Top 50+ Jazz Albums For The Week of 4 August 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! What music are you listening to these days?  Let me know on Twitter or Facebook.

For your viewing pleasure this week, pianist, composer and producer Cyrus Chestnut's CD release party at NYC's Smoke Jazz and Supper Club plus an interview with Brian Pace. Enjoy!

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