Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 24 September 2012 [JazzWeek]

September 25, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Donna M in Anat Cohen - Claroscuro, Euge Groove - House of Groove, Kurt Elling - 1619 Broadway - The Brill Building Project, Lee Ritenour - Rhythm Section, Tia Fuller - Angelic Warrior, Top 50 Jazz Albums for September 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 24 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 jazz music out this week in the US include Kurt Elling's 1619 Broadway - The Brill Building Project, Anat Cohen's Claroscuro, Lee Ritenour's Rhythm Section, Euge Groove's House of Groove, and Angelic Warrior by Tia Fuller. 

Let me know what jazz you are listening to these days! 

 

Enjoy ~

 

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

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