Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 11 June 2012

The Cookers - "Believe"The beta version of JazzWeek 2.0 is now online! I can once again provide a public service and let everyone know which albums made it to the "Top 50 Jazz Albums of the Week". :)

Here is JazzWeek's list of albums that received the most US/Canadian radio airplay for the week of 11 June 2012.  

Want to see the stats on how many radio stations played your favorite jazz artist or how much s/he moved up or down the chart from last week? Click here to check out the chart.

New releases this week include Bill Evans Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate, Brian Culbertson Dreams, The Cookers Believe and Pat Metheny Unity Band. 

It's good to have the list back. Enjoy!

 

1. BRIAN BROMBERG Compared To That (Artistry Music)
2. ARTURO SANDOVAL Dear Diz, Every Day I Think of You (Concord Jazz)
3. JAZZ SOUL SEVEN Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM Jazz) 
4. AHMAD JAMAL Blue Moon (Jazzbook | Jazz Village)
5. STEVE KUHN, STEVE SWALLOW, JOEY BARON Wisteria (ECM Records)
6. MARY STALLINGS Don't Look Back (HighNote)
7. WALLACE RONEY Home (HighNote)
8. KENNY GARRETT Seeds From the Underground (Mack Avenue)
9. AMINA FIGAROVA Twelve (In & Out)
10. JOE LOCKE | GEOFFREY KEEZER GROUP Signing (Motema)
11. JOHN PIZZARELLI Double Exposure (Telarc)
12. MELODY GARDOT The Absence (Verve)
13. EDDIE GOMEZ Per Sempre (BFM Jazz)
14. BOBBY BROOM Upper West Side Story (Origin Records)
15. TONY MONACO Celebration Life Love Music (Chicken Coop | Summit)
16. ERIC ALEXANDER & VINCENT HERRING Friendly Fire (HighNote)
17. BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Ode (Nonesuch)
18. KATE McGARRY Girl Talk (Palmetto)
19. ESPERANZA SPALDING Radio Music Society (Heads Up)
20. BRIA SKONBERG So Is The Day (Random Act Records)
21. GREGORY PORTER Be Good (Motema)
22. DMITRY BAEVSKY The Composer (Sharp Nine) 
23. LENNY MARCUS TRIO Sun Ray | A Tribute to Ray Bryant (Lenny Marcus Music)
24. PIERO ODORICI Cedar Walton Presents (Savant)
25. GREGOIRE MARET Gregoire Maret (eOne)
26. CLAYTON CAMERON Here's to the Messengers (A Tribute to Art Blakey) (Brushman)
27. MICHAEL BENEDICT & BOPITUDE Five and One (Planet Arts)
28. STEVE TURRE Woody's Delight (HighNote)
29. JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Red Sparkle (Capri)
30. THREE VOICES Transitions (Summit)
31. MARK SHERMAN The L.A. Sessions (Miles High)
32. ANDREW SWIFT Swift Kick (D Clef)
33. ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ Sounds of Space (Mack Avenue)
34. TESSA SOUTER Beyond the Blue (Motema)
35. THE JENS WENDELBOE BIG BAND Fresh Heat (Self-Produced)
36. THE COOKERS Believe (Motema)
37. CHANO DOMINGUEZ Flamenco Sketches (Blue Note)
38. BRUCE BABAD A Tribute to Paul Desmond (Primrose Lane)
39. WES MONTGOMERY Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance)
40. MATT GARRISON Blood Songs (D Clef) 
41. DAVID LIEBMAN & NANCY REED Neighbors (Vectordisc)
42. VINCE MENDOZA Nights on Earth (Horizontal)
43. EYAL VILNER BIG BAND Introducing the Eyal Vilner Big Band (Gut String Records)
44. HAILEY NISWANGER The Keeper (Calmit Productions)
45. BEEGIE ADAIR TRIO The Real Thing (Greenhill Productions)
46. MATT WILSON An Attitude for Gratitude (Grainfed | Palmetto)
47. THE DUKE ROBILLARD JAZZ TRIO Wobble Walkin' (Blue Duchess)
48. PETE ZIMMER Prime of Life (Tippin)
49. GUNNAR MOSSBLAD Crosscurrents (Summitt)
50. WAYNE ESCOFFERY The Only Son of One (Sunnyside)
51. SUSIE ARIOLI FEATURING JORDAN OFFICER Night Lights (Jazzheads)
52. JEREMY PELT Soul (HighNote)