Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Top 50 jazz albums from Elements of Jazz

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JazzWeek.com is "the definitive Jazz national radio airplay chart—a weekly report of the top fifty+ Jazz recordings played on radio stations across the United States and Canada."
This isn't necessarily a list of new recordings that are being released this week. You'll notice albums on here that were released 6 months ago.
What do you like on the list? Which albums did you enjoy enough to purchase? I'd like you to share that information so that others can be informed/inspired. Thank you!

1 RUSSELL MALONE Triple Play (MAXJAZZ)
2 CASSANDRA WILSON Silver Pony (Blue Note)
3 THE CLAYTON BROTHERS The New Song And Dance (ArtistShare)
4 CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO Journeys (JLP)
5 LOUIS HAYES Lou’s Idea (American Showplace) 
6 KEVIN EUBANKS Zen Food (Mack Avenue)
7 JAMES MOODY Moody 4B (IPO)
8 BRAD MEHLDAU Highway Rider (Nonesuch
9 DENISE DONATELLI When Lights Are Low (Savant)
10 CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET Mirror (ECM)
11 BILL O’CONNELL Rhapsody In Blue (Challenge)
12 HOUSTON PERSON Moment To Moment (HighNote)
13 PATRICK WILLIAMS Aurora (ArtistShare)
14 KERMIT RUFFINS Happy Talk (Basin Street)
15 BILL EASLEY Love Stories ()
16 RYAN COHAN Another Look (Motema)
17 MARY STALLINGS Dream (HighNote)
18 CONRAD HERWIG The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)  
19 STEVE GADD Live At Voce (Varese Fontana)
20 HELIO ALVES Musica (JLP)
21 TAKUYA KURODA Bitter And High (Self-Released)
22 BOBBY WATSON The Gates BBQ Suite (Lafiya)
23 GRANT STEWART Around The Corner (Sharp Nine)
24 TROMBONE SHORTY Backatown (Verve Forecast)
25 DAN BLOCK From His World To Mine: The Music Of Duke Ellington (Miles High)
26 THE MARSALIS FAMILY Music Redeems (Marsalis)
27 STEVE TURRE Delicious & Delightful (HighNote)
28 DAN ADLER Back To The Bridge (Emdan)
29 JOE MAGNARELLI My Old Flame (Give@Go)
30 THE COOKERS Warriors (JLP)
31 ESPERANZA SPALDING Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
32 JASON MORAN Ten (Blue Note)
33 RANDY WESTON The Storyteller (Motema)
34 KENNY BURRELL Be Yourself (HighNote)
35 JANE MONHEIT Home (Emarcy)
36 PETE LEVIN Jump! (Pete Levin)
37 FREDDY COLE Freddy Cole Sings Mr.B (HighNote)
38 TONY GUERRERO Blue Room (Charleston Square)
39 MASON BROTHERS Two Sides One Story (Archival)
40 VIJAY IYER Solo (ActMusic)
41 PETE MALINVERNI A Beautiful Thing (Saranac)
42 DMITRY BAEVSKY Down With It (Sharp Nine)
43 JESSICA WILLIAMS Touch (Origin)
44 JOEY DEFRANCESCO Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music Of Michael Jackson (HighNote)
45 TAMIR HENDELMAN Destinations (Resonance)
46 AMINA FIGAROVA Sketches (Munich)
47 ANTHONY BRANKER & ASCENT Dance Music (Origin)
48 MATT SAVAGE Welcome Home (Savage)
49 DANILO PEREZ Providencia (Mack Avenue)
50 DAVE HOLLAND & PEPE HABICHUELA Hands (Dare2)
51 CURTIS FULLER I Will Tell Her (Capri)
52 ANDY FARBER This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (Black Warrior)

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