Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 23 December 2013 [JazzWeek]
December 22, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Donna M in Dave Slonaker Big Band EPK, Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit, Houston Person - Nice N Easy, Joey DeFrancesco - One for Rudy, Rene Marie - I Wanna Be Evil, 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 23 December 2013. Coming in first place for the 3rd week in a row is Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio! The albums listed in bold are nominated for a GRAMMY Award.
- GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound)
- GREGORY PORTER Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
- HOUSTON PERSON Nice N Easy (HighNote)
- RENE MARIE I Wanna Be Evil (Motema)
- JOEY DEFRANCESCO One For Rudy (HighNote)
- TOM HARRELL Colors Of A Dream (HighNote)
- AHMAD JAMAL Saturday Morning (Jazzbook)
- DAVE BENNETT Don't Be That Way (Mack Avenue)
- BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes Vol. 2 (Holistic Musicworks)
- MIKE JONES TRIO Plays Well With Others (Capri)
- PETER BERNSTEIN WITH THE TILDEN WEBB TRIO Live At Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)
- DR. LONNIE SMITH OCTET In The Beginning Volumes I & II (Pilgrimage)
- MARC CAREY FOCUS TRIO Four Directions (Motema Music)
- DIEGO RIVERA The Contender (D Clef)
- JIM ALFREDSON'S DIRTY FINGERS A Tribute to Big John Patton (Big O)
- STEVE TURRE The Bones of Art (HighNote)
- KEVIN COEHLO Turn It Up (Summit)
- KENNY GARRETT Pushing The World Away (Mack Avenue)
- GINETTA M. Standards (Kickin’ Wiccan)
- PHILL FEST Project B.F.C. (Reifsteck / Fest Productions)
- GERI ALLEN Grand River Crossings (Motema)
- MIKE LONGO AND THE NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART JAZZ ENSEMBLE Live From New York (CAP)
- DOUG WEBB Another Scene (Posi-Tone)
- TARDO HAMMER Simple Pleasure (Cellar Live)
- BILL O'CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS Zocalo (Savant)
- IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH Tonight Is Now (Cellar Live)
- ED REED I'm A Shy Guy (Blue Shorts)
- PROJECT THEM Project Them (Miles High)
- TED ROSENTHAL Wonderland (Playscape Recordings)
- NNENNA FREELON & JOHN BROWN BIG BAND Christmas (Brown Boulevard)
- BOB DEVOS Shadow Box (American Showplace Music)
- FRANK POTENZA For Joe (Capri)
- TIERNEY SUTTON After Blue (BFM Jazz)
- MARK WINKLER & CHERYL BENTYNE West Coast Cool (Summit)
- RICHARD D JOHNSON Here I Am (Richard D Johnson)
- RAY MANTILLA The Connection (Savant)
- DAVE SLONAKER BIG BAND Intrada (Origin)
- CALVIN KEYS Electric Keys (Wide Hive)
- MATT BAKER Underground (Self-Released)
- CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH CYRILLE AIMEE Burstin' Out (Origin)
- MATT SAVAGE A Bigger Celebration (Savage)
- BOBBY WATSON Check Cashing Day (Lafiya Music)
- JOHN & GERALD CLAYTON Parlor Series Vol. 1 (Artist Share)
- STRANAHAN - ZALESKI - ROSATO Limitless (Capri)
- TOM DEMPSEY Saucy (Planet Arts)
- ENRICO GRANAFEI Alone (And) Together (CAP)
- CHRISTIAN McBRIDE TRIO Out Here (Mack Avenue)
- DAVID WEISS Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter (Motema)
- ARCHIE SHEPP & THE ATTICA BLUES ORCHESTRA I Hear The Sound (Archieball)
- CHRIS PARKER The Chris Parker Trio (GPR)
- MICHAEL PEDICIN Why Stop Now Ubuntu (Ground Blue)
- JANIS MANN & KENNY WERNER Celestial Anomaly (Pancake)
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