Episode 121: Jazz Today, More From Jazz Radio

I’ve always loved charts. As a kid I’d wake up every Saturday morning and listen and write out CJCA Edmonton’s Top 93.

So I’m delighted to be exploring the current Jazz Charts—-even if it is for albums rather than singles. This is through Jazz Week….and they are, I believe, charts from U.S. radio stations.

But there is lots of international music on it. On this episode, I look at the top 40 playlists from Oct 12, 2020……focusing on #’s 21 to 32, as well as a Canadian artist who is high on the itunes (apple) charts.

The highlight, for me, is an International star: vibraphonist/classical percussionist Chien Chien Lu. I also play tracks by Theodross Avery, Joe Farnsworth, Diana Krall, Christian Sands, John Beasley, Michael Olatuja, Ray Mantilla, and The Spanish Harlem Orchestra.