Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 4 April 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.

Uplift1       KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)

2       VARIOUS ARTISTS Disney Jazz, Volume 1 (Disney)

3       MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)

4       BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic)

5       ERIC REED The Dancing Monk (Savant)

6       MARK WEINSTEIN Jazz & Brasil (Jazzheads)

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

8       YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)

9       JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)

10     JEREMY PELT The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)

11     CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)

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

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

14     T.K. BLUE Latinbird (Motema)

15     LYNNE ARRIALE Convergence (Motema)

16     GRACE KELLY Man With The Hat (Pazz)

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

18     ONE FOR ALL Invades Vancouver (Cellar Live)

19     MARCUS MILLER A Night In Monte Carlo (Concord)

20     RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)

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

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

23     BOBBY SANABRIA Tito Puente Masterworks Live (Jazzheads)

24     ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)

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

26     BOBBY MATOS Beautiful As The Moon (Lifeforce Jazz)

27     NATIVE SOUL Soul Step (Talking Drum)

28     THE DEFRANCESCO BROTHERS The DeFrancesco Brothers (Vectordisc)

29     THE NIGHTCRAWLERS Down In The Bottom (Cellar Live)

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

31     PHIL DEGREG Amazonas (Prevenient)

32     EDDIE MENDENHALL Cosine Meets Tangent (Miles High)

33     JERRY BERGONZI Convergence (Savant)

34     DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass)

35     DOUG WEBB Renovations (Posi-Tone)

36     FRED HERSCH Alone At The Vanguard (Palmetto)

37     LUIS CONTE En Casa De Luis (BFM Jazz)

38     THOMAS MARRIOTT Human Spirit (Origin)

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

40     MARC RIBOT Silent Movies (Pi)

41     JONATHAN KREISBERG Shadowless (NFN)

42     JAMES MOODY Moody 4B (IPO)

43     MONIKA HERZIG Come With Me (Owl Studios)

44     CHANTALE GAGNE Wisdom Of The Water (Musique)

45     BILL FRISELL & VINICIUS CANTUARIA Lagrimas Mexicanas (eOne)

46     RALPH BOWEN Power Play (Posi-Tone)

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

48     MATT NELSON Nostalgiamaniac (Chicago Sessions)

49     NANCY MARANO Magic (Laughing Face)

50     DADO MORONI Live In Beverly Hills (Resonance)