The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 29, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | What Next? | Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| ▲ | 2 | 4 | In Motion (feat. Keith Carlock) | Jeremy Green | Self-Release | Fusion |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Girl Talk | Jennifer Madsen | SingBaby | Big Band |
| ▲ | 4 | 6 | Fool's Fate | Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces | HipSync | Fusion |
| ▼ | 5 | 3 | Eklektika | Carolyn Lee Jones | Catn'round Sound | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | Sea Spell | Jeff Rupert Quartet | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | The Night Sky | Robert Jospe Quartet | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | A Study in Songbook | Dr. Gianni Bianchini | Self-Release | Vocal Jazz |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | The Romance Continues | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 10 | 17 | Cooler in the Shade | Lowell Hopper | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | Plays at the Wrong Time | Haruna Fukazawa | Orange Paw | Mainstream Jazz |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Live at Blue Llama | David Janeway | Steeplechase | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 13 | 14 | Let's Take a Trip | Anthony Caceres | Jig In G | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Keep Holding on | Leigh Pilzer | Strange Woman | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | New Paradigm | Zen Zadravec | Marmite | Modern Jazz |
| ▼ | 16 | 7 | Rivers | Will Sumner | Guitar One | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 17 | - | In My Dreams | Bill Frisell | Blue Note | Jazz |
| ▲ | 18 | 26 | The Way It is | The Funky Knuckles | GroundUp | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 19 | 27 | You and Me | Udi Shlomo | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 29 | Electric | Adam Hawley | MBF Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 21 | - | Silver Lining | Andrea Lisa | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 22 | 22 | Modern Times | Mike Di Lorenzo | Keep The Groove | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 23 | 18 | Lifeforce | 3rd Force | Baja/TSR | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 24 | 47 | Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson) | Suzanne Pittson | Vineland | Contemporary Jazz |
| *NEW* | 25 | - | High Five | James 'PJ' Spraggins | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
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