The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of May 1, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 3 | Til We Meet Again | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 2 | 4 | For the Record | Vinnie Riccitelli Octet | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 3 | 8 | Straight from the Soul | Hannah Baiardi | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Uncommon Measures | Lyle Workman | Blue Canoe | Fusion |
| ▼ | 5 | 2 | Tranquility | Les Sabler | New Vista | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 6 | 1 | With Every Turn | Roberto Restuccia | Trippin N Rhythm | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | Connections | Steve Hunt | Spice Rack | Fusion |
| ▲ | 8 | 12 | The Mulligan Chronicles | David Larsen | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 21 | I Told You So | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Colemine | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 10 | 6 | Breathe | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Blue Note | Classic Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Next | Dave Howard | Self-Release | Fusion |
| ▲ | 12 | 14 | Future Shock | Michael Whalen | Spout | Fusion |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | I'll Never Be the Same | Jack Brandfield | Gut String | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | Colors of Brazil | Kenney Polson | Rosetta | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 18 | Distance | Kenny Carr | Zoozazz | Fusion |
| ▲ | 16 | 22 | Ones Upon a Time | Paul Brown | Woodward Avenue | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 17 | - | Take Two | John DePaola Quartet | Phat Planet | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 18 | 20 | Tres Libre | Dan Moretti | Roots Grooves | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 19 | 31 | Caught in the Groove | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 20 | 7 | Symbiotic Souls | Luico Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 21 | 46 | Mystified | Professor Aucoin and the Jazz Scientists | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 11 | Invisible Time | Ghost Jazz Trio | Self-Release | Fusion |
| ▲ | 23 | - | That's Life | Willie Nelson | Sony | Jazz |
| ▼ | 24 | 17 | Artspoke the Best of (2007-2018) | Stuart Hamm | Guitar One | Fusion |
| *NEW* | 25 | - | Time of My Life | Dylan Nau | RocketSnake | Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | 44 | Imaginary Road | Reza Khan | Painted Music | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 52 | My Funny Valentine | Grace Haggerty | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| *NEW* | 28 | - | Cleveland Time | Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric | Cleveland Time | Jazz |
| ▲ | 29 | 35 | Con Moto | Bill DiCosimo and Edgar Pagán | Sub Cat | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 30 | 64 | Nascentia (Birth) | Steve Slagle | Panorama | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 24 | No Turning Back | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 32 | 39 | I Just Want to Be Horizontal | Samoa Wilson and the Jim Kweskin band | Kingswood | Ragtime |
| ▼ | 33 | 28 | Let's Ride | The Smooth Jazz Alley | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 19 | Baker's Circle | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 35 | 40 | Transmigration | Makram Aboul Hosn | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Dreamcatcher | Lee Ritenour | Mascot | Jazz |
| ▼ | 37 | 10 | Sentiment | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 38 | 26 | Lost in Centralia | Project Alcazar | Guitar One | Fusion |
| ▼ | 39 | 25 | Finger Painting | Nick Colionne | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 29 | Alta Vista | David Correa | Zocalo | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 41 | 97 | All in All | Dan Wilensky | Polyglot Music | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 42 | - | O Sole Mio! | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 43 | 74 | High Wire | Chris Nordman Trio | Self-Release | Classic Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 49 | Eau De Bonjourno | Bernice | Telephone Explosion | Fusion |
| ▼ | 45 | 32 | 3-Ree | Manuel Muzzu | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| *NEW* | 46 | - | Flor | Gretchen Parlato | Edition | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 30 | What Comes Next | Peter Bernstein | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 33 | 2020 Hindsight | Grant Ferguson | Guitar One | Fusion |
| ▲ | 49 | 51 | My Original Plan | Joanie Pallatto | Southport | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 50 | 53 | Crossover (feat. Nicky Orta & Abel Pabon) | Jorge Garcia | Self-Release | Jazz |
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