April 1: Jason Marsalis is No. 1

The new No. 1 this week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Jason Marsalis In A World Of Mallets (Basin Street). The highest debut and biggest gainer is Giacomo Gates Miles Tones: Sings The Music Of Miles Davis (Savant); it’s tied for most added (+16) with Gerald Clayton Life Forum (Concord). Most reported (47 stations) is Harvie S with Kenny Barron Witchcraft (HighNote).

Jazz radio to play key role in JazzApril campaign

Jazz broadcasters will have a key role in JazzApril, a campaign to put jazz in the media spotlight during the month of April. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has designated April as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). The month will end on April 30 with  International Jazz Day celebrations around the world, including a … Read more

March 25: Harvie S tops chart

There’s a new No. 1 again this week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart: Harvie S with Kenny Barron Witchcraft (HighNote). Most added (+20) and the biggest gainer (+58) is Eric Alexander Touching (HighNote). The week’s highest debut (No. 36) is Robert Hurst Bob A Palindrome (Be Bob Records) and the most reported CD (45 stations) at No. 2 is Terri Lyne Carrington … Read more

March 18: Carrington is No. 1

There’s a new No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart: Terri Lyne Carrington Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue (Concord). The most added CD (+22), biggest gainer (+134 spins) and highest debut (No. 18) is Aaron Diehl The Bespoke Man’s Narrative (Mack Avenue). Still the most reported CD (51 stations) and at No. 2 is Jackie Ryan Listen Here (OpenArt).

March 11: Four weeks for Jackie Ryan

It’s four weeks at No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart for Jackie Ryan Listen Here (OpenArt). It’s again the most-reported CD of the week (55 stations.) The highest debut (No. 38) and biggest gainer (+73) is Monty Alexander Uplift 2 (Jazz Legacy Productions). It’s also tied for most added (+19) with New York Voices Live (Palmetto) and John Stein Bing Bang Boom! (Whaling … Read more