The top 25 jazz, blues, and Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs played on WEMU the week of December 28, 2003 - January 3, 2004Following are the 25 most-played new and reissued jazz, blues, and Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs on 89.1 from
December 28th, 2003 though January 3rd, 2004. The number in
parentheses tells indicates how many times a disc was played.
Jazz
1 Count Basie And The Orchestra - America's Number One Band: The
Columbia Years - Columbia Legacy (10)
2 Charlie Parker - The Complete Verve Master Takes - Verve (9)
3 Russell Gunn - Mood Swings - High Note (6)
4 James Carter - Gardenias For Lady Day - Columbia (6)
5 Malachi Thompson - Blue Jazz - Delmark (6)
6 Moutin Reunion Quartet - Red Moon - Sunnyside (6)
7 Curtis Amy - Mosaic Select 7: Curtis Amy - Mosaic (6)
8 Wycliffe Gordon - Dig This!! - Criss Cross (5)
9 Randy Sandke - Cliffhanger - Nagel-Heyer (5)
10 Jimmy Cobb's Mob - Cobb's Groove - Milestone (5)
11 Tom Harrell - Wise Children - Bluebird (5)
12 Jim Payne - Sensei - Savant (4)
13 Red Holloway - Coast To Coast - Milestone (4)
14 Cassandra Wilson - Glamoured - Blue Note (4)
15 Josh Roseman Unit - Treats For The Nightwalker - Enja (4)
16 Rob McConnell Tentet - Music Of The Twenties - Justin Time (4)
17 Ralph Peterson - Tests Of Time - Criss Cross (4)
18 Frank Kimbrough - Quickening - Omni Tone (4)
19 George Schuller - Round 'Bout Now - Playscape (4)
20 Gene Ludwig - Hands On - Blues Leaf (4)
21 The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige
And Pablo Recordings - Prestige/Pablo (4)
22 The Great Jazz Trio - Autumn Leaves - 441 (3)
23 Butch Miles - Straight On Till Morning - Nagel-Heyer (3)
24 Either Orchestra - Neo-Modernism - Accurate (3)
25 Tom Lellis - Southern Exposure - Adventure Music (3)
Blues
1 Various Artists - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical
Journey - Hip-O (6)
2 Jimmy Burns - Back To The Delta - Delmark (5)
3 John Lee Hooker - Face To Face - Eagle Entertainment (4)
4 Ellis Hooks - Up Your Mind - Evidence (4)
5 Dr. John - All By Hisself: Live At The Lonestar - Hyena (3)
6 Charles Brown - A Life In The Blues - Rounder (3)
7 Various Artists - Queens Of The Blues - Fuel 2000 (3)
8 Enrico Crivellaro - Key To My Kingdom - Electro-Fi (2)
9 Dave Clark's Blues Swingers - Switchin' In The Kitchen - Delmark (2)
10 Nora Jean Bruso - Nora Jean Bruso Sings The Blues - Red Hurricane
(2)
11 Detroit Junior - Live At The Toledo Museum Of Art - Blue Suit (2)
12 James Harman - Pacific Moon Trance - Pacific Blues (2)
13 Big Bill Morganfield - Blues In The Blood - Blind Pig (2)
14 The Dixie Hummingbirds - Diamond Jubilation - Treasure (2)
15 The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Go Tell It On The Mountain - Real World
(2)
16 Fruteland Jackson - Blues 2.0 - Electro-Fi (2)
17 John Mayall - 70th Birthday Concert - Eagle Entertainment (2)
18 Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? - Blue Note (2)
19 Various Artists - The Box Of The Blues - Rounder (2)
20 Various Artists - The Modern Blues Story - Fuel 2000 (2)
21 Al Green - I Can't Stop - Blue Note (1)
22 Corey Harris - Mississippi To Mali - Rounder (1)
23 Rory Block - Last Fair Deal - Telarc (1)
24 Renee Austin - Sweet Talk - Blind Pig (1)
25 Al Copley - Jump On It! - One Mind (1)
Afro-Cuban and Brazilian
1 Tom Lellis - Southern Exposure - Adventure Music (3)
2 John Santos And The Machete Ensemble - Brazos Abiertos - Machete (2)
3 Los Soneros De Oriente - A Las Orishas - Bedford Music (2)
4 Diego Urcola - Soundances - Sunnyside (2)
5 Airto Moreira - Life After That - Narada World (2)
6 Mark Weinstein - Tudo De Bom - String Jazz (2)
7 Mike Marshall and Jovino Santos Neto - Serenata: The Music Of
Hermeto Pascoal - Adventure Music (2)
8 Chucho Valdes - New Conceptions - Blue Note (2)
9 Havana NRG - Camino Al Cielo - NRG Records (2)
10 Tony Pastrana - Presents New York Latin Jazz - Mambo Maniacs (2)
11 Scott Martin - A Martin Family Christmas - SCM (2)
12 Various - Chill Brazil 2 - Warner Music Latina (2)
13 Soneros De Verdad - Soneros De Verdad Presente Guillermo Rubalcaba:
Pasado Y Presente - Pimienta (1)
14 Michael James Turre - Compositions - Illusory (1)
15 Virginia Rodriguez - Mares Profundos - Edge (1)
16 Ralph Iriazarry - It's Time - Timbalaye (1)
17 Eduardo Mendonca - Brazil In Washington - Show Brazil (1)
18 Truco Y Zaperoko - Musica Universal - Libertad (1)
19 Henry Mora Orchestra - 'Round Midnight - Tropico Records (1)
20 Romero Lubambo - Rio De Janeiro Underground - 441 (1)