The Roots Music Report's
Top Jazz Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | Norah Jones | Crossover Jazz |
| 2 | I Can Say to You (feat. Vanisha Gould) | Butcher Brown | Crossover Jazz |
| 3 | Love | Meshell Ndegeocello | Jazz |
| 4 | Anything | Norman Brown | Contemporary Jazz |
| 5 | Showman Dan | Madeleine Peyroux | Swing |
| 6 | Ghost Runner on 1st | Inktrail | Jazz |
| 7 | Funkafarian | Troy Roberts | Contemporary Jazz |
| 8 | Help the Poor | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 9 | Talk to Your Daughter | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 10 | Born Under a Bad Sign | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 11 | Devil Take the Hindmost | Allan Holdsworth | Fusion |
| 12 | Sunlight Bossa Nova | Lawson Rollins | Smooth Jazz |
| 13 | Count on Me (feat. Parker J) | JD Warren & The Rudiment | Crossover Jazz |
| 14 | Norwegian Wood | Victor Wooten | Jazz |
| 15 | A Little Buzz | Victor Wooten | Jazz |
| 16 | Chynna | Michael Landau | Fusion |
| 17 | Johnny Swing | Michael Landau | Fusion |
| 18 | Roodis Tones | Michael Landau | Fusion |
| 19 | Criminal | Tianna Hall | Crossover Jazz |
| 20 | Greenwoman (feat. Marcus Gilmore) | Andy Ezrin | Modern Jazz |
| 21 | Caravan (Live) | Robbie Madison | Crossover Jazz |
| 22 | Sylvia's Grave | JD Sterling | Latin Jazz |
| 23 | Uptop | Adam Hawley | Contemporary Jazz |
| 24 | Who Got Next? | Marc Ciprut | Fusion |
| 25 | And So Ends the Night | Will Sumner | Smooth Jazz |
| 26 | Glad Bag | Kayle Brecher | Jazz |
| 27 | Flirtibird | Planet D Nonet | Big Band |
| 28 | The New Journey | The Dave Howard Initiative Euro | Fusion |
| 29 | If a White Horse from Jerusalem - I. Ahava Raba | David Liebman & The CNY Jazz Orchestra | Big Band |
| 30 | Weekness | BADBADNOTGOOD | Contemporary Jazz |
| 31 | Cold Duck (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 32 | Skcc | Leigh Pilzer's Seven Pointed Star | Mainstream Jazz |
| 33 | Bossa | Sergio Pereira | Latin Jazz |
| 34 | Unstoppable | Adam Hawley | Contemporary Jazz |
| 35 | The Fruit | James Zollar | Mainstream Jazz |
| 36 | Crush | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 37 | Get Lit | Kamasi Washington | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| 38 | Little B's Poem (feat. Dayna Stephens, Richard Mikel & Peter Traunmueller) | Philip Weberndoerfer | Modern Jazz |
| 39 | Pisces | BK Trio | Crossover Jazz |
| 40 | Feels So Right | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 41 | Dreamland | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 42 | She's the One | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 43 | Sol De Barcelona (feat. Paul McCandless, Mark Walker & Matthew Montfort) | Mariah Parker | Latin Jazz |
| 44 | Alphabet Soup | Chris Standring | Contemporary Jazz |
| 45 | Snowbound | Rebecca Kilgore | Mainstream Jazz |
| 46 | Secret Sauce | Lowell Hopper | Smooth Jazz |
| 47 | Saudades | Sergio Pereira | Latin Jazz |
| 48 | Straight Ahead (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 49 | Miold Man (feat. Marshall Gilkes & Alex Norris) [with Michael Thomas, Samuel Torres, Jimmy Macbride & Ricky Rodriguez] | Sergio Pamies | Latin Jazz |
| 50 | A Kind Heart | Steve Oliver | Contemporary Jazz |
| 51 | Descarga 2 (En Vivo) | The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective | Latin Jazz |
| 52 | On the Street Where Woody Lives (feat. Russ Johnson, Rufus Reid & Matt Endres) | Chris Rottmayer | Mainstream Jazz |
| 53 | Motel Blues.wav (feat. Lucas LaFave) | Randy Napoleon | Modern Jazz |
| 54 | Batman | Wayne Alpern | Crossover Jazz |
| 55 | Zoomies! | Gardyn Jazz Orchestra | Big Band |
| 56 | The First Time (feat. Jamal Brown, Allyn Johnson, Herman Burney & Lenny Robinson) | Reginald Cyntje | Crossover Jazz |
| 57 | Out of the Blue | Lowell Hopper | Smooth Jazz |
| 58 | Throwback | Lowell Hopper | Smooth Jazz |
| 59 | Cape Town Swag (feat. Nadav Remez, Moshe Elmakias, Elam Friedlander & Ben Silashi) | Omer Leshem | Modern Jazz |
| 60 | God Gave Me Feet for Dancing | Ezra Collective | Contemporary Jazz |
| 61 | Pork Buns | BK Trio | Crossover Jazz |
| 62 | Chant | The Steve Luciano Quartet | Mainstream Jazz |
| 63 | The Solitary Seeker | Melissa Aldana | Modern Jazz |
| 64 | Infant Eyes (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 65 | Creepin' | Rose Mallett | Contemporary Jazz |
| 66 | Triple Play (feat. Aubrey Johnson, Rick Roe, Anthony Stanco, Walter Blanding & Andrew Kim) | Randy Napoleon | Modern Jazz |
| 67 | Cali Mambo (feat. Tom Beckham & Moses Patrou) | Dred Scott Trio | Contemporary Jazz |
| 68 | Witch Touch (feat. Mauricio Zottarelli) | Shiri Zorn & George Muscatello | Jazz |
| 69 | Polka Dot Pinup | Brian Charette | Jazz |
| 70 | The Phantom in the in Crowd | Cory Weeds | Jazz |
| 71 | Code Blue (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 72 | Fedchock | David Larsen | Mainstream Jazz |
| 73 | Hanging on for Love (feat. Pete Levin & Jay Collins) | Roseann Sureda | Crossover Jazz |
| 74 | Ain't Nobody | Rose Mallett | Contemporary Jazz |
| 75 | Get Up | Ronny Smith | Contemporary Jazz |
| 76 | Segovia Thru the Snow | Lawson Rollins | Smooth Jazz |
| 77 | The Calling | Lawson Rollins | Smooth Jazz |
| 78 | The Eternal Dance | Lawson Rollins | Smooth Jazz |
| 79 | Convertible | Kingsley Durant | Fusion |
| 80 | Driftwood | Fergus McCreadie | Modern Jazz |
| 81 | The Gift (Recado Bossa Nova) | Juan Carlos Quintero | Latin Jazz |
| 82 | Soul Lament | Kenny Burrell | Jazz |
| 83 | Whisper Not | Flying Horse Big Band | Big Band |
| 84 | Roll It out | Marc Ciprut | Modern Jazz |
| 85 | Skyway | Steve Oliver | Contemporary Jazz |
| 86 | Wes (For My Favorite) | Dan Balmer | Jazz |
| 87 | Your Love (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello & Brandee Younger) | Lizz Wright | Crossover Jazz |
| 88 | Getaway | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 89 | Puerta De Oro (with Samuel Torres, Jimmy Macbride, Ricky Rodriguez, Michael Thomas, Marshall Gilkes & Alex Norris) | Sergio Pamies | Latin Jazz |
| 90 | Tangerine | Juan Carlos Quintero | Latin Jazz |
| 91 | Seattle | Dan Balmer | Jazz |
| 92 | Pigalle (feat. Russ Johnson, Rufus Reid & Matt Endres) | Chris Rottmayer | Mainstream Jazz |
| 93 | Rosetta Stone | Randy Hoexter | Modern Jazz |
| 94 | Midnight Blue | Kenny Burrell | Jazz |
| 95 | Chitlins Con Carne | Kenny Burrell | Jazz |
| 96 | Imagine That | Chris Standring | Jazz |
| 97 | Stride | Eric Essix | Contemporary Jazz |
| 98 | Welcome to the Beach | Paul Hardcastle | Contemporary Jazz |
| 99 | Naked Truth | Larry Carlton | Jazz |
| 100 | Green with Envy | Grant Green | Jazz |
| 101 | No. 1 Green Street | Grant Green | Jazz |
| 102 | A Chance | Victor Wooten | Jazz |
| 103 | Night Rhythms | Lee Ritenour | Smooth Jazz |
| 104 | Rhapsody in Red | Rick Derringer | Smooth Jazz |
| 105 | Twist of Rit | Lee Ritenour | Jazz |
| 106 | I Will Survive | Peter Curtis | Jazz |
| 107 | Come a Little Closer | Jim Adkins | Jazz |
| 108 | Passing Through | Jim Adkins | Jazz |
| 109 | Run It | Jim Adkins | Jazz |
| 110 | See the Light | Jim Adkins | Jazz |
| 111 | Bright City Lights | Grant Ferguson | Fusion |
| 112 | Forward March | Eric Essix | Contemporary Jazz |
| 113 | Hold on | Eric Essix | Contemporary Jazz |
| 114 | What You Do to Me | Nick Colionne | Contemporary Jazz |
| 115 | Step to This | Nick Colionne | Contemporary Jazz |
| 116 | Dreamcatcher | Craig Chaquico | Smooth Jazz |
| 117 | Beyond Words | Craig Chaquico | Smooth Jazz |
| 118 | Cafe Carnival | Craig Chaquico | Smooth Jazz |
| 119 | All in Good Time | Larry Carlton | Smooth Jazz |
| 120 | Return to Rio | Lawson Rollins | Smooth Jazz |
| 121 | 5/8 in Flow | Ronny Jordan | Smooth Jazz |
| 122 | So What! | Ronny Jordan | Smooth Jazz |
| 123 | Long Road | Steve Oliver | Smooth Jazz |
| 124 | High Noon | Steve Oliver | Smooth Jazz |
| 125 | Motor City Shuffle | Tim Bowman | Smooth Jazz |
| 126 | Soul Dream | Tim Bowman | Smooth Jazz |
| 127 | Sweet Sundays | Tim Bowman | Smooth Jazz |
| 128 | Montgomery Station (feat. Eric Marienthal & Carlyle Barriteau) | The Smooth Jazz Alley | Smooth Jazz |
| 129 | Matisse the Cat | Jesse Cook | Smooth Jazz |
| 130 | My Bulbous Meathead | Michael Landau | Fusion |
| 131 | It Felt Like Drowning (My Last Divorce Song) | Dan Balmer | Jazz |
| 132 | Flow My Tears | Stuart Hamm | Fusion |
| 133 | Becoming (feat. Leonard Brown, Allyn Johnson, Herman Burney & Lenny Robinson) | Reginald Cyntje | Crossover Jazz |
| 134 | Kumoi Joshi | Andy Milne and Unison | Modern Jazz |
| 135 | Caxangá | Yuko Ito | Latin Jazz |
| 136 | Watermelon Man | Kristen R. Bromley | Traditional Jazz |
| 137 | Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide | Kristen R. Bromley | Traditional Jazz |
| 138 | Warpath | Grant Ferguson | Fusion |
| 139 | Revelation | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 140 | Kiss the Sky | Ron Bosse | Contemporary Jazz |
| 141 | November | Grant Ferguson | Fusion |
| 142 | Wolfpack | Paul Brown | Contemporary Jazz |
| 143 | Nine 2 Five | Nils | Contemporary Jazz |
| 144 | Tell Me | Brendan Rothwell | Contemporary Jazz |
| 145 | Classical Gas | Tommy Emmanuel | Jazz |
| 146 | Occams Razor | Project Alcazar | Fusion |
| 147 | Dolemite | Scott Henderson | Jazz |
| 148 | 2 in 1 | Greg Howe | Fusion |
| 149 | Lost in Centralia | Project Alcazar | Fusion |
| 150 | A Taste of Eternity | Grant Ferguson | Fusion |
| 151 | Maybe. Maybe Not. | Grant Ferguson | Fusion |
| 152 | Night Groove | Jim Adkins | Jazz |
| 153 | Cool Shades | Nils | Contemporary Jazz |
| 154 | Back at Ya | Norman Brown | Smooth Jazz |
| 155 | West Coast Blues | Wes Montgomery | Jazz |
| 156 | Late Night Drive | Eric Essix | Contemporary Jazz |
| 157 | City Rhythm | Les Sabler | Contemporary Jazz |
| 158 | Destiny | Brendan Rothwell | Contemporary Jazz |
| 159 | Dark Matter | Steve Langemo | Fusion |
| 160 | Carmel | Brendan Rothwell | Contemporary Jazz |
| 161 | My Time | Brendan Rothwell | Contemporary Jazz |
| 162 | Solitude | Brendan Rothwell | Contemporary Jazz |
| 163 | Secret Sauce | Paul Brown | Contemporary Jazz |
| 164 | Promised Land | Paul Brown | Contemporary Jazz |
| 165 | I Got over It | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 166 | Sir Duke | Nathan East | Jazz |
| 167 | Mr. Martino | Chuck Loeb | Jazz |
| 168 | Techno | John Scofield | Jazz |
| 169 | Harpoon | Scott Henderson | Jazz |
| 170 | Impressions | Pat Martino | Jazz |
| 171 | Snowfall | Emily Remler | Jazz |
| 172 | It Could Happen to You | Herb Ellis | Jazz |
| 173 | Deep into It | Larry Carlton | Jazz |
| 174 | The Storyteller | Larry Carlton | Jazz |
| 175 | My Skin is My Sin | Wayne Krantz | Jazz |
| 176 | Downside Up | Allan Holdsworth | Jazz |
| 177 | Eidolon | Allan Holdsworth | Jazz |
| 178 | San Onofre | Allan Holdsworth | Jazz |
| 179 | Texas | Allan Holdsworth | Jazz |
| 180 | The Sixteen Men of Tain | Allan Holdsworth | Jazz |
| 181 | Continuum | Jaco Pastorius | Jazz |
| 182 | Half Crazy | Mike Stern | Jazz |
| 183 | Screws | Mike Stern | Jazz |
| 184 | Trip | Mike Stern | Jazz |
| 185 | Manic Carpet | Scott Henderson | Jazz |
| 186 | Rituals | Scott Henderson | Jazz |
| 187 | Sultan's Boogie | Scott Henderson | Jazz |
| 188 | 23 Oktober | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 189 | By Fives | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 190 | Dance of the Pessimists | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 191 | Encirclements | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 192 | Night is Darkness Enough | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 193 | Open the Box | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 194 | Sardonic Grin | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 195 | Tetrahedron | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 196 | The Blue Moment | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 197 | The World is Everything That is the Case | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 198 | We Must Pass over in Silence | Michael Manring | Jazz |
| 199 | Amethyst Winter | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 200 | Angel | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 201 | Contemplation | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 202 | Harmonix | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 203 | Hope | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 204 | Midnight Dreaming | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 205 | Spiral | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 206 | Triquetra | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 207 | Wings | Todd Boston | Jazz |
| 208 | Whatchacallit | Mike Stern | Fusion |
| 209 | Tempest Pulse | Greg Howe | Fusion |
| 210 | Throw Down | Greg Howe | Fusion |
| 211 | Let It Slip | Greg Howe | Fusion |
| 212 | Just Kiddin | Greg Howe | Fusion |
| 213 | Ludvico Lane | Project Alcazar | Fusion |
| 214 | Ruhkukah | Allan Holdsworth | Fusion |
| 215 | Baltic Dawn | Eberhard Klunker | Fusion |
| 216 | DCDC | Eberhard Klunker | Fusion |
| 217 | Dedopdopdeda | Eberhard Klunker | Fusion |
| 218 | Lovers and Angels | Eberhard Klunker | Fusion |
| 219 | Nomads | Eberhard Klunker | Fusion |
| 220 | There is a Way | Eberhard Klunker | Fusion |
| 221 | Twinkle | Eberhard Klunker | Fusion |
| 222 | All That's Left | Steve Langemo | Fusion |
| 223 | As You Are | Steve Langemo | Fusion |
| 224 | Loud Apples | Steve Langemo | Fusion |
| 225 | Nosnaxu | Steve Langemo | Fusion |
| 226 | Scratch | Steve Langemo | Fusion |
| 227 | It's No Fun Not to Like Pop (feat. Keith Carlock & Tim Lefebvre) | Wayne Krantz | Fusion |
| 228 | Crescent City Strut | Les Sabler | Contemporary Jazz |
| 229 | Three Dee | Les Sabler | Contemporary Jazz |
| 230 | Where Has She Gone | Les Sabler | Contemporary Jazz |
| 231 | Gotta Get Up | Adam Hawley | Contemporary Jazz |
| 232 | Origin | Brendan Rothwell | Contemporary Jazz |
| 233 | Frankenstein (Smooth Frank) | Rick Derringer | Smooth Jazz |
| 234 | Jazzy Coo (Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo) | Rick Derringer | Smooth Jazz |
| 235 | Tamarindo | David Correa | Latin Jazz |
| 236 | Eau Rouge | David Correa | Latin Jazz |
| 237 | Leo's Song | David Correa | Latin Jazz |
| 238 | Can't Let Her Go | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 239 | Daft Funk (feat. Mr. Talkbox) | Nathan East | Jazz |
| 240 | Ascension | Lawson Rollins | Fusion |
| 241 | Pulse | Lawson Rollins | Fusion |
| 242 | Rise | Lawson Rollins | Fusion |
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