The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Jul 4, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | The Re-Collection | Jaana Narsipur | In The Pocket Jazz | Crossover Jazz |
| - | 2 | 2 | Time of Change | Chris Standring | Ultimate Vibe | Smooth Jazz |
| - | 3 | 3 | Eklektika | Carolyn Lee Jones | Catn'round Sound | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Rivers | Will Sumner | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | The Romance Continues | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| - | 6 | 6 | Let's Take a Trip | Anthony Caceres | Jig In G | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Thank You Notes: the Music of Gregg Hill | Paul Keller Orchestra | Cold Plunge | Big Band |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | This is Now | Pete Mills | Mighty Ernie | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | Live at Blue Llama | David Janeway | Steeplechase | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant | Ron Wilkins & Rebecca Patterson | Adhyaropa | Modern Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | Agua Con Gas | Dave Schumacher & Cubeye | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 12 | 4 | Picc Pocket | Erica von Kleist | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | Lifeforce | 3rd Force | Baja/TSR | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | Music in Me | Lindsey Webster | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 15 | 14 | Authentically Norman | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 16 | 30 | Father Son | Nathan East | EasternStar | Jazz |
| ▲ | 17 | 19 | Modern Times | Mike Di Lorenzo | Keep The Groove | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 18 | 16 | Sings Lena Horne | Syndee Winters | Wake Your Words | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 19 | 17 | Blue Fire: the Van Gelder Session (feat. Jared Gold & McClenty Hunter Jr.) | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 20 | 18 | Radiance | Lonnie Plaxico | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 21 | 26 | The Hang, the Hustle, the Path | Christopher McBride | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 20 | Face to Face | Nikki Iles & NDR Bigband | Edition | Big Band |
| ▼ | 23 | 21 | Caliboudja (feat. Clément Daldosso, Raphaël Pannier & Dexter Goldberg Trio) | Dexter Goldberg | Jazz & People | Crossover Jazz |
| ▼ | 24 | 22 | Aria | Tineke Postma | Edition | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 25 | 23 | Black Classical Music | Yussef Dayes | Nonesuch | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 26 | 24 | La Gare | Andreas Toftemark | April | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 27 | 25 | Three Elements: Earthness | Jasper Hoiby | Edition | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 28 | 27 | Under the Moon over the Sky | Najee | Blue Horn Creative | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | Soliloquies | Jason Kao Hwang | Self-Release | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| ▼ | 30 | 29 | For Dinah | Ledisi | Candid | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 31 | 35 | Loving You | Kieran Brown | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 32 | - | Day Trip | Brian Culbertson | BCM Entertainment | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | Boundless | Lemek | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 33 | Without Further Ado, Vol 1 | Christian McBride | Mack Avenue | Big Band |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | Time Wouldn't Wait | Dara Tucker | Green Hill | Jazz |
| - | 36 | 36 | Hand 2 Heart | Roberto Restuccia | Trippin N' Rhythm | Smooth Jazz |
| - | 37 | 37 | Basie Rocks! | Deborah Silver & the Count Basie Orchestra | Green Hill Productions | Big Band |
| - | 38 | 38 | The Legacy Project | Nathan Mitchell | Trippin N' Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 39 | 39 | Like Sugar | Eric Alexander | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 40 | 40 | Every Part of Me | Jackiem Joyner | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 41 | 41 | Music is Life | Joe Bowden Project | Self-Release | Fusion |
| ▲ | 42 | - | Dancin' Shoes | Paula Atherton | Dream On | Smooth Jazz |
| *NEW* | 43 | - | X•IX•VIII | Kat Hawley | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 44 | 43 | Indigo | Jeff Logan | Fire & Ice Network | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 45 | 44 | Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson) | Suzanne Pittson | Vineland | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 46 | 45 | Bite Your Tongue | The Interplay Jazz Orchestra | Big Time | Big Band |
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