JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 Volume 2, Number 24 • $7.95 In This Issue: Jazzaldia and San Jose Fest Lineups Out. 4 Heads Up/ Telarc Head to Cape Town . 5 Sweetman Celebrates 30 on CKCU . 5 Juke Box Jury Submission Information . 6 Music and Industry News In Brief . 7 Reviews and Picks . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio. 25 THE RETURN OF Radio Panels. 24, 29 BENNIE MAUPIN page 10 News. 4 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Pat Martino #1 Smooth Album – Paul Brown #1 Smooth Single – Paul Brown JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger t the risk of sounding like a broken record (if anyone remembers MUSIC EDITOR what those are), I’m inspired to get back on the new music soap- Tad Hendrickson Abox by this week’s interview with Bennie Maupin with Tad Hen- drickson. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS The conversation inevitably turned toward the Headhunters, Her- Keith Zimmerman Kent Zimmerman bie Hancock’s great fusion group of which Maupin was a part. 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JazzWeek (ISSN 1554-4338) is published weekly by The form is on page 31 and is due by noon ET May 12. ������������� – Ed Trefzger, Editor 2117 Buffalo Road Suite 317 Rochester, NY 14624 phone/fax: (866) 453-6401 [email protected] Copyright ©2006 Trefzger Media LLC jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 2 Contents May 8, 2006 News . 4 Jazzaldia and San Jose Festival Lineups Set . 4 Heads Up and Telarc Artists Perform at Cape Town International Jazz Festival . 5 Sweetman Celebrates 30 Years on CKCU . 5 Submissions Being Accepted for Juke Box Jury . 6 Music and Industry News In Brief ... 7 Birthdays . 9 5 Features Artist Q&A: Bennie Maupin. 10 Reviews . 14 Bennie Maupin Ensemble . 14 John Ellis . 14 Toots Thielemans . 14 Marilyn Scott . 15 10 Various Artists: The Royal Dan . 15 Robin McKelle . 16 Jazz Charts . 18 Jazz Album Chart . 19 Jazz Add Dates . 20 Jazz Current CDs . 21 Jazz Radio Panel . 24 Smooth Jazz Charts . 25 18 Smooth Album Chart . 26 Smooth Singles Chart. 27 Smooth Current CDs . 28 Smooth Radio Panel . 29 Classifieds . 17 Closing Number 25 Five Classics That Bennie Maupin Appeared On. 32 Cover Photo: Bennie Maupin (photo by Dietmar Halbauer, courtesy Cryptogramophone) JazzWeek Volume 2 Number 24 jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 3 ipo N E W F R O M IPO RECORDINGS: News Festival News: Mean what you say Jazzaldia and San Jose THE EDDIE Festival Lineups Set DANIELS QUARTET ineups for the San Sebastian Jaz- up of superstars, including the Neville zaldia Festival and the San Jose Brothers, Dr. John, Sonny Landreth, LJazz Festivals have been an- and more. The Festival will take place nounced. on nine stages, each dedicated to a fla- The San Sebastian 41st Heineken vor of jazz: Blues, Latin, Salsa, Big Jazzaldia is headlined by Caetano Ve- Band, Youth and Straight Ahead. Eddie Daniels loso, Keith Jarrett, Erykah Badu and “The Jazz Festival is our biggest CLARINET & TENOR SAX Herbie Hancock. The festival will run fundraiser of the year, which helps Hank Jones from July 21-26. serve more than 8,000 school chil- PIANO In addition to the headliners, New dren through our music and education Richard Davis Orleans will be represented by Dr. programs,” said Geoff Roach, execu- BASS John and the Neville Brothers. Also tive director of the San Jose Jazz Soci- Kenney Washington on the bill are soul singer Solomon ety. “So many jazz fans live in the Bay DRUMS Burke, Matthew Herbert (who will be Area and nostalgia for New Orleans is playing three concerts with three dif- particularly strong this year, given the ferent bands), bass player Bill Wyman; turmoil experienced in the region. We pianist McCoy Tyner, Béla Fleck and want to pay respect and homage to the Richard Bona. birthplace of Jazz with this year’s lively Other names that will be at the lineup and we expect this year’s event Jazzaldia: Yusef Lateef, one the great to draw an enthusiastic crowd.” sax legends who will be playing for the This year’s artists range from world- first time in Spain with the Belmon- famous jazz legends to up-and-com- do Brothers, Spanish pianist Chano ing stars. Additional headline artists Dominguez, Uri Caine with his Bed- include the Spanish Harlem Orches- IPORECORDINGS.COM rock Trio and his new project inspired tra, Bud Shank, pianist Eldar, and Dr. by the music of Mozart, Jazz Jamai- Lonnie Smith. Other artists perform- ca, sacred steel group the Campbell ing at the festival include pianist Bill Brothers, Crimson Jazz Trio (playing Mays, Hiroshi Kamekura from Japan, jazz versions of King Crimson songs, Anton Schwartz, and Roger Smith Bireli Lagrene and more. and Tom Politzer of Tower of Power. The complete program can be Said Navarra Williams, area vice found at the web site www.jazzaldia. president of Comcast, “Once again, com. we’re thrilled to support this much an- THE 17TH ANNUAL Comcast San ticipated annual event, and to be work- Jose Jazz Festival, presented by South- ing with the San Jose Jazz Society to west Airlines, runs Aug. 17-20, 2006, spread the joy of music throughout our and will pay respect to the genre’s deep community with educational classes roots in New Orleans with a full line- and year-round performances.” JW jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 4 News Heads Up and Telarc Artists Perform at excerpt this! Cape Town International Jazz Festival adam unsworth Ask musicians around town, and they’ll tell you that hornist Adam Unsworth is a monster player - Philadelphia Daily News Adam Unsworth of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Temple University reignites the buzz on his jazz debut recording His facile and exuberant playing . makes his horn sound like a whiskey soaked trombone - City Paper [CD] includes an astonishing 11-minute solo . which demonstrates every sound a horn could make plus a few I didn’t know it could - Tom DiNardo Heads Up International Heads Up International recording artist Nestor Torres recently performed at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in South Africa, celebrating the release of Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Peace. Heads Up released it one month early in South Africa to coincide with Nestor’s performance in the “Mother City.” Also appearing from the Heads Up/Telarc camp were: Freddy Cole, Monty Alexander and the Heads Up Super Band featuring: Joe McBride, Gerald Veasley and Kenny Blake. Sweetman Celebrates 30 Years on CKCU OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada – Ron gram on May 5, 1976!” Sweetman, host of “In A Mellow The celebration continues with a 6 players 10 original tunes 3 solo works Tone” on CKCU, celebrates 30 years party at Ottawa’s Bayou Blues & Jazz forging an entirely at the station on his Wed., May 3, pro- Club on Friday, May 5. The admis- original sound gram. sion will benefit CKCU-FM, Ottawa’s “I thought that for this special pro- Community Radio Station, which re- excerpt this! CD available at gram it would be appropriate to high- cently celebrated its 30th anniversary www.adamunsworth.com light contemporary Canadian jazz and on the air. blues talent,” Sweetman wrote in an “In A Mellow Tone” can be heard Boyer College email. “An intriguing thought is that weekly from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on several of these artists had not been CKCU at 93.1 FM and on the web at of Music and Dance TEMPLE UNIVERSITY born when I did my first CKCU pro- http://www.ckcufm.com/audio.html. jazzweek.com • May 8, 2006 JazzWeek 5 News Submissions Being Accepted for Juke Box Jury ROCHESTER, N.Y.