The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 1, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Girl Talk | Jennifer Madsen | SingBaby | Big Band |
| - | 2 | 2 | In Motion (feat. Keith Carlock) | Jeremy Green | Self-Release | Fusion |
| - | 3 | 3 | Time of Change | Chris Standring | Ultimate Vibe | Smooth Jazz |
| - | 4 | 4 | Fool's Fate | Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces | HipSync | Fusion |
| - | 5 | 5 | Eklektika | Carolyn Lee Jones | Catn'round Sound | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Rivers | Will Sumner | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | The Re-Collection | Jaana Narsipur | In The Pocket Jazz | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 8 | 6 | Sea Spell | Jeff Rupert Quartet | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| - | 9 | 9 | The Romance Continues | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| *NEW* | 10 | - | Cooler in the Shade | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | Live at Blue Llama | David Janeway | Steeplechase | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | Let's Take a Trip | Anthony Caceres | Jig In G | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | Keep Holding on | Leigh Pilzer | Strange Woman | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | New Paradigm | Zen Zadravec | Marmite | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 15 | 14 | Lifeforce | 3rd Force | Baja/TSR | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 16 | 15 | Music in Me | Lindsey Webster | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 17 | 16 | Authentically Norman | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 18 | 17 | Father Son | Nathan East | EasternStar | Jazz |
| ▼ | 19 | 18 | Modern Times | Mike Di Lorenzo | Keep The Groove | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | Sings Lena Horne | Syndee Winters | Wake Your Words | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | Available Light | Daniel Janke Winter Trio | Chronograph | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | Echoes of the Inner Prophet | Melissa Aldana | Blue Note | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Radiance | Lonnie Plaxico | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 24 | 23 | The Hang, the Hustle, the Path | Christopher McBride | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | BOSSA 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal | Antonio Adolfo | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | X-Man in New York | Xaver Hellmeier | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 27 | 26 | Groovin on | BK Trio | Flat7Always | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 28 | 27 | Love Letter: Original Music 1973-2020 | Casey MacGill | Hilltop | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | It Comes in Waves | Denin Slage-Koch | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 30 | 29 | New York Knock | Marius Van Den Brink | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| ▲ | 31 | 44 | Something Like Summer | Ultrablue | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 30 | Under the Moon over the Sky | Najee | Blue Horn Creative | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 31 | Soliloquies | Jason Kao Hwang | Self-Release | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| ▲ | 34 | 36 | Without Further Ado, Vol 1 | Christian McBride | Mack Avenue | Big Band |
| ▼ | 35 | 32 | For Dinah | Ledisi | Candid | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 36 | 33 | Loving You | Kieran Brown | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 37 | 34 | Day Trip | Brian Culbertson | BCM Entertainment | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 38 | 35 | Boundless | Lemek | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | Time Wouldn't Wait | Dara Tucker | Green Hill | Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 38 | Hand 2 Heart | Roberto Restuccia | Trippin N' Rhythm | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 41 | 39 | Basie Rocks! | Deborah Silver & the Count Basie Orchestra | Green Hill Productions | Big Band |
| ▼ | 42 | 40 | The Legacy Project | Nathan Mitchell | Trippin N' Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | Like Sugar | Eric Alexander | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 44 | 42 | Every Part of Me | Jackiem Joyner | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 45 | 43 | Music is Life | Joe Bowden Project | Self-Release | Fusion |
| ▼ | 46 | 45 | Blue Fire: the Van Gelder Session (feat. Jared Gold & McClenty Hunter Jr.) | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 46 | Dancin' Shoes | Paula Atherton | Dream On | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 47 | Quiet Fire | Michael C. Lewis | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 49 | 48 | Indigo | Jeff Logan | Fire & Ice Network | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 50 | 49 | Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson) | Suzanne Pittson | Vineland | Contemporary Jazz |
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