KAFM Music Blog

Tonight is Zombie Prom for KAFM! Come on out and dance with us! For our last week (and charting day) of October, here's how we stack up:

Jazz

Some movement, a new #1, and some debuts down the line:



1    JOANN FUNK AND JEFF BRUESKE    Jazz In The Lobby Bar    Self-Released
2    JOHN PIZZARELLI    Midnight McCartney    Concord
3    FRANK VIGNOLA AND VINNY RANIOLO    Swing Zing!    Self-Released
4    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS    Live In Cuba    Blue Engine
5    TERENCE BLANCHARD AND THE E COLLECTIVE    Breathless    Blue Note
6    LEE RITENOUR    A Twist Of Rit    Concord
7    BLACK VIOLIN    Stereotypes    Universal
8    BILL WARFIELD AND THE Quick read more or view full article HELL'S KITCHEN FUNK ORCHESTRA    Mercy, Mercy, Mercy    Blujazz
9    ARTURO SANDOVAL    Live At Yoshi's    ALFI
10    WESTERN STANDARD TIME    A Big Band Tribute To The Skatalites, Vol. 2    Vintage Vault

World

Some new names popping up! But, SoulJazz takes the cake again!



1    SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA    Resistance    Strut
2    TRIBECASTAN    Goddess Polka Dottess    Evergreene Music
3    BUCKMAN COE    Malama Ka 'Aina    Tonic
4    CEU    Live    Six Degrees
5    EMPRESARIOS    The Vibes    Self-Released
6    DABY TOURE    Amonafi    Cumbancha
7    BOOGAT    Neo-Reconquista    Maisonette
8    NATTALI RIZE AND NOTIS    New Era Frequency    One Rebel Creative
9    NATION BEAT    Carnival Caravan    Self-Released
10    SOUL SUGAR    All I Know [7-inch]   

College

A huge debut for Pure Bathing Culture's latest release, in at #5!



1    LUCERO    All A Man Should Do    ATO
2    ARCS    Yours, Dreamily    Nonesuch
3    WIDESPREAD PANIC    Street Dogs    
4    BLITZEN TRAPPER    All Across This Land    Vagrant
5    PURE BATHING CULTURE    Pray For Rain    Partisan
6    RYAN ADAMS    1989    Pax-Am-Blue Note
7    BEIRUT    No No No    4AD
8    FOALS    What Went Down    Warner
9    BEACH HOUSE    Thank Your Lucky Stars    Sub Pop
10    WAVVES    V    Ghostramp-WBR

Roots

Colorado Jam Band tops us off this week, debuting at #1 with their latest live release!



1    THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT    Rhythm of the Road, Volume 2
2    TOMMY KEENE    Laugh in the Dark
3    DON HENLEY    Cass County
4    NIKKI HILL    Heavy Hearts Hard Fists
5    SUGAR & THE HI LOWS    High Roller
6    COLIN LINDEN    Rich in love
7    KEVIN SELFE    Buy My Soul Back
8    KAREN LOVE    Ten Miles of Bad Road
9    HAPPY TRAUM    Just For the Love of It
10    CHRIS DANIELS & THE KINGS    Funky to the Bone

Happy Haunting!
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