JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • September 8, 2008 Volume 4, Number 40 • $7.95 Jazz Album No. 1: Roy Hargrove, Earfood Smooth Album No. 1: The Sax Pack, The Sax (Groovin’ High/Emarcy) Pack (Shanachie) World Music No. 1: Hot Club of Detroit, Night Smooth Single No. 1: The Sax Pack, “Fallin’ Town (Mack Avenue) For You” (w/ Steve Cole, Jeff Kashiwa & Kim Waters) (Shanachie) Jazz Album Chart . 3 Jazz Radio Currents . 8 Smooth Jazz Album Chart . 4 Jazz Radio Panel . 11 Smooth Singles Chart . 5 Key Non-Monitored Jazz Stations . 12 World Music Album Chart. 6 Smooth Jazz Current Tracks. 13 Jazz Add Dates. 7 Smooth Jazz Station Panel. 14 Jazz Birthdays September 8 September 16 September 24 Norris Turney (1921) Joe Venuti (1903) Herb Jeffries (1916) Wilbur Ware (1923) Jon Hendricks (1921) Fats Navarro (1923) Marion Brown (1935) Charlie Byrd (1925) John Carter (1929) James Clay (1935) Hamiet Bluiett (1940) Bill Connors (1949) Butch Warren (1939) Earl Klugh (1954) Jay Hoggard (1954) September 9 September 17 September 25 Elvin Jones (1927) Bill McKinney (1895) Sam Rivers (1930) September 10 Jack McDuff (1926) Horacee Arnold (1937) Prince Lasha (1929) Perry Robinson (1938) Bill Pierce (1948) Roy Ayers (1940) September 18 Barbara Dennerlein (1964) Dave Burrell (1940) Steve Marcus (1939) September 26 Craig Harris (1954) Emily Remler (1957) George Gershwin (1898) September 11 September 19 Gary Bartz (1940) Stacy Rowles (1955) Muhal Richard Abrams (1930) Nicholas Payton (1973) Harry Connick, Jr. (1967) Lol Coxhill (1932) September 27 September 12 September 20 Bud Powell (1924) Cat Anderson (1916) Red Mitchell (1927) Red Rodney (1927) Steve Turre (1948) Steve McCall (1933) Mike Nock (1940) John Zorn (1953) Eric Gale (1938) Matt Wilson (1964) Scott Hamilton (1954) Billy Bang (1947) September 28 September 13 Steve Coleman (1956) Kenny Kirkland (1955) Chu Berry (1910) September 21 September 29 Mel Tormé (1925) Slam Stewart (1914) Jean-Luc Ponty (1942) September 14 Chico Hamilton (1921) September 30 Joseph Jarman (1937) Sunny Murray (1937) Buddy Rich (1917) Oliver Lake (1942) September 23 Oscar Pettiford (1922) September 15 Albert Ammons (1907) Antonio Hart (1968) Al Casey (1915) John Coltrane (1926) October 1 Bobby Short (1926) Frank Foster (1928) Dave Holland (1946) Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (1928) Jimmy Woode (1928) Mark Helias (1950) Les McCann (1935) Jeremy Steig (1943) For daily, online access to the data behind the charts, please contact Frank Johnson at (610) 578-0800 x120 or [email protected] jazzweek.com • September 8, 2008 JazzWeek 2 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Sept. 8, 2008 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW +/- Weeks Reports Adds 1 1 1 1 Roy Hargrove Earfood Groovin' High/Emarcy 260 281 -21 8 61 1 2 7 18 2 S.M.V. Thunder Heads Up 186 176 10 5 66 7 3 5 68 3 Bob Mintzer Big Band Swing Out MCG Jazz 185 182 3 3 59 12 4 4 5 4 Don Braden Gentle Storm Highnote 182 190 -8 7 52 3 5 6 3 1 Cassandra Wilson Loverly Blue Note 179 181 -2 13 59 0 6 2 2 2 David Sanborn Here And Gone Decca 167 204 -37 5 46 5 7 3 7 3 Cedar Walton Seasoned Wood HighNote 154 194 -40 7 53 1 8 13 6 6 Ted Nash The Mancini Project Palmetto 153 126 27 4 58 4 9 14 9 9 Kenny Barron The Traveler Sunnyside 149 122 27 4 40 2 10 8 4 2 Ahmad Jamal It›s Magic Birdology/Dreyfus 144 154 -10 14 40 0 11 12 8 1 Steve Turre Rainbow People Highnote 120 135 -15 15 35 0 12 124 – 12 Mike LeDonne FiveLive Savant 115 28 87 2 40 29 13 19 10 6 Hot Club Of Detroit Night Town Mack Avenue 112 113 -1 11 39 0 14 25 11 1 James Carter Present Tense Emarcy/Decca Label 110 102 8 16 38 0 15 173 – 15 Denise Donatelli What Lies Within Savant 106 16 90 2 39 33 16 29 20 9 Janis Mann A Perfect Time: Drummers And Other Friends Pancake 105 94 11 6 35 1 16 10 14 9 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard Planet Arts 105 140 -35 9 32 1 18 26 29 18 Jamie Davis Vibe Over Perfection Unity 104 100 4 9 30 1 19 28 17 17 John Stein Encounterpoint Whaling City Sound 99 96 3 5 38 3 19 11 13 2 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Heads Up 99 135 -36 17 37 0 21 69 – 21 John Pizzarelli With A Song In My Heart Telarc 98 47 51 2 27 10 22 15 19 8 Larry Vuckovich High Wall: Real Life Film Noir Tetrachord 96 120 -24 12 30 1 23 20 15 2 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Two Men With The Blues Blue Note 94 112 -18 11 30 0 24 16 16 16 Jeremy Pelt November MAXJAZZ 92 116 -24 6 35 2 25 22 21 15 Alvin Queen Jammin› Uptown Nilva/Just A Memory 89 107 -18 10 26 0 26 30 27 26 Jeff Hackworth Where The Blue Begins Big Bridge 86 90 -4 7 27 5 27 17 12 6 Rob Schneiderman Glass Enclosure Reservoir 83 115 -32 11 34 0 28 41 36 21 David Berger I Had The Craziest Dream - The Music Of Such Sweet Thunder 82 75 7 7 33 2 Harry Warren 28 56 33 29 Steve Allee Dragonfly Owl Studios 82 58 24 6 40 1 28 39 28 2 Scott Hamilton Across The Tracks Concord Jazz 82 76 6 19 25 0 31 21 35 19 Robin McKelle Modern Antique Cheap Lullaby 81 111 -30 11 30 1 32 23 49 23 Cory Weeds Big Weeds Cellar Live 78 105 -27 10 29 1 33 9 91 9 Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema Blue Note 75 144 -69 3 39 5 34 34 57 1 Dianne Reeves When You Know Blue Note 74 80 -6 22 33 0 34 78 44 33 Joe Gilman View So Tender: Wonder Revisited Volume 2 Capri 74 46 28 10 24 0 36 37 30 7 The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra Eastern Standard Time Self-Released 73 76 -3 17 26 1 37 33 41 27 Chip White Double Dedication Dark Colors 72 81 -9 10 21 2 38 27 24 14 Wayne Wallace The Nature Of The Beat Patois 71 96 -25 10 34 1 38 45 47 38 George Kahn Cover Up! Playing 71 70 1 11 29 0 40 36 25 19 Jerry Bergonzi Tenor Talk Savant 68 77 -9 11 31 0 41 32 40 32 Steven Kroon El Mas Alla (Beyond) Kroonatune 67 86 -19 7 26 1 42 – – 42 Joe Magnarelli Persistence Reservoir 66 0 0 1 33 33 42 145 – 43 Organissimo Groovadelphia Big O 66 22 44 2 25 17 42 72 45 11 John Beasley Letter To Herbie Resonance 66 47 19 21 27 0 45 49 39 15 Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets A Ride To The Other Side.. Owl Studios 63 63 0 16 26 0 45 31 23 4 Ellis Marsalis An Open Letter To Thelonious Elm 63 88 -25 15 30 0 47 55 58 47 Michael Moore & Fred Hersch This We Know Palmetto 62 58 4 5 34 9 48 47 37 7 The Brubeck Brothers Classified Koch Classics 61 64 -3 19 19 0 48 24 22 3 Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter Half Note 61 103 -42 14 30 1 50 40 32 32 Lafayette Harris, Jr. Trio Talk Airmen 59 76 -17 5 20 4 Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Mr. B Joybox: Piano Blues & Boogie (Megawave) +37 Denise Donatelli What Lies Within (Savant) +90 Mr. B Joybox: Piano Blues & Boogie (Megawave) Denise Donatelli What Lies Within (Savant) +33 Mike LeDonne FiveLive (Savant) +87 The David Leonhardt Trio Explorations (Big Bang) Pat Coil Bird House (Liberty Hill) Joe Magnarelli Persistence (Reservoir) +33 John Pizzarelli With A Song In My Heart (Telarc) +51 Ehud Asherie Swing Set (Posi-Tone) Mike LeDonne FiveLive (Savant) +29 Organissimo Groovadelphia (Big O) +44 The Dixon-Rhyne Project Reinvention (Owl Studios) Phil Norman ‘Totally’ Live At Catalina Jazz Club (MAMA) +20 Vittor Santos Renewed Impressions (Adventure) +43 Phil Norman ‘Totally’ Live At Catalina Jazz Club (MAMA) Vittor Santos Renewed Impressions (Adventure) +20 John Ellis & Double-Wide Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow John Ellis & Double-Wide Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow (Hyena) (Hyena) +37 Matt Belsante Blame It On My Youth (Greenhill) Vittor Santos Renewed Impressions (Adventure) Lisa Hilton Sunny Day Theory (Ruby Slippers) jazzweek.com • September 8, 2008 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2008 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 3 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Sept. 8, 2008 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW +/- Weeks Reports Adds 1 1 1 1 The Sax Pack The Sax Pack Shanachie 362 389 -27 24 20 0 2 3 2 1 Norman Brown Stay With Me Peak 341 313 28 76 21 0 3 6 8 3 Eric Darius Goin’ All Out Blue Note 299 251 48 14 18 0 3 4 4 2 Brian Culbertson Bringing Back The Funk GRP 299 287 12 23 20 0 5 2 3 1 Kenny G Rhythm & Romance Starbucks/Concord 293 319 -26 33 18 0 6 5 5 1 Paul Hardcastle Hardcastle 5 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 261 271 -10 43 17 0 7 7 13 7 Earl Klugh The Spice Of Life Koch 237 249 -12 19 17 0 8 13 10 8 Dave Koz Greatest Hits Capitol 228 196 32 7 18 0 9 11 7 1 Euge Groove Born 2 Groove Narada 208 204 4 71 18 0 10 9 6 1 Jessy J Tequilla Moon Peak 202 214 -12 29 19 0 11 12 12 7 Mick Hucknall Tribute To Bobby Atco 200 200 0 12 18 0 12 8 9 6 Wayman Tisdale Rebound Rendezvous 197 242 -45 21 18 0 13 10 15 6 Jesse Cook Frontiers EMI 176 214 -38 23 18 0 14 18 19 14 Tim Bowman Tim Bowman Trippin’ ’N’ Rhythm 163 158 5 8 17 0 15 15 14 10 Marcus Miller Marcus Concord 160 175 -15 29 19 0 16 20 28 16 Warren Hill La Dolce Vita Koch 155 129 26 7 15 0 17 14 11 2 Chris Standring Love & Paragraphs Ultimate Vibe 153 178 -25 32 18 0 18 17 17 12 Alicia Keys As I Am J 149 163 -14 45 13 0 19 16 16 6 Mindi Abair Stars Peak 141 163 -22 20 18 0 20 19 18 18 Al Green Lay It Down Blue Note 139 131 8 23 15 0 21 21 21 6 Michael McDonald Soul Speak Universal 116 112 4 32 12 0 22 22 25 2 Candy Dulfer Candy Store Heads Up 104 109 -5 63 14 0 22 24 27 11 Robin Thicke The Evolution Of Robin Thicke Star Trak/Interscope 104 105 -1 75 11 0 24 23 23 3 Paul Taylor Ladies Choice Peak 100 105 -5 70 14 0 25 25 24 7 Everette Harp My Inspiration Shanachie 97 98 -1 27 19 0 26 28 29 2 Eric Marienthal Just Around The Corner Peak 96 87 9 55 14 0 26 26 22 3 Jay Soto Stay Awhile Nu Groove 96 98 -2 71 14 0 28 31 35 16 Najee Rising Sun Heads Up 90 84 6 59 11 0 29 27 30 1 Jeff Golub Grand Central Narada Jazz 85 97 -12 69 16 0 30