June 17: 5th Week at No. 1 for McBride

No. 1 for a fifth straight week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Christian McBride & Inside Straight People Music (Mack Avenue). It’s also the week’s most reported CD (48 stations). Most added (+20) are Freddy Cole This and That (HighNote) and Jerry Bergonzi By Any Other Name (Savant). The biggest gainer (+89) is George Benson Inspiration: A Tribute To Nat King Cole (Concord) … Read more

June 10: Four weeks at No. 1 for McBride

No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart now for a fourth consecutive week is Christian McBride & Inside Straight People Music (Mack Avenue). Most added (+24) and the week’s biggest gainer (+108) is George Benson Inspiration: A Tribute To Nat King Cole  (Concord). The week’s highest debut (No. 26) is Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack Dejohnette Somewhere (ECM) and the … Read more

June 3: Three-peat for McBride

No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart for a third consecutive week is Christian McBride & Inside Straight People Music (Mack Avenue); the CD is also the most reported (55 stations). Most added (+15) is Terence Blanchard Magnetic (Blue Note) and the biggest gainer (+77) and highest debut (No. 18) is Bob James & David Sanborn Quartette Humaine (OKeh).

May 27: McBride repeats at No. 1

No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart for a second week is Christian McBride & Inside Straight People Music (Mack Avenue); the CD is also the most reported (54 stations). Most added (+23), biggest gainer (+77) and highest debut (No. 36) is Wallace Roney Understanding (HighNote).

May 20: McBride is new No. 1

There’s a new No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart: Christian McBride & Inside Straight People Music (Mack Avenue); the CD is also the most reported (51 stations) and the biggest gainer (+93). Most added (+16) is JD Allen Grace (Savant) and the highest debut (No. 22)  is Joe Locke Lay Down My Heart (Motema).

May 13: Four weeks on top for Gates

No. 1 for a fourth week in a row on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Giacomo Gates Miles Tones: Sings The Music Of Miles Davis (Savant); the CD is again also the most reported (51 stations). Most added (+19) is Joshua Redman Walking Shadows (Nonesuch). The week’s top debut (No. 18) and biggest gainer (+57 ) is Cécile McLorin Salvant Womanchild (Mack Avenue).

May 6: Three-peat for Giacomo

No. 1 for a third straight week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Giacomo Gates Miles Tones: Sings The Music Of Miles Davis (Savant); the CD is again also the most reported (49 stations). Tied for most added (+18) with Don Braden / Julie Michels Project Come Together (JH Productions) and the biggest gainer (+98) is Christian McBride & Inside Straight People … Read more

April 29: Giacomo Gates stays No. 1

No. 1 for a second week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Giacomo Gates Miles Tones: Sings The Music Of Miles Davis (Savant); the CD is again also the most reported (53 stations). Most added (+23) and the biggest gainer (+82) is Christian McBride & Inside Straight People Music (Mack Avenue). The highest debut of the week (No. 30) is Tommy Flanagan … Read more

April 22: Giacomo Gates is No. 1

No. 1 this week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Giacomo Gates Miles Tones: Sings The Music Of Miles Davis (Savant); the CD is also the most reported (50 stations). Most added (+17) is Charnett Moffett The Bridge (Motema) and the biggest gainer (+71) is Phil Woods Right to Swing (Jazzed Media). The week’s highest debut (No. 26) is Barbara Morrison A … Read more

Jazz radio a key part of JazzApril

Jazz broadcasters around the U.S., Canada, and around the world are poised to be a key part of JazzApril, a project of the Jazz Journalists Association. The JazzApril campaign aims to provide media support by networking media outlets to tell their audiences about Jazz Appreciation Month and International Jazz Day as well as many local jazz … Read more