The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Dec 4, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 12 | A Gift to Pops | The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars | Verve | Jazz |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | Houston Person Live in Paris | Houston Person | HighNote | Jazz |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | More Music | Joey DeFrancesco | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▲ | 4 | 6 | The Joy of Playing | Benjamin Schnake Ensemble | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 5 | 41 | Solo Live | Edward Simon | Ridgeway | Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Mirror Mirror | Eliane Elias | Candid | Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 20 | Sing a Song of Bird | Roseanna Vitro | Skyline | Jazz |
| ▲ | 8 | - | Preaching to the Choir | Vincent Herring | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | - | Moments Inside | Ben Allison | Sonic Camera | Jazz |
| ▲ | 10 | 14 | Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women | Melanie Charles | Verve | Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 51 | Grateful Deadication | Dave McMurray | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▼ | 12 | 1 | City of Sounds | Joe Farnsworth | Smoke Sessions | Classic Jazz |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | Sky Blossom: Songs from My Tour of Duty | Alexis Cole | Zoho Music | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 14 | 9 | What I Meant to Say | Steve Million | Origin | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 26 | Restless | Jackson Potter | Wise Cat | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | Art of Protest | Sonic Portraits Jazz Various Artists | Sonic Portraits Jazz | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 17 | 24 | Michael Stephenson Meets Alexander Claffy with His Trio | Michael Stephenson & Alexander Claffy | Celler Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 18 | - | Crisis | Louis Hayes | Savant | Classic Jazz |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | Kinds of Love | Renee Rosnes | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 23 | Color in Motion | Jenny Klukken | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 21 | 15 | Jobim Forever | Antonio Adolfo | AAM | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 22 | 55 | Don't Stop the Carnival | Mercer Hassy Orchestra | MHO | Jazz |
| ▼ | 23 | 2 | Bassic Instinct | David Finck | Burton Avenue | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | Deviate from Standards | David Larsen | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 25 | 61 | Distant Voices | David Janeway | SteepleChase | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | 49 | You Must Believe in Spring | Josie Falbo | Southport | Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 37 | Beautiful Things | Kenny Shanker | Wise Cat | Jazz |
| ▼ | 28 | 27 | Look Up! | Band of Other Brothers | Ear Up | Jazz |
| ▼ | 29 | 22 | Smoke Sessions | Nicholas Payton | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| ▲ | 30 | 95 | Plays the Music of Buddy Montgomery | Isaiah J. Thompson | Wj3 | Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 29 | Love is for All Time | Lorraina Marro | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 13 | Sounds from the Ancestors | Kenny Garrett | mack Avenue | Classic Jazz |
| *NEW* | 33 | - | The Reset | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | Music Of Content | Big Band |
| ▲ | 34 | 53 | Open Sky | Art Hirahara | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▼ | 35 | 8 | It's All Your Fault | Mike LeDonne | Savant | Jazz |
| ▲ | 36 | 52 | Leimert Park After Dark | Bobby West | Soulville Sound | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 37 | 21 | Quartet + (with Harlem Quartet) | Helen Sung | Sunnyside | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 38 | 60 | Look Out! | The Cookers | Gearbox Jazz | Hard Bop |
| ▼ | 39 | 36 | New Love | Charnett Moffett | Motema | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 40 | - | Tributo a Juan Formell & Los Van Van | Dayramir Gonzalez | UNICORNIO | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 41 | - | Take Two | John DePaola Quartet | Phat Planet | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 39 | All About Love | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 43 | 66 | This Bitter Earth | Veronica Swift | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 71 | Keep Steppin Down | Brennen Schedler Quartet | Ruthanne | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 45 | 72 | Sharkskin | Acme Jazz Garage | Solar Grooves | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 46 | - | Hiding in Plain Sight | Dino Govoni | Whaling City Sound | Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | Time Traveler | Nnenna Freelon | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 48 | - | Take Me out to the Ball Game | Tom Kubis Big Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 49 | 48 | The Time We Have (Meld 1) | Don Paul | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 50 | - | Thank You Mr. Mabern | Leon Lee Dorsey | Jazz Avenue 1 | Jazz |
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