The Roots Music Report's
Top Crossover Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slang Spirituals | Lady Blackbird | BMG |
| 2 | Louisiana Stories | Don Paul | Irresistible/Revolutionary |
| 3 | April & Joanie Sing! | April Aloisio & Joanie Pallatto | Southport |
| 4 | Let Your Heart Lead the Way | Marilyn Kleinberg | Waking Up Music |
| 5 | Acts of Faith | Sault | Forever Living Originals |
| 6 | NolasiA | NolasiA | H Flat |
| 7 | THE LITTERAL TRUTH | The Paul Litteral Band | Outrageous 8 |
| 8 | 24 Little Hours, the Timeless Songs of Dinah Washington | Donna Singer | Self-Release |
| 9 | What About the Butterfly | Jackie Myers | 577 |
| 10 | Return of the Light (feat. Freddie Hendrix, Erena Terakubo, Sameer Shankar & David Heilman) | Joe Elefante | Self-Release |
| 11 | 400 | Acute Inflections | Self-Release |
| 12 | Time to Love Again (feat. Pete Wallace, Eric England & David Chiverton) | Nicole Henry | Banister |
| 13 | United | Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland | Edition |
| 14 | Voice in the Wilderness | Rob Clearfield | Jazz & People |
| 15 | Visions | Norah Jones | Blue Note |
| 16 | Arboresque | Artemis | Blue Note |
| 17 | Gotham | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan |
| 18 | Treasures of the Heart | Jacqui Naylor | Ruby Star |
| 19 | Memory | Paloma Dineli Chesky | Auidophile Society |
| 20 | Exotica Reborn: in Studio and Live | The WAITIKI 7 | Self-Release |
| 21 | Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach | Allyson Briggs | Algos Music |
| 22 | Rhapsody in Blue | Bela Fleck | Thirty Tigers |
| 23 | Unravel | Serafin LaRiviere | Self-Release |
| 24 | Escapement | Daggerboard | Wide Hive |
| 25 | All of the Above | Ross Valory | Oid |
| 26 | Gentle Touch | Reginald Cyntje | Self-Release |
| 27 | No More Excuses | Danette McMahon | Self-Release |
| 28 | Let Go | Acute Inflections | Self-Release |
| 29 | My Ideal | Catherine Russell | Dot Time |
| 30 | The Way It is | The Funky Knuckles | GroundUp |
| 31 | The Vintage Jukebox | Tianna Hall | Might Pretty |
| 32 | Untitled (Rise) | Sault | Forever Living Originals |
| 33 | Putt Lake Toodleloo | Doug Munro | GotMusic |
| 34 | Untitled (Black Is) | Sault | Forever Living Originals |
| 35 | Shadow | Lizz Wright | Blues & Greens |
| 36 | #KingButch | Butcher Brown | Concord |
| 37 | 11 | Sault | Forever Living Originals |
| 38 | Coral Way | Alfredo Rodríguez | Mack Avenue |
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