The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Sep 12, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | All Rise | Gregory Porter | Decca | Jazz |
| - | 2 | 2 | I Just Want to Be Horizontal | Samoa Wilson with the Jim Kweskin Band | Kingswood | Ragtime |
| - | 3 | 3 | Human Revolution | Zen Zadravec | Marmite | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 4 | 24 | Florida Rays | Flying Horse Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| ▲ | 5 | 50 | Alive in Harlem | Steve Slagle Trio | Panorama | Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | 10 | The Story Behind the Story | David Boswell | My Quiet Moon | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 25 | Event Horizon | Event Horizon Jazz Quartet | Ehjq | Jazz |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | I Love to See You Smile | 3D Jazz Trio | Self-Release | Classic Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 16 | Fierce Heart | David Bach | Integrity Music | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 10 | 8 | More Than a Song | CeCe Gable | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 11 | 9 | You Must Believe in Spring | Sue Anne Gershenzon | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 12 | 4 | Pick Me Up off the Floor | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | Artspoke | Stu Hamm | Guitar One | Fusion |
| - | 14 | 14 | Electric Fantastic | The Moore-McColl Jazz Society | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 18 | The Tnek Jazz Quintet Plays the Music of Sam Jones | The Tnek Jazz Quintet | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 16 | 63 | Human Rites Trio | Jason Kao Hwang | True Sound | Jazz |
| - | 17 | 17 | Hard Jazz | Kenny Carr | Zoozazz | Fusion |
| ▼ | 18 | 15 | 2020 Hindsight | Grant Ferguson | Guitar One | Fusion |
| ▼ | 19 | 5 | Stuff I Heard | Troy Roberts | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 20 | - | Fool's Journey | Matt DeMerritt | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 21 | 19 | So in Love | Ashley Locheed & Chris Rottmayer | Timucua Arts Foundation | Crossover Jazz |
| - | 22 | 22 | Jazz is Dead 001 | Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazz is Dead | Crossover Jazz |
| - | 23 | 23 | Scarab | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 24 | 13 | Solid | Boney James | Concord | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 25 | 74 | Just Coolin' | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | Blue Note | Classic Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | 52 | I Fall in Love Too Easily | Larry Willis | Highnote | Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 29 | Valve Bone Woe (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble) | Chrissie Hynde | BMG | Jazz |
| ▼ | 28 | 26 | The Women Who Raised Me | Kandace Springs | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 29 | 31 | Nathan East | Nathan East | Yamaha | Jazz |
| ▼ | 30 | 21 | Warna | Joey Alexander | Verve | Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 11 | Valentine | Bill Frisell | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 20 | Be Water | Christian Sands | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | Clarity | Alexa Tarantino | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 30 | Every Little Thing Counts | Rebecca Coupe Franks | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 35 | 28 | Source | Nubya Garcia | Concord | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 36 | 60 | Blue Soul | Dave Stryker with Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big Band | Strikezone | Big Band |
| ▼ | 37 | 34 | Mabern Plays Mabern | Harold Mabern | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 38 | - | Mariposas Cantan | Jose Rizo’s Mongorama | Saungu | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | Midnight Blue | Kenny Burrell | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 40 | - | The Awakening | Christian Tamburr | Self-Eelease | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 41 | - | Day by Day | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| ▲ | 42 | 44 | Pure Imagination | Amber Weekes | Self-Release | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 43 | - | Dr. Michael White Live | Dr. Michael White | Basin Street | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 47 | Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition) | Miles Davis | Sony | Jazz |
| ▼ | 45 | 41 | Fire Wire | Larry Carlton | BMG | Jazz |
| ▼ | 46 | 42 | Wheelhouse | Greg Howe | Bad Racket | Fusion |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | Tomorrow's New Dream | Incognito | Bluey Music Limited | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 46 | Mo Jazzin | Johnny Britt | J-JAMS | Smooth Jazz |
| *NEW* | 49 | - | Freelance Subversives | Will Bernard | Ropeadope | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 50 | 43 | Classical Gas | Tommy Emmanuel | Sony | Jazz |
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