The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Jan 4, 2025
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Beethoven Blues | Jon Batiste | Verve | Jazz |
| - | 2 | 2 | The 1968 Tapes | Jazz Sabbath | Blacklake | Jazz |
| ▲ | 3 | 8 | My Universe | Maria Puga Lareo | My Keter | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Zebra Stories | Steve Allee | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 5 | 5 | Crescent City Jewels | Delfeayo Marsalis | Self-Release | Jazz |
| - | 6 | 6 | Miles in France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: the Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 | Miles Davis | Sony | Jazz |
| - | 7 | 7 | Time Takes Odd Turns | Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 8 | - | Portrait | Samara Joy | Verve | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 9 | 9 | Gotham | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan | Crossover Jazz |
| - | 10 | 10 | History of the Vibraphone | Warren Wolf | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| - | 11 | 11 | Walk a Mile in My Shoe | Orrin Evans | Imani | Big Band |
| - | 12 | 12 | Owl Dreams | Dharma Down | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| - | 13 | 13 | With Eyes Closed | Matt Panayides Trio | Pacific Coast Jazz | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 14 | 14 | Mystical | Reza Khan | Painted Media | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 15 | 15 | It Gets Better (feat. Peter Washington & Joe Farnsworth) | Jeff Rupert | Rupe Media | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▲ | 16 | 96 | Tomorrowsville | Randy Hoexter | Blue Canoe | Modern Jazz |
| - | 17 | 17 | A Little Taste: a Tribute to Dave Frishberg | Rebecca Kilgore | Cherry Pie | Mainstream Jazz |
| - | 18 | 18 | Let's Walk | Madeleine Peyroux | Just One | Swing |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | Ese Momento | Daniel Pardo | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Looper Colony II | Sam Riney, Barry Coates and Jerry Kalaf | Outside In | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | Calliope | Paul Hanson and Raze the Maze | Manzanita Ranch | Fusion |
| ▲ | 22 | 23 | But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? | Christian McBride | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | Treasures of the Heart | Jacqui Naylor | Ruby Star | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | Swingin' Uptown | Eyal Vilner Big Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | The Romance Continues | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | 27 | Grab Bag: 2007-2023 | The Greyboy Allstars | Royal Potato Family | Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 28 | Love and Rhythm | Blake Aaron | Innervision | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 28 | 29 | Some Poor Soul Has a Fire | Stan Harrison | Adhyâropa | Modern Jazz |
| *NEW* | 29 | - | Tribute: the Music of Gregg Hill | Rick Roe | Cold Plunge | Mainstream Jazz |
| *NEW* | 30 | - | Right Here | Tomas Martin Lopez | Bongotoms | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 30 | Cool Shades | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 31 | Across the Field College Fight Songs Reimagined | Visions Jazz Ensemble | Patios | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | Destiny | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 33 | Feelin' Good | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | Precious Moments | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | Convertible | Kingsley Durant | Zen Diagram | Fusion |
| ▼ | 37 | 36 | Kangana | Ruben Caban | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 38 | 37 | Three Chord Monte | Tony Romano | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 39 | 4 | Cali Mambo | Dred Scott Trio | Ropeadope | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 38 | 3 Sides of the Coin | Dafnis Prieto | Dafnison | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 41 | 39 | Better Angels | Peter Bernstein | Smoke Sessions | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 40 | Modo Avião | Caixa Cubo | Far Out | Jazz |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | Soliloquies | Jason Kao Hwang | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 44 | 42 | It Hits Different | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 45 | 43 | JAMB | Dave Erickson Project | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 46 | 44 | A New Beat | Ulysses Owens Jr. | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | LaFaro | Brian Bromberg | Be Squared | Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 46 | Creole Orchestra | Etienne Charles | Culture Shock | Jazz |
| ▼ | 49 | 47 | Ain't No Sunshine (Live in Seattle) | Brother Jack McDuff | La Reserve | Jazz |
| ▼ | 50 | 48 | 8 Concepts of Tango | Håkon Skogstad | Øra Fonogram | Jazz |
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