Top 50 Jazz Albums For the Week of 13 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 - vocalist, composer, arranger Carmen Lundy and the energy that went into creating  Soul to Soul. SEATTLE ALERT - Ms. Lundy will be at Triple Door on Tuesday, 14 October 2014 as a part of the Earshot Jazz Festival!

1. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
2. GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO We’re Back (Whaling City Sounds)
3. JASON MORAN All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)
4. SEAN JONES im.pro.vise - never before seen (Mack Avenue)
5. CHICK COREA Trilogy (Concord)

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Top 50 Jazz Albums For the Week 6 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 today, Spain based jazz fusion band Patáx's tribute to Michael Jackson. Enjoy!

1. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
2. GERRY GIBBS THRASHER DREAM TRIO We’re Back (Whaling City Sounds)
3. BOBBY BROOM My Shining Hour (Origin)
4. SEAN JONES im.pro.vise - never before seen (Mack Avenue)
5. AKIKO Commencement (At)

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Top 50 Jazz Albums For the Week of 29 September 2014 via 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 today, vocalist and songwriter Somi's The Lagos Music Salon. Enjoy!

1. SEAN JONES im.pro.vise - never before seen (Mack Avenue)
2. MARK ELF Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)
3. BOBBY BROOM My Shining Hour (Origin)
4. DR. JOHN Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch (Concord)
5. CYRUS CHESTNUT Midnight Melodies (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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