Top 50 Jazz Albums For The Week Of 07 December 2014 - JazzWeek
December 7, 2014 at 11:01 PM
Donna M in Artists, David Hazeltine - I Remember Cedar, Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - We're Back, Houston Person - The Melody Lingers On, John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Part 1 - Acknowledgement, Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - The Art Of Conversation, Peter Hand Big Band - Out Of Hand, Top 50 Jazz Albums for December 2014, Top Jazz Albums

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the last week! Which albums are going to make it on your Top Ten list for 2014? Let me know on Twitter or Facebook!

For your listening pleasure this week (in honor of the 50th anniversary of the release of A Love Supreme), here is a 14 minute video of John Coltrane performing A Love Supreme: Part 1 - Acknowledgement ~ Enjoy!

 

 

  1. KENNY BARRON & DAVE HOLLAND The Art Of Conversation (Impulse!)
  2. HOUSTON PERSON The Melody Lingers On (HighNote)
  3. *GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO We’re Back (Whaling City Sounds)
  4. DAVID HAZELTINE I Remember Cedar (Sharp Nine)
  5. PETER HAND BIG BAND Out Of Hand (Savant)
  6. LOUIS HAYES AND THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY LEGACY BAND Live at Cory Weeds’ Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)
  7. FREDDY COLE Singing The Blues (HighNote)
  8. JASON MARSALIS VIBES QUARTET The 21st Century Trad Band (Basin Street)
  9. LARRY FULLER Larry Fuller (Capri)
  10. TONY MONACO Furry Slippers (Chicken Coop / Summit)
  11. BILL FRISSELL Guitar In The Space Age (Sony Masterwork)
  12. PETER ZAK The Disciple (Peter Zak Music)
  13. GREG ABATE QUARTET Motif (Whaling City Sounds)
  14. JIMMY GREENE Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue)
  15. BILL O’CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS Imagine (Savant)
  16. CARMEN LUNDY Soul To Soul (Afrasia Productions)
  17. PETER LEITCH Landscape (Jazz House)
  18. JAMES FARM City Folk (Nonesuch)
  19. COOKERS Time And Time Again (Motema)
  20. *JASON MORAN All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)
  21. STEVE HECKMAN Search For Peace (Jazzed Media)
  22. ERIC REED Groovewise (Smoke Sessions)
  23. GABRIEL ESPINOSA & HENDRIK MEURKENS Samba Little Samba (Zoho)
  24. CONNIE EVINGSON All The Cats Join In (Minnehaha Music)
  25. JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Great American Songs (Capri)
  26. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
  27. JONATHAN KREISBERG Wave Upon Wave (New For Now Music)
  28. *CHICK COREA Trilogy (Concord)
  29. CLARE FISCHER BIG BAND Directed By BRENT FISCHER Pacific Jazz (Clavo)
  30. RICHARD GALLIANO Sentimentale (Resonance)
  31. JEFF COFFIN & THE MU’TET Side Up (Ear Up)
  32. ERIC JOHNSON and MIKE STERN Eclectic (Jazzed Media)
  33. ALESSANDRO COLLINA, ROLDOFO CERVETTO, MARC PEILON & FABRIZIO BOSSO Michel On Air (ITI)
  34. * STANLEY CLARKE BAND Up (Mack Avenue)
  35. SHAMIE ROYSTON Portraits (Hot Tone Music)
  36. AKIKO Commencement (At)
  37. FRANK KIMBROUGH Quartet (Palmetto)
  38. ANDY BEY Pages From An Imaginary Life (HighNote)
  39. BRIAN CHARETTE Good Tipper (Posi-Tone)
  40. OTIS BROWN III The Thought Of You (Revive / Blue Note)
  41. CHRISTIAN TAMBURR QUINTET Voyage (Christian Tamburr Music)
  42. CHRIS WALDEN BIG BAND Full-On! (Origin)
  43. CHAMPIAN FULTON Change Partners (Cellar Live)
  44. CHARLIE HADEN | JIM HALL Charlie Haden | Jim Hall (Impulse!)
  45. JOHN DAVID SIMON Phantasm (WarmGroove)
  46. JULIE KELLY Happy To Be (Jazzed Media)
  47. ORRIN EVANS Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions)
  48. JOHN WEBBER QUARTET Down For The Count (Cellar Live)
  49. AL MUIRHEAD It’s About Time (Chronograph)
  50. MICHAEL O’NEILL and KENNY WASHINGTON New Beginnings (Jazzmo)
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