Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 27 May 2013 [JazzWeek]

Here are the top 50 jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations for the week of 27 May 2013.

1. CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE & INSIDE STRAIGHT People Music (Mack Avenue Records)
2. ELDAR DJANGIROV TRIO Breakthrough (Motema)
3. MICHAEL DEASE Coming Home (D-Clef)
4. GIACOMO GATES Miles Tones: Sings the Music of Miles Davis (Savant)
5. JOSHUA REDMAN Walking Shadows (Nonesuch)

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New Terence Blanchard Album "Magnetic" on May 28th!

PRESS RELEASE

Terence Blanchard: MagneticMay 22, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA): Accompanying the release of Magnetic, Terence Blanchard’s stunning new album set for release May 28 on Blue Note Records, will be an unprecedented schedule of worldwide tour dates kicking off with a five-night run at The Jazz Standard in New York City on May 29th and hitting cities across the United States, Europe, Tokyo, South Africa and Brazil.

The tour will feature Terence, Brice Winston on sax, Fabian Almazan on piano, Robert Hurst III on bass, Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums and Lionel Loueke on guitar and will take-in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Denver, The Newport Jazz Festival, Boston, Washington D.C., London, Paris, the Czech Republic, Tokyo, Johannesburg and the Choro Festival in Brazil. A complete list of dates can be seen at terenceblanchard.com.

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Mosaic Records Celebrates Woody Shaw with 7-CD "The Complete Muse Sessions" Available June 4, 2013!

Mosaic Records is set to release Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions on June 4, 2013. Through a wide variety of styles, personnel, repertoire, and forms of instrumentation, this 7-CD limited edition box set presents a complete narrative of iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw's musical and artistic growth over a 13-year period with Muse Records, from 1974 to 1987, after having moved from San Francisco to New York.

Shaw's arrival at Muse marks a significant turning point in his career, showing early growth from a composer and trumpeter into a bandleader and artistic director. This era also serves as an awakening in his sense of leadership both within the broader scope of jazz and concerning the presentation of his original music.

"This was the era when Woody stepped up and became a leader," states Michael Cuscuna, Mosaic Records founder and producer. "The core of these sessions is the Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble, an expanded group with four horns and one or two percussionists. I loved this setting because it brought out Woody's incredible talents as a composer and arranger with a distinctive harmonic sense."

The box set, which includes nine albums over seven discs, is divided into three parts, each relaying an important segment during this era of Shaw's career. The first set (The Moontrane, 1974; Love Dance, 1975; The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble Live at the Berliner Jazztage, 1976) groups Shaw's concert ensemble, which features multiple horns and, in some cases, percussion. The second group of recordings (Cassandranite, 1965;Little Red's Fantasy, 1976; Iron Men, 1977) feature the trumpeter's chosen collaborators as a quintet. The third group (Setting Standards, 1985; Solid, 1986; Imagination, 1987) includes recordings done for Muse Records following his tenure with Columbia. This final group in particular exhibits great maturity and refinement from Shaw, exhibiting his innovative approach to the standard repertoire and to more traditional elements of the music.

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Saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom Live at Cornelia St. Cafe on June 2, 2013

ANNOUNCEMENT

JANE IRA BLOOM - Soprano Sax

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DOMINIC FALLACARO - Piano
RAY DRUMMOND - Bass
BILLY DRUMMOND - Drums

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