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WNUR Jazz: July 1996 Top 50

Compiled by:
Seth Tisue, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
(847) 491-7102
1920 Campus Dr., Evanston IL 60208

These are the top 50 releases month by month, based on actual tabulated airplay by our 20-odd jazz DJ's.
* denotes reissue, @ denotes not real new.
  1. Ellis/Ochs/Robinson: What We Live (DIW)
  2. Either/Orchestra: Across the Omniverse (Accurate)
  3. Rob Brown Trio: High Wire (Soul Note)
  4. Barondown@: Crackshot (Avant)
  5. Don Byron Quintet: No-Vibe Zone (Knitting Factory)
  6. Giuffre/Bley/Swallow: Conversations With a Goose (Soul Note)
  7. John Butcher: London and Cologne (Rastascan)
  8. Howard Riley@: Flight (FMR)
  9. Aoki/Wong/Pavkovic Trio: Urban Reception (Southport)
  10. Rova: Ptow!! (Victo)
  11. Glenn Spearman Double Trio: The Fields (Black Saint)
  12. Mark Dresser: Invocation (Knitting Factory)
  13. Crispell/Jormin/Strid@: Spring Tour (Alice)
  14. Christian Wolfarth: 3-3-2 (Percaso)
  15. Stephane Furic: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Soul Note)
  16. Geisser/Hennen/Hoyer/Parker: The Ropedancer (Leo Lab)
  17. Arcado String Trio: Live in Europe (Avant)
  18. Feet Music: Assertions & Sketches (Chroma)
  19. David Murray Big Band: South of the Border (DIW)
  20. Charles Sullivan: Kamau (Arabesque)
  21. Marian McPartland Trio: Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (Concord)
  22. John Coltrane*: Complete Atlantic Recordings (Rhino)
  23. Ivano Torre Quintetto: Urt' O Logique (Unit)
  24. Dave Douglas: Five (Soul Note)
  25. Max Roach*: It's Time (Impulse!)
  26. Anthony Braxton: Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 (No More)
  27. Ron Miles: My Cruel Heart (Gramavision)
  28. Ray Brown Trio: The Sax Players (Telarc)
  29. various: Kansas City (soundtrack) (Verve)
  30. David Pavkovic & Tatsu Aoki: Actual Music (Toe)
  31. Keystone Trio: Heart Beats (Milestone)
  32. Art Farmer*: Out of the Past (Chess)
  33. Art Pepper & Zoot Sims@: Art'n'Zoot (Pablo)
  34. Alden/Vignola/Bruno: Concord Jazz Guitar Collective (Concord)
  35. Franklin Kiermeyer: Kairos (Evidence)
  36. Joshua Breakstone: Remembering Grant Green (Evidence)
  37. Ted Rosenthal Trio: Rosenthology (Concord)
  38. Dennis Mitcheltree: Brooklyn (Dengor)
  39. New York Classics Big Band: New York Dances (Mapleshade)
  40. Moscow Composers Orchestra: An Italian Love Affair (Leo)
  41. Horace Silver: The Hardbop Grandpop (Impulse!)
  42. Carlos Garnett: Resurgence (Muse)
  43. John Zorn*: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Tzadik)
  44. Kelly Brand Sextet: A Dream in Stone (Koch)
  45. Matthew Shipp: Symbol Systems (No More)
  46. Wadada Leo Smith: Tao-Njia (Tzadik)
  47. Richie Beirach Trio: Trust (Evidence)
  48. Von Freeman: Fire (Southport)
  49. Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars*: Mexican Passport (Contemporary)
  50. Mario Schiano@: Blue Memories (Splasc(h))