The Bill Charlap Trio's brilliant Street of Dreams dominates the jazz chart for December 2021, while other albums from earlier in the year by Samara Joy, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Daniel Herskedal also reappeared high up in the charts following our Recordings of the Year winners announcement. Other notable new chart entries include Makaya McCraven's Deciphering the Message and Johnathan Blake's Homeward Bound on Blue Note, while archival recordings by Art Blakey and Oscar Peterson proved to be popular in the final month of the year.
No. 1 (No. 7 last month)
Street of Dreams
Bill Charlap Trio
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 2 (No. 3 last month)
A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
John Coltrane
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 3 (New entry)
Deciphering the Message
Makaya McCraven
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 4 (New entry)
Samara Joy
Samara Joy
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 5 (No. 17 last month)
First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 6 (New entry)
Breathe
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 7 (New entry)
Homeward Bound
Johnathan Blake
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 8 (New entry)
Harbour
Daniel Herskedal
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 9 (New entry)
Black to the Future
Sons of Kemet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 10 (No. 2 last month)
The News
Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 11 (New entry)
Garden of Expression
Joe Lovano
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 12 (No. 20 last month)
No. 13 (No. 10 last month)
British Conversations
Graham Collier
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 14 (No. 12 last month)
Silver Lining Suite
Hiromi
Available Formats: Hi-Res+ FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 15 (No. 14 last month)
Arashi No Ato (After the Storm)
Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 16 (No. 23 last month)
Live
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 17 (New entry)
Available Format: 2 CDs
No. 18 (New entry)
No. 19 (New entry)
Squint
Julian Lage
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 20 (No. 4 last month)
Shadow Plays
Craig Taborn
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 21 (No. 8 last month)
Journeys in Modern Jazz: Britain
Various Artists
Available Formats: 2 Vinyl Records, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 22 (New entry)
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Wollny / Parisien / Lefebvre / Lillinger
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 23 (No. 6 last month)
When We Leave
Mathias Eick
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 24 (No. 13 last month)
Puerta
Jorge Rossy
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
No. 25 (New entry)
Mabern Plays Coltrane
Harold Mabern
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
