JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • May 14, 2007 Volume 3, Number 25 • $7.95 Smooth Album No. 1: Peter White, Jazz No. 1: Kurt Elling, Nightmoves Playin’ Favorites (Columbia/Legacy) (Concord) Non-Commercial Jazz No. 1: John Smooth Single No. 1: Peter White, “Mis- Abercrombie, The Third Quartet (ECM) ter Magic” (Columbia/Legacy) Jazz Album Chart . 3 Non-Commercial Jazz Chart. 4 Smooth Jazz Album Chart . 5 Smooth Singles Chart . 6 World Music Album Chart. 7 Jazz Add Dates. 8 Jazz Radio Currents . 9 Jazz Station Panel . 12 World Music No. 1: Angelique Kidjo, Djin Smooth Jazz Current Tracks. 13 Djin (Starbucks/Razor & Tie) Smooth Jazz Station Panel. 14 Jazz Birthdays May 14 May 21 May 28 Sidney Bechet (1897) Fats Waller (1904) Andy Kirk (1898) May 15 Lawrence Marable (1929) Tommy Ladnier (1900) Edmond Hall (1901) Christian McBride (1972) Russ Freeman (1926) Ellis Larkins (1923) May 22 May 29 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936) Sun Ra (1914) Eugene Wright (1923) May 16 May 23 Freddie Redd (1927) Eddie Bert (1922) Artie Shaw (1910) Hilton Ruiz (1952) Betty Carter (1930) Rosemary Clooney (1928) Kenny Washington (1958) Michael Moore (1945) Marvin Stamm (1939) May 30 Billy Cobham (1946) Famoudou Don Moye (1946) Sidney de Paris (1905) May 17 Richie Beirach (1947) Benny Goodman (1909) Paul Quinichette (1916) Ken Peplowski (1959) Dave McKenna (1930) Dewey Redman (1931) May 24 Harry Beckett (1935) Jackie McLean (1932) Archie Shepp (1937) May 31 May 18 Charles Earland (1941) Red Holloway (1927) Big Joe Turner (1911) May 25 Louis Hayes (1937) Kai Winding (1922) Jimmy Hamilton (1917) June 1 May 19 Marshall Allen (1924) Hal McKusick (1924) George Auld (1919) Phil Ranelin (1939) Lennie Niehaus (1929) Cecil McBee (1935) Wallace Roney (1960) June 2 Sonny Fortune (1939) May 26 Marty Napoleon (1921) Tom Scott (1948) Shorty Baker (1914) June 3 May 20 Miles Davis (1926) Dakota Staton (1931) Jimmy Blythe (1901) Lew Tabackin (1940) Ted Curson (1935) Bob Florence (1932) May 27 Grachan Moncur III (1937) Charles Davis (1933) Albert Nicholas (1900) Jack Wilkins (1944) Rufus Harley (1936) Bud Shank (1926) June 4 Ralph Peterson (1962) Ramsey Lewis (1935) Britt Woodman (1920) Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (1946) Oliver Nelson (1932) Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950) Anthony Braxton (1945) Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963) Paquito D’Rivera (1948) 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 14, 2007 JazzWeek 2 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart May 14, 2007 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 1 1 1 Kurt Elling Nightmoves Concord 316 327 -11 5 69 2 2 2 4 1 Various Artists Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life Blue Note 279 252 27 16 42 0 3 3 2 1 David ‘Fathead’ Newman Life HighNote 228 241 -13 13 56 0 4 4 3 2 Tierney Sutton Band On The Other Side Telarc 225 227 -2 14 38 0 5 5 6 1 Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau Quartet Nonesuch 222 223 -1 8 58 0 6 8 13 6 Frank Vignola Vignola Plays Gershwin Mel Bay 217 189 28 4 57 3 7 10 5 3 Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown & Milt Jackson What’s Up? The Very Tall Band Telarc 213 186 27 11 45 1 8 9 10 8 John Fedchock New York Big Band Up & Running Reservoir 208 188 20 7 51 2 9 6 7 2 Matt Wilson The Scenic Route Palmetto 204 210 -6 14 50 0 10 14 12 8 Sammy Figueroa The Magician Savant 203 172 31 6 52 2 11 19 NR 11 Michel Camilo Spirit Of The Moment Telarc 181 141 40 2 52 10 12 11 8 8 One More The Summary Music Of Thad Jones IPO Recordings 180 181 -1 10 47 1 12 7 11 5 Robert Glasper In My Element Blue Note 180 192 -12 7 59 0 12 21 23 12 Terell Stafford Taking Chances: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ 180 139 41 4 51 4 15 12 14 12 Bobby Broom Song & Dance Origin 177 180 -3 8 42 2 16 15 9 9 Steve Kuhn Live At Birdland Blue Note 176 158 18 12 52 1 17 17 15 15 Wayne Escoffery Veneration Savant 169 143 26 5 52 2 18 30 31 18 Kate McGarry The Target Palmetto 163 118 45 4 47 3 19 23 17 12 Brian Bromberg Downright Upright Artistry 147 136 11 14 35 1 19 13 16 2 Randy Crawford & Joe Sample Feeling Good PRA 147 174 -27 11 39 2 21 17 19 17 Beatle Jazz All You Need Lightyear 145 143 2 10 46 2 22 27 21 6 Russell Gunn Russell Gunn Plays Miles HighNote 144 125 19 13 42 0 23 20 18 9 Thomas Marriott Both Sides Of The Fence Origin 143 140 3 10 40 0 24 22 24 22 Mark Sherman Family First Miles High 141 138 3 5 40 0 25 24 NR 24 Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker Get Ready Mack Avenue 139 134 5 2 45 10 26 NR NR 26 The Bad Plus Prog Heads Up 136 21 115 1 44 18 27 34 50 27 The Count Basie Orchestra Basie Is Back Sony 134 106 28 3 28 1 28 16 27 3 Patti Austin Avant Gershwin Rendezvous 133 145 -12 10 41 0 28 25 28 24 Will Bernard Party Hats Palmetto 133 129 4 9 28 0 30 33 37 30 Pete Levin Deacon Blues Motema 132 107 25 6 36 2 31 NR NR 31 John Abercrombie The Third Quartet ECM 130 8 122 1 42 32 32 28 30 9 Wynton Marsalis From The Plantation To The Penitentiary Blue Note 126 120 6 9 44 0 33 NR NR 33 Joshua Redman Back East Nonesuch 125 56 69 1 41 22 34 43 45 34 Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra Noir Anzic Records 116 86 30 3 37 2 35 39 NR 35 Avishai Cohen As Is ... Live at the Blue Note RazDaz/Half Note 114 98 16 2 34 6 35 NR NR 35 The Puppini Sisters Betcha Bottom Dollar Verve/Forecast 114 45 69 1 44 31 35 45 NR 31 Jack Sheldon Listen Up Butterfly Records 114 83 31 5 33 1 38 40 42 33 Stryker/Slagle Band Latest Outlook Zoho Music 108 94 14 7 36 1 39 34 31 26 Matt Ray Lost In New York CAP 105 106 -1 7 35 1 39 26 24 24 Bobby Shew Cancaos Do Amor Torii Records 105 127 -22 9 32 2 41 NR NR 41 Jeff Hackworth How Little We Know Big Bridge 104 NR 104 1 33 31 42 29 29 5 Wayne Bergeron Plays Well With Others Concord 101 119 -18 18 32 1 43 38 34 2 Hendrik Meurkens New York Samba Jazz Quintet Zoho Music 100 101 -1 18 30 0 44 31 20 6 Larry Willis Blue Fable HighNote 99 112 -13 13 33 0 45 NR NR 1 Jimmy Heath Big Band Turn Up The Heath Planet Arts 94 49 45 25 34 0 46 NR NR 46 Alvin Batiste Marsalis Music Honors Alvin Batiste Marsalis Music 92 71 21 1 35 6 46 NR 22 22 Turtle Island Quartet A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Telarc 92 66 26 9 36 3 Coltrane 48 36 39 1 Steve Turre Keep Searchin’ HighNote 89 105 -16 28 23 0 49 41 31 31 Larry Ham Carousel Self Released 88 93 -5 7 25 0 50 32 26 5 Harry Connick, Jr. Chanson Du Vieux Carre Marsalis Music 87 108 -21 14 23 0 Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound John Abercrombie The Third Quartet (ECM) +32 John Abercrombie The Third Quartet (ECM) +122 Joel Frahm We Used To Dance (Anzic Records) The Puppini Sisters Betcha Bottom Dollar The Bad Plus Prog (Heads Up) +115 Bireli Lagrene Djangology/To Bi Or Not To Bi (Dreyfus) Misha Tsiganov Always Going West (Power Light) (Verve/Forecast) +31 Jeff Hackworth How Little We Know (Big Bridge) +104 Dept. Of Good And Evil Dept. Of Good And Evil (Savoy Jazz) Jeff Hackworth How Little We Know (Big Bridge) +31 Joel Frahm We Used To Dance (Anzic Records) +72 Cheryl Bentyne The Book Of Love (Telarc) Joel Frahm We Used To Dance (Anzic Records) +29 Joshua Redman Back East (Nonesuch) +69 Morrie Louden Time Piece (Mosound) Joe Lovano & Hank Jones Kids: Duets Live At Dizzy’s Club The Puppini Sisters Betcha Bottom Dollar E.S.T. Tuesday Wonderland (Spamboolimbo/Decca) Coca-Cola (Blue Note) +27 (Verve/Forecast) +69 The Honolulu Jazz Quartet Tenacity (HJQ) Joe Lovano & Hank Jones Kids: Duets Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Joshua Redman Back East (Nonesuch) +22 (Blue Note) Judy Niemack Blue Nights (Blujazz) jazzweek.com • May 14, 2007 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2007 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 3 airplay data JazzWeek Non-Comm. Jazz May 14, 2007 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Release Label TP LP +/- Weeks Stations Adds 1 104 86 1 John Abercrombie The Third Quartet ECM 234 9 225 3 74 63 2 44 38 2 The Bad Plus Prog Do The Math/Heads Up 213 21 192 4 90 30 3 26 46 3 The Puppini Sisters Betcha Bottom Dollar Verve 204 32 172 4 91 78 4 3 2 1 Norah Jones Not Too Late Blue Note 148 156 -8 24 39 1 5 4 3 3 Various Artists Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life [Original Blue Note 125 116 9 21 31 1 Soundtrack] 6 144 NR 6 Michael Brecker Pilgrimage WA/Heads Up 107 6 101 2 62 16 7 22 NR 7 Ibrahim Ferrer Mi Sueno World Circuit/Nonesuch 105 35 70 2 54 41 8 5 5 3 Antibalas Security ANTI- 91 114 -23 12 47 5 9 11 10 8 Tierney Sutton Band On The Other Side Telarc Jazz 70 54 16 14 16 1 10 19 23 1 Robert Glasper In My Element Blue Note 52 38 14 8 33 5 11 13 11 11 Steve Turre Keep Searchin’ HighNote 49 44 5 27 6 0 12 10 14 4 Diana Krall From This Moment On Verve 49 57 -8 35 14 0 13 9 6 1 Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau Quartet Nonesuch 48 57 -9 8 19 0 14 20 15 2 Randy Crawford & Joe Sample Feeling Good PRA 47 38 9 9 13 0 15 17 17 9 Matt Wilson The Scenic Route Palmetto 47 39 8 15 27 0 16 23 24 8 Kurt Elling Nightmoves Concord 46 34 12 5 31 3 17 12 18 12 Jeff Golub Grand Central Narada Jazz 44 49 -5 8 7 0 18 15 19 11 Brian Bromberg Downright Upright Artistry 44 42 2 15 10 0 19 28 13 11 David ‘Fathead’ Newman Life HighNote 44 29 15 13 17 0 20 34 16 16 Terell Stafford Taking Chances: Live At The Dakota MAXJAZZ 42 26 16 4 26 3 21 NR NR 12 Stefon Harris African Tarantella Blue Note 41 3 38 23 35 9 22 25 29 1 Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra Ray Sings, Basie Swings Hear/Concord 40 33 7 31 15 0 23 66 70 23 Kermit Ruffins Live At Vaughan’s Basin Street 39 14 25 6 21 5 24 7 8 7 Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid Tongues Domino 38 66 -28 8 17 1 25 65 64 16 Kate McGarry The Target Palmetto 36 14 22 4 23 4 26 16 20 16 Bob DeVos Shifting Sands Savant 36 41 -5 13 6 1 27 21 33 16 Will Bernard Party Hats Palmetto 34 37 -3 10 15 1 28 NR NR 28 Christopher Parkening & Jubilant Sykes Jubilation Angel 33 0 33 1 8 8 29 31 7 1 Wynton Marsalis From The Plantation To The Penitentiary Blue Note 33 28 5 10 22 0 30 NR NR 30 Benny Golson The Many Moods Of Benny Golson Arkadia 33 4 29 2 26 1 31 33 NR 31 Joshua Redman Back East Nonesuch 31 27 4 2 16 5 32 35 21 5 E.S.T.