The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2023

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1Cool ShadesNilsBaja
2DestinyBrendan RothwellSelf-Release
3Prime (feat. Jared Gold & McClenty Hunter Jr.)Dave StrykerStrikezone
4Promised LandPaul BrownShanachie
5Ones Upon a TimePaul BrownWoodward Avenue
6Songs from the DeepEric EssixEssential
7Soul Searchin'Larry CarltonShanachie Ent
8Parallel MotionYellowjacketsMack Avenue
9JAMBDave Erickson ProjectSelf-Release
10Finger PaintingNick ColionneTrippin N Rhythm
11NU-JIVE: Nations UnitedTroy RobertsSelf-Release
12Burning Room OnlyRon BosseDeep Cat
13Alright!Roger LewisIrresistible
14New BeginningsJason MarshallCellar
15StrideEric EssixSelf-Release
16SuperBlue (feat. Charlie Hunter)Kurt EllingEdition
17UmojaNicola ConteFar Out
18Tiger TailEvan DrybreadSelf-Release
19Guilty PleasuresKurt EllingEdition
20Finding LightJeff Denson, Romain Pilon and Brian BladeRidgeway
21Risin' UpAdam HawleyMBF Ent.
22Uptown in OrbitEmmet CohenMack Avenue
23Grateful Deadication 2Dave McMurrayBlue Note
24SmileTawandaResonance
25LiveTowner Galaher Organ TrioRhythm Royale
26It Was TimeMark OrtweinTerra Voce
27Send for MeCatherine RussellDot Time
28Live at Smalls Jazz ClubJesse DavisCellar Live
29BridgesAna NelsonSelf-Release
30Step DownThe Sure Fire Soul EnsembleMERLIN
31BowmanvilleBowmanvilleStoneagle
32Just Like ThatNick ColionneTrippin N Rhythm
33The Bad PlusThe Bad PlusEdition
34My Original PlanJoanie PallattoSouthport
35SomedayMarc Copland QuartetInnervoice Jazz
36CompassionDon Paul and Hamid DrakeSelf-Release
37Relentless PursuitTony AddisonOdradek
38The 1st GospelMthunzi MvubuRopeadope
39'Round Midnight (Re-Imagined)Amber WeekesAmber Inn Productions
40Secrets of InannaConnie HanMack Avenue
41Art of ProtestSonic Portraits Jazz Various ArtistsSonic Portraits Jazz
42Two of SwordsMiró Henry SobrerPatois
43PhoenixLakecia BenjaminWhirlwind
44Fault LinesDana FitzsimonsSelf-Release
45Jean Fineberg & JazzphoriaJean FinebergPivitol
46Accidental MelodyJoanie PallattoSouthport
47Nascentia (Birth)Steve SlaglePanorama
48Ballads: into the Heart of ItSteve SlaglePanorama
49Love over WarDon Paul and Rivers Answer MoonsIrresistable/Revolutionary
50View with a RoomJulian LageBlue Note
51Butcher Block BalletJeremy Manasia TrioBlujazz
52May WaltzThe Todd Herbert QuartetSelf-Release
53Ascent to the BluesAlex SipiaginPosi-Tone
54I Can See the Other SideBall State University Jazz EnsembleSelf-Release
55Two Continents One Groove (Live)T.S. MonkStoryville
56RebootRonnie FosterBlue Note
57I Told You SoDelvon Lamarr Organ TrioColemine
58Blue TrainSusie Blue and the Lonesome FellasSeraphic
59What It Means to Be HumanJasper HoibyEdition
60Soul ConnectionBrian SimpsonShanachie
61CountermelodyEvan ArntzenDot Time
62GiftsAaron Stroessner QuartetSelf-Release
63UnstoppableAdam HawleyMBF Ent.
64Fool's JourneyMatt DeMerrittSelf-Release
65Afrika LoveAlchemy Sound ProjectArtists Recording Collective
66Kinfolk 2: See the BirdsNate SmithEdition
67Cold As WeissDelvon Lamarr Organ TrioColemine
68The Weather is Here, Wish You Were BeautifulThe Jeff Benedict Big Big BandGroovy Panda
69RestlessJackson PotterWise Cat
70Next ChapterMichael RabinowitzBlue Ridge Bassoon
 

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