Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 15 August 2011
August 15, 2011 at 10:15 PM
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Warren Wolf' self-entitled debut albumThis is the most recent (15th Aug 2011) US/Canada radio airplay list from JazzWeek.com

Want to see stats on how many radio stations played your favorite album or how much it moved up or down the chart from last week? Click here to get that information. 

There's not too much going on this week in terms of new releases. Vibraphonist Warren Wolf's debut album is on sale in America Tues, Aug 16th. Check it out here. The new CD from Deep Blue Organ Trio Wonderful! is also being released.  Want to check out all of the jazz releases for this week? Click here to see them. 

Most of the albums listed below are hot-linked so that you can listen to samples. Enjoy! 

 

  1. MONTY ALEXANDER Harlem-Kingston Express Live (Motema)
  2. JAY ASHBY & STEVE DAVIS Mistaken Identity (MCG Jazz)
  3. THE NEW GARY BURTON QUARTET Common Ground (Mack Avenue)
  4. CHICK COREA, STANLEY CLARKE, LENNY WHITE Forever (Concord)
  5. DAVE VALENTIN Pure Imagination (HighNote)
  6. TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON The Mosaic Project (Concord)
  7. STEFON HARRIS, DAVID SANCHEZ, CHRISTIAN SCOTT Ninety Miles (Concord Picante)
  8. TOM HARRELL The Time Of The Sun (HighNote)
  9. GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRA Legacy (Mack Avenue)
  10. H2 BIG BAND You’re It! (Jazzed Media)
  11. GERALD CLAYTON Bond: The Paris Sessions (Emarcy)
  12. RICK STONE Fractals (Jazzand)
  13. SEAN JONES No Need For Words (Mack Avenue)
  14. JUDY WEXLER Under A Painted Sky (Jazzed Media)
  15. BEN WILLIAMS State Of Art (Concord Jazz)
  16. ALPHONSE MOUZON Angel Face (Tenacious)
  17. ERIC ALEXANDER Don’t Follow The Crowd (HighNote)
  18. SACHAL VASANDANI Hi-Fly (Mack Avenue)
  19. BENNY GREEN Source (JLP)
  20. PAT METHENY What’s It All About (Nonesuch)
  21. HIROMI Voice (Telarc)
  22. ETIENNE CHARLES Kaiso (Culture Shock)
  23. KARRIN ALLYSON Round Midnight (Concord Jazz)
  24. RANDY BRECKER WITH DANISH RADIO BIG BAND The Jazz Ballad Song Book (Red Dot / Half Note)
  25. DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO Wonderful! (Origin)
  26. BUG The Gadfly (Origin)
  27. ELIANE ELIAS Light My Fire (Concord Picante)
  28. GRETCHEN PARLATO The Lost And Found (Obliqsound)
  29. JOSE RIZO Mongorama (Saungu)
  30. DR. MICHAEL WHITE Adventures In New Orleans Jazz Pt. 1 (Basin Street)
  31. ART HIRAHARA Noble Path (Posi-Tone)
  32. PHIL WOODS & BILL MAYS Woods & Mays (Palmetto)
  33. STEVEN KROON Without A Doubt (Kroonatune)
  34. THE HEADHUNTERS Platinum (Owl Studios)
  35. BRYAN CARTER Enchantment (Imaginate)
  36. ORRIN EVANS Freedom (Posi-Tone)
  37. DANIEL JAMIESON Sudden Appearance (OA2)
  38. RUFUS REID Hues Of A Different Blue (Motema)
  39. CHUCK REDD The Common Thread (Arbors)
  40. MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift (JLP)
  41. SILVANO MONASTERIOS Unconditional (Savant)
  42. JIM SNIDERO Interface (Savant)
  43. NILSON MATTA & RONI BEN-HUR Mojave: Jazz Therapy Series 3 (Motema)
  44. TERRENCE BREWER Setting The Standard (Strong Brew)
  45. BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES Rocket Science (eOne)
  46. DAVID GIBSON End Of The Tunnel (Posi-Tone)
  47. ETTA JONES & HOUSTON PERSON The Way We Were (HighNote)
  48. DOMINICK FARINACCI Dawn Of Goodbye (eOne)
  49. JC STYLLES Exhilaration & Other States (Motema)
  50. MARK WINKLER Sweet Spot (Cafe Pacific)
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