The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Jazz Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | War & Insufficient Peace - Jeanne Ricks | Sonic Portraits Jazz Various Artists |
| 2 | What Lola Wants | Melbreeze |
| 3 | Bluedemic | Slide Attack |
| 4 | Armadillo Research | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 5 | Baker's Circle (feat. McClenty Hunter) | Dave Stryker |
| 6 | King of Hearts | Troy Roberts |
| 7 | Escrito Jazz Libre | Dan Moretti |
| 8 | The Fotomat Song (Someday My Prints Will Come) | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 9 | Moonscape | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 10 | Si Tendre | Hannah Baiardi |
| 11 | Musa (feat. Paco Soto, Sullivan Fortner, Eric Wheeler, Joe Dyson & Sabú Porrina) | Lauren Henderson |
| 12 | I Remember Clifford (Live) | Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller |
| 13 | Invitation (feat. Peter Michael Escovedo...) | Kenny Washington |
| 14 | Fo Sho | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 15 | Miraculous | David Boswell |
| 16 | Chythm Ranges | Troy Roberts |
| 17 | War Paint | Brian Woodruff Sextet |
| 18 | My Romance | Amber Weekes |
| 19 | Heading Wes | Norman Brown |
| 20 | Late Night Drive | Eric Essix |
| 21 | What's Happening Brother | Michael Stephenson & Alexander Claffy |
| 22 | Jim Brown's Cousin | Dan Moretti |
| 23 | The Mighty Dollar | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 24 | Nardis | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 25 | Mine or Blues | Makram Aboul Hosn |
| 26 | Overlook | Troy Roberts |
| 27 | Pandeiro Funk | Dan Moretti |
| 28 | Mumbo Jumbo | Dan Moretti |
| 29 | Wray | Montreal Jazz Trio |
| 30 | Call Your Mom | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 31 | Welcome to the Beach | Paul Hardcastle |
| 32 | Sunday Strut (feat. Najee) | Blake Aaron |
| 33 | Keep on Keepin' on | Brendan Rothwell |
| 34 | I Like the Way You Do It | Nils |
| 35 | Hazel's Hips | Amber Weekes |
| 36 | Good Times Are Better | Nils |
| 37 | Right Back Round Again | Joshua Redman |
| 38 | Intro to Modjadji | Makram Aboul Hosn |
| 39 | Your Move | Brendan Rothwell |
| 40 | Dat Dere | Melbreeze |
| 41 | Circles | Nick Colionne |
| 42 | Call Me Love | Nick Colionne |
| 43 | Only 2CU Smile | Nick Colionne |
| 44 | Finally Here | Nils |
| 45 | Idle Moments (Live) | Jim Snidero |
| 46 | Riding | Nick Colionne |
| 47 | El Camino (feat. Mayra Casales) | Dave Stryker |
| 48 | Spankies | Nick Colionne |
| 49 | From the Streets | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 50 | Second Skin | Joe Bowden Project |
| 51 | 24-7 | Alex Brown |
| 52 | Hindsight is 2020 | Jackson Potter |
| 53 | Ain't That Love | Michael Stephenson & Alexander Claffy |
| 54 | Wonderful (feat. Gerald Clayton & Mark Guiliana) | Gretchen Parlato |
| 55 | What I Meant to Say | Steve Million |
| 56 | I Should Care | Ian Hendrickson-Smith |
| 57 | 'Round Midnight | Amber Weekes |
| 58 | Careless Whisper | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 59 | Inner City Blues (feat. Walter Smith III) | Dave Stryker |
| 60 | Hole in One | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 61 | Toast to Lo | Emmet Cohen |
| 62 | Hikky Burr | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 63 | Who Can Relate | Hannah Baiardi |
| 64 | Dancing in the Sorrow | Jihee heo |
| 65 | Pace | Nubya Garcia |
| 66 | The Lowdown | Ian Hendrickson-Smith |
| 67 | Spring Roll | Slide Attack |
| 68 | Autumn Leaves | Melbreeze |
| 69 | Yesterdays | Melbreeze |
| 70 | Tom and Jerry | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 71 | Caravan | Kristin Callahan |
| 72 | Stand with Each Other | Nubya Garcia |
| 73 | Blurring the Blues | Jihee heo |
| 74 | I Get It | Art Ruprecht |
| 75 | Watermelon Man (Live) | Jeremy Monteiro, Jay Anderson and Lewis Nash |
| 76 | 10:30 | Ian Hendrickson-Smith |
| 77 | Five Down Blues | The Kyle Asche Organ Trio |
| 78 | Freedom | Yoko Miwa Trio |
| 79 | The Fountain | Alchemy Sound Project |
| 80 | 'twas a Dark and Stormy Night | Brennen Schedler Quartet |
| 81 | Mulberry Tree | Jackson Potter |
| 82 | Peace | Jackson Potter |
| 83 | La Cumbia Me Está Llamando (feat. La Perla) | Nubya Garcia |
| 84 | The Best is Yet to Come (feat. Josh Nelson) | Kenny Washington |
| 85 | Ant Dance | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 86 | Cheek to Cheek | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 87 | Superstar (feat. Jared Gold) | Dave Stryker |
| 88 | If You Were Mine (feat. Catherine Russell) | Evan Arntzen |
| 89 | Bopstacle Course | Gerry Gibbs |
| 90 | The Wind in Her Hair | David Boswell |
| 91 | SuperBlue (feat. Charlie Hunter) | Kurt Elling |
| 92 | Nascentia Suite: Drum Interlude (feat. Jason Tiemann) | Steve Slagle |
| 93 | Fierce Heart | David Bach |
| 94 | Freeway Doctor East | Brian Woodruff Sextet |
| 95 | We Release | Steve Slagle |
| 96 | The Message Continues | Nubya Garcia |
| 97 | Back Here Again | Bluey |
| 98 | Something Like a Storm (feat. Ben Eunson, Jay Sawyer, Josh Allen & Tuomo Uusitalo) | Nicholas Brust |
| 99 | Continuous | Miguel De Armas Quartet |
| 100 | Woody 'n Us (feat. Eric Legnini, Sylvain Romano & Tony Rabeson) | Belmondo Quintet |
| 101 | Summer Samba | Amber Weekes |
| 102 | I Don't Know | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 103 | Trouble (No. 2) [feat. Walter Smith III] | Dave Stryker |
| 104 | Never Alone | Art Ruprecht |
| 105 | 3AM Breeze | Brennen Schedler Quartet |
| 106 | Aces | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 107 | My Shining Hour | CeCe Gable |
| 108 | What Happened | Brian Woodruff Sextet |
| 109 | Round Midnight | Kristin Callahan |
| 110 | I Concentrate on You (feat. Paco Soto, Sullivan Fortner, Eric Wheeler & Joe Dyson) | Lauren Henderson |
| 111 | I'm Alive | Norah Jones |
| 112 | Familiar Flower | Julian Lage |
| 113 | Journey Uptown | Matthew Whitaker |
| 114 | Sistermoon / Summertime | Amber Weekes |
| 115 | Everything I Love (feat. Walter Smith III) | Dave Stryker |
| 116 | Killing Me Softly with His Song | Melbreeze |
| 117 | Yesterdays (Live) | Jim Snidero |
| 118 | Keep Steppin Down | Brennen Schedler Quartet |
| 119 | Tickled Pink | Brandee Younger |
| 120 | Feed the Fire (with Harlem Quartet) | Helen Sung |
| 121 | On the Stairs | Cory Weeds |
| 122 | Fallin' | Trombone Shorty |
| 123 | Location | Spirit Fingers |
| 124 | Everybody Wants to Rule the World (feat. Dayna Stephens, Sam Yahel & Jongkuk Kim) | Massimo Biolcati |
| 125 | The Story Behind the Story | David Boswell |
| 126 | Doodlin' | Joe Bowden Project |
| 127 | Dardanella | Emmet Cohen |
| 128 | Cook's Bay | Greg Abate |
| 129 | Lush Life | Kristin Callahan |
| 130 | Trippin on Four | Brennen Schedler Quartet |
| 131 | Pirouette En Dedans | Brian Woodruff Sextet |
| 132 | Bird Flu | Jackson Potter |
| 133 | That Old Feeling (Live at SPC Music Hall, 2018) | Chick Corea Akoustic Band |
| 134 | Capricci Di Camere | Cory Weeds |
| 135 | Big Tall Wish | Christian de Mesones |
| 136 | Azusa Dreams | Steve Million |
| 137 | Nascentia Suite: All Up in It (feat. Jeremy Pelt & Clark Gayton) | Steve Slagle |
| 138 | New Note (feat. Jeremy Pelt) | Steve Slagle |
| 139 | Now's the Time (Live) | Jim Snidero |
| 140 | Delirium | The Kyle Asche Organ Trio |
| 141 | The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful | The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band |
| 142 | Space | Spirit Fingers |
| 143 | Straight Ahead | Brennen Schedler Quartet |
| 144 | My Old Flame (Live) | Jim Snidero |
| 145 | Open the Book | Steve Million |
| 146 | Nascentia (feat. Jeremy Pelt) | Steve Slagle |
| 147 | Every Detail Minding | Brian Woodruff Sextet |
| 148 | NDUGU | Lettuce |
| 149 | Were You Watching? | Norah Jones |
| 150 | Chick's Tune | Cory Weeds |
| 151 | The Windmills of Your Mind | Hannah Baiardi |
| 152 | I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues (feat. Mike Olmos) | Kenny Washington |
| 153 | What of What We Are | Enrique Haneine |
| 154 | Moody Blues | Cory Weeds |
| 155 | Prelude to a Kiss (Live) | Jeremy Monteiro, Jay Anderson and Lewis Nash |
| 156 | Mount Olive (Live) | Jeremy Monteiro, Jay Anderson and Lewis Nash |
| 157 | Olivia Benson | Brandee Younger |
| 158 | Low Hanging Fruit (feat. Tim Lefebvre & Christian Euman) | Rachel Eckroth |
| 159 | Time Loops (with Harlem Quartet) | Helen Sung |
| 160 | Luz (feat. Sullivan Fortner, Eric Wheeler & Joe Dyson) | Lauren Henderson |
| 161 | Winter Sun | Mike Cohen |
| 162 | All Those Lovely Things | Montreal Jazz Trio |
| 163 | Lost in a Dream | Kristin Callahan |
| 164 | This is How We Do (feat. Charlie Hunter) | Kurt Elling |
| 165 | Realize | Spirit Fingers |
| 166 | Monk's Dream (Live) | Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller |
| 167 | Dreamsong (feat. Jared Gold) | Dave Stryker |
| 168 | Girly Face | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio |
| 169 | Risin' Up | Adam Hawley |
| 170 | Imperishable Star | Theo Croker |
| 171 | Tripped out Slim | Trombone Shorty |
| 172 | Focus (feat. Maysa & Bluey) | Chris "Big Dog" Davis |
| 173 | Fanfare | Trombone Shorty |
| 174 | Resonate | Lettuce |
| 175 | Bright | Sophia Smith Quartet |
| 176 | Meraki | Sophia Smith Quartet |
| 177 | Nocturne | Sophia Smith Quartet |
| 178 | Elevation (feat. Kyle Tarder-Stoll) | Sophia Smith Quartet |
| 179 | Dreams of My Past | Sophia Smith Quartet |
| 180 | Baker Street (feat. Javier Colon) | Michael Lington |
| 181 | Overlook Sunset | Brennen Schedler Quartet |
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