Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 2 May 2011

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Bobby Sanabria1         ERIC REED The Dancing Monk (Savant)

2         MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)

3         KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)

4         BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic)

5         TERELL STAFFORD This Side Of Strayhorn (Max Jazz)

6         ONE FOR ALL Invades Vancouver (Cellar Live)

7         CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)

8         VARIOUS ARTISTS Disney Jazz, Volume 1 (Disney)

9         YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)

10     LYNNE ARRIALE Convergence (Motema)

11     BOBBY SANABRIA Tito Puente Masterworks Live (Jazzheads)

12     T.K. BLUE Latinbird (Motema)

13     JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)

14     THE NIGHTCRAWLERS Down In The Bottom (Cellar Live)

15     GRETCHEN PARLATO The Lost And Found (Obliqsound)

16     RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)

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

18     JESSICA WILLIAMS TRIO Freedom Trane (Origin)

19     ‘PAPA’ JOHN DEFRANCESCO A Philadelphia Story (Savant)

20      JEREMY PELT The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)

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

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

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

24     ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)

25     THOMAS MARRIOTT Human Spirit (Origin)

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

27     MARK WEINSTEIN Jazz & Brasil (Jazzheads)

28     ELDAR DJANGIROV Three Stories (Sony Masterworks)

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

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

31     BILL FRISELL & VINICIUS CANTUARIA Lagrimas Mexicanas (eOne)

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

33     RICK HOLLAND & EVAN DOBBINS LITTLE BIG BAND Trilby (Self-Released)

34     NATIVE SOUL Soul Step (Talking Drum)

35     FRED HERSCH Alone At The Vanguard (Palmetto)

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

37     DADO MORONI Live In Beverly Hills (Resonance)

38     ERNEST STUART Solitary Walker (Self-Released)

39     DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass) 0

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

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

42     EDDIE MENDENHALL Cosine Meets Tangent (Miles High)

43     GRACE KELLY Man With The Hat (Pazz)

44     MONIKA HERZIG Come With Me (Owl Studios)

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

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

47     ROBERTA GAMBARINI So In Love (Emarcy)

48     MARCUS MILLER A Night In Monte Carlo (Concord

49     RALPH BOWEN Power Play (Posi-Tone)

50     AL DI MEOLA Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody (Telarc)