Uncle Stuey's American Top 40, January 28th

Here's what about 50 AAA and Jazz stations were playing this week. Usually if there is anything interesting at all, it shows up toward the bottom of the list. Those CDs, by the way, get about 50 spins a week nationwide. That's it. In contrast, the Kanye West/Taylor Swift/Beyonce/Britney Spears stuff gets tens of thousands of spins nationwide a week. Actually, it's best not to know these things or even dwell on them if you do know.

This week is unusual. Anat Cohen's fine CD shows up in the Top 10 as does Andrew Bird's new CD. There's also a bunch of new things showing up on the chart that I'll try to check out this week.

1 The Blue Note 7 Mosaic: A Celebration Of Blue Note Records The Blue Note Label 2009
2 Benny Golson New Time, New 'Tet Concord 2009
3 Anat Cohen Notes From The Village Anzic 2008
4 Steve Herberman Ideals Reach 2008
5 The Derek Trucks Band Already Free Sony / Victor 2009
5 Andrew Bird Noble Beast Fat Possum 2009
7 Gary Smulyan High Noon Reservoir 2008
8 James Moody & Hank Jones Our Delight IPO 2008
8 Hendrik Meurkens Samba To Go! Zoho 2009
10 David Byrne & Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Todomundo 2008
10 Eliane Elias Bossa Nova Stories Somethin' Else / Blue Note 2009
12 The Clayton Brothers Brother To Brother ArtistShare 2008
13 Natalie Cole Still Unforgettable DMI / Atco 2008
14 Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream Columbia 2009
15 The Miami Saxophone Quartet Fourtified Fourtitude 2008
15 Bill Henderson Beautiful Memory: Bill Henderson Live At The Vic Ahuh 2009
17 Ann Hampton Callaway At Last Telarc Jazz 2009
17 Claudio Roditi Brazilliance x4 Resonance 2008
17 A.C. Newman Get Guilty Matador 2009
20 Jane Monheit The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me Concord 2009
21 Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue Warner Bros. 2008
21 Oren Lavie The Opposite Side Of The Sea Quarter Past Wonderful / Adrenaline 2008
23 M. Ward Hold Time Merge 2009
23 Susan Tedeschi Back To The River VMG 2008
25 Alice Russell Pot Of Gold Six Degrees 2008
25 The BPA I Think We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat Southern Fried 2009
25 The Pretenders Break Up The Concrete Shangri-La 2008
25 Colleen McNabb Don't Go To Strangers Zucca 2009
29 Ray LaMontagne Gossip In The Grain RCA 2008
30 Todd Coolman Perfect Strangers Artist Share 2009
30 Lucinda Williams Little Honey Lost Highway 2008
32 The Bad Plus For All I Care Do The Math / Heads Up 2008
32 Roger Kellaway Live At The Jazz Standard IPO 2008
32 Generations Tough Guys Center For The Arts 2008
32 My Morning Jacket Evil Urges ATO 2008
36 Gene Bertoncini & Roni Ben-Hur Smile Motema 2008
36 John Stetch Tv Trio Brux 2008
36 Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar Columbia / Legacy / Sony BMG 2005
39 Joe Locke Force Of Four Origin 2008
39 Sonny Rollins Road Shows, Vol. 1 Doxy / Emarcy 2008
39 Taj Mahal Maestro Kan-Du / Heads Up 2008
39 The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet 1.7977E+308 Patois 2008
39 Tony DeSare Radio Show Telarc Jazz 2009
39 Joshua Redman Compass Nonesuch 2009
39 Neko Case Middle Cyclone Anti / Epitaph 2009