Top 50 Jazz Albums - 22 November 2015 [Source: JazzWeek]

November 22, 2015 at 10:00 PM
Donna M in Artists, Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - Live in Studio, Houston Person - Something Personal, Joey DeFrancesco - Trip Mode, John Scofield - Past Present, Nils Petter Molvær, Scott Hamilton and Jeff Hamilton Trio - Live in Bern, Top Jazz Albums, Top Jazz Albums for November 2015

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the past week!

 Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio (featuring Ron Carter and Kenny Barron)'s Live In Studio continues to hold on to the number one spot. Houston Person moves up to number two with Something Personal.

Check out the 80 minute video below of trumpeter, composer and producer Nils Petter Molvær live in Hamburg, Germany ~ Enjoy!

 

1. GERRY GIBBS and the THRASHER DREAM TRIO  Live In Studio (Whaling City Sounds)
2. HOUSTON PERSON Something Personal (HighNote)
3. SCOTT HAMILTON & JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live In Bern (Capri)
4. JOHN SCOFIELD Past Present (Impulse / Universal)
5. JOEY DeFRANCESCO Trip Mode (HighNote)
6. KENNY BURRELL The Road To Love (HighNote)
7. DON BRADEN Luminosity (Creative Perspective Music)
8. ORRIN EVANS The Evolution Of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)
9. CHRISTIAN McBRIDE TRIO Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)
10. ERIC ALEXANDER The Real Thing (HighNote)
11. AMINA FIGAROVA Blue Whisper (In+Out)
12. DOUG WEBB Back East (Posi-Tone)
13. KARRIN ALLYSON Many A New Day (Motema)
14. JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with WYNTON MARSALIS Live In Cuba (Blue Engine)
15. ORAN ETKIN What’s New (Motema Music)
16. CHARLES RUGGIERO As Heard On TV (Rondette Jazz)
17. DENISE DONATELLI Find A Heart (Savant)
18. MICHAEL DEASE Decisions (Posi-Tone)
19. TOM HARRELL First Impressions (HighNote)
20. ANDREA BRACHFELD Lotus Blossom (Jazzheads)
21. BOB JAMES & NATHAN EAST The New Cool (Yamaha)
22. DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, IRVIN MAYFIELD & THE NOLa  JAZZ ORCH Dee Dee’s Feathers (oKeh)
23. CHICK COREA | BELA FLECK Two (Concord)
24. KENDRICK SCOTT ORACLE We Are The Drum (Blue Note)
25. JOHN PIZZARELLI Midnight McCartney (Concord)
26. PATRICK WILLIAMS Home Suite Home (BFM Jazz)
27. LEE RITENOUR A Twist Of Rit (Concord)
28. MIKE LeDONNE AwwlRight! (Savant)
29. LIONEL LOUEKE Gaia (Blue Note)
30. LONDON, MEADER, PRAMUK and ROSS The Royal Bopsters (Motema)
31. ESSIET OKON ESSIET Shona (Space Time)
32. JOE MAGNARELLI Three On Two (Posi-Tone)
33. CHESTER THOMPSON TRIO Simpler Times (Joyful Noise, Inc.)
34. CECILE McLORIN SALVANT For One To Love (Mack Avenue)
35. BEN PATERSON For Once In My Life (Origin)
36. CARLOS HENRIQUEZ The Bronx Pyramid (Blue Engine)
37. PEREZ, PATITUCCI & BLADE Children Of The Light (Mack Avenue)
38. CORY WEEDS & THE JEFF HAMILTON TRIO This Happy Madness (Cellar Live)
39. RAYFORD GRIFFIN Reflections of Brownie (Razor Edge)
40. KIRSTEN EDKINS Art & Soul (Equipoise)
41. ADAM SCONE I Scream Scone (Rondette Jazz)
42. RANDY BRECKER RandyPOP! (Piloo)
43. MICHAEL KOCOUR Spiffy (Tempest)
44. ARTURO O’FARRILL AND THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Cuba | The Conversation Continues
45. (Motema Music)
46. ALEXIS COLE & BUCKY PIZZARELLI A Beautiful Friendship (Venus)
47. JEFF LORBER & CHUCK LOEB Bop (ArtistShare)
48. ERROLL GARNER The Complete Concert By The Sea (Sony Legacy | Octave Music Pub.)
49. THEO CROKER DvrkFUNK (OKEH)
50. TERELL STAFFORD BrotherLee Love (Capri)
51. KAIT DUNTON trioKAIT (Real & Imagined Music)

 

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