Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 18 April 2011
April 18, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Donna M in Ambrose Akinmusire, Top Jazz Albums, Top Jazz Albums for April 2011

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Ambrose Akinmusire1       KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)

2       MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)

3       ERIC REED The Dancing Monk (Savant)

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

5       BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic)

6       ONE FOR ALL Invades Vancouver (Cellar Live)

7       CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)

8       YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)

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

10     JESSICA WILLIAMS TRIO Freedom Trane (Origin)

11     JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)

12     LYNNE ARRIALE Convergence (Motema)

13     BOBBY SANABRIA Tito Puente Masterworks Live (Jazzheads)

14     JEREMY PELT The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)

15     MARK WEINSTEIN Jazz & Brasil (Jazzheads)

16     KEN PEPLOWSKI In Search Of... (Capri)

17     RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)

18     NATIVE SOUL Soul Step (Talking Drum)

19     THOMAS MARRIOTT Human Spirit (Origin)

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

21     LARRY CORYELL & KENNY DREW, JR. Duality (Random Act)

22     GRACE KELLY Man With The Hat (Pazz)

23     T.K. BLUE Latinbird (Motema)

24     JERRY BERGONZI Convergence (Savant)

25     ANNA WILSON Countrypolitan Duets (Music World)

26     ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)

27     THE NIGHTCRAWLERS Down In The Bottom (Cellar Live)

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

29     MARCUS MILLER A Night In Monte Carlo (Concord)

30     BOBBY MATOS Beautiful As The Moon (Lifeforce Jazz)

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

32     DADO MORONI Live In Beverly Hills (Resonance)

33     WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS Here We Go Again: Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles (Blue Note)

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

35     DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass)

36     ERNEST STUART Solitary Walker (Self-Released)

37     AL DI MEOLA Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody (Telarc)

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

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

40     AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)

41     EDDIE MENDENHALL Cosine Meets Tangent (Miles High)

42     BANN As You Like (Jazz Eyes)

43     BRAD MEHLDAU Live In Marciac (Nonesuch)

44     RALPH BOWEN Power Play (Posi-Tone)

45     THE DEFRANCESCO BROTHERS The DeFrancesco Brothers (Vectordisc)

46     PHIL DEGREG Amazonas (Prevenient)

47     DOUG WEBB Renovations (Posi-Tone)

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

49     JONATHAN KREISBERG Shadowless (NFN)

50     FRED HERSCH Alone At The Vanguard (Palmetto)

51     ROGER DAVIDSON & DAVID FINCK Umbrellas & Sunshine: Music Of Michel Legrand (Soundbrush)

 

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