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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 28, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 6 Carla Bley Carla’s Christmas Carols (ECM) 163 192 -29 12 62 1 3 2 20 46 The Airmen Of Note Cool Yule (Self Released) 143 103 +40 6 29 2 3 3 8 3 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 140 ...
Joey Berkley: More 'n Four
by Mark F. Turner
A single listen to the pop/jazz standard “Nature Boy" is proof that saxophonist Joey Berkley's tenor is as robust and accomplished as they come. Living in New York since the late 1970s, the Canadian expat has survived and thrived in the “City That Never Sleeps"--performing with top musicians, running his own music company and teaching, while ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 21, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 14 — Nellie McKay Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day (Verve) 194 112 +82 0 44 1 9 2 6 — Carla Bley Carla’s Christmas Carols (ECM) 192 157 +35 13 55 2 2 3 1 2 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) ...
Uptown
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: No Desert; I Got It Bad; Cross Bronx; You Know I Care; Road from Eilat; Gulf of Aqaba; Nu Soul; Maya's Waltz; Easy Now.
Wayne Escoffery: Uptown
by Woodrow Wilkins
Bob Mintzer, Kirk Whalum and Ada Rovatti are just a few of today's stunning tenor sax players. Wayne Escoffery can be added to their company. Escoffery, 34, is a native of London who moved to the United States with his mother at an early age. He enjoyed singing, and was a member of the ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 14, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 3 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 182 186 -4 0 50 1 12 2 1 2 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 174 212 -38 0 44 1 11 3 4 1 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 172 180 -8 0 45 1 11 4 ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 7, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 212 166 +46 2 52 1 10 2 3 3 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 186 163 +23 2 47 2 11 3 5 2 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 183 147 +36 1 52 1 7 4 ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 30, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 1 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 167 190 -23 1 46 1 9 2 1 3 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 166 236 -70 0 40 1 9 3 3 4 Poncho Sanchez Psychedelic Blues (Concord) 163 195 -32 0 40 2 10 ...
Wayne Escoffery: Uptown
by Joel Roberts
On Uptown, his fifth album as a leader, the impressive 34-year-old tenor saxophonist {Wayne Escoffery employs an old-fashioned soul jazz lineup of sax, Hammond B-3 organ, electric guitar and drums. But don't expect to hear the sort of bluesy “uptown" jams associated with classic soul jazz tenors like Gene Ammons, Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis or Stanley Turrentine. ...
Brother Thelonious Quintet: Brother Thelonious
by Mark Corroto
Nobody can deny the distinctive signature of Thelonious Monk's music. Written for simple piano, bass, and drums, it is a remarkable blending of melody, harmony, and rhythm. Now, expand his conception into a quintet setting and the challenge as Monk would say, to “lift the bandstand," presents itself to the musicians and arrangers. Assigning ...
