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New Feature:M&M DebutsJazz PageJazz followers get a double treatthis week in M&M, as we high-light the world of jazz music (seepage 11) and launch a newmonthly page covering the jazzradio and record industries (seepage 10).

Coordinated by M&M chartreports manager and jazz afi-cionado Terry Berne, this newmonthly page will include airplayreports from jazz stations/presen-ters, Top 20 album sales, theMost -Played Albums, reviews,station/presenter profiles, labelmarketing/promotion activities,and much more.

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THE BEST OF FRIENDS - Old friends Cliff Richard and popularYugoslav singer Alexander Mezek relax with Phonogram executives afterperforming their single "To A Friend" (Mercury) on Germany's most popu-lar game show "Wetten Dass". Pictured standing (I -r): Richard's managerBill Latham; Phonogram head Louis Spillmann; head of radio lnka Esser;Richard; Mezek; international exploitation manager Astrid Selley; and

Kneeling are promotion coordinatorCliff Roles and TV department head Peter Angemeer.

Jazz Labels Strengthen PresenceWindham Hill Sets NewDistribution Network

by Jeff Green

VeraBra Creates NewCorporate Structure

by Machgiel Bakker

Windham Hill Productions has completed agree-ments with several companies throughout Europe,establishing a new distribution network. Here's thenew layout:

Italy and Spain are distributed by BMG Ariolaand PolyGram, respectively. Benelux's ImportMusic Service and Germany's International MusicService, both PolyGram subsidiaries, represent a con-tinuation and expansion of previous arrangements.

Meanwhile, New Note Distribution takes over forthe UK and Ireland, while Media 7 distributes inFrance. Other new partners are the newly formedCNR Records in Sweden and Norway, DanishMusic Imports, and COD Records in Switzerland.


Cologne, Germany -based VeraBra Records and itsaffiliated labels, following a corporate restructuring,will now be called VeraBra Music Group (VMG).The company roster includes VeraBra Records, GoJazz, Intuition, American Clave and 101 SouthRecords. Founder Vera Brandes and MichaelJacoby retain their positions as president and MD,respectively.

Explains Jacoby, "Our new slogan is 'Theachievement of musical excellence.' We are branch-ing into new genres, and felt there was a need for amuch stronger corporate identity as part of the pan-European development that's underway. Our aim isto open offices in Paris, London and other cities,


RESEARCH BIDDING POOL GROWS

Nielsen To Bid ForRadio Contract

by Hugh Fielder

US broadcast research firm A. C.Nielsen has thrown its hat intothe ring for the new joint inde-pendent radio/BBC audienceresearch contract (RAJAR).

Nielsen UK media sales exec-utive Lisa Rudman confirms,"We shall definitely be in the run-ning. We have been building up

our media research resources hereand we have also submitted anapplication for the JICNAR read-ership contract." Last year thecompany vied unsuccessfully forthe BARB TV audience survey.

Nielsen joins a growing list ofbidders for the project. Aspokesperson for RSGB, whichcurrently holds the JICRAR con -


First Quarter Music Sales:Germany Up, France Down

by E. Legrand & R. Lyng

It's a tale of two countries.Spurred partly by a vibrant econ-omy and the knock -on effect ofunification, Germany soundcarri-er shipments increased 19.4% to52.8 million units during the firstquarter of 1991. Meanwhile,France music shipments dipped6.8% to 29.3 million units duringthe same period.

According to IFPI/Germany.it looks as if the country's labelsare heading for yet another recordyear.

CD trade deliveries-whichcomprised some 39% (20.7 mil-lion units) of total shipments toretailers-once again led the way,increasing by 42.5%. IFPI statis-tics also indicate that the trendtowards classical music is holdinga steady course, especially onCDs. Increasing by 36.5%, classi-cal CD trade deliveries wereenough to compensate for a 29%loss in the vinyl LP sector.

Cassette shipments also con-tributed significantly to the firstquarter's positive results. Whileincreasing only 3.4% in the clas-sical sector, pop cassette deliver-ies rose by 35.4%.

The downward trend in vinylhas continued at the almostalarming rate of 17.4%. As


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Mars Rocks Steady InSoviet TV Sponsorship

by Hugh Fielder

Mars International is sponsoringthe first UK rock TV series to bescreened in the USSR. TheRussian Television And RadioCompany (RTRC) has acquired 10shows produced by Rock SteadyVentures, specially edited from thecurrent "Rock At The Dome" pro-gramme running on Channel 4 andits predecessor "Rock Steady".

The series will run fortnightlyover five months and feature liveperformances from Sting, Alexan-der O'Neil, Mark Knopfler andthe Notting Hillbillies, TheNeville Brothers, David Byrne,Richard Thompson and JulianCope, as well as film features.RTRC head of music program-ming Art Troitsky estimates theaudience could be anywhere from30-45 million, with a potentialreach of 100 million.

Mars has not revealed the cost ofthe sponsorship deal but it coversthe expenses of reformatting anddistributing the show for Sovietbroadcast. The company's logo isdisplayed in the title sequence anda commercial will run before, du-ring and after the programme.

The deal was put together in

three weeks by European mediasponsorship agency InvizibleArts. Says MD Tim Smith, "Mars[candy bars] have been available inSoviet Union for the last 10months. There have been problemsin distribution but these have beenovercome and the company is nowin a position to market the productacross the USSR. "Rock Steady"provides a suitably dynamic vehi-cle for a world -leading brandwhilst providing strong qualitativeassociation for the client."

Andy Hudson, director of RockSteady Ventures, adds, "Everyonewins a balloon with this deal. Wehave a programme we went to sellworldwide, the Russians want theshow but they don't have the cur-rency to buy it. Mars provides thebacking and gets the marketing ex-posure it is looking for. It's a per-fect example of how sponsorshipcan work for us all."

The RTRC was set up last yearin the Russian Republic and startedbroadcasting on May 12 onGostelradio's Soviet ChannelTwo. Troistky, a leading rock criticand writer in the USSR, says hepicked "Rock Steady" because ofthe show's live format. "It's some-thing that's been totally eliminated

Dr. Alban SingleChosen For WorldEnvironment DayDr. Alban has joined the growinglist of artists participating in envi-ronmental causes. The 34 -year -oldformer dentist was chosen by theSwedish United Nations Associa-tion to compose and perform thecommemorative song for WorldEnvironment Day held in Stock-holm on June 5.

The song, Shing Shi Wowowo(Stop The Pollution) was also re-leased that day by SwemixRecords. A UN conference will de-cide whether the song will be usedin the greater context of the UNEnvironmental Conference to beheld in Brazil later this year.

Comments Rene Hedemyr ofSwemix, "Both Alban and we were

positively surprised that they chosehim to do the song." Adds JonasHoist, head of promotion at distri-butor Sonet Grammofon, "TheUnited Nations wanted an artistwho can reach youth, who can per-form in English, and is internationaland ethnic. Dr. Alban fitted all this.The same team have worked on thesong as earlier. Dr. Alban has writ-ten the lyrics and his producer Den-niz PoP the music. Advance orderson the single look very healthy."

A video will be made when Dr.Alban returns from his Europeantour.

The event was attended by theKing of Sweden and the presidentof Brazil. SW

Satellite Media ServicesSeeks Euro ExpansionSatellite Media Services (SMS).the UK satellite distribution ser-vice, is looking for partners inorder to expand its operations intoother European territories.

CEO John Ross -Barnard says,"This is very much a means to anend and the end is different inevery territory. We want to worktowards setting up a system, thatexploits SMS' UK success andknowledge for each country."

SMS is now the main method ofdistributing radio commercials tothe ILR network, as well as syndi-cated programmes and theIndependent Radio News ser-vice. Using its own dedicatedtransponder on Intelsat V, SMS isable to transmit, several stereo andmono audio channels simultane-ously, as well as other data. Thesatellite "footprint" covers the UK,Ireland and most of Europe. PE

from Soviet TV in recent years."The range of styles that it co-

vers, from soul to hard rock andindie music, is important to us be-cause the only Western music beingscreened in the Soviet Union at themoment is chart hits and videos. Ibelieve this show could become acultural sensation. There isn't any-thing else apart from MTV."

Troitsky is looking for sponsor-ship for another UK -producedshow, "Snub TV", and he has alsobeen talking with the producers ofthe French programme, "Mega -mix". He says he's disappointedwith the standard of US rockshows, adding that the only one thatinterests him at present is the"Lonesome Pine" new countryshow.

CONTENTS

UK 4

G/A/S/SCANDINAVIA 5

FRANCE/BENELUX 6

ITALY/SPAIN 7

NEW RELEASES 8

JAll PAGE 10

SPECIAL: JAll 11

STATION OPERATIONS 16

STATION REPORTS 17

STATION REPORTS 16

HOT 100 SINGLES 21

TOP 10 SALES 22

USA 23

EURO, NATIONAL AIRPLAY 24

TOP 100 ALBUMS 25

OFF THE RECORD 26

EHR 27

NEWSMAKERS

Radio

Cornelia Panneck is the newhead of marketing at Star*SatRadio, based in Munich,Germany. She replaces MartinSchmitz.

Cornelia Panneck

Stefan Ericson is the new MDEurope for Radio Vision Inter-national Inc., based in the UK.He was previously with SonyVideo Software as Europeansales and marketing manager.

Valerie Handley has been pro-moted to news editor of CountrySound Radio network.

Eleanor Meade is a new salesexecutive for Invicta Supergold,based in the UK. She was pre-viously marketing consultant forHillreed Homes.

Viscount Peter Glenapp hasbeen appointed chairman of theinternational advisory companyfor the media and entertainmentindustries at Montreux Com-panies Ltd. based in the UK.

Music

Jochen Kraus has been appoin-ted MD at Chrysalis. He will bebased in Munich, Germany. He wasformerly with EMI, BMG Ariolaand Pro: Musik Produktion.

Klaus Ebert is the new headof A&R at East West Records,as well as MD at AutarcMusikverlag. He was formerlyMD at Metronome.

Frans de Wit is the new chiefexecutive of the MechanicalCopyright Protection Society(MCPS), based in the UK. Hewas previously ASCAP's Euro-pean director . and MD at EMIMusic Publishing.

Doron Berenblit has been ap-pointed director of Americanmarketing at ARS. He was pre-viously international marketingmanager at MCA in London.

Chris Meehan has been elec-ted honorary VP and deputychairman, at the UK branch of theBroadcast Promotion andMarketing Executives Associa-tion. He is also managing directorof Yorkshire TV's communica-tions division Chevron.

"Young Belgian management office which works with two future impor-tant Belgian bands, is looking to manage international rock and hardrock bands. So if you are interested in international management sendus your demo or record, press book, biography, pictures, videotapes

and all material giving us the desire to work with you."

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UNITED KINGDOM

MAMA SAID WHAT?-Lenny Kravitz takes time out from rehearsingfor his European tour to visit MTV, where he was a guest VJ Of The Weekon May 6. He's pictured here with MTV news presenter Sonya Saul.

BBC Radio 1 Takes JobCampaign To ContinentBBC Radio l's "Action Special"on unemployment, now in its12th year, will form the model fora pan-European jobs campaignnext year. National broadcastersfrom the UK, Germany, France,Belgium, Norway, Sweden andHungary are co-ordinating thejoint effort to provide details ofjob opportunities, training andeducation across Europe. Othercountries are expected to join theproject. Says Radio 1 controllerJohnny Beerling, "Action Spe-cial 1992 will mean that anyone.

wherever they live in Europe, willbe able to pick up a phone and beplugged into the new Europe."

The UK Employment Depart-ment helpline took 8.000 callsduring the first two days of Radiol's latest Action Special at theend of May.

The department's head ofbroadcasting Tom Peel says,"There has been an enormousnumber of calls about living andworking abroad. This is clearly aserious consideration for manypeople after 1992." HF

Red Dragon Chairman QuitsRed Dragon Radio/South Waleschairman Theodore Shepherdhas resigned over complaints thatlocal directors are not involved inthe running of the station. RedDragon is 80% owned by TransWorld Communications.

Four other non -executivedirectors have also resigned,including Norman Follis, whowas one of the original stationdirectors. There is currently onlyone local representative left on theboard.

The resignations follow thesacking earlier this year of manag-ing director Neil Jones (M&MApril 27), who had been involvedin an attempted station manage-ment buy-out.

Shepherd says, "Local direc-tors must be involved in day-to-day conditions at the station. Butdecisions were taken over ourheads. I didn't even know that NeilJones had gone until after the

event. That was a major item ofdisagreement. I also tried to obtaininformation from Trans World forthe benefit of local shareholders,but I was unable to do so. r havetherefore decided to resign."

Shepherd says that the sharesof the directors who resignedremain "locked in" to the station.He adds, "Either Trans World willcontinue to get into deeper trouble,or they will have to buy out thelocal directors' shares."

Red Dragon was reportedly upfor sale last autumn, but is nowbelieved to be off the market.Trans World warned in Januarythat profits for 1990 would belower than expected after an inter-im loss of £600.000 (app.US$1.025 million). The companyis planning a rights issue to reduceits £11 million debt.

Nobody at Red Dragon Radioor Trans World was available forcomment at press time. HF

"The space trash is coming soon on Earth. DREAM MACHINE islooking for some gigs. Will you get higher with us?"

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Goddard, Kiss FM SplitOver Programming Row

by Hugh Fielder

Kiss FM head of programmesGrant Goddard has been sackedover changes to the Londondance station's format. MD Gor-don McNamee is taking overGoddard's role as the battle forLondon's radio audience heats up.

Station chairman KeithMcDowell says the adjustmentsto the programming are minorand were agreed to by the rest ofthe management team. "We haveto reflect the fast-moving dancescene, and the depressed commer-cial scene means we have to cutour cloth accordingly," he says."That means a team effort andeveryone has to give a bit. Grantwasn't prepared to do that and,reluctantly, we've had to partcompany."

Goddard, part of the originalpirate outfit that successfullyapplied for a license and startedbroadcasting legally last Septem-ber, maintains he was dismissedwithout warning. He also claimshis programming policy helpedKiss gain a million listeners with-

in six months-six months aheadof schedule.

The former head of pro-grammes talks of "blind panic" inthe wake of poor advertising andsponsorship revenue. "I wasasked how the station couldincrease its total hours in theshort term and with no extramoney," he says. "The recom-mendations I came upwith-more dance hits, reducingthe size of the playlist, extendingthe playlist across the weekenddaytime shows, and controllingthe number of oldies and recur-rents-were approved by theother departments and acceptedby the board. But McNamee toldme I wasn't the person to carrythem out."

McDowell acknowledges ad-vertising was "disastrous" at thebeginning of the year due to thestate of the economy and the GulfWar. The station's chairman, how-ever, claims revenue has pickedup since. "In April local salesexceeded national, and Mayshould be a good month. Wedidn't envisage a profit in the first

year but equally, we need to keepwithin the targets we set, whichmeans making adjustments allround, not just on progr, amming "

He denies rumours of pressurefrom the station's main partnersVirgin Records and EMAP. "Ourfinancial backers are all happy.Our heads are above water andwe've explained our strategy forthe next 12 months to them." Hedescribes last week's annual gen-eral meeting as "harmonious,"saying McNamee is taking his pre-arranged holiday before taking upthe programme controller's role.

No decision will be madeabout replacing Goddard for thetime being. "Gordon will haveassistance from head of musicLindsay Wesker and senior pro-ducer Lorna Clark. We will seehow things develop," saysMcDowell.

Kiss FM's format adjustmentsfollow programming changes atLondon's other specialist stationJazz FM earlier this year, reflect-ing the intense battle for listenersand revenue now being fought bythe London stations.

INR1 Advertising ProspectsPoor, Says Zenith's HydeThe FM non -pop national licence(INR1) will not attract new adver-tisers into radio and will not evenappeal to existing clients, saysZenith head of radio Steve Hyde.

Hyde, who runs the radio partof the UK's biggest media -buyingagency, says "Putting the non -popstation on FM is contrary to every-thing radio has been trying to do.The Radio Authority has missed apriceless opportunity to put newadvertising money into radio and,what's worse, INR1 will mitigateagainst traditional advertisers.

"Advertisers aim at 16-34 yearolds on national FM and then topup with the regional FM stations.If they want to reach an olderaudience, they will have a weakone -stop buy on FM, which theywill have to top up on regionalAM stations. This means thatadvertisers can't easily reach the

people they want and confirmstheir perception that radio is apa-thetic towards advertisers."

Hyde says that the three appli-cants for INR1 offer some interest-ing aspects for advertisers despitethe fact that their audiences will bedifferent from the establishedindependent radio profile. Headds, "FNR - The Showtime Sta-tion is an interesting concept.Their format of stage and filmmusic could be stylishly presented.It offers opportunities for themedadvertisements and forcorporations who actively sponsorthe arts to feel an affinity with thestation.

"Classic FM's format is proba-bly what most people regard asclassical music, rather than BBCRadio 3's output. They may find itdifficult to merge any modernmusic. which could make up to

25% of their output. They willprobably stick to classical andnon -pop.

"UKFM/Clyde's format meansa more relaxed Melody Radiostyle. But if [MD] Jimmy Gordongets the freedom he needs, then hewill certainly pay close attentionto the commercial aspects of thestation. If they achieve a 12% pen-etration, it would produce an audi-ence size that would be attractiveto advertisers.

"What will be interesting, ifUKFM wins the licence, will be tosee how Hanson's Melody Radioresponds. He has already built upan audience in London, but itwould be strange if he was to com-pete with another station that he isbacking. He has the option tochange Melody's format, or hecould move his audience over toUKFM and get out." HF

IPA Uses Radio To Spur Ad GrowthThe Institute of Practitioners inAdvertising (IPA) has addedradio to its campaign to encour-age companies to continue adver-tising through the recession.

With the backing of the RadioMarketing Bureau (RMB), two40 -second commercials are slatedfor network transmission this

month. One adopts a building siteanalogy, arguing for companies tobuild while others cut back, andthe other has a group of advertis-ers trapped in the jungle and sur-rounded by wild animals. It asks,"Is this the time to unload yourgun? Or the time to take aim?"

The commercials were written

by Ralph van Dijk and MartinSims of Eardrum, the companyinvolved in an RMB-backed cam-paign last summer. SatelliteMedia Services, Angell Sound,Atmospheric Music, AndrewBurt and Carlin Music have alsodonated their services to the adcampaign. HF

4 MUSIC & MEDIA JUNE 15 1991


Radio Aktuell, DT 64 FaceSeptember Close

It has now been officially decid-ed that the former DDR publicstations Radio Aktuell andyouth -oriented DT 64 will closetheir doors at the end of Septem-ber. The personnel from the twostations are being given notice.

The stations, which cover thenew five states of Germany creat-ed through unification, are

expected to become private sta-tions. Political states are reported-ly expected to hold up to a 25%share of ownership. It has not yetbeen decided who will be offeredownership shares.

Like the rest of the broadcastindustry in eastern Germany,decisions on media law areexpected by the summer. MS

University of Cologne Forms RadioBusiness Institute

The University of Cologne isforming an institute for the studyof radio station economics. Thefirst courses have already started.Head of the department is Dr.Karl -Heinrich Hansmeyer, MDof the Science of Finance insti-tute and Dr. Gunther Sieben,director of the seminars for gen-eral Business Administrationstudies and Economics.

Subjects covered includequestions of license fee politics,

the "proper" size of listening areaand the number of persons to bereached. Other topics include ananalysis of the financial compen-sation between stations, which isa subject more interesting to thepublic stations.

The institute will also studythe economics problems of radiomedia. The University alreadyhas an Institute for radio medialaw. MS

Moderaterna Calls For FreeRadio In Sweden By 1992by David Rowley

Under a conservative govern-ment, free radio could be intro-duced in Sweden from the middleof next year, the secretary ofSweden's Moderaterna Partydeclared at a major radio confer-ence in Gothenburg late lastmonth.

Per Unekel told the confer-ence-set up by the SwedishEmployers Federation (SAF)and the Nliringslivets MediaInstitut-that the question ofderegulation of radio in Swedenwas not a complicated matter.

That viewpoint is in sharpcontrast to the ruling SocialDemocrat Party, which has indi-cated technical considerationswould have to he resolved beforethe political question could beaddressed.

Lucke] told the delegates.invited from radio stations aroundSweden. that the technical andpolitical questions should he tack-led simultaneously. He said that anew Government following theSeptember 17 elections could

start the proceedings immediatelyand a proposition could be pre-sented to the Riksdag (theSwedish parliament) by the endof next February.

Another key aspect of hisspeech was that a conservativecoalition did not want any restric-tion on private radio program-ming, ownership and, that only inexceptional cases, would restric-tions be imposed.

The conference was also pre-sented with a report entitled."Free Radio In A Sweden WithFree Media", which dealt withhow and when radio deregulationshould happen.

Other speakers included RadioOne/Oslo's Jon Morten Melhus,who explained how deregulationand advertising on radio affectsthe advertising market.

Held on May 24, this is thesecond year that a conference ofthis kind has been presented. Thedelegates also tackled issues ontechnical problems of frequencysharing and opening up the FMhand between 104 and 108 MHzfor private radio.

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Mechanical Licence FeesBoost GEMA Income 12%

by Robert Lyng

Feeling the first effects of Germanreunification, GEMA, Germany'scollection association for mechan-ical and performance rights,reports yet another record year for1990.

On May 28, GEMA chairmanReinhold Keile revealed that theorganisation collected DM811.2million (app. US$471.4 million)last year. That's up DM90 millionover last year. The biggestincrease was in mechanical repro-duction rights, which isattributable as a positive effect ofthe newly reunified market in thefive new federal states.

Despite hefty investmentsneeded since Oct. 3, 1990 to set upthree regional offices and fivelocal offices in the newstates-which had previously beenpaid to the now defunctAWA-Kreile pointed out that it

was possible to reduce GEMA'soperating costs from 15.1% in1989 to 14.3% last year. Kreilealso predicts considerable invest-ments in the Eastern states duringthe course of 1991.

A total of DM695.5 million(DM605.5 million) was earmarked

for distribution to composers, lyri-cists, arrangers and publishers, aswell as to other national and for-eign rights societies. Prior to dis-tribution of these funds, GEMAwitheld DM16.9 million for cul-tural subsidies and DM7.3 millionfor its social benefits plan.

HR Sponsors German Jazz FestLaunched in 1953, the GermanJazz Festival Frankfurt is the old-est, continually running jazz festi-val in the world. For the 23rd timethe Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), incooperation with the city's Officefor Science and Art, sponsored thethree-day event, which ran fromMay 30 to June 1.

The bill included renownedartists such as Gunther Lenz'sSpringtime, Jan Garbarek, theManhattan Jazz Quintet, AzizaMustafa Zadah, the Art Ensem-

ble of Chigago, Tomasz Stankoand blues giant Albert King. It wasrecorded by HR for both radio andTV broadcast. Satellite TV stationEin Plus will air excerpts on June14 at 23.25, while HR 3, the publicbroadcaster's regional TV channel,will broadcast six 45 -minute seg-ments on Sunday evenings begin-ning on June 30.

HR 1, one of HR's four radiochannels, will feature segments inLive Jazz (Thurs 22.30) from 11July. RI.

Sony, SVT 1, Kanon TVTeam For Bolton Special

by Stuart Ward

Sony Music Sweden, pubcasterKanal 1 (SVT) and independentproduction company Kanon TVrecently teamed to tape a TV spe-cial for SVT 1 featuring MichaelBolton. The special, staged in arestaurant in Stockholm, wasrecorded for transmission on SVTon September 21 at 8.00 pm.

It all started at the SwedishGrammy Awards last year whenBolton also sang live with localmusicians. Bo Westlund, producerwith Kanon TV, who also producedthe Swedish Grammys for SVT,says, "We and Sony Music hadbeen talking ever since the GrammyAwards that we should try and do afull show with Michael. Then weheard that he would be in Europedoing promotion for his new album.So the idea was born that we shoulddo this live mini -concert togetherwith an interview."

Per Sundin, marketing managerat Sony Music Sweden, adds"Michael and his manager LouisLevin liked the idea, provided thathe would be backed - up by thesame musicians and same TV pro-ducer as he had the last time. Moni-ca Eek, head of light entertainmentat SVT Kanal 1, liked the idea, too,so the partnership was formed. Wepaid for the costs at the restaurant,Michael's expenses, and the musi-

cians, while SVT paid for the costof production. This project cost usless than a commercial campaignon TV3, which doesn't have thesame coverage as SVT."

Sony has the rights tot he mate-rial for promotion purposes outsideScandinavia as well.

Adds Sundin, "We will definite-ly be working in this directionagain, but it can only work with the'right' artists." Other labels agreewith Sundin. Comments BengtBerg, marketing manager at BMGAriola, "It has to be done with wideappeal artists." Says Ulf Walden-

crantz, head of promotion at Vir-gin, "It has to be an artist who isgood live and with the right charis-ma."

Regarding future projects,Westlund comments "These pro-grammes are not cheap. The initia-tive will have to come from inde-pendent producers. We will have tolook at new ways of producing.New artists should also be fea-tured. I have already beenapproached by other record com-panies, but at the end of the day it'sall down to public reactions andviewing figures."

IT'S A WRAP -Michael Bolton gathers with friends after his tapedshow for SVT 1 (see accompanying story). Standing (l -r) are: EvaHulth, Lois Levin, Haan Krantz, Vicke Harris, Sten of Klinteberg,Bolton, Per Sundin and Hans Skoglung. Seated ((l -r) are: Jan GrikBlom and Niklas Back.

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Virgin Loves Women; TrioGet Priority Status

Virgin France has a crush onthree new promising female actsand it wants the French industryto know it.

Louis Feron, Saliha andElisabeth Am& are the label'spriorities for the season. Virgin isplanning a marketing push thatgoes beyond the normal promo-tional campaign for new acts.

Comments Virgin marketingmanager Main Artaud "Even ifthere are few outlets playingvideos in France, we decided toproduce a music video for eachartist . We believe that investingin image is very important, evenat an early stage of a career."

Rock act Feron is even gettinga personal promotional pushfrom Virgin president FabriceNataf, who includes a letter witheach record. Feron's new recordis being sent to some 60 keythose, beyond the media andmusic industry, including thosefrom political, i ndust ri al, eco-nomical and cultural fields, suchas philosopher Bernard -HenryLevy, writer Philippe Djian andfinancial specialist Alain Mine.

Last year. Fermi's first single.blithe Sous Le Chorine, sold40.000 copies. Her self -titleddebut album was produced byformer Velvet Undergroundmember John Cale, with addi-tional mix by Michel Coeriot.The first single, Souvenir DeL'Avenir, according to Artaud, isreceiving, "good reception fromAM stations" and some FM sta-tions "have been receptive."

Artaud adds. "As usual. FM sta-tions are slow to react, but I'mnot wonted and I'm still confi-dent."

For rap artist Saliba. Virginhas invested in both a video forthe song. fe Prose, taken fromher first album Unique, and on -tour support. Saliha is taking partin a current French Rap Tour.with rappers from Marseilles IAM and ragamuffin artist Ton -ton David. Those two acts arelicensed to Virgin by rap labelLabelle Noir, which early in1990 compiled Rappatitudes,marking the beginning of theFrench rap trend.

Says Artaud, "We have usedthis tour to promote her locally.In each city, she visits FM sta-tions, local retailers and rap com-munities. The sale of &ippon-tudes is proof of increasing rapinterest, and I AM has alreadysold over 30.000 copies of theiralbum, De La Plante Mars,without radio support."

Ands has just completed herdebut album, which is to bereleased by Virgin next month.The first single. Legende, hasalready been dispatched to radiostations, and will be promoted bya video shot by US directorHoward Greenheigh. This hasalready been chosen by TV chan-nel M6 and is to be aired exten-sively. Artaud says of her, "Anal'sis a young artist without anyrecording history and we feel it isimportant to build her image byinvesting in video." EL

Liner Notes Cause ProblemsFor Consolidated Vinyl

The vinyl release of the new Con-solidated album has been post-poned by up to three weeks. Mainreason: the manufacturer of thealbum's inner -sleeve, Druco, wasunwilling to print it.

PIAS MD Kenny Gates saysthe record sleeve did include sev-eral statements that express opin-ions on the US, fascism and Presi-dent Bush. But, he says, "I thinkthat Sony (Music Holland)should not be able to decide, cer-tainly not without consulting us,what to print or not. They cannotmake such unilateral decisions,and I am worried that we still havenot received any answer."

The album was released May13 on CD, and already Gates

claims to have suffered a certainloss because of the vinyl delay."We have asked Sony in Holland to give us precise reasonswhy they wouldn't print thesleeve. I also wanted to knowtheir censorship policy, but wehaven't received any answer yet.They make judgements on whatcan and can not be printed."

At Sony's pressing plant inHaarlem, Holland, head of pro-duction Alex Bisi is out of thecountry and unavailable forcomment. MM

Music & Media correspondentMarc Macs can be contactedon: (+32)3 568 8082, telphone,and fax.

Victoires Explores ChangesTo Better Reflect Public Tastes

by Emmanuel Legrand

The French music industry awards,Les Victoires De La Musique, isundergoing alterations in order to"improve the dynamic" of theshow following strong criticismafter this year's ceremony inFebruary. The announcement wasmade after a May 17 meeting ofthe Association of the Victoiresde la Musique, a regrouping of allthose involved in the venture.

The Association elected a newboard, which includes Carrere'sgeneral manager Rene Guitton,who is also president of collectingrights society SCPP. He replacedDial (PolyGram's mail-order ser-vice) MD Denis Boyer, formerlyPhonogram's MD, as president ofthe association.

Guitton says the changes arebeing planned for the next Vic-toires awards so that "the resultsreflect the tastes of the large pub -

French Rock And Ecology:Skyrock Plans Summer Promo

by Jaqueline Eacott

Skyrock is going green. The ParisFM station is aiming to hard-hitall the right spots --and maintainits ratings --by focusing its promo-tional and programming efforts ontopics close to the hearts of its 15-25 year old listeners: French rockand the environment.

A "Save the Future" weekendis planned to show listeners thatthe station cares and understandsits listeners.

Comments Skyrock program-me director Laurent Bouneau,"We're inviting Jean -MichelJarre to come into the Skyrockstudios every morning over a two-week period. He'll be doing ashort spot in the Zigotos show,which will be funny, but at the

same time will have a seriousside." Jarre makes his debut onJune 17.

Skyrock also plans to coverJane's performance in a specialecology concert, which is set forJuly 11 in Mexico, as well as co-sponsoring Jane's forthcoming'Best Of compilation album, duefor release this autumn.

Another endangered species-young French rock artists-alsogets the Skyrock treatment. Bou-neau says, "We've launched a spe-cial operation -The Frogs areBack-to re -focus on French rockgroups. During a weekend we willbe emphasising the best of currentFrench rock, playing a differentact every hour. Our listeners cancontact us via the Minitel to saywhich groups they like best."

lie." This year's ceremony receivedsevere media criticism when BMGbest-selling artist Patrick Bruelwas nominated in three differentcategories, but received no award.The absence of Bruel from thewinning list caused NRJ pro-gramme director Max Guazzini toquestion the validity of the votingprocess.

Guazzini comments, "In theUS, the Grammys are prizes dis-tributed to the best and the mostpopular. In France, professionalsvote for their favorite artists whoare not necessarily the public'sfavourites. This is what happenedwith Bruel."

Guitton says "a lot of ideaswere discussed during the boardmeeting" to find ways to improvethe event. He doesn't want to elab-orate on the new developments,saying that they will be decided bythe board of the Victoires. He hasinvited all the members to submittheir ideas over the followingweeks.

Guitton explains that the list ofvoters will be carefully monitored,and changed if need be in order toreflect the diversity of the industry.Some 3.000 people are currentlyon the voting list and he adds, "Wehave asked to see the list of voters.It will be carefully reviewed, espe-cially the list of retailers, and ifneeded, we'll introduce new crite-rias of choice, in order to get themost up-to-date list, representingall the variety of the music indus-

BRTN Radio Bans NewMatthysen Toyota Single

by Marc Maes

BRTN Studio Brussels head JanSchoukens has decided that thenew single by Hugo Matthysen,Toyota Carina, is to be bannedfrom the airwaves during the week-end because the song includes aclear publicity message.

Schoukens reported his decisionto BRTN radio director Piet vanRoe, who immediately began aninvestigation which has resulted inthe song receiving no airplay onStudio Brussel. Radio 1 andRadio 2 have also been unwillingto add the record to their playlist.

BMG Ariola head of promo-tion Hilde van Steenvoort con-firms the BRTN decision, saying"Although we regret that the song

will not be aired as much as wewould have liked, it now seems thatToyota Carina received a lot ofmedia attention. We reached theevening TV news and most of theimportant dailies."

Contrary to BRTN radio, BRTTV plans to air the song on a show,while VTM has confirmed that thealleged "advertising song", will bebroadcast on their Flemish chartTV -show.

Matthysen says he can notunderstand the opposition towardsToyota Carina, while songs likePink Cadillac (Bruce Spring-steen), and Mercedes Benz (JanisJoplin) were played. Radio 2 pro-ducer Paul de Meulder, who atpress -time had not received anyofficial directives banning the

record, says "Those songs areestablished hits. I think we shouldrespect our advertisers and spon-sors and not play the record. I don'thave the song on this week'splaylist. But I will play it when itreaches the Flemish top 10."

At Studio Brussel, host and pro-ducer Mark Coenen says the prob-lem with the record is that theyhave it on their playlist, whichmeans it is played four times a day.He adds, "The song mentions theToyota brandname some eight to10 times, plus the DJ's introduction.With BRTN radio airing advertis-ing, we must be more careful. Iwould like to state that we are notboycotting the new single, whichis, in my opinion, probably the bestsingle Matthysen has made."



ITALY

Columbia ReleasesDance Compilation

Rare dance music tracks fromthe late '70s and early '80s, havebeen included on Dance ClubVolume I, a new compilationalbum released only on nationalterritory by Sony Music's Col-umbia label. Special dance sta-tion Radio Capital/Milanbecame involved in the selectionprocess through artistic directorPhilippe Renault jr., whohelped provide some of thematerial.

The project was put togetherby Sony's special marketingproduct manager FrancescoBottoni. He describes the albumas "a child of mine" but admitsthat the birth was not easy. "Allthe songs included are the origi-nals. They have all been digitallyre -mastered, but we didn't wantmixes or re -mixes. Finding sonicoriginal versions was extremelydifficult."

Let's All Chant, by theMichael Zager Band, is one of

TRACK LIST

Side One

Got To Be Real, Cheryl Lynn

Lade Bug, Bumble Bee Unlimited

Boogie Wonderland, Earth Wind & Fire

Let's All Chant. Michael Zager Band

Funky Town, Lipps Inc.

Just An Illusion, Imagination

Side Two

One For You One For Me, La Bionda

The Breaks, Kurtis Blow

Shake, The Gap Band

Upside Down, Diana Ross

Good Times. Chic

Celebration, Kool & The Gang

the tracks. Says Bottoni. "Afriend of mine in New Yorkfound Zager's phone number inthe book. I called him and hesent me the master and the cleat-ance rights. He was very help-ful".

Panarecord Dischi Palladi-um, PolyGram Italy, BMCAriola, Baby Records and CGDalso supplied material for thealbum. Bottoni says he believe,the best way to promote atm.('Club Volume I is by having itheard throughout national territo-ry. He explains, "We have gonefor radio rather than TV advertis-ing and we selected RadioMonte Carlo/Milan, RTI, 102.5Hit Radio/Bergamo, Radio Di-mensione Suono/Rome. RadiitSubasio/Perugia, Radio Norbai-.Bari and Radio Studio Sicar/-Sicily for the advertising cam-paign." Bottoni has come upwith idea of including clips fro'eight of the songs, into each 30 -second ad.

He says that Dance Club Vol-ume I represents one side of thecurrent dance scene on nationalterritory. "While half of the dis-cos and radio stations are playinhouse music, the other halfplaying music of this genre. Weoriginally intended a doublealbum but, depending on sales.we will release Volume 2 in thefuture."

Bottoni remains uncertainwhether the album will hereleased on other territories.because each will have the diffi-cult task of having to secure itsown clearance rights. D.S

Impulse Debuts Dance Chartby David Stansfield

The rise in the popularity of dancemusic on national territory hasprompted the Brescia -based firmImpulse Promotion to compile bi-weekly chart listings, which includetop labels, videos, producers, top 2012" mix singles sales, plus a chartdevoted to radio airplay.

Nicola Pollastri, the company'shead of promotion, says the projectwas launched because of the beliefthat Italian -produced dance musiccould no longer be viewed as sec-ond class. With the success of manylocally produced records on theinternational market, it has changedfrom being a phenomenon into areality. The firm claims that noother comprehensive dance musicchart exists on national territory. Itsself -financed listings are distributedto record companies, radio stations,discotheques, DJs and retail outlets.

About 600 retailers contribute tothe sales chart, while around 200radio stations are involved in com-piling the airplay top 20 chart.These are split into different groups:Bandiera, which covers the nation-al networks with more than onemillion daily listeners; Bianci,which includes stations with an

average daily audience of 400.000;Blu 100.000; and Verdi 70.000.

All placings are based on airplayand the station's own dance chart.Key national stations RAI, Rete105, Radio Deejay, Radio KissKiss, Gamma Radio, RTL 102.5Hit Radio, 101 Network and Ra-dio Dimension Suono all furnishthe company with information, asdo leading regional broadcasters

such as Radio Subasio and RadioPadova.

Impulse Promotion is negotiat-ing with an un-named, national net-work station, which is expected toair each chart on different days. Thecompany is also planning a dancemusic Oscar event, which will bestaged at the end of this year andtransmitted on one of Silvio Berlus-coni's private TV channels.

DANCE AIRPLAY(most -broadcasted 12" mixes on radio on 25/5/1991)

TitleWe Need FreedomGonna Catch YouGypsy WomanRing, Ring, RingJust Get Up And DanceSuch A Good FeelingAlrightYour Love Is CrazyRockin RomanceStrike It UpThis Is Your LifePlaying With KnivesSexitivityKeep On Jammin'Deep In My HeartCrazyFunghi RhythmJust Dance For MeEverybodyTo Be House

ArtistAnticoLonnie GordonCrystal WatersDe La SoulAfrika BambaataaBrother in RhythmUrban SoulDavid SyonJoy SalinasBlack BoxBanderasBizarre Inc.MCJ/ SimaSecchi/ JohnsonClubhouseDaisy DeeVinegarBit MaxCappellaSSR

LabelBaia Degli AngeliGroove Groove MelodyMercuryFlying RecordsDFC4th & BroadwayPolarX -EnergyFlying RecordsGroove Groove MelodyLondonFlying RecordsX -EnergyX -EnergyMediaL.M.R.UndergroundNon StopMediainside Records

Suono Extends Late Night Talk ShowRadio Dimension Suono has strengthen-ed its talk show commitment by extendingthe recently introduced late -night pro-gramme "I Rompitasche" into July. Broad-cast every Friday from 24:00-03:00, theshow, which is presented by Gege Teles-fora and Flavio Andreini, was originallyscheduled to run for 10 weeks. But, accord-ing to station programme director BrunoPloyer, tremendous listener response haschanged their minds. Comments Ployer,"Audience figures are of minor importance

after midnight. But, we have discovered lis-tener loyalty. People who tune in late atnight listen carefully to what is being said.This is the other side of commercial radiobecause daytime audiences don't often payattention to talk."

"I Rompetasche" tackles serious sub-jects, but humourously, with listeners phone-ins an integral part of the show. Ployer, whodirects the programmes and pre -selects thecallers, explains, "What they say has to be ofinterest to a wide public, not just themselves,

SPAIN

Los 40 PrincipalesLeading pop station Los 40 Principalesheld their seventh annual disc jockey con-vention in Skies. Barcelona. from Stay23-25. The event brought together about150 of the network's executives and discjockeys. including guest speakers SteveSaltzman. producer of world-wide syndi-cated show Rock over London. KKLQ-/San Diego VP Garry Wall and MichaelOsterhout. president of QI05/Tampa.

Holds DJ ConventionCadena SER director Augusto

Delkader and PRISA ISER's majorityshareholder) audio-visual division MDEugenio Galdon led the discussions onprogramming. promotion. style. creativityand trends in music stations.

The 61 -station network is currentlycelebrating its 25th anniversary. The fes-tivities are highlighted by 60 concerts allover the country. AMdIF

Children's Record Hits Big SalesThe record Campeau's. initially turneddown by Spain's principal retail outletslast year. has sold more than 150.000copies and won three golden records forItaly's Canale 5. part of the Silvio Berlus-coni TV network.

Cnmpeoncs contains the music fromchildren's cartoons screened on Spain'sTele 5. which is partly owned by Berlus-coni. Spain's second-largest independentlabel, PDI/Victoria. wanted to release itlast year, but the high street retailers weresaid to be not interested because there isno market for children's records.

PIN deputy director Gerhard Halter-mann, who has strong links with Canale5, decided to risk a week of TV advertis-ing spots. pushing an album than still didnot really exist.

Comments Haltermann. "Immediate-ly, important retailers such as El CorteIngles rang us to request urgent deliveries.It is almost unheard of for outlets to ringrecord labels like that."

Campeones/2. released by PDI inApril, has already sold more than 50.000copies.

and a sense of humour is all important."Ployer says he learned a lot of his selec-

tion technique when he spent time at theWABC talkshow network in New York. Hecontinues, "It was valuable experience. I wasinvited into the console room to see howthings worked and had the opportunity totalk with the show hosts and news director."

The programme is expected to returnafter the summer and Ployer hints that othertalk -based programmes might be introducedin the future. DS

RNE Increases Audience FiguresBy Anna Marie de la Fuente

The latest EGM study, coveringthe first quarter of 1991, confirmsa substantial audience shareincrease for state radio RNE. Thissuccess is attributed to the start ofthe Gulfwar during February andMarch.

Out of its six networks, AMnews station RNE-1 drew over500.000 more listeners than in theprevious quarterly report, pushingprivate network Antena 3 intosecond place behind SER FM andAM radio.

RNE-1's director Alicia Fer-nandez says, "We're very pleased.All the other RNE networks havealso done very well." The mostsuccessful RNE programme isJavier Visagra's off -beat morning'magazine' show on RNE-1, whichis up 400.000 listeners. Yet, Fer-

nandez has some reservationsabout the reliability of the EGMstudy, "I certainly don't take theEGM results as gospel truth, butit's the only one we can rely on."

RNE-1's morning news show,Espana A Las Ocho (Spain at8:00) has captured an audience of951.000, which is up on the lastquarterly findings of 828.000.

New -look RNE-5 and classicalmusic station RNE-2 have experi-enced rises of 23% and 36.9%respectively, while pop music sta-tion RNE-3 saw a 19.5% increasein its audience share.

AM station RNE-5 revampedits programming last October in abid to provide more commercialshows. To host the new pro-grammes it has signed well-knownmedia personalities Joaquin Pratand Manola Ferreras.

FM pop station RNE-3 now

reaches 497.000 listeners. Byadopting the 24 -hour pop formatearlier this year, it aims to re -targetaudience demographics, attractinglisteners of 14-25, rather than 15-44. Director Jose AntonioVisuila" , appointed in April, saysits present audience demo is 20-34, and adds, "We're thinking ofintroducing youth -targeted after-noon and weekend programmes."

Classical FM station RNE-2,with an audience of 245.000,enjoyed the most spectacular in-crease in listening shares(+36.9%). Miguel Alonso, an ex -priest and composer appointed lastApril, feels that, "The audience isunpredictable," and that the rea-sons for the station's increasedaudience could be due to manyexternal factors. He says that plansare underway to introduce moreeducational programmes.



SINGLES

The AlarmRaw - IRSSome bands just keep getting better, yetremain overlooked. For too long, TheAlarm have been accused of being U2imitators. On the title track from their newalbum, the four Welshmen have crys-tallised their distinctive brand of rock 'nroll into three and a half minutes. With apowerful electric sound, topped off byacoustic guitars, they produce a raw androcking song.

Blue Crow MenSound Of Silence - MercuryYoung Swedish band move the Simon &Garfunkel classic into the dance era.Unlike many other contemporary bands,they have covered, rather than rebuilt, theoriginal. Underpinned by the unmistakable"madchester" beat, the song is set for anew adventure on ERR.

Crowded HouseChocolate Cake - CapitolTim and Neil Finn have rejoined on thisintelligently structured pop song with alive -in -the -studio co -production by Mit-chell Froom. Likely to draw some goodairplay on a multitude of formats, this is agood taster of the forthcoming Woodfacealbum, released on June 24.

Definition Of SoundNow Is Tomorrow - CircaThe follow-up single to Wear Your LoveLike Heaven, is a combination of hip hopand "indie dance". The refrain, sung byElaine Vassell, is very infectious while theirresistible bass line will keep the listenersdancing.

EnyaExile - WEAFrom the motion picture L.A. Story. Notmany people have the talent to take youback into the middle ages. Even less like-ly, is the transformation of that music intoradio friendly songs. But Enya can, andhas done it.

Lonnie GordonGonna Catch You - BiteThe chorus is so catchy, that the title mustcome true. The saxophones give thepop/dance song a very energetic feel. Afeast for dance programmers. High inChartbound this week.

Lindy LaytonWait For Love - AristaPop/dance seems to be this year's mostenduring mixed marriage. On the follow-up to Echo My Heart, la Layton keeps therhythm slow. Produced and mixed by for-mer bass player Norman Cook (BeatsInternational), it has a very demandingbass line.

LioThe Girl From Ipanema - PolydorThe trendiest version of this Brazilianevergreen to date. Sensual singer Lio pullsthe tune into the dance section. While thebeat whips around you.

Master FatmanS.O.S. - EMIThe Danish get blue on this mercilesscover version of ABBA's famous song.The lead singer sounds like a hungry bear,this will keep little children awake. Onlyto be played during school time.

Kym MazelleNo One Can Love You More Than Me - Parlophone

The bongo intro is the prelude to a soulfuloutburst. On the overcrowded dance scenethere are some good soul singers to befound. Backed by a gospel -framed choir,the emotion in Mazelle's voice reacheslevels reminiscent of Aretha Franklin.

Alison MoyetWishing You Were Here - ColumbiaThe second single lifted from her newalbum, Hoodoo, has the charm of a Frenchchanson. Moyet's warm voice covers thewall of acoustic guitars and tasteful per-cussion.

Saliha

Je Pense - VirginA spotlight on the French dance scene.Taken from her album Unique, Saliha'snew single really adds something to thegenre. The bass synthesizer gives the songa mysterious air. While her rapping andsinging form a unique combination. EHRprogrammers, start spreading the news.

ALBUMS

Bang TangoDancin' On Coals - Mechanic/MCASecond album by Los Angeles -based,strikingly talented hard rock band, whoavoid the stereotypical. While singer JoeLeste is not your average shouter, gui-tarists Mark Knight and Kyle Stevensknow when to show restraint. The occa-sionally funky bassline by Kyle Kylegives the music an extra dimension. Pro-ducer John Jansen (Cinderella, FasterPussycat) must be praised for the fine bal-ance between the instruments and thegreat snare drum sound (something that islacking these days on rock records). TryEmotions In Gear and you'll know whatwe mean.

Electric Light OrchestraPart Two - TelstarReturn of the '70s starship of catchy sym-phonic pop, without Jeff Lynne but withdrummer Bev Bevan and violinist MikKaminski as the only two remaining mem-bers of the original line-up. But surpris-ingly, they have succeeded in reviving theold trademark sound of E.L.O.: strong har-mony vocals, in front of a wall of violins.On tracks where newcomer Eric Troyer isfeatured as lead singer, such as the firstsingle Honest Man, it is especially hard tospot the difference.

Hue And CryStars Crash Down - CircaSoft "blue-eyed soul" and folk -tingedsongs from the currently flourishing Glas-gow scene, which also brought us The BigDish and Deacon Blue. Members of whomfeature on the fourth album by "Kanebrothers", Patrick and Gregory, whotogether form Hue And Cry. The moststriking contribution however, is providedby fiddle player Ally Bain, on the trackRemembrance And Gold. Scottish bebopcombo the John Rae Collective give thetitle track and, Woman In Time, the jazzytouch the songs need.

Gringos LocosRaw Deal - Dig It (LP) (Finland)This leading Finnish hard rock band, havejust finished their three -days acoustictour, which took them into almost everybar in Helsinki. Hard rock programmersget punch drunk on the track LooneyTunes, with singer Richard G. Johnsonquoting Led Zeppelin's Rock n' Roll. Forthose who can't get enough of this alco-holic stuff: contact T.J. Lammers on tel.(31) 20 669 1981; fax: 20-170 856.

RiccoOn A Sunny Day - Sonet (LP) SwedenFirst recording by Richard Evenblind, underhis new artist name. He's currently collabo-rating as a songwriter, with Oson and Beard,the production team behind Army OfLovers. The melody of this pop/dance songis reminiscent of Paul Simon's Mother AndChild Reunion. Contact Lars-Olof Helen ontel. (46) 8-627 3800; fax: 8-983 070.

Snatch It BackEvil - Tramp/Munich (LP) (Holland)The hard line in blues is represented bythis Welsh four -piece band. No studio jig-gery-pokery, but one -take recordings ofpowerful material, which matches the no-nonsense production. The balancebetween original and cover is fifty-fifty.All together very mean stuff. Contact PaulDuvivie on tel. (31) 20-679 4503; fax:8389- 16588.

Villa 21Hellucinations - Penguin (LP) (Greece)In the same mould as '70s unforgettableDetroit trash rock acts like MC5 and Iggy& The Stooges; the Athens -based bandVilla 2I thrashes out once more. The out-standing track I Need More sounds like aremake of the Stooges classic, No Fun.Great fun for rock programmers though.Contact: tel: (30) 1-644 7058; fax: 1-3646875.

Johnny Hates JazzTall Stories - VirginMaybe not the most appropriate for thisspecial jazz issue, but the more interestingfor EHR programmers. This new album,the follow-up to Turn Back The Clock ('89),introduces new lead singer Phil Tornally,credited as songwriter for all 10 tracks. Yet,the sound hasn't changed much since thedays of their European hit single, ShatteredDreams, probably due to the continued col-laboration with producing duo CalvinHayes and Mike Nocito. The first single,Let Me Change Your Mind Tonight, with itsslow lazy beat, sets the tone for the rest ofthis melodic, soft pop album.

Evan Johns & His H -BombsRockit Fuel Only - RykodiscIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Evan Johnstaking -off in his rocketship, from rhythm &blues Eldorado and garageland Austin,Texas. His weapons; the most gravellyvoice since Tom Waits and Eddie Hinton,and a souped -up electric guitar. Spread thecover version of Dr. Ross' Boogie Disease .

Peter & The Electro Kitsch BandPete A L'Inter - SquattProduced by Mark Plati (Talking Heads,Prince, New Order), this is the debut albumby the 20 year -old keyboardist/ singerPeter, a French version of Prince. Thoughthe young pretender sings in his mothertongue, or in English with a thick accent,the atmosphere is defined by the Min-neapolis sound. And the comparisons don'tend there, as the album was mixed at thegrandmaster's own Paisley Park Studios.The title of this dance pop album, derivesfrom one of Dr. Spock's famous one-liners,from '70s popular TV -series "Star Trek".Dance programmers Are You Ready?

Violent Femmes

Do Birds Sing? - SlashEight years_ ago they surprised the worldwith their eponymously titled debutalbum. Singer Gordon Gano sounded likea young Lou Reed, but as playful asJonathan Richman. Since then, they havebeen unable to reach the same level offun -rock, but on their new Michael Bein-horn (Material, Red Hot Chili Peppers)produced album, they managed to recap-ture the old spirit. By stepping backwards,the Milwaukee based semi -acoustic trio,has taken a huge step forwards. The trackwith the most fun, is their cover of CultureClub's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?.

Singles and albums featured in New Releases are listed alphabetically. Selections include those which have achieved significant airplay within the last four weeks and those releases judgedto have musical merit. Records mentioned in this section are by acts signed to independent labels for which license and/or publishing rights are available, except as noted. Pleasesend your samples to Machgiel Bakker, PO Box 9027, 1006 AA Amsterdam, Holland.



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The proliferation of jazz labels, radio shows and jazz festivals in citiesthroughout Europe testifies to the vigor of this most international of musicalgenres. Jazz, born of the blues around the turn of the century in the southernUnited States, is a phenomenon that continues to evolve nearly one hundredyears on. It is an art form remarkably open to influences from other genres andcultures, and in turn has influenced music the world over with its rhythmicinventiveness and love for improvisation. Jazz takes on all corners, and trans-forms whatever it embraces into something both timeless and contemporary.

Music & Media this week launches a monthly page devoted entirely toJazz and its place in the radio and music industries. We will feature airplayreports, sales information, record reviews, news, upcoming events, and inter-views/features on the people that help Jazz make waves. If you have any ideasor suggestions please contact our Jazz Coordinator Terry Berne, on tel: (31) 20669 1961 or fax: 20 669 1941.

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Hans Ruland: Jazz-Welle PlusJazz-Welle Plus/Munich own-

er and program director HansRuland came to radio via an earlyappreciation of jazz. An accom-plished pianist, he is also author ofa book on the life and music ofDuke Ellington, and editor of JazzZeitung, a monthly periodicaldevoted primarily to the jazz scenein and around Munich.

Jazz-Welle Plus has grownfrom a mere eight hours of air timeper week when it was started fiveyears ago to its current 38, andnow includes several hours of clas-sical music as well as a programdedicated to literature. There is nodoubt that this cultural emphasishas been a success. Jazz-WellePlus has recently been granted alicence to begin operating a new24 -hour station in Hamburg thisautumn.

But the Munich station encoun-tered resistance at first from boththe industry and the government."Nobody really wanted to have uson the air," Ruland explains, " butultimately they couldn't prevent us.We went all the way to theSupreme Court. We fought nineseparate cases involving regula-tions and attempts to thwart us, andwe won them all. Everybody saidit was impossible, that we'd begone in two months. Most of thosewho said this are long gone and weare still very much alive."

Neither skepticism nor legalchallenges altered the original idea."We do everything differently, wedon't follow strict programmingrules. For instance, we speak aslong as it makes sense to speak."

This liberated philosophy haspaid off with a large and devotedaudience. Asserts Ruland, "Wehave a lot of educated people lis-tening to our station, and our lis-teners are very loyal. When weplay an advertisement they listen,because there are no equivalentstations to tune to." But he empha-sizes that advertising must beappropriate. "It doesn't make senseto do an ad for Burger King, butfor a first-rate restaurant or BMWit makes perfect sense."

A growing segment of his audi-ence are young people. "We have anew generation of very successfuljazz musicians whom the youngergeneration of listeners can identifywith. It's very difficult for a 20 -year -old to identify with the 80 -year -old Lionel Hampton. Butnow there's Wynton Mamas orMarcus Roberts."

Ruland believes in taking anaggressive role in exposing newmusic, - music which gets almostno airplay. "We are trying tochange that. You just have toexpose people to this other musicagain and again until they get usedto it. Then they become addicted."

EUROPEAN JAZZ TOP 20 SALES1. WYNTON MARSAUS/Stondard Time Vol. 22. KEITH JARRETT/Koin Concert3. BRANFORD MARSAUS/Crazy People Music4. SHIRLEY HORNE/You Won't Forget Me5. PAQUITO RIVEIRA & ARTURO SANDOVAL/Reunion6. JOHN SCOFIELD/Meant To Be7. STAN GETZ/Serenity8. KEITH JARRETT/Tribute9. KEITH JARRETT/Paris Concert10. HARRY CONNICK JR./ We're In Love11. YELLOWJACKETS/Greenhouse12. AZIZA MUSTAFA ZADEH/Aziza Mustafa Zadeh13. PAT METHENY/ Travels14. OSCAR PETERSON TRIO/ Live At The Blue Note15. CARLA BLEY/ The Very Big Band16. LOUIS ARMSTRONG/ Wonderful World Of17. CASSANDRA WILSON/She Who Weeps18. MACEO PARKER/Roots Revisited19. MICHAEL BRECKER/Now You See It, Now You Don't20. STEVE SMITH & VITAL INFORMATION/ Vitalive!

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MOST -PLAYED ALBUMS

CARLA BLEYThe Very Big Band (Waft)

CHICK COREAAkoustic Band (GRP)

STAN GETZSerenity (Emarcy)

DON GROLNICKWeaver Of Dreams (Blue Note)

STEVE LACY/MAL WALDRONHot House (Novus)

WYNTON MARSAUSStandard Time Vol. 2 (Columbia)

CARMEN McRAESarah (Novus)

KEN PEPLOWSKIIlluminations (Concord)

MARCUS ROBERTSAlone With Three Giants (Novus)

The jazz albums listed above appear alpha-betically by artist, and reflect a consensus ofairplay among M&M's Jazz Reporters.

JAZZ STATION REPORTSJAZZ FM/LondonMalcolm Laycock - Prog. ControllerPresenters Picks" Parimei

Crusaders- Healing The Wounds [GRP]W.Marsalis- Standard Time 121 [Columbia]Frank Wess- Entre Nous [Concord]Charles McPherson- Siku Ya [Mainstream]B.B.King Live At The Appollo [GRP]

"Somethin' Else"(Nighttime):Cassandra Wilson She Who Weeps [JMT]KMD- Mr. Hood (Elektra]Courtney Pine- Within The Realms [Antilles]Rebirth Brass Band Kickin' [Spec.Delivery]Various- Off The Wall [Charly]Full Circle Secret Stories [Columbia]Al McDowell- Messiah [Grarnovision]Harper Brothers- Artistry [Verve)Vino- Rooms In My Father's House [Pangaea]0.0sby Man Talk For Moderns [Blue Note]

BBC 2/LondonTerry Carter - Producer"Jazz Pored::

Joey Colderarto- In The Door [Blue Note)Greg Marvin- Taking Off [Timeless]K.Peplowski Quin.- Illuminations (Concord]Vince Jones. Trustworthy Little [Intuition]John Patitocci- CD Sketchbook [GRP]Louis Armstrong- IV [Jazzmen]R.Mason's Hot 5- w/ A Brown [Timeless)Hot Lips Page- 1938-40 [Classics)Clark Terry -At The Village Gate [Chesky]Miles Davis- Porgy & Bess [CBS]Various- Rhythm Stick [C11]Charles Tolivec Grand Max [Black hoe)

FOX FM/OxfordAlyn Shipton Presenter"Jazz & Big Bands:

Shorty Rogers- Swings [Bluebird]Tommy Smith. Standards [Blue Note)Pearl Bailey- The Roulette Years [EMI]Henry Allen- World On A Siring [Bluebird]B. Webster- Gone With The Wind [Block Lion]

Count Basin- Class Of '54 [Black Lion]Blue Mitchell- Blue's Blues [Mainstream]B.Goodrnon -/te King [BBC/Century Masters)Lionel Hampton- 1929-41 [BBC/Robert Parker]Fats Waller The Plano Solos [Bluebird]

WEAR FM/SunderlandAlan Twelftree - Presenter*Jazz & Blues EtceteroT

C.Freeman- Spirit Sensitive [Indio Nov.]Jimmy Giuffre Liquid Dancers [Soul Note)Joy Leonhart. Salamander Pie [DMP]Henry Allen- World On A String [Bluebird]Steve Lacy/Mal Waldron- Hot House [Novus)Carol Grimes/Ian Shaw- Lary Blue [Off Beat]C.J.Dupree- The Davis Sessions [Flyright]Nancy Harrow- Street Of Dreams [Sant[Ken Colyer. When I Leave The World [Lake]

BBC RADIO SCOTLAND/EdinburghGordon Cruickshank - Compiler/Presenter

Sonny Rollins. On The Outside [Blue Bird]Duke Ellington- Jungle Nights (Bluebird]Nikolaj Bentzon Trio- Between Us [Olutsen]Tommy Smith- Standards [Blue Note]Jim Hall. All Across The City [Concord]Roy Eldridge Heckkler's Hop [Hop)David Newton- Victim Of Circumstance [Linn)M.Roberts- Alone With Three Giants [Novus]Andrew Hill- But Not Farewell [Blue Note]

Hans Ruland -Producer Chris Lark - DJCFNB/BrunssemJAZZ WELLE PLUS/Munich

Getz & Evans- But Beautiful [Jazz Door] D.Gillespie/U.N.Orchestra- Live [Enka]Ken Peplowski- Illuminations [Concord] Brion Bromberg- Basically Speaking [Nova]Henri Chaix Jumpin' Punkins (Sockville] John Lee Hooker. The Healer [Silvertone]

Bill Tole Orch. On The Move [Courtney] Bessie Smith- Cowl. Recordings [Columbia]Arturo Sandoval- Light To Freedom [GRP] Wolfman Washington- Sada (Virgin)Pizzarelli Bros. -Guitar Duos [Stash]Roy Hargrove- Public Eye [Novus-RCA] BRF/EupenCarmen McRae- Sarah (Novus-RCA] Walter Eicher - ProducerArt Pepper Quartet- Art In L.A. [VVestwind] W.Marsalis- Standard Time 12] [Columbia]W.Marselis- Standard Time (2) [Columbia] Aziza Mustafa Zadeh [Columbia]

Engstfeld/Weiss Quartet- Upside Down (Nobel]Vienna Art Orchestra- Chapter II (Amodeo]

SDR/Stuttgart A.Von Rooyen/Metropole Orch..Colores [Koala]Hans Thomas - Producer Jacques Pelzer Open Sky Unit [Igloo]New Releases, Maria Bethania- Canto Do Pole [Philips]

Stan Gets- Serenity [Emarcy] Stan Getz- Serenity [Emarcy]

Frank Morgan- A Lovesome Thing [Antilles) Robin Eubanks- Karma [JMT]Don Grilnkk. Weaver Of Dreams [Blue Note] F.Englebert Group- Fantasmatic [B.Sharp]W.Norris- Moybeck Recital Hall [Concord]Kenny Warner- Introducing [Sunnyside]

Re-reles,,Lennie Tristan° Tristan [Atlantic]Jelly Roll Morton- Centennial [Bluebird]Chet Baker Quintet- [Fresh Sound]Miles Davis- Portrait [Jazz Zounds]Bill Evans- In Buenos Aims [Jazz Lab)

RADIO BREMEN/BremenTorsten Muller Producer

R.Kirk- Compl.Mercury Recordings [Mercury]Steve Lacy/Mal Waldron. Hot House [Novus]D.Ellington Black Brown & Beige [Bluebird]W.Marsalis. Standard Time (2) [Columbia)Cold Sweat- 4 Ploy [JMT]Carmen McRae- Sarah [Novus/BMG]M.Roberts Atone With Three Giants [Novus)A.von Schlippenbach- Elf Bagatelles [FMP)The Houdinis- Live At Paradiso [Timeless]Eddie Harris- There Was A Time [Enja]

JAZZ SCENE/OsloDavid Fishel - Producer

Arturo Sandoval rs.ght To Freedom [GRP]Don Gralnick- i'ieciver Of Dreams [Blue Note]Michael Breaker- Now You See It [GRP]Joey Caderazzo- In The Door [Blue Note]Shirley Horne- You Won't Forget Me [Verve]Jazz Club Mainstream Big Band [Verve]Charlie Haden- Dream Keeper [Polydor]Dianne Reeves- I Remember [Blue Note]Tank, Maria- Bella Vista [World Pacific]Yellow Jackets- Greenhouse [MCA]Full Circle. Secret Stories [Columbia]Chick Corea itikoustic Bond Alive [GRP]Ella Fitzgerald- For The Love Of [Verve]Cole Porter Songbook- Night & Day [Verve]Take 6- So Much 2 Soy [Reprise]Jan Garbarek- I Took Up The Runes [ECM]Oslo Groove Co.- Anno 1990 (Hot Club]Michel Petrucciani- Music (Blue Note]Cassandra Wilson- She Who Weeps [JMT]

FRANCE MUSIC/Paris ORF/ViennaClaude Corriere, Giselher Smekal - ProducerJean Dolmas Producers W.R.Langer - Presenter"lazy CI,." Stan Getz. At The Opera House [Verve]

J.Hall & Friends- At Town Hall [Limelight] Miles Davis/Gil Evans Carnegie Hall [CBS]M.D'Ambrosio Love Is Not A Game [Sunnyside] Charlie Parker At Carnegie Hall [Verve]Duke Ellington- 3 Suites [Columbia] Charles Mingus- In Europe No1.11 [Enja]Torn Harrell- Form [Contemporary) Vienna Art orch.- Concerto Piccolo [liatArt]The Very Big Carla Bley Band [Watt] Thelonius Monk- Live At The Alhombra [FCD]Nat King Cole- Crazy Rhythm [VJC] Dinah Washington. Dinah Jams [Mercury)Milt Hinton- Old Man Time [Chiaroscuro] Cecil Taylor- Live At Freiburg [HatArt)Carmen McRae Sarah [Novus/BMG] Baker/Freeman- Pacific Recordings [Mosaic]Drummond/Higgins/Jones- The Essence (DMP] Jay LeonharrThe Double Cross [Sunnyside]

Memphis Minnie Hoodoo Lady [Columbia] Michel Colombier- Wings [A&M]W.Marsalis- Standard Time 121 [Columbia] Leni Andrade- ha Neon [Timeless)Gary Dial/Dick Oatts. Brossworks [DMP)

DANMARKS RADIO/FrederiksbergRADIO ROMA/Rome Ole Mottiessen - ProducerAllessandro Malatesta - Producer - .-- -.Gioocchino Stancanelli - Presenter Shirley Scott- Oasis [Muse]"Radio Collection,' Stan Getz- Serenity [Emarcy]

Charlie Haden. Dream Keeper [Polydor] Frank Morgan- A Lovesame Thing [Antilles]George Russell- London Concert [Lobel Bleu- 1.1efsen. Swing'Ende Kabhovnerliv [Dania]]

Don Pullen Random Thoughts [Blue Note] Bing Crosby. That's Jazz [Flapper]Chick Corea Akoustic Band- Alive [GRP] Eddie Harris -There Was A Time [Alfa]

Carla Bley/Steve Swallow- Duets [Watt] Warne Marsh -Two Days [Storyville]Tom Harrel- Stories [Contemporary] Ray Anderson- What Because [Gromavision]B.Kessel Red Hot & Blues [Contemporary] Kenny Drew Trio At Keystone Tokyo [Alfa]Benny Carter- My Kind Of Trouble [Pablo] Kenny Drew Jr.- Third Phase [Jazz City]

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Jazz Radio: From Cellar To StellarWhat Walter Schaetzlein does in his cellar is nothis hobby. Running Ntimberg's Jazz StudioClub in a cellar under the town castle is his job,

three nights a week. In his spare time, he goes into theoffices and studios of Radio FM Niirnberg. For one houra week, at '20.00 on Sundays, Walter takes over the fre-quency, as JazzTime Niirnberg, one of Germany's manysmall private radio stations.

As Schaetzlein finishes his show, Alan Shipton is arriv-ing at FOX -FM, Oxford's local commercial station, to pre-sent his own one -hour, weekly jazz show. On Mondaymorning he too goes to another job, as a publisher of musicreference books at Blackwells. He's also a bass player.

Later on that night, several stations in Norway put outDavid Fishel's Jazz Scene Hour. He makes at it at home onDAT.

Until recently his day job was promotions manager forPolyGram Norway. Now he's producing TV, film andradio ads for Young & Rubicam in Oslo. He started out inLiverpool as a keyboard player, Patti Boulez's musicaldirector, and 'Malcolm McLaren's right-hand man'. Buthe's always been a jazz fan.

The Week In JazzEurope's jazz week begins again at 22.00 on Monday withKurt Weil's show on Zurich's Opus Radio, a satellite -delivered service, which most of the time plays classical

"We'd all like to have more sta-tions like Jazz FM. It's unique inEurope, and its impact on salesis tremendous." - Michael Jacoby

music. But Weil fits the show in between his work, for thepast six years, as marketing director of GRP Records,Switzerland. It is, of course, a jazz label.

Jazz broadcasters seem to like their careers as they liketheir music: improvised. Trying to sort out Europe's jazzradio and record scene rapidly becomes a free -form experi-ence. Talk to a label boss and he turns out to be the localjazz DJ. The festival promoter in one EC country holds astation -ownership stake in another. A guy who edits jazzbiographies plays in a band with a guy who writes them.And they've both got radio shows.

DJs with day jobs are not so rare. But in the jazz world,unlike dance music, pop or rock, there is no perceivedpotential crossover. A career as a jazz broadcaster maylead to greater prominence on the jazz scene, but is unlike-ly to lead to a more glamourous mainstream broadcastingcareer. So it must be love.

Unfortunately, this creates the impression that jazzradio is a self-imposed ghetto populated by aging hipsters.In fact, jazz radio may be on the verge of the greatestgrowth of any specialised format.

Although it's remarkable how radio stations acrossEurope, whether pop, classical or whatever, despite differ-ences in the legal set-up of stations between countries, slottheir jazz at the same time (after 20.00, and preferably onweekends). Even those shows described above are effec-tively breaking down the walls. JazzTime Niirnberg startedbroadcasting in 1986. David Fishel's Jazz Scene is barely15 months old. The satellite -delivered version of KurtWeil's show is of similarly youthful vintage. If this is still aghetto, it's getting pretty crowded.

The Impact Of Jazz FMThese new specialist shows are one of the two key signsthat jazz's moment to break through may upon us. Theother, as every jazz label will tell you, is the existence ofjust one new station: Jazz FM.

"In France some stations play a certain percentage ofjazz:- Michel Pacaud has a good show on Europe 1, andFrance Inter now has two regular jazz shows a day", says

Tony Harlow, jazz marketing manager for EMI Europe."But there's only really one station that we have a reallyactive relationship with, and that's Jazz FM/London. We'retrying to develop similar relationships with the French sta-tions and RAI 3's "Bluenote" show in Italy, but it's harderto achieve much when their time on -air is limited."

"We'd all like to have more stations like Jazz FM", saysMichael Jacoby, managing director of VeraBra Records."It's unique in Europe, and its impact on sales is tremen-dous." Speaking in his capacity as marketing director forGRP Records, Kurt Weil agrees, "Sales are up tremendous-ly in the UK."

But ask jazz fans in the UK what they think, and youmight get a more ambivalent response. Jazz FM managingdirector John Bradford explains, "The enthusiasts of onekind of jazz can be more jealous of their area than support-ers of Midwall and Charlton (bitter rival football teams ofSouth London). Frequently, their concept of jazz consistsonly of what they like, to the exclusion of all other jazz."

"The aim? First, to get peopleinto listening to us on the radio,and second, to introduce awider public to the joys of jazz.So people who already knowtheir way around jazz are notthe top priority."

-John Bradford

These criticisms were being voiced even before the sta-tion's shake-up and revision of programming policy back inFebruary, in the wake of disappointing ratings (a 5% reach;average listening four hours). But, in fact, the formatchanges were not directed at disgruntled, established jazzfans. Jazz FM saw its problem as something rather differ-ent.

"There was too much of a danger of jumping around ina very short time frame between different styles", saysBradford. "There was almost a belief: you will like the firstone of three, tolerate the second and dislike the third. Ithink it was based on a false premise. So we've removedsome of the most aggressive listening from daytime. We'renot quite so spikey.

"What we've got now does let the enthusiast in, buteven jazz enthusiasts at breakfast time are looking for aclean shirt, and it's difficult to pay attention to track infor-mation at the same time - recorded on this date in 1953, so-and-so on drums - so we've tried to make it more accessi-ble. The aim? First, to get people into listening to us on theradio, and second, to introduce a wider public to the joys ofjazz. So people who already know their way around jazzare not the top priority."

Programming JazzThis is the bullet jazz has to bite. It's true enough that indif-ference from pop programmers to crossover jazz releases (let

"They've (Radio Monte Carlo/-Italy) proven that a jazz andinstrumental -based format canbe successful." - Frank van Houtenalone mainstream mes) has been unfair. Many label bosses'comments on how jazz has been treated by radio in generalare almost unprintable. Most say they get their new releasesto specialist DJs. David Fishel and Alan Shipton seem tohave no complaints. But on the other hand, both WalterSchaetzlein at Ja77Time Nurnberg, and Hans Ruland ofJazz Welle Plus/Munich, among others, say they have tobuy many releases. If jazz labels want a 24 -hour station, thenthey have to face the demands of the complex programmer -provider relationship. The jazz the station might want to playmight not be the jazz labels are selling the most of to estab-lished fans. And jazz fans have to accept that uninitiated lis-teners may have broader minds than their own.

A perfect case in point is the recent success of RadioMonte Carlo/Italy. During the day it has a soft rock/ACformat. But between 21.00 and 02.00 things are different.At the end of 1988, a new format was introduced at nightin an attempt to break new -age music in Italy. Since then,however, as programme controller Novella Hazanexplains, it has evolved to embrace contemporary jazz andworld music as well.

"We're playing vocals by Dianne Reeves, new tracks byKenny G and Pat Metheny, world music from people likeRuichi Sakamoto, as well as new age. In 1988 it was justthe music and jingles. We had an overwhelming response,so we introduced presenters, playing two cuts, then givingbrief links. A year ago in a magazine poll we were votedNo. 6 among Italy's top 10 stations, and since then our rat-ings have gone up by 40%. We follow the Billboard con-temporary jazz lists. I'd call us hip easy -listening."

Purists might be appalled, but it works. "They'veproven that a jazz and instrumental -based format can besuccessful", says Frank van Houten, general manager ofWindham Hill Europe.

Jazz can work in other combination formats as well.Ruland's private station Jazz Welle Plus, as the name sug-gests, does not just play jazz. In the four hours it has eachweekday evening on the frequency it shares with oldiesstation Radio Arabella, jazz shows covering all styles(new releases Wednesdays, bop Thursdays, and so on) are



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interspersed with talk shows on literature and art, and clas-sical music programmes.

"Every two weeks we reach 120.000 listeners, and 70%of them are university -educated", says Ruland. The stationpays its way by advertising and sponsorship. It is prof-itable, but then Ruland and his wife are the entire staff, andthe studio is built in his former kitchen. Yet it proves whatcan be done outside of corporate ambition.

EuroJazz: New Kid On The BlockThen, at the other end of the scale, comes the new satellite -delivered station EuroJazz. Its programmes will be spe-cially -recorded on DAT by presenters at owner KLON,Los Angeles' only fulltime jazz station (it won't be astraight feed relay of the LA signal) and organised at thestation's office in Gibraltar, before being transmitted to thesatellite from an uplink in Usingen, Germany. A smallnumber of shows will be recorded in Europe, using estab-lished jazz radio names.

"We're trying to import into Europe the American jazzradio format", says director Wilbehnina Steyling, who hasbeen a member of the North Sea Jazz Festival board formany years. In common with Jazz Welle Plus, EuroJazz isaiming for a highly educated audience.

"It's our first move into the international market, andprobably won't be the last" says KLON's general mangerRick Lewis. KLON is 30th out of 100 stations in LA, and10th largest of the US's American public radio stations."We really do aspire to be the best jazz station in theworld," says Lewis. "And audiences elsewhere are moreappreciative of jazz than in America. It sometimes seemsjazz is least appreciated here at home."

If Lewis is right, then it might explain why jazz radio issuddenly on the move in Europe. But if the European radioindustry doesn't move fast, the Americans may reclaimtheir heritage first. Crucially, KLON knows how to makejazz work as a consistent radio format and not just as a spe-cialist slot for enthusiasts. This is a skill European radiohas only just started to acquire. by Ken Garner

Here's M&M annual roster of leadingjazz festivals throughout Europe this sum-mer, featuring a remarkable variety ofartists, groups and youth bands. Pleasewrite or call M&M to advise of additionsand/or revisions to this list.

CAPITAL RADIO JAZZ PARADELondon, June 7 -July 20

Blues Brothers, Tower of Power, David Sanborn Group,Count Basie Orchestra with Carmen McRae, Herbie Han-cock/Wayne Shorter Quartet, Chick Corea Akoustic Band,Michel Petrucciani, B.B. King, Ray Gelato's Giants of Jive,Miles Davis, and many others.Tel: +44-71-379-1066

25TH MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVALJuly 5-21, Montreux, Switzerland

July 5-8:Billy Joel, Living Colour, Moody Blues, Sting, Toto, HarryConnick Jr., Sweet Honey In The Rock.

July 7-14: Andy Summers with Bill Evans, Mitch Forman,Darryl Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Brian May, Deee-Lite, Donald Fagen, Elvis Costello & the Rude Five,George Clinton, Jeff Beck, Michael McDonald, PhoebeSnow, the Gil Evans Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones,B.B. King, Miles Davis.

July 14-21: Quincy Jones as Conductor, Ice T, Kool MoeDee, T

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