Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 12 January 2015 - JazzWeek

Happy 2015 to everyone!

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

For your listening pleasure this week, the Christian Scott Quintet Live at the Rochester Jazz Festival in 2007. Enjoy ~

1. DAVID HAZELTINE I Remember Cedar (Sharp Nine)
2. KENNY BARRON & DAVE HOLLAND The Art Of Conversation (Impulse!)
3. HOUSTON PERSON The Melody Lingers On (HighNote)
4. LOUIS HAYES AND THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY LEGACY BAND Live at Cory Weeds’ Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)
5. JIMMY GREENE Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue)
6. PETER ZAK The Disciple (Peter Zak Music)
7. JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Great American Songs (Capri)
8. TONY MONACO Furry Slippers (Chicken Coop / Summit)
9. PETER HAND BIG BAND Out Of Hand (Savant)
10. BILL O’CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS Imagine (Savant)
11. PETER LEITCH Landscape (Jazz House)
12. JAMES FARM City Folk (Nonesuch)
13. *GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO We’re Back (Whaling City Sounds)
14. FREDDY COLE Singing The Blues (HighNote)
15. JASON MARSALIS VIBES QUARTET The 21^st Century Trad Band (Basin Street)
16. STEVE HECKMAN Search For Peace (Jazzed Media)
17. GREG ABATE QUARTET Motif (Whaling City Sounds)
18. GABRIEL ESPINOSA & HENDRIK MEURKENS Samba Little Samba (Zoho)
19. SHAMIE ROYSTON Portraits (Hot Tone Music)
20. BILL FRISSELL Guitar In The Space Age (Sony Masterwork)
21. BRIAN CHARETTE Good Tipper (Posi-Tone)
22. MICHAEL O’NEILL and KENNY WASHINGTON New Beginnings (Jazzmo)
23. ERIC REED Groovewise (Smoke Sessions)
24. UPTOWN VOCAL JAZZ QUARTET with RICHIE COLE Vocal Madness (HouseKat)
25. CARMEN LUNDY Soul To Soul (Afrasia Productions)
26. JONATHAN KREISBERG Wave Upon Wave (New For Now Music)
27. CLARE FISCHER BIG BAND Directed By BRENT FISCHER Pacific Jazz (Clavo)
28. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
29. AL MUIRHEAD It’s About Time (Chronograph)
30. LARRY FULLER Larry Fuller (Capri)
31. FRANK KIMBROUGH Quartet (Palmetto)
32. JEFF COFFIN & THE MU’TET Side Up (Ear Up)
33. CONNIE EVINGSON All The Cats Join In (Minnehaha Music)
34. CHAMPIAN FULTON Change Partners (Cellar Live)
35. ALESSANDRO COLLINA, ROLDOFO CERVETTO, MARC PEILON & FABRIZIO BOSSO Michel On Air (ITI)
36. CHRIS WALDEN BIG BAND Full-On! (Origin)
37. *CHICK COREA Trilogy (Concord)
38. GARY URWIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA A Beautiful Friendship (Summit)
39. *JASON MORAN All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)
40. RICHARD GALLIANO Sentimentale (Resonance)
41. DANA LANDRY TRIO Memphis Skyline (Artist Alliance)
42. *BILLY CHILDS Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks/OKeh)
43. MANUEL VALERA & NEW CUBAN EXPRESS In Motion (Criss Cross Jazz)
44. COOKERS Time And Time Again (Motema)
45. PHIL BROWN & THE NEW ARTS JAZZTET Arkadia (A Caldera Productions)
46. HANK MARVIN Django’s Castle (MTM Music Pty Ltd)
47. * STANLEY CLARKE BAND Up (Mack Avenue)
48. JOHN WEBBER QUARTET Down For The Count (Cellar Live)
49. JOHN DAVID SIMON Phantasm (WarmGroove)
50. JOEY DEFRANCESCO Home For The Holidays (JDM)