The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Mar 29, 2025
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Try This | Bill Moio | ITI | Smooth Jazz |
| - | 2 | 2 | Right Here | Tomas Martin Lopez | Bongotoms | Latin Jazz |
| - | 3 | 3 | Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 4 | 4 | Slang Spirituals | Lady Blackbird | BMG | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Mystical | Reza Khan | Painted Media | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | Looper Colony II | Sam Riney, Barry Coates and Jerry Kalaf | Outside In | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | Calliope | Paul Hanson and Raze the Maze | Manzanita Ranch | Fusion |
| ▼ | 8 | 5 | Acts of Faith | Sault | Forever Living Originals | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | The Romance Continues | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | Love and Rhythm | Blake Aaron | Innervision | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | It Hits Different | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Cool Shades | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 13 | 14 | Across the Field College Fight Songs Reimagined | Visions Jazz Ensemble | Patios | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Destiny | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | Feelin' Good | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | Precious Moments | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 17 | 18 | Louisiana Stories | Don Paul | Irresistible/Revolutionary | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | Tribute: the Music of Gregg Hill | Rick Roe | Cold Plunge | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | Safe Travels | Jerry Kalaf | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Joe Elefante’s Wheel of Dharma | Joe Elefante | Self-Release | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | Small Things | Jackson Potter | Shifting Paradigm | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 6 | Brazilia Live at the Pump House: Celebrating Wayne Shorter | Dan Moretti | Roots Grooves | Latin Jazz |
| - | 23 | 23 | What Is? | Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| - | 24 | 24 | Mosaic: the Music of Gregg Hill | Rodney Whitaker | Origin | Modern Jazz |
| - | 25 | 25 | Lightkeeper | Juan Perea | Zoho | Latin Jazz |
| - | 26 | 26 | Soft Light | Mark Scott III | Miller Three Publishing | Mainstream Jazz |
| - | 27 | 27 | Soliloquies | Jason Kao Hwang | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 28 | 35 | Never Too Late | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | JAMB | Dave Erickson Project | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 30 | 29 | Hidden Gems | Brent Laidler | self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 31 | 47 | Tributes | Marcus McLaurine | Jade Elephant Productions | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 32 | - | Songs for a Perigee Moon | Carl Weingarten | Multiphase | Fusion |
| ▼ | 33 | 30 | Hope | Todd Boston | Gita | Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 31 | Promised Land | Paul Brown | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 35 | 32 | Groovin Smooth | Ghost Jazz Trio | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 36 | 33 | Beyond the Warrior's Eyes | Brian Tarquin | BHP Music-Guitar Trax | Fusion |
| ▼ | 37 | 34 | Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson) | Suzanne Pittson | Vineland | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 38 | 37 | Zebra Stories | Steve Allee | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 39 | 38 | Unstoppable | Adam Hawley | MBF Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 39 | As We Think | Chris Standring | Ultimate Vibe | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 41 | 41 | Seriously | BPM | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 42 | 85 | Church of New Orleans | Kyle Roussel | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 43 | 42 | Let's Get Away | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 44 | 43 | Tomorrow (There is a Way) | Eberhard Klunker | Seven Us Media | Fusion |
| ▼ | 45 | 44 | Meadowlark | Will Sumner | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 46 | 45 | From T(h)ree to Four | Manuel Muzzu | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 46 | April & Joanie Sing! | April Aloisio & Joanie Pallatto | Southport | Crossover Jazz |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | De Pavel a Pavel | De Pavel A Pavel | From the 317 | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 49 | 48 | Tranquility | Les Sabler | New Vista | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 50 | 49 | Ones Upon a Time | Paul Brown | Woodward Avenue | Contemporary Jazz |
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