Top 50 Jazz Albums - 6 December 2015 [Source: JazzWeek]

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the past week!

The new number one album this week is Houston Person's Something Personal and the number two album is Scott Hamilton and Jeff Hamilton Trio Live In Bern.  Please enjoy listening to the song Soliluna by two of my favorite vocalists: Magos Herrera and Iraida Noriega.

1. HOUSTON PERSON Something Personal (HighNote)
2. SCOTT HAMILTON & JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live In Bern (Capri)
3. KENNY BURRELL The Road To Love (HighNote)
4. JOEY DeFRANCESCO Trip Mode (HighNote)
5. GERRY GIBBS and the THRASHER DREAM TRIO  Live In Studio (Whaling City Sounds)

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Top 50 Jazz Albums - 29 November 2015 [Source: JazzWeek]

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the past week!

The new number one album this week is Kenny Burrell's The Road to Love and the number two album is Joey DeFrancesco's Trip Mode. 

I've been listening to JazzFM.com a lot lately. One of the many musicians that has caught my attention is trumpeter and composer Matthew Halsall. He released a new album in October 2015 entitled Into Forever with the Gondwana Orchestra. Below is the video for the title track.  Josephine Oniyama is the featured vocalist ~ Enjoy!

1. KENNY BURRELL The Road To Love (HighNote)
2. JOEY DeFRANCESCO Trip Mode (HighNote)
3. GERRY GIBBS and the THRASHER DREAM TRIO  Live In Studio (Whaling City Sounds)
4. HOUSTON PERSON Something Personal (HighNote)
5. SCOTT HAMILTON & JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live In Bern (Capri)

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Top 50 Jazz Albums - 22 November 2015 [Source: JazzWeek]

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the past week!

 Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio (featuring Ron Carter and Kenny Barron)'s Live In Studio continues to hold on to the number one spot. Houston Person moves up to number two with Something Personal.

Check out the 80 minute video below of trumpeter, composer and producer Nils Petter Molvær live in Hamburg, Germany ~ Enjoy!

1. GERRY GIBBS and the THRASHER DREAM TRIO  Live In Studio (Whaling City Sounds)
2. HOUSTON PERSON Something Personal (HighNote)
3. SCOTT HAMILTON & JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live In Bern (Capri)
4. JOHN SCOFIELD Past Present (Impulse / Universal)
5. JOEY DeFRANCESCO Trip Mode (HighNote)

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Top 50 Jazz Albums - 15 November 2015 [Source: JazzWeek]

Here are the top 50 Jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations from the past week!

 Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio (featuring Ron Carter and Kenny Barron)'s Live In Studio and The Evolution of Oneself by Orrin Evans flipped places this week at the top of the chart. 

Check out the video below of The Robert Glasper Experiment, Pete Rock, and Stefon Harris doing a tribute to Roy Ayers in Paris, FR ~ Enjoy!

1. GERRY GIBBS and the THRASHER DREAM TRIO  Live In Studio (Whaling City Sounds)
2. ORRIN EVANS The Evolution Of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)
3. JOHN SCOFIELD Past Present (Impulse / Universal)
4. SCOTT HAMILTON & JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live In Bern (Capri)
5. CHRISTIAN McBRIDE TRIO Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)

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