The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Jazz Album Chart
for the Year of 2024

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1Speak to MeJulian LageBlue Note
2Groove StreetDave StrykerStrikezone
3Love and RhythmBlake AaronInnervision
4Cali MamboDred Scott TrioRopeadope
5It Hits DifferentNorman BrownShanachie Ent.
6MysticalReza KhanPainted Media
7Cool ShadesNilsBaja
8DestinyBrendan RothwellSelf-Release
9JAMBDave Erickson ProjectSelf-Release
10Dreams RealizedRose MallettSelf-Release
11UnstoppableAdam HawleyMBF Ent.
12Memory in MotionThe Jazz DefendersITI
13Promised LandPaul BrownShanachie
14Feelin' GoodNilsBaja
15BowmanvilleBowmanvilleStoneagle
16Three Chord MonteTony RomanoSelf-Release
17Soul Searchin'Larry CarltonShanachie Ent
18What It MeansBria SkonbergCellar Live
19Wonderful!Mike LeDonneCellar Live
20Standards DeluxeThe Rob Dixon / Steve Allee QuintetSelf-Release
21The Hidden World of PilooAda RovattiPiloo
22Ones Upon a TimePaul BrownWoodward Avenue
23Time Takes Odd TurnsTom Johnson Jazz OrchestraSelf-Release
24A Lady with a Song – Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy WilsonAmber WeekesSelf-Release
25The Tuba Trio Chronicles Volume IIJoseph DaleyJoDa Music
26Just Like ThatNick ColionneTrippin N Rhythm
27A New BeatUlysses Owens Jr.Cellar
28Into YouIncognitoShanachie
29Finger PaintingNick ColionneTrippin N Rhythm
30Zebra StoriesSteve AlleeSelf-Release
31Love on the TyrrhenianCeCe GableSelf-Release
32SugilanonCaroline Julia CabadingPatois
33NU-JIVE: Nations UnitedTroy RobertsSelf-Release
34After the StormChris "Big Dog" DavisTrippin 'n Rhythm
35Bridges (feat. Paul Bollenback & Byron Landham)Brian HoCellar Live
36Lift Me UpStreetwizeShanachie
37Gentle and SmoothNathan MitchellTrippin 'n Rhythm
38Songs from the DeepEric EssixEssential
39ContrafactusSpike Wilner TrioCellar Live
40As We ThinkChris StandringUltimate Vibe
41FlashbackAllen DennardSelf-Release
42A New LightSteve OliverSelf-Release
43The Jazz MeurkengersHendrik MeurkensCellar Live
44OasisRandy ScottTrippin 'n Rhythm
45Play It CoolMike Di LorenzoKeep The Groove
46Land of EnchantmentTodd MosbySelf-Release
47Risin' UpAdam HawleyMBF Ent.
48SoliloquiesJason Kao HwangSelf-Release
49Plays Ellington & StrayhornBrian LandrusPalmetto/Blueland
50TimelessDavid BenoitSRG Jazz
51At MezzrowKen PeplowskiCellar
52Movin'John Lamkin II & the Favorites Jazz QuintetSelf-Release
53Relentless PursuitTony AddisonOdradek
54Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston PersonEmmet CohenLa Reserve
55Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson)Suzanne PittsonVineland
56Call for Winter II: ResonanceDaniel HerskedalEdition
57Archaic HumansNation BeatRopeadope
58Across the Field College Fight Songs ReimaginedVisions Jazz EnsemblePatios
59Timing is EverythingEric AlexanderCellar Live
60Hearing into the FutureTony Jones and Jessica JonesReva
61Interlude of the DuendeEmaginarioRopeadope
62Ricano, Vol.1 Live in 2023Jonathan SuazoRopeadope
63Stepping StonesSean FyfeCellar Live
64WintersongsLaila BialiSelf-Release
65StrideEric EssixSelf-Release
66Uptown in OrbitEmmet CohenMack Avenue
67Caribbean BlueRuss SpiegelRuzztone
68I Told You SoDelvon Lamarr Organ TrioColemine
69Congo LamentIsrea ButlerVegas
70Alternate SummerTom HarrellHighNote
71With Eyes ClosedMatt Panayides TrioPacific Coast Jazz
72RebootRonnie FosterBlue Note
73Soul ConnectionBrian SimpsonShanachie
74Send for MeCatherine RussellDot Time
75StruttinRonny SmithPacific Coast
76PortraitSamara JoyVerve
77Live at the Deer Head InnJim SnideroSavant
78In Harmony (Live)Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew MillerResonance
79Songs from My FatherGerry GibbsWhaling City Sound
80Montreal Jazz TrioMontreal Jazz TrioOdd Sound
81May WaltzThe Todd Herbert QuartetSelf-Release
82Two Continents One Groove (Live)T.S. MonkStoryville
83Live at Blue BambooChris CortezBlue Bamboo
84Secrets of InannaConnie HanMack Avenue
85BridgesAna NelsonSelf-Release
86BrotherhoodBelmondo QuintetJazz & People
87Side HustleThom RotellaHighNote
88X-Man in New YorkXaver HellmeierCellar Live
89Step DownThe Sure Fire Soul EnsembleMERLIN
90ResonateLettuceRound Hill
91The Q SessionsChristian McBrideMack Avenue
92The Bad PlusThe Bad PlusEdition
93Cold As WeissDelvon Lamarr Organ TrioColemine
94SeriouslyBPMShanachie
95Fault LinesDana FitzsimonsSelf-Release
96Nascentia (Birth)Steve SlaglePanorama
97JazzwordsSteve MillionSM Music
98PhoenixLakecia BenjaminWhirlwind
 

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