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05-23-05
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NEWS
Join WNUR in supporting the successful relocation of the Velvet
Lounge. The first thing you can do to help is donate via the
Velvet's website at http://www.velvetlounge.net/
Also, check out the Velvet Lounge Relocation fundraiser this Friday,
May 27th at 9:30pm at the Velvet Lounge (2128 1/2 S. Indiana)
Performers include Edward Wilkerson, David Boykin Expanse, the Gam
Squad, Tatsu Aoki, Douglas Ewart, Dennis Winslett, Jabari Liu, Malachi
Thompson, Corey Wilkes, Dan Godston, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth
Ensemble, Dushun Mosley, Isaiah Spencer, Michael Zerang, Isaiah
Jackson, Rob Pleshar, Henry Grimes, and others.
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ADDS
[New Releases]
Billy Bang - Vietnam: Reflections - Justin Time
Marc Ribot - Spiritual Unity - Pi
Recordings
Free Base - The Ins and Outs - Emanem
Spontaneous Music Ensemble - A New Distance - Emanem
Paul Rutherford - iskra3 - Psi
Smith/Quintus/Quintus/Tadic/Nauseef - Snakish - Leo
Fredrik Soegaard/Hasse Poulsen - …And We Also Caught a Fish - Leo
Mark Masters Ensemble - Porgy and Bess Redefined! - Capri
Mats-Up - In the Beginning - Altrisuoni
Burt/MacDonald Quintet - Hotel Dilettante - Textile Records
Rova::Orkestrova - Electric Ascension - Atavistic
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio - Other Valentines - Atavistic
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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 20, 2005.
(* denotes reissue)
1. Drew Gress - 7 Black Butterflies - Premonition
2. Festival Quartet - Festival Quartet - Aspidistra
3. *Luiz Bonfa - Solo in Rio 1959 - Smithsonian Folkways
4. Graham Collier - Workpoints - Cuneiform
5. Klaas Hekman - Yolo - Strotbrock
6. William Parker Quartet - Sound Unity - AUM Fidelity
7. Brad Dutz - Nine Gardeners Named Ned - pfMENTUM
8. Steve Swell - Slammin' the Infinite - Cadence
9. Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode - Unearth - Nuscope
10. David S. Ware - Live in the World - Thirsty Ear