Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 30 July 2012 [JazzWeek]

July 30, 2012 at 11:55 PM
Donna M in Christian Scott - Christian aTunde Adjuah, John Abercrombie Quartet - Within A Song, Miguel Zenon and Laurent Coq - Rayuela, Top 50 Jazz Albums for July 2012, Top Jazz Albums

Here is JazzWeek.com's list of albums that received the most airplay on US/Canadian radio and internet stations for the week of 30 July 2012!  

Do you want to see the stats on how many 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 music out this week - Christian Scott's Christian aTunde Adjuah, John Abercrombie Quartet's Within A Song, and Miguel Zenon's & Laurent Coq's Rayuela. Enjoy! 

1. PAT METHENY Unity Band (Nonesuch)
2. ERIC REED The Baddest Monk (Savant)
3. BRIAN BROMBERG Compared To That (Artistry Music)
4. ARTURO SANDOVAL Dear Diz, Every Day I Think of You (Concord Jazz)
5. TOM HARRELL Number Five (HighNote)
6. BEEGIE ADAIR TRIO The Real Thing (Greenhill Productions)
7. BELA FLECK | MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO Across the Imaginary Divide (Rounder)
8. CORY WEEDS Up A Step (Cellar Live)
9. CURTIS FULLER Down Home (Capri)
10. AL JARREAU AND THE METROPOLE ORKEST Live (Concord)
11. BOB MINTZER BIG BAND For The Moment (MCG)
12. GRANT GEISSMAN Bop! Bang! Boom! (Futurism Music)
13. RAVI COLTRANE Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
14. HENDRIK MEURKENS & GABRIEL ESPINOSA Celebrando (Zoho)
15. JOE CHAMBERS Moving Pictures Orchestra Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Savant)
16. CASSANDRA WILSON Another Country (E One)
17. TOWNER GALAHER Uptown! (Rhythm Royale Records) 
18. CARMEN INTORRE JR. For The Soul (Random Act Records)
19. JAZZ SOUL SEVEN Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM Jazz) 
20. THE COOKERS Believe (Motema)
21. STACEY KENT Dreamer in Concert (Blue Note)
22. BRAZILIAN TRIO Constelacao (Motema)
23. ANDREW SWIFT Swift Kick (D Clef)
24. AMINA FIGAROVA Twelve (In & Out)
25. JOHN PIZZARELLI Double Exposure (Telarc)
26. MIKE FREEMAN ZONAVIBE The Vibesman (VOF Recordings)
27. BRIA SKONBERG So Is The Day (Random Act Records)
28. KRIS BERG This Time/Last Year (Mama)
29. KEVIN MAHOGANY & DAVE STRYKER Next Time You See Me (Mahogany Music)
30. SARA GAZAREK Blossom & Bee (Palmetto)
31. CONNIE EVINGSON Sweet Happy Life (Minnehaha Music)
32. MANUEL VALERA | NEW CUBAN EXPRESS New Cuban Express (Mavo)
33. MIKE STERN All Over The Place (Heads Up)
34. AHMAD JAMAL Blue Moon (Jazzbook | Jazz Village)
35. PEARL DJANGO Eleven (Modern Hot Records)
36. BILL EVANS TRIO Bill Evans Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate (Resonance)
37. JAY LAWRENCE QUARTET Sweet Lime (Jazz Hang)
38. VIRGINIA MAYHEW Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years (Renma)
39. MELODY GARDOT The Absence (Verve)
40. VERRONEAU Jazz Samba Project (Verroneau Music)
41. BOBBY BROOM Upper West Side Story (Origin Records)
42. PIERO ODORICI Cedar Walton Presents (Savant)
43. STEVE KUHN, STEVE SWALLOW, JOEY BARON Wisteria (ECM Records)
44. DR. MICHAEL WHITE Adventures in New Orleans Part 2 (Basin Street Records)
45. MATT GARRISON Blood Songs (D Clef) 
46. CAROL WELSMAN Journey (Justin Time)
47. JOE LOCKE | GEOFFREY KEEZER GROUP Signing (Motema)
48. PETER APPLEYARD Sophisticated Ladies (Linus Entertainment)
49. CAROL SABOYA Belezas | The Music of Ivan Lins & Milton Nascimento (Antonio Adolpho Music)
50. BRANFORD MARSALIS Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis)
51. BRANDON WRIGHT Journeyman (Posi-tone)

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