Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 08 August 2011

August 8, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Donna M in Ben Williams, Chick Corea, Common Ground, Forever, Harlem-Kingston Express Live, Lenny White, Monty Alexander, New Gary Burton Quartet, Rufus Reid & Out Front, Stanley Clarke, State of Art, Top Jazz Albums, Top Jazz Albums for August 2011

Rufus Reid & Out Front - Hues of a Different BlueThis is the most recent (8th Aug 2011) US/Canada radio airplay list from JazzWeek.com

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This week's general theme for "new" releases in the American market is "jazz imports" (again). Want to see all on the new or "new-ish" imports to the US? Click this link. 

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

 

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