Year End Jazz Chart: 2020


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ArtistTitleLabelPeakWeeksSpins
1Joey AlexanderWarnaVerve1306300
2Eric AlexanderEric Alexander with StringsHighNote1325957
3Lafayette Harris Jr.You Can't Lose with the BluesSavant1325914
4Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton MarsalisThe Music of Wayne ShorterBlue Engine2325336
5Jeff Rupert with George GarzoneThe RippleRupe Media6304838
6Jason TiemannT-MANTMAN2314838
7Harold MabernMabern Plays MabernSmoke Sessions1264835
8Dave Stryker w/ Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big BandBlue SoulStrikezone1254806
9Kenny Barron | Dave Holland Trio ft. Johnathan BlakeWithout DeceptionDare22274782
10Antonio AdolfoBruMa: Celebrating Milton NascimentoAAM Music1244737
11Jeremy PeltThe Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1HighNote3284704
12Kandace SpringsThe Women Who Raised MeBlue Note3254642
13John SteinWatershedWhaling City Sound2254502
14Michael WolffBounceSunnyside5294497
15Maceo ParkerSoul Food - Cooking With MaceoThe Funk Garage / Mascot Label Group2234466
16Andrea BrachfeldBrazilian WhispersOrigin10334374
17Christopher HollydayDialogueJazzbeat Productions4334369
18Christian SandsBe WaterMack Avenue3254357
19Christian McBride Big BandFor Jimmy, Wes and OliverMack Avenue1174335
20Cory Weeds QuartetDay By DayCellar Music1264310
21Vincent Herring / Bobby Watson / Gary BartzBird at 100Smoke Sessions1384267
22Christian McBrideThe Movement RevisitedMack Avenue2334256
23Jae SinnettJust When You ThoughtJ-Nett Music8294195
24Gregory PorterAll RiseBlue Note1164171
25Jeff Hamilton TrioCatch Me If You CanCapri3234164
26Bobby WatsonKeepin' It RealSmoke Sessions1204134
27Larry WillisI Fall in Love Too Easily The Final Session at Rudy Van Gelder'sHighNote1244069
28Lakecia BenjaminPursuance: the ColtranesRopeadope11254058
29Aaron DiehlThe VagabondMack Avenue7314040
30Tim Ray TrioExcursions and AdventuresWhaling City Sound10314036
31Wayne EscofferyThe Humble WarriorSmoke Sessions1264017
32Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersJust Coolin'Blue Note3203982
33Benny Benack IIIA Lot Of Livin' To DoBB3 Productions11323970
34Lynne ArrialeChimes Of FreedomChallenge8293916
35Warren WolfReincarnationMack Avenue12303905
36Connie HanIron StarletMack Avenue13263831
37Black Art Jazz CollectiveAscensionHighNote2213777
38Lisa HiltonChalkboard DestinyRuby Slippers Productions11253728
39AlbareAlbare Plays JobimAlfi14323670
40Pat MethenyFrom This PlaceNonesuch14233652
41Sam HirshQuite Frankly — Introducing Sam HirshUmadas Music19303640
42John Fedchock NY SextetInto The ShadowsSummit9223638
43Dena DeRoseOde To The RoadHighNote4243555
44Kenny WashingtonWhat's The HurryLower 9th3173554
45Carl SaundersCarl Saunders, Jazz TrumpetSummit3223552
46John BaileyCan You Imagine?Freedom Road17313540
47John SneiderThe ScrapperCellar Music14283524
48Ray MantillaRebirthSavant6203509
49John Di MartinoPassion Flower The Music of Billy StrayhornSunnyside10263507
50Lauren HendersonThe Songbook SessionBrontosaurus5243505
51Eddie HendersonShuffle and DealSmoke Sessions3173496
52Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz OrchestraJazz PartyTroubador Jass15303467
53Jimmy GreeneWhile Looking UpMack Avenue10243465
54Alexa TarantinoClarityPosi-Tone9253421
55Sinne EegWe've Just BegunBFM Jazz13263417
56Lolly AllenComing HomeOA24213411
57VariousElla 100 - Live At The ApolloConcord Jazz10233371
58Keith OxmanTwo Cigarettes in the DarkCapri20253362
59ArtemisArtemisBlue Note1133331
60Theo HillReality CheckPosi-Tone13283275
61Trio LatinoMayan SuiteBachlao4243267
62La LuchaEverybody Wants To Rule The WorldArbors11243265
63Bill Cunliffe TrioSunrise Over MolokaiMetre6333210
64Monika HerzigEternal DanceSavant6253207
65Pacific Mambo OrchestraThe III SidePacific Mambo Orchestra25293183
66Eddie Daniels w/ Dave Grusin and Bob JamesNight Kisses a Tribute to Ivan LinsResonance8193176
67Billy ChildsAcceptanceMack Avenue7183128
68Harold López-NussaTe Lo DijeMack Avenue5173074
69Nubya GarciaSourceConcord Jazz6163044
70Derrick Gardner & the Big dig! BandStill I RiseImpact Jazz14223023
71Diva Jazz OrchestraDiva + The BoysMCG Jazz1323002
72Ken FowserMorning LightPosi-Tone20272966
73Nick FinzerCast Of CharactersOutside in Music31262954
74Richie Goods & The Goods Project.My Left Hand ManRichman Music8362938
75Christian Tamburr SeptetThe Awakening (Sounds For Sculpture)Christian Tamburr Music14212937
76Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian BladeRoundAgainNonesuch19192903
77Amina FigarovaPersistenceAmFi11232902
78Jerome JenningsSolidarityIoLa6392848
79Works For MeReach WithinPosi-Tone20332789
80Snorre Kirk Quartet with Stephen RileyTangerine RhapsodyStunt14242772
81Henry Robinett QuartetJazz Standards Volume: ThenNefertiti20242768
82Nicholas PaytonRelaxin' With NickSmoke Sessions2422754
83Erroll GarnerOctave Remastered Series Sampler Volume 03Mack Avenue / Octave Music18252745
84Win PongsakornYes, It Is!Cellar Music30272711
85Erroll GarnerOctave ReMastered Series Sampler Volume 02Mack Avenue / Octave Music21232661
86Mark MastersNight TalkCapri22222649
87Calle Loiza Jazz ProjectThere Will Never Be Another YouGoose Mountain Properties22252646
88Lionel Hampton Big Band feat. Jason MarsalisLive At RossmoorAlFi7372621
89Brecker BrothersLive and UnreleasedPiloo24242611
90Steve FidykBattle LinesBlue Canteen Music17242589
91Conrad HerwigThe Latin Side of Horace SilverSavant3132589
92Joe FarnsworthTime To SwingSmoke Sessions5122552
93Diego FigueiredoCompilationArbors13162527
94Jim SnideroProject - KSavant32272514
95Michael DeaseNever More HerePosi-Tone6412503
96Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big BandThe Intangible BetweenSmoke Sessions11242499
97John BeasleyMONK'estra Plays John BeasleyMack Avenue13172489
98Purdie, Fabian, OswanskiMove OnCAP16212485
993D Jazz TrioI Love to See You SmileDIVA Jazz16232485
100Kat EdmonsonDreamers DoSpinnerette29292460