The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send for Me | Catherine Russell | Dot Time |
| 2 | Ballads: into the Heart of It | Steve Slagle | Panorama |
| 3 | Art of Protest | Sonic Portraits Jazz Various Artists | Sonic Portraits Jazz |
| 4 | Alright! | Roger Lewis | Irresistible |
| 5 | Love is for All Time | Lorraina Marro | Self-Release |
| 6 | Vortex | Kenny Shanker | Wise Cat |
| 7 | Reboot | Ronnie Foster | Blue Note |
| 8 | Tiger Tail | Evan Drybread | Self-Release |
| 9 | Compassion | Don Paul and Hamid Drake | Self-Release |
| 10 | What I Meant to Say | Steve Million | Origin |
| 11 | Awaken | Hope Diamond | Self-Release |
| 12 | Step Down | The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble | MERLIN |
| 13 | Restless | Jackson Potter | Wise Cat |
| 14 | Cold As Weiss | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Colemine |
| 15 | Nascentia (Birth) | Steve Slagle | Panorama |
| 16 | Two of Swords | Miró Henry Sobrer | Patois |
| 17 | Soul Searchin' | Larry Carlton | Shanachie Ent |
| 18 | NU-JIVE: Nations United | Troy Roberts | Self-Release |
| 19 | My Original Plan | Joanie Pallatto | Southport |
| 20 | Destiny | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release |
| 21 | Jazzwords | Steve Million | SM Music |
| 22 | Promised Land | Paul Brown | Shanachie |
| 23 | Fault Lines | Dana Fitzsimons | Self-Release |
| 24 | May Waltz | The Todd Herbert Quartet | Self-Release |
| 25 | Blue Train | Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas | Seraphic |
| 26 | Cool Shades | Nils | Baja |
| 27 | Ones Upon a Time | Paul Brown | Woodward Avenue |
| 28 | Songs from the Deep | Eric Essix | Essential |
| 29 | View with a Room | Julian Lage | Blue Note |
| 30 | Puppets: the Music of Gregg Hill | Randy Napoleon | Origin Arts/OA2 |
| 31 | Finger Painting | Nick Colionne | Trippin N Rhythm |
| 32 | Five Down Blues | The Kyle Asche Organ Trio | Cellar Live |
| 33 | Baker's Circle | Dave Stryker | Strikezone |
| 34 | Michael Stephenson Meets Alexander Claffy with His Trio | Michael Stephenson & Alexander Claffy | Celler Live |
| 35 | Live at Blue Bamboo | Chris Cortez | Blue Bamboo |
| 36 | In Harmony (Live) | Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller | Resonance |
| 37 | I Can See the Other Side | Ball State University Jazz Ensemble | Self-Release |
| 38 | Ascent to the Blues | Alex Sipiagin | Posi-Tone |
| 39 | Jean Fineberg & Jazzphoria | Jean Fineberg | Pivitol |
| 40 | Montreal Jazz Trio | Montreal Jazz Trio | Odd Sound |
| 41 | Risin' Up | Adam Hawley | MBF Ent. |
| 42 | Love over War | Don Paul and Rivers Answer Moons | Irresistable/Revolutionary |
| 43 | Long Beach | Brian Grace | Self-Release |
| 44 | Two Continents One Groove (Live) | T.S. Monk | Storyville |
| 45 | Musa | Lauren Henderson | Brontosaurus |
| 46 | Somewhere Different | Brandee Younger | Impulse! |
| 47 | Songs from My Father | Gerry Gibbs | Whaling City Sound |
| 48 | Kinfolk 2: See the Birds | Nate Smith | Edition |
| 49 | What It Means to Be Human | Jasper Hoiby | Edition |
| 50 | Bridges | Ana Nelson | Self-Release |
| 51 | Best Buddies | Troy Roberts | Toy Robot |
| 52 | Live at the Deer Head Inn | Jim Snidero | Savant |
| 53 | Caught in the Groove | Nils | Baja |
| 54 | Blue Vision | Eric Person | Distinction |
| 55 | The Prophets in the City | The Bogie Band | Royal Potato Family |
| 56 | 'Round Midnight (Re-Imagined) | Amber Weekes | Amber Inn Productions |
| 57 | The Dark Fire Sessions | Alex Brown | Self-Release |
| 58 | Morning Star | Thomas Heflin | Blue Canoe |
| 59 | Travel | Marco Vezzoso & Alessandro Collina | ITI |
| 60 | Road Trip | Slide Attack | Self-Release |
| 61 | I Just Found out About Love | Kelly Eisenhour | Blujazz |
| 62 | Finding Light | Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon and Brian Blade | Ridgeway |
| 63 | Monsters' Impromptu | Lee Heerspink | Self-Release |
| 64 | Sentiment | Brendan Rothwell | Self-Release |
| 65 | Uptown in Orbit | Emmet Cohen | Mack Avenue |
| 66 | Table for Five! | Juan Carlos Quintero | Moondo |
| 67 | Gifts | Aaron Stroessner Quartet | Self-Release |
| 68 | Aesthetic | Aaron Bazzell | Self-Release |
| 69 | Lou Pomanti & Friends | Lou Pomanti | Self-Release |
| 70 | The Bad Plus | The Bad Plus | Edition |
| 71 | Parallel Motion | Yellowjackets | Mack Avenue |
| 72 | The Garden | Rachel Eckroth | Rainy Days |
| 73 | Secrets of Inanna | Connie Han | Mack Avenue |
| 74 | Without Notice | Extended | Self-Release |
| 75 | SuperBlue (feat. Charlie Hunter) | Kurt Elling | Edition |
| 76 | Quartet + (with Harlem Quartet) | Helen Sung | Sunnyside |
| 77 | Keep Steppin Down | Brennen Schedler Quartet | Ruthanne |
| 78 | O Sole Mio! | Cory Weeds | Cellar Live |
| 79 | I Told You So | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Colemine |
| 80 | Marram | Matt Carmichael | Edition |
| 81 | Hardcastle X (The Eclipse) | Paul Hardcastle | Trippin N Rhythm |
| 82 | Countermelody | Evan Arntzen | Dot Time |
| 83 | Butcher Block Ballet | Jeremy Manasia Trio | Blujazz |
| 84 | Resonate | Lettuce | Round Hill |
| 85 | Something About Her | Marc Antoine | Shanachie |
| 86 | The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band | Groovy Panda |
| 87 | Momentum | Gary Honor | Trippin N Rhythm |
| 88 | Connections | Matthew Whitaker | Resilience |
| 89 | New Beginnings | Jason Marshall | Cellar |
| 90 | King Phoenix | The Jazz Defenders | Self-Release |
| 91 | 5ET (feat. Pol Omedes, Joan Monné, Miguel Fernández & Manel Fortià) | David Viñolas | Microscopi |
| 92 | Fired Up! | Pieces of a Dream | Shanachie |
| 93 | Lost in a Dream | Kristin Callahan | Ivy Door |
| 94 | Leimert Park After Dark | Bobby West | Soulville Sound |
| 95 | Good Time Music (Community Music, Vol. 2) | Steven Bernstein | Royal Potato Family |
| 96 | A Centering Peace | Brian Woodruff Sextet | QJOG |
| 97 | Wabi Sabi | The Tiptons Sax Quartet | Sowiesounds |
| 98 | It Takes One to Know One | Sam Dillon | Cellar Live |
| 99 | Just Like That | Nick Colionne | Trippin N Rhythm |
| 100 | Transmigration | Makram Aboul Hosn | Self-Release |
| 101 | Future Stride | Emmet Cohen | Mack Avenue |
| 102 | The Q Sessions | Christian McBride | Mack Avenue |
| 103 | Source | Nubya Garcia | Concord |
| 104 | Smile | Tawanda | Resonance |
| 105 | Straight from the Soul | Hannah Baiardi | Self-Release |
| 106 | Pick Me Up off the Floor | Norah Jones | Blue Note |
| 107 | Tres Libre | Dan Moretti | Roots Grooves |
| 108 | Human Revolution | Zen Zadravec | Marmite |
| 109 | The Lowdown | Ian Hendrickson-Smith | Cellar Live |
| 110 | Fierce Heart | David Bach | Integrity Music |
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