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JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 5, 2010
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 173 204 -31 0 50 1 11 2 3 8 Rufus Reid Out Front (Motema) 172 168 +4 4 54 2 5 3 8 7 Joe Locke For The Love Of You (E1 Entertainment) 169 140 ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 29, 2010
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 204 209 -5 1 53 1 10 2 2 5 Hadley Caliman Straight Ahead (Origin) 182 195 -13 3 51 2 9 3 8 8 Rufus Reid Out Front (Motema) 168 134 +34 4 51 ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 22, 2010
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 209 233 -24 0 53 1 9 2 5 4 Hadley Caliman Straight Ahead (Origin) 195 165 +30 0 50 2 8 3 5 3 Mike LeDonne The Groover (Savant) 187 165 +22 5 56 3 4 ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 15, 2010
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 22 — Jamie Cullum The Pursuit (Verve Forecast) 293 100 +193 20 53 1 2 2 1 1 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 233 231 +2 0 55 1 8 3 — 43 Lionel Loueke Mwaliko (Blue Note) 180 62 +118 11 57 ...
My Best Jazz Experiences Through the Decades

by Larry Taylor
I've been a jazz fan since I was a teenager in the late forties, growing up in Southern California. From grammar school on, I listened to pop tunes of the day--the hit parade songs and big band music that were in the air on the radio. As I entered junior high, I became ...
John Bunch, The Bad Plus, Daedelus & Dr. John

by Martin Longley
The John Bunch TrioSmallsDecember 29, 2009Steeply down the steps, to the intimate confines of Smalls, one of New York City's most laid-back jazz clubs. Normally, this Greenwich Village joint's clientele is younger, perhaps attracted by the single cover charge that allows all-night entry. This facilitates easy coming and going, so ...
Happy Together - Live At Birdland Volume One

Label: Nagel Heyer Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Vignette; I Want to Be Happy; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You; The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; In Your Own Sweet Way; Centerpiece.
Django Reinhardt Festival, Steve Gadd, Steve Grossman, Bucky Pizzarelli and Ken Peplowski

by Martin Longley
The 10th Anniversary Django Reinhardt NY FestivalBirdlandNovember 4, 2009 This six-night residency celebrated a decade of Djangofests at Birdland, where the principle aim is to see how many Reinhardt guitar disciples can be jammed onstage at any one time. Over the years, the organizers, Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta, have ...
Johnny Varro: Two Legends of Jazz

by Joel Roberts
Though they're separated by nearly 30 years in age, veteran pianist Johnny Varro and clarinetist Ken Peplowski are a perfectly matched pair. Varro, born in Brooklyn in 1930, has been a leading proponent of small-group swing since the '50s, appearing over his long career with the likes of Pee Wee Russell, Buck Clayton and Eddie Condon. ...
Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High

by Edward Bride
A baritone saxophonist who plays like Bird? And harvests more than a half-dozen Grammy awards in the process? That seeming contradiction characterizes the great successes of Gary Smulyan, one of today's most in-demand jazz performers, educators, and recording artists. To be fair, Smulyan has his own voice, but he cites Charlie Parker ...