Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 28 March 2011
March 30, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Donna M in Arturo O'Farrill, Top Jazz Albums, Top Jazz Albums for 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      BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic)

4      JEREMY PELT The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)

5      JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)

6      ERIC REED The Dancing Monk (Savant)

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

8      MARK WEINSTEIN Jazz & Brasil (Jazzheads)

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

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

11    CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)

12    YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)

13    GRACE KELLY Man With The Hat (Pazz)

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

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

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

17     RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)

18     ONE FOR ALL Invades Vancouver (Cellar Live)

19     MARCUS MILLER A Night In Monte Carlo (Concord)

20     T.K. BLUE Latinbird (Motema)

21     ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)

22     MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)

23     EDDIE MENDENHALL Cosine Meets Tangent (Miles High)

24     PHIL DEGREG Amazonas (Prevenient)

25     THE DEFRANCESCO BROTHERS The DeFrancesco Brothers (Vectordisc)

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

27     THE NIGHTCRAWLERS Down In The Bottom (Cellar Live)

28     BOBBY MATOS Beautiful As The Moon (Lifeforce Jazz)

29     NATIVE SOUL Soul Step (Talking Drum)

30     DAVE MILLER TRIO Rapture (Summit)

31     BRAD MEHLDAU Live In Marciac (Nonesuch)

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

33     MATT NELSON Nostalgiamaniac (Chicago Sessions)

34     JONATHAN KREISBERG Shadowless (NFN)

35     RUSSELL MALONE Triple Play (MAXJAZZ)

36     CHANTALE GAGNE Wisdom Of The Water (Musique)

37     LYNNE ARRIALE Convergence (Motema)

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

39     MAC GOLLEHON Mac Straight Ahead (American Showplace)

40     BANN As You Like (Jazz Eyes)

41     DADO MORONI Live In Beverly Hills (Resonance)

42     GENE LUDWIG Love Notes Of Cole Porter (Big O)

43     REGGIE PITTMAN & LOREN DANIELS QUARTET Point A To Point A (IvoryHornz 4001)

44     EHUD ASHERIE Organic (Posi-Tone)

45     FRED HERSCH Alone At The Vanguard (Palmetto)

46     DOUG WEBB Renovations (Posi-Tone)

47     DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass)

48     JERRY BERGONZI Convergence (Savant)

49     BOBBY SANABRIA Tito Puente Masterworks Live (Jazzheads)

50     BOB SHEPPARD Close Your Eyes (BFM Jazz)

51     LUIS CONTE En Casa De Luis (BFM Jazz)

 

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