The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Jazz Album Chart
for the Week of Apr 26, 2025

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Try This
by: Bill Moio

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Label: ITI
Sub Genre: Smooth Jazz
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Doctor Professor Leonard King in Tribute to Joe Williams
by: Planet D Nonet

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Label: Eastlawn
Sub Genre: Big Band
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LW
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Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies
by: Dave Stryker

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Label: Strikezone
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Soft Light
by: Mark Scott III

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Label: Miller Three Publishing
Sub Genre: Mainstream Jazz
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LW
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Slang Spirituals
by: Lady Blackbird

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Label: BMG
Sub Genre: Crossover Jazz
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LW
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Lightkeeper
by: Juan Perea

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Label: Zoho
Sub Genre: Latin Jazz
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LW
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Across the Field College Fight Songs Reimagined
by: Visions Jazz Ensemble

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Label: Patios
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Safe Travels
by: Jerry Kalaf

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Modern Jazz
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Riofonic
by: Mafalda Minnozzi

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Latin Jazz
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Never Too Late
by: Lowell Hopper

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Smooth Jazz
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Horns Locked
by: Nick Hempton

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Label: Cellar
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Mystical
by: Reza Khan

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Label: Painted Media
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Tributes
by: Marcus McLaurine

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Label: Jade Elephant Productions
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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What Is?
by: Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Big Band
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Zito's Jump!
by: James Zito

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Modern Jazz
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Just Us
by: Bob James & Dave Koz

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Jazz
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Fasten Up
by: Yellowjackets

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Label: Mack Avenue
Sub Genre: Smooth Jazz
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LW
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Acts of Faith
by: Sault

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Label: Forever Living Originals
Sub Genre: Crossover Jazz
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Under a Lavender Sky
by: Ermelinda Cuellar

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Latin Jazz
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LW
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The River
by: Silvano Monasterios

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Latin Jazz
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LW
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The Romance Continues
by: Tony Saunders

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Label: Baja/TSR
Sub Genre: Smooth Jazz
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LW
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Love and Rhythm
by: Blake Aaron

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Label: Innervision
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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It Hits Different
by: Norman Brown

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Label: Shanachie Ent.
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Tribute: the Music of Gregg Hill
by: Rick Roe

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Label: Cold Plunge
Sub Genre: Mainstream Jazz
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Secret Message
by: Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet

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Label: Circle 9
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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Prog Vs. Fusion: a War of the Ages
by: Ed Palermo Big Band

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Label: Sky Cat
Sub Genre: Big Band
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Hyldon JID023
by: Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad

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Label: Jazz is Dead
Sub Genre: Latin Jazz
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LW
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Destiny
by: Brendan Rothwell

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Cool Shades
by: Nils

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Label: Baja
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Feelin' Good
by: Nils

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Label: Baja
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Precious Moments
by: Lowell Hopper

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Smooth Jazz
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LW
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Louisiana Stories
by: Don Paul

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Label: Irresistible/Revolutionary
Sub Genre: Crossover Jazz
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Upbeat Mood
by: Music Soup

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Label: Chicken Coup
Sub Genre: Jazz
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Convertible
by: Kingsley Durant

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Label: Zen Diagram
Sub Genre: Fusion
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LW
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Small Things
by: Jackson Potter

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Label: Shifting Paradigm
Sub Genre: Mainstream Jazz
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Brazilia Live at the Pump House: Celebrating Wayne Shorter
by: Dan Moretti

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Label: Roots Grooves
Sub Genre: Latin Jazz
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Mosaic: the Music of Gregg Hill
by: Rodney Whitaker

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Label: Origin
Sub Genre: Modern Jazz
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Mosaic
by: Reginald Cyntje

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Modern Jazz
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Right Here
by: Tomas Martin Lopez

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Label: Bongotoms
Sub Genre: Latin Jazz
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Soliloquies
by: Jason Kao Hwang

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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JAMB
by: Dave Erickson Project

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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Hidden Gems
by: Brent Laidler

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Label: self-Release
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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Hope
by: Todd Boston

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Label: Gita
Sub Genre: Jazz
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Promised Land
by: Paul Brown

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Label: Shanachie
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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LW
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Groovin Smooth
by: Ghost Jazz Trio

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Label: Guitar One
Sub Genre: Smooth Jazz
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Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson)
by: Suzanne Pittson

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Label: Vineland
Sub Genre: Contemporary Jazz
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Cookin' in the Couve
by: Ben Paterson

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Label: Cellar Live
Sub Genre: Jazz
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The Axes, Vol. 2: Summer Solstice
by: Daggerboard

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Label: Wide Hive
Sub Genre: Fusion
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Fervency
by: Pasquale Grasso

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Label: Masterworks
Sub Genre: Jazz
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Scenes from the Dark Ages
by: Yelena Eckemoff

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Label: L and H Production
Sub Genre: Jazz
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