Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 30 May 2011
May 30, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Donna M in Rene Marie, Top Jazz Albums, Top Jazz Albums for May 2011, Voice of My Beautiful Country

This is the weekly US/Canada radio airplay list from JazzWeek.com. Want to see stats regarding how many radio stations played your favorite album or how much it moved up or down the chart from last week? Click here.

Rene Marie - Voice Of My Beautiful Country1.    BENNY GREEN Source (JLP)

2.   ERIC REED The Dancing Monk (Savant)

3.   RUMER Seasons of My Soul (Atlantic)

4.   MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)

5.   TERELL STAFFORD This Side Of Strayhorn (Max Jazz)

6.   SEAN JONES No Need For Words (Mack Avenue)

7.   KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)

8.   ‘PAPA’ JOHN DEFRANCESCO A Philadelphia Story (Savant)

9.   BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic)

10.  SHERYL BAILEY 4 For All Those Living (Pure / Withanese)

11.  KARRIN ALLYSON Round Midnight (Concord Jazz)

12.  GRETCHEN PARLATO The Lost And Found (Obliqsound)

13.  CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)

14.  LYNNE ARRIALE Convergence (Motema)

15.  JESSICA WILLIAMS TRIO Freedom Trane (Origin)

16.  VARIOUS ARTISTS Disney Jazz, Volume 1 (Disney Pearl Series)

17.  T.K. BLUE Latinbird (Motema)

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

19.  RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)

20.  ERIC ALEXANDER Don’t Follow The Crowd (HighNote)

21.  GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG PHAT BAND That’s How We Roll (Telarc)

22.  JAMES FARM James Farm (Nonesuch)

23.  YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)

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

25.  ONE FOR ALL Invades Vancouver (Cellar Live)

26.  THE NIGHTCRAWLERS Down In The Bottom (Cellar Live)

27.  THE DAVID LEONHARDT JAZZ GROUP David Leonhardt Jazz Group Plays Cole Porter (Big Band)

28.  BOBBY SANABRIA Tito Puente Masterworks Live (Jazzheads)

29.  RUFUS REID Hues Of A Different Blue (Motema)

30.  STEVE KHAN Parting Shot (Tone Center)

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

32.  MARK RAPP Good Eats (Dinemec Jazz)

33.  REBIRTH BRASS BAND Rebirth Of New Orleans (Basin Street)

34.  ETTA JONES & HOUSTON PERSON The Way We Were (HighNote)

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

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

37.  AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)

38.  ROSEANNA VITRO The Music Of Randy Newman (Motema)

39.  ELDAR DJANGIROV Three Stories (Sony Masterworks)

40.  THOMAS MARRIOTT Human Spirit (Origin)

41.  LARRY CORYELL With The Wide Hive Players (Wide Hive)

42.  TERRENCE BREWER Setting The Standard (Strong Brew)

43.  NOAH HAIDU Slipstream (Posi-Tone)

44.  DADO MORONI Live In Beverly Hills (Resonance)

45.  NILSON MATTA & RONI BEN-HUR Mojave: Jazz Therapy Series 3 (Motema)

46.  ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)

47.  AVERY SHARPE Running Man (JKNM)

48.  WAYNE GOINS Chronicles Of Carmela (Little Apple)

49.  BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES Rocket Science (eOne)

50.  STORMS/NOCTURNES TRIO VIA (Origin)

51.  PHIL RANELIN Perseverence (Wide Hive)

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