The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Feb 15, 2025
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | Try This | Bill Moio | ITI | Smooth Jazz |
| *NEW* | 2 | - | Slang Spirituals | Lady Blackbird | BMG | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 3 | 1 | Beethoven Blues | Jon Batiste | Verve | Jazz |
| ▲ | 4 | 9 | Time Takes Odd Turns | Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 5 | 3 | Lumen | Danilo Perez & Bohuslän Big Band | Prophone | Big Band |
| ▲ | 6 | 19 | Ese Momento | Daniel Pardo | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 7 | 4 | Brazilia Live at the Pump House: Celebrating Wayne Shorter | Dan Moretti | Roots Grooves | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 8 | 5 | Zebra Stories | Steve Allee | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 30 | Right Here | Tomas Martin Lopez | Bongotoms | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 10 | 7 | Mystical | Reza Khan | Painted Media | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 51 | I Hear Echoes | George Cables | HighNote | Modern Jazz |
| ▲ | 12 | 59 | Visions | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 13 | 10 | Looper Colony II | Sam Riney, Barry Coates and Jerry Kalaf | Outside In | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| ▼ | 14 | 11 | Calliope | Paul Hanson and Raze the Maze | Manzanita Ranch | Fusion |
| ▼ | 15 | 12 | Some Poor Soul Has a Fire | Stan Harrison | Adhyâropa | Modern Jazz |
| ▲ | 16 | 54 | Side Hustle | Thom Rotella | HighNote | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 17 | 13 | The Romance Continues | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 18 | 14 | United | Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland | Edition | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 19 | 15 | Love and Rhythm | Blake Aaron | Innervision | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 20 | 16 | The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner | Conrad Herwig | Savant | Jazz |
| ▼ | 21 | 17 | Grove's Groove | Michael Dease | Le Coq | Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | Cool Shades | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Across the Field College Fight Songs Reimagined | Visions Jazz Ensemble | Patios | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 24 | 23 | Destiny | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Feelin' Good | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | Precious Moments | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 27 | 26 | Good Trouble | Matt Wilson | Palmetto | Jazz |
| ▼ | 28 | 27 | Louisiana Stories | Don Paul | Irresistible/Revolutionary | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | It Hits Different | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 30 | 6 | My Universe | Maria Puga Lareo | My Keter | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 29 | Tribute: the Music of Gregg Hill | Rick Roe | Cold Plunge | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 31 | Safe Travels | Jerry Kalaf | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | Joe Elefante’s Wheel of Dharma | Joe Elefante | Self-Release | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 33 | Small Things | Jackson Potter | Shifting Paradigm | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | What Is? | Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | Soliloquies | Jason Kao Hwang | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 37 | 8 | History of the Vibraphone | Warren Wolf | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| ▼ | 38 | 36 | JAMB | Dave Erickson Project | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | Hidden Gems | Brent Laidler | self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 40 | 38 | Hope | Todd Boston | Gita | Jazz |
| ▼ | 41 | 39 | Promised Land | Paul Brown | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 40 | Groovin Smooth | Ghost Jazz Trio | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | Beyond the Warrior's Eyes | Brian Tarquin | BHP Music-Guitar Trax | Fusion |
| ▼ | 44 | 42 | Archaic Humans | Nation Beat | Ropeadope | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 45 | 43 | Twentyfour | Al Di Meola | Ear Music | Fusion |
| ▼ | 46 | 44 | Echoes of Harlem: a Tribute to Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 | Planet D Nonet | Eastlawn | Big Band |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson) | Suzanne Pittson | Vineland | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 46 | Stanco's Time | Anthony Stanco | OA2 | Jazz |
| ▼ | 49 | 47 | What It Means | Bria Skonberg | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 50 | 48 | Cali Mambo | Dred Scott Trio | Ropeadope | Contemporary Jazz |
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