The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2024

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Speak to Me
by: Julian Lage

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Label: Blue Note
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Groove Street
by: Dave Stryker

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Label: Strikezone
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Love and Rhythm
by: Blake Aaron

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Label: Innervision
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It Hits Different
by: Norman Brown

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Label: Shanachie Ent.
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Mystical
by: Reza Khan

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Label: Painted Media
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Cool Shades
by: Nils

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Label: Baja
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Destiny
by: Brendan Rothwell

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Label: Self-Release
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Cali Mambo
by: Dred Scott Trio

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Label: Ropeadope
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Dreams Realized
by: Rose Mallett

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Label: Self-Release
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Memory in Motion
by: The Jazz Defenders

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Label: ITI
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Unstoppable
by: Adam Hawley

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Label: MBF Ent.
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JAMB
by: Dave Erickson Project

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Bowmanville
by: Bowmanville

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Label: Stoneagle
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Promised Land
by: Paul Brown

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Label: Shanachie
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Feelin' Good
by: Nils

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Label: Baja
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Wonderful!
by: Mike LeDonne

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Label: Cellar Live
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Standards Deluxe
by: The Rob Dixon / Steve Allee Quintet

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Label: Self-Release
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What It Means
by: Bria Skonberg

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Label: Cellar Live
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The Hidden World of Piloo
by: Ada Rovatti

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Label: Piloo
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A Lady with a Song – Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson
by: Amber Weekes

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The Tuba Trio Chronicles Volume II
by: Joseph Daley

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Label: JoDa Music
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Ones Upon a Time
by: Paul Brown

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Label: Woodward Avenue
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Just Like That
by: Nick Colionne

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Label: Trippin N Rhythm
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Love on the Tyrrhenian
by: CeCe Gable

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Finger Painting
by: Nick Colionne

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Label: Trippin N Rhythm
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Sugilanon
by: Caroline Julia Cabading

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Label: Patois
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After the Storm
by: Chris "Big Dog" Davis

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Label: Trippin 'n Rhythm
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NU-JIVE: Nations United
by: Troy Roberts

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Bridges (feat. Paul Bollenback & Byron Landham)
by: Brian Ho

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Label: Cellar Live
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Lift Me Up
by: Streetwize

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Label: Shanachie
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Contrafactus
by: Spike Wilner Trio

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Label: Cellar Live
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Songs from the Deep
by: Eric Essix

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Label: Essential
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Flashback
by: Allen Dennard

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Label: Self-Release
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As We Think
by: Chris Standring

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Label: Ultimate Vibe
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The Jazz Meurkengers
by: Hendrik Meurkens

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Label: Cellar Live
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Time Takes Odd Turns
by: Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra

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Label: Self-Release
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Plays Ellington & Strayhorn
by: Brian Landrus

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Label: Palmetto/Blueland
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Risin' Up
by: Adam Hawley

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Label: MBF Ent.
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Land of Enchantment
by: Todd Mosby

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At Mezzrow
by: Ken Peplowski

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Label: Cellar
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Timeless
by: David Benoit

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Label: SRG Jazz
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Movin'
by: John Lamkin II & the Favorites Jazz Quintet

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Label: Self-Release
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Relentless Pursuit
by: Tony Addison

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Label: Odradek
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Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston Person
by: Emmet Cohen

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Label: La Reserve
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A New Beat
by: Ulysses Owens Jr.

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Label: Cellar
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Timing is Everything
by: Eric Alexander

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Label: Cellar Live
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Soliloquies
by: Jason Kao Hwang

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Label: Self-Release
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Hearing into the Future
by: Tony Jones and Jessica Jones

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Label: Reva
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Ricano, Vol.1 Live in 2023
by: Jonathan Suazo

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Label: Ropeadope
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Stepping Stones
by: Sean Fyfe

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Label: Cellar Live
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Archaic Humans
by: Nation Beat

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Label: Ropeadope
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Stride
by: Eric Essix

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Uptown in Orbit
by: Emmet Cohen

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Label: Mack Avenue
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Caribbean Blue
by: Russ Spiegel

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Label: Ruzztone
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I Told You So
by: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

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Label: Colemine
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Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson)
by: Suzanne Pittson

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Label: Vineland
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Congo Lament
by: Isrea Butler

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Label: Vegas
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Alternate Summer
by: Tom Harrell

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Label: HighNote
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Reboot
by: Ronnie Foster

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Label: Blue Note
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Send for Me
by: Catherine Russell

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Label: Dot Time
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Soul Connection
by: Brian Simpson

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Label: Shanachie
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Live at the Deer Head Inn
by: Jim Snidero

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Label: Savant
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In Harmony (Live)
by: Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller

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Label: Resonance
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Songs from My Father
by: Gerry Gibbs

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Label: Whaling City Sound
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Montreal Jazz Trio
by: Montreal Jazz Trio

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Label: Odd Sound
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May Waltz
by: The Todd Herbert Quartet

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Two Continents One Groove (Live)
by: T.S. Monk

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Label: Storyville
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Live at Blue Bamboo
by: Chris Cortez

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Label: Blue Bamboo
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Secrets of Inanna
by: Connie Han

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Label: Mack Avenue
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Bridges
by: Ana Nelson

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71
Across the Field College Fight Songs Reimagined
by: Visions Jazz Ensemble

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Label: Patios
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Zebra Stories
by: Steve Allee

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73
Brotherhood
by: Belmondo Quintet

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Label: Jazz & People
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X-Man in New York
by: Xaver Hellmeier

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Label: Cellar Live
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Step Down
by: The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

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Label: MERLIN
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Resonate
by: Lettuce

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Label: Round Hill
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The Q Sessions
by: Christian McBride

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Label: Mack Avenue
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Fault Lines
by: Dana Fitzsimons

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The Bad Plus
by: The Bad Plus

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Label: Edition
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Cold As Weiss
by: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

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Label: Colemine
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81
Nascentia (Birth)
by: Steve Slagle

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Label: Panorama
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Jazzwords
by: Steve Million

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Label: SM Music
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Phoenix
by: Lakecia Benjamin

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Label: Whirlwind
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