The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2026
1 |  | Destiny by: Brendan Rothwell   | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | So Much to Say by: Paul Brown | Label: Shanachie Ent. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Lifeforce by: 3rd Force | Label: Baja/TSR Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
4 |  | Music in Me by: Lindsey Webster | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Modern Times by: Mike Di Lorenzo | Label: Keep The Groove Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Radiance by: Lonnie Plaxico | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Authentically Norman by: Norman Brown | Label: Shanachie Ent. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Ride Five by: Takashi Matsunaga | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | For Dinah by: Ledisi | Label: Candid Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Under the Moon over the Sky by: Najee | Label: Blue Horn Creative Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Cool Shades by: Nils | Label: Baja Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Boundless by: Lemek | Label: Trippin N Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | To Oscar with Love by: Amber Weekes | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Sway by: Justin Pierce | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Feelin' Good by: Nils | Label: Baja Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Letters from the Atlantic by: Butcher Brown | Label: Concord Jazz Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Anew by: Kayla Waters | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Blue Fire: the Van Gelder Session (feat. Jared Gold & McClenty Hunter Jr.) by: Dave Stryker | Label: Strikezone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Sings Lena Horne by: Syndee Winters | Label: Wake Your Words Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | JAMB by: Dave Erickson Project | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Midnight Groove by: Brian Simpson | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Promised Land by: Paul Brown | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Mystical by: Reza Khan | Label: Painted Media Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Seriously by: BPM | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Silver Lining by: Andrea Lisa | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Loving You by: Kieran Brown | Label: Cellar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Every Part of Me by: Jackiem Joyner | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Bowmanville by: Bowmanville | Label: Stoneagle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson) by: Suzanne Pittson | Label: Vineland Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Right Time Left by: Thom Rotella | Label: High Note Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | In My Dreams by: Bill Frisell | Label: Blue Note Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Here Because of Hope by: Ezra Collective | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Dr. Jaz by: Jazmin Ghent | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Electric by: Adam Hawley | Label: MBF Ent. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | The Legacy Project by: Nathan Mitchell | Label: Trippin N' Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Timeless Joy by: Lowell Hopper | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Slow Burn by: Boney James | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Reboot by: Ronnie Foster | Label: Blue Note Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Like Sugar by: Eric Alexander | Label: Cellar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
40 |  | It Hits Different by: Norman Brown | Label: Shanachie Ent. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Philly Strut by: Carl Cox | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Day Trip by: Brian Culbertson | Label: BCM Entertainment Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Love and Rhythm by: Blake Aaron | Label: Innervision Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Bop Contest by: Mark Sherman | Label: Miles High Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Latin Crossroads 2 by: Gino Amato | Label: Ovation Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | As We Think by: Chris Standring | Label: Ultimate Vibe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Into You by: Incognito | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Tributes by: Marcus McLaurine | Label: Jade Elephant Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | The Chill by: Lin Rountree | Label: Trippin N Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Corner of My Dreams by: Kelly Green | Label: Green Soul Studios Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Unstoppable by: Adam Hawley | Label: MBF Ent. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Soulful Reflections, Vol. II by: Barbara Fowler | Label: CDS Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | A New Light by: Steve Oliver | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Songs from the Deep by: Eric Essix | Label: Essential Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Indigo by: Jeff Logan | Label: Fire & Ice Network Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Something Like Summer by: Ultrablue | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Midnight in Paris by: Johnny Britt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Big Band Trax by WAX (Music of Michael Wetherwax) by: Michael Wetherwax | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Freedom Rhythm by: Giovanni Angelini | Label: A.MA Edizioni Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | It Was Time by: Mark Ortwein | Label: Terra Voce Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Oasis by: Randy Scott | Label: Trippin 'n Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Slo' Jams (feat. Anna Moore) by: Mike Di Lorenzo | Label: Keep The Groove Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies by: Dave Stryker | Label: Strikezone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Vinyl Tap by: Spyro Gyra | Label: Amherst Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | After the Storm by: Chris "Big Dog" Davis | Label: Trippin 'n Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Quiet Fire by: Michael C. Lewis | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Eddie Told Me So by: Bob Reynolds | Label: Nosahu Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | 18 Karat - EP by: Althea Rene | Label: Althea Rene Pro. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | X•IX•VIII by: Kat Hawley | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Four Chefs by: Planet Flippo | Label: Oppilf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | It's a Brand New Day by: Paul Taylor | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Second Life by: Jason Kao Hwang | Label: True Sound Recordings Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | High Five by: James 'PJ' Spraggins | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Gemini by: The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble | Label: Colemine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | A Stone's Throw Away by: Ron Ledoux | Label: self-released Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Prime (feat. Jared Gold & McClenty Hunter Jr.) by: Dave Stryker | Label: Strikezone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Just Like That by: Nick Colionne | Label: Trippin N Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | My Heartbeat by: Eric Essix | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | We Got This by: Pieces of a Dream | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Kickin' It by: Josie Falbo | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Firefly by: Andy Snitzer | Label: Goose Song Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | It’s Always Been You by: Rich Siegel | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Mind over Matter by: Skinny Hightower | Label: Trippin 'n Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Across the Field College Fight Songs Reimagined by: Visions Jazz Ensemble | Label: Patios Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | A Simple Man by: Boney James | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Rise by: Bonnie J Jensen | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Captain Hubs by: Todd Herbert | Label: Th Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Full Circle by: Steve Allee Big Band | Label: Jazzville Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Color and Passion by: Blake Aaron | Label: Innervision Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Hardcastle 9 by: Paul Hardcastle | Label: Trippin N Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Something About Her by: Marc Antoine | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Hardcastle X (The Eclipse) by: Paul Hardcastle | Label: Trippin N Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Burning Room Only by: Ron Bosse | Label: Deep Cat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Stride by: Eric Essix | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Just Doing Me by: Marion Meadows | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Re-Imagined Songbook by: Ben Tankard | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Conceptions by: Geoffrey Dean | Label: Cellar Live Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | A Lovesome Thing by: Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio | Label: Motema Music, LLC. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Portrait by: Samara Joy | Label: Verve Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | X-Man in New York by: Xaver Hellmeier | Label: Cellar Live Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Hidden Gems by: Brent Laidler | Label: self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | And then Some by: Steve Houghton Group | Label: Watercourse Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Timeless by: David Benoit | Label: SRG Jazz Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Zebra Stories by: Steve Allee | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Decidedly So by: Joe Magnarelli | Label: Cellar Live Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Pieces of Me by: Carol Albert | Label: Cahara Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Rhythm, Melody and Harmony by: Cyrus Chestnut | Label: HighNote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Refuge by: Mitch Towne | Label: Cross Towne Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Side Hustle by: Thom Rotella | Label: HighNote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Center of Unity by: Patrick Yandall | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | In Real Life by: Oli Silk | Label: Trippin N' Rhythm Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Escape with Me by: Vincent Ingala | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Straight Up Down by: Richard Elliot | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Time Takes Odd Turns by: Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | Square One by: The Empress | Label: Cellar Live Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Lady in Satin by: Kandace Springs | Label: SRP Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Into Focus by: Jeff Ryan | Label: Woodward Avenue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Discrepancies in Blue by: Denis Razumovic Razz | Label: Dallas Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Fresh by: Ryan La Valette | Label: TRIPPIN 'N' RHYTHM Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Symphony by: Jeff Logan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Second Line Sunday by: Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band | Label: Treme Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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