Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 14 March 2011

This weekly list is from JazzWeek.com  - "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." If you'd like to see the detailed list, click here.

1       KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)

2       VARIOUS ARTISTS Disney Jazz, Volume 1: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Disney   Pearl Series)

3       JEREMY PELT Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)

4       JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)

5       ERNESTINE ANDERSON Nightlife: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (HighNote)

6       GEOFFREY KEEZER & PETER SPRAGUE Mill Creek Road (SBE)

7       GRACE KELLY Man With The Hat (Pazz)

8       MARK WEINSTEIN Jazz & Brasil (Jazzheads)

9       MARCUS MILLER A Night In Monte Carlo (Concord)

10    LUTHER HUGHES & THE CANNONBALL-COLTRANE PROJECT Things Are Getting Better (Primrose Lane)

11    THE DEFRANCESCO BROTHERS The DeFrancesco Brothers (Vectordisc)

12    THE TRIO OF OZ The Trio Of OZ (OZmosis)

13    BEEGIE ADAIR I Love Being Here With You: A Jazz Piano Tribute to Peggy Lee (Green Hill)

14    BILL FRISELL & VINICIUS CANTUARIA Lagrimas Mexicanas (eOne)

15    THE WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET To Hear From There (Patois)

16    DAVE MILLER TRIO Rapture (Summit)

17    BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic)

18    CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)

19    PHIL DEGREG Amazonas (Prevenient)

20    JONATHAN KREISBERG Shadowless (NFN)

21    CHANTALE GAGNE Wisdom Of The Water (Musique)

22    JAKE FRYER & BUD SHANK In Good Company (Capri)

23    NATIVE SOUL Soul Step (Talking Drum)

24    MATT NELSON Nostalgiamaniac (Chicago Sessions)

25    ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)

26    BOB SHEPPARD Close Your Eyes (BFM Jazz)

27    THE JAZZ PROFESSORS Live From The UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival (Flying Horse)

28    DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass)

29    TOM LUER Project Popular (Origin)

30    DOUG WEBB Renovations (Posi-Tone)

31    HELIO ALVES Musica (JLP)

32    BRAD MEHLDAU Live In Marciac (Nonesuch)

33    NANCY MARANO Magic (Laughing Face)

34    RUSSELL MALONE Triple Play (MAXJAZZ)

35    ROXY COSS Roxy Coss (Self-Released)

36    MARCUS SHELBY JAZZ ORCHESTRA Soul Of The Movement: Meditations On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Porto Franco)

37    ANGELA HAGENBACH The Way They Make Me Feel (Resonance)

38    JAMES MOODY Moody 4B (IPO)

39    EDDIE MENDENHALL Cosine Meets Tangent (Miles High)

40    EHUD ASHERIE Organic (Posi-Tone)

41    GARY BURTON, PAT METHENY, STEVE SWALLOW & ANTONIO SANCHEZ Quartet Live (Concord)

42    CASSANDRA WILSON Silver Pony (Blue Note)

43    RYAN COHAN Another Look (Motema)

44    KEVIN EUBANKS Zen Food (Mack Avenue)

45    YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)

46    MARTY WILLIAMS Long Time Comin’ (In Moon Bay)

47    ERNEST STUART Solitary Walker (Self-Released)

48    AMY LONDON Let\’s Fly (Motema)

49    RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)

50    ARTURO O’FARRILL 40 Acres And A Burro (Zoho)

51    BOB SZAJNER TRIAD IV On The Bench In The Zone (QUIXOTIC)