The Roots Music Report's
Top Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parking Lot Symphony | Trombone Shorty | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| 2 | Serenade for Horace | Louis Hayes | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 3 | Four in One | Heads Of State | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 4 | All These Hands | Michael Dease | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 5 | Matrix | The Fred Hughes Trio | Shorething | Jazz |
| 6 | Come Together | Dave Askren & Jeff Benedict | Tapestry | Jazz |
| 7 | Country for Old Men | John Scofield | Impulse | Jazz |
| 8 | Turn Up the Quiet | Diana Krall | Verve | Jazz |
| 9 | Project Freedom | Joey DeFrancesco | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 10 | Shifting Borders | Dave Kline Band | VedaMusic | Jazz |
| 11 | Ella: Accentuate the Positive | Regina Carter | Okeh | Jazz |
| 12 | Post Cool: Vol 1 the Night Shift | Carol Morgan | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 13 | Strunkin' | Leigh Pilzer | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| 14 | The Beast | Jerome Jennings | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 15 | Bringin' It | Christian McBride | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 16 | Promethean | Theo Hill | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 17 | Akoben | Harold Little | Uniqek Sound | Jazz |
| 18 | Strange Beauty | Jeff Libman | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 19 | Alma Matters | Alma Matters | Tone Traveler Productions | Jazz |
| 20 | Dreams and Daggers | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 21 | Second Impression | Eric Alexander | High Note | Jazz |
| 22 | Lighthouse Reverie | Jen Siukola | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 23 | Tales & Tones | Troy Roberts | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 24 | Colors | Scott Brown | Random Chance | Jazz |
| 25 | Erik Jekabson Quintet | Erik Jekabson | Wide Hive | Jazz |
| 26 | With You in Mind | Stanton Moore | Cool Green | Jazz |
| 27 | New Jazz Musette | Richard Galliano | Ponderosa Music & Art | Jazz |
| 28 | Marseille | Ahmad Jamal | Jazz Village | Jazz |
| 29 | Burn Notice | David Bandman | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 30 | Diggin Up My Roots | The Greg Hatza Organization | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 31 | Montagnes Russes | Daniel Zimmermann | Label Bleu | Jazz |
| 32 | Next Level | Brian Hudson | Self-Release | Fusion |
| 33 | Young Street | Reggie Young | R G Y Entertainment | Smooth Jazz |
| 34 | Al Nge Taa | Jan Galega Brönnimann | CPL | Jazz |
| 35 | ABUC | Roberto Fonseca | impulse! | Jazz |
| 36 | The Comedian | Terence Blanchard | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 37 | Secular Hymns | Madeleine Peyroux | Verve | Jazz |
| 38 | #JiveCulture | Jeremy Pelt | High Note | Jazz |
| 39 | Me & You | Edward Maclean | r3w records | Jazz |
| 40 | Infinite Distances | Noah Haidu | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 41 | Trinity One | Ray Lyon | Burning Blue | Jazz |
| 42 | Islands | Rob Clearfield | Rob Clearfield | Jazz |
| 43 | Strykin' Ahead | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Jazz |
| 44 | Surrounded by the Night | Dave King Trucking Company | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 45 | Duende Libre | Duende Libre | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 46 | Central Line | Art Hirahara | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 47 | Something Gold, Something Blue | Tom Harrell | Highnote | Jazz |
| 48 | Zigzagger | Takuya Kuroda | Concord | Jazz |
| 49 | Picture Him Happy | Ben Sidran | Unlimited Media | Jazz |
| 50 | Anti-Hero | Kneebody | Motema Music | Jazz |
| 51 | The Invariant | Benedikt Jahnel Trio | ECM | Jazz |
| 52 | Let's Sail Away | Jeff Rupert with Veronica Swift | Rupe Media | Jazz |
| 53 | MONK'estra, Vol. 2 | John Beasley | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 54 | Dances with the Sun | Tom Kohl | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 55 | Travels | Rhythm Future Quartet | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 56 | Egg Tooth | Ephemerals | Jalapeno Ltd | Jazz |
| 57 | Ruler Rebel | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Stretch Music | Jazz |
| 58 | Villes Invisibles | Toufic Farroukh | TF | Jazz |
| 59 | Hybrido - from Rio to Wayne Shorter | Antonio Adolfo | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| 60 | Rising Tide | Frank Kohl | Pony Boy | Jazz |
| 61 | The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke | The Vampires | Earshift Music | Jazz |
| 62 | Jersey Cat | Freddie Hendrix | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 63 | La Vie Devant Soi | Renaud Garcia-Fons | E-Motive | Jazz |
| 64 | Big Man on Campus | Flying Horse Big Band | Flying Horse | Jazz |
| 65 | Corban Nation | Larry Corban | Nabroc | Jazz |
| 66 | Sleight of Hand | New York Standards Quartet | Whirlwind | Jazz |
| 67 | Vol. I | Stu Harrison | One Nightstand | Jazz |
| 68 | Layers | Michiel Stekelenburg 5 | ZenneZ | Jazz |
| 69 | Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau | Chris Thile | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| 70 | First Light | Andy Adamson Quintet | Andros | Jazz |
| 71 | Toss | Shugo Tokumaru | Polyvinyl | Jazz |
| 72 | Rylesonable | Antonella Chionna | Dodicilune | Jazz |
| 73 | KINFOLK: Postcards from Everywhere | Nate Smith | Waterbaby Music | Jazz |
| 74 | REACH | Christian Sands | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 75 | The Parade | Yonathan Avishai | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 76 | Dance of Time | Eliane Elias | Concord | Jazz |
| 77 | So Cute, So Bad | Akiko Tsuruga | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 78 | Self-Identity | Ollie Howell | Ropeadope LLC | Jazz |
| 79 | Meet Me at the Crossroads | Sweet Lu Olutosin | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 80 | Our Point of View | Blue Note All-Stars | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 81 | Beekman, Vol. 02 | Beekman | Ropeadope LLC | Jazz |
| 82 | Alto Manhattan | Steve Slagle | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 83 | Sizzle | Jeff Richman | Nefer | Jazz |
| 84 | Shine | Cilantro Boombox | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 85 | Odalisque | Spike Wilner Trio | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 86 | Mission Cimbalom | Marius Preda | Universal Music | Jazz |
| 87 | Solid Gassuh | The Fat Babies | Delmark | Jazz |
| 88 | Intertwined | Tal Cohen & Danielle Wertz | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 89 | Hidden Beauty | Triosence | Sony | Jazz |
| 90 | Life | Eri Yamamoto Trio | AUM Fidelity | Jazz |
| 91 | Grace | Lizz Wright | Concord | Jazz |
| 92 | Diwan of Beauty and Odd | Dhafer Youssef | Okey Records | Jazz |
| 93 | The Rhythm Method | The Brian Dickinson Quintet | Addo | Jazz |
| 94 | Code Noir | Carmen Lundy | Afrasia Productions | Jazz |
| 95 | Spiral | Gene Segal | SteepleChase LookOut | Jazz |
| 96 | The Musician (Live) | Chick Corea | Concord Jazz | Jazz |
| 97 | Nat "King" Cole & Me | Gregory Porter | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 98 | Voyage Home | Chris Rogers | Art of Life | Jazz |
| 99 | New Focus on Song | Euan Stevenson | Whirlwind Recordings | Jazz |
| 100 | Love to Me | Bob Mundy | Kitoliscious Music | Jazz |
| 101 | Boomerang | Itamar Borochov | Laborie Jazz | Jazz |
| 102 | Charlie Watts Meets the Danish Radio Big Band (Live at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen / 2010) | Charlie Watts | Impulse! | Jazz |
| 103 | Falling Crystals | Emil Brandqvist Trio | Skip Records | Jazz |
| 104 | New Spring | Enrico Pieranunzi | Cam Jazz | Jazz |
| 105 | Antidote | Rotem Sivan Trio | Aima | Jazz |
| 106 | Think Ahead | Steve Davis | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 107 | Anbody's Spring | Sherri Roberts | Pacific Coast Jazz | Jazz |
| 108 | Live from Jazz at the Bistro | Sean Jones | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 109 | Momentum | Shirantha Beddage | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 110 | There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit | Cyrus Chestnut | HighNote | Jazz |
| 111 | Northern Adventures - the Canada Sessions, Vol. 1 | Al Muirhead | Chronograph | Jazz |
| 112 | East West Time Line | Kevin Eubanks | Mack Avenue Records | Jazz |
| 113 | Family Tree | Grégory Privat | ACT Music | Jazz |
| 114 | Fundamental | Trevor Giancola | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 115 | The Remembering | Luca Mannutza Quintet | Schema Rearward | Jazz |
| 116 | Give and Take | Mike Stern | Atlantic Recording | Jazz |
| 117 | Secret Language | Sergej Avanesov | N.C.Music | Jazz |
| 118 | Love Song | Tuomo Uusitalo | Fresh Sound Records | Jazz |
| 119 | Time for the Dancers | Russell Malone | HighNote | Jazz |
| 120 | Harlem on My Mind | Catherine Russell | Jazz Village | Jazz |
| 121 | 92 Years Young: Jammin' at the Gibbs' House | Terry Gibbs | Whaling City Sound | Jazz |
| 122 | Anhinga | Quiet Life Motel | SchulmanCreative | Crossover Jazz |
| 123 | Lantern | Oregon | Cam Jazz | Jazz |
| 124 | Sea of Tranquility | Marcos Amorim | Adventure Music | Jazz |
| 125 | Liberetto III | Lars Danielsson | ACT | Jazz |
| 126 | Now Hear This! | Ken Fowser | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 127 | The Twilight Fall | Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School | Brontasauras | Jazz |
| 128 | Jigsaw Puzzles | Volker Engelberth | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 129 | Old Soul | Jacob Damelin Group | Jacob Damelin | Jazz |
| 130 | Dice | Adam Rogers | Adraj | Jazz |
| 131 | Forgive and Forget | Terell Stafford | Herb Harris Music | Jazz |
| 132 | Beginnings | Bruce Harris | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 133 | That Feelin' | Mike LeDonne | Savant | Jazz |
| 134 | The Smile | Bacha Mdzinarashvili | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 135 | Root Structure | Mike Downes | Addo | Jazz |
| 136 | Uptown, Downtown | Bill Charlap Trio | Impulse | Jazz |
| 137 | Cirklar | Tingvall Trio | Skip | Jazz |
| 138 | Dreamsville | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 139 | Walk of Fire | Behn Gillece | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 140 | Testimony | Howard Johnson | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 141 | Kindred Spirits | Paul Yonemura | Girod | Jazz |
| 142 | Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth | Charlie Hunter | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 143 | Spirits | Zem Audu | Origin | Fusion |
| 144 | Paseo a Dos | Renaud Garcia-Fons | E-Motive | Jazz |
| 145 | Blue, Vol. 2 | Jeff "Tain" Watts | Dark Key Music | Jazz |
| 146 | Historical Misappropriation | Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 147 | Cubafonía | Dayme Arocena | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 148 | Tributary Tales | Gerald Clayton | Motema | Jazz |
| 149 | Convergence | Warren Wolf | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 150 | Imagination (Live) | Rupert & Drexler | Rupe Media | Jazz |
| 151 | Hard Times | Vincent Herring | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 152 | Talk to Your Daughter | Robben Ford | Warner Bros | Jazz |
| 153 | Otterville | Andrew Downing | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 154 | Leslie Odom Jr. | Leslie Odom, Jr. | BMG | Jazz |
| 155 | Let's Groove: the Music of Earth Wind & Fire | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 156 | Backlog | Steve Khan | Shrapnel Label Group | Jazz |
| 157 | Diving for Pearls – Jazz Interpretations of the Pearlfishers Songbook | Colin Steele Quartet | Marina | Jazz |
| 158 | Sound Rhythm & Form | Hypnotic Brass Ensemble | Pheelco Entertainment | Jazz |
| 159 | Evolution | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 160 | Bel Hommage | Patti LaBelle | GPE | Jazz |
| 161 | Rebirth | Billy Childs | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 162 | Taylor Street | Carol Robbins | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 163 | To Love and Be Loved | Harold Mabern | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 164 | Is That All There is | Misses Satchmo | Productions Bros | Jazz |
| 165 | Conversations | Joris Teepe & Don Braden | Indielabel | Jazz |
| 166 | Love Letters | Lyambiko | Sony | Jazz |
| 167 | I'm Still Learning | Barbra Lica | Justin Time | Jazz |
| 168 | Compassion - the Music of John Coltrane | Dave Liebman & Joe Lovano | Resonance | Jazz |
| 169 | Wood & Strings | John Stein & Dave Zinno | Whaling City Sound | Jazz |
| 170 | Superconductor | Seamus Blake | 5Passion | Jazz |
| 171 | Heart of the City | Steve Smith and Vital Information NYC Edition | BFM | Jazz |
| 172 | Green Moss Black Sand | Sigurdur Flosason & Lars Jansson Trio | Storyville | Jazz |
| 173 | Lab 2017 | One O'Clock Lab Band | North Texas Jazz | Jazz |
| 174 | Color Tones | John Stein | Whaling City Sound | Jazz |
| 175 | Swimming in Place | Stockton Helbing | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 176 | Picasso Zone | Modus Factor | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 177 | Jersey | Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet | Motema | Jazz |
| 178 | Living Tribute | Larry Newcomb Quartet | Essential Messenger | Contemporary Jazz |
| 179 | Bethany Project | Ilios Steryannis | Ilios Steryannis | Jazz |
| 180 | Bonzo Squad | Corbin Andrick | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 181 | Queen City Blues | Phil DeGreg Trio | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 182 | Gin & Moonlight | Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles | Cuttin' | Swing |
| 183 | The Lock & the Key | Chaise Lounge | Modern Songbook | Jazz |
| 184 | No Filter | Michael Kaeshammer | Self-Release | Smooth Jazz |
| 185 | Live from Stern Grove San Francisco | Pacific Mambo Orchestra | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 186 | No Matter Where Noir | Brent Laidler | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 187 | Happy Song | Anat Cohen Tentet | Anzic | Jazz |
| 188 | Handful of Keys | Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra | Jazz at Lincoln Center | Jazz |
| 189 | Lovers | Nels Cline | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 190 | Doni Doni | Erik Truffaz Quartet | Warner Music France | Jazz |
| 191 | Combination's | Gerald Cannon | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 192 | I Long to See You | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 193 | Legacy: a Coltrane Tribute | Steve Heckman | Jazzed Media | Jazz |
| 194 | Blue Canvas | Brandi Disterheft | Justin Time | Jazz |
| 195 | The Roc | Daniel Herskedal | Edition | Jazz |
| 196 | You & I | Ala.Ni | Missing Piece | Jazz |
| 197 | Blues and Ballads | Brad Mehldau | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| 198 | Walk Against Wind | Linda May Han Oh | Biophilia | Jazz |
| 199 | Articulation | Rodney Jones | Timeless | Jazz |
| 200 | Live at the Speakez | Organissimo | Self-Release | Jazz |
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