After an amazing week in the CMJ festival in NY it was time to come back to the redwoods of paradise. So many new artists, people, and things to do, CMJ is not an event to miss to discover new artists. Here are the week’s jazz charts, thanks to all the jazz DJ’s who help make this possible.
Top 10 Charts
1 LIONEL LOUEKE Karibu Blue Note
2 JOSH NELSON Discoveries Steel Bird
3 UPTOWN VOCAL JAZZ QUARTET Hustlin’ For A Gig Virginia Carr
4 GRANT GEISSMAN Bop! Bang! Boom! Futurism
5 KAT PARRA Las Aventuras De Pasion! JazzMa
6 VICTOR WOOTEN Sword And Stone Compass-Vix
7 JOY MOVER Joy Mover joy mover
8 MARC JOHNSON AND ELIANE ELIAS Swept Away ECM
9 AMIKAEYLA Being In Love RootsJazz
10 AKIKO TSURUGA Sakura American Showplace
Adds
Gonzalo Beraga Quartet Simplicated Self Released/Kuumbwa Jazz
Acoustic Alchemy Roseland Concord/Kuumbwa Jazz
Etienne Charles Quintet Kaiso Culture Shock/Kuumbwa Jazz
Jason Robinson Tiresian Symmetry Cuniform Records
Living By Lanterns New Myth/Old Science Cuniform Records
Craig Chaquico Fire Red Moon Blind Pig Records
Deanna Bogart Pianoland Blind Pig Records
Christian Scott Christian Atunde Adjuah Concord
David Bixler The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head Jazz Dog
Pharez Whitted For the People Origin Records
Della By Moonlight Nichol and Farquharson Kari-On
Louis Durra Rocket Science Kari-On
Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet Hustil’ for a Gig Kate Smith
The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band Ritmo! Groov Mktg
Tara Linda Torch and Sass Lisa Reedy
Todd Marcus Inheritance Mitchell Feldman Associates
Jeff Holmes Of One’s Own Jeff Holmes Music