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09-27-04
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Reports compiled by:
Mike Corsa, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
(847) 491-7102
Office Hours: Thurs. 2-5pm CST
WNUR 89.3 FM
Attn: Jazz Show
1920 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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NEWS:
You dO NOT want to miss this! WNUR 89.3 FM proudly presents the
4th Annual Chicago Sounds JAZZFEST. Performances include:
the Nicole Mitchell Trio
Jonathan Chen & Tatsu Aoki
the (Richard Nickel) transaction Ensemble
the Kent Kessler/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Dave Rempis Trio.
The 2004 WNUR Jazzfest will be held on Saturday, OCTOBER 9 at McCormick
Auditorium in the Norris University Center (1999 Campus Dr) at
Northwestern University's beautiful lakefront campus in Evanston.
Tickets are $8 or $5 for students and can be bought in advance by
calling the BOX OFFICE at 847-491-2305. Tickets should also
be available at the door.
Doors at 6pm, Show at 7pm.
For more information and directions please visit www.wnur.org
It's a rare opportunity that the WNUR's Jazz Show can reach beyond the
airwaves to present some of the most creative and innovative
improvisors in Chicago for an evening of incomparable, original
music. If you're in or around Chicago on October 9th, check this
one out! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
THANKS!
---mike corsa-wnur jazz md
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WEEKLY ADDS:
[New releases]
Alice Coltrane - Translinear Light - Impulse
Joshua Manchester - Occident - s/r
Wildman/Glassmeyer/Moran - BIFT - NCM East
the Four Bags - Off Shore - NCM East
DDYGG - Live at Joan's - NCM EAST
the Glasgow Improvisors ORchestra w/ Evan Parker - Munich and Glasgow -
FMR
McCandless/Lande/Barshay/Hall - Shapeshifter - Synergy Music
Alex Heitlinger Sextet - Green Light - Synergy Music
Various Artists - SYNcopated enERGY - Synergy Music
Taylor/Forbes Duo - Spoken Once - s/r
Jeff Parker & Scott Fields - Song Songs Song - Delmark
Jason Ajemian - Who Cares How Long You Sink - Lucky Kitchen
Frode Gjerstad & Peter Brotzmann - Soria Moria - FMR
Muller_Moslang - Boom_Box - Grob
the Lightbox Orchestra - Two Lightboxes - Locust
Boykin/Seigfried/Wing - Live on WNUR 08/27/04 - WNUR
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WEEKLY TOP 10:
These are the top 10 new releases ranked by actual total airplay by our
15 jazz DJ's for the week ending on September 24, 2004.
(* denotes reissue)
1. Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - Mean Ameen - Delmark
2. Douglas/Sclavis/Lee/Van Der Schyff - Bow River Falls - Premonition
3. Triage - American Mythology - Okkadisk
4. Matthew Shipp - Harmony and Abyss - Thirsty Ear
5. Hugh Ragin - Revelation - Justin Time
6. Maurice Brown - Hip to Bop - Brown Records
7. Mario Pavone - Boom - Playscape
8. Blue Collar - _____ is an Apparition - Rossbin
9. Von Freeman - the Great Divide - Premonition
10. Big Satan - Souls.SavedHear - Thirsty Ear