4:30-5:30pm
- Thornetta Davis 6:00-7:15pm - Gene Dunlap 7:45-9:00pm - Special EFX
featuring Chieli Minucci 9:30-11:00pm - Jazz Attack: featuring Rick Braun,
Peter White, Jonathan Butler and Richard Elliot
Saturday,
June 25 Gates
open at 1:00pm
2:00-2:45pm
- Marissa Rose 3:00-3:45pm - Blackman and Arnold 4:15-5:30pm - Tim Bowman
6:00-7:15pm - Nestor Torres 7:45-9:00pm - Yellowjackets 9:30-11:00pm
- David Sanborn
Sunday,
June 26 Gates
open at 1:00pm
2:00-2:45pm
- David Lee & The Edge featuring Deb Alane 3:15-4:30pm - Joyce Cooling
5:00-6:15pm - Alexander Zonjic & Friends w/special guest singer Kevin
Whalum 6:45-8:00pm - Kirk Whalum 8:30-10:00pm - Norman Brown's Summer
Storm 2005 starring Peabo Bryson, Brenda Russell and Everette Harp
Tickets
are now on sale at all Ticketmaster locations and the Southfield Recreation Building
Information Desk (Monday - Friday 8am-7pm and Saturday 10am-2pm). Charge by phone
at (248) 645-6666 or visit http://www.ticketmaster.com
Ticket
Prices: Advance - Friday $20 each; Saturday/Sunday $35 each per day.
At
the Gate - Friday $30 each; Saturday/Sunday $45 each per day.
Alexander
Zonjic Behind the Mic and Artist of the Month for June June
1, 2005 - For the first time ever Smooth Jazz Now has combined our "Artist
of the Month" and "Behind the Mic" features to highlight the career
of a proud Canadian who like his best buddy, Bob James, has been doing it long
before the format had a name. Alexander Zonjic is often mentioned in the same
breath as James, Earl Klugh or Jeff Lorber not just because they work together
and are close friends but without them this format may not exist.
More
Smooth
Jazz Nominations from R&R Magazine May
25, 2005 - They say that radio can sometimes be a thankless job but maybe "they"
are talking to the wrong people. Radio and
Records (R&R) magazine have announced nominations for the "Industry
Achievement Awards" and Smooth Jazz personalities and programmers were well
represented. Nominated for Program Director are KTWV's
Paul Goldstein in Los Angeles; Bernie Kimble at WNWV
in Cleveland, Blake Lawrence from WQCD
in New York, Baltimore's Lori Lewis at WSMJ,
Chicago's Steve Stiles at WNUA and our friend
Mike Vasquez from KIFM
in San Diego. More
U.S.
Smooth Jazz Radio Arbitron Ratings Results: May
19, 2005 - Arbitron's Winter 2005 radio ratings have been released, and it features
several Smooth Jazz stations with happy returns. Stations on the up: Detroit's
"V 98.7" (WVMV) moved up to 5th place ages 12 and older. San
Diego's KIFM 98.1 vaulted to 3rd. Both Denver's
"Smooth Jazz 104.3" (KJCD) and Miami's
"Love 94" (WLVE) climbed over 1 full share and placed 8th and 7th
respectively, while Tampa's WSJT 94.1 and
Minneapolis' KJZI 100.3 increased
exactly 1 full share to 6th and 11th respectively. Sacramento's
KSSJ 94.7 did even better, raising nearly 1 and a half shares all the way
to 2nd overall. Seattle's KWJZ 98.9 also
had a stellar season, jumping to 3rd. Springfield,
MA's locally-owned "106.3
Smooth FM" (WEIB) had an impressive showing itself, jumping over a full
share to notch 16th. Not quite enjoying the same success was New
York's "CD 101.9 New York Chill" (WQCD), which struggled in its
first full ratings period since implementing Chill music into its playlist, dropping
to a tie for 16th. Phoenix's KYOT 95.5
dipped to 12th, its lowest 12 and older ratings showing in quite some time. -
by Nick Langan
U.S.
Fall Smooth Jazz Ratings January
25, 2005 - Fall Ratings Book Highs: In the just released Fall Arbitron ratings
book, Los Angeles' "94.7 The Wave"
(KTWV) had a great season, jumping nearly a full share from the summer to a tie
for sixth place in the +12 ratings, its highest ratings tally in years. Washington
D.C.'s "Smooth Jazz 105.9"
(WJZW) also had a terrific book, rising to seventh, after low rating numbers in
the spring and summer. Detroit's "V 98.7"
(WVMV), always a high-performer in the ratings, did not disappoint, placing sixth.
Cleveland's "107.3 The Wave"
(WNWV) raised a full share to place seventh, bolstered by a new antenna, helping
its sometimes shaky signal in the Cleveland suburbs. St. Louis' WSSM
106.5 also raised nearly a full share, after some shaky recent books. -
Fall Ratings Book Lows: Sacramento's KSSJ
94.7 is down nearly two full ratings shares from last year at this time. San
Diego's KIFM 98.1, perhaps the most
successful Smooth Jazz station in the country, has had a rare two consecutive
down ratings books, falling to a mere fifth, still not too shabby. Dallas' 107.5
The Oasis (KOAI) slipped to fourteenth, while Tampa's WSJT
94.1 dipped a full share and two tenths to eleventh. by - Nick
Langan
Alexander
Zonjic Set To Host Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards January
2, 2005 - Congratulations to Alexander Zonjic
for being nominated for three Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. The flutist who is
the "Artist Of The Month" on Smooth Jazz Now is up for Broadcaster Of
The Year, wind instrumentalist and his "Seldom Blues" CD is up for Album
Of The Year. No matter what the outcome Zonjic will have a busy night, he's slated
to host the event which will be held at the Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts on April 10th, 2005. Read the new
interview with Zonjic from December 2004.
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to volunteer for 'Smooth Jazz Now' email us here
June
3, 2005 - V98.7's Smooth Jazz fest 2005 returns to The Green, located in front
of the Southfield Civic Center in Detroit Friday June 24 until Sunday the 26th.
The festival promises 3 days of great music with artists, 
June
1, 2005 - For the first time ever Smooth Jazz Now has combined our "Artist
of the Month" and "Behind the Mic" features to highlight the career
of a proud Canadian who like his best buddy, Bob James, has been doing it long
before the format had a name. Alexander Zonjic is often mentioned in the same
breath as James, Earl Klugh or Jeff Lorber not just because they work together
and are close friends but without them this format may not exist.
May
25, 2005 - They say that radio can sometimes be a thankless job but maybe "they"
are talking to the wrong people. 
May
19, 2005 - Arbitron's Winter 2005 radio ratings have been released, and it features
several Smooth Jazz stations with happy returns. Stations on the up: 
January
2, 2005 - Congratulations to 
