The Roots Music Report's
Top Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's Walk | Madeleine Peyroux | Just One | Swing |
| 2 | Speak to Me | Julian Lage | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| 3 | Groove Street | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Contemporary Jazz |
| 4 | No More Water: the Gospel of James Baldwin | Meshell Ndegeocello | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 5 | Visions | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Crossover Jazz |
| 6 | The Door is Open: the Music of Gregg Hill | Randy Napoleon | OA2 | Modern Jazz |
| 7 | Groovin on | BK Trio | Flat7Always | Crossover Jazz |
| 8 | Echoes of Harlem: a Tribute to Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 | Planet D Nonet | Eastlawn | Big Band |
| 9 | BOSSA+ | Sergio Pereira | Tiger turn | Latin Jazz |
| 10 | Solar Music | Butcher Brown | Concord | Crossover Jazz |
| 11 | History of the Vibraphone | Warren Wolf | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 12 | Love and Rhythm | Blake Aaron | Innervision | Contemporary Jazz |
| 13 | Shadow | Lizz Wright | Blues & Greens | Crossover Jazz |
| 14 | Cali Mambo | Dred Scott Trio | Ropeadope | Contemporary Jazz |
| 15 | Truth to Power | Black Art Jazz Collective | HighNote | Jazz |
| 16 | It Hits Different | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| 17 | Mystical | Reza Khan | Painted Media | Contemporary Jazz |
| 18 | It Gets Better (feat. Peter Washington & Joe Farnsworth) | Jeff Rupert | Rupe Media | Mainstream Jazz |
| 19 | Soul Fingers | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| 20 | Cool Shades | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| 21 | Destiny | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 22 | Meadowlark | Will Sumner | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| 23 | Sunday Morning Put-On | Andrew Bird | Concord | Jazz |
| 24 | Under the Covers | The Steve Luciano Quartet | Self-Relase | Mainstream Jazz |
| 25 | Vibe Provider | Emmet Cohen | Mack Avenue | Mainstream Jazz |
| 26 | Top Dog | Snorre Kirk | Stunt | Swing |
| 27 | Love Cole Porter | Antonio Adolfo | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 28 | Time to Say (feat. Dave Liebman & Paquito D'Rivera) | Sergio Pamies | New Trad | Latin Jazz |
| 29 | D Day | Monty Alexander | PeeWee! | Jazz |
| 30 | Fiesta at Caroga (En Vivo) | The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| 31 | Time Will Tell | Andy Milne and Unison | Sunnyside | Modern Jazz |
| 32 | My Ideal | Catherine Russell | Dot Time | Crossover Jazz |
| 33 | Muagsician | Kristen R. Bromley | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| 34 | JAMB | Dave Erickson Project | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 35 | LaFaro | Brian Bromberg | Be Squared | Jazz |
| 36 | Vinyl Brews | Gardyn Jazz Orchestra | Self-Release | Big Band |
| 37 | Dreams Realized | Rose Mallett | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 38 | Treasures of the Heart | Jacqui Naylor | Ruby Star | Crossover Jazz |
| 39 | Unstoppable | Adam Hawley | MBF Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| 40 | Memory in Motion | The Jazz Defenders | ITI | Contemporary Jazz |
| 41 | Something in the Room She Moves | Julia Holter | Domino | Jazz |
| 42 | Gotham | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan | Crossover Jazz |
| 43 | But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? | Christian McBride | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 44 | Nova | Hot Club of Los Angeles | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 45 | Hope | Todd Boston | Gita | Jazz |
| 46 | Promised Land | Paul Brown | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| 47 | Groovin Smooth | Ghost Jazz Trio | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| 48 | Beethoven Blues | Jon Batiste | Verve | Jazz |
| 49 | Feelin' Good | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| 50 | Convertible | Kingsley Durant | Zen Diagram | Fusion |
| 51 | Bowmanville | Bowmanville | Stoneagle | Contemporary Jazz |
| 52 | A Message from the Flying Horse Big Band | Flying Horse Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| 53 | Three Chord Monte | Tony Romano | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 54 | Soul Searchin' | Larry Carlton | Shanachie Ent | Contemporary Jazz |
| 55 | Beyond the Warrior's Eyes | Brian Tarquin | BHP Music-Guitar Trax | Fusion |
| 56 | Creole Orchestra | Etienne Charles | Culture Shock | Jazz |
| 57 | Grove's Groove | Michael Dease | Le Coq | Jazz |
| 58 | Let's Get Away | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Smooth Jazz |
| 59 | Tomorrow (There is a Way) | Eberhard Klunker | Seven Us Media | Fusion |
| 60 | From T(h)ree to Four | Manuel Muzzu | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| 61 | What It Means | Bria Skonberg | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| 62 | Sextet Session | Doug MacDonald | Self-Release | Classic Jazz |
| 63 | Compton's Finest | Brandon Sanders | Savant | Jazz |
| 64 | A Canadian Songbook | Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop | TPR | Modern Jazz |
| 65 | Wonderful! | Mike LeDonne | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| 66 | Kangana | Ruben Caban | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| 67 | Basie Swings the Blues | The Count Basie Orchestra | Candid | Jazz |
| 68 | Escapement | Daggerboard | Wide Hive | Crossover Jazz |
| 69 | Standards Deluxe | The Rob Dixon / Steve Allee Quintet | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 70 | Beatin' the Odds | Leigh Pilzer's Seven Pointed Star | Strange Woman | Mainstream Jazz |
| 71 | Mustard 'n Onions | Ghost-Note | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 72 | The Hidden World of Piloo | Ada Rovatti | Piloo | Contemporary Jazz |
| 73 | The Romance Continues | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| 74 | Emi's Song | Neil Adler Emi's Song Project | Self-Release | Mainstream Jazz |
| 75 | Ones Upon a Time | Paul Brown | Woodward Avenue | Contemporary Jazz |
| 76 | Time Takes Odd Turns | Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 77 | Tranquility | Les Sabler | New Vista | Smooth Jazz |
| 78 | Up from the Outside | Steve Langemo | Guitar One | Fusion |
| 79 | The Lonely Coyote | Marc van Vugt | Baixim | Jazz |
| 80 | Pete's Pandemic Playlist | Peter Curtis | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 81 | Desserts | Juan Carlos Quintero | Moondo | Latin Jazz |
| 82 | A Lady with a Song – Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson | Amber Weekes | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 83 | My Universe | Maria Puga Lareo | My Keter | Latin Jazz |
| 84 | Precious Moments | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| 85 | In His Timing | Gregory Tardy | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 86 | The Tuba Trio Chronicles Volume II | Joseph Daley | JoDa Music | Contemporary Jazz |
| 87 | Just Like That | Nick Colionne | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| 88 | A Window Within | Olivia Foschi | Algos | Crossover Jazz |
| 89 | Being | Chris Rottmayer | Shifting Paradigm | Mainstream Jazz |
| 90 | The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner | Conrad Herwig | Savant | Jazz |
| 91 | A New Beat | Ulysses Owens Jr. | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| 92 | Found in Space: the Music of Gregg Hill | Michael Dease | Origin | Big Band |
| 93 | The Vintage Jukebox | Tianna Hall | Might Pretty | Crossover Jazz |
| 94 | Cosmic Synchronicities | Afro Peruvian New Trends Orchestra | Blue Spiral | Jazz |
| 95 | Green Lights | Troy Roberts | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| 96 | Into You | Incognito | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| 97 | Finger Painting | Nick Colionne | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| 98 | Nature of Things | New Latitude | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| 99 | Seduzir | Yuko Ito | Funny Baby Face | Latin Jazz |
| 100 | Only the Horizon | Jeff Coffin | Ear Up | Swing |
| 101 | Moonshine | Marc Ciprut | White Label | Fusion |
| 102 | Douce France Sweet France | Margot Sergent | Zoho | Crossover Jazz |
| 103 | Zebra Stories | Steve Allee | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 104 | Inktrail | Inktrail | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 105 | Trio Nuevo | Dave Bass | Tiger turn | Jazz |
| 106 | The Ways in | James Zollar | Docmo | Mainstream Jazz |
| 107 | Live at Jazzcup | Caesar Frazier | Stunt | Fusion |
| 108 | With Just a Word | Diego Rivera | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 109 | Love on the Tyrrhenian | CeCe Gable | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 110 | Owl Dreams | Dharma Down | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| 111 | Live at Sambuca | Robbie Madison | Madison | Crossover Jazz |
| 112 | And So It Goes | Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra | R.M.I | Jazz |
| 113 | Artform Revisited | Louis Hayes | Savant | Classic Jazz |
| 114 | Sugilanon | Caroline Julia Cabading | Patois | Contemporary Jazz |
| 115 | NU-JIVE: Nations United | Troy Roberts | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 116 | Play Space | Omer Leshem | Ubuntu Music | Modern Jazz |
| 117 | After the Storm | Chris "Big Dog" Davis | Trippin 'n Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| 118 | I Was Here | Andy Ezrin | Ez It | Modern Jazz |
| 119 | Keyboards | Kait Dunton | Real & Imagined | Mainstream Jazz |
| 120 | Ain't No Sunshine (Live in Seattle) | Brother Jack McDuff | La Reserve | Jazz |
| 121 | Cohesion | David Larsen | Self-Release | Mainstream Jazz |
| 122 | Eagle's Point | Chris Potter | Edition | Modern Jazz |
| 123 | All About Love | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| 124 | Being Human | Lynne Arriale Trio | Challenge | Jazz |
| 125 | Tides | Philip Weberndoerfer | Shifting Paradigm | Modern Jazz |
| 126 | On Different Paths | Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits | Truth Revolution | Modern Jazz |
| 127 | Swing & Soul | Blue Moods | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 128 | The 1968 Tapes | Jazz Sabbath | Blacklake | Jazz |
| 129 | Bridges (feat. Paul Bollenback & Byron Landham) | Brian Ho | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| 130 | Lift Me Up | Streetwize | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| 131 | Gentle and Smooth | Nathan Mitchell | Trippin 'n Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| 132 | New York Descargas | David Chesky | The Audiophile Society | Jazz |
| 133 | Rememberance | Chick Corea & Béla Fleck | Thirty Tigers | Jazz |
| 134 | Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach | Allyson Briggs | Algos Music | Crossover Jazz |
| 135 | Songs from the Deep | Eric Essix | Essential | Contemporary Jazz |
| 136 | Spheres | Scott Emmerman | Self-Release | Fusion |
| 137 | Wonderful! | Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet + Gospel Choir | Cellar | Jazz |
| 138 | The Southern Suite | Sean Mason | Blue Engine | Modern Jazz |
| 139 | BEATitudes | David Bixler | Tiger turn | Modern Jazz |
| 140 | Twentyfour | Al Di Meola | Ear Music | Fusion |
| 141 | Contrafactus | Spike Wilner Trio | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| 142 | Third Street Wobble | Tom Keenlyside | Artist Jazz | Jazz |
| 143 | Water Still Flows | Rich Ruth | Third Man | Jazz |
| 144 | Windows Through Time | Mariah Parker | Third Journey | Latin Jazz |
| 145 | Unheard Bird | Ken Peplowski | Arbors | Jazz |
| 146 | If a White Horse from Jerusalem... | David Liebman & The CNY Jazz Orchestra | CNY Jazz Arts Foundation | Big Band |
| 147 | For Mahalia, with Love | James Brandon Lewis | Tao Forms | Jazz |
| 148 | Swingin' Uptown | Eyal Vilner Big Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 149 | Crescent City Jewels | Delfeayo Marsalis | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 150 | Vagabond Heart | Rosemary Loar | Atlor | Latin Jazz |
| 151 | In Motion | Marcus Persiani | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 152 | Osmosis | Manzanita Quintet | Origin | Jazz |
| 153 | Straightaway | The Apollo Trio | Iti | Jazz |
| 154 | Iconiq | The Soul Jazz Rebels | Black Stamp | Jazz |
| 155 | Alternative Source of Energy | Klas Lindquist Nonet | TengTones | Jazz |
| 156 | As We Think | Chris Standring | Ultimate Vibe | Contemporary Jazz |
| 157 | Witness to History | Eddie Henderson | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 158 | Flashback | Allen Dennard | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 159 | Up and Gone | The Moore-McColl Jazz Society | Madison | Crossover Jazz |
| 160 | Tell the Birds I Said Hello: the Music of Herbie Nichols | Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas & Ted Nash | Sonic Camera | Jazz |
| 161 | You Remind Me | Greg Murphy | Whaling City Sound | Jazz |
| 162 | The Age of Confluence | Big Fun | Second Street | Jazz |
| 163 | Quartetinho: Bloom (feat. James Shipp, Vitor Gonçalves & Tal Mashiach) | Anat Cohen | Anzic | Jazz |
| 164 | Where Are We | Joshua Redman | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 165 | Suite for Africa | Amina Figarova | Amfar | Jazz |
| 166 | A New Light | Steve Oliver | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 167 | Over and over | Tony Monaco Trio | Chicken Coup | Jazz |
| 168 | Stanco's Time | Anthony Stanco | OA2 | Jazz |
| 169 | HarmoniMonk (feat. Michela Gomez) | Randy Weinstein | Random Chance | Jazz |
| 170 | Heart, Mind and Soul | Randy Bernsen | Jerico Jams | Fusion |
| 171 | Heartwood | Lawson Rollins | Infinita | Smooth Jazz |
| 172 | No More Excuses | Danette McMahon | Self-Release | Crossover Jazz |
| 173 | Music is Victory over Time | Sunwatchers | Trouble In Mind | Jazz |
| 174 | Bianca | Dan Pugach | Outside in | Big Band |
| 175 | The Jazz Meurkengers | Hendrik Meurkens | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| 176 | Blue House | Marc Ciprut | White Label | Modern Jazz |
| 177 | Chinwag | Larry Goldings | Sticky Mack | Jazz |
| 178 | Gentle Touch | Reginald Cyntje | Self-Release | Crossover Jazz |
| 179 | The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow | Charles Lloyd | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 180 | Oasis | Randy Scott | Trippin 'n Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| 181 | Gradient | Jesse Dietschi Trio | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 182 | Y'Y | Amaro Freitas | Psychic Hotline | Jazz |
| 183 | Tipish | The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 184 | Old Souls | Neal Alger | Calligram | Jazz |
| 185 | The Travelers | Karl-Martin Almqvist Quartet | Ropeadope | Jazz |
| 186 | Play It Cool | Mike Di Lorenzo | Keep The Groove | Contemporary Jazz |
| 187 | Land of Enchantment | Todd Mosby | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
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