Jazz Hot 11 Countdown: August 6, 2012

WRTI's Jazz Hot 11 is a weekly countdown of your favorite new jazz releases in rotation.

This week's Hot 11:

1. Jens Wendelboe Big Band - Joy Spring - FRESH HEAT

2. Jonathan Blake - Rio's Dream - THE ELEVENTH HOUR

3. Tom Harrell - No. 5 - NUMBER 5

4. The Cyrus Chestnut Quartet - Indigo Blue - THE CYRUS CHESTNUT QUARTET

5. Budman/Levy Orchestra - Idle Time - FROM THERE TO HERE

6. The Cookers - Quest - BELIEVE

7. Branford Marsalis - The Mighty Sword - FOUR MF's PLAYING TUNES

8. Ralph Peterson - Impervious Gems - THE DUALITY PERSPECTIVE

9. Orrin Evans - Clean House - FLIP THE SCRIPT

10. Curtis Fuller - C Hip's Blues - DOWN HOME

11. Cassandra Wilson - Almost Twelve - ANOTHER COUNTRY