Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 9 May 2011

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.

An observation - I'm not dissing Femi Kuti but I'm not quite sure that his Africa for Africa should be on the Top 50+ Jazz album list. 

1. GRETCHEN PARLATO The Lost And Found (Obliqsound)
2. MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)
3. ERIC REED The Dancing Monk (Savant)
4. KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)
5. TERELL STAFFORD This Side Of Strayhorn (Max Jazz)
6. BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes (Hollistic) 
7. VARIOUS ARTISTS Disney Jazz, Volume 1: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Disney Pearl Series)
8. ONE FOR ALL Invades Vancouver (Cellar Live)
9. LYNNE ARRIALE Convergence (Motema)                             
10. BRAD MEHLDAU Live In Marciac (Nonesuch)
11. CHARLIE HADEN Sophisticated Ladies (Decca)
12. T.K. BLUE Latinbird (Motema)
13. TERRENCE BREWER Setting The Standard (Strong Brew)
14. YELLOWJACKETS Timeline (Mack Avenue)
15. ‘PAPA’ JOHN DEFRANCESCO A Philadelphia Story (Savant)
16. RENE MARIE Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema)
17. REBIRTH BRASS BAND Rebirth Of New Orleans (Basin Street)
18. WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS Here We Go Again: Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles (Blue Note)
19. THE NIGHTCRAWLERS Down In The Bottom (Cellar Live)
20. THOMAS MARRIOTT Human Spirit (Origin)
21. ATSUKO HASHIMOTO Until The Sun Comes Up (Capri)
22. LARRY CORYELL & KENNY DREW, JR. Duality (Random Act)
23. KEN PEPLOWSKI In Search Of... (Capri)
24. KARRIN ALLYSON Round Midnight (Concord Jazz)
25. BOBBY SANABRIA Tito Puente Masterworks Live (Jazzheads)
26. GEOFFREY KEEZER & PETER SPRAGUE Mill Creek Road (SBE)
27. AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
28. JESSICA WILLIAMS TRIO Freedom Trane (Origin)
29. ELDAR DJANGIROV Three Stories (Sony Masterworks)
30. MARK WEINSTEIN Jazz & Brasil (Jazzheads)
31. DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass)
32. AL DI MEOLA Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody (Telarc)
33. NATIVE SOUL Soul Step (Talking Drum)
34. JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)
35. ARTURO O’FARRILL 40 Acres And A Burro (Zoho)
36. FEMI KUTI Africa For Africa (Knitting Factory)
37. ERNESTINE ANDERSON Nightlife: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (HighNote)
38. CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND Captain Black Big Band (Posi-Tone)
39. DADO MORONI Live In Beverly Hills (Resonance)
40. JEREMY PELT The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)
41. STEVE KHAN Parting Shot (Tone Center)
42. BEEGIE ADAIR I Love Being Here With You: A Jazz Piano Tribute to Peggy Lee (Green Hill)
43. LUTHER HUGHES & THE CANNONBALL-COLTRANE PROJECT Things Are Getting Better (Primrose Lane)
44. THE DAVID LEONHARDT JAZZ GROUP David Leonhardt Jazz Group Plays Cole Porter (Big Band)
45. MONIKA HERZIG Come With Me (Owl Studios)
46. WALT WEISKOPF Live (Capri)
47. MARCUS MILLER A Night In Monte Carlo (Concord)
48. CHARLIE HUNTER Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid (Reapandsow)
49. ROGER DAVIDSON & DAVID FINCK Umbrellas & Sunshine: Music Of Michel Legrand (Soundbrush)
50. IRVIN MAYFIELD Love Letter To New Orleans (Basin Street)
51. ERNEST STUART Solitary Walker (Self-Released)

Comments

[wayne]

thanks for posting these, though it reminds me of how much music I cannot afford to buy, it also allows me to discover new talent. I had never heard of the woman at the top of the list and just listened to a video that will be on my blog. Thanks.

[Donna M]

Hi Wayne

Gretchen Parlato is garnering more and more attention as time goes on. She performs all over the world. She sang vocals on Esperanza Spalding's last album Chamber Music Society".

I'm glad that you discovered someone new. Very cool!

Donna