The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Mar 17, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 22 | Motion | The Hughes Smith Quintet | Self-Release | Hard Bop |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | The Diva Jazz Orchestra 25th Anniversary Project | The DIVA Jazz Orchestra | ArtistShare | Jazz |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Closer to Home | Robert Kennedy | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Live in Europe | Melody Gardot | Decca | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Modern Lore | Julian Lage | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | - | All in My Mind | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Blue Note | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 7 | - | A Humdrum Star | GoGo Penguin | Decca | Jazz |
| ▲ | 8 | 11 | Spiritual Impressions | James Weidman | Inner Circle | Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | The Brave | Acute Inflections | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 10 | 4 | Melody Reimagined: Book 1 | Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet | Unknown | Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 35 | Duke Robillard and His Dames of Rhythm | Duke Robillard | M.C. | Jazz |
| ▼ | 12 | 9 | Our Point of View | Blue Note All-Stars | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▼ | 13 | 5 | Tribute to Bobby | Steve Hobbs | Challenge | Jazz |
| ▼ | 14 | 12 | Smilessence | The Reggie Pittman & Loren Daniels Quartet | Ivory Hornz | Jazz |
| ▼ | 15 | 8 | Never Stop II | The Bad Plus | Legbreaker | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 16 | - | The Fantasy Vocal Sessions, Vol. 1 | David K. Mathews | Effendi | Jazz |
| ▲ | 17 | 18 | Out on the Town | The Idiomatiques | Self-Release | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 18 | - | Songs from the Swinghouse | The Lao Tizer Band | Yse | Jazz |
| ▼ | 19 | 7 | This City | The Heavyweights Brass Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 20 | 15 | What Now | Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band | Geometric | Fusion |
| *NEW* | 21 | - | Swing It Out! | Professor Cunningham And His Old School | ARBORS | Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 14 | Harmony of Difference | Kamasi Washington | Young Turks | Jazz |
| ▼ | 23 | 21 | Jersey | Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet | Motema | Jazz |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | All These Hands | Michael Dease | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▲ | 25 | 67 | Color Theory | Josh Lawrence | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▼ | 26 | 20 | ABUC | Roberto Fonseca | impulse! | Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 85 | Let's Groove: the Music of Earth Wind & Fire | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| ▼ | 28 | 17 | Laila Biali | Laila Biali | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 29 | 31 | The Great Nostalgist | Danny Fox Trio | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 30 | 95 | Straight Forward | New Faces | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 24 | When You're Smiling | Sundae + Mr. Goessl | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 26 | Elements | Pat Battstone | Leo | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 19 | Dreams and Daggers | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 34 | - | Safety Fifth | Mucca Pazza | Electric Cowbell | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 35 | - | Heritage, the American Roots Project | Owen Broder | ArtistShare | Jazz |
| ▼ | 36 | 32 | Mi Mundo | Brenda Navarrete | Alma | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 37 | - | Reaching out | Michael Dease | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 38 | - | The Bat Swings! | Flying Horse Big Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 39 | - | Dreams | Sinne Eeg | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 39 | Historical Misappropriation | Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 41 | 34 | Vortex | Wayne Escoffery | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 36 | See the Light | Calle Mambo Project | Self-Release | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 43 | - | Journey to Knowhere | Bob Washut Dodectet | Artist Alliance | Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 62 | Bethany Project | Ilios Steryannis | Ilios Steryannis | Jazz |
| ▼ | 45 | 30 | The Little Dream | Alfredo Rodríguez | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 46 | - | Don't Look Down | Ken Fowser | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 47 | - | The Subject Tonight is Love | Kate McGarry | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 48 | 51 | Ella: Accentuate the Positive | Regina Carter | Okeh | Jazz |
| ▲ | 49 | 66 | Turn Up the Quiet | Diana Krall | Verve | Jazz |
| ▼ | 50 | 16 | Marseille | Ahmad Jamal | Jazz Village | Jazz |
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