WNUR Jazz Report, 8/5/96

GENERAL COMMENTS

• Seth Tisue will be away during the month of August. Jim Zanghi will be handling music director duties during this time. As always, you can reach us both at jazz-md@wnur.org.
• The Chora Ensemble will appear live on WNUR this Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 8 AM. The show will be hosted by jazz DJ Len Bukowski.
• Vandy Harris will appear live on WNUR next Wednesday, Aug. 14, 5-7 AM (yes, early in the morning) during Len's show.
• John Corbett will be interviewing Werner X. Uehlinger of Hat Art Records during his show later this month. Details will follow in the next few weeks. This is part of an ongoing effort by WNUR to interview artists associated with the Hat Art label, especially those with new jazz releases.
• You can send local jazz concert info to jazz-calendar@wnur.nwu.edu if you would like to be included on our jazz concert calendar. The calendar is read over the air 3 times per day every weekday morning at each DJ's discretion.

ADDS THIS WEEK

<New releases>

• Michael Carvin: Drum Concerto at Dawn (Mapleshade)
• Chora Ensemble: Barrier Language (cassette)
• Michael Cochrane: Impressions (Landmark)
• various: Urban Fishing Rules (Uff Da Music)
• Various: Ambiances Magnetiques (DAME)
• Ray Drummond: Vignettes (Arabesque)
• Ken Field@: Subterranea (OO Discs)
• John Hicks: Piece For My Peace (Landmark)
• Hotel X: Uncommon Grounds (SST)
• Dick Hyman: Swing Is Here (Reference)
• Rodney Kendrick: Last Chance for Common Sense (Verve)
• Jack McDuff/Joey DeFrancesco: It's About Time (Concord)
• Philippe Micol: Improvisationsstudien (Unit)
• Greg Osby: Art Forum (Blue Note)
• Clark Terry: Express (Reference)
• Matt Wilson: As Wave Follows Wave (Palmetto)

<New reissues>

• Arnett Cobb: Live at Sandy's (Muse)
• various: Dynamic Duos - Memorable Jazz (Drive Archive)
• various: Masters of Jazz v. 2: Bebop's ... (Rhino)
• various: Masters of Jazz v. 4: Big Bands... (Rhino)
• Errol Garner: Now Playing: A Night at the Movies... (Telarc)
• Freddie Hubbard: Blue Spirits (Blue Note)
• Sonny Stitt: In Style (Muse)

<Not new, but new to WNUR>

• Henry Johnson: You're the One (Impulse!)
• Lars Vegas: Nervada (Akers)
• Sten Sandell: Music From a Water Hole (Alice Musik)
• Scholtz/Persson/Sandell: Strings & Hammers for Fingers & Nails (Alice Musik)

JAZZ SHOW TOP 25

* denotes reissue, @ denotes not real new.

1. Vandy Harris: Pure Fire (Katumbi)
2. Andrea Parkins: Cast Iron Fact (Knitting Factory)
3. Moscow Composers Orchestra: An Italian Love Affair (Leo)
4. Ella Fitzgerald: Ella & Friends (Decca)
5. Honk, Wail and Moan: Mailbox Above (Uff Da)
6. Don Byron Quintet: No-Vibe Zone (Knitting Factory)
7. Howard Riley*: Flight (FMR
8. Rova: Ptow!! (Victo)
9. George Van Eps & Howard Alden: Keepin' Time (Concord)
10. Philippe Micol: New York Interviews (Unit)
11. Ellis/Ochs/Robinson: What We Live (DIW)
12. Barondown@: Crackshot (Avant)
13. Stephane Furic: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Soul Note)
14. Crispell/Jormin/Strid@: Spring Tour (Alice)
15. Christian Wolfarth: 3-3-2 (Percaso)
16. Marian McPartland Trio: Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (Concord)
17. Ted Rosenthal Trio: Rosenthology (Concord)
18. David Murray Big Band: South of the Border (DIW)
19. New York Classics Big Band: New York Dances (Mapleshade)
20. Saxemble: Saxemble (Qwest)
21. Miles Davis: Live Around the World (Warner Bros.)
22. AMA Jazz: In One Breath (Leo)
23. Ultimate Communion: Security Let Us In (Human Potential)
24. Cliff Jordan & John Gilmore*: Blowing In From Chicago (Blue Note)
25. Teddy Edwards & Houston Person: Horn to Horn (Muse)

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