The Roots Music Report's
Top Jazz Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | Norah Jones | Crossover Jazz |
| 2 | I Can Say to You (feat. Vanisha Gould) | Butcher Brown | Crossover Jazz |
| 3 | Love | Meshell Ndegeocello | Jazz |
| 4 | Anything | Norman Brown | Contemporary Jazz |
| 5 | Showman Dan | Madeleine Peyroux | Swing |
| 6 | Ghost Runner on 1st | Inktrail | Jazz |
| 7 | Funkafarian | Troy Roberts | Contemporary Jazz |
| 8 | Help the Poor | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 9 | Talk to Your Daughter | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 10 | Born Under a Bad Sign | Robben Ford | Jazz |
| 11 | Sunlight Bossa Nova | Lawson Rollins | Smooth Jazz |
| 12 | Count on Me (feat. Parker J) | JD Warren & The Rudiment | Crossover Jazz |
| 13 | Chynna | Michael Landau | Jazz |
| 14 | Johnny Swing | Michael Landau | Jazz |
| 15 | Roodis Tones | Michael Landau | Jazz |
| 16 | Criminal | Tianna Hall | Crossover Jazz |
| 17 | Greenwoman (feat. Marcus Gilmore) | Andy Ezrin | Modern Jazz |
| 18 | Caravan (Live) | Robbie Madison | Crossover Jazz |
| 19 | Sylvia's Grave | JD Sterling | Latin Jazz |
| 20 | Glad Bag | Kayle Brecher | Jazz |
| 21 | Who Got Next? | Marc Ciprut | Fusion |
| 22 | Flirtibird | Planet D Nonet | Big Band |
| 23 | The New Journey | The Dave Howard Initiative Euro | Fusion |
| 24 | If a White Horse from Jerusalem - I. Ahava Raba | David Liebman & The CNY Jazz Orchestra | Big Band |
| 25 | Skcc | Leigh Pilzer's Seven Pointed Star | Mainstream Jazz |
| 26 | Bossa | Sergio Pereira | Latin Jazz |
| 27 | Get Lit | Kamasi Washington | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| 28 | Uptop | Adam Hawley | Contemporary Jazz |
| 29 | The Fruit | James Zollar | Mainstream Jazz |
| 30 | Sol De Barcelona (feat. Paul McCandless, Mark Walker & Matthew Montfort) | Mariah Parker | Latin Jazz |
| 31 | Snowbound | Rebecca Kilgore | Mainstream Jazz |
| 32 | Little B's Poem (feat. Dayna Stephens, Richard Mikel & Peter Traunmueller) | Philip Weberndoerfer | Modern Jazz |
| 33 | Cold Duck (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 34 | Pisces | BK Trio | Crossover Jazz |
| 35 | Unstoppable | Adam Hawley | Contemporary Jazz |
| 36 | Saudades | Sergio Pereira | Latin Jazz |
| 37 | Zoomies! | Gardyn Jazz Orchestra | Big Band |
| 38 | Secret Sauce | Lowell Hopper | Smooth Jazz |
| 39 | Descarga 2 (En Vivo) | The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective | Latin Jazz |
| 40 | Batman | Wayne Alpern | Crossover Jazz |
| 41 | Crush | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 42 | The First Time (feat. Jamal Brown, Allyn Johnson, Herman Burney & Lenny Robinson) | Reginald Cyntje | Crossover Jazz |
| 43 | Motel Blues.wav (feat. Lucas LaFave) | Randy Napoleon | Modern Jazz |
| 44 | Miold Man (feat. Marshall Gilkes & Alex Norris) [with Michael Thomas, Samuel Torres, Jimmy Macbride & Ricky Rodriguez] | Sergio Pamies | Latin Jazz |
| 45 | Straight Ahead (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 46 | On the Street Where Woody Lives (feat. Russ Johnson, Rufus Reid & Matt Endres) | Chris Rottmayer | Mainstream Jazz |
| 47 | A Kind Heart | Steve Oliver | Contemporary Jazz |
| 48 | Cape Town Swag (feat. Nadav Remez, Moshe Elmakias, Elam Friedlander & Ben Silashi) | Omer Leshem | Modern Jazz |
| 49 | Alphabet Soup | Chris Standring | Smooth Jazz |
| 50 | The Solitary Seeker | Melissa Aldana | Modern Jazz |
| 51 | Pork Buns | BK Trio | Crossover Jazz |
| 52 | Triple Play (feat. Aubrey Johnson, Rick Roe, Anthony Stanco, Walter Blanding & Andrew Kim) | Randy Napoleon | Modern Jazz |
| 53 | Witch Touch (feat. Mauricio Zottarelli) | Shiri Zorn & George Muscatello | Jazz |
| 54 | Polka Dot Pinup | Brian Charette | Jazz |
| 55 | The Phantom in the in Crowd | Cory Weeds | Jazz |
| 56 | Feels So Right | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 57 | Dreamland | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 58 | She's the One | Blake Aaron | Contemporary Jazz |
| 59 | Cali Mambo (feat. Tom Beckham & Moses Patrou) | Dred Scott Trio | Contemporary Jazz |
| 60 | Hanging on for Love (feat. Pete Levin & Jay Collins) | Roseann Sureda | Crossover Jazz |
| 61 | Infant Eyes (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 62 | Whisper Not | Flying Horse Big Band | Big Band |
| 63 | Fedchock | David Larsen | Mainstream Jazz |
| 64 | Out of the Blue | Lowell Hopper | Smooth Jazz |
| 65 | Throwback | Lowell Hopper | Smooth Jazz |
| 66 | Get Up | Ronny Smith | Contemporary Jazz |
| 67 | Code Blue (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer) | Dave Stryker | Contemporary Jazz |
| 68 | Chant | The Steve Luciano Quartet | Mainstream Jazz |
| 69 | Pigalle (feat. Russ Johnson, Rufus Reid & Matt Endres) | Chris Rottmayer | Mainstream Jazz |
| 70 | Becoming (feat. Leonard Brown, Allyn Johnson, Herman Burney & Lenny Robinson) | Reginald Cyntje | Crossover Jazz |
| 71 | Rosetta Stone | Randy Hoexter | Modern Jazz |
| 72 | Your Love (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello & Brandee Younger) | Lizz Wright | Crossover Jazz |
| 73 | Carlos | Ronnie Foster | Contemporary Jazz |
| 74 | Caxangá | Yuko Ito | Latin Jazz |
| 75 | Careless Whisper | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Contemporary Jazz |
| 76 | At the End of the Night | Maria Puga Lareo | Latin Jazz |
| 77 | Puerta De Oro (with Samuel Torres, Jimmy Macbride, Ricky Rodriguez, Michael Thomas, Marshall Gilkes & Alex Norris) | Sergio Pamies | Latin Jazz |
| 78 | Kumoi Joshi | Andy Milne and Unison | Modern Jazz |
| 79 | The Intrepid Fox | Jesse Fischer | Jazz |
| 80 | Creepin' | Rose Mallett | Contemporary Jazz |
| 81 | Você E Eu | Yuko Ito | Latin Jazz |
| 82 | Samba Do Soho (feat. Mark Walker) | April Aloisio & Joanie Pallatto | Crossover Jazz |
| 83 | Blues for McCoy | Neil Adler Emi's Song Project | Mainstream Jazz |
| 84 | Ain't Nobody | Rose Mallett | Contemporary Jazz |
| 85 | Maria Moita | Antonio Adolfo | Jazz |
| 86 | Nowhere to Go but Up (feat. Kenny Barron, Peter Washington & Joe Farnsworth) | Jeff Rupert | Mainstream Jazz |
| 87 | Billy Gate Blues | Randy Bernsen | Fusion |
| 88 | My Pity Party | Danette McMahon | Crossover Jazz |
| 89 | Blues for Los Angeles | Bill Frisell | Jazz |
| 90 | All Blues | Kristen R. Bromley | Traditional Jazz |
| 91 | On the Stairs | The Steve Luciano Quartet | Mainstream Jazz |
| 92 | By the Stoney Creek | Gardyn Jazz Orchestra | Big Band |
| 93 | Volver | Daniel Pardo | Latin Jazz |
| 94 | Caruso (feat. Dan Jordan) | The Steve Luciano Quartet | Mainstream Jazz |
| 95 | Dudú (feat. Alex Norris & Michael Thomas) [with Marshall Gilkes, Samuel Torres, Jimmy Macbride & Ricky Rodriguez] | Sergio Pamies | Latin Jazz |
| 96 | New Love | Charnett Moffett | Jazz |
| 97 | Shura | Alex Sipiagin | Jazz |
| 98 | No Moon at All | Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra | Jazz |
| 99 | Number 9 (feat. Cyrus Chestnut, Kimon Karoutzos & Gary Kerkezou) | Francesco Amenta | Jazz |
| 100 | L.A. Blues | Dennis Mitcheltree | Jazz |
| 101 | After the Sleep of Lies | Julian Gerstin | Jazz |
| 102 | Marimbista | Jenny Klukken | Jazz |
| 103 | The Fat Man | Gerry Gibbs | Jazz |
| 104 | Soul Dancing | Joey DeFrancesco | Jazz |
| 105 | Bird’s Song (Relaxin’ at Camarillo) | Roseanna Vitro | Jazz |
| 106 | Out of Nowhere | Bill Charlap Trio | Jazz |
| 107 | News Blues | Greg Amirault | Jazz |
| 108 | I Needs to Be Bee'd with (Live) | The Count Basie Orchestra | Jazz |
| 109 | Lighthouse (feat. Elena Pinderhughes) | Immanuel Wilkins | Jazz |
| 110 | Homeward Bound (For Ana Grace) | Johnathan Blake | Jazz |
| 111 | Third Prayer | George Burton | Jazz |
| 112 | Bluesthetic | Steve Davis | Jazz |
| 113 | Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool (feat. Kellin Hanas & Gianna Pedregon) | NYO Jazz | Jazz |
| 114 | Corridors | Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazz |
| 115 | Man in Motion | Charlton Singleton | Jazz |
| 116 | These Love Notes | Monty Alexander | Jazz |
| 117 | Open Plans | Al Foster | Jazz |
| 118 | El Pecoso | Arturo Sandoval | Jazz |
| 119 | Wray | Montreal Jazz Trio | Contemporary Jazz |
| 120 | I Remember Clifford (Live) | Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller | Contemporary Jazz |
| 121 | Going Back to New Orleans | Catherine Russell | Contemporary Jazz |
| 122 | Mosaic | Emmet Cohen | Contemporary Jazz |
| 123 | Green Dolphin Street | Chris Standring | Classic Jazz |
| 124 | Blue Steel | The Jazz Professors | Traditional Jazz |
| 125 | Bullfrog Burp | Jim Dedrick | Modern Jazz |
| 126 | Big George | Nicholas Payton | Jazz |
| 127 | Better Get It in Your Soul | Blue Moods | Jazz |
| 128 | Escapade | Diego Rivera | Jazz |
| 129 | Surprised by Joy | Ernesto Cervini | Jazz |
| 130 | Pharoah's Dance | Steve Turre | Jazz |
| 131 | Bag's Groove (feat. Stanley Clarke) | Ron Carter | Jazz |
| 132 | Blue Visions | The Todd Herbert Quartet | Contemporary Jazz |
| 133 | Sierre (Live) | T.S. Monk | Contemporary Jazz |
| 134 | The Visit (Live) | Chris Cortez | Contemporary Jazz |
| 135 | Young Moon | Connie Han | Contemporary Jazz |
| 136 | For McCoy | Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra | Big Band |
| 137 | Bird & Magic (feat. Derrek Phillips, Chris Wood & Nigel Hall) | Jeff Coffin | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| 138 | A Change is Gonna Come | Acute Inflections | Crossover Jazz |
| 139 | Ah-Bop | Gene Ess | Modern Jazz |
| 140 | Little Angel (feat. Georgia Heers) | Griffin Woodard Group | Modern Jazz |
| 141 | Peak (feat. Alejo Poveda & Ruben Alvarez) | George Freeman | Jazz |
| 142 | Wanderlust | Ana Nelson | Contemporary Jazz |
| 143 | Soul Friend (feat. Sara Caswell) | Dave Stryker | Crossover Jazz |
| 144 | The New Abnormal | Shawn Maxwell | Jazz |
| 145 | Doodlin' | Jonathan Bauer | Jazz |
| 146 | Arioso | Yoron Israel | Jazz |
| 147 | Easy Walker (Live) | Houston Person | Jazz |
| 148 | Hallucinations (Budo) | Bobby Broom | Jazz |
| 149 | Falling in Love with Love | Mike Clark & Michael Zilber | Jazz |
| 150 | More Elders (feat. the E-Collective & Turtle Island Quartet) | Terence Blanchard | Jazz |
| 151 | Be Still, My Soul (feat. Karly Epp) | Earl MacDonald | Jazz |
| 152 | Fire & Rain (feat. Vinnie Colaiuta, John Beasley, Rick Margitza, Alex Acuña & Jon Cowherd) | John Patitucci & Andy James | Jazz |
| 153 | A Child is Born (feat. Serge Merlaud & Hubert Laws) | Tierney Sutton | Jazz |
| 154 | Beyond Darkness (feat. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan) [Live] | Charles Lloyd | Jazz |
| 155 | Jaramillo Blues (For Virginia and Danny) [feat. Anthony Wilson & Gerald Clayton] [Live] | Charles Lloyd | Jazz |
| 156 | Spring High | Warren Wolf | Jazz |
| 157 | MMC | Christian Sands | Jazz |
| 158 | Idle Moments (Live) | Jim Snidero | Contemporary Jazz |
| 159 | Essence (feat. Paul Bollenback & Byron Landham) | Brian Ho | Contemporary Jazz |
| 160 | Joy of Life | Jeannine Otis | Classic Jazz |
| 161 | A Seat at the Table (Words by Bertha Hope) [Music with Commentary] | Jeremy Pelt | Crossover Jazz |
| 162 | Blackbird | Gino Amato | Latin Jazz |
| 163 | Henei Ma Tov | Emmet Cohen | Mainstream Jazz |
| 164 | Baile Bailekita (En Vivo) | The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective | Latin Jazz |
| 165 | KC Blues | Scott Emmerman | Fusion |
| 166 | Depois De Tanto Tempo | Maria Puga Lareo | Latin Jazz |
| 167 | Nelson's Son | Neil Adler Emi's Song Project | Mainstream Jazz |
| 168 | Yearnin' | Neil Adler Emi's Song Project | Mainstream Jazz |
| 169 | Norwegian Wood | Wayne Alpern | Crossover Jazz |
| 170 | It Gets Better (feat. Kenny Barron, Peter Washington & Joe Farnsworth) | Jeff Rupert | Mainstream Jazz |
| 171 | Back to Atlanta | The Moore-McColl Jazz Society | Crossover Jazz |
| 172 | Dans Tes Bras Mon Ange | Margot Sergent | Crossover Jazz |
| 173 | No Matter What | Andy Milne and Unison | Modern Jazz |
| 174 | Clement | David Bixler | Modern Jazz |
| 175 | And That's That | Sam Riney, Barry Coates and Jerry Kalaf | Avant-Garde Jazz |
| 176 | Tell Me a Bedtime Story | Neil Adler Emi's Song Project | Mainstream Jazz |
| 177 | Jive Dumpling (feat. John Patitucci, Paul Bollenback & Jimmy Macbride) | Troy Roberts | Modern Jazz |
| 178 | Down / Up | David Bixler | Modern Jazz |
| 179 | Lost Hours? No | David Bixler | Modern Jazz |
| 180 | Manteca (feat. Tom Beckham) | Dred Scott Trio | Contemporary Jazz |
| 181 | I Don't Need No Doctor | Catherine Russell | Crossover Jazz |
| 182 | Espíritu Samba (feat. Paul McCandless, Mark Walker & Matthew Montfort) | Mariah Parker | Latin Jazz |
| 183 | Walk in the Sun | BK Trio | Crossover Jazz |
| 184 | In Your Arms (feat. Anna Moore) | Mike Di Lorenzo | Contemporary Jazz |
| 185 | Please Come on Inside | Madeleine Peyroux | Swing |
| 186 | Jim Jim | James Zollar | Mainstream Jazz |
| 187 | Compton's Finest | Brandon Sanders | Jazz |
| 188 | Code Switching | Black Art Jazz Collective | Jazz |
| 189 | Connie's in Charge | Kait Dunton | Mainstream Jazz |
| 190 | Black Classical Music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey) | Yussef Dayes | Modern Jazz |
| 191 | Mas Que Nada | Melbreeze | Jazz |
| 192 | Eleanor Rigby | Paul Silbergleit | Big Band |
| 193 | Prince of Darkness | David Lopato & Global Coolant | Modern Jazz |
| 194 | Up to No Good (feat. John Patitucci, Paul Bollenback & Jimmy Macbride) | Troy Roberts | Modern Jazz |
| 195 | Horizon Dance (feat. Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci & Brian Blade) | Chris Potter | Modern Jazz |
| 196 | Unknown Man | Dafnis Prieto | Latin Jazz |
| 197 | The Stratosphere | BK Trio | Crossover Jazz |
| 198 | One for Honey | Denin Slage-Koch | Modern Jazz |
| 199 | Tune Up | Vin Venezia | Mainstream Jazz |
| 200 | O Roncou Da Cuica | Yuko Ito | Latin Jazz |
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