WNUR Jazz Report, 4/14/98

89.3 WNUR FM, "Chicago's Sound Experiment"
Jazz Show: Weekdays 5 am - 12:30 pm
http://www.wnur.org/jazzshow/

Adds & charts

Jason Karaian, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
(847) 491-7102
1920 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL 60208 USA

News & events

Seth Tisue, Jazz Producer
jazz-producer@wnur.org

NEWS

We now have our own Internet domain, "wnur.org". Please update your E-mail address books and replace "wnur.nwu.edu" in all addresses with "wnur.org". In all URL's, replace "http://www.nwu.edu/WNUR/" with "http://www.wnur.org/". The jazz show's new URL is at the top of this E-mail.
We are tentatively scheduled to begin broadcasting on the Internet on May 22nd. Details in next month's report.
Phonathon, our annual fundraiser, is now complete. Thanks to everyone who called in and contributed, and thanks also to these generous record companies who donated premiums: Eighth Day Music, Southport Records, Delmark Records, Groov Marketing, Evidence Music, and others.
Each year our staff votes on the best new releases and best new reissues of 1997. Beginning Monday, April 20th, we'll spend two weeks counting down the top ten in each category. One new release and one reissue will be featured on the air each weekday at 11:00am. Once the countdown is complete we'll announce the full results on this mailing list.
Check the March/April issue of Option for a feature article by Peter Margasak about the happening improvised music scene in Chicago (WNUR Jazz is mentioned as an important component of the infrastructure here).
The 2nd annual Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music will take place May 8-10; scheduled performers include Evan Parker, Andrew Cyrille, Joe McPhee, Clusone 3, Georg Graewe, and Ab Baars. See <http://www.emptybottle.com/> for complete info. We hope to have some of the musicians in to our studio again this year for performances and interviews.
The duo of Tatsu Aoki (bass) and Carol Genetti (vocals) performed on the jazz show on Monday, April 6th -- if you're in Chicago, you can catch them live every other Tuesday night at Logan Beach Cafe.

ADDS THIS MONTH

[New releases]

@ denotes not real new

Abrams/Dewar/Barry - Calamities Break - Savage Sound Syndicate
Myra Melford & Han Bennink - Eleven Ghosts - hatOLOGY
Wadada Leo Smith & Harumi Makino Smith - Condor, Autumn Wind - Wobbly Rail
Dennis Charles IVtet - Captain of the Deep - Eremite
Georg Grawe Quartet - Melodie Und Rhythmus - Okkadisk
AALY Trio + Vandermark - Hidden in the Stomach - Silkheart
Sten Sandell - Behind the Chords - LJ
Marc Ducret - Un Certain Malaise - Screwgun
Matthew Shipp Trio - The Multiplication Table - hatOLOGY
Victor Lewis Trios - Three Way Conversations - Red
Red Records All Stars - Red Records All Stars - Red
various - A Chicago Jazz Tour - Big Chicago
John Lindberg Ensemble - Bounce - Black Saint
Loren Stillman Quartet - Cosmos - Soul Note
Java Men - Void - self-released
Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio - Warner Bros.
Dewey Redman - In London - Palmetto
Fred Hersch - Thelonious - Nonesuch
Oliver Lake String Project - Movement, Turns & Switches - Passin' Thru
Mark Elf - Trickynometry - Jen Bay
Bluiett Baritone Group - Live at the Knitting Factory - Knitting Factory
Odyssey The Band - Reunion - Knitting Factory
Joe Pass - In Hamburg - ACT
John Zorn/Masada - Tet - DIW
Jazz at the Philharmonic - Frankfurt, 1952 - Pablo
Vijay Iyer - Architextures - Asian Improv
Zen Dadio - Now and Zen - Boho
Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band - Fascinatin' Rhythm! - Ropa Jazz
Marc Johnson - The Sound of Summer Running - Verve
Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron - Night and The City - Verve
Haden/Allen/Motian - The Montreal Tapes - Verve
Haden/Rubalcaba/Motian - The Montreal Tapes - Verve
Lee Morgan - Standards - Blue Note
Jackie McLean Septet - Fire & Love - Blue Note
Tim Hagans & Marcus Printup - Hubsongs - Blue Note
Jeff Song & Lowbrow - The Other Pocket - Music & Arts
Tom Talbert Orchestra - This is Living! - Chartmaker
Tom Harrell - The Art of Rhythm - RCA
Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Theme for Monterey - Mama
Reuben Wilson - Organ Donor - Jazzateria
Greenlief-Amendola Duo(old) - Collect My Thoughts - 9 Winds
Greenlief/Dunn - Em - Evander Music
various - Gentle Duke - Prestige
Jean Derome - 3 Musiques pour UBU - Ambiances Magnetiques
Klaxon Gueule - Bavards - Ambiances Magnetiques
Jean Derome - La Bete: The Beast Within - Ambiances Magnetiques
Victor Jones C.A.F.E. Trio - Live at Bradley's - Satellites
Felix Huber - Al Fresco - UNIT
Trio Hurricane - Live at Fire in the Valley - Eremite
Charlie Hunter & Pound for Pound - Return of the Candyman - Blue Note
Ganelin/Vysniauskas/Gotesman - Trio Alliance - Leo Lab
Collective 4tet - Live at Crescent - Leo Lab
Karayorgis/Maneri - Lift & Poise - Leo Lab
Soegaard Ensemble - Chronox - Leo Lab
Natsuki Tamura - A Song for Jyaki - Leo Lab
John Bickerton Trio - Drinking from the Golden Cup - Loud Neighbors
Mark Shim - Mind Over Matter - Blue Note
Mark Vinci - As I Think About You - Iris
Michael Wolff - Portraiture, The Blues Period - Fuel 2000
Jon Jarvis Trio - Never Never Land - TVT

[New reissues]

McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler - A Meeting in Chicago - Okkadisk Original release was just last year on Eighth Day Music -- same music, new packaging.
"Baby Face" Willette - Face to Face - Blue Note
Sun Ra and his Arkestra - Cosmo Sun Connection - Recommended
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Play the Blues Back to Back - Verve
Gerry Mulligan - Meets Ben Webster - Verve

[Not new, but new to our collection]

Mazzacane/Langille - Come Night - O.O.
Dave Pietro - Forgotten Dreams - A
Planet Construction - When Granny Sleeps - Storyville
Weather Report - Heavy Weather - Columbia
Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Smiles - Columbia

MONTHLY TOP 50

These are the top 50 releases ranked by actual total airplay by our 20+ jazz DJ's for the month of February 1998.

* denotes reissue, @ denotes not real new.

Vandermark 5 - Live at the Empty Bottle - Savage Sound Syndicate
Mengelberg/Gustafsson/Prins - Live in Holland '97 - X-OR
Edward Wilkerson Jr.@ - The Path - Sound Aspects
Steve Lacy - Associates - Robi Droli
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges* - Play the Blues Back to Back - Verve
Kaffe Matthews - cdAnn - Annette Works
Sten Sandell - Behind the Chords - LJ
Jim Hall - Live at the Village Vanguard - Telarc
Fred Van Hove - PijP - WIMprovier
Music Revelation Ensemble - Cross Fire - DIW
Horace Silver Quintet* - Further Explorations - Blue Note
Andrew Cyrille Trio - Good to Go - Soul Note
Hamiet Bluiett - Ballads & Blues - Soul Note
Abrams/Dewar/Barry - Calamities Break - Savage Sound Syndicate
Myra Melford & Han Bennink - Eleven Ghosts - hatOLOGY
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - 21st Century Union March - Silkheart
Brad Shepik and the Commuters - The Loan - Songlines
Tom Varner - Martian Heartache - Soul Note
Houtkamp/Van Hove/Prins - Live in Canada '97 - X-OR
Various* - Critics' Pick Sampler (Vol. 2) - Black Saint/Soul Note
Tim Berne/Bloodcount - Discretion - Screwgun
Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff - Road Tested - Milestone
Bobby Previte - Latin For Travelers - Enja
Naftule's Dream - Search for the Golden Dreydl - Tzadik
Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Withdrawal (1966-7) - Emanem
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - The Continuum - Delmark
"Baby Face" Willette* - Face to Face - Blue Note
Steve Lacy@* - Trio Live - Robi Droli
Matt Darriau Paradox Trio - Flying at a Slant - Knitting Factory
Ben Monder Trio* - Flux - Songlines
Peep - The Joy of Being - Knitting Factory
Ivo Perelman@ - Soccer Land - Ibeji
Misha Mengelberg@ - Impromptus - FMP
Ivo Perelman & Joe Morris - Strings - Leo
C.I. Williams - When Alto Was King - Mapleshade
Marty Ehrlich & Ben Goldberg - Light at the Crossroads - Songlines
Konitz/Mehldau/Haden - Alone Together - Blue Note
Bennink/Borstlap/Glerum - 3 - VIA
Coleman Hawkins* - Encounters Ben Webster - Verve
Mark Dresser - Banquet - Tzadik
John Lindberg Ensemble - Bounce - Black Saint
Paul Bley & Gary Peacock - Mindset - Soul Note
Le Quan Ninh - Ustensiles - For 4 Ears
Hilario Duran Cuban Jazz All Stars - Killer Tumbao - Justin Time
Red Fire Ant Trio - Live in Iowa City - Toe Inc
various - CIMPosium Volume 3 - CIMP
European Chaos String Quintet@ - European Chaos String Quintet - For 4 Ears
Guenter Sommer@ - Saechsiche Schatulle - Intakt
Gerry Mulligan* - Meets Ben Webster - Verve
Mats Gustafsson - Impropositions - Phono Suecia

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