The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Mar 31, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | A Humdrum Star | GoGo Penguin | Decca | Jazz |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | The Bat Swings! | Flying Horse Big Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 3 | 10 | Closer to Home | Robert Kennedy | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 4 | 8 | Motion | The Hughes Smith Quintet | Self-Release | Hard Bop |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | The Diva Jazz Orchestra 25th Anniversary Project | The DIVA Jazz Orchestra | ArtistShare | Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Never Stop II | The Bad Plus | Legbreaker | Jazz |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Live in Europe | Melody Gardot | Decca | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Dreams and Daggers | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▼ | 9 | 5 | This City | The Heavyweights Brass Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 10 | 16 | Color Theory | Josh Lawrence | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 11 | - | The Django Experiment III | Stephane Wrembel | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 12 | 15 | Close but No Cigar | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Colemine | Jazz |
| ▲ | 13 | 23 | The Great Nostalgist | Danny Fox Trio | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 14 | 18 | When You're Smiling | Sundae + Mr. Goessl | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 19 | Spiritual Impressions | James Weidman | Inner Circle | Jazz |
| ▼ | 16 | 11 | Elements | Pat Battstone | Leo | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| *NEW* | 17 | - | United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (feat. Wynton Marsalis) | Wynton Marsalis Septet | Blue Engine | Jazz |
| ▲ | 18 | 20 | The Brave | Acute Inflections | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 19 | 22 | Smilessence | The Reggie Pittman & Loren Daniels Quartet | Ivory Hornz | Jazz |
| ▼ | 20 | 13 | The Little Dream | Alfredo Rodríguez | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 21 | - | Of Light and Shadows | Hristo Vitchev Quartet | First Orbit Sounds | Jazz |
| ▲ | 22 | 85 | Don't Look Down | Ken Fowser | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | What Now | Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band | Geometric | Fusion |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | More Songs About Error and Shame | Peripheral Vision | Self-Release | Jazz |
| - | 25 | 25 | Duke Robillard and His Dames of Rhythm | Duke Robillard | M.C. | Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | - | Es:Sensual | Omar Sosa | OTA | Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 84 | Safety Fifth | Mucca Pazza | Electric Cowbell | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 28 | - | Music is | Bill Frisell | Sony | Jazz |
| ▼ | 29 | 27 | Historical Misappropriation | Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 30 | - | Melody Reimagined: Book 1 | Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet | Unknown | Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 12 | Beasts of Burgundy | Squirrel Nut Zippers | Southern Broadcasting | Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 26 | See the Light | Calle Mambo Project | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 33 | 41 | Tribute to Bobby | Steve Hobbs | Challenge | Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 17 | Doin' the New Lowdown | Kevin Connor and Swing 3PO | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Sleight of Hand | New York Standards Quartet | Whirlwind | Jazz |
| ▲ | 36 | 52 | A Thing Called Joe | Guilhem Flouzat Trio | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| ▲ | 37 | 38 | Love & Blues in the City | Jeff Cascaro | Herzog | Jazz |
| ▼ | 38 | 31 | New Monk Trio | Laurent De Wilde | Gazebo | Jazz |
| ▲ | 39 | 58 | Come Fall | Ellen Doty | Alma | Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 33 | The Pink Room | Rondi Marsh | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 41 | 34 | Turn Up the Quiet | Diana Krall | Verve | Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 30 | Egg Tooth | Ephemerals | Jalapeno Ltd | Jazz |
| ▼ | 43 | 37 | Secret Language | Sergej Avanesov | N.C.Music | Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 51 | Jersey | Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet | Motema | Jazz |
| ▲ | 45 | 56 | Long Haul | Jessica Lurie | Chant | Jazz |
| ▼ | 46 | 32 | Spangle-Lang Lane | Ryan Porter | Alpha Pup | Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 43 | Green Street | The Joe Wilson Trio | Earthwork Music | Jazz |
| ▲ | 48 | 83 | Primal Economics | Dingonek Street Band | Accurate | Jazz |
| ▼ | 49 | 45 | Songs from the Swinghouse | The Lao Tizer Band | Yse | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 50 | - | Contrast | Josh Lawrence | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
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