Top 50 Jazz Albums For the Week of 20 October 2014 - JazzWeek

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from last week! Which albums are going to make it on your Top Ten list for 2014?  Let me know on Twitter or Facebook!

For your listening pleasure this week, my friend and Seattle jazz phenom Thomas Marriott talks about his bad-ass new album Urban Folklore with pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Donald Edwards ~ Enjoy!-

1. GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO We’re Back (Whaling City Sounds)
2. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
3. CHICK COREA Trilogy (Concord)
4. AKIKO Commencement (At)
5. JASON MORAN All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)

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The Wayne Escoffery Quintet at NYC's Jazz Standard on April 16th & 17th, 2013!

The Wayne Escoffery Quintet
"The Only Son of One"
(Sunnyside SSC 1320)
April 16th & 17th
@ The Jazz Standard
Set Times: 7:30 & 9:30pm

Featuring
Wayne Escoffery - tenor saxophone
Rachel Z - keyboards
Orrin Evans - piano
Hans Glawischnig - bass
 Jason Brown - drums
Performing Music From His Latest CD

The Only Son Of One

 The Jazz Standard

116 East 27th street b/t Park and Lex

212-576-2232

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Wayne Escoffery’s The Only Son of One is his first CD of all original music and is inspired by his childhood in London, England focusing on pivotal events of his life as a toddler and his teen years. Living in an abusive family environment and leaving with his mother to find a better life in the United States was a profound experience, and this music chronicles the emotional, psychological and spiritual journey of a young boy.

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NYC ~ Bassist/Composer Ben Wolfe Celebrates His Upcoming Release, "From Here I See," at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March 28-31

Bassist & Composer

BEN WOLFE
Presents

FROM HERE I SEE
His Upcoming New Release on MAXJAZZ
Available April 2, 2013

CD Release Event at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, NYC

BEN WOLFE QUINTET
Orrin Evans, piano
Donald Edwards, drums
JD Allen, tenor sax
With Special Guest
Nicholas Payton, trumpet

Thursday, March 28 - Sunday, March 31
7:30PM & 9:30PM
Reservations

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Broadway and 60th Street, NYC
212-258-9595

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Inaugural Edition of the Exit 0 Int'l Jazz Festival kicks off November 9-11, 2012 in Cape May, NJ!

Hopefully, Hurricane Sandy's damage will be minimal and Cape May, NJ will be back to normal by November 9, 2012! 

PRESS RELEASE

More than 100 internationally known musicians will perform more than 50 shows over the course of the Festival, with performances taking place in intimate club venues and on the Main Stage of the Cape May Convention Hall during this three-day event.
 
Headlining the Festival on the Main Stage at Convention Hall will be The Sun Goddess Tour starring Jazz legend and three-time GRAMMY Award Winner Ramsey Lewis and his Electric Band on Saturday at 7:30 PM and 9:30PM.  Opening the Festival on Friday at 8:00 PM and 10:15PM will be Philadelphia native son and GRAMMY Award winning jazz bassist, Christian McBride and his quintet - Inside Straight.  And a very special and rare jazz session will take place on Saturday afternoon at noon when Chilean vocalist Claudia Acuna performs with her quartet followed by the 17-man strong Captain Black Big Band, led by jazz pianist Orrin Evans and featuring Nicholas Payton.

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