JazzWeek with airplay data powered by jazzweek.com • September 1, 2008 Volume 4, Number 39 • $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: Bajofondo, Mar Dulce Smooth Single No. 1: The Sax Pack, “Fallin’ (Decca) 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 1 September 8 September 16 Art Pepper (1925) Norris Turney (1921) Joe Venuti (1903) Willie Ruff (1931) Wilbur Ware (1923) Jon Hendricks (1921) Gene Harris (1933) Marion Brown (1935) Charlie Byrd (1925) September 2 James Clay (1935) Hamiet Bluiett (1940) Phil Napoleon (1901) Butch Warren (1939) Earl Klugh (1954) Laurindo Almeida (1917) September 9 September 17 Horace Silver (1928) Elvin Jones (1927) Bill McKinney (1895) Clifford Jordan (1931) September 10 Jack McDuff (1926) Walter Davis, Jr. (1932) Prince Lasha (1929) Perry Robinson (1938) September 3 Roy Ayers (1940) September 18 Roy Brooks (1938) Dave Burrell (1940) Steve Marcus (1939) September 4 Craig Harris (1954) Emily Remler (1957) Meade “Lux” Lewis (1905) September 11 September 19 Gerald Wilson (1918) Stacy Rowles (1955) Muhal Richard Abrams (1930) David Liebman (1946) Harry Connick, Jr. (1967) Lol Coxhill (1932) Lonnie Plaxico (1960) September 12 September 20 Bireli Lagrene (1966) Cat Anderson (1916) Red Mitchell (1927) September 5 Steve Turre (1948) Steve McCall (1933) Albert Mangelsdorff (1928) John Zorn (1953) Eric Gale (1938) Charles “Bobo” Shaw (1947) Scott Hamilton (1954) Billy Bang (1947) September 6 September 13 Steve Coleman (1956) Charles Moffett (1929) Chu Berry (1910) September 21 Clifford Thornton (1936) Mel Tormé (1925) Slam Stewart (1914) Andrew White (1942) September 14 Chico Hamilton (1921) September 7 Joseph Jarman (1937) Sunny Murray (1937) Max Kaminsky (1908) Oliver Lake (1942) September 23 Joe Newman (1922) September 15 Albert Ammons (1907) Sonny Rollins (1930) Al Casey (1915) John Coltrane (1926) Ken McIntyre (1931) Bobby Short (1926) Frank Foster (1928) Marcus Roberts (1963) Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (1928) Jimmy Woode (1928) 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 1, 2008 JazzWeek 2 airplay data JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart Sept. 1, 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 281 317 -36 7 63 1 2 2 136 2 David Sanborn Here And Gone Decca 204 186 18 4 57 4 3 7 5 3 Cedar Walton Seasoned Wood HighNote 194 153 41 6 59 2 4 5 8 4 Don Braden Gentle Storm Highnote 190 172 18 6 56 0 5 68 – 5 Bob Mintzer Big Band Swing Out MCG Jazz 182 49 133 2 50 21 6 3 4 1 Cassandra Wilson Loverly Blue Note 181 175 6 12 54 1 7 18 29 7 S.M.V. Thunder Heads Up 176 105 71 4 57 10 8 4 3 2 Ahmad Jamal It's Magic Birdology/Dreyfus 154 173 -19 13 40 0 9 91 – 9 Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema Blue Note 144 40 104 2 55 33 10 14 11 9 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard Planet Arts 140 123 17 8 36 0 11 13 13 2 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Heads Up 135 127 8 16 48 0 11 8 2 1 Steve Turre Rainbow People Highnote 135 146 -11 14 43 0 13 6 68 6 Ted Nash The Mancini Project Palmetto 126 153 -27 3 53 9 14 9 44 9 Kenny Barron The Traveler Sunnyside 122 140 -18 3 45 5 15 19 17 8 Larry Vuckovich High Wall: Real Life Film Noir Tetrachord 120 103 17 11 45 1 16 16 24 16 Jeremy Pelt November MAXJAZZ 116 117 -1 5 39 5 17 12 6 6 Rob Schneiderman Glass Enclosure Reservoir 115 128 -13 10 35 0 18 77 84 18 Dr. Michael White Blue Crescent Basin Street 114 46 68 12 26 2 19 10 15 6 Hot Club Of Detroit Night Town Mack Avenue 113 139 -26 10 33 0 20 15 12 2 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Two Men With The Blues Blue Note 112 118 -6 10 39 1 21 35 19 19 Robin McKelle Modern Antique Cheap Lullaby 111 75 36 10 41 8 22 21 21 15 Alvin Queen Jammin' Uptown Nilva/Just A Memory 107 102 5 9 30 1 23 49 25 23 Cory Weeds Big Weeds Cellar Live 105 66 39 9 28 2 24 22 16 3 Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter Half Note 103 102 1 13 45 1 25 11 7 1 James Carter Present Tense Emarcy/Decca Label 102 138 -36 15 40 0 26 29 26 21 Jamie Davis Vibe Over Perfection Unity 100 85 15 8 31 2 27 24 14 14 Wayne Wallace The Nature Of The Beat Patois 96 100 -4 9 39 3 27 17 35 17 John Stein Encounterpoint Whaling City Sound 96 113 -17 4 42 4 29 20 9 9 Janis Mann A Perfect Time: Drummers And Other Friends Pancake 94 102 -8 5 38 2 30 27 50 27 Jeff Hackworth Where The Blue Begins Big Bridge 90 91 -1 6 27 2 31 23 22 4 Ellis Marsalis An Open Letter To Thelonious Elm 88 102 -14 14 35 1 32 40 34 32 Steven Kroon El Mas Alla (Beyond) Kroonatune 86 73 13 6 30 4 33 41 40 27 Chip White Double Dedication Dark Colors 81 72 9 9 23 3 34 57 30 1 Dianne Reeves When You Know Blue Note 80 61 19 21 43 0 35 48 52 35 Brazilian Trio Forests Zoho 77 66 11 7 27 0 35 25 20 19 Jerry Bergonzi Tenor Talk Savant 77 95 -18 10 29 0 37 30 10 7 The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra Eastern Standard Time Self-Released 76 81 -5 16 29 0 37 51 74 37 Jeff Barone Open Up Jazzed Media 76 65 11 5 21 4 37 28 18 2 Scott Hamilton Across The Tracks Concord Jazz 76 89 -13 18 29 1 37 32 51 32 Lafayette Harris, Jr. Trio Talk Airmen 76 77 -1 4 26 6 41 36 31 21 David Berger I Had The Craziest Dream - The Music Of Such Sweet Thunder 75 75 0 6 43 1 Harry Warren 42 31 23 23 Joel Haynes Trio & Seamus Blake Transitions Cellar Live 73 77 -4 9 26 0 43 53 42 28 John Patton Soul Connection Nilva/Just A Memory 71 62 9 9 29 1 43 34 36 34 Elio Villafranca The Source In Between Ceiba Tree 71 76 -5 5 32 1 45 47 54 38 George Kahn Cover Up! Playing 70 67 3 10 32 1 46 52 53 46 William Ash Skyline Dreams Posi-Tone 66 63 3 6 25 2 47 37 47 7 The Brubeck Brothers Classified Koch Classics 64 75 -11 18 24 0 48 62 140 48 Nicole Henry The Very Thought Of You Banister 63 54 9 3 17 3 48 39 28 15 Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets A Ride To The Other Side.. Owl Studios 63 74 -11 15 26 1 48 59 46 14 Avishai Cohen Gently Disturbed Razdaz/Sunnyside 63 59 4 16 28 0 48 54 37 37 Hiromi's Sonicbloom Beyond Standard Telarc 63 62 1 12 18 1 Most Added (first airplay detection) Increased Airplay Chartbound Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema (Blue Note) +33 Bob Mintzer Big Band Swing Out (MCG Jazz) +133 The Ben Sidran Hammond Quartet Cien Noches (Nardis) Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith & Don Ewell Stride Piano Duets: Live Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema (Blue Note) +104 The Doug Hamilton Jazz Band Doug Hamilton Jazz Band (OA2) Peter Yellin How Long Has This Been Going On? (Jazzed Media) In Toronto, 1966 (Delmark) +26 S.M.V. Thunder (Heads Up) +71 Pat Coil Bird House (Liberty Hill) Dr. Bruce Eskovitz One For Newk II (Pacific Coast Jazz) +25 Dr. Michael White Blue Crescent (Basin Street) +68 Portinho Vinho Do Porto (MCG Jazz) John Pizzarelli With A Song In My Heart (Telarc) +22 E.S.T. Tuesday Wonderland (Spamboolimbo/EmArcy/Decca John Pizzarelli With A Song In My Heart (Telarc) Bob Mintzer Big Band Swing Out (MCG Jazz) +21 Label) +50 Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith & Don Ewell Stride Piano Duets: Live In Toronto, Bennie Maupin Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone) +21 Bennie Maupin Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone) +42 1966 (Delmark) CNY Jazz Orchestra Then, Now & Again (CNY Jazz) Bennie Maupin Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone) Court Mast Sausalito Summer (Self-Released) jazzweek.com • September 1, 2008 All monitored airplay data is owned by Mediaguide, Inc. ©2008 Mediaguide, Inc. JazzWeek 3 airplay data JazzWeek Smooth Album Chart Sept. 1, 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 389 380 9 23 20 0 2 3 3 1 Kenny G Rhythm & Romance Starbucks/Concord 319 316 3 32 19 0 3 2 2 1 Norman Brown Stay With Me Peak 313 317 -4 75 20 0 4 4 4 2 Brian Culbertson Bringing Back The Funk GRP 287 309 -22 22 20 0 5 5 8 1 Paul Hardcastle Hardcastle 5 Trippin ’N’ Rhythm 271 274 -3 42 18 0 6 8 10 6 Eric Darius Goin’ All Out Blue Note 251 224 27 13 19 0 7 13 15 7 Earl Klugh The Spice Of Life Koch 249 192 57 18 18 0 8 9 6 6 Wayman Tisdale Rebound Rendezvous 242 223 19 20 21 0 9 6 5 1 Jessy J Tequilla Moon Peak 214 254 -40 28 18 0 9 15 12 6 Jesse Cook Frontiers EMI 214 187 27 22 20 0 11 7 9 1 Euge Groove Born 2 Groove Narada 204 225 -21 70 19 0 12 12 7 7 Mick Hucknall Tribute To Bobby Atco 200 193 7 11 20 0 13 10 14 10 Dave Koz Greatest Hits Capitol 196 202 -6 6 18 0 14 11 13 2 Chris Standring Love & Paragraphs Ultimate Vibe 178 197 -19 31 20 0 15 14 11 10 Marcus Miller Marcus Concord 175 190 -15 28 17 0 16 16 16 6 Mindi Abair Stars Peak 163 167 -4 19 20 0 16 17 17 12 Alicia Keys As I Am J 163 146 17 44 18 0 18 19 21 18 Tim Bowman Tim Bowman Trippin’ ’N’ Rhythm 158 144 14 7 16 0 19 18 18 18 Al Green Lay It Down Blue Note 131 145 -14 22 14 0 20 28 31 20 Warren Hill La Dolce Vita Koch 129 104 25 6 14 1 21 21 23 6 Michael McDonald Soul Speak Universal 112 119 -7 31 11 0 22 25 24 2 Candy Dulfer Candy Store Heads Up 109 107 2 62 14 0 23 23 20 3 Paul Taylor Ladies Choice Peak 105 111 -6 69 15 0 23 27 25 11 Robin Thicke The Evolution Of Robin Thicke Star Trak/Interscope 105 105 0 74 12 0 25 24 22 7 Everette Harp My Inspiration Shanachie 98 108 -10 26 14 0 25 22 26 3 Jay Soto Stay Awhile