The top 25 new and reissued jazz, blues, and Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs played on WEMU the week of Januayr 2-8, 2005Following are the 25 most-played new and reissued jazz, blues, and Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs on 89.1 from January 3rd through January
9th. The number in the parentheses indicates how many times a disc was played.
Jazz
1. Orbert Davis/ Blue Note/ 316 (7)
2. Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch/ Que Viva Coltrane/Criss Cross (7)
3. Hilario Duran/ New Danzon/ Alma (6)
4. Art Pepper/ The Best Of Art Pepper/ Contemporary (6)
5. Steve Turre/ Spirits Up Above/ High Note (5)
6. Papa John DeFrancesco/ Walking Uptown/ Savant (5)
7. Yeah No!/ Swell Henry/ Squealer (5)
8. New Birth Brass Band/ New Birth Family/ Fat Black (5)
9. Dinah Washington/ Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Sessions/ Roulette (5)
10. Dr. Lonnie Smith/ Too Damn Hot!/ Palmetto (4)
11. Omar Sosa/ Mulatos/ Ota (4)
12. Wycliffe Gordon & Garden City Gospel Choir/In The Cross/Criss Cross (4)
13. Denise Perrier/Live At Yoshi?s Blue Monday Party/Chez Perrier(4)
14. Ben Charest/The Triplets Of Belleville/Higher Octave (4)
15. Mike Holober And The Gotham City Orchestra/Thought Trains/TC Music (4)
6. Shelly Manne/ The Best Of Shelly Manne/Contemporary (4)
17. Willis ?Gator Tail? Jackson/ After Hours/Prestige (4)
18. Wallace Roney/ Prototype/ High Note (3)
19. Eric Alexander/ Dead Center/ Milestone (3)
20. Enrico Pieranunzi/ Fellini Jazz/ Cam Jazz (3)
21. Joe Bonner And The Bonner Party/ Lights Out/Akashic (3)
22. Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project/ Soul Eyes/Cagoots (3)
23. The Brooklyn Soul Organization/Brooklyn Soul Organization/M&N Records (3)
24. Caribbean Jazz Project/ Here And Now/ Concord (3)
25. Wayne Shorter/Footprints: The Life And Music Of Wayne Shorter/Columbia Legacy (3)
Blues
1. Roomful Of Blues/ Standing Room Only/ Alligator (16)
2. Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama/ There Will Be A Light/ Virgin (5)
3. Detroit Jr. / Blues On The Internet/ Delmark (5)
4. Big Joe Duskin/ Big Joe Jumps Again/ Yellow Dog (4)
5. Corky Siegel?s Traveling Chamber Blues Show/Live!/ Alligator (3)
6. Lightning Hopkins/ The Best Of Lightning Hopkins/Prestige (3)
7. Ray Charles/ Ray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack /Rhino /Atlantic (3)
8. Fernando Jones/ Stranded/ Dude (3)
9. Jimmy Norman/ Little Pieces/ Wild Flower (3)
10. Memphis Slim/ Paris Mississippi Blues/ Sunnyside (2)
11. Dave Specter & Steve Freund/ Is What It Is/Delmark (2)
12. The North Mississippi All-Stars/ Hill Country Revue/ ATO (2)
13. The Mannish Boys/ That Represent Man/ Delta Groove (2)
14. 52nd Street Blues Project/ Blues and Grass/Chesky (2)
15. David Jacobs-Strain/ Ocean Or A Teardrop/Northern Blues (2)
16. Chris Thomas King/ When My Guitar Screams And Moans/ 21st Century Blues (2)
17. Queen Latifah/ The Dana Owens Album/ A&M (2)
18. Scott Bradbury/ Callin? All Blues/ Teardrop (1)
19. Johnny Dyer w/Mark Hummel/Rolling Fork Revisited/Mountain Top(1)
20. Amos Garrett/ Doug Sahm/ Gene Taylor/ The Return Of The Formerly Brothers/ Stony Plain (1)
21. J.B. Hutto/ Stormin? At Mother Blues/ Delmark (1)
22. Mark Kindred/ Handstand/ Loud House (1)
23. The Neville Brothers/ Walkin The Shadows Of Life/ Back Porch (1)
24. Tom Rigney/ A Blue Thing/ Parhelion (1)
25. Alex Shultz/ Think About It/ Severn (1)
Afro-Cuban and Brazilian
1. Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch/ Que Viva Coltrane/Criss Cross (7)
2. Hilario Duran/ New Danzon/ Alma (6)
3. Omar Sosa/ Mulatos/ Ota (4)
4. Caribbean Jazz Project/ Here and Now/ Concord (3)
5. The Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project/ Soul Eyes/Cagoots (3)
6. Various Artists/ Trama 2004 International Sampler 3/ Trama (3)
7. Carlos ?Patato? Valdes/ El Hombre/ Mambo Maniacs (2)
8. Loteria De La Cumbia Lounge/ Charanga Cakewalk/Artemis (2)
9. Mark Lotz/ Cuban Fishes Make Good Dishes/ Random Chance (2)
10. Global Village Orchestra/ Globalistics/ Random Chance (2)
11. Al Delory/ Floreando/Salsa Jazz/ Music Makers (2)
12. Jane Bunnett/ Red Dragon Fly/ Narada (2)
13. Jorge Ben Jor/ Reactivus Amro Est./ Universal (2)
14. Jessie Marquez/ Sana Locura/ sonalocura.com (2)
15. Manuel Guajiro Mirabel/ Buena Vista Social Club Presents/ Nonesuch (2)
16. Paula Morelenbaum/ Berimbaum/ Universal Music Brazil (2)
17. Pucho And His Latin Soul Brothers/ The Hide Out/Milestone (2)
18. Poncho Sanchez/ Poncho At Montreux/ Silver Line (2)
19. Sergent Garcia/ La Semilla Escondida/ EMI (2)
20. Various Artists/ Bossa 4 Two: Volume 2/Universal (2)
21. Jimmy Bosch/ El Avion De La Salsa/ JRG Records (1)
22. Bossacucanova/ Uma Batide Differente/ Six Degrees (1)
23. Carlinhos Brown/ Mil Veros: Carlinhos Brown Greatest Hits/EMI(1)
24. Gangbe Brass Band/ When Do/ Contre-Jour (1)
25. Marta Gomez/ Cantos De Aguas Dulce/ Chesky (1)