The top 25 jazz and blues and top 20 Afro-Cuban and Brazilian new and reissued CDs played on WEMU the week of May 30-June 5, 2004 Following are the 25 most-played new and reissued jazz and blues and 20 Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs on 89.1 from May 30th through June 5th. The number in parentheses indicates how many times a disc was played.
Jazz
1. Pyeng Threadgill - Sweet Home: The Music Of Robert Johnson - Random
Chance (7)
2. Monty Alexander With Ernest Ranglin - Rock Steady - Telarc (7)
3. Ben Allison - Buzz - Palmetto (7)
4. Astral Project - The Legend Of Cowboy Bill - astralproject.com (6)
5. Bill Charlap Trio - Somewhere: The Songs Of Leonard Bernstein -
Blue Note (6)
6. Jamie Cullum - Twenty Something - Verve (6)
7. Craig Taborn - Junk Magic - Thirsty Ear (6)
8. Chris Potter - Live At The Village Vanguard - Sunnyside (6)
9. Vincent Herring - Mr. Wizard - High Note (5)
10. The Frank And Joe Show - "33 & 1/3" - Hyena (5)
11. Dr. Michael White - Dancing In The Sky - Basin Street (5)
12. The Bad Plus - Give - Columbia (5)
13. Urban Transport - Introducing Urban Transport - Urban Transport
Music (5)
14. Dave Brubeck - Private Brubeck Remembers - Telarc (5)
15. David Hazeltine Trio - Close To You - Criss Cross (5)
16. Brother Jack McDuff - The Prestige Years - Prestige (5)
17. Dizzy Reece - Mosaic Select 11: Dizzy Reece - Mosiac (5)
18. Various Artists - Pure Brazil - Planet Rhythm (5)
19. Larry Coryell - Tri-Cycles - In And Out (4)
20. Candido And Graciela - Inolvidable - Chesky (4)
21. John Scofield - En Route - Verve (4)
22. The Body Acoustic - The Body Acoustic - Chesky (4)
23. Curtis Fuller - Up Jumped Spring - Delmark (4)
24. James Carter - Live At Baker's Keyboard Lounge - Warner Brothers (4)
25. Ron Levy - After Midnight Grooves - Levtron (4)
Blues
1. Ronnie Earl - Now, Mr. Soul - Stony Plain (9)
2. Etta James - Blues To The Bone - RCA Victor (7)
3. Pyeng Threadgill - Sweet Home: The Music Of Robert Johnson - Random
Chance (7)
4. The Bo-Keys - The Royal Sessions - Yellow Dog (5)
5. Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom - After Midnight Grooves - Levtron (4)
6. Guitar Shorty - Watch Your Back - Alligator (4)
7. Muddy Waters - Hard Again - Epic Legacy (4)
8. Duke Robillard - Blue Mood: The Songs Of T-Bone Walker - Stony
Plain (4)
9. Lightning Hopkins - The Best Of Lightning Hopkins - Columbia Legacy
(4)
10. Mississippi John Hurt - D.C. Blues - Fuel 2000 (4)
11. Otis Taylor - Double V - Telarc (3)
12. Charlie Musselwhite - Sanctuary - Real World (3)
13. Muddy Waters - King Bee - Epic Legacy (2)
14. Henry Butler - Homeland - Basin Street (2)
15. Deborah Coleman - What About Love? - Telarc (2)
16. Eric Clapton - Me And Mr. Johnson - Reprise (2)
17. Jon Cleary And The Absolute Monster Gentlemen - Pin Your Spin -
Basin Street (2)
18. Charles Wilson - If Heartaches Were Nickels - Delmark (2)
19. Muddy Waters - I'm Ready - Epic Legacy (2)
20. Ellis Hooks - Uncomplicated - Artemis (2)
21. Tinsley Ellis - The Hard Way - Telarc (2)
22. Keb Mo - Keep It Simple - Epic/Okeh (2)
23. Bobby Rush - Folk Funk - DeepRush (2)
24. Bob Seeley - Detroit Style Blues And Boogie Piano - Bob Seeley
Music (2)
25. Roy Tyler And New Directions - Three Way Calling - Severn (2)
Afro-Cuban and Brazilian
1. Monty Alexander and Ernest Ranglin - Rock Steady - Telarc (7)
2. Various Artists - Pure Brazil - Planet Rhythm (5)
3. The Body Acoustic - The Body Acoustic - Chesky Records (4)
4. Candido And Graciela - Inovidale - Chesky Records (4)
5. Afro-Bop Alliance - Encarnacion - Cubop.com (3)
6. Vinicius Cantuaria - Horse And Fish - Bar None (3)
7. Conrad Herwig - Annother Kind Of Blue: The Latin Side Of Miles
Davis - Half Note (3)
8. Sonido Isleno - Blue Tres - Tresero (3)
9. Marcus Rizo - Carnival Music - Sampi (3)
10. Oliver Lake - Dat Love - Passin' Thru (2)
11. Marco Figueira - Brazilliance - Blue Toucan Music (2)
12. Luciana Souza - Neruda - Sunnyside (2)
13. Ramon Valle Trio - No Escape - ACT (2)
14. Mangueira - Mangueira - Columbia (2)
15. Angel Melendez & 911 Mambo Orchestra - Angel Melendez & 911 Mambo
Orchestra - Latin Shtreet Music (2)
16. Sammy DeLeon - Y Su Orquestra - Azica (2)
17. Katia Moraes & Sambagura - Live - Kufala (2)
18. Luis Munoz - Vida - Pelin Music (2)
19. Plena Libre - Estamos Grazando! - Times Square (2)
20. Caetano Veloso - A Foreign Sound - Nonesuch (1)