JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 12, 2008 Volume 4, Number 24 • $7.95 Jazz Album No. 1: Bobby Watson, From The Smooth Album No. 1: Kenny G, Rhythm & Heart (Palmetto) Romance (Starbucks/Concord) World Music No. 1: Karrin Allyson, Imagina: Smooth Single No. 1: Kenny G, “Sax-o-loco” Songs of Brazil (Concord) (Starbucks/Concord) Jazz Album Chart . 3 Jazz Radio Currents . 8 Smooth Jazz Album Chart . 4 Jazz Radio Panel . 12 Smooth Singles Chart . 5 Key Non-Monitored Jazz Stations . 13 World Music Album Chart. 6 Smooth Jazz Current Tracks. 14 Jazz Add Dates. 7 Smooth Jazz Station Panel. 15 Register Now: JazzWeek Summit 2008, June 19-21, Clarion Riverside Hotel, Rochester, N.Y. During the Rochester International Jazz Festival Visit http://summit.jazzweek.com for information and to register! Jazz Birthdays May 12 May 20 May 27 Gerald Wiggins (1922) Jimmy Blythe (1901) Albert Nicholas (1900) Gary Peacock (1935) Bob Florence (1932) Bud Shank (1926) May 13 Charles Davis (1933) Ramsey Lewis (1935) Maxine Sullivan (1911) Rufus Harley (1936) Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (1946) Gil Evans (1912) Ralph Peterson (1962) Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950) Woody Herman (1913) May 21 Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963) Red Garland (1923) Fats Waller (1904) May 28 May 14 Lawrence Marable (1929) Andy Kirk (1898) Sidney Bechet (1897) Christian McBride (1972) Tommy Ladnier (1900) Russ Freeman (1926) May 15 May 22 Edmond Hall (1901) Sun Ra (1914) May 29 Ellis Larkins (1923) May 23 Eugene Wright (1923) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936) Artie Shaw (1910) Freddie Redd (1927) Hilton Ruiz (1952) May 16 Rosemary Clooney (1928) Kenny Washington (1958) Eddie Bert (1922) Marvin Stamm (1939) Betty Carter (1930) Famoudou Don Moye (1946) May 30 Michael Moore (1945) Richie Beirach (1947) Sidney de Paris (1905) Billy Cobham (1946) Ken Peplowski (1959) Benny Goodman (1909) Dave McKenna (1930) May 17 May 24 Harry Beckett (1935) Paul Quinichette (1916) Archie Shepp (1937) Dewey Redman (1931) Charles Earland (1941) May 31 Jackie McLean (1932) May 25 Red Holloway (1927) Louis Hayes (1937) May 18 Jimmy Hamilton (1917) Big Joe Turner (1911) Marshall Allen (1924) June 1 Kai Winding (1922) Phil Ranelin (1939) Hal McKusick (1924) Wallace Roney (1960) Lennie Niehaus (1929) May 19 George Auld (1919) May 26 June 2 Cecil McBee (1935) Shorty Baker (1914) Marty Napoleon (1921) Sonny Fortune (1939) Miles Davis (1926) Tom Scott (1948) Lew Tabackin (1940) For daily, online access to the data behind the charts, please contact Frank Johnson at (610) 578-0800 x120 or [email protected] jazzweek.com • May 12, 2008 JazzWeek 2 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart May 12, 2008 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Bobby Watson From The Heart Palmetto 240 235 5 7 61 2 2 4 3 2 Dianne Reeves When You Know Blue Note 203 152 51 4 57 1 3 41 NR 3 Scott Hamilton Across The Tracks Concord 175 73 102 2 45 18 4 30 NR 4 Taylor Eigsti Let It Come To You Concord 164 82 82 2 42 16 5 7 10 2 Maceo Parker Roots & Grooves Heads Up 154 139 15 14 57 0 6 NR NR 6 Nicholas Payton Into The Blue Nonesuch 153 59 94 1 54 29 7 5 2 1 Pat Metheny Day Trip Nonesuch 150 148 2 14 53 0 8 14 24 6 Stanley Jordan State Of Nature Mack Avenue 138 119 19 4 54 7 9 3 7 3 Karrin Allyson Imagina: Songs Of Brasil Concord 136 159 -23 8 44 0 10 2 4 2 Tom Scott Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Concord 135 175 -40 12 38 1 Cannonball Adderley 11 27 NR 11 Wayne Escoffery Hopes And Dreams Savant 134 85 49 2 43 18 12 9 5 2 David 'Fathead' Newman Diamondhead HighNote 133 134 -1 13 40 0 13 6 6 6 Caribbean Jazz Project Afro Bop Alliance Heads Up 132 140 -8 9 39 0 14 15 8 2 Judy Wexler Dreams & Shadows Jazzed Media 122 114 8 7 45 1 15 28 11 9 Louie Bellson & Clark Terry Louie & Clark Expedition 2 Percussion Power 121 83 38 4 36 5 16 39 NR 16 Bill O’Connell Triple Play Savant 120 74 46 2 41 13 17 12 25 7 Irvin Mayfield & Ellis Marsalis Love Songs, Ballads And Standards Basin Street 119 121 -2 7 47 0 18 22 38 18 Gene Harris Live In London Resonance 116 93 23 3 38 7 18 8 13 8 Eric Alexander Prime Time HighNote 116 137 -21 7 39 0 20 NR NR 20 The Brubeck Brothers Classified Koch 111 47 64 1 34 18 21 19 18 15 George Cables Morning Song HighNote 109 108 1 7 35 1 22 22 41 22 John Beasley Letter To Herbie Resonance 107 93 14 3 41 9 23 17 21 16 Vince Seneri The Prince’s Groove Prince V 103 109 -6 8 29 1 23 38 37 23 Duke Ellington Legacy Thank You Uncle Edward Renma 103 75 28 8 33 3 23 13 9 9 Paul Carr Musically Yours PCJ Music 103 120 -17 9 32 0 26 10 12 4 David Finck Future Day Soundbrush Records 102 127 -25 11 33 0 27 NR NR 27 Sumi Tonooka Long Ago Today ARC 98 62 36 5 38 0 28 24 19 11 Luther Hughes & The Cannonball-Coltrane Spectacular! Primrose Lane 96 92 4 9 33 0 Project 29 25 34 25 Lorraine Feather Language Jazzed Media 94 88 6 4 41 3 30 16 17 8 Marian McPartland Twilight World Concord 90 111 -21 9 34 1 31 26 35 26 Brad Mehldau Live Nonesuch 89 86 3 5 44 4 32 20 15 13 Diane Schuur Some Other Time Concord 86 104 -18 10 28 0 33 34 29 13 Lionel Loueke Karibu Blue Note 84 79 5 6 38 1 33 30 32 30 Avery Sharpe Legends & Mentors JKNM 84 82 2 5 29 1 33 21 26 21 Mary Lou Williams A Grand Night For Swinging HighNote 84 96 -12 7 31 1 36 34 41 20 Peter Malinverni Invisible Cities Reservoir 82 79 3 7 34 2 36 33 27 27 Virginia Mayhew A Simple Thank You Renma 82 80 2 8 32 1 36 17 30 17 Piers Lawrence Quartet Stolen Moments JazzNet Media 82 109 -27 9 23 1 39 44 NR 39 Gust Spenos Swing Theory Swing Theory 80 70 10 5 22 1 40 37 13 4 Larry Willis The Offering HighNote 79 78 1 13 29 0 40 39 41 20 Connie Evingson & Dave Frishberg Little Did I Dream Minnehaha Music 79 74 5 7 36 2 42 41 49 41 Trio Da Paz & Joe Locke Live At JazzBaltica MAXJAZZ 77 73 4 3 29 1 43 30 16 16 Jack Sheldon It’s What I Do Butterfly Records 76 82 -6 11 30 1 44 11 32 11 Victor Wooten Palmystery Heads Up 75 126 -51 9 23 0 45 34 40 34 Tobias Gebb & Trio West An Upper West Side Story Yummyhouse 72 79 -7 3 21 0 45 NR 22 1 Eliane Elias Something For You: Eliane Elias Sings & Blue Note 72 62 10 17 35 0 Plays Bill Evans 47 NR 35 35 Moodafaruka Essential Moodafaruka Megawave 68 NR 68 2 30 2 47 28 23 6 Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones You Are There Emarcy 68 83 -15 12 24 0 49 48 NR 48 Jaleel Shaw Optimism Changu 66 64 2 7 18 1 50 NR NR 42 Grant Stewart Young At Heart Sharp Nine 64 60 4 8 31 0 Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Nicholas Payton Into The Blue (Nonesuch) +29 Scott Hamilton Across The Tracks (Concord) +102 Stanton Moore Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) (Telarc) Scott Hamilton Across The Tracks (Concord) +18 Nicholas Payton Into The Blue (Nonesuch) +94 Claudio Roditi Impressions (Sunnyside) Miguel Zenon Awake (Marsalis Music) Wayne Escoffery Hopes And Dreams (Savant) +18 Taylor Eigsti Let It Come To You (Concord) +82 Dave Corbus Sound Down (Jazzed Media) The Brubeck Brothers Classified (Koch) +18 Moodafaruka Essential Moodafaruka (Megawave) +68 Libby York Here With You (Self Released) Taylor Eigsti Let It Come To You (Concord) +16 The Brubeck Brothers Classified (Koch) +64 Jessica Williams Songs For A New Century (Origin) Stanton Moore Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) (Telarc) +14 Dianne Reeves When You Know (Blue Note) +51 The Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project In The Middle (Cagoots) Steve Khan The Suitcase (Tone Center) Bruce Saunders 8x5 (Mel Bay) Rob Parton’s Jazztech Big Band Just One Of Those Things (Sea Breeze) jazzweek.com • May 12, 2008 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2008 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 3 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart May 12, 2008 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Kenny G Rhythm & Romance Starbucks/Concord 404 416 -12 16 20 0 2 2 4 1 Euge Groove Born 2 Groove Narada 386 382 4 54 22 0 3 4 2 2 Chris Standring Love & Paragraphs Ultimate Vibe 378 355 23 15 22 0 4 3 3 3 Jessy J Tequilla Moon Peak 369 363 6 12 19 0 5 5 5 2 Paul Brown White Sand Peak 327 316 11 67 21 0 6 14 15 6 Mindi Abair Stars Peak 299 198 101 3 21 0 7 7 9 7 Everette Harp My Inspiration Shanachie 270 266 4 10 19 0 8 6 20 6 Brian Culbertson Bringing Back The Funk GRP 240 283 -43 6 21 1 9 11 12 6 Chuck Loeb Presence Heads Up 234 222 12 73 20 0 10 10 11 1 Norman Brown Stay With Me Peak 230 223 7 59 22 0 11 9 8 6 Michael McDonald Soul Speak Universal 225 232 -7 15 21 0 12 13 10 3 Walter Beasley Ready For Love Heads Up 215 202 13 73 20 0 13 15 16 12 Alicia Keys As I Am J 207 184 23 28 19 0 14 12 13 12 Marcus Miller Marcus Concord 199 211 -12 12 21 0 15 8 6 1 Paul Hardcastle Hardcastle 5 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 194 255 -61 26 18 0 16 16 17 1 Rick Braun & Richard Elliot R N’ R Artizen 177 178 -1 47 20 0 17 18 14 11 Robin Thicke The Evolution Of Robin Thicke Star Trak/Interscope 174 169 5 58 18 0 18 17 19 14 The Sax Pack The Sax Pack Shanachie 163 169 -6 7 21 1 19 22 32 19 Jesse Cook Frontiers EMI 143 129 14 6 18 1 20 19 18 2 Eric Marienthal Just Around The Corner Peak 138 152 -14 38 18 0 21 25 23 2 Four 80 East En Route Native Language 132 121 11 60 22 0 22 30 37 22 Wayman Tisdale Rebound Rendezvous 131 103 28 4 16 2 23 21 25 1 Jeff Golub Grand Central Narada Jazz 130 131 -1 52 19 0 24 20 26 10 Nyee Moses Nyee Moses Self-Released 121 141 -20 39 13 0 25 32 36 25 Blake Aaron Desire Innervision 118 97 21 43 18 2 26 28 30 3 Jay Soto Stay Awhile Nu Groove 115 118 -3 54 16 0 27 24 21 2 Candy Dulfer Candy Store Heads Up 113 123 -10 46 16 0 28 26 27 3 Brian Bromberg Downright Upright Artistry 105 120 -15 63 17 0 29 27 22 3 U-Nam Back From The 80s Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 104 119 -15 50 15 0 30 23 24 14 Nils Ready To Play Baja 104 124 -20 68 10 0 31 29 29 3 Chris Botti Italia Columbia 102 110 -8 36 17 0 32 31 28 3 Paul Taylor Ladies Choice Peak 100 102 -2 53 19 0 33 33 35 24 Kirk Whalum Roundtrip Rendezvous 83 94 -11 40 12 0 34 35 44 30 Marc Antoine Hi-Lo Split Peak 83 85 -2 41 10 0 35 38 38 17 Kelly Sweet We Are One Razor & Tie 78 77 1 37 12 0 36 51 NR 36 Earl Klugh The Spice Of Life Koch 77 51 26 2 14 3 37 37 42 37 Seal System Warner Bros.