The Roots Music Report's
Top Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everybody Say Yeah! | George Freeman | Southport | Jazz |
| 2 | As We Are | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Crossover Jazz |
| 3 | Wouldn't Be Here Without You | Brent Laidler | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 4 | Send for Me | Catherine Russell | Dot Time | Contemporary Jazz |
| 5 | DIVA Swings Broadway | The DIVA Jazz Orchestra | Self-Release | Big Band |
| 6 | Ballads: into the Heart of It | Steve Slagle | Panorama | Contemporary Jazz |
| 7 | Blues and Cubes | The Jazz Professors | Flying Horse | Traditional Jazz |
| 8 | Myth & Wisdom | Blue Moods | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 9 | Art of Protest | Sonic Portraits Jazz Various Artists | Sonic Portraits Jazz | Contemporary Jazz |
| 10 | Feel Like Making LIVE! | Bob James | Evolution | Jazz |
| 11 | Solo Live | Edward Simon | Ridgeway | Jazz |
| 12 | Alright! | Roger Lewis | Irresistible | Contemporary Jazz |
| 13 | Love is for All Time | Lorraina Marro | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 14 | Ghost Song | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| 15 | Sing a Song of Bird | Roseanna Vitro | Skyline | Jazz |
| 16 | Bluesthetic | Steve Davis | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 17 | Vortex | Kenny Shanker | Wise Cat | Contemporary Jazz |
| 18 | More Music | Joey DeFrancesco | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 19 | Reboot | Ronnie Foster | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| 20 | Tiger Tail | Evan Drybread | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 21 | Pete's Pandemic Playlist | Peter Curtis | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 22 | Bluish Tide | Kristen R. Bromley Quintet | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| 23 | Transitions | Yaron Gershovsky | Dorron Music | Crossover Jazz |
| 24 | Compassion | Don Paul and Hamid Drake | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 25 | Women and Music (Meld #2) | Don Paul | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 26 | What I Meant to Say | Steve Million | Origin | Contemporary Jazz |
| 27 | A Gift to Pops | The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars | Verve | Jazz |
| 28 | Distant Voices | David Janeway | SteepleChase | Traditional Jazz |
| 29 | This Life | Curtis Stigers | Pandemic Poodle | Jazz |
| 30 | Origin | Joey Alexander | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 31 | Ah-Bop | Gene Ess | SIMP | Modern Jazz |
| 32 | All About Love | Tony Saunders | Baja/TSR | Smooth Jazz |
| 33 | Truth Against the World | The Andy Rothstein Band | Vemicious Knid | Fusion |
| 34 | Awaken | Hope Diamond | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 35 | My Ship (Songs from 1941) | Dawn Derow | Zoho Music | Classic Jazz |
| 36 | Mestizo | Diego Rivera | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 37 | Linger Awhile | Samara Joy | Verve | Jazz |
| 38 | Costa Azul | Jim Allchin | Sandy Key | Latin Jazz |
| 39 | Feel Again | Elena Maque | Self-Release | Crossover Jazz |
| 40 | Rise | Lawson Rollins | Infinita | Fusion |
| 41 | City of Sounds | Joe Farnsworth | Smoke Sessions | Classic Jazz |
| 42 | Sky Blossom: Songs from My Tour of Duty | Alexis Cole | Zoho Music | Traditional Jazz |
| 43 | Into Another Land | Shiri Zorn & George Muscatello | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 44 | The 7th Hand | Immanuel Wilkins | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 45 | Mirror Mirror | Eliane Elias | Candid | Jazz |
| 46 | My Father's Hands | Cyrus Chestnut | HighNote | Jazz |
| 47 | Step Down | The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble | MERLIN | Contemporary Jazz |
| 48 | Between Dreaming and Joy | Jeff Coffin | Ear Up | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| 49 | Bassic Instinct | David Finck | Burton Avenue | Traditional Jazz |
| 50 | Finesse | Sergio Pereira | SedaJazz | Latin Jazz |
| 51 | The Deplar Effect (feat. Eddie Roberts) | New Mastersounds | Color Red | Jazz |
| 52 | Putt Lake Toodleloo | Doug Munro | GotMusic | Crossover Jazz |
| 53 | Jump Children | Scott Silbert Big Band | Self-Release | Big Band |
| 54 | Sometimes There Are No Words | Keith LuBrant | Guitar One | Fusion |
| 55 | We're Still Here | NYO Jazz | Carnegie Hall | Jazz |
| 56 | First Things First | Boris Kozlov | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 57 | Take 2 | Take 2 | Outrageous8 | Traditional Jazz |
| 58 | Street of Dreams | Bill Charlap Trio | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 59 | Completion | Griffin Woodard Group | Praise Message | Modern Jazz |
| 60 | Light at the End of the Tunnel | Angela O'Neill and the Outrageous8 | Outrageous8 | Big Band |
| 61 | Smoke Sessions | Nicholas Payton | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 62 | Hermanos | Cortez/Williams Project | Blue Bamboo | Latin Jazz |
| 63 | Tribute to Buddy Johnson Live at the Scarab Club | Planet D Nonet | Eastlawn | Jazz |
| 64 | Jackpot | Brian Charette | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 65 | Magnolia Stroll | Tuba Skinny | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 66 | The Joy of Playing | Benjamin Schnake Ensemble | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| 67 | Houston Person Live in Paris | Houston Person | HighNote | Jazz |
| 68 | Restless | Jackson Potter | Wise Cat | Contemporary Jazz |
| 69 | Cold As Weiss | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Colemine | Contemporary Jazz |
| 70 | Let's Get Away | Norman Brown | Shanachie Ent. | Smooth Jazz |
| 71 | Jazz Woman, the Reel to Real Sessions | Nancy Kelly | Sub Cat Records | Traditional Jazz |
| 72 | Nascentia (Birth) | Steve Slagle | Panorama | Contemporary Jazz |
| 73 | Live at Birdland | The Count Basie Orchestra | Candid | Jazz |
| 74 | Two of Swords | Miró Henry Sobrer | Patois | Contemporary Jazz |
| 75 | Small Moments | Michael Manring | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 76 | Swing State | Ben Sidran | Bonsai Music | Jazz |
| 77 | Four Brothers | Tony Monaco | Chicken Coup | Jazz |
| 78 | Soul Searchin' | Larry Carlton | Shanachie Ent | Contemporary Jazz |
| 79 | What is There to Say? | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live | Jazz |
| 80 | La Voz Del Mar | Xiomara Torres | Patois | Latin Jazz |
| 81 | NU-JIVE: Nations United | Troy Roberts | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 82 | My Original Plan | Joanie Pallatto | Southport | Contemporary Jazz |
| 83 | How Deep is the Ocean | Pat Coil | Burton Avenue | Traditional Jazz |
| 84 | Unify | Lettuce | Round Hill | Jazz |
| 85 | Festive Interplay | Angel Roman & Mambo Blue | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| 86 | Sounds from the Ancestors | Kenny Garrett | mack Avenue | Classic Jazz |
| 87 | Crisis | Louis Hayes | Savant | Classic Jazz |
| 88 | Awakening | Marco Pignataro's Dream Alliance | Zoho | Crossover Jazz |
| 89 | Homeward Bound | Johnathan Blake | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 90 | On the Town, Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein | Pete Malinverni | Planet Arts | Traditional Jazz |
| 91 | Destiny | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 92 | Latin Jazz Project, Vol. 2 | Ray Obiedo | Rhythmus | Smooth Jazz |
| 93 | Jazzwords | Steve Million | SM Music | Contemporary Jazz |
| 94 | The Latin Side of Mingus | Conrad Herwig | Savant | Jazz |
| 95 | Promised Land | Paul Brown | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| 96 | StandArt | Tigran Hamasyan | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| 97 | Fault Lines | Dana Fitzsimons | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 98 | Trust | Mike Miller | Blue Canoe | Fusion |
| 99 | May Waltz | The Todd Herbert Quartet | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 100 | Dealin' Wid It | Bill Heid | Savant | Jazz |
| 101 | Standing Eight | Jeremy Green | Self-Release | Fusion |
| 102 | Tranquility | Les Sabler | New Vista | Smooth Jazz |
| 103 | Playdate | Geoffrey Keezer | MarKeez | Jazz |
| 104 | Crossroads | Charlton Singleton | BME | Jazz |
| 105 | A Change is Gonna Come | Bill O'Connell | Savant | Jazz |
| 106 | Hope | Todd Boston | Gita | Jazz |
| 107 | Time of My Life | Dylan Nau | RocketSnake | Jazz |
| 108 | Simply Calvin | Calvin Keys | Wide Hive | Jazz |
| 109 | Native Speaker | Saltman Knowles | Pacific Coast Jazz | Jazz |
| 110 | Blue Train | Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas | Seraphic | Contemporary Jazz |
| 111 | Attitude & Gratitude | Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra | Self-Release | Big Band |
| 112 | Look Up! | Band of Other Brothers | Ear Up | Jazz |
| 113 | Ugqozi | Paxton/Spangler Septet | Eastlawn | Jazz |
| 114 | Cool Shades | Nils | Baja | Contemporary Jazz |
| 115 | Ones Upon a Time | Paul Brown | Woodward Avenue | Contemporary Jazz |
| 116 | Songs from the Deep | Eric Essix | Essential | Contemporary Jazz |
| 117 | Love for Sale with Lady Gaga | Tony Bennett | Columbia | Jazz |
| 118 | Honoring Pat Martino, Vol. 1 | Alternative Guitar Summit | High Note | Jazz |
| 119 | Jazzy Italian | Vanessa Racci | Zoho Music | Traditional Jazz |
| 120 | Event Horizon | Event Horizon Jazz Quartet | Ehjq | Jazz |
| 121 | Made in Kalamazoo (Trios and Duos) | Keith Hall | Zoom Out | Jazz |
| 122 | View with a Room | Julian Lage | Blue Note | Contemporary Jazz |
| 123 | Kinds of Love | Renee Rosnes | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| 124 | Puppets: the Music of Gregg Hill | Randy Napoleon | Origin Arts/OA2 | Contemporary Jazz |
| 125 | Tributo a Juan Formell & Los Van Van | Dayramir Gonzalez | UNICORNIO | Latin Jazz |
| 126 | Living in Sound: the Music of Charles Mingus | Harry Skoler | Sunnyside | Jazz |
| 127 | Out of the Dark - the Film Noir Project | Melissa Errico | Ghostlight | Traditional Jazz |
| 128 | Finger Painting | Nick Colionne | Trippin N Rhythm | Contemporary Jazz |
| 129 | Findings | Jim Dedrick | Self-Release | Modern Jazz |
| 130 | New Love | Charnett Moffett | Motema | Jazz |
| 131 | Five Down Blues | The Kyle Asche Organ Trio | Cellar Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| 132 | First Flight to Tokyo: the Lost 1961 Recordings | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | Blue Note | Jazz |
| 133 | Baker's Circle | Dave Stryker | Strikezone | Contemporary Jazz |
| 134 | Samba Jazz Odyssey | Hendrik Meurkens | Zoho | Jazz |
| 135 | Michael Stephenson Meets Alexander Claffy with His Trio | Michael Stephenson & Alexander Claffy | Celler Live | Contemporary Jazz |
| 136 | Live from Vienna, 1967 | The Dave Brubeck Trio | Brubeck Editions | Jazz |
| 137 | Oak Tree | Tom Harrell | HighNote | Jazz |
| 138 | Live at Blue Bamboo | Chris Cortez | Blue Bamboo | Contemporary Jazz |
| 139 | In Harmony (Live) | Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller | Resonance | Contemporary Jazz |
| 140 | Episodes of Grace | Out To Dinner | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 141 | Get a Job | The Greyboy Allstars | Royal Potato Family | Jazz |
| 142 | Adjustments | Scott Kinsey and Mer Sal | Blue Canoe | Fusion |
| 143 | Electricity | Ibibio Sound Machine | Merge | Fusion |
| 144 | Lowdown Nights | LowDown Brass Band | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 145 | Color in Motion | Jenny Klukken | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 146 | Wonderful World | Chris Standring | Ultimate Vibe | Classic Jazz |
| 147 | I Can See the Other Side | Ball State University Jazz Ensemble | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 148 | Ascent to the Blues | Alex Sipiagin | Posi-Tone | Contemporary Jazz |
| 149 | Hard Times (feat. Jeff Tain Watts) | Michael Feinberg | Fresh Sound | Jazz |
| 150 | Artspoke the Best of (2007-2018) | Stuart Hamm | Guitar One | Fusion |
| 151 | Dear Love | Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force | Empress Legacy | Jazz |
| 152 | What a Difference a Day Made | Ermelinda Cuellar | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| 153 | Jean Fineberg & Jazzphoria | Jean Fineberg | Pivitol | Contemporary Jazz |
| 154 | Don't Stop the Carnival | Mercer Hassy Orchestra | MHO | Jazz |
| 155 | Best Next Thing | Michael Dease | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| 156 | Beautiful Things | Kenny Shanker | Wise Cat | Jazz |
| 157 | G2 and You | David Larsen | G2 Records | Traditional Jazz |
| 158 | Jazz Samba Pra Sempre | Nate Najar Trio | Blue Line | Jazz |
| 159 | Look Out! | The Cookers | Gearbox Jazz | Hard Bop |
| 160 | Dream Dancer | Beverley Beirne | 33 Jazz | Jazz |
| 161 | Open World | Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | La Reserve | Big Band |
| 162 | Dedications – Jazz from Planet Flippo | Dave Flippo Trio | Oppilf | Jazz |
| 163 | News Blues | Greg Amirault | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 164 | Montreal Jazz Trio | Montreal Jazz Trio | Odd Sound | Contemporary Jazz |
| 165 | Tomorrow (There is a Way) | Eberhard Klunker | Seven Us Media | Fusion |
| 166 | Next Year's Song | CeCe Gable | 3522549 | Traditional Jazz |
| 167 | Symphony Hall Concert | Erroll Garner | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| 168 | Finding the Right Notes | Ron Carter | IN+OUT | Jazz |
| 169 | Let Go | Acute Inflections | Self-Release | Crossover Jazz |
| 170 | Risin' Up | Adam Hawley | MBF Ent. | Contemporary Jazz |
| 171 | Jobim Forever | Antonio Adolfo | AAM | Latin Jazz |
| 172 | Choices | Joan Watson-Jones | Self-Release | Jazz |
| 173 | Griot: This is Important! | Jeremy Pelt | High Note | Crossover Jazz |
| 174 | Love over War | Don Paul and Rivers Answer Moons | Irresistable/Revolutionary | Contemporary Jazz |
| 175 | Long Beach | Brian Grace | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| 176 | Serenade to Highland Park | Doug MacDonald | Self-Release | Classic Jazz |
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