WVPR/WVPS-FM 94.3 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 220 WWOZ-FM 90.7 New Orleans, LA 46 Gasparre at (585) 235-4685, or email [email protected]. WWSP-FM* 89.9 Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 198 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 • May 4, 2005 JazzWeek 28 It’s a long way from the Apollo the trumpet was as a guest in a Theatre to the Apollo program. correctional home for wayward And while his playing may have boys. If only today’s schools were been “as lofty as a moon flight,” as enlightened and informed as as Time magazine once suggested, that reformatory was. that would be as close as Louis Alas, the arts are dismissed as Daniel Armstrong would ever get extravagant in today’s schools. to taking “one small step for man.” This, despite all the studies that But as the jazz musician of the show parents believe music and Instead of a giant leap, Louis Armstrong delivered 20th century, giant one giant free-form crazy jazz groove for mankind. dance and art and drama make leaps were simply a matter of course for their children much better students and better people.

Satchmo. For no one has ever embodied If you feel like your kids aren’t READIN’

Armstrong left his the art form the way he did. It was he getting their fair share, make ART footprints on the jazz world, wearing lace-up oxfords. who helped make virtuoso solos a part some noise. To find out how,

of the vocabulary. It was he who was honored with or for more information about ’RITING the title “American goodwill ambassador” by the State the benefits of arts education, ’RITHMETIC There’s plenty of brain to go Department. It was he who was the last jazz musician please visit us on the web at around. Give more to art. to hit #1 on the Billboard pop chart. AmericansForTheArts.org. Just like the great Louis Not bad for a kid whose first experience with Armstrong, all you need is a little brass.

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