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08-16-04
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Reports compiled by:
Mike Corsa, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
1920 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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NEWS:
WNUR is proud to support the Interchange Festival 2004. It runs
from August 18-21 with performances at a bunch of great Chicago venues
and stores. The purpose of the festival is to raise political
awareness and encourage voter mobilization. Some contributors
are: Vandermark 5, Town and Country, Tortoise w/ Diverse, David Singer
& the Sweet Science, Charles Bissell, Andrew Bird, Bobby Conn w/
the M's, Sam Prekop, the Hideout, Schuba's, Chi. Cultural Center, Empty
Bottle, Metro, Gene Siskel Film Center, WNUR, WLUW, etc. Check
out the website for more information: http://www.interchange2004.org/
Check out this Saturday’s (August 21) Airplay show on WNUR from
4-7pm. Chances are good we’ll be hearing from Dragons 1976 with
Aram Shelton, Tim Daisy and Jason Ajemian. We’ll let you know
next week when you can hear it on the jazz show.
WEEKLY ADDS:
[New releases]
Nels Cline/Vinny Golia - The Entire Time - 9 Winds
Mtjk Quartet - Making Room for Spaces - 9 Winds
Fuchs/Lindsay/Smith/Baghdasser/Baltschun - The Happymakers - Balance
Point Acoustics
Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor Sextet - L'Histoire du Clochard - Palmetto
Hugh Ragin - Revelation - Justin Time
Kenneth Patchen - Reads with Jazz in Canada - Locust
Lafayette Gilchrist - The Music According to - Hyena
Parker/Schlippenbach/Lytton - America 2003 - Psi
Paul Rutherford Trio - Gheim - Emanem
Free Zone Appleby 2003 - Free Zone Appleby 2003 - Psi
Tim Olive and Fritz Welch - Sun Reverse the Footpedal - Evolving Ear
Lukas Ligeti - Mystery System - Tzadik
The Asscopter - De(r)mo - s/r
[Reissue(s)]
Ilhan Mimaroglu - Agitation - Locust
[Old, but new to our collection]
Josephson/Wachsmann/Lindsay/Smith/Blume - Zero Plus - Balance Point
Acoustics
Gratkowski/Bryerton/Smith - The Voice Imitator - Balance Point Acoutics
Genetti/Smith/Lonberg-Holm - Sense of Hearing - Balance Point Acoustics
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WEEKLY TOP 10
These are the top 10 releases ranked by actual total airplay by our
14 jazz DJ's for the week ending on August 6, 2004.
(* denotes reissue)
1. Billy Bang Quartet/Sextet* - Sweetspace/Untitled Gift* - 8th
Harmonic Breakdown
2. Anthony Braxton – 23 Standards – Leo
3. Simon Nabatov Trio – Autumn Music – Leo
4. Tanya Kalmanovitch – Hut Five – Perspicacity
5. George Burt/Raymond MacDonald 8 – Popcorn – FMR
6. Von Freeman – The Great Divide – Premonition
7. Ellery Eskelin – Forms – hatOLOGY
8. Liebig/Vatcher/Golia – On The Cusp of Fire and Water – Red Toucan
9. The Exciting Trio – In Chicago There is Willy – 482 Music
10. Louis Sclavis – Napoli’s Walls - ECM