JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • March 27, 2006 Volume 2, Number 18 • $7.95 In This Issue: JAZZ.FM91 Moving to New Digs. 4 TALKING JACO Passings . 5 JFA’s Great Night in Harlem Adds Beneficiaries in New Orleans . 6 Music and Industry News In Brief . 7 Reviews and Picks . 14 Bandleader Jazz Radio . 18 Peter Graves reflects upon his Smooth Jazz friend and the Radio. 25 Jaco Pastorius Big Radio Band’s new CD Panels. 24, 29 page 10 News. 4 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Cyrus Chestnut #1 Smooth Album – Richard Elliot #1 Smooth Single – Richard Elliot JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger he follow up to the 2003 CD Word of Mouth Revisited by the MUSIC EDITOR Tad Hendrickson Jaco Pastorius Big Band, The Word is Out, reminds us once Tagains of the brilliance lost by the early death of the great CONTRIBUTING EDITORS bassist and composer. 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Rochester, NY 14624 phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 [email protected] – Ed Trefzger, Editor Copyright ©2006 Trefzger Media LLC jazzweek.com • March 27, 2006 JazzWeek 2 Contents March 20, 2006 News . 4 Toronto’s JAZZ.FM91 Relocates to New Studios at End of March . 4 Passings . 5 JFA Names New Orleans Musicians as Additional Beneficiary . 6 Music and Industry News In Brief ... 7 Birthdays . 9 Features 4 Talking Jaco . 10 Reviews . 14 SFJAZZ Collective. 14 Matthias Lupri Group . 14 Bill Henderson . 14 Taylor Eigsti . 15 Charley Harrison with Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra . 15 10 Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet . 16 Jazz Charts . 18 Jazz Album Charts . 19 Jazz Add Dates . 20 Jazz Current CDs . 21 Jazz Radio Panel . 24 Smooth Jazz Charts . 25 Smooth Album Charts. 26 18 Smooth Singles Charts . 27 Smooth Current CDs . 28 Smooth Radio Panel . 29 Classifieds . 17 25 Cover Photo: Jaco Pastorius, courtesy Heads Up International JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 18 jazzweek.com • March 27, 2006 JazzWeek 3 News Toronto’s JAZZ.FM91 Relocates to New Studios at End of March TORONTO – JAZZ.FM91 (CJRT) will relocate to contemporary new premises in downtown Toronto when the radio station moves its operations at the end of this month to street front facilities on Pardee Avenue in the King and Dufferin area known as Liberty Village. The announcement came from Bernard Webber, long-time chairman of JAZZ.FM91’s board of directors who said the move culminates nearly 14 years during which JAZZ.FM91 has broadcast from the Ryerson Uni- versity building it currently occupies at 150 Mutual Street. “91.1 on the FM dial will continue to provide a window for the discrim- inating listener,” Webber said. “Al- though we will be broadcasting from a new location, our mission will remain constant. As an educational-based charity our focus has always been on JAZZ.FM91 excellence and faithful stewardship of The new JAZZ.FM91 studios as they will appear after the installation of new signage. the mandate and resources provided by our listeners and supporters. Our to streamline our occupancy there to will also house a live performance area donors and advertisers can be assured make optimum use of the premises in where shows such as Joe Sealy’s popu- these will continue to be our guiding the most cost-effective manner.” lar “Duets” will be recorded for broad- principles,” he said. Among other features to be an- cast before a live studio audience. Ross Porter, president and CEO nounced in more detail when planning JAZZ.FM91 is Canada’s only not- for JAZZ.FM91 said, “With the op- is complete is a 15-seat screening room for-profit radio station dedicated to portunity to influence design of the where JAZZ.FM91 will host show- jazz and all of its communities of in- new space to accommodate our cur- ings of jazz documentaries, education- terest. The station covers 95% of On- rent needs as well as our plans for add- al films, and recorded concerts, as well tario – and portions of western New ing features once we’re fully operation- as provide a venue for intimate semi- al at that location, we have been able nars and workshops. The new facilities (continued on page 5) jazzweek.com • March 27, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News PASSINGS JAZZ.FM91 Moves (continued from page 4) RAPHE MALIK, 57 Trumpeter Raphe Malik, born Laurence Mazel, has died after a long illness. In his York State – through a combination that time as JAZZ.FM91 has focused college years, he played with Cecil Taylor, of on-air coverage from the CN Tow- both programming and outreach ini- Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille. In the er, through most cable systems in the tiatives on jazz, supporting its endeav- early ’70s, he moved to New York where province, via satellite (Bell ExpressVu, ors through membership, limited ad- he adopted his stage name and where Channel 960 and Starchoice, Channel vertising, special events, and grants he performed and recorded with Jimmy Lyons, Syd Smart, William Parker and 869), and the Internet (www.jazz.fm). from corporations and foundations. Cecil Taylor. Originally a non-commercial, listen- President and Chief Executive Officer er-supported radio station known as of JAZZ.FM91 since July of 2004 is NARVIN KIMBALL, 97 CJRT-FM, the station was born 32 Ross Porter, widely acknowledged as Narvin Kimball, 97, the last founding years ago out of the former Ryerson Canada’s preeminent jazz broadcaster. member of New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Polytechnic training radio station. While the radio station’s mailing Jazz Band, who was known for his vocal When government support ceased in address will become 4 Pardee Avenue, stylings and banjo playing, died Friday at 1996, necessitating restructuring as Unit 100, Toronto ON M6K 3H5, the his daughters’ home in Charleston, S.C. a self-sustaining public broadcaster, telephone and fax numbers will re- He and his wife, Lillian, had been staying there since shortly after Hurricane Katrina. CJRT-FM expanded programming main the same (phone 416-595-0404; Kimball began playing on Mississippi river to include an educational component, fax 416-595-9413). boats in the 1920s and made his first classical music, and jazz. From Janu- CJRT is a reporting member of the record for Columbia Records in 1928. ary of 2001, the station known since JazzWeek jazz panel. (compiled from various sources) Just Friends Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli A swinging instrumental CD from two masters of seven-string jazz guitar. Mel Bay Records #4 Industrial Drive Pacifi c, MO 63069 800.863.5229 www.melbayrecords.com CD Cover Photo: Mary Kay Gaydos CD (10012CD) $14.95 jazzweek.comJazz Week ad.indd 1 • March 27, 2006 JazzWeek3/14/06 11:09:09 5AM News The Jazz Foundation of America Names New Orleans Musicians as Additional Beneficiary of 5th Annual ‘A Great Night in Harlem’ NEW YORK – From the replace- concert will be held on Thursday, May ers of jazz and blues including 85- ment of “Fats” Domino’s piano to pay- 4 at the Apollo Theater. year old Johnnie Mae Dunson – who ing rent and mortgages for Katrina- “Great Night” veteran Bill Cosby, wrote tunes for Elvis and Muddy effected musicians and their families along with JFA’s newest board member Waters and played drums for Jimmy – many with small children, left with Danny Glover, will join accomplished Reed.“Through the efforts of these nothing; without clubs to play in or in- musicians for a night to remember in- great musicians, honorees, sponsors struments to play; without clothes for cluding: Abbey Lincoln, James Blood and concert goers – we know we can their children or beds to sleep in – The Ulmer, Dr.