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.

 

  1. GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound)
  2. GREGORY PORTER Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
  3. HOUSTON PERSON  Nice N Easy (HighNote)
  4. RENE MARIE I Wanna Be Evil (Motema)
  5. JOEY DEFRANCESCO One For Rudy (HighNote)
  6. TOM HARRELL Colors Of A Dream (HighNote)
  7. AHMAD JAMAL Saturday Morning (Jazzbook)
  8. DAVE BENNETT Don't Be That Way (Mack Avenue)
  9. BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes Vol. 2 (Holistic Musicworks)
  10. MIKE JONES TRIO Plays Well With Others (Capri)
  11. PETER BERNSTEIN WITH THE TILDEN WEBB TRIO Live At Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)
  12. DR. LONNIE SMITH OCTET In The Beginning Volumes I & II (Pilgrimage)
  13. MARC CAREY FOCUS TRIO Four Directions (Motema Music)
  14. DIEGO RIVERA The Contender (D Clef)
  15. JIM ALFREDSON'S DIRTY FINGERS A Tribute to Big John Patton (Big O)
  16. STEVE TURRE The Bones of Art (HighNote)
  17. KEVIN COEHLO Turn It Up (Summit)
  18. KENNY GARRETT Pushing The World Away (Mack Avenue)
  19. GINETTA M. Standards (Kickin’ Wiccan)
  20. PHILL FEST Project B.F.C. (Reifsteck / Fest Productions)
  21. GERI ALLEN Grand River Crossings (Motema)
  22. MIKE LONGO AND THE NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART JAZZ ENSEMBLE Live From New York (CAP)
  23. DOUG WEBB Another Scene (Posi-Tone)
  24. TARDO HAMMER Simple Pleasure (Cellar Live)
  25. BILL O'CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS Zocalo (Savant)
  26. IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH Tonight Is Now (Cellar Live)
  27. ED REED I'm A Shy Guy (Blue Shorts)
  28. PROJECT THEM Project Them (Miles High)
  29. TED ROSENTHAL Wonderland (Playscape Recordings)
  30. NNENNA FREELON & JOHN BROWN BIG BAND Christmas (Brown Boulevard)
  31. BOB DEVOS Shadow Box (American Showplace Music)
  32. FRANK POTENZA For Joe (Capri)
  33. TIERNEY SUTTON After Blue (BFM Jazz)
  34. MARK WINKLER & CHERYL BENTYNE West Coast Cool (Summit)
  35. RICHARD D JOHNSON Here I Am (Richard D Johnson)
  36. RAY MANTILLA The Connection (Savant) 
  37. DAVE SLONAKER BIG BAND Intrada (Origin)
  38. CALVIN KEYS Electric Keys (Wide Hive)
  39. MATT BAKER Underground (Self-Released)
  40. CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH CYRILLE AIMEE Burstin' Out (Origin)
  41. MATT SAVAGE A Bigger Celebration (Savage)
  42. BOBBY WATSON Check Cashing Day (Lafiya Music)
  43. JOHN & GERALD CLAYTON Parlor Series Vol. 1 (Artist Share)
  44. STRANAHAN -  ZALESKI  - ROSATO Limitless (Capri)
  45. TOM DEMPSEY Saucy (Planet Arts)
  46. ENRICO GRANAFEI Alone (And) Together (CAP)
  47. CHRISTIAN McBRIDE TRIO Out Here (Mack Avenue)
  48. DAVID WEISS Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter (Motema)
  49. ARCHIE SHEPP & THE ATTICA BLUES ORCHESTRA I Hear The Sound (Archieball)
  50. CHRIS PARKER The Chris Parker Trio (GPR)
  51. MICHAEL PEDICIN Why Stop Now Ubuntu (Ground Blue)
  52. JANIS MANN & KENNY WERNER Celestial Anomaly (Pancake)
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