The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 17, 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 and the Jim Kweskin band | Kingswood | Ragtime |
| - | 3 | 3 | Florida Rays | Flying Horse Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Crossover (feat. Nicky Orta & Abel Pabon) | Jorge Garcia | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 5 | 8 | The Story Behind the Story | David Boswell | My Quiet Moon | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 6 | 4 | Human Revolution | Zen Zadravec | Marmite | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | So in Love | Chris Rottmayer & Ashley Locheed | Timucua Arts Foundation | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 8 | 6 | More Than a Song | CeCe Gable | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 47 | #KingButch | Butcher Brown | Concord | Crossover Jazz |
| - | 10 | 10 | You Must Believe in Spring | Sue Anne Gershenzon | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 11 | 7 | Electric Fantastic | The Moore-McColl Jazz Society | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Lost in Centralia | Project Alcazar | Guitar One | Fusion |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | Fierce Heart | David Bach | Integrity Music | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 14 | 14 | Artspoke the Best of (2007-2018) | Stuart Hamm | Guitar One | Fusion |
| ▲ | 15 | 62 | Battle Cry | Virginia Schenck | Airborne Ecstasy | Jazz |
| ▲ | 16 | 19 | 2020 Hindsight | Grant Ferguson | Guitar One | Fusion |
| ▼ | 17 | 15 | I Love to See You Smile | 3D Jazz Trio | Self-Release | Classic Jazz |
| ▼ | 18 | 16 | Hard Jazz | Kenny Carr | Zoozazz | Fusion |
| ▼ | 19 | 17 | Fool's Journey | Matt DeMerritt | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 35 | Event Horizon | Event Horizon Jazz Quartet | Ehjq | Jazz |
| ▼ | 21 | 11 | This Dream of You | Diana Krall | Verve | Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | Pick Me Up off the Floor | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | Scarab | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan | Crossover Jazz |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | Live in California | Dan Costa | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 25 | 22 | Valve Bone Woe (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble) | Chrissie Hynde | BMG | Jazz |
| ▼ | 26 | 23 | You Must Believe in Spring | Josie Falbo | Southport | Jazz |
| ▼ | 27 | 24 | Nathan East | Nathan East | Yamaha | Jazz |
| ▲ | 28 | 46 | Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition) | Miles Davis | Sony | Jazz |
| ▲ | 29 | 34 | Be Water | Christian Sands | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▲ | 30 | 36 | Te Lo Dije | Harold López-Nussa | Mack Avenue | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 25 | Acceptance | Billy Childs | Mack Avenue | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▲ | 32 | 39 | Artemis | Artemis | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 29 | Midnight Blue | Kenny Burrell | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 30 | Stuff I Heard | Troy Roberts | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 35 | 18 | Source | Nubya Garcia | Concord | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 36 | 40 | Fire Wire | Larry Carlton | BMG | Jazz |
| ▲ | 37 | 41 | Straight Up Guitar | Jurgen Burdorf | Self-Release | Jazz |
| - | 38 | 38 | Freelance Subversives | Will Bernard | Ropeadope | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 39 | 32 | Keep on Running | Robben Ford | Concord | Jazz |
| ▲ | 40 | 42 | Duets | Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▲ | 41 | - | Hardcastle 9 | Paul Hardcastle | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 33 | Wheelhouse | Greg Howe | Bad Racket | Fusion |
| ▼ | 43 | 31 | Classical Gas | Tommy Emmanuel | Sony | Jazz |
| ▼ | 44 | 27 | Valentine | Bill Frisell | Blue Note | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 45 | - | John 20:20 | Reid Jamieson | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 46 | 43 | Jazz is Dead 001 | Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazz is Dead | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 44 | Stepping out | James Saxsmo Gates | 804Jazz | Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 45 | For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver | Christian McBride | Mack Avenue | Big Band |
| ▼ | 49 | 48 | On the One | Capital 6 | Self-Release | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| ▲ | 50 | - | 6 | Oli Silk | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
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