Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 25 April 2011  
April 26, 2011 at 2:01 AM
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Captain Black Big Band1       KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)

2       YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)

3       ERIC REED The Dancing Monk (Savant)

4       MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)

5       VARIOUS ARTISTS Everybody Wants To Be A Cat       (Disney)

6       BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic)

7       ONE FOR ALL Invades Vancouver (Cellar Live)

8       CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)

9       ELDAR DJANGIROV Three Stories (Sony Masterworks)

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

11     JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)

12     RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)

13     TERELL STAFFORD This Side Of Strayhorn (Max Jazz)

14     MARK WEINSTEIN Jazz & Brasil (Jazzheads)

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

16     LYNNE ARRIALE Convergence (Motema)

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

18     BOBBY SANABRIA Tito Puente Masterworks Live (Jazzheads)

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

20     JESSICA WILLIAMS TRIO Freedom Trane (Origin)

21     THE NIGHTCRAWLERS Down In The Bottom (Cellar Live)

22     T.K. BLUE Latinbird (Motema)

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

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

25     ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)

26     THOMAS MARRIOTT Human Spirit (Origin)

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

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

29     JEREMY PELT The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)

30     MARCUS MILLER A Night In Monte Carlo (Concord)

31      AL DI MEOLA Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody (Telarc)

32     REBIRTH BRASS BAND Rebirth Of New Orleans (Basin Street)

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

34     NATIVE SOUL Soul Step (Talking Drum)

35     DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass)

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

37     DADO MORONI Live In Beverly Hills (Resonance)

38     RALPH BOWEN Power Play (Posi-Tone)

39     BOBBY MATOS Beautiful As The Moon (Lifeforce Jazz)

40     GRACE KELLY Man With The Hat (Pazz)

41     FRED HERSCH Alone At The Vanguard (Palmetto)

42     DOUG WEBB Renovations (Posi-Tone)

43     CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND Captain Black Big Band (Posi-Tone)

44     ERNEST STUART Solitary Walker (Self-Released)

45     EDDIE MENDENHALL Cosine Meets Tangent (Miles High)

46     NELS CLINE Dirty Baby (Cryptogramophone)

47     BRAD MEHLDAU Live In Marciac (Nonesuch)

48     THE DEFRANCESCO BROTHERS The DeFrancesco Brothers (Vectordisc)  

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

50     MONIKA HERZIG Come With Me (Owl Studios)

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