Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 18 June 2012 [JazzWeek]

Ravi Coltrane - Spirit FictionHere is JazzWeek.com's list of albums that received the most US/Canadian radio airplay for the week of 18 June 2012.  

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There is a nice mix of new releases coming out this week in the US.

We can choose between Neneh Cherry and The Thing Cherry Thing, Return to Forever The Mothership Returns, Mike Stern All Over The Place, JD Allen Trio The Matador and The Bull, Gerald Albright & Norman Brown 24/7, Al Jarreau and The Metropole Orkest Live, Pearl Django Eleven and Ravi Coltrane Spirit Fiction. 

 Enjoy! 

1. ARTURO SANDOVAL Dear Diz, Every Day I Think of You (Concord Jazz)
2. BRIAN BROMBERG Compared To That (Artistry Music)
3. JOHN PIZZARELLI Double Exposure (Telarc)
4. AMINA FIGAROVA Twelve (In & Out)
5. JAZZ SOUL SEVEN Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM Jazz) 
6. AHMAD JAMAL Blue Moon (Jazzbook | Jazz Village)
7. BRIA SKONBERG So Is The Day (Random Act Records)
8. STEVE KUHN, STEVE SWALLOW, JOEY BARON Wisteria (ECM Records)
9. MELODY GARDOT The Absence (Verve)
10. TONY MONACO Celebration Life Love Music (Chicken Coop | Summit)
11. PIERO ODORICI Cedar Walton Presents (Savant)
12. STACEY KENT Dreamer in Concert (Blue Note)
13. MARY STALLINGS Don't Look Back (HighNote)
14. JOE LOCKE | GEOFFREY KEEZER GROUP Signing (Motema)
15. ANDREW SWIFT Swift Kick (D Clef)
16. THE COOKERS Believe (Motema)
17. ESPERANZA SPALDING Radio Music Society (Heads Up)
18. BOBBY BROOM Upper West Side Story (Origin Records)
19. ERIC REED The Baddest Monk (Savant)
20. BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Ode (Nonesuch)
21. DMITRY BAEVSKY The Composer (Sharp Nine)
22. BEEGIE ADAIR TRIO The Real Thing (Greenhill Productions)
23. THREE VOICES Transitions (Summit)
24. EDDIE GOMEZ Per Sempre (BFM Jazz)
25. KENNY GARRETT Seeds From the Underground (Mack Avenue)
26. KATE McGARRY Girl Talk (Palmetto)
27. ERIC ALEXANDER & VINCENT HERRING Friendly Fire (HighNote)
28. CLAYTON CAMERON Here's to the Messengers (A Tribute to Art Blakey) (Brushman)
29. DAVID LIEBMAN & NANCY REED Neighbors (Vectordisc)
30. KRIS BERG This Time/Last Year (Mama)
31. CARMEN INTORRE JR. For The Soul (Random Act Records)
32. MICHAEL BENEDICT & BOPITUDE Five and One (Planet Arts)
33. MICHAEL TRENI BIG BAND Boy's Night Out (Bell)
34. VERRONEAU Jazz Samba Project (Verroneau Music)
35. LENNY MARCUS TRIO Sun Ray | A Tribute to Ray Bryant (Lenny Marcus Music)
36. MIKE FREEMAN ZONAVIBE The Vibesman (VOF Recordings)
37. THE BILL HARRIS QUINTET Inside Out (Pensativa Music)
38. EYAL VILNER BIG BAND Introducing the Eyal Vilner Big Band (Gut String Records)
39. HAILEY NISWANGER The Keeper (Calmit Productions)
40. STEVE SMITH Live! One Great Night (BFM Music)
41. BUDMAN/LEVY ORCHESTRA From There To Here (OA2 Records)
42. MARK SHERMAN The L.A. Sessions (Miles High)
43. MATT GARRISON Blood Songs (D Clef) 
44. THE JENS WENDELBOE BIG BAND Fresh Heat (Self-Produced)
45. DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY Single Petal of a Rose (Renma)
46. VIRGINIA MAYHEW Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years (Renma)
47. JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Red Sparkle (Capri)
48. CURTIS STIGERS Let's Go Out Tonight (Concord)
49. ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ Sounds of Space (Mack Avenue)
50. CITIZEN RHYTHM Of The People, By The People, For The People (Strong Brew Music)