The top 25 new and reissued jazz and blues and top 20 Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs played on WEMU April 25-May 1, 2004.Following are the 25 most-played new and reissued jazz and blues and 20 Afro-Cuban and Brazilian CDs on 89.1 from April 25th through May 1st, 2004. The number in parentheses indicates how many times a disc was played.
Jazz
1 Wynton Marsalis - The Magic Hour - Blue Note (11)
2 Stefon Harris - Evolution - Blue Note (9)
3 Dizzy Reece - Mosaic Select 11: Dizzy Reece - Mosaic (9)
4 The Bad Plus - Give - Columbia (8)
5 Andy Bey - American Song - Savoy (8)
6 Bill Charlap - Somewhere: Music Of Leonard Bernstein - Blue Note (8)
7 Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls - Breeding Resistence - Delmark (7)
8 Mike LeDonne - Smokin' Live - Savant (7)
9 Pyeng Threadgill - Sweet Home: The Music Of Robert Johnson - Random
Chance (6)
10 Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room - Verve (5)
11 Conrad Herwig - Another Kind Of Blue - Half Note (5)
12 James Carter - Live At Baker's Keyboard Lounge - Warner Brothers (5)
13 Curtis Fuller - Up Jumped Spring - Delmark (5)
14 Fly - Fly - Savoy (5)
15 Dr. Michael White - Dancing In The Sky - Basin Street (5)
16 Paul Vornhagen - Kindred Spirts - PKO (4)
17 World Saxophone Quartet - Experience - Justin Time (4)
18 Steve Fentriss - Early Last Morning - PKO (4)
19 Craig Taborn - Junk Magic - Thirsty Ear (4)
20 Tony Lujan - Tribute - Bella (4)
21 Charles Lloyd And Billy Higgins - Which Way Is East? - ECM (3)
22 Russell Malone - Playground - Max Jazz (3)
23 Jimmy Greene - Forever - Criss Cross (3)
24 Ed Thigpen Scantet - Number One - Stunt (3)
25 Fred Hersch - Fred Hersch Trio Plus Two - Palmetto (3)
Blues
1 Charlie Musselwhite - Sanctuary - Real World (8)
2 Henry Butler - Homeland - Basin Street (7)
3 Pyeng Threadgill - Sweet Home: The Music Of Robert Johnson - Random
Chance (6)
4 Keb Mo - Keep It Simple - Epic/Okeh (5)
5 Ellis Hooks - Uncomplicated - Artemis (5)
6 Bob Seeley - Detroit Style Blues And Boogie-Woogie Piano - Bob
Seeley Music (3)
7 Bibb/Block/Muldaur - Sisters And Brothers - Telarc (3)
8 Ron Levy' Wild Kingdom - Finding My Way - Levtron (3)
9 BB & The Blues Shack - Blue Avenue - Cross Cut (3)
10 Hound Dog Taylor - Release The Hound - Alligator (3)
11 The Whoo Doo Band - Bringing Home The Blues - No Cover (2)
12 Pat Boyack - Voices From The Street - Doc Blues (2)
13 Tad Robinson - Do You Ever Wonder? - Severn (2)
14 Jimmy Dawkins - Tell Me, Baby - Fedora (2)
15 Jody Williams - You Left Me In The Dark - Evidence (2)
16 Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61 - Fuel 2000 (2)
17 Johnny A - Get Inside - Favored Nations (1)
18 Mike Morgan & The Crawl - Live In Dallas - Severn (1)
19 The Tonemasters - Going With The Flow - Blues Leaf (1)
20 Robert Lockwood, Jr. - The Legend Live - MC (1)
21 Guitar Shorty - Watch Your Back - Alligator (1)
22 Texas Red - Nothin' Can Save Me Now - Cold Wind (1)
23 Filmore Slim - Funky Mama's House - Fedora (1)
24 Reverend Gary Davis - You Better Be Right - Biograph (1)
25 Robert Pete Williams - Long Way From Home - Fuel 2000 (1)
Afro-Cuban & Brazilian
1 Monty Alexander - Rock Steady - Telarc (6)
2 Conrad Herwig - Another Kind Of Blue - Half Note (5)
3 Tony Lujan - Tribute - Bella (4)
4 The Mambo Kings - Marinera - Mambo Kingdom Music (3)
5 Caetano Veloso - A Foreign Sound - Nonesuch (3)
6 Luciana Souza - Neruda - Sunnyside (3)
7 Chembo Corniel - Portrait In Rhythms - Chemboro Recordings (3)
8 Nachito Herrera - Live At The Dakota - Dakota Live (3)
9 Angel Melendez And The 911 Mambo Orchestra - Angel Melendez And The
911 Mambo Orchestra - Latin Street Music (3)
10 Afro-Bop Alliance - Encarnacion - Cubop.com (3)
11 Bonga - Kayeye - Times Square Recordings (3)
12 Miguel Zenon - Ceremonial - Marsalis Music (3)
13 Rhubumba - Rhubumba - Sea Breeze (1)
14 Ray Vega - Squeeze, Squeeze - Palmetto (1)
15 Katia Moraes & Sambaguru - Live - Kufala (1)
16 Francisco Aguabella - Ochimini - Cubop (1)
17 Bio Ritmo - Bio Ritmo - Locutor (1)
18 Andre Bourgeois & Mano Bap - Alta Fidelidade - Urban Jungle (1)
19 Mangueira - Mangueira - Columbia (1)
20 Oliver Lake - Dat Love - Passin' Thru (1)