Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 16 July 2012 [JazzWeek]

Brian Bromberg - Bromberg Plays HendrixHere is JazzWeek.com's list of albums that received the most US/Canadian radio airplay for the week of 16 July 2012.  

Want to see the stats on how many radio stations played your favorite jazz artist or how much s/he moved up or down the chart from last week? Click here to check out the chart.

Bassist Brian Bromberg is hitting the market with two releases this week! To the left, you can see the cover artwork for Bromberg Plays Hendrix. He is also releasing In the Spirit of Jobim - a creatively compelling tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim. 

1. ARTURO SANDOVAL Dear Diz, Every Day I Think of You (Concord Jazz)
2. BRIAN BROMBERG Compared To That (Artistry Music)
3. ERIC REED The Baddest Monk (Savant)
4. PAT METHENY Unity Band (Nonesuch)
5. JOHN PIZZARELLI Double Exposure (Telarc)
6. BELA FLECK | MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO Across the Imaginary Divide (Rounder)
7. BILL EVANS TRIO Bill Evans Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate (Resonance)
8. RAVI COLTRANE Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
9. AL JARREAU AND THE METROPOLE ORKEST Live (Concord)
10. CURTIS FULLER Down Home (Capri)
11. JOE CHAMBERS Moving Pictures Orchestra Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Savant)
12. CORY WEEDS Up A Step (Cellar Live)
13. BOB MINTZER BIG BAND For The Moment (MCG)
14. BEEGIE ADAIR TRIO The Real Thing (Greenhill Productions)
15. TOM HARRELL Number Five (HighNote) 
16. STACEY KENT Dreamer in Concert (Blue Note)
17. AMINA FIGAROVA Twelve (In & Out)
18. THE COOKERS Believe (Motema)
19. SARA GAZAREK Blossom & Bee (Palmetto)
20. AHMAD JAMAL Blue Moon (Jazzbook | Jazz Village)
21. CARMEN INTORRE JR. For The Soul (Random Act Records)
22. HEDNRIK MEURKENS & GABRIEL ESPINOSA Celebrando (Zoho)
23. BRIA SKONBERG So Is The Day (Random Act Records)
24. MIKE STERN All Over The Place (Heads Up) 
25. BOBBY BROOM Upper West Side Story (Origin Records)
26. BRAZILIAN TRIO Constelacao (Motema)
27. TOWNER GALAHER Uptown! (Rhythm Royale Records) 
28. JAZZ SOUL SEVEN Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM Jazz) 
29. ANDREW SWIFT Swift Kick (D Clef)
30. MIKE FREEMAN ZONAVIBE The Vibesman (VOF Recordings)
31. CASSANDRA WILSON Another Country (E One)
32. JOE LOCKE | GEOFFREY KEEZER GROUP Signing (Motema)
33. MELODY GARDOT The Absence (Verve)
34. VIRGINIA MAYHEW Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years (Renma)
35. PEARL DJANGO Eleven (Modern Hot Records)
36. MICHAEL TRENI BIG BAND Boy's Night Out (Bell)
37. ESPERANZA SPALDING Radio Music Society (Heads Up)
38. MARY STALLINGS Don't Look Back (HighNote)
39. BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Ode (Nonesuch)
40. KRIS BERG This Time/Last Year (Mama)
41. STEVE KUHN, STEVE SWALLOW, JOEY BARON Wisteria (ECM Records)
42. DUKE ELLINGTON LEGACY Single Petal of a Rose (Renma)
43. VERRONEAU Jazz Samba Project (Verroneau Music)
44. JAY LAWRENCE QUARTET Sweet Lime (Jazz Note)
45. TONY MONACO Celebration Life Love Music (Chicken Coop | Summit)
46. JAZZ PUNKS Smashups (Foam At The Mouth) 
47. BRUCE FORMAN TRIO Formanism (B4Man)
48. PETER APPLEYARD Sophisticated Ladies (Linus Entertainment)
49. SUSIE ARIOLA FEAT. JORDAN OFFICER All The Way (JazzHeads)
50. MATT GARRISON Blood Songs (D Clef)