WRTI's Jazz Hot 11 is a weekly countdown of your favorite new jazz releases in rotation.
This week's Hot 11:
1. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra - Bridge Over Troubled Water - SHARKS AND MANATEES
2. Takuya Kuroda Sextet - Jafro - SIX ACES
3. Blake Meister - Market East - SEPTAGON
4. Kurt Rosenwinkle - Deja Vu - STAR OF JUPITER
5. Chrissie Loftus - April In Paris - YOUNG HEARTS
6. Rez Abassi - Off Minor - CONTINUOUS BEAT
7. The Clayton Brothers - Blues Gathering - THE GATHERING
8. South Florida Jazz Orchestra - Daahound - TRUMPET SUMMIT
9. Poncho Sanchez - Mambo Inn/On Green Dolphin Street - LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD
10. Pharez Whitted - If They Could Only See - FOR THE PEOPLE
11. Lee Smith - Front & Center - SITTIN' ON A SECRET
Jazz Hot 11 Countdown: January 7, 2013
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