The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of May 16, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Pick Me Up off the Floor | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 2 | 2 | Only Love | Anson Wright | Saphu | Jazz |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Far out Exchange | Scott Brown & David Schlossberg | Self-Release | Fusion |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Unlayered | Enrique Haneine | Elegant Walk | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Standard Deviation | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan | Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | 9 | 2020 Hindsight | Grant Ferguson | Guitar One | Fusion |
| ▲ | 7 | 20 | Star People Nation | Theo Croker | Sony | Jazz |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | Hindsight | Elsa Nilsson | Bumblebee Collective | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Looking Back: Play It Again... | Herb Silverstein | Silver Tunes | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | Kayleidoscope | Kayle Brecher | Penchant Four | Jazz |
| ▼ | 11 | 3 | Truth | Seth Weaver Big Band | Outside In Music | Big Band |
| - | 12 | 12 | Artspoke the Best of (2007-2018) | Stuart Hamm | Guitar One | Fusion |
| - | 13 | 13 | All Rise | Gregory Porter | Decca | Jazz |
| - | 14 | 14 | Rearranged | Jenny Davis | Three Penny | Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | New Sounds from the Jazz Age | Lizzie Thomas | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 16 | 10 | Stuff I Heard | Troy Roberts | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 17 | - | Taking a Chance on Love | Linda Purl | Reaching | Traditional Jazz |
| - | 18 | 18 | Audacity | Buster Williams | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| - | 19 | 19 | Free As the Birds | Jay Phelps | Ropeadope LLC | Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Miki | Miki Yamanaka | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | Quatro | Douyé | Rhombus | Jazz |
| ▲ | 22 | 24 | On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) | Todd Marcus | Stricker Street | Jazz |
| ▲ | 23 | 25 | Bijou Voyou Caillou | Florian Pellissier Quintet | Heavenly Sweetness | Jazz |
| ▲ | 24 | 26 | Luziades (feat. Sébastien Barrier, Xavier Parlant & Clément Denis) | Silvia Ribeiro Ferreira | Laborie Jazz | Jazz |
| ▲ | 25 | 27 | Humanity | Humanity Quartet | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | 28 | Point of View | Abisko Lights | Fine music | Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 29 | Valve Bone Woe (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble) | Chrissie Hynde | BMG | Jazz |
| ▲ | 28 | 39 | Nathan East | Nathan East | Yamaha | Jazz |
| ▲ | 29 | 30 | Concentric Circles | The Kenny Barron Quintet | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 30 | 31 | Falling Flowers | Erik Deutsch | Lohi | Fusion |
| ▲ | 31 | 32 | Intuition: Songs from the Minds of Women | Alicia Olatuja | Resilience | Jazz |
| ▲ | 32 | 33 | Arvoles | Avishai Cohen Trio | Razdaz | Jazz |
| ▲ | 33 | 34 | The Fine Line | Bob Sheppard | Challenge | Jazz |
| ▲ | 34 | 35 | Eclipse | Joey Alexander | Motema | Jazz |
| ▲ | 35 | 36 | A Wall Becomes a Bridge | Kendrick Scott Oracle | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 36 | 37 | KingMaker | Joel Ross | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 37 | 38 | A Love Requited | Myele Manzanza | First Word | Fusion |
| ▲ | 38 | 41 | A Thing Called Joe | Guilhem Flouzat Trio | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| ▲ | 39 | 42 | New Monk Trio | Laurent De Wilde | Gazebo | Jazz |
| ▲ | 40 | 43 | European Hits | Yves Theiler | Bauer Studios | Jazz |
| ▲ | 41 | 44 | All in My Mind | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 42 | 45 | Come Fall | Ellen Doty | Alma | Jazz |
| ▲ | 43 | 46 | Artemisia | Erik Friedlander | ArconomX Music | Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 47 | Modern Flows, Vol. 2 | Marquis Hill | Black Unlimited | Jazz |
| ▲ | 45 | 48 | Nadi | Fazer | Squama | Jazz |
| ▼ | 46 | 17 | Impressions in Blue and Red | Alex Goodman | Outside In Music | Jazz |
| ▲ | 47 | 49 | Groove On! | Euge Groove | Shanachie Ent. Corp. | Jazz |
| ▲ | 48 | 50 | Twio | Walter Smith III | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 49 | 51 | Long Haul | Jessica Lurie | Chant | Jazz |
| ▲ | 50 | 52 | For 2 Akis | Shinya Fukumori Trio | ECM | Jazz |
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