Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 25 November 2013 [JazzWeek]

November 24, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Donna M in Ahmad Jamal - Saturday Morning, Artists, Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit, Houston Person - Nice N Easy, Rene Marie - I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch (video), Steve Turre - The Bones of Art, Top Jazz Albums, Top jazz Albums for November 2013

Here are the top 50+ Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations for the week of 25 November 2013. EIGHT weeks at the top for Gregory Porter with Liquid Spirit!

 

1. GREGORY PORTER Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
2. GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound)
3. AHMAD JAMAL Saturday Morning (Jazzbook)
4. STEVE TURRE The Bones of Art (HighNote)
5. HOUSTON PERSON  Nice N Easy (HighNote)
6. JOEY DEFRANCESCO One For Rudy (HighNote)
7. BILL O'CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS Zocalo (Savant)
8. RENE MARIE I Wanna Be Evil (Motema)
9. KENNY GARRETT Pushing The World Away (Mack Avenue)
10. BOB DEVOS Shadow Box (American Showplace Music)
11. GERI ALLEN Grand River Crossings (Motema)
12. DIEGO RIVERA The Contender (D Clef)
13. DR. LONNIE SMITH OCTET In The Beginning Volumes I & II (Pilgrimage)
14. TOM HARRELL Colors Of A Dream (HighNote)
15. PETER BERNSTEIN WITH THE TILDEN WEBB TRIO Live At Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)
16. DAVE BENNETT Don't Be That Way (Mack Avenue)
17. FRANK POTENZA For Joe (Capri)
18. MIKE JONES TRIO Plays Well With Others (Capri)
19. IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH Tonight Is Now (Cellar Live)
20. ALI RYERSON-JAZZ FLUTE BIG BAND Game Changer (Capri)
21. ED REED I'm A Shy Guy (Blue Shorts)
22. MARC CAREY FOCUS TRIO Four Directions (Motema Music)
23. MARK WINKLER & CHERYL BENTYNE West Coast Cool (Summit)
24. RAY MANTILLA The Connection (Savant) 
25. TARDO HAMMER Simple Pleasure (Cellar Live)
26. PROJECT THEM Project Them (Miles High)
27. PHIL FEST Project B.F.C. (Reifsteck / Fest Productions)
28. PHIL WOODS AND THE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA New Celebration (Chiaroscuro)
29. TIERNEY SUTTON After Blue (BFM Jazz)
30. DAVID WEISS Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter (Motema)
31. NEW GARY BURTON QUARTET Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)
32. MATT SAVAGE A Bigger Celebration (Savage)
33. CALVIN KEYS Electric Keys (Wide Hive)
34. RANDY BRECKER Brecker Brothers Band Reunion (Piloo)
35. FAREED HAQUE Out Of Nowhere (Charleston Square)
36. KENNY BURRELL Special Requests (HighNote)
37. JIM ALFREDSON'S DIRTY FINGERS A Tribute to Big John Patton (Big O)
38. WARREN WOLF Wolfgang (Mack Avenue)
39. JANIS MANN & KENNY WERNER Celestial Anomaly (Pancake)
40. CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH CYRILLE AIMEE Burstin' Out (Origin)
41. DAVID SILLS Blue's The New Green (Gut String)
42. ADAM BRENNER The Long Way Home (Brenner Creative Enterprises)
43. ANTHONY SMITH VIBRAPHONE QUARTET Connections Vol 1 (Jazz Chords)
44. GINETTA M. Standards (Kickin’ Wiccan)
45. GILAD EDELMAN My Groove, Your Move (Sharp Nine)
46. KEVIN COEHLO Turn It Up (Summit)
47. DAVE SLONAKER BIG BAND Intrada (Origin)
48. STEVE GADD Gadditude (BFM Jazz)
49. STRANAHAN -  ZALESKI  - ROSATO Limitless (Capri)
50. CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO Out Here (Mack Avenue)
51. MILES BLACK TRIO WITH GRANT STEWART Live At Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)

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