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Another Night in London
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Where Is Love?
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Room 13
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Jazz After Hours with Jim Wilke
The following monthly selections represent a collection of albums that received the most airplay on my radio program Jazz After Hours. The list contains my picks based on artistic merit - not just commercial viability - but neither category would necessarily exclude the other.
DECEMBER 1997
ARTIST                  TITLE                           LABEL

Various artists 	Yule Be Boppin' 	        Blue Note 
Bill Cosby (prod) 	Hello Friend 		        Verve 
Bob Dorough  		Right On My Way Home	        Blue Note 
Fred Hersch & Friends	The Duo Album 		        Classical Action 
Corea & Burton 		Native Sense 	 	        Stretch 
Terell Stafford 	Centripetal Force 	        Candid 
Melissa Walker 		May I Feel 		        Enja 
Harry Sweets Edison	Live at The Iridium 	        Telarc 
Vanguard Jazz Orch	Lickety Split 		        New World
Jim Hall 		Panorama		        Telarc
Kenny Barron		Things Unseen 		        Verve
Rob McConnell 		Plays the Jazz Classics         Concord 

NOVEMBER 1997
ARTIST                  TITLE                           LABEL	

Jim Hall 		Panorama			Telarc 
Kenny Barron 		Things Unseen 			Verve
Konitz,Mehldau,Haden 	Alone Together 			Blue Note 
Corea & Burton		Native Sense 			Stretch 
Dianne Reeves 		That Day 			Blue Note
Mark Murphy 		Song For The Geese 		RCA Victor 
Oregon 			Northwest Passage 		Intuition 
Jerome Richardson 	Jazz Station Runaway 		TCB
Rob McConnell 		Plays The Jazz Classics 	Concord 
Don Braden 		Voice Of The Saxophone 		Blue Note 
Jessica Williams 	Jessica's Blues 		Jazz Focus 
Joe Henderson 		Porgy & Bess 			Verve 

OCTOBER 1997
ARTIST                  TITLE                           LABEL

Rob McConnell		Plays the Jazz Classics 	Concord 
Horace Silver 		Prescription For The Blues	impulse! 
Joe Henderson 		Porgy & Bess 			Verve 
Oscar Peterson 		Oscar In Paris 			Telarc 
Jessica Williams 	Jessica's Blues 		Jazz Focus 
Carol Welsman 		Inclined 			Koch Jazz 
Diana Krall 		Love Scenes 			impulse 
Don Braden 		Voice Of The Saxophone		Blue Note 
T.S.Monk 		Monk on Monk 			N2K 
Charles Earland 	Blowing The Blues Away 		High Note 
Barry Harris 		First Time Ever 		Evidence
Bud Shank 		Plays Music of Bill Evans 	Fresh Sound

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