The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 11, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | You're Driving Me Crazy | Van Morrison | Sony | Jazz |
| ▲ | 2 | 4 | Nu-Jive Perspective | Troy Roberts | Inner Circle | Jazz |
| ▲ | 3 | 6 | El Matador | Tribu | Mandala | Jazz |
| ▲ | 4 | 40 | Vanished Gardens | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 5 | 11 | With Respect | Peter Lin | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (feat. Wynton Marsalis) | Wynton Marsalis Septet | Blue Engine | Jazz |
| - | 7 | 7 | Eclipse | Joey Alexander | Motema | Jazz |
| ▲ | 8 | 87 | West Side Story Reimagined (feat. Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band) | Bobby Sanabria | Jazzheads | Jazz |
| - | 9 | 9 | New Standards | Darrian Ford | Self Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 10 | 12 | Songs in the Key of Wonder | James Austin Jr. | JCA | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 11 | - | Vital Signs 2 | Henley Douglas RnB | Soss | Jazz |
| ▲ | 12 | 17 | Dreams and Daggers | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▲ | 13 | 18 | Seymour Reads the Constitution! | Brad Mehldau | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| ▼ | 14 | 3 | Concentric Circles | The Kenny Barron Quintet | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 20 | A Humdrum Star | GoGo Penguin | Decca | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 16 | - | Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica | Antonio Adolfo | AAM Music | Big Band |
| ▼ | 17 | 2 | If Not Now, When? | Andrea Brachfeld | Jazzheads | Jazz |
| ▲ | 18 | 22 | Animazonia | Melbreeze | Blue Canoe | Jazz |
| ▲ | 19 | - | Both Directions at Once: the Lost Album | John Coltrane | Verve | Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 23 | Nick & Astro's Guide to the Galaxy | Potatohead People | Bastard Jazz | Jazz |
| ▼ | 21 | 10 | Reemergence | Jared Gold | Strikezone | Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 14 | Be Cool | Eddie Henderson | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| ▲ | 23 | - | Blued Dharma | Adrean Farrugia And Joel Frahm | GB | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | Connect the Dots | The Verve Jazz Ensemble | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 25 | 29 | Spangle-Lang Lane | Ryan Porter | Alpha Pup | Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | 38 | On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) | Todd Marcus | Stricker Street | Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 30 | Bijou Voyou Caillou | Florian Pellissier Quintet | Heavenly Sweetness | Jazz |
| ▲ | 28 | 35 | Jersey | Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet | Motema | Jazz |
| ▲ | 29 | 32 | Beasts of Burgundy | Squirrel Nut Zippers | Southern Broadcasting | Jazz |
| ▲ | 30 | 33 | Free As the Birds | Jay Phelps | Ropeadope LLC | Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 25 | In Your Dreams | Steven Kroon | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 13 | The Groove Hunter | McClenty Hunter, Jr. | Strikezone | Jazz |
| ▲ | 33 | 46 | Because I Loved | Deanne Matley | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 34 | 86 | McKinFolk: the New Beginning | Gayelynn McKinney | Detroit Music Factory | Jazz |
| ▲ | 35 | - | No One Ever Tells You | Amy Cervini | Anzic | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 36 | - | Coast to Coast | Jerry Vivino | Blujazz | Jazz |
| ▲ | 37 | 69 | Harmony of Difference | Kamasi Washington | Young Turks | Jazz |
| ▼ | 38 | 36 | A Thing Called Joe | Guilhem Flouzat Trio | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| ▲ | 39 | 43 | New Monk Trio | Laurent De Wilde | Gazebo | Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 28 | Never Stop II | The Bad Plus | Legbreaker | Jazz |
| ▼ | 41 | 37 | Come Fall | Ellen Doty | Alma | Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 34 | Color Theory | Josh Lawrence | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▼ | 43 | 31 | Love & Blues in the City | Jeff Cascaro | Herzog | Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 53 | Eternal Life: Jeff Buckley Songs and Sounds | Negative Press Project | Ridgeway | Jazz |
| ▲ | 45 | 55 | Before Dawn | Oddgeir Berg Trio | Ozella Music | Jazz |
| ▲ | 46 | 56 | Freedom Suite Ensuite | Clovis Nicolas | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| - | 47 | 47 | Pardes | Amos Hoffman & Noam Lemish | Self-Release | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | Got a Light? | Jeremy Ledbetter Trio | Alma | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 49 | - | The Journey | Chris Beck | AWMC | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 50 | - | So You Say | Greg Fishman | Self-Release | Jazz |
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