Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 1st August 2011
August 1, 2011 at 10:30 PM
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The Headhunters - PlatinumThis is the weekly US/Canada radio airplay list from JazzWeek.com

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  1. GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRA Legacy (Mack Avenue)
  2. CHICK COREA, STANLEY CLARKE, LENNY WHITE Forever (Concord)
  3. THE NEW GARY BURTON QUARTET Common Ground (Mack Avenue)
  4. STEFON HARRIS, DAVID SANCHEZ, CHRISTIAN SCOTT Ninety Miles (Concord Picante)
  5. MONTY ALEXANDER Harlem-Kingston Express Live (Motema)
  6. DAVE VALENTIN Pure Imagination (HighNote)
  7. BENNY GREEN Source (JLP)
  8. SACHAL VASANDANI Hi-Fly (Mack Avenue)
  9. JUDY WEXLER Under A Painted Sky (Jazzed Media)
  10. ELIANE ELIAS Light My Fire (Concord Picante)
  11. TOM HARRELL The Time Of The Sun (HighNote)
  12. TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON The Mosaic Project (Concord)
  13. ERIC ALEXANDER Don’t Follow The Crowd (HighNote)
  14. SEAN JONES No Need For Words (Mack Avenue)
  15. BEN WILLIAMS State Of Art (Concord Jazz)
  16. GERALD CLAYTON Bond: The Paris Sessions (Emarcy)
  17. PAT METHENY What’s It All About (Nonesuch)
  18. JAY ASHBY & STEVE DAVIS Mistaken Identity (MCG Jazz)
  19. H2 BIG BAND You’re It! (Jazzed Media)
  20. NILSON MATTA & RONI BEN-HUR Mojave: Jazz Therapy Series 3 (Motema)
  21. KARRIN ALLYSON Round Midnight (Concord Jazz)
  22. RUFUS REID Hues Of A Different Blue (Motema)
  23. ALPHONSE MOUZON Angel Face (Tenacious)
  24. HIROMI Voice (Telarc)
  25. GRETCHEN PARLATO The Lost And Found (Obliqsound)
  26. ETIENNE CHARLES Kaiso (Culture Shock)
  27. BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES Rocket Science (eOne)
  28. TROMBONE SHORTY Backatown (Verve Forecast)
  29. JIM SNIDERO Interface (Savant)
  30. JOSE RIZO Mongorama (Saungu)
  31. TERELL STAFFORD This Side Of Strayhorn (Max Jazz)
  32. RANDY BRECKER WITH DANISH RADIO BIG BAND The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Red Dot / Half Note)
  33. BRYAN CARTER Enchantment (Imaginate)
  34. ETTA JONES & HOUSTON PERSON The Way We Were (HighNote)
  35. MICHAEL FRANKS Time Together (Shanachie)
  36. LES DOIGTS DE L’HOMME 1910 (Alma)
  37. PHIL WOODS & BILL MAYS Woods & Mays (Palmetto)
  38. SKIP WILKINS I Concentrate On You (Dreambox Media)
  39. GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG PHAT BAND That’s How We Roll (Telarc)
  40. FREDDIE HUBBARD Pinnacle Live & Unreleased: From Keystone Korner (Resonance)
  41. MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)
  42. THE HEADHUNTERS Platinum (Owl Studios)
  43. RICK STONE Fractals (Jazzand)
  44. KURT ELLING The Gate (Concord Jazz)
  45. CHUCK REDD The Common Thread (Arbors)
  46. STEVEN KROON Without A Doubt (Kroonatune)
  47. SILVANO MONASTERIOS Unconditional (Savant)
  48. SHERYL BAILEY 4 For All Those Living (Pure / Withanese)
  49. DR. MICHAEL WHITE Adventures In New Orleans Jazz Pt. 1 (Basin Street)
  50. TERRENCE BREWER Setting The Standard (Strong Brew)
  51. WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS Here We Go Again: Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles (Blue Note)
  52. ART HIRAHARA Noble Path (Posi-Tone)
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