Seven for Saturday - 7 Sonny Rollins Videos

"Seven for Saturday" is a great way to see some of the legendary men and women of jazz in action.

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is a GRAMMY-winning jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards.

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Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 17 January 2011

Self-taught guitarist Russell Malone's "Triple Play" and vocalist Cassandra Wilson's "Silver Pony" held on to the number one and two positions, respectively. 

The Cookers (George Cables - Piano, Billy Harper - Tenor Saxophone, Billy Hart - Drums, Cecil McBee - Bass, Eddie Henderson - Trumpet & Flugelhorn,  Craig Handy - Flute & Alto Saxophone, David Weiss - Trumpet) latest album "Warriors" moved up 23 slots to land in the number 3 spot for the week.

Multi-woodwind instrumentalist Bob Sheppard debuts at number 6 with "Close Your Eyes".

An album that's making a reappearance on the chart is Ray Vega's and Thomas Marriott's "East-West Trumpet Summit" which landed back at number 15.

This list is from JazzWeek.com  - "the definitive Jazz national radio airplay chart—a weekly report of the top fifty+ Jazz recordings played on radio stations across the United States and Canada."

What album has piqued your curiosity? Do you have any of the albums listed? Have a recommendation? Let us know - thank you!

1. RUSSELL MALONE Triple Play (MAXJAZZ)

2. CASSANDRA WILSON Silver Pony (Blue Note)

3. THE COOKERS Warriors (JLP)

4. CYRUS CHESTNUT Journeys (JLP)

5. THE CLAYTON BROTHERS The New Song And Dance (ArtistShare)

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Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 10 January 2011

JazzWeek.com is "the definitive Jazz national radio airplay chart—a weekly report of the top fifty+ Jazz recordings played on radio stations across the United States and Canada."

This isn't necessarily a list of new recordings that are being released this week. You'll notice albums on here that were released 6 months ago.

What do you like on the list? Which albums did you enjoy enough to purchase? I'd like you to share that information so that others can be informed/inspired. Thank you! 

1 RUSSELL MALONE Triple Play (MAXJAZZ)

2 CASSANDRA WILSON Silver Pony (Blue Note)

3 THE CLAYTON BROTHERS The New Song And Dance (ArtistShare)

4 CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO Journeys (JLP)

5 LOUIS HAYES Lou’s Idea (American Showplace) 

6 KEVIN EUBANKS Zen Food (Mack Avenue)

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YOUR Picks For Favorite 2010 Jazz Albums!

For a few days over the past weekend, I asked people online two questions. The first one was, "What is your favorite album from 2010?" and the second was "Why was it your favorite?"

These were pretty basic questions but I discovered music that I didn't have a chance to listen to during the past year. I hope that you enjoy reading the answers. Maybe a recommendation will pique your interest to check out a couple of the albums, too. :) 

Favorite 2010 Jazz Albums Picked By EoJ Readers:  

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