JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 Volume 3, Number 11 • $7.95 Radio Q&A: WGMC’s DERRICK LUCAS page 9 On The Charts: #1 Jazz Album – MB3 #1 Smooth Album – For Luther II #1 College Jazz – Norah Jones #1 Smooth Single – Kirk Whalum #1 World Music – Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger his week, music editor Tad Hendrickson caught up with MUSIC EDITOR Tad Hendrickson WGMC, Rochester, N.Y., music director Derrick Lu- Tcas. As Tad found out, Derrick is passionte about jazz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ just as many of his colleagues are around the country. Having PHOTOGRAPHER Tom Mallison known Derrick for six years now, I can tell you that as Tad PHOTOGRAPHY found, sometimes his enthusiasm just boils over. Barry Solof Contributing Editors Registration for the 2007 JazzWeek Summit, its sixth (!) Keith Zimmerman annual incarnation, will open on Feb. 1. 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Now I can’t wait are its Chairman, Dr. Joseph Stani- (“The Network”). to see what we can achieve together,” slaw, co-founder, former President In a release, the combined compa- said George Wein, founder of Festival and CEO of Cambridge Energy Re- ny said, “The recently consummated Productions and creator of such histor- search and a recognized authority on transaction marks a new era for life- ic events as the Newport Jazz Festival, corporate strategy and geopolitics, and style marketing. Through The Net- the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fes- Richard Sands, Chairman and CEO work’s consolidation of the destina- tival, the Newport Folk Festival and of Constellation Brands, the leading tion festival market, music fans will hundreds of other festivals, concerts international producer and marketer of enjoy more diverse live entertainment and tours through- wine, spirits and imported beer. experiences and “ D e s t i - content. At nation fes- the same time, tivals have corporate spon- become cul- sors will gain access to highly cov- tural institutions that attract the most eted audiences across a constellation of desirable and receptive demographic,” events through a single, unique and ef- out the world. “With the vision, exec- said Sands. “From a brand marketer’s ficient marketing channel.” utive experience and resources behind perspective, The Network will give Headquartered in Manhattan, The Festival Network, we’ll be able to its sponsor-partners one-stop access with offices in Los Angeles, The Net- make some long-held dreams come to national festival audiences for the work will produce 18 music festivals in true.” first time. It’s exciting and gratifying 2007 and will rapidly expand its of- Chris Shields, CEO of The Festi- to work with professionals who have a ferings in 2008 and beyond. With live val Network, added, “We’re especial- passion for music, the people who cre- musical entertainment as its founda- ly honored to be working with indus- ate and play it and the people who love tion, The Network is positioned to be- try icon George Wein, the man who it.” come a dominant force in the multi- launched ‘the Festival Era’. It’s his Stanislaw underscores a unique billion dollar markets for experiential equation of location and artistry that feature of The Network – its commit- marketing, sponsorship and after-mar- lies at the heart of the festival experi- ment to environmental sustainability. ket media. ence. With this merger, we will con- “Beyond producing cultural offer- Leveraging its deep international tinue to expand upon the company’s ings, we want to ensure a harmoni- relationships and expertise, the com- sophisticated productions in unique ous existence between the festivals and pany will also be producing festivals and beautiful destinations around the the surrounding eco-systems,” he said. leading up to, and coinciding with, the world. We now have the expanded ca- “We believe The Network’s example of 2008, 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games, pability of providing corporate spon- creating green events will educate and as well as with other major sporting sors a level of marketing integration inspire audiences worldwide.” JW jazzweek.com • February 5, 2007 JazzWeek 4 News Feldman Tapped At BluJazz Rollins, Reich Receive Prize CHICAGO – Mitchell Feldman has been named managing director of the Chicago- STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sonny their prizes from King Carl XVI based cooperative jazz label BluJazz Productions. Feldman’s jazz publicity and Rollins and Steve Reich have been Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremo- radio promotion company MFA provided named winners of the Polar Music ny at the Stockholm Concert Hall to those services for six of the past eight CDs Prize Award for 2007, announced by be followed by a celebratory banquet released by BluJazz. the Royal Swedish Academy of Mu- at Grand Hotel on Monday, May 21. “Both I and my wife Diane, who’s been sic. Each winner receives a total amount of running BluJazz with me for the past 12 Ake Holmquist, Chairman of the one million Swedish Crowns, equiv- years, would like to concentrate more Board and Award Committee, read alent to approximately $140,000 or on our own careers as musicians and be the Award Committee’s citations: EUR 108,000. able to devote more time to performing The Sonny Rollins Citation: “The A whole weekend of activities is and writing,” said BluJazz president Greg 2007 Polar Music Prize is awarded to being planned under the name of Po- Pasenko. the American tenor saxophonist and lar Music Prize Week, encompass- Feldman was previously the managing composer Sonny Rollins, one of the ing exhibitions, workshops, seminars, director of the jazz labels CMP Records in most powerful and personal voices film screenings, and live performances Germany from 1985-89 and of Synergy in jazz for more than 50 years. Son- at various locations in Stockholm. On Music in Denver in 2004 and 2005. ny Rollins has elevated the unaccom- February 1, a reception and press event “I’m delighted to take on the additional panied solo to the highest artistic lev- will be given by the Consul General responsibilities at BluJazz and free up more el–all characterized by a distinctive of Sweden in New York to honor the time for Greg and Diane to concentrate on and powerful sound, irresistible swing, 2007 Polar Music Prize recipients. their own music,” Feldman said. and an individual musical sense of hu- The Polar Music Prize was found- Feldman’s has been coordinating the mor. He is still active and the great- ed in 1989 by the late Stig “Stikkan” release of three new titles scheduled to est remaining master from one of jazz’s Anderson. As the publisher, lyricist, come out on the BluJazz over the next seminal eras.” and manager of ABBA, he played a few months: Brownstone, a tribute by Brooklyn-based saxophonist Jeff Newell’s The Steve Reich Citation: “The key role in that group’s enormous suc- New-Trad Octet to the turn-of-the-century 2007 Polar Music Prize is awarded to cess. Anderson donated a large sum of brass band music of John Phillip Sousa the American composer and musician money to the Royal Swedish Academy and others set for release in March 2007; Steve Reich.