
Charts
WEFT Top 30 Chart for December 7, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on December 8th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
December 8, 2009- Mccoy Tyner — Solo: Live from San Francisco (Half Note)
- The Monterey Quartet — Live at The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records)
- Sonny Moorman Group — Live As Hell (Atlas Records)
- Zora Young — The French Connection (Delmark)
- Steve Morse Band — Out Standing in Their Field (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
- Maria Muldaur — Garden of Joy (Stony Plain)
- Dj Spooky — The Secret Song (Thirsty Ear)
- Sean Costello — Sean's Blues A Memorial Retrospective (Landslide Records)
- Vijay Iyer Trio — Historicity ( ACT)
- Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Joachim Badenhorst — Equilibrium ( Songlines)
- Francesco Cafiso — Angelica ( Cam Jazz)
- Mark Isham + Kate Ceberano — Bittersweet ( Earle-Tone Records)
- Laurent Wolf — Ritmo Dynamic (Armada)
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra — Detroit (Mack Avenue)
- Eoto — Fire the Lazers (Sci Fidelity)
- Ontologist — Arrow To The Sun (Canzona)
- Sharel — Relentless ( Jazz Legacy Productions)
- Johnny Rawls — Ace of Spades (Catfood Records)
- Arthur Adams — Stomp the Floor (Delta Groove)
- Various Artists — Waveform Transmissions Volume Two (Waveform)
- Various Artists — Ecko Sampler (Ecko)
- Ricky Sweum — Pulling Your Own Strings (Origin Records)
- Reverend Horton Heat — Laughin' & Cryin' (Yep Roc)
- Various Artists — Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt (TVZ/Fat Possum)
- Woody Guthrie — My Dusty Road (Rounder)
- Poncho Sanchez — Psychedelic Blues ( Concord Picante)
- Ramsey Lewis — Songs From The Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey ( Concord Jazz)
- Shane Fahey — The Slated Pines (Endgame)
- Rj Spangler's Blue Four — The Bill Heid Sessions (Eastlawn Records)
- Infusion — All Night Sun Light (Omnis)
WEFT Top 30 Chart for November 23, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on November 24th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
November 24, 2009- Zora Young — French Connection (Delmark)
- Coco Montoya — The Essential Coco Montoya (Blind Pig)
- Arthur Adams — Stomp The Floor (Delta Groove)
- Various Artists — Waveform Transmissions Vol. 2 (Waveform)
- Sean Costello — Sean's Blues: A Memorial Retrospective (Landslide)
- Maria Muldaur — Garden of Joy (Stony Plain)
- Johnny Rawls — Ace of Spades (Catfood Records)
- Joe Louis Walker — Between A Rock And The Blues (Stony Plain)
- Eoto — Fire The Lazers [EP] (SCI Fidelity)
- Allen Toussaint — The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
- Dj Spooky That Subliminal Kid — The Secret Song (Thirsty Ear)
- Monterey Quartet — Live at The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records)
- Freddy Cole — The Dreamer In Me: Live At Dizzy's Club (High Note)
- Doug Macdonald & The Jazz Coalition With Strings — Fourth Stream (BluJazz)
- Cyrus Chestnut — Spirit
- David Brinston — Dirty Woman (Ecko)
- Larry Gray — 1, 2, 3... (Chicago Sessions)
- Woodbrain — Swimming In Turpentine (Yellow Dog)
- Rick Estrin And The Nightcats — Twisted (Alligator)
- Chad Mccullough — Dark Wood, Dark Water (Origin)
- Syntaks — Ylajali (Ghostly International)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid — This Brings Us To (Pi)
- James Carter And John Medeski — Heaven On Earth (Half Note)
- Gerald Wilson — Detroit (Mack Avenue)
- Mccoy Tyner — Solo: Live From San Francisco (Half Note-McCoy Tyner Music)
- Dj/rupture And Matt Shadetek — Solar Life Raft (The Agriculture)
- Darwin Noguera's Evolution Quintet — The Gardener (Chicago Sessions)
- Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet — Bien Bien (Patois)
- Pantyraid — The Sauce (Marine Parade)
- Herb Alpert And Lani Hall — Anything Goes Live (Concord)
WEFT Top 30 Chart for November 16, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on November 17th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
November 17, 2009- Tinsley Ellis — Speak No Evil (Alligator)
- Darwin Noguera's Evolution Quintet — The Gardener (Chicago Sessions)
- Louis Sclavis — Lost On The Way (ECM)
- Allen Toussaint — The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
- Joe Louis Walker — Between A Rock And The Blues (Stony Plain)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid — This Brings Us To (Pi)
- Zvonimir Tot — Eloquent Silence (Chicago Sessions)
- Mccoy Tyner — Solo: Live From San Francisco (Half Note-McCoy Tyner Music)
- Darden Purcell — Easy Living (Armored)
- Heath Brothers — Endurance (Jazz Legacy)
- Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra — Flying Home (SEA BREEZE JAZZ)
- David Berkman — Live At Smoke (Challenge)
- Organissimo — Groovadelphia (Big O)
- James Carter And John Medeski — Heaven On Earth (Half Note)
- Gerald Wilson — Detroit (Mack Avenue)
- Roy Hargrove Big Band — Emergence (Groovin' High)
- Andrew 'jr. Boy' Jones — Gettin' Real (Electro-Fi)
- R&b Bombers — Bad Behavior (self-released)
- Marshall Vente Trio — Marshall Arts (Self-Released)
- Mike Zito — Pearl River (Eclecto Groove)
- Jeff Healey — Songs From The Road (RUF)
- Blackburn — Brotherhood (Make It Real Records)
- Tommy Castro — Hard Believer (Alligator)
- Willie Mcblind — Bad Thing (Freenote Music)
- Eric Hovey — Blues Farm
- Robin Trower — What Lies Beneath (V-12 Big Daddy)
- Joshua Breakstone Trio — No One New (Capri Records)
- Joe Martin — Not By Chance (Anzic )
- Waitiki 7 — Adventures in Paradise (Pass Out Records)
- Cyrus Chestnut — Spirit
WEFT Top 30 Chart for November 2, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on November 3rd, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
November 3, 2009- Roy Hargrove Big Band — Emergence (Groovin' High)
- Darden Purcell — Easy Living (Armored Records)
- Vitalic — FLASHMOB (Pias)
- Stefon Harris And Blackout — Urbanus (Concord-Concord Jazz)
- Fareed Haque And The Flat Earth Ensemble — Flat Planet (Owl Studios)
- Bob Albanese Trio With Ira Sullivan — One Way-Detour (Zoho)
- Roberta Gambarini — So In Love (Groovin' High)
- Andrew "jr. Boy" Jones — gettin real (Electro-Fi)
- Coco Montoya — The Essential Coco Montoya (Blind Pig)
- Count Basie Orchestra — Swinging, Singing, Playing (MackAvenue)
- Monterey Quartet — Live at The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records)
- New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra — Le Jazz Hot (Planet Arts)
- Louis Sclavis — Lost On The Way (ECM)
- Jeff Healey — Songs From The Road (RUF)
- Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson And Tad Britton — Apothecary (Origin)
- Ricky Sweum — Pulling Your Own Strings
- Avey Brothers Band — Devil In My Bed (Self Released)
- Allen Toussaint — The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
- John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble — Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside)
- Donny Mccaslin — Declaration (Sunnyside)
- Sunny Day Real Estate — LP2 (SUB POP)
- Spencer Day — Vagabond (Concord Jazz)
- Kenny And Leah — You And The Night And The Music (K & L)
- Melissa Walker — In The Middle Of It All (Sunnyside)
- Zoot Woman — Things Are What They Used To Be (ZWR)
- Ontologist — Arrow To The Sun (Canzona)
- David Brinston — Dirty Woman (Ecko)
- Corey Harris — Blu.black (Telarc)
- Robert Glasper — Double Booked (Blue Note)
- Jessica Williams — The Art Of The Piano (Origin)
WEFT Top 30 Chart for October 5, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on October 6th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
October 6, 2009- Cecilia Noël — A Gozár (Compass)
- Various Artists — The Rough Guide To Blues And Beyond (World Music Network)
- Kyle Asche Organ Trio — Blues For Mel (Tippin')
- John Mayall — Tough (Eagle)
- Mike Zito — Pearl River (Eclecto Groove)
- Andy Sheppard — Movements In Colour (ECM)
- Sista Monica Parker — Soul Blues And Ballads (Mo Muscle)
- Christian Mcbride — Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue)
- Brownout — Aguilas And Cobras (Six Degrees)
- Daby Balde — Le Marigot Club Dakar (Riverboat)
- Jeff Healey — Songs From The Road (RUF)
- Groundation — Here I Am (Young Tree)
- Corey Harris — blu.black (Telarc)
- Black Seeds — Solid Ground (Easy Star Records)
- Various Artists — The Rough Guide To Gypsy Revival (World Music Network)
- Sean Costello — Sean's Blues A Memorial Retrospective (Landslide Records)
- Baaba Maal — Television (Palm)
- Stefon Harris And Blackout — Urbanus (Concord-Concord Jazz)
- Shantel — Planet Paprika (Crammed)
- Mark Hummel — Mark Hummel's Chicago Blues Party
- Os Mutantes — Haih Or Amortecedor (Epitaph-Anti)
- Ronnie Earl And The Broadcasters — Living In The Light (Stony Plain)
- Robert Cray Band — This Time (Vanguard)
- Robert Glasper — Double Booked (Blue Note)
- Courtney Fortune — Speak Love (Origin)
- Slavic Soul Party! — Taketron (Barbes)
- Forro In The Dark — Light A Candle (Nat Geo)
- Various Artists — Putumayo Presents: España (Putumayo)
- Puerto Plata — Casita De Campo (Awesome)
- Dave Douglas And Brass Ecstasy — Spirit Moves (Greenleaf)
WEFT Top 30 Chart for September 14, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on September 15th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
September 15, 2009- Mark Hummel — Mark Hummel's Chicago Blues Party
- Les Triaboliques — rivermudtwilight (World Village)
- Shantel — Planet Paprika (Crammed Discs)
- Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain And Edgar Meyer — The Melody Of Rhythm (E1 Music)
- Various Artists — 3rd Annual Delta Groove Blues All-Star Revue Vol. 2 (Delta Groove)
- Zel — True (self-released)
- Christian Mcbride — Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue)
- 10 Ft. Ganja Plant — Bush Rock (ROIR-Reachout International)
- Kailash Kher — Yatra (Nomadic Souls) (Cumbancha)
- Sean Blackman — In Transit (COMPLEX)
- String Sisters — Live (Compass)
- Various Artists — Classic Protest Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Sarazino — Ya Foy! (Cumbancha)
- Pride Of New York — Pride Of New York (Compass)
- Chicago Afrobeat Project — Off The Grid (CAbP)
- Patricia Talem — Patricia Talem (NU GROOVE)
- Shahrzad Sepanlou — TO (self-released)
- Modern Sounds — Hold It Fellas / Stomp, Stomp (Ventrella)
- Jimmy Rushing — The Scene - Live In New York (Highnote)
- John Patitucci Trio — Remembrance (Concord Jazz)
- Matt Wilson Quartet — That's Gonna Leave A Mark (Palmetto)
- Dizzy Gillespie All-star Big Band — I'm BeBoppin' Too (Halfnote)
- Jimmy Rushing — The Scene (Highnote)
- Groundation — Here I Am (Young Tree)
- Los Alhema & Andres Fernandez Amador — Traditional Gypsy Flamenco (ARC)
- Various Artists — Six Degrees Of the Middle East (Six Degrees)
- Queen Ifrica — Montego Bay (VP Records)
- Wax Tailor — In The Mood For Life (Le Plan)
- Tinariwen — Imidiwan: Companions (World Village)
- Yasmin Levy — Mano Suave (self-released)
WEFT Top 30 Chart for September 7, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on September 8th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
September 8, 2009- Groundation — Here I Am (Young Tree)
- Jimmy Rushing — The Scene (Highnote)
- Lady Saw — Extra Raw: The Best of Lady Saw (VP Records)
- David Berkman — Live At Smoke (Challenge)
- Dizzy Gillespie All-star Big Band — I'm BeBoppin' Too (halfnote)
- Tommy Castro — Hard Believer (Alligator)
- Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters — Living in the Light (Stony Plain)
- Various Artists — Riddim Driven: Sweet (VP)
- Modern Sounds — Hold It Fellas / Stomp, Stomp (Ventrella)
- Nahini Doumbia & Les Espoirs Du Mali — percussion & songs from mali (ARC)
- Patricia Talem — Patricia Talem (NU GROOVE)
- Jean-pierre Simons — Sentimentally... To Africa
- Steve Kuhn Trio — Mostly Coltrane (ECM)
- Bobby Broom — Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin)
- Queen Ifrica — Montego Bay (VP)
- Various Artists — It Ain't Over: Delmark Celebrates 55 Years Of Blues (Delmark)
- Jeff Healey — Songs From The Road (RUF)
- Duke Robillard — Stomp! The Blues Tonight (Stony Plain)
- Mark Hummel — Mark Hummel's Chicago Blues Party
- Various Artists — 3rd Annual Delta Groove Blues All-Star Revue Vol. 2 (Delta Groove)
- Aerosol — Airborne (N5MD)
- Sarazino — Ya Foy! (Cumbancha)
- Daby Balde — Le Marigot Club Dakar (Riverboat)
- Os Mutantes — Haih Or Amortecedor (Epitaph-Anti)
- Kat Walker — Jazz Skat Gumbo (Self-Released)
- Charles Mingus — Mingus Ah Um (Legacy-Sony Legacy)
- 10 Ft. Ganja Plant — Bush Rock (ROIR-Reachout International)
- Claudia Acuna — En Este Momento (Marsalis Music)
- Johnnie Bassett — The Gentleman Is Back (Mack Avenue)
- Various Artists — DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH: CHICAGO BLUES HARMONICA PROJECT (Severn)
WEFT Top 30 Chart for September 7, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on September 8th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
September 8, 2009- Groundation — Here I Am (Young Tree)
- Jimmy Rushing — The Scene (Highnote)
- Lady Saw — Extra Raw: The Best of Lady Saw (VP Records)
- David Berkman — Live At Smoke (Challenge)
- Dizzy Gillespie All-star Big Band — I'm BeBoppin' Too (halfnote)
- Tommy Castro — Hard Believer (Alligator)
- Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters — Living in the Light (Stony Plain)
- Various Artists — Riddim Driven: Sweet (VP)
- Modern Sounds — Hold It Fellas / Stomp, Stomp (Ventrella)
- Nahini Doumbia & Les Espoirs Du Mali — percussion & songs from mali (ARC)
- Patricia Talem — Patricia Talem (NU GROOVE)
- Jean-pierre Simons — Sentimentally... To Africa
- Steve Kuhn Trio — Mostly Coltrane (ECM)
- Bobby Broom — Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin)
- Queen Ifrica — Montego Bay (VP)
- Various Artists — It Ain't Over: Delmark Celebrates 55 Years Of Blues (Delmark)
- Jeff Healey — Songs From The Road (RUF)
- Duke Robillard — Stomp! The Blues Tonight (Stony Plain)
- Mark Hummel — Mark Hummel's Chicago Blues Party
- Various Artists — 3rd Annual Delta Groove Blues All-Star Revue Vol. 2 (Delta Groove)
- Aerosol — Airborne (N5MD)
- Sarazino — Ya Foy! (Cumbancha)
- Daby Balde — Le Marigot Club Dakar (Riverboat)
- Os Mutantes — Haih Or Amortecedor (Epitaph-Anti)
- Kat Walker — Jazz Skat Gumbo (Self-Released)
- Charles Mingus — Mingus Ah Um (Legacy-Sony Legacy)
- 10 Ft. Ganja Plant — Bush Rock (ROIR-Reachout International)
- Claudia Acuna — En Este Momento (Marsalis Music)
- Johnnie Bassett — The Gentleman Is Back (Mack Avenue)
- Various Artists — DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH: CHICAGO BLUES HARMONICA PROJECT (Severn)
WEFT Top 30 Chart for August 24, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on August 25th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
August 25, 2009- Matt Wilson Quartet — That's Gonna Leave A Mark (Palmetto)
- Bobby Broom — Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin)
- The Loudhorns — One For Maynard (Loud Conversation Pieces)
- Dave Brubeck — Time Out (Sony Legacy-Columbia-Sony)
- Canadian Brass — Swing That Music: A Tribute To Louis Armstrong (Opening Day)
- Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings — Renegades (Delmark)
- Freddie Hubbard — Without A Song: Live In Europe 1969 (Blue Note)
- Patrick Rydman — I Will Do It (Footprint)
- Sarah Deleo — Im In Heaven Tonight (Sweet Sassy Music)
- Frank Sinatra — Live At The Meadowlands (Concord)
- Mark Alban Lotz And Lotz Of Music — Bite! (LOP LOP)
- Various Artists — Ze 30: Ze Records 1979-2009 (Strut)
- Various Artists — Public Enemies Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Decca Records)
- Miroslav Vitous Group W/ Michel Portal — Remembering Weather Report (ECM)
- Dizzy Gillespie All-star Big Band — Im BeBoppin Too (Half Note Records)
- Josh Berman Quintet — Old Idea (Delmark)
- Christian Mcbride — Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue)
- Steve Lehman Octet — Travail, Tansformation, And Flow (Pi)
- Kyle Asche Organ Trio — Blues For Mel (Tippin')
- John Mclaughlin And Chick Corea — Five Peace Band (Concord)
- Gaslamp Killer — My Troubled Mind (Brainfeeder/Alpha Pup)
- Whomadewho — The Plot (Gomma)
- Yppah — They Know What Ghost Know (Ninja Tune)
- Rival Consoles — Helvetica
- Marty Grosz And Hot Winds — The Classic Sessions (ARBORS JAZZ)
- Tigran Hamasyan Trio — Redhail
- Black Mold — Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz (Flemish Eye)
- Band Name Missing — Ninja Tune Singles Compilation July 2009 (Ninja Tune)
- Your Demise — Ignorance Never Dies (Earache)
- Behemoth — Evangelion (Metal Blade )
WEFT Top 30 Chart for August 10, 2009
Here is WEFT's weekly top-30 chart as reported to CMJ on August 11th, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the WEFT Charting Coordinator at charts@weft.org.
Charting week:
August 11, 2009- Bobby Broom — Plays For Monk (Origin Records)
- Charles Mingus — Mingus Ah Um (Legacy Edition) (Columbia - Legacy)
- Johnnie Bassett — The Gentleman Is Back (Sly Dog)
- Ana Popovic — Blind For Love (Electro Groove)
- Dizzy Gillespie All-star Big Band — I'm BeBoppin' Too (Half Note Records)
- Miles Davis — Sketches of Spain - Legacy Edition (Columbia - Legacy)
- Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo — The Eternal (Elecrofone)
- Frank Sinatra — Live at the Meadowlands (Concord)
- Vernon Ray Harrington — West Side Blues (Atomic H2 Records)
- Rick Derringer — Knighted by The Blues (Shrapnel Records)
- Various — Mississippi Blues (Mississippi)
- Irma Thomas — Simply Grand (Rounder)
- Various Artists — Ze Records 1979-2009 (Strut)
- Missy Anderson — Missy Anderson (Main Squeeze Records)
- Watermelon Slim — Escape From The Chicken Coop (Northern Blues)
- Claudia Acuña — En Este Momento (Marsalis Music)
- Thomas Marriott — Flexicon (Origin Records)
- Various — It Ain't Over: Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues (Delmark)
- Jake Lear — Lost Time Blues (SR)
- Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings — Renegades (Delmark)
- Christian Mcbride & Inside Straight — Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue)
- Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics — Inspiration Information (!K9 Records)
- Dave Brubeck Quartet — Time Out - Legacy Edition (Columbia - Legacy)
- Steve Lehman Octet — Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi Recordings)
- John Allred, Jeff Barnhart, Danny Coots — The ABC's of Jazz (Arbors Records)
- Freddie Hubbard — Without A Song: Live In Europe 1969 (Blue Note)
- Various Artists — The Very Best of Prestige Records (Prestige)
- The Gaslamp Killer — My Troubled Mind (Brainfeeder/Alpha Pup)
- Clark — Totems Flare (Warp)
- The Penelopes — Priceless Concrete Echoes (Le Plan)




