JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • February 20, 2012 Volume 8, Number 11 • $7.95 Jazz Album No. 1: Jimmy Owens, The Monk Smooth Album No. 1: George Benson, Guitar Project (IPO) Man (Concord Jazz) World Music No. 1: Novalima, Karimba (Esl) Smooth Single No. 1: Richard Elliot, “Boomtown” (Artistry/Mack Avenue) JazzWeek relaunch: crowdfunding with perks at http://www.indiegogo.com/jazzweek Jazz Album Charts .................... 3 Jazz Add Dates ....................... 7 Smooth Jazz Album Charts .............4 Jazz Radio Currents ................... 8 Smooth Singles Charts ................. 5 Jazz Radio Panel .................... 11 World Music Album Charts .............. 6 Smooth Jazz Current Tracks............ 13 Smooth Jazz Station Panel............. 14 Jazz Birthdays February 20 March 1 March 10 Jimmy Yancey (1898) Glenn Miller (1904) Bix Beiderbecke (1903) Bobby Jaspar (1926) Ralph Towner (1940) Louis Moholo (1940) Nancy Wilson (1937) Elliott Sharp (1951) March 11 Anthony Davis (1951) March 2 Mercer Ellington (1919) February 21 Doug Watkins (1934) Leroy Jenkins (1932) Al Sears (1910) Buell Neidlinger (1936) Bobby McFerrin (1950) Tadd Dameron (1917) March 3 March 12 Nina Simone (1933) Barney Bigard (1906) Sir Charles Thompson (1918) Warren Vache (1951) Jimmy Garrison (1934) Hugh Lawson (1935) February 22 March 4 March 13 Rex Stewart (1907) Bobby Shew (1941) Roy Haynes (1925) Buddy Tate (1913) Jan Garbarek (1947) Blue Mitchell (1930) February 24 Ricky Ford (1954) Terence Blanchard (1962) Michel Legrand (1932) March 5 Stephen Scott (1969) David “Fathead” Newman (1933) Carol Sloane (1937) March 14 February 25 March 6 Mark Murphy (1932) Ida Cox (1896) Wes Montgomery (1925) Quincy Jones (1933) Ake Persson (1932) Peter Brotzmann (1941) Shirley Scott (1934) Larry Gelb (1952) Palle Mikkelborg (1941) March 15 February 26 Robin Kenyatta (1942) Jimmy McPartland (1907) Yosuke Yamashita (1942) Flora Purim (1942) Harry James (1916) February 27 Charles Tolliver (1942) Cecil Taylor (1929) Freddie Keppard (1890) March 8 Charles Lloyd (1938) Mildred Bailey (1907) Dick Hyman (1927) March 16 Dexter Gordon (1923) George Coleman (1935) Howard McGhee (1918) Chuck Wayne (1923) Gabor Szabo (1936) Ruby Braff (1927) February 28 James Williams (1951) Tommy Flanagan (1930) Svend Asmussen (1916) Orbert Davis (1960) John Lindberg (1959) Willie Bobo (1934) March 9 Charles Gayle (1939) Ornette Coleman (1930) For daily, online access to the data behind the charts, please contact Doug Hall at (610) 578-0800 x120 or [email protected] jazzweek.com • February 20, 2012 JazzWeek 2 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Feb. 20, 2012 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW +/- Weeks Reports Adds 1 1 1 1 Jimmy Owens The Monk Project IPO 210 207 3 7 58 0 2 2 4 2 Bruce Babad A Tribute To Paul Desmond Primrose Lane 178 169 9 5 48 0 3 3 6 3 Gary Smulyan Smul’s Paradise Capri 147 155 -8 5 48 0 4 5 3 2 Chick Corea Further Explorations Concord Jazz 133 142 -9 6 46 0 5 10 13 5 Jack DeJohnette Sound Travels eOne 130 93 37 5 42 0 6 – – 6 Matt Wilson An Attitude For Gratitude Grainfed/Palmetto 125 1 124 1 37 3 7 8 10 7 Christian Tamburr Places Tamburr Worldwide 124 112 12 6 42 0 8 – – 8 Catherine Russell Strictly Romancin’ World Village 118 41 77 2 35 3 9 14 22 9 Josh Rzepka Into The Night Self-Released 116 87 29 5 29 1 10 32 – 10 Jeff Lorber Galaxy Heads Up 101 65 36 2 13 0 11 – – 11 Paul McCartney Kisses On The Bottom Hear/Concord 98 29 69 6 26 3 12 10 15 10 Mike Wofford & Holly Hofmann Turn Signal Capri 97 93 4 6 31 0 13 6 5 5 Christian McBride Conversations With Christian Mack Avenue 94 125 -31 16 35 0 14 10 2 1 Christian McBride Big Band The Good Feeling Mack Avenue 90 93 -3 20 31 0 15 19 14 2 George Benson Guitar Man Concord Jazz 86 80 6 21 23 0 16 9 9 1 Houston Person So Nice HighNote 85 111 -26 16 23 0 17 33 12 8 Hendrik Meurkens Live At Bird’s Eye Zoho 83 64 19 16 27 0 17 24 32 17 Vince Mendoza Nights On Earth Horizontal 83 71 12 6 27 1 17 16 16 8 Stanley Jordan Friends Mack Avenue 83 85 -2 20 29 0 20 22 – 20 Clipper Anderson The Road Home Origin 80 76 4 5 22 2 20 7 7 1 Pat Martino Undeniable: Live At Blues Alley HighNote 80 117 -37 16 21 0 22 34 19 1 Poncho Sanchez & Terence Blanchard Chano y Dizzy Concord Jazz 76 63 13 22 28 0 23 30 24 23 Janice Finlay Anywhere But Here Self-Released 75 68 7 5 19 1 23 46 31 9 Mike Longo To My Surprise CAP 75 54 21 19 18 0 25 – – 25 Carmen Lundy Changes Afrasia 71 0 71 1 26 2 26 58 – 26 Marlene Rosenberg Bassprint Origin 69 45 24 5 19 1 27 19 21 1 Tony Bennett Duets II RPM/Columbia 68 80 -12 21 18 0 27 54 11 4 Terri Lyne Carrington The Mosaic Project Concord 68 48 20 32 27 0 29 22 49 22 Dennis Rollins 11th Gate Motema 67 76 -9 5 24 0 30 21 8 8 Jamie Ousley A Sea Of Voices T.I.E. 66 79 -13 6 25 0 31 4 36 1 Deep Blue Organ Trio Wonderful! Origin 65 152 -87 28 22 0 32 31 35 31 Sunnie Paxson Bohemian Sun Roxboro 62 66 -4 12 18 0 32 – – 22 Josh Nelson Discoveries Steel Bird 62 8 54 17 29 0 34 50 – 34 MCG Jazz All Stars Hill District BEAT A Tribute to Teenie Harris MCG Jazz 60 50 10 3 25 1 34 50 – 34 The Frank Walton Sextet The Back Step Self-Released 60 50 10 5 18 0 34 39 30 17 3 Cohens Family Anzic 60 61 -1 15 19 1 37 58 – 37 Stephane Grappelli & Toots Thielemans Bringing It Together Lisem 59 45 14 3 28 0 38 26 – 1 Kurt Elling The Gate Concord Jazz 58 70 -12 54 33 0 39 – – 1 Terell Stafford This Side Of Strayhorn Max Jazz 55 21 34 42 22 0 40 – – 40 Doug Webb Swing Shift Posi-Tone 54 14 40 2 19 1 40 26 26 2 John Scofield A Moment’s Peace Emarcy 54 70 -16 20 19 0 40 – 24 13 Yotam Brasil JLP 54 42 12 18 17 0 40 – – 2 Cedar Walton The Bouncer High Note 54 34 20 27 24 0 40 14 32 10 Ron Carter Ron Carter’s Great Big Band Sunnyside 54 87 -33 26 18 1 45 – 46 45 New World Jazz Project Brave New World Tahoe Blue 53 41 12 4 19 0 45 46 – 45 The Gerry Beaudoin Trio The Return Francesca 53 54 -1 2 25 0 47 – – 47 Aaron Goldberg & Ali Jackson Yes! Sunnyside 51 34 17 6 23 0 47 – – 1 Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Live Motema 51 33 18 32 22 0 49 26 47 9 Charlie Haden & Hank Jones Come Sunday Emarcy 50 70 -20 9 25 0 49 13 20 4 Joey DeFrancesco 40 HighNote 50 91 -41 18 22 0 49 29 28 3 Larry Vuckovich Somethin’ Special Tetrachord 50 69 -19 27 17 0 49 – – 1 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Forever Concord 50 28 22 38 29 0 Most Added (a station’s first seven spins detected = add) Increased Airplay Chartbound Matt Wilson An Attitude For Gratitude Matt Wilson An Attitude For Gratitude Ehud Asherie Upper West Side (Posi-Tone) (Grainfed/Palmetto) +3 (Grainfed/Palmetto) +124 Elio Villafranca & Arturo Stable Dos Y Mas (Motema) Catherine Russell Strictly Romancin’ (World Village) +3 Catherine Russell Strictly Romancin’ (World Village) +77 Steve Turre Woody’s Delight (HighNote) Paul McCartney Kisses On The Bottom Carmen Lundy Changes (Afrasia) +71 Don Byron Love, Peace And Soul (Savoy Jazz) (Hear/Concord) +3 Paul McCartney Kisses On The Bottom Yuko Kishimoto Songbook (Planet Arts) Clipper Anderson The Road Home (Origin) +2 (Hear/Concord) +69 Akiko Tsuruga Sakura (1234 Go) Carmen Lundy Changes (Afrasia) +2 Josh Nelson Discoveries (Steel Bird) +54 Amy Cervini Digging Me Digging You (Anzic) Jeremy Pelt Soul (HighNote) +2 Houston Person Moment To Moment (HighNote) +45 Jeremy Pelt Soul (HighNote) (13 more at +1) Doug Webb Swing Shift (Posi-Tone) +40 Steve Tyrell I’ll Take Romance (Concord) Steve Turre Woody’s Delight (HighNote) +40 Lorraine Feather Tales Of The Unusual (Jazzed Media) Jack DeJohnette Sound Travels (eOne) +37 Akiko Tsuruga Sakura (1234 Go) +37 jazzweek.com • February 20, 2012 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2012 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 3 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Feb. 20, 2012 powered by TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW +/- Weeks Reports Adds 1 5 2 1 George Benson Guitar Man Concord Jazz 36 29 7 20 4 0 2 3 4 1 Boney James Contact Verve Forecast 32 32 0 50 3 0 3 1 4 1 Richard Elliot In The Zone Artistry/Mack Avenue 30 33 -3 24 4 0 4 1 6 1 Paul Taylor Prime Time eOne/Peak 27 33 -6 43 3 0 4 7 1 1 Fourplay Let’s Touch The Sky Heads Up 27 26 1 70 2 0 6 6 2 1 Acoustic Alchemy Roseland Heads Up 26 28 -2 23 3 0 7 4 7 1 Brian Lenair Eye Of The Storm Grits And Gravy 25 30 -5 24 2 0 8 8 9 4 Rick Braun Sings With Strings Artistry/Mack Avenue 24 25 -1 32 2 0 9 12 10 9 Roberta Flack Let It Be Roberta 429 22 19 3 5 2 0 10 10 31 10 Najee Smooth Side Of Soul Shanachie 20 20 0 4 2 0 10 9 7 2 Paul Hardcastle Hardcastle VI Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm 20 22 -2 35 2 0 12 14 12 12 Wayman Tisdale The Wayman Tisdale Story Rendezvous 18 17 1 17 3 0 12 42 – 12 Spyro Gyra A Foreign Affair Amherst 18 10 8 2 2 0 12 27 31 12 Michael J.