Programming
TOP 100 PLAYS, 1985 - 2010
25th Anniversary Top 100 Albums
In commemoration of KUVO/KVJZ's 25th Silver Anniversary we have compiled the 100 most played CDs of our first 25 years, some of which began their airplay as LPs. For over 3 weeks in August we revealed the list day by day. here's the list in chronological order.
Jazz89KUVO/KVJZ’s 25th Anniversary Top 100 Albums: 1985-2010
* Denver or Colorado artist ^ Denver or Colorado label
Wynton Marsalis Black Codes (From The Underground) Columbia 1985
Michel Camilo Why Not? King (Japanese) 1985
Manhattan Transfer Vocalese Atlantic 1985
Arturo Sandoval Tumbaito Messidor 1986
Out Of The Blue O.T.B. Blue Note 1986
Phil Woods Gratitude Denon 1986
Bobby McFerrin Spontaneous Inventions Blue Note 1986
Benny Carter & American Jazz Orchestra Central City Sketches Music Masters 1987
Danny Gottleib Aquamarine Atlantic 1987
Tito Puente Sensación Concord 1987
Gene Harris All Star Big Band Tribute To Count Basie Concord 1 987
Jackie McLean Quintet Dynasty Triloka 1988
Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw The Eternal Triangle Blue Note 1988
Marcus Roberts The Truth Is Spoken Here Novus 1988
Hilton Ruiz El Camino (The Road) Novus 1988
Tom Harrell Sail Away Contemporary 1989
Charles Earland Third Degree Burn Milestone 1989
Ralph Peterson Triangular Blue Note 1989
Tommy Flanagan (Please Request Again) Jazz Poet Timeless 1990
Geri Allen The Nurturer Blue Note 1990
Don Pullen Random Thoughts Blue Note 1990
Randy Weston Spirits Of Our Ancestors Verve 1991
Joe Lovano From The Soul Blue Note 1991
*Dianne Reeves I Remember Blue Note 1991
Medeski, Martin & Wood Notes From The Underground Accurate 1992
Joe Henderson Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn Verve 1992
Gerry “Geru” Mulligan Re-Birth of the Cool GRP 1992
Cassandra Wilson Blue Light Til Dawn Blue Note 1993
Wynton Marsalis In This House, On This Morning Columbia 1993
John Scofield & Eddie Harris Hand Jive Blue Note 1993
Joe Henderson So Near, So Far: Musings for Miles Verve 1993
Eddie Palmieri Palmas Elektra 1994
GRP All Star Big Band All Blues GRP 1994
Toshiko Akiyoshi Desert Lady/Fantasy Columbia 1994
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra They Came To Swing Columbia 1994
Charlie Hunter Bing, Bing, Bing Blue Note 1995
Cassandra Wilson New Moon Daughter Blue Note 1995
Dee Dee Bridgewater Love & Peace: Tribute to Horace Silver Verve 1995
Gene Harris Quartet Brotherhood Concord 1995
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club Elektra 1996
Conrad Herwig The Latin Side of John Coltrane Astor Place 1996
Horace Silver The Hard Bop Grand Pop Impulse 1996
Herbie Hancock The New Standard Verve 1996
Diana Krall All For You: Nat King Cole Trio Tribute Impulse 1996
*Ron Miles Woman’s Day Gramavision 1997
Roy Hargrove Habana Verve 1997
Ed Palermo Big Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa Astor Place 1997
Patricia Barber Modern Cool Blue Note 1998
Bobby Shew Salsa Caliente MAMA Foundation 1998
Cedar Walton Roots Astor Place 1998
Dave Samuels Tjader-ized Verve 1998
Freddy Cole Love Makes The Changes Fantasy 1998
Michael Brecker Time Is Of the Essence Verve 1999
Regina Carter Rhythms Of The Heart Verve 1999
Terence Blanchard Jazz In Film Columbia 1999
Monty Alexander Stir It Up: The Music of Bob Marley Telarc 1999
Dale Bruning & Bill Frisell Reunion Jazz Link Enterprises 2000
Ray Brown Trio Some Of My Best Friends Are Trumpeters Telarc 2000
Dave Holland Quintet Prime Directive ECM 2000
Charlie Haden Nocturne Verve 2001
*René Marie Vertigo MaxJazz 2001
Calle 54 Original Sound Track Calle54/Blue Note 2001
*Tri-Ocity The Art of the Jazz Organ Synergy^ 2002
Dr. Michael White Jazz From The Soul Of New Orleans Basin Street 2002
The Great Jazz Trio Autumn Leaves Columbia 2002
Ray Barretto Homage to Art Blakey Sunnyside 2002
Wayne Shorter Alegria Verve 2003
Horace Silver Rockin’ With Rachmaninoff Bop City 2003
Marsalis Family A Jazz Celebration Marsalis/Rounder 2003
Kurt Elling Man In The Air Blue Note 2003
Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above HighNote Records 2004
Bobby Watson & Horizon Horizon Reassembled Palmetto 2004
McCoy Tyner Illuminations Telarc 2004
Terry Gibbs 52nd & Broadway: Songs Of The Bebop Era Mack Avenue 2004
*Ken Walker Sextet Terra Firma Synergy^ 2005
Bebo Valdés Bebo de Cuba Calle 54 Records 2005
Thelonious Monk Quartet w/John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall Blue Note 2005
Frank & Joe Show 66 2/3 32 Jazz 2005 (partially recorded at KUVO)
Sonny Rollins Sonny Please Doxy Records 2006
*Keith Oxman-Curtis Fuller Dues In Progress Capri Records^ 2006
Ray Charles & Count Basie Ray Sings, Basie Swings! Concord 2006
Paquito D’Rivera Funk Tango Sunnyside 2006
Jon-Erik Kellso Blue Roof Blues: Love Letter To New Orleans Arbors 2007
Terence Blanchard A Tale Of God’s Will: A Requiem For Katrina Angel Records 2007
Gerald Wilson Monterey Moods Mack Avenue 2007
David “Fathead” Newman Life HighNote 2007
Roy Hargrove Earfood Emarcy 2008
*Dianne Reeves When You Know Blue Note 2008
*Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody Palmetto 2008
Pat Metheny Day Trip Nonesuch 2008
Bill Cunliffe The Blues & The Abstract Truth:Take 2 Resonance Records 2008
Blue Note 7 Mosaic Blue Note 2009
Poncho Sánchez Psychedelic Blues Concord 2009
Benny Golson New Time, New ‘Tet Concord 2009
Roberta Gambarini So In Love Emarcy 2009
James Moody & Hank Jones Our Delight IPO Recordings 2009
Christian McBride & Inside Straight Kind of Brown Mack Avenue 2009
*Tia Fuller Decisive Steps Mack Avenue 2010
Ray Vega-Thomas Marriot East-West Trumpet Summit Origin Records 2010
Paquito Hechavarría Frankly Calle 54 Records 2010
NOTES: There are 9 artists on the list with 2 entries, Denver's own Dianne Reeves, Roy Hargrove, Gene Harris, Terence Blanchard, Cassandra Wilson, Wynton Marsalis, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson and Hank Jones as The Great Jazz Trio and James-Moody-Hank Jones. Joe Henderson is the only artist to make the doubles club with albums released in consecutive years. Blue Note Records leads the pack with 17 titles followed by Verve Records with 10.
