The top 25 new and re-issued jazz, blues, and Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music played on WEMU December 5-12, 2004Following are the 25 most-played new and reissued jazz, blues, and Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs on 89.1 from December 5th through December 11th. The number in the parentheses indicates how many times a disc was played.
Jazz
1. Roy Brooks/ Beat!/ Fresh Sounds (9)
2. Steve Turre/ Spirits Up Above/ High Note (8)
3. Orbert Davis/ Blue Notes/ 316 (7)
4. Wallace Roney/ Prototype/ High Note (7)
5. Carlos ?Patato? Valdes/ El Hombre/ Mambo Maniacs (6)
6. Dr. Lonnie Smith/ Too Damn Hot!/ Palmetto (5)
7. Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers/ Hideout/Milestone (5)
8. Michael Wolff/ Dangerous Vision/ Artemis (5)
9. Papa John DeFrancesco/ Walking Uptown/ Savant (5)
10. Eddie Henderson/ Time And Spaces/ Sirocco Music (5)
11. Dexter Gordon/ Complete Prestige Recordings/Prestige (5)
12. Don Pullen/ Mosaic Select 13: Don Pullen/ Mosaic (4)
13. Phil Woods/ This Is How I Feel About Quincy/Jazzed Media (4)
14. Eric Alexander/ Dead Center/ High Note (4)
15. Yeah! No!/ Swell Henry/ Squealer (4)
16. Poncho Sanchez/ Poncho At Montreux/ Silver Line (4)
17. Buyu Ambroise/ Blues In Red/ Justin Time (4)
18. Manuel Valera/ Forma Nueva/ Mavo (3)
19. Conrad Herwig And Brian Lynch/ Que Viva Coltrane/Criss Cross (3)
20. Deep Blue Organ Trio/ Deep Blue Bruise/ Delmark (3)
21. Ken Peplowski/ Easy To Remember/ Nagel-Heyer (3)
22. Don Byron/ Ivey-Divey/ Blue Note (3)
23. Tony Monaco/ Fiery Blues/ Summit (3)
24. Tim Garland/ Change Of Season/ Sirocco Music (3)
25. Hilario Duran/ New Danzon/ Alma (3)
Blues
1. Detroit Jr./ Blues On The Internet/ Delmark (7)
2. The Neville Brothers/ Walkin? The Shadows Of Life/Back Porch (4)
3. Dave Specter & Steve Freund/ Is What It Is/Delmark (4)
4. Nora Jean Bruso/ Going Back To Mississippi/Severn (3)
5. Mr. B/ B At Home/ Joybox (3)
6. Big Joe Duskin/ Big Joe Jumps Again/ Yellow Dog (3)
7. Various Artists/This Is The Blues Harmonica, Vol.2/Delmark (3)
8. Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama/There Will Be A Light/ Virgin (3)
9. Alex Schultz/ Think About It/ Severn (3)
10. Carl Weathersby/ Hold On/ Carl Weathersby Music (2)
11. Various Artists/ Lightning In A Bottle/Columbia/Legacy (2)
12. J.B. Hutto/ Stormin? At Mother Blues/ Denmark (2)
13. Ray Charles/ Ray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/ Rhino/ Atlantic (2)
14. Kirk Fletcher/ Shades Of Blue/ Delta Groove (2)
15. Chris Thomas King/ When My Guitar Screams And Moans/21st Century Blues (2)
16. Jimmy D. Lane/ It?s Time/ APO (2)
17. Michael Powers/ Onyx Root/ Baryon Records (2)
18. Tom Rigney/ A Blue Thing/ Parhelion (2)
19. The Mannish Boys/That Represent Man/Delta Groove (1)
20. Carlos Johnson/ In And Our/ Mister Kelly?s (1)
21. Jimmy Norman/Little Pieces/Wild Flower (1)
22. Detroit Women & The Motor City Express/ Rattle Your Cage/ detroitwomen.org (1)
23. Down Home Super Trio/ In The House/ Cross Cut (1)
24. 52nd Street Blues Project/ Blues and Grass/ Act (1)
25. RJ Mischo/Meet Me On The Coast/Cross Cut (1)
Afro-Cuban and Brazilian
1. Carlos ?Patato? Valdes/ El Hombre/ Mambo Maniacs (6)
2. Pucho And The Latin Soul Brothers/ The Hide Out/Milestone (5)
3. Buyu Ambroise/ Blues In Red/ Justin Time (4)
4. Poncho Sanchez/ Poncho At Montreux/ Silver Line (4)
5. Hilario Duran/ New Danzon/ Alma (3)
6. Sergent Garcia/ La Semilla Escondida/ EMI (3)
7. Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch/ Que Viva Coltrane/Criss Cross (3)
8. Manuel Valera/ Forma Nueva/ Mavo (3)
9. Various Artists/ Women Of Latin America/Putumayo World Music (2)
10. Various Artists/ The Girls From Ipanema/Universal (2)
11. Marta Gomez/ Cantos De Agua Dulce/ Chesky (2)
12. Bossacucanova/ Uma Batide Differente/ Six Degrees (2)
13. Jane Bunnett/ Red Dragon Fly/ Narada (2)
14. Ray Mantilla/ Man-Ti-Ya/ Savant (2)
15. Gonzalo Rubalcaba/ Paseo/ Blue Note (2)
16. Estrella Acosta/ Alma Guajira/ eStar (1)
17. Quibombo/Quibombo/Testa Dura (1)
18. Jimmy Bosch/ El Avion De La Salsa/ JRG Records (1)
19. Carlinhos Brown/ Mil Veros/Carlinhos Brown Greatest Hits/EMI (1)
20. Ricky Gonzalez/ Oasis/ Rumba Jams (1)
21. Mark Lotz/ Cuban Fishes Make Good Dishes/Random Chance (1)
22. Maria Marquez/ Natures Princess/ Adventure Music (1)
23. Paoli Meijas/ Mi Tambor/ paolimeijas.com (1)
24. Paula Morelenbaum/ Berimbaum/ Universal Music Brazil (1)
25. Stephanie Ozer/ O Comeco/ Media Z (1)