Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the week of 9 December 2013 [JazzWeek]

Here are the top 50+ Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations for the week of 9 December 2013. There is a new number one album this week - 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. RENE MARIE I Wanna Be Evil (Motema)
3. GREGORY PORTER Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
4. HOUSTON PERSON  Nice N Easy (HighNote)
5. JOEY DEFRANCESCO One For Rudy (HighNote)
6. AHMAD JAMAL Saturday Morning (Jazzbook)
7. STEVE TURRE The Bones of Art (HighNote)
8. DIEGO RIVERA The Contender (D Clef)
9. MIKE JONES TRIO Plays Well With Others (Capri)
10. TOM HARRELL Colors Of A Dream (HighNote)
11. KENNY GARRETT Pushing The World Away (Mack Avenue)
12. GERI ALLEN Grand River Crossings (Motema)
13. MARC CAREY FOCUS TRIO Four Directions (Motema Music)
14. DR. LONNIE SMITH OCTET In The Beginning Volumes I & II (Pilgrimage)
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. BOB DEVOS Shadow Box (American Showplace Music)
19. ED REED I'm A Shy Guy (Blue Shorts)
20. PROJECT THEM Project Them (Miles High)
21. BILL O'CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS Zocalo (Savant)
22. PHIL FEST Project B.F.C. (Reifsteck / Fest Productions)
23. MARK WINKLER & CHERYL BENTYNE West Coast Cool (Summit)
24. JIM ALFREDSON'S DIRTY FINGERS A Tribute to Big John Patton (Big O)
25. TIERNEY SUTTON After Blue (BFM Jazz)
26. BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes Vol. 2 (Holistic Musicworks)
27. TARDO HAMMER Simple Pleasure (Cellar Live)
28. MIKE LONGO AND THE NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART JAZZ ENSEMBLE Live From New York (CAP)
29. IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH Tonight Is Now (Cellar Live)
30. KEVIN COEHLO Turn It Up (Summit)
31. KENNY BURRELL Special Requests (HighNote)
32. JOHN & GERALD CLAYTON Parlor Series Vol. 1 (Artist Share)
33. GINETTA M. Standards (Kickin’ Wiccan)
34. PHIL WOODS AND THE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA New Celebration (Chiaroscuro)
35. DAVID WEISS Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter (Motema)
36. MATT SAVAGE A Bigger Celebration (Savage)
37. RAY MANTILLA The Connection (Savant) 
38. ALI RYERSON-JAZZ FLUTE BIG BAND Game Changer (Capri)
39. RANDY BRECKER Brecker Brothers Band Reunion (Piloo)
40. FAREED HAQUE Out Of Nowhere (Charleston Square)
41. RICHARD D JOHNSON Here I Am (Richard D Johnson)
42. CALVIN KEYS Electric Keys (Wide Hive)
43. CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH CYRILLE AIMEE Burstin' Out (Origin)
44. JANIS MANN & KENNY WERNER Celestial Anomaly (Pancake)
45. STRANAHAN -  ZALESKI  - ROSATO Limitless (Capri)
46. MATT BAKER Underground (Self-Released)
47. ADAM BRENNER The Long Way Home (Brenner Creative Enterprises)
48. GARY SMULYAN Bella Napoli (Capri)
49. MICHAEL PEDICIN Why Stop Now Ubuntu (Ground Blue)
50. DAVE SLONAKER BIG BAND Intrada (Origin)
51. DAVID SILLS Blue's The New Green (Gut String)

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