Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 31 January 2011

This weekly 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." If you'd like to see the detailed list, click here.

1 RUSSELL MALONE Triple Play (MAXJAZZ)

2 MARCUS SHELBY JAZZ ORCHESTRA Soul Of The Movement: Meditations On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Porto Franco)  

3 JOE LOVANO Bird Songs (Blue Note)

4 CASSANDRA WILSON Silver Pony (Blue Note)

5 LUTHER HUGHES & THE CANNONBALL-COLTRANE PROJECT Things Are Getting Better (Primrose Lane)

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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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Seven for Saturday - 7 James Moody Videos

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

I've known for a few weeks that saxophonist James Moody has pancreatic cancer. This news saddens me more than usual because he is the first living legend that I've ever met. There's a personal connection for me now, no matter how brief the encounter was. I remember instantly where I met him (Washington, DC's Blues Alley in 2006), what was going on, who I was with and how the interaction was (fantastic!).

His wife, Linda Moody, posted this open letter to everyone on his website earlier this month (Nov 2010):

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Dizzy Gillespie's Legacy Lives On

✺Good morning✺

The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band finished a 6-night engagement last evening (I'm sure with a packed house at every show) at New York City's legendary Blue Note!

During the summer of 1998, the band was formed to perform Gillespie's classic big band repertoire and continue the legacy left by the late Jazz master.

The current band members were many of his closest associates and collaborators:

• James Moody (saxophone and flute)
• Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone)
• Paquito D'Rivera (alto & soprano saxophone, clarinet)
• Clark Terry (trumpet and flugelhorn)
• Roy Hargrove (trumpet)
• John Faddis (trumpet)
• Randy Brecker (trumpet and flugelhorn)
• Claudio Roditi (trumpet)

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