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WNUR Jazz: February 1997 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. Vandermark Five: Single Piece Flow (Atavistic)
  2. Sam Rivers: Concept (Rivbea)
  3. Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang: Ask the Sun (OkkaDisk)
  4. Erik Friedlander@: The Watchman (Tzadik)
  5. Dexter Gordon*: Plays the Blues (Prestige)
  6. Frank Morgan: Bop! (Telarc)
  7. James Blood Ulmer*: Tales of Captain Black (DIW)
  8. Agasul Orchester: No Turning Back (Unit)
  9. Gerry Hemingway Quintet: Perfect World (Random Acoustics)
  10. Mingus Big Band: Live in Time (2 CD's) (Dreyfus)
  11. John Carter & Bobby Bradford: Tandem 2 (Emanem)
  12. Roger Smith: Unexpected Turns (Emanem)
  13. David S. Ware Quartet: Godspelized (DIW)
  14. Bevan/Frangenheim/Noble: Twisters (Scatter)
  15. Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls: Rebel Roots (Naim)
  16. Dana Reason: Primal Identity (Deep Listening)
  17. Anthony Braxton & the Fred Simmons Trio: 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 (2 CD's) (Leo)
  18. Kirk Lightsey Trio: Goodbye Mr. Evans (Evidence)
  19. Brian Gephart & Bob Long Quartet: Water Logic (no label)
  20. Mario Schiano: Social Security (Victo)
  21. Derek Bailey: Lace (Emanem)
  22. Vinny Golia Large Ensemble@: Tutto Contare (9 Winds)
  23. Ivo Perelman: Cama de Terra (Homestead)
  24. Don Byron: Bug Music (Nonesuch)
  25. Masada: Zayin (Seven) (DIW)
  26. Spanish Fly: Fly by Night (Accurate)
  27. Eugene Chadbourne: Boogie With the Hook (Leo)
  28. Benny Green: Kaleidoscope (Blue Note)
  29. John Patton Quintet: This One's for Ja (DIW)
  30. various: CIMPosium (CIMP)
  31. various: The Thunderclaps CD (X-OR)
  32. Miles Davis*: Plays the Blues (Prestige)
  33. Betty Carter: I'm Yours, You're Mine (Verve)
  34. Steve Beresford: Cue Sheets (Tzadik)
  35. Dave Scott/Tony Malaby Quartet: (untitled) (9 Winds)
  36. Rich Corpolongo: Just Found Joy (Delmark)
  37. Northwoods Improvisers: Spinning (Arc)
  38. Bill DeArango: Anything Went (GM)
  39. Lennie Tristano*: Manhattan Studio (Jazz Records)
  40. Joe Henderson: Big Band (Verve)
  41. Jimmy Smith: Angel Eyes (Verve)
  42. Fred Anderson*: The Missing Link (Nessa)
  43. Jodie Christian: Front Line (Delmark)
  44. Jeff Song and Lowbrow: Rules of Engagement (Asian Improv)
  45. Hamiet Bluiett: Bluiett's Barbecue Band (Mapleshade)
  46. Ella Fitzgerald*: Sings the Blues (Prestige)
  47. John Coltrane*: Plays the Blues (Prestige)
  48. Stephen Scott: The Beautiful Thing (Verve)
  49. Roots of Communication: Roots of Communication (Unit)
  50. Chet Baker: In Bologna (Dreyfus)