WNUR Jazz Report, 2/18/96

Comments

• Most of the adds this week consist of new & fairly straightahead music, with the notable exceptions of Chris Cutler, Curlew, Miriodor, David S. Ware. The 3 Cuneiform/ReR CD's are of mixed genre and eventually will find a happy home in our crossover drawer.
• John Corbett interviewed Joe McPhee on the air via phone on Monday. McPhee will be performing at the Empty Bottle on Wednesday. The other interviews mentioned on earlier jazz reports will happen. It's taking a while to coordinate everyone.
• The Saturday live performance featuring Jim Baker and Damon Short went well, despite some extra hum from Jim's ARP. Joe Germuska DJ'ed and Evelyn Darling engineered along with some others. Jim played his ARP and keyboard; Damon played vibes and drums. Jim & Damon will be performing again at the Lunar Cabaret this Wednesday at 9 PM. If anyone can suggest any musicians to book on WNUR's Airplay (Saturday 4-7 PM), just drop us a line. We need about 2 months advance to book the event. This is strictly for publicity. We cannot offer money to the musicians, but we will provide a DAT recording. A recent request for Fred Anderson has been noted, and we'll probably have him in at some point this spring or summer.

Adds this week

New releases

• David S. Ware: Dao (Homestead)
• Charlie Kohlhase Quintet: Good Deeds (Accurate)
• Carl Allen & Manhatten Projects: The Dark Side of Dewey (Alfa/Evidence)
• Tim Hagans: Audible Architecture (Blue Note)
• Monty Alexander: At Maybeck (Concord)
• Miriodor: Jongleries Elastiques (Cuneiform)
• Curlew: Paradise (Cuneiform)
• Java Men: A Letter to St. Paul (independent)
• Jasper van't Hof: Face to Face (Intuition)
• Susannah McCorkle: The Songs of Johnny Mercer (Jazz Alliance)
• Ernie Andrews: The Great City (Muse)
• Chris Cutler: P53 (ReR)
• Marc Copland Quintet: Stompin' with Savoy (Savoy)
• Phil Bodner & Company: New-York Jam (Stash)
• Jim Hall: Dialogues (Telarc)
• Royce Campbell: Gentle Breeze (Timeless)
• Gassmann/Battaglia/Zwiauer/Gatto: An Italian Affair (Unit)
• Anthony Braxton: Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 (Victo)

Not new, but new to WNUR

• Charles Mingus: The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note)
• Eddie Gale Quintet: A Minute With Miles (Mapleshade)

Jazz Show top 25

This is the top 25 releases based on collective airplay by the 20+ jazz DJ's for the week ending February 16, 1996.

* denotes reissue, @ not real new

1. Marc Ribot: Don't Blame Me (DIW)
2. Anthony Braxton@: Oakland July 1993 (Music&Arts)
3. Anderson/Bennink/Doran: Cheer Up (hat ART)
4. Fats Waller & His Rhythms*: The Early Years (Part 2) (Bluebird)
5. Butch Morris: Testament: A Conduction Collection (10 CD's plus book) (New World)
6. Masada: Vav (DIW)
7. Ebony Brass Quintet: Brand New Bag (Mapleshade)
8. various: The Colossal Saxophone Sessions (Evidence)
9. Jim Hobbs Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Peace and Pig Grease (Silkheart)
10. Roy Haynes*: Out of the Afternoon (Impulse)
11. Don Pullen: Sacred Common Ground (Blue Note)
12. Henry Butler: For All Seasons (Atlantic)
13. Pucho Brown: Rip a Dip (Milestone)
14. Norris Turney: Big, Sweet n' Blue (Mapleshade)
15. Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble: Worlds (Evidence)
16. Joanne Brackeen Quartet: Turnaround (Evidence)
17. Jeff Gauthier: Internal Memo (9 Winds)
18. Houle/Crispell: any Terrain Tumultuous (Red Toucan)
19. Dizzy Gillespie: Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse)
20. Jean-Francois Bovard: Flibuste (Unit)
21. Lou Donaldson*: Everything I Play is Funky (Blue Note)
22. Duke Ellington: Cornell University (MusicMasters)
23. Marian McPartland: Ambiance (Jazz Alliance)
24. Donat Fisch Quartet: Intervals and Melodies (Unit)
25. Steve Lacy*: Weal & Woe (Emanem)

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