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05-16-05
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[NEWS]

Join WNUR in supporting the fundraising efforts to help the Velvet Lounge move to its new location.  There are many ways to show your support.  First, go ahead and check out the website at: http://www.velvetlounge.net/

Also, come out to the Velvet Lounge Relocation Fundraiser concert this Sunday, May 22nd at 1:00pm at the Hothouse.  It's an all ages show with performers including Malachi Thompson, Jim Baker, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, David Boykin Expanse, AACM Chamber Ensemble, GAM Squad, Spider Trio, Damon Short and Mwata Bowden.

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ADDS

[New Releases]

Festival Quartet - Festival Quartet - Aspidistra
Queen Mab Trio - See Saw - Stichting Wig
Brad Dutz - Nine Gardeners Named Ned - pfMENTUM
Anthony Braxton/Matt Bauder - 2 + 2 Compositions - 482 Music
Natto Quartet - Thousand Oaks - 482 Music
Mark Alban Lotz - Pendant La Nuit: Night Music - LopLop
Drew Gress - 7 Black Butterflies - Premonition
Graham Collier - Workpoints - Cuneiform
John Surman - Way Back When - Cuneiform
Rollerball - Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause - Silber
Kenny Wheeler - What Now? - CAM Jazz
Klaas Hekman - Yolo - Strotbrock

[Reissues]

Luiz Bonfa - Solo in Rio 1959 - Smithsonian Folkways
Shamek Farrah and Folks - La Dee La La - Quadraphonic/Ra
Noel McGhie & Space Spies - Trapeze - Esperance/Next Music

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WEEKLY TOP 10

These are the top 10 releases ranked by actual total airplay by our
20+ jazz DJ's for the week ending on May 13, 2005.
(* denotes reissue)

1. Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode - Unearth - Nuscope
2. EKG - No Sign - Sedimental
3. Grachan Moncur III Octet - Exploration - Capri
4. Kris Tiner/Mike Baggetta - There, Just As You Look For It - pfMENTUM
5. Rosenberg/Baker/Hatwich/Daisy - New Folk, New Blues - 482 Music
6. William Parker Quartet - Sound Unity - AUM Fidelity
7. Herculaneum - Herculaneum - Herculaneum
8. Tom Christensen - New York School - Playscape
9. Keith Jarrett - Radiance - ECM
10. John Ellis - One Foot in the Swamp - Hyena