The Roots Music Report's
Top Jazz Song Chart
for the Year of 2016
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beautiful Sound | John Jorgenson | Jazz |
| 2 | Don't Explain | Cassandra Wilson | Jazz |
| 3 | To Love Somebody | Lizz Wright | Jazz |
| 4 | Tarova | Snarky Puppy | Jazz |
| 5 | Just a Girl I Used to Know | John Scofield | Jazz |
| 6 | Pointless Satisfaction | Twin Danger | Jazz |
| 7 | I Love (Loving You) | Twin Danger | Jazz |
| 8 | Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On) | Madeleine Peyroux | Jazz |
| 9 | How Dare You | St Germain | Jazz |
| 10 | Just One of Those Things | Trevor Giancola | Jazz |
| 11 | Too Young to Go Steady | Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene, Jean-Luc Ponty | Jazz |
| 12 | You Go to My Head | Cassandra Wilson | Jazz |
| 13 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | Cassandra Wilson | Jazz |
| 14 | Coldest Kind of Heart | Twin Danger | Jazz |
| 15 | My Foolish Heart | Marquis Hill | Jazz |
| 16 | Masters of War | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | Jazz |
| 17 | Nuages | Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene, Jean-Luc Ponty | Jazz |
| 18 | Beautiful Love | Nels Cline | Jazz |
| 19 | Trombone Institute of Technology | Michael Davis | Jazz |
| 20 | You Are So Beautiful (feat. Norah Jones) | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | Jazz |
| 21 | Good Morning Heartache | José James | Jazz |
| 22 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | José James | Jazz |
| 23 | Portrait of Jennie (feat. Kurt Elling) | Harold Mabern | Jazz |
| 24 | Spoken Introduction to Confessin' the Blues | Kenny Burrell | Jazz |
| 25 | The Bed We Made | Nels Cline | Jazz |
| 26 | Latin for Travelers | Charlie Hunter | Jazz |
| 27 | I Can Do All Things | Jeremy Warren | Jazz |
| 28 | Corcovado | Steve Turre | Jazz |
| 29 | Mary Lou's Blues | Mike LeDonne | Jazz |
| 30 | Slinky | John Scofield | Jazz |
| 31 | Ain't It Funky Now | Brian Charette | Jazz |
| 32 | The Court | David Gibson | Jazz |
| 33 | Equinox | Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet | Jazz |
| 34 | Impressions | Heads Of State | Jazz |
| 35 | Surfin' Snoopy | Jim Martinez | Jazz |
| 36 | Car Wash (Live) | Christian McBride | Jazz |
| 37 | Bipolar Blues Blues (Live) | Mack Avenue SuperBand | Jazz |
| 38 | Grove's Groove (feat. Tim Green, Glenn Zaleski, Rodney Whitaker & Ulysses Owens) | Michael Dees | Jazz |
| 39 | For George and Trane | Eric Alexander | Jazz |
| 40 | Remember | Sean Dobbins Organ Quartet | Jazz |
| 41 | Sure Thing (Live) | Larry Newcomb Quartet | Jazz |
| 42 | So in Love | Kim Nazarian | Jazz |
| 43 | Crazy He Calls Me | Houston Person | Jazz |
| 44 | Do Your Dance! | Kenny Garrett | Jazz |
| 45 | For Curtis | One for All | Jazz |
| 46 | Searchlight | Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family | Jazz |
| 47 | Giant Steps (feat. Eddie Daniels) | Damian Draghici | Jazz |
| 48 | A Thought That Lingers | Jeff Denson Quartet | Jazz |
| 49 | Oska T | John Beasley | Jazz |
| 50 | A Dazzle of Zebras (feat. Thierry Fanfant, Inor Sotolongo, Gregory Louis & Janysett MC Pherson) | Andy Narell | Jazz |
| 51 | Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (feat. Willie Nelson) | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | Jazz |
| 52 | Blue Train | Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene, Jean-Luc Ponty | Jazz |
| 53 | Telstar | Bill Frisell | Jazz |
| 54 | Awakening | Reginald Cyntje | Jazz |
| 55 | Is You is or is You Ain't My Baby | Adrianna Marie | Swing |
| 56 | Childhood Memories | Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene, Jean-Luc Ponty | Jazz |
| 57 | Here You Are Again | The Hot Sardines | Jazz |
| 58 | Idol of the Flies | Reggie Watkins | Jazz |
| 59 | Invitation | Nicolas Bearde | Jazz |
| 60 | Big Dipper (Alternative Take) [Live] | Thad Jones | Jazz |
| 61 | Crazy He Calls Me | Cassandra Wilson | Jazz |
| 62 | The Way You Look Tonight | Cassandra Wilson | Jazz |
| 63 | Cubano Chant | Roberto Fonseca | Jazz |
| 64 | Play It Back (feat. Robert Glasper) | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Jazz |
| 65 | Take Five (Take 1) | Jacky Terrasson | Jazz |
| 66 | My Foolish Heart | Andy Bey | Jazz |
| 67 | Duke's Anthem | Steve Gadd Band | Jazz |
| 68 | The Steadfast Titan | Aaron Diehl | Jazz |
| 69 | Blues for Mr. Charley | Jeff "Tain" Watts | Jazz |
| 70 | Fly, Little Bird, Fly (feat. Jeremy Pelt, Mike LeDonne, Brandi Disterheft & Joe Farnsworth) | Vincent Herring | Jazz |
| 71 | The Worst (Live at Capitol Studios / 2014) | Robert Glasper | Jazz |
| 72 | Something's Coming | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Jazz |
| 73 | Big-Time | Lorraine Feather | Jazz |
| 74 | Sleepwalk (feat. Dave Stryker) | Steve Johns | Jazz |
| 75 | African Wave | Brian Blade, Danilo Perez & John Patitucci | Jazz |
| 76 | Changin' Up | Andrea Brachfeld | Jazz |
| 77 | All of Nothing at All | Don Aliquo with the Beegie Adair Trio | Jazz |
| 78 | Let Me Just Follow Behind (Live Version) | Randy Brecker | Jazz |
| 79 | A Secret Place (feat. Christian McBride & Karriem Riggins) | Orrin Evans | Jazz |
| 80 | Forgiveness | Lionel Loueke | Jazz |
| 81 | The Touch of Your Lips | Joey DeFrancesco | Jazz |
| 82 | El Manisero (Live) | Arturo Sandoval | Jazz |
| 83 | Perpetual Motion | Kenny Carr | Jazz |
| 84 | Monk's Hayride (feat. Bruce Forman, Dom Moio & Eric Schneider) | Michael Kocour | Jazz |
| 85 | Noble Nobles | Esperanza Spalding | Jazz |
| 86 | Imagine | Logan Richardson | Jazz |
| 87 | Central Park West | Ed Cherry | Jazz |
| 88 | Gaffe | Steve Fidyk | Jazz |
| 89 | Cobalt Blues | Little Charlie | Jazz |
| 90 | Tilly's Waltz | Kevin Mahogany | Jazz |
| 91 | Saturday Night in the Village | Brian Bromberg | Jazz |
| 92 | Ain't Misbehavin' | The Great American Music Ensemble | Jazz |
| 93 | Bolivia | Jimmy O'Connell | Jazz |
| 94 | Something Beautiful | Trombone Shorty | Contemporary Jazz |
| 95 | No Diggity (feat. Ariana Savalas) | Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox | Jazz |
| 96 | Tall and Lanky (feat. Tyler Webb and Branford Marsalis) | Jeff Coffin | Swing |
| 97 | New Direction | Herlin Riley | Jazz |
| 98 | I Want a Man | Catherine Russell | Jazz |
| 99 | Camera Eyes | Behn Gillece | Jazz |
| 100 | I Can't Get Next to You | Dave Stryker | Jazz |
| 101 | On Your Way Down | Trombone Shorty | Jazz |
| 102 | On the Real Side | Russell Malone | Jazz |
| 103 | Head Start | Ken Fowser | Jazz |
| 104 | If You Went Away (Preciso Aprender a Ser Só) [Live] | Sarah Vaughan | Jazz |
| 105 | Taking Flight (feat. Tony Lustig, Ben Williams, Michael Dease, Samora Pinderhughes & Ulysses Owens) | Tony Lustig Quintet | Jazz |
| 106 | Synchronicity I | Tierney Sutton | Jazz |
| 107 | Forkball (For Ornette) | Gene Ess | Jazz |
| 108 | Soul Eyes (feat. Mike Richmond, Lisle Atkinson & Andy Watson) | Joshua Breakstone | Jazz |
| 109 | Let Loose (feat. Gerald Clayton, Doug Weiss & Bill Stewart) | Peter Bernstein | Jazz |
| 110 | Destination Unknown (feat. Alina Bzhezhinska & the Glasgow String Quartet) | Euan Stevenson | Jazz |
| 111 | Refuge | Tom Tallitsch | Jazz |
| 112 | It Ain't Necessarily So | Professor Cunningham And His Old School | Jazz |
| 113 | All's Well (feat. Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips) | Hiromi | Jazz |
| 114 | Eight Counts for Rita | Jordan Young | Jazz |
| 115 | Sugar | Frank Catalano & Jimmy Chamberlin | Jazz |
| 116 | Le Crest | Jim Rotondi | Jazz |
| 117 | Faded Love | John Scofield | Jazz |
| 118 | Red River Valley | John Scofield | Jazz |
| 119 | The Promise | Steve Heckman | Jazz |
| 120 | In a Sentimental Mood | Bill Evans | Jazz |
| 121 | Blackbird | Alison Lewis | Jazz |
| 122 | Abuyoyo | Avichai Ornoy | Jazz |
| 123 | Alfie | Richie Cole | Jazz |
| 124 | Ambition and Pride | George Burton | Jazz |
| 125 | The Mystic Chord | Michael Blanco | Jazz |
| 126 | Tiny's Tempo | Bill Charlap Trio | Jazz |
| 127 | Sweet Papa Lou | Mike LeDonne | Jazz |
| 128 | White Trash Girl | Candye Kane | Swing |
| 129 | Sweet Grace (feat. Joel Parisien) | Michael Kaeshammer | Smooth Jazz |
| 130 | That Old Black Magic | Jackie Gage | Jazz |
| 131 | Eddie's in the House | Yellowjackets | Jazz |
| 132 | Soul Sister | Warren Wolf | Jazz |
| 133 | Step by Step | Jeff Narell | Jazz |
| 134 | Aged and Mellow | Catherine Russell | Jazz |
| 135 | Old Country | Dave Flippo Trio | Jazz |
| 136 | Song Patrol | Jane Ira Bloom | Jazz |
| 137 | Sugar Rum Cherry | Planet D Nonet | Jazz |
| 138 | And I Love Her | Jeff Libman | Jazz |
| 139 | Bossa for All (feat. David Hazeltine) | Cory Weeds | Jazz |
| 140 | Afro Blue (Live) [feat. Sharon Renold & Rit Xu] | The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra | Jazz |
| 141 | Harvest for the World | Dave Stryker | Jazz |
| 142 | Afrodesia (feat. Joe Lovano) | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Jazz |
| 143 | Dear Old Southland | Dr. John | Jazz |
| 144 | Peace | Alyssa Allgood | Jazz |
| 145 | Cold, Cold Heart (Live) | Norah Jones | Crossover Jazz |
| 146 | Letter from the Road | Michael Kaeshammer | Smooth Jazz |
| 147 | India Blue | George and Chico Freeman | Jazz |
| 148 | On a Misty Night | Organik Vibe Trio | Jazz |
| 149 | Manteca | Stu Harrison | Jazz |
| 150 | Manteca | Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble | Jazz |
| 151 | Romance in the Dark | Catherine Russell | Jazz |
| 152 | I'll Be Seeing You | Cassandra Wilson | Jazz |
| 153 | Toe Jam | Big Picture Holiday | Jazz |
| 154 | West of the West | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Jazz |
| 155 | Tuna Town | Frank Catalano & Jimmy Chamberlin | Jazz |
| 156 | El Médico | Michael Spiro, Wayne Wallace & La Orquestra Sinfonietta | Jazz |
| 157 | Mellow Mood | Brian Charette | Jazz |
| 158 | And That, Too. | BADBADNOTGOOD | Jazz |
| 159 | What More Could One Man Want? | David Wise | Jazz |
| 160 | Anticipation | Jeff Denson Quartet | Jazz |
| 161 | Gone by Now | Kitt Lyles | Jazz |
| 162 | Still I Rise | Modus Factor | Jazz |
| 163 | Amor Incodicional (Interlude) | Robert Irving III Generations | Contemporary Jazz |
| 164 | Marie Laveau | Dr. John | Jazz |
| 165 | The Soulful Mr. Williams | Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra | Jazz |
| 166 | Here's That Rainy Day | David Wise | Jazz |
| 167 | After the Lights Go Down Low | Catherine Russell | Jazz |
| 168 | Don’t Wait Too Long | Madeleine Peyroux | Swing |
| 169 | Under the Spell of the Blues | Catherine Russell | Jazz |
| 170 | Everybody Loves My Baby | Catherine Russell | Jazz |
| 171 | Big Chief (feat. Dr. John) | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Jazz |
| 172 | I Have Dreamed | Karrin Allyson | Jazz |
| 173 | Only Trust Your Heart | Stacey Kent | Jazz |
| 174 | Maiden Voyage | Nicolas Bearde | Jazz |
| 175 | The Crossbar | Herlin Riley | Jazz |
| 176 | Shake off the Dust | Herlin Riley | Jazz |
| 177 | Tutti Ma | Herlin Riley | Jazz |
| 178 | Pharaoh | Freekbass | Jazz |
| 179 | Waters of March | Bill O'Connell | Jazz |
| 180 | Let the Music Take Your Mind | Ed Cherry | Jazz |
| 181 | A New Blue | Ed Cherry | Jazz |
| 182 | Stardust (El Encanto) | Michael Spiro, Wayne Wallace & La Orquestra Sinfonietta | Jazz |
| 183 | People Talk | Christian Tamburr | Jazz |
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