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