Top 50+ Jazz Albums For the Week of 27 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, a 50 minute set of Raul Midón and Richard Bona performing at Jazz in Marciac 2011 ~ Enjoy!

1. GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO We’re Back (Whaling City Sounds)
2. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
3. STANLEY CLARKE BAND Up (Mack Avenue)
4. AKIKO Commencement (At)
5. ORRIN EVANS Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions)

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Top 50 Jazz Albums For the Week of 22 September 2014 via JazzWeek

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the previous week! Which albums are you listening to these days?  Let me know on Twitter or Facebook.

Congratulatons to trumpeter, composer and educator Sean Jones for being the Number 1 jazz album for the 3rd consecutive week!

For your listening pleasure today, here is saxophonist Ada Rovatti presenting the magic behind the music of her latest release Disguise. Enjoy!

1. SEAN JONES im.pro.vise - never before seen (Mack Avenue)
2. CYRUS CHESTNUT Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)
3. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
4. FRED HERSCH Floating (Fred Hersch Music)
5. ORRIN EVANS Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions)

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