JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • Oct. 12, 2005 Volume 1, Number 46 • $7.95 In This Issue: Higher Ground Tally Tops ERIC IN THE EVENING $2 Million . 4 Q&A With Fagan Dance to Perform With WGBH, Wynton, Billy Bang . 4 Boston’s Eric Detroit Jazz Jackson Fest Closes in the Black. 6 page 9 Juilliard Celebrates 100 Years. 7 Reviews and Picks . 15 Jazz Radio . 18 Smooth Jazz Radio. 24 Radio Panels. 30 A Look at the 48th Monterey Jazz Festival by News. 4 Keith & Kent Zimmerman ... page 12 Charts: #1 Jazz Album – Monk Quartet w/ Coltrane #1 Smooth Album – Paul Hardcastle #1 Smooth Single – Paul Hardcastle JazzWeek This Week EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ed Trefzger MUSIC EDITOR he heyday of jazz is filled with legendary jazz radio Tad Hendrickson names, but few have the opportunity to become leg- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Tends today. One of those exceptions is WGBH’s Eric Keith Zimmerman Jackson. Besides being a frequent lecturer and jazz his- Kent Zimmerman CONTRIBUTING WRITER/ torian, he has been a fixture on Boston radio for parts of PHOTOGRAPHER four decades. Tad Hendrickson catches up with Eric in Tom Mallison this week’s Radio Q&A. PHOTOGRAPHY Barry Solof Also legendary is the Monterey Jazz Festival. As the Founding Publisher: Tony Gasparre fest looks toward its 50th year in 2007, Keith and Kent ADVERTISING: Call (585) 328-3104 or email: [email protected] Zimmerman look back at its 48th in their periodic “Take the ‘Z’ Train” column. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Prices in US Dollars: Charter Rate: $199.00 per year, JazzWeek w/ Industry Access – Charter We’re a little bit behind in contacting everyone as we add 16 new Rate: $249.00 per year stations to the Jazz Panel. An announcement will be going out short- To subscribe using Visa/MC/Discover/ AMEX/PayPal go to: ly to the stations and to promoters. 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Shows at J@LC . 4 Midler Peggy Lee Tribute Set for Release . 5 Detroit Jazz Fest Finishes in the Black . 6 Juilliard Celebrates a Century . 7 Birthdays . 8 9 Features Radio Q&A: Eric Jackson, WGBH, Boston . 9 Take The “Z” Train: Monterey Jazz Festival 48: A JazzWeek Perspective . 12 Reviews . 14 Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra . 15 Cuong Vu . 15 Reese Project . 15 12 Dianne Reeves . 16 Joe Locke and the Milt Jackson Tribute Band . 16 Jazz Charts . 18 Jazz Album Chart . 19 Jazz Add Dates . 20 Jazz Current CDs . 21 Jazz Radio Panel . 30 Smooth Jazz Charts . 24 18 Smooth Album Chart . 26 Smooth Singles Chart. 27 Smooth Current CDs . 28 Smooth Radio Panel . 30 Classifieds . 17 24 Cover photo: WGBH Jazz Host Eric Jackson (courtesy WGBH) JazzWeek Volume 1 Issue 46 jazzweek.com • Oct. 12, 2005 JazzWeek 3 News Higher Ground Fund Garth Fagan Dance Joins Total Tops $2 Million Wynton’s Septet, Billy Bang for Nov. NYC Shows at J@LC Garth Fagan Dance will kick off its 35th anniversary year by performing three programs at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Cen- ter. The performances will be enriched with live music from Wynton Marsalis and Billy Bang. The Nov. 9 Opening Night will feature a one-night-only performance of Griot New York, with live music from Marsalis and his Septet. This will be the first time that Griot New York will be performed in its entirety for the New York City audience since its de- Frank Stewart/Jazz at Lincoln Center but in 1991 at the Brooklyn Academy Irvin Mayfield performs at the Higher Ground Relief Fund Concert on Sept. 17 of Music. A full evening work, Griot New York pulls together the work of three NEW YORK – To date, over $2 mil- Gary Walker co-hosted the event for visionaries - the concept and choreog- lion has been raised for the High- NPR with Korva Coleman. raphy of Tony Award-winning Garth er Ground Relief Fund that was es- Funds raised will benefit the mu- Fagan, music composed and arranged tablished by Jazz at Lincoln Center sicians, music industry related enter- by Wynton Marsalis, and set design by and administered through the Baton prises and other individuals and en- sculptor Martin Puryear. Rouge Area Foundation as a result of tities from the areas in Greater New Griot New York explores contem- the concert and broadcast on Saturday, Orleans who were impacted by Hurri- porary urban life, anguish and ex- Sept. 17. cane Katrina and to provide other gen- altation, and from Nov. 10 - 13, the The concert, nationally telecast live eral hurricane relief. Company will perform a variety of es- on Live From Lincoln Center on PBS Support in the amount of $200,000 tablished and recognized pieces and and distributed to BET Jazz and oth- was provided by the Vanguard Public will premiere a new piece, featur- er television outlets including VH-1 Foundation. Support in the amount of ing live music from jazz violinist Bil- Classic and VH-1 Soul, drew roughly $500,000 was provided by The Turk- ly Bang and his band at each perfor- 7 million viewers nationwide and mil- ish Community and Consulate Gen- mance. lions more who listened on radio via eral in New York, The Turkish Gov- The new work will highlight “the XM Satellite Radio, NPR, WBGO ernment and The Turkish Embassy in underlying interconnectedness of peo- JW Jazz88.3FM and more. WBGO’s Washington, D.C. continued ... jazzweek.com • Oct. 12, 2005 JazzWeek 4 News Midler Peggy Lee Tribute Set for Release Fagan With Marsalis, Bang Columbia Records will release Bette “Fever” and “Is That All There Is?” (continued) Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook, as well as “Alright, Okay, You Win,” as both a traditional CD and as a Du- “I Love Being Here With You” (duet ple’s intellect, compassion, and de- alDisc, on Tuesday, Oct. 25. with Barry Manilow), “Happiness Is sire to survive. The piece will fuse to- Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee A Thing Called Joe,” “I’m A Woman,” gether choreography, jazz, and various Songbook reunites Bette with produc- “He’s A Tramp,” “The Folks Who Live rhythms and cast them against an in- er Barry Manilow, her original pia- On The Hill,” “Big Spender,” and “Mr. tricate Asian-inspired musical land- no accompanist and musical director. Wonderful.” scape, drawing on Mr. Bang’s music In 2003, Manilow – who produced The DualDisc edition of Bette and embracing the inherent bond of Midler’s first two albums, Divine Ms. Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook human beings,” according to Fagan. M (1972) and Bette Midler (1973) – includes a DVD side with all ten al- Fagan received a Tony Award in helmed Bette’s Grammy-nominated bum tracks in enhanced PCM stereo, 1998 for Broadway’s The Lion King for RIAA gold-certified Columbia Re- five complete songs including a version Best Choreography. He also received cords debut, Bette Midler Sings The of “Is That All There Is?” recorded live- the 1998 Drama Desk Award, 1998 Rosemary Clooney Songbook, her high- in-the-studio, never-before-seen home Outer Critics Circle Award, 1998 est-charting album of the SoundScan movie footage of Peggy Lee, archival Astaire Award, 2000 Laurence Olivier era. TV and film appearances by Peggy Award, 2001 Ovation Award, and the Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Lee, and interviews with Bette Midler 2004 Helpmann Award for his work Songbook pays tribute to one of the most and Peggy Lee’s daughter, Nicki Lee JW on the Broadway musical. alluring female jazz vocal stylists of all Foster, and granddaughter, Holly Fos- time, Miss Peggy Lee. Tracks include ter-Wells. 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Increased atten- tee headed by Trustee Sam Thomas, for the first time in years and drew dance helped food, beverage, and mer- the unwavering commitment of Mu- an estimated one million people into chandise sales to increase. sic Hall’s Board of Trustees and staff, downtown Detroit -- nearly doubling “We welcomed visitors from as over many difficult years, and the great attendance over the previous year. far away as Japan and Europe for this overall improvements that are occur- The festival included Dave Bru- year’s Festival and we were, of course, ring downtown.” beck, David “Fathead” Newman, Mc- happy to see thousands of new fac- “We also had more and much bet- Coy Tyner, Medeski Martin & Wood, es from across our own metropolitan ter food and beverage vendors,” said Les McCann, Gerald Wilson and area,” said Alex Parrish, Music Hall’s Parrish.