Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 17 September 2012 [JazzWeek]

Here is JazzWeek.com's list of albums that received the most airplay on US/Canadian radio and internet stations for the week of 17 September 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 this week from Opus 5, Conrad Herwig, The Brad Mehldau Trio, Fourplay and master percussionist-drummer Clarence Penn!

Enjoy~ 

 

1. BRUCE BARTH Three Things of Beauty (Savant)
2. JOEY DeFRANCESCO Wonderful! Wonderful! (HighNote)
3. BRUBECK BROTHERS Lifetimes - A Celebration of Dave Brubeck (Blue Forest)
4. RANDY CRAWFORD AND JOE SAMPLE Live (Pra) 
5. DONALD VEGA Spiritual Nature (Resonance)
6. PAT METHENY Unity Band (Nonesuch)
7. MARCUS MILLER Renaissance (Concord)
8. CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON Hot House (Concord)
9. JOE ALTERMAN Give Me the Simple Life (Miles High Records)
10. CURTIS FULLER Down Home (Capri)
11. BRAZILIAN TRIO Constelacao (Motema)
12. GRANT GEISSMAN Bop! Bang! Boom! (Futurism Music)
13. HENDRIK MEURKENS & GABRIEL ESPINOSA Celebrando (Zoho)
14. CHERYL BENTYNE Let's Misbehave (Summit)
15. JOHN ABERCROMBIE Within A Song (ECM) 
16. RONI BEN-HUR & SANTI DEBRIANO Our Thing (Motema) 
17. ARTURO SANDOVAL Dear Diz, Every Day I Think of You (Concord Jazz)
18. TOM HARRELL Number Five (HighNote)
19. STEVE DAVIS Gettin' It Done (Posi-Tone) 
20. HOT CLUB OF DETROIT Junction (Mack Avenue)
21. MARK MASTERS ENSEMBLE Ellington Saxophone Encounters (Capri)
22. CHRISTIAN SCOTT Christian Atunde Adjuah (Concord Jazz)
23. BRIAN BROMBERG In the Spirit of Jobim (Artistry Music)
24. BELA FLECK | MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO Across the Imaginary Divide (Rounder)
25. MICHAEL PEDICIN Live at the Loft (Jazz Hut Records)
26. AVERY SHARPE Soujourner Truth (JKNM)
27. ORRIN EVANS Flip the Script (Posi-Tone)
28. STEVE EINERSON Arrival (Cellar Alive)
29. CAROL ROBINS Moraga (Jazz Cats)
30. CORY WEEDS Up A Step (Cellar Live)
31. TOWNER GALAHER Uptown! (Rhythm Royale Records) 
32. KEVIN COELHO Funkengruven (Chicken Soup / Summit) 
33. JAY LAWRENCE QUARTET Sweet Lime (Jazz Hang)
34. JAVON JACKSON Lucky 13 (Solid Jackson)
35. LIONEL LOUEKE Heritage (Blue Note)
36. BRIAN BROMBERG Compared To That (Artistry Music)
37. ERIC REED The Baddest Monk (Savant)
38. CONNIE EVINGSON Sweet Happy Life (Minnehaha Music)
39. BOB MINTZER BIG BAND For The Moment (MCG)
40. BILL EVANS TRIO Bill Evans Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate (Resonance)
41. BOBBY SANABRIA BIG BAND Multiverse (Jazzheads)
42. LEWIS NASH QUINTET The Highest Mountain (Cellar Live)
43. FRED HERSCH TRIO Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
44. STACEY KENT Dreamer in Concert (Blue Note)
45. MICHAEL OCCHIPINTI The Universe of John Lennon (True North Records)
46. YORON ISRAEL Visions (Ronja Music)
47. DR. LONNIE SMITH The Healer (Pilgrimage)
48. SARA GAZAREK Blossom & Bee (Palmetto)
49. PEARL DJANGO Eleven (Modern Hot Records)
50. KEVIN MAHOGANY & DAVE STRYKER Next Time You See Me (Mahogany Music)