WNUR Jazz Report, 1/12/98

NEWS

• This a catch-up report just containing our monthly chart for December; the next report will contain lots of adds, and airplay or early January. Happy New Year!

MONTHLY TOP 50

* denotes reissue, @ denotes not real new.

1. Steve Lacy: Associates (Robi Droli)
2. Jemeel Moondoc Trio: Fire in the Valley (Eremite)
3. Ganelin Trio*: Ancora da Capo (Leo)
4. Mats Gustafsson: Impropositions (Phono Suecia)
5. Henry Threadgill & Make a Move: Where's Your Cup? (Columbia)
6. Ken McIntyre*: The Complete United Artists Sessions (2 CD's) (Blue Note)
7. Vandermark 5: Live at the Empty Bottle (Savage Sound Syndicate)
8. Joey Baron: Down Home (Intuition)
9. Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff: Road Tested (Milestone)
10. Bennink/Borstlap/Glerum: 3 (VIA)
11. Fred Frith Guitar Quartet: Ayaya Moses (Ambiances Magnetique)
12. Le Quan Ninh: Ustensiles (For 4 Ears)
13. Steve Lacy@*: Trio Live (Robi Droli)
14. Brotzmann/Gania/Drake: The "WELS" Concert (OkkaDisk)
15. Kaffe Matthews: cdAnn (Annette Works)
16. Ellery Eskelin: One Great Day (hatOLOGY)
17. Evan Parker & Ned Rothenberg: Monkey Puzzle (Leo)
18. Ivo Perelman & Joe Morris: Strings (Leo)
19. Tom Bruno & Sabir Mateen: Getting Away With Murder (Eremite)
20. Music Revelation Ensemble: Cross Fire (DIW)
21. William Hooker & Billy Bang: Joy (Within)! (Silkheart)
22. David S. Ware Quartet: Wisdom of Uncertainty (AUM Fidelity)
23. Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Withdrawal (1966-7) (Emanem)
24. Billy Bang: Bang On! (Justin Time)
25. Tim Berne/Bloodcount: Discretion (Screwgun)
26. Giancarlo Nicolai Trio: And John Tchicai (Leo)
27. Joe Morris & William Parker: Invisible Weave (No More)
28. Jim Hall: Live at the Village Vanguard (Telarc)
29. Bruce Eisenbeil Trio: Nine Wings (CIMP)
30. Phil Durrant: Sowari (Acta)
31. Nuzion Big Band: Hallelujah! (Third Eye)
32. ROVA: The Works (Volume 2) (Black Saint)
33. William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Sunrise in the Tone World (2 CD's) (AUM Fidelity)
34. Sakis Papadimitriou & Lefteris Agouridakis: Plus and Minus (Leo)
35. various*: Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree (Rhino)
36. Bradfield/Centazzo/Chadbourne/Cora/Kondo/Zorn@*: Environment for Sextet (Robi Droli)
37. Abash: Jazz (Dragon)
38. Coleman Hawkins*: Encounters Ben Webster (Verve)
39. Billy Hart: Oceans of Time (Arabesque)
40. Miles Davis*: In Concert (2 CD's) (Columbia)
41. Konitz/Mehldau/Haden: Alone Together (Blue Note)
42. C.I. Williams: When Alto Was King (Mapleshade)
43. ROVA: Morphological Echo (Rastascan)
44. Bradley Williams and his Original 21st Century Review: Songs for Swinging Sophisticates, Volume One (Sideways)
45. various*: Crime Jazz: Music in the Second Degree (Rhino)
46. Jutta Hipp@*: With Zoot Sims (Blue Note)
47. Matt Darriau Paradox Trio: Flying at a Slant (Knitting Factory)
48. Steve Khan: Got My Mental (Evidence)
49. Art Farmer: Silk Road (Arabesque)
50. Club Foot Orchestra: Plays Nino Rota (Rastascan)