Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 20 January 2014 [Jazzweek]

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the previous week. Returning to first place 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. RENE MARIE I Wanna Be Evil (Motema)
3. GREGORY PORTER Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
4. BRIAN LYNCH Unsung Heroes Vol. 2 (Holistic Musicworks)
5. HOUSTON PERSON  Nice N Easy (HighNote)
6. JOEY DEFRANCESCO One For Rudy (HighNote)
7. DAVE BENNETT Don't Be That Way (Mack Avenue)
8. TOM HARRELL Colors Of A Dream (HighNote)
9. MIKE JONES TRIO Plays Well With Others (Capri)
10. MARC CAREY FOCUS TRIO Four Directions (Motema Music)
11. KENNY GARRETT Pushing The World Away (Mack Avenue)
12. DOUG WEBB Another Scene (Posi-Tone)
13. JIM ALFREDSON'S DIRTY FINGERS A Tribute to Big John Patton (Big O)
14. KEVIN COELHO Turn It Up (Summit)
15. BEN WANICUR The Excluded Middle (Self-Released)
16. AHMAD JAMAL Saturday Morning (Jazzbook)
17. BOBBY WATSON Check Cashing Day (Lafiya Music)
18. MIKE LONGO AND THE NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART JAZZ ENSEMBLE Live From New York (CAP)
19. MARK WINKLER & CHERYL BENTYNE West Coast Cool (Summit)
20. IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH Tonight Is Now (Cellar Live)
21. PETER BERNSTEIN WITH THE TILDEN WEBB TRIO Live At Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)
22. TIERNEY SUTTON After Blue (BFM Jazz)
23. STEVE TURRE The Bones of Art (HighNote)
24. ENRICO GRANAFEI Alone (And) Together (CAP)
25. DIEGO RIVERA The Contender (D Clef)
26. MITCH FROHMAN From Daddy With Love (Truth Revolution)
27. JANIS MANN & KENNY WERNER Celestial Anomaly (Pancake)
28. WYNTON  MARSALIS The Spiritual Side of Wynton Marsalis (Legacy)
29. BILL O'CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS Zocalo (Savant)
30. DR. LONNIE SMITH OCTET In The Beginning Volumes I & II (Pilgrimage)
31. JOHN & GERALD CLAYTON Parlor Series Vol. 1 (Artist Share)
32. PROJECT THEM Project Them (Miles High)
33. TARDO HAMMER Simple Pleasure (Cellar Live)
34. MATT BAKER Underground (Self-Released)
35. VANESSA RUBIN AND DON BRADEN Full Circle (Creative Perspective)
36. BOB DEVOS Shadow Box (American Showplace Music)
37. GERI ALLEN Grand River Crossings (Motema)
38. GEORGE COLLIGAN The Endless Mysteries (Origin)
39. PHILL FEST Project B.F.C. (Reifsteck / Fest Productions)
40. BILL MAYS INVENTIONS TRIO Life’s A Movie (Chiaroscuro)
41. DAVE SLONAKER BIG BAND Intrada (Origin)
42. RICHARD D JOHNSON Here I Am (Richard D Johnson)
43. MICHELLE ZANGARA Songs Of Blue (MZRecords Inc)
44. GINETTA M. Standards (Kickin’ Wiccan)
45. FRANK POTENZA For Joe (Capri)
46. MICHAEL PEDICIN Why Stop Now Ubuntu (Ground Blue)
47. STRANAHAN -  ZALESKI  - ROSATO Limitless (Capri)
48. 7 ON 7 Back When It Was Fun (Artist Alliance)
49. CHRIS PARKER The Chris Parker Trio (GPR)
50. HAROLD MABERN Right On Time (Smoke Sessions)
51. PHIL WOODS AND THE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA New Celebration (Chiaroscuro)
52. ALI RYERSON-JAZZ FLUTE BIG BAND Game Changer (Capri)