Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 6 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 06 May 2013.

1. GIACOMO GATES Miles Tones: Sings the Music of Miles Davis (Savant)
2. AARON DIEHL The Bespoke Man's Narrative (Mack Avenue Records)
3. MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift 2 (Jazz Legacy Productions)
4. ELDAR DJANGIROV TRIO Breakthrough (Motema)
5. CORY WEEDS | BILL COON QUARTET With Benefits (Cellar Live)

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FYI Washington, DC ☛ The Brandee Younger Jazz Harp Quartet to Play at Bohemian Caverns 5/31 & 6/1!

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NYC Harpist Brandee Younger brings her swingin’ jazz harp quartet to DC for a rare appearance. Younger will play at Bohemian Caverns with young heavyweights EJ Strickland on drums, Dezron Douglas on bass and Stacy Dillard on saxophones – each of whom are bandleaders in their own right.

Heavily influenced by Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, Younger has developed a beautiful, fresh sound all her own. Equally at home with classical music and jazz, Brandee Younger emerged from the same Long Island music milieu as her elder contemporaries Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, Public Enemy, EPMD, and Rakim, and has incorporated hip-hop and other diverse genres into her musical vocabulary.

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Bill Frisell Draws Inspiration from Historic Cali Landscape on New Album "Big Sur" Available June 18 (+ Tour Dates)!

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OKeh will release guitarist-composer Bill Frisell's new album, Big Sur, on June 18, 2013. The project marks his label debut as well as the first album featuring the Big Sur Quintet (which combines his 858 Quartet and Beautiful Dreamers trio).

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NYC ~ Geri Allen & Friends Celebrate the Great Jazz Women of the Apollo on Saturday, MAY 11 at the Apollo Theater!

Geri Allen and The Timeline QuartetPianist-composer-educator Geri Allen will present a special program titled "Geri Allen & Friends Celebrate The Great Jazz Women Of The Apollo," at The Apollo Theater in New York on Saturday, May 11.

Under Allen's musical direction, this concert production pays homage to the legendary women singers and instrumentalists who have graced the Apollo stage (celebrating such legacies as Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Nancy Wilson, Mary Lou Williams, Hazel Scott, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Melba Liston and other great jazz women).

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