Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 22 July 2013 [JazzWeek]

July 22, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Donna M in Top Jazz Albums, Top Jazz albums for July 2013

Here are the top 50 jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations for the week of 22 July 2013.

1. GEORGE BENSON Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (Concord)
2. ELIANE ELIAS I Thought About You [A Tribute to Chet Baker] (Concord)
3. BOB JAMES & DAVID SANBORN Quartette Humaine (OKeh)Y
4. YELLOWJACKETS A Rise In The Road (Mack Avenue Records)
5. CECILE McLORIN SALVANT WomanChild (Mack Avenue Records)
6. JOE LOCKE Lay Down My Heart (Motema)
7. TERENCE BLANCHARD Magnetic (Blue Note)
8. FREDDY COLE This and That (HighNote)
9. FRANK WESS Magic 101 (IPO Recordings)
10. JOSHUA REDMAN Walking Shadows (Nonesuch) 
11. CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO Out Here (Mack Avenue)
12. MICHAEL DEASE Coming Home (D-Clef)
13. CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE & INSIDE STRAIGHT People Music (Mack Avenue Records)
14. CHUCHO VALDES Border-Free (Jazz Village)
15. MARY STALLINGS But Beautiful (HighNote)
16. WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET Latin Jazz / Jazz Latin (Patois)
17. ETIENNE CHARLES Creole Soul (Culture Shock Music)
18. ANDY BEY The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote)
19. WALLACE RONEY Understanding (HighNote)
20. DAVID MURRAY INFINITY QUARTET Be My Monster Love (Motema Music)
21. KEITH JARRETT | GARY PEACOCK | JACK DeJOHNETTE Somewhere (ECM)
22. BILL FRISELL Big Sur (OKeh)
23. ELDAR DJANGIROV TRIO Breakthrough (Motema)
24. KERMIT RUFFINS We Partyin' Traditional Style (Basin Street)
25. JERRY BERGONZI By Any Other Name (Savant)
26. EDDIE DANIELS & ROGER KELLAWAY Duke At The Roadhouse (IPO Recordings)
27. KCNS (Kikoski, Carpenter, Novak, Sheppard) From The Hip (BFM Jazz)
28. KIM RICHMOND Artistry (MAMA)
29. MARK GROSS BlackSide (Jazz Legacy Productions)
30. ALBARE The Road Ahead (Enja) 
31. DAVE BRUBECK Brubeck / Bennett White House Sessions Live 1962 (Columbia / Legacy)
32. MARC CAREY For The Love of Abbey (Motema)
33. THE MIAMI SAXOPHONE QUARTET Four Of A Kind (Fourtitude)
34. TOMMY EMMANUEL & MARTIN TAYLOR The Colonel & The Governor (Mesa | Bluemoon)
35. STEVE HECKMAN Born To Be Blue (Jazzed Media)
36. ROGER DAVIDSON Journey to Rio (Soundbrush)
37. KENNY BARRON & THE BRAZILIAN KNIGHTS Kenny Barron & The Brazilian Knights (Sunnyside)
38. AARON DIEHL The Bespoke Man's Narrative (Mack Avenue Records)
39. WILL CALHOUN Life in this World (Motema Music)
40. DAVE LIEBMAN | MICHAEL STEPHANS Lineage (Whaling City)
41. DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS Live At Birdland (Three's A Crowd)
42. PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND That's It! (Legacy)
43. DUPREE Nuestro Camino (Public Hi-Fi)
44. GLENN CASHMAN'S SOUTHLAND NONET Music Without Borders (Primose Lane)
45. MICHAEL TRENI BIG BAND Pop-Culture Blues (Bell Production Co.)
46. MICHAEL HACKETT QUINTET New Point of View (Summit)
47. JD ALLEN Grace (Savant)
48. MIKE LeDONNE TRIO Speak (Cellar Live)
49. BOBBY McFERRIN Spirityouall (Masterworks)
50. GIACOMO GATES Miles Tones: Sings the Music of Miles Davis (Savant)

Article originally appeared on Exploring Jazz Music One Musician at a Time (https://www.elementsofjazz.com/).