Dirty Dozen Brass Band continue marching out in front of all others in WEMU's "Sweet 16".

Once again, the WEMU staff and listener favorite, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band top our "Sweet Sixteen".

WEMU “SWEET SIXTEEN” AIRPLAY June 25 to July 1, 2012: 

LINDA YOHN, MUSIC DIRECTOR 

1.    DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND  "Twenty Dozen"  (Savoy Jazz)

2.    JOHNNIE BASSETT  “I Can Make That Happen”   (Sly Dog Records)

3.    BÉLA FLECK AND THE MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO   “Across The Imaginary Divide”  (Rounder)

4.    ESPERANZA SPALDING   “Radio Music Society”  (Heads Up/Montuno)

5.    MIKE STERN   “All Over The Place”   (Heads Up International)

6.    RICK DAVIES   “Salsa Nortena”   (Emlyn Music)

7.    LIL’ ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS   “Jump Start”  (Alligator Records)

8.    JAZZ SOUL SEVEN “Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield” (BFM)

9.    SARA GAZAREK   “Blossom & Bee”   (Palmetto Records)

10.SARA LEIB  “Secret Love”  (OA2 Records)

11.THE MANNISH BOYS   “Double Dynamite”  (Delta Groove Productions)

12.PAT METHENY  “Unity Band”  (Nonesuch Records)

13.TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND  “Everybody’s Talkin”   (Masterworks)

14.THIRD COAST KINGS   “Third Coast Kings”   (Record Kicks)

15.UPPER LEFT TRIO   “ULTernative”   (Origin Records)

16.CITIZEN RHYTHM   “Of The People, By The People, For The People”  (Strong Brew Music)

~COMPILED BY LINDA YOHN AND DANIEL LONG