Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 2 December 2013 [JazzWeek]

December 2, 2013 at 11:20 PM
Donna M in Ahmad Jamal - Saturday Morning, Chris Greene Quartet - "Music Appreciation" (trailer), Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit, Houston Person - Nice N Easy, Steve Turre - The Bones of Art, Top Jazz Albums, Top Jazz Albums for December 2013

Here are the top 50+ Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations for the week of 2 December 2013. This is the 9th week for Gregory Porter with Liquid Spirit to be at the top of the heap!

 

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

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