Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the week of 21 July 2014 [JazzWeek]
July 20, 2014 at 10:45 PM
Donna M in Bobby Hutcherson - Enjoy The View, Jimmy Cobb - The Original Mob, Louis Hayes - Return of The Jazz Communicators, Mike LeDonne - I Love Music, Sean Jones - im.pro.vise, Theo Croker - Afro Physicist, Top 50 Jazz Albums for July 2014

Here are the top 50+ Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the previous week! What music are you listening to these days?  Let me know on Twitter or Facebook.

For your viewing pleasure this week,  trumpeter, bandleader, educator and composer Sean Jones talks about the inspiration of his new release im.pro.vise. Enjoy!

 

 

  1. JIMMY COBB The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)
  2. BOBBY HUTCHERSON Enjoy The View (Blue Note)
  3. LOUIS HAYES Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)
  4. MIKE LeDONNE I Love Music (Savant)
  5. THEO CROKER Afro Physicist [Sony Masterworks]
  6. KEITH JARRETT & CHARLIE HADEN Last Dance (ECM)
  7. DENA DeROSE We Won’t Forget You…An Homage To Shirley Horn (HighNote)
  8. ERIC ALEXANDER Chicago Fire (HighNote)
  9. TED ROSENTHAL TRIO Rhapsody In Gershwin (Playscape Recordings)
  10. GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG PHAT BAND Life In The Bubble (Telarc)
  11. JC STYLLES Blakey Grease (American Showplace Music)
  12. JOSHUA REDMAN Trios Live (Nonesuch)
  13. REBIRTH BRASS BAND Move Your Body (Basin Street)
  14. HARVEY MASON Chameleon (Concord)
  15. SEAN JONES im.pro.vise - never before seen (Mack Avenue)
  16. STEVE KAHN Subtext (Tone Center)
  17. GERALD BECKETT The Messenger (Summit)
  18. HOLLY HOFFMAN Low Life (Capri)
  19. GREGORY PORTER | DONALD SMITH| MANSUR SCOTT W/ PAUL ZAUNER’S BLUE BRASS Great Voices of Harlem (Pao)
  20. DAVID WEISS When Words Fail [Motema]
  21. STEVE KROON On The #1 (Kroonatune, LLC)
  22. CLAYTON-HAMILTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)
  23. MONTY ALEXANDER Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)
  24. DAVID HAZELTINE For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)
  25. ELIO VILLAFRANCA AND THE JASS SYNCOPATORS Caribbean Tinge (Motema)
  26. CORY WEEDS As Of Now (Cellar Live)
  27. MIKE POPE Cold Truth Warm Heart (Nineteen-Eight)
  28. SONNY ROLLINS Road Shows Vol 3 (Sony Masterworks)
  29. VERVE JAZZ ENSEMBLE East End Sojourn (Lightgroove Media)
  30. ELIAS HASLANGER AND CHURCH ON MONDAY Live At The Gallery (Cherrywood)
  31. ADAM SCHOEDER Let’s (Capri)
  32. ARTURO O’FARRILL Offense Of The Drum (Motema)
  33. HIROMI Alive (Telarc)
  34. ORRIN EVANS Mother’s Touch [Posi-Tone]
  35. STUDIO RIO PRESENTS (Various Artists) The Brazilian Connection (Legacy Recordings)
  36. STEVE KALDESTAD Straight Up (Cellar Live)
  37. DIANE SCHUUR I Remember You (With Love to Stan and Frank) [Jazzheads]
  38. MIMI JONES Balance (Hot Tone Music)
  39. MELISSA ALDANA Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio (Concord)
  40. LENNY PICKETT The Prescription (Random Act)
  41. HENRY BUTLER-STEVEN BERNSTEIN and THE HOT 9 Viper’s Drag (Impulse!/Universal)
  42. ERIC REED The Adventurous Monk (Savant)
  43. ALAN BROADBENT AND NDR BIGBAND America The Beautiful (Jan Matthies)
  44. BRIA SKONBERG Into Your Own (Random Act)
  45. CYRUS CHESTNUT Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)
  46. BOBBY SANABRIA Que Viva Harlem (Jazzheads)
  47. HENDRIK MEURKENS | MISHA TSIGANOV DUO Junity (HMS)
  48. MARCUS ROBERTS and WYNTON MARSALIS Together Again – Live in Concert (J-Master)
  49. CAMILLE THURMAN Origins (Hot Tone Music)
  50. JD ALLEN Bloom (Savant)
  51. MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO From Rags To Rhythm (J Master)
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