The Roots Music Report's
Top Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Prophet Speaks | Van Morrison | Exile | Jazz |
| 2 | Sugar Drops | Davina and The Vagabonds | Red House | Jazz |
| 3 | Valve Bone Woe (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble) | Chrissie Hynde | BMG | Jazz |
| 4 | Intuition: Songs from the Minds of Women | Alicia Olatuja | Resilience | Jazz |
| 5 | The Fine Line | Bob Sheppard | Challenge | Jazz |
| 6 | Days Like These | Troy Roberts | Toy Robot Music | Jazz |
| 7 | Come What May | Joshua Redman Quartet | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| 8 | Alone Together | Catherine Russell | Dot Time | Jazz |
| 9 | GOOD NEWS! | Flying Horse Big Band | Flying Horse | Jazz |
| 10 | Eight Track III | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Jazz |
| 11 | My Way | Willie Nelson | Sony | Jazz |
| 12 | Audacity | Buster Williams | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 13 | Swing Out! | Eyal Vilner Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| 14 | Emergence | Larry Corban | Nabroc | Jazz |
| 15 | Star People Nation | Theo Croker | Sony | Jazz |
| 16 | Concentric Circles | The Kenny Barron Quintet | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 17 | Warm Front | Billy Joe Walker, Jr. | Capitol | Jazz |
| 18 | Passion - Latin Jazz | Raquel Cepeda | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| 19 | Quatro | Douyé | Rhombus | Jazz |
| 20 | Speakeasy | Paula Harris | Greaseland Studios | Crossover Jazz |
| 21 | Ask for Chaos | Gilad Hekselman | Motema | Jazz |
| 22 | Arvoles | Avishai Cohen Trio | Razdaz | Jazz |
| 23 | On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) | Todd Marcus | Stricker Street | Jazz |
| 24 | Down & Dirty | Rich Willey | Wise Cat | Jazz |
| 25 | Free As the Birds | Jay Phelps | Ropeadope LLC | Jazz |
| 26 | New Age Old Ways | Peter Lin | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 27 | Skeleton | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan | Jazz |
| 28 | Bijou Voyou Caillou | Florian Pellissier Quintet | Heavenly Sweetness | Jazz |
| 29 | Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations | Monty Alexander | MACD | Jazz |
| 30 | Humanity | Humanity Quartet | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 31 | Love is a Song Anyone Can Sing | Jack Kilby and the Front Line | Crab Shack Music | Jazz |
| 32 | Falling Flowers | Erik Deutsch | Lohi | Fusion |
| 33 | Luziades (feat. Sébastien Barrier, Xavier Parlant & Clément Denis) | Silvia Ribeiro Ferreira | Laborie Jazz | Jazz |
| 34 | Never Stop II | The Bad Plus | Legbreaker | Jazz |
| 35 | Talk to Your Daughter | Robben Ford | Warner Bros | Jazz |
| 36 | Bolden (Original Soundtrack) | Wynton Marsalis | Jazz at Lincoln Center | Jazz |
| 37 | Conspiracy | Rich Willey | Wise Cat | Jazz |
| 38 | Eclipse | Joey Alexander | Motema | Jazz |
| 39 | Come Fall | Ellen Doty | Alma | Jazz |
| 40 | Spangle-Lang Lane | Ryan Porter | Alpha Pup | Jazz |
| 41 | All in My Mind | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 42 | Rubberband | Miles Davis | Rhino | Jazz |
| 43 | A Thing Called Joe | Guilhem Flouzat Trio | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 44 | The Capitalist Blues | Leyla McCalla | Jazz Village | Jazz |
| 45 | Eternal Life: Jeff Buckley Songs and Sounds | Negative Press Project | Ridgeway | Jazz |
| 46 | Five Play (Live from the Firehouse Stage) | Five Play | Five Play | Jazz |
| 47 | Cinema Scenes (with Stefan Gfrerrer & Roman Werni) | Klaus Paier | ACT Music | Jazz |
| 48 | Freedom Suite Ensuite | Clovis Nicolas | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 49 | Long Haul | Jessica Lurie | Chant | Jazz |
| 50 | Miki | Miki Yamanaka | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 51 | Artemisia | Erik Friedlander | ArconomX Music | Jazz |
| 52 | Enki | Javier Ortí Group | Rizoma | Jazz |
| 53 | Color Theory | Josh Lawrence | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 54 | Epilogue | Frank Cunimondo | MCG Jazz | Jazz |
| 55 | Before Dawn | Oddgeir Berg Trio | Ozella Music | Jazz |
| 56 | New Monk Trio | Laurent De Wilde | Gazebo | Jazz |
| 57 | Rhythm Rising | Tomas Martin Lopez | Bongotoms | Jazz |
| 58 | Shadow Work | Mammal Hands | Gondwana | Smooth Jazz |
| 59 | Discovery | Marton Juhasz | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 60 | Patchwork | Steve Khan | Shrapnel | Latin Jazz |
| 61 | For 2 Akis | Shinya Fukumori Trio | ECM | Jazz |
| 62 | Beyond Sunday | Jorge Rossy Vibes Quintet | jazz&people | Jazz |
| 63 | The Upstate Project (feat. Larry Grenadier & Jeff Ballard) | Rebecca Martin | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 64 | Modern Flows, Vol. 2 | Marquis Hill | Black Unlimited | Jazz |
| 65 | Electric Psychology | Acute Inflections | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 66 | KingMaker | Joel Ross | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 67 | Love & Peace (with Eric Schaefer & Chris Jennings) | Joachim Kühn | ACT | Jazz |
| 68 | European Hits | Yves Theiler | Bauer Studios | Jazz |
| 69 | Symmetricity | Shawn Purcell | Armored | Jazz |
| 70 | On a Smiling Gust of Wind | Florian Favre Trio | Traumton | Jazz |
| 71 | Groove On! | Euge Groove | Shanachie Ent. Corp. | Jazz |
| 72 | Perpetual Optimism | Herlin Riley | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 73 | Asrar | Philippe El Hage | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 74 | Sharing (feat. Thomas Fonnesbæk, Justin Kauflin & Billy Williams) | Thomas Fonnesbæk Trio | Storyville | Jazz |
| 75 | Far from over | Vijay Iyer Sextet | ECM | Jazz |
| 76 | Amour | T.K. Blue | Dot Time | Jazz |
| 77 | The Django Experiment III | Stephane Wrembel | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 78 | But Beautiful | Charlotte Illinger | Double Moon | Jazz |
| 79 | Aguas | Omar Sosa | OTA | Jazz |
| 80 | Globetrotter | Luca Di Luzio | Self-Release | Fusion |
| 81 | United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (feat. Wynton Marsalis) | Wynton Marsalis Septet | Blue Engine | Jazz |
| 82 | Twio | Walter Smith III | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 83 | Plays Dom Salvador | Duduka Da Fonseca | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 84 | Point of View | Abisko Lights | Fine music | Jazz |
| 85 | True Love: a Celebration of Cole Porter | Harry Connick, Jr. | Verve | Jazz |
| 86 | I'm All Smiles | George Cables | HighNote | Jazz |
| 87 | Swirl | Michael Wolff | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 88 | A Humdrum Star | GoGo Penguin | Decca | Jazz |
| 89 | Ballades | Ahmad Jamal | Jazz Village | Jazz |
| 90 | One World | Jesse Cook | Coach House | Jazz |
| 91 | Departure | Kenny Carr | Zoozazz | Jazz |
| 92 | The Last Taxi: New Destinations (feat. Chiara Liuzzi & Giorgia Santoro) | Pat Battstone | Leo | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| 93 | Trane's Delight | Poncho Sanchez | Concord Picante | Jazz |
| 94 | Before the Wind | Claudio Filippini | Cam Jazz | Jazz |
| 95 | Classical Gas | Tommy Emmanuel | Sony | Jazz |
| 96 | Moments Preserved | Sullivan Fortner | Universal Music | Jazz |
| 97 | Omnisphere (feat. Alarm Will Sound) | Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood | Indirecto | Jazz |
| 98 | Ish | Mad Love | Gladitude | Jazz |
| 99 | Love and Liberation | Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force | Concord | Jazz |
| 100 | Gravity | Simon Sammut & Omar Vázquez | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 101 | Soulophone | Chicago Soul Jazz Collective | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 102 | Anatomy of Angels: Live at the Village Vanguard | Jon Batiste | Verve | Jazz |
| 103 | In the Key of the Universe | Joey DeFrancesco | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 104 | Essence | Michel Camilo | Resilience Music | Contemporary Jazz |
| 105 | Pickin' | Tommy Emmanuel | Acoustic Disc | Jazz |
| 106 | Stronger Than Ever | Hazel Mitchell-Bell | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 107 | Everybody Gets the Blues | Eric Reed | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 108 | Nadi | Fazer | Squama | Jazz |
| 109 | Blue Dream | Jamie Saft Quartet | Rare Noise | Jazz |
| 110 | Parallel Universe | Behn Gillece | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 111 | Blue World | John Coltrane | Impulse! | Jazz |
| 112 | Seymour Reads the Constitution! | Brad Mehldau | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| 113 | Keep Talkin' | Yoko Miwa Trio | Ocean Blue Tear Music | Jazz |
| 114 | Ben There, Done That (Live Around the World) | Ben Sidran | Unlimited Media | Jazz |
| 115 | A Wall Becomes a Bridge | Kendrick Scott Oracle | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| 116 | Wind off the Hudson | Bill O'Connell | Savant | Jazz |
| 117 | A Love Requited | Myele Manzanza | First Word | Fusion |
| 118 | Right on Time | Ken Fowser | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 119 | Someday My Prince Will Come | Alexis Cole | Venus | Jazz |
| 120 | Let's Groove: the Music of Earth Wind & Fire | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 121 | Bassically Jazz | David Finck | Burton Avenue Music | Jazz |
| 122 | Duologue | Alfredo Rodríguez | Mack Avenue | Latin Jazz |
| 123 | The Island of Form | Ethan Ardelli | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 124 | Standards and Sweet Things | Fleur Seule | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 125 | Wander Wonder | Allison Au Quartet | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 126 | Shades of Shirley Horn | Coniece Washington | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 127 | Keep on Running | Robben Ford | Concord | Jazz |
| 128 | You're Gonna Hear from Me | James Suggs | ARBORS | Jazz |
| 129 | The Lion, Camel & Child | Johnny Griffith Quintet | GB | Jazz |
| 130 | True Love | John Dokes | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 131 | Moving Mists | Luke Gillespie | Patois | Jazz |
| 132 | Migrations | Jacques Kuba Seguin | Odd Sound | Jazz |
| 133 | Awakening | Gary Dean Smith | Self-Release | Fusion |
| 134 | Standards: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? | Alexander Claffy | SMK Jazz | Jazz |
| 135 | Samba Jazz Alley | Antonio Adolfo | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 136 | A Man and His Dog | International Orange | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 137 | We've Only Just Begun | Ashley Pezzotti | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 138 | Cannonball | Richie Cole | Mark Perna | Jazz |
| 139 | Inspirations & Dedications | Al Foster | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 140 | Love's Tango | June Bisantz & Alex Nakhimovsky | EH2U | Latin Jazz |
| 141 | Elbow Grease | Alan Rosenthal | Street of Stars | Jazz |
| 142 | Echo Painting | Peggy Lee | Songlines | Jazz |
| 143 | If You Could See Me Now | Joe Magnarelli | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 144 | Toss | Shugo Tokumaru | Polyvinyl | Jazz |
| 145 | The Music Never Stops | Betty Carter | Blue Engine | Jazz |
| 146 | Say It (feat. Melissa Manchester) | John Proulx | ArtistShare | Jazz |
| 147 | Dice | Adam Rogers | Adraj | Jazz |
| 148 | Baritone Madness | Baritone Madness | Chronograph | Jazz |
| 149 | You Get What You Give | Mark Walker | Fliposphere | Jazz |
| 150 | Almería | Jessica Lauren | Freestyle | Jazz |
| 151 | Yazz Band | Greg Yasinitsky | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 152 | Flipped II | Jesse Fischer | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 153 | Abiah Sings Nina | Abiah | Madoh Music Group | Jazz |
| 154 | Igbo Alakorin (The Singer's Grove) Vol. I & II | David Virelles | El Tivoli Music | Jazz |
| 155 | Live in Europe | Louis Armstrong | Dot Time Records | Jazz |
| 156 | Infinity | Tom Harrell | HighNote | Contemporary Jazz |
| 157 | Love & Blues in the City | Jeff Cascaro | Herzog | Jazz |
| 158 | Maximum Enjoyment | Something Blue | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 159 | Frank Wagner's Floating Holiday | Frank Wagner | MEII Enterprises | Contemporary Jazz |
| 160 | High and Low | Sam Kirmayer | Cellar Live! | Jazz |
| 161 | Ley Lines | Emma-Jean Thackray | The Vinyl Factory | Jazz |
| 162 | Worlds Apart | Andrea Superstein | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 163 | Fruit | Charles Trudel | Charles Trudel | Jazz |
| 164 | Dream Logic Project | Scott Marshall and the Jazztice League | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 165 | On the Steps of St-Paul's | Huu Bac | Quach | Jazz |
| 166 | Hats off | Steve Lipman | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 167 | Temporary Kings | Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson | ECM | Jazz |
| 168 | Erik Jekabson Quintet | Erik Jekabson | Wide Hive | Jazz |
| 169 | The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke | The Vampires | Earshift Music | Jazz |
| 170 | Dream Notes | Giorgia Santoro & Pat Battstone | Leo | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| 171 | The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul | Branford Marsalis Quartet | Okeh | Jazz |
| 172 | Les Rêves Errants | Trio Jonathan Turgeon | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 173 | Songs of Freedom | Ulysses Owens Jr. | Resilience | Contemporary Jazz |
| 174 | The Keys of Cool | Richie Cole | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 175 | Pardes | Amos Hoffman & Noam Lemish | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 176 | Just a Bit Further | Trinom3 | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 177 | Live at Frankie's Jazz Club | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 178 | Love Letters | Lyambiko | Sony | Jazz |
| 179 | Our Story | Christian Artmann | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 180 | ABUC | Roberto Fonseca | impulse! | Jazz |
| 181 | Because I Loved | Deanne Matley | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 182 | Evolve | Sharel Cassity & Elektra | Relsha Music | Jazz |
| 183 | Ubiquité | Martin Lizotte | Duprince | Jazz |
| 184 | Egg Tooth | Ephemerals | Jalapeno Ltd | Jazz |
| 185 | Rites of Ascension | Nick Maclean Quartet | Browntasauras | Jazz |
| 186 | Jazz Muses | Al Hood & the H2 Jazztet | Aquarian Records | Jazz |
| 187 | Spiral | Gene Segal | SteepleChase LookOut | Jazz |
| 188 | Blued Dharma | Adrean Farrugia And Joel Frahm | GB | Jazz |
| 189 | Pictures at an African Exhibition | Darryl Yokley's Sound Reformation | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 190 | The Remembering | Luca Mannutza Quintet | Schema Rearward | Jazz |
| 191 | Toy Tunes | Larry Goldings | Pirouet | Jazz |
| 192 | Heart Tonic | Caroline Davis | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 193 | Jersey | Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet | Motema | Jazz |
| 194 | Hidden Beauty | Triosence | Sony | Jazz |
| 195 | Secret Language | Sergej Avanesov | N.C.Music | Jazz |
| 196 | Body and Shadow | Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 197 | Turn Up the Quiet | Diana Krall | Verve | Jazz |
| 198 | Partners in Time | Mike LeDonne | Savant | Jazz |
| 199 | Correlations | Steve Davis | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 200 | Beloved of the Sky | Renee Rosnes | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
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