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Top Recommended Jazz Songs: 2026

Spirit of Summer

From: Spirit Of Summer (Featuring Eumir Deodato)
By Ithamara Koorax
Jazz Station Records
January 14, 2026 | listens: 4,688

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Afro Blue

From: Afro Blue (10th Anniversary Edition)
By Harold Mabern
Smoke Sessions Records
January 15, 2026 | listens: 3,702

Crystal Silence

From: Crystal Silence - Tribute to Chick Corea
By Selma Boragian
JSR - Jazz Station Records
March 5, 2026 | listens: 1,406

Full Moon [Feat. New York Voices, Mark Egan]

From: Full Moon [Feat. New York Voices, Mark Egan]
By Luiz Millan
Jazz Station Records
January 28, 2026 | listens: 2,739

Gravity

From: Convergence
By Björn Meyer
ECM Records
March 12, 2026 | listens: 607

Mumbo Jumbo

From: Dream Archives
By Craig Taborn
ECM Records
March 11, 2026 | listens: 473

Walkside

From: While I Was Away
By Julia Hulsmann
ECM Records
March 13, 2026 | listens: 429

Vacation From the Blues (feat. Russell Malone)

From: Reach for Tomorrow
By Anna Kolchina
OA2 Records
February 20, 2026 | listens: 455

Baubles, Bangles, & Beads

From: May I Come In
By Lisanne Lyons
OA2 Records
February 23, 2026 | listens: 462

Shifty Paradigms

From: Shifty Paradigms
By Dave Slonaker
Origin Records
February 19, 2026 | listens: 448

Little Bird, Fly

From: Leap
By Alyssa Allgood
Self Produced
February 22, 2026 | listens: 167

The Gifted People

From: Dear Cleveland,
By Dimitri Nassar
Self Produced
February 27, 2026 | listens: 229

Blappin'

From: Jazz in Meanjin 021
By Brodie McAllister
Jazz In Meanjin
February 25, 2026 | listens: 149

Stars Fell from Alabama

From: Stars
By Martin Wind
Newvelle Records
March 25, 2026 | listens: 122

Whisper

From: Stories On The Wind
By Hannah Horton
Swinging Cat Records
February 17, 2026 | listens: 419

Squatty Roo

From: Live from Japan
By Terell Stafford
BCM&D Records
March 9, 2026 | listens: 60

Bounce

From: Bounce
By Declan Sheehy-Moss
Self Produced
March 4, 2026 | listens: 105

Dedo & Utrillo (F. Bianchini)

From: Mood Indigo
By Filippo Bianchini
Hanskustersmusic-September-
February 26, 2026 | listens: 87

Moonglow

From: Uma Noite De Jazz Em São Paulo
By Hector Costita
Self Produced
April 5, 2026 | listens: 60

Everybody Loves Lili

From: Meanwhile
By Laurent Doumont
Soul Embassy
March 16, 2026 | listens: 84

The Melancholy of a Paper Pusher

From: The Melancholy of a Paper Pusher
By Van Dam and the Madman
Self Produced
February 21, 2026 | listens: 121

Beneath Balancing Boulders

From: Daybreak
By Matt Greenwood
Self Produced
February 28, 2026 | listens: 134

The Root of All

From: 2455 (Music for the Future)
By Billie Davies
Cobra Basement
March 1, 2026 | listens: 116

Mabrouka

From: Mabrouka
By Paul Colombo
Paul Colombo Music
March 2, 2026 | listens: 139

Portals

From: 6211
By Dimitris Terpizis
Self Produced
March 3, 2026 | listens: 103

One Summer's Day

From: The Ghibli Collection
By Owen Chen
OA2 Records
April 15, 2026 | listens: 48

Name Dropping Is the Lowest Form of Conversation

From: Hellbent Daydream
By Brandon Seabrook
Pyroclastic Records
January 27, 2026 | listens: 1,714

It's One or Not One

From: Reckless Meter
By Eric Gunnison
Capri Records
March 22, 2026 | listens: 77

Guanabara Eyes

From: Anahí
By Jon Gold
Entropic Records
March 28, 2026 | listens: 38

Body and Soul

From: The Ecstasy of Love
By Michael Moody
Self Produced
March 29, 2026 | listens: 171

Ghosts Of Havana

From: Bright Dawn
By Harvie S
Origin Records
April 12, 2026 | listens: 23

Late night jump

From: Dancing flamingos
By Jacob Munk Nielsen
Rooftop Recording
February 18, 2026 | listens: 74

Autumn Serenade

From: Autumn Serenade
By Emily Wade Adams
C Suite Records
March 31, 2026 | listens: 136

Big Ideas

From: Essential Curvature
By Jack West
Ota Records
March 14, 2026 | listens: 89

More Guitar

From: Guitars on Life
By Jack West
Ota Records
March 8, 2026 | listens: 89

Africa

From: The Last Trane to Africa
By Ian Dogole
Global Fusion Music
April 4, 2026 | listens: 58

Hemiola

From: Swirls
By Zenekar
4000 Records
April 6, 2026 | listens: 15

Estuary

From: Still Waters
By Niklas Lukassen
Heartcore Records
March 7, 2026 | listens: 103

Wedding Song

From: Shifting
By Rai Castells
Fresh Sound Records
April 7, 2026 | listens: 14

Timelapse

From: I Grew Up
By Camilla Vaitaitis
Self Produced
April 8, 2026 | listens: 26

Djinn & Tonic

From: Djinn & Tonic // Dead Flowers
By Rev Chris
Self Produced
April 9, 2026 | listens: 34

Firefly Pharology

From: The Call
By Alison Burik
Constellation
April 10, 2026 | listens: 20

The Children Of Lyles Station

From: Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit
By Anthony Branker
Origin Records
April 11, 2026 | listens: 29

Little Bells

From: This Very Moment
By Chenxi Pan
Origin Records
April 13, 2026 | listens: 37

Bright Child

From: Buckshot Blues
By Steve Kovalcheck
OA2 Records
April 14, 2026 | listens: 25

Dispidida

From: Cabo Verde Sessions
By Gonzalo Esteybar
Self Produced
April 3, 2026 | listens: 41

MAIKA & Bertram Burkert - Holy Noon

From: Holy Noon
By MAIKA
Self Produced
April 2, 2026 | listens: 45

The Parisian

From: Philly 3
By James Fernando
Spring Garden Music
March 10, 2026 | listens: 96

Triplets A Go Go

From: Heart of Hearts
By Steve Berndt
Self Produced
March 15, 2026 | listens: 134

Dancing On Bentwood Chairs

From: Dancing On Bentwood Chairs
By Billy Marrows
Self Produced
March 17, 2026 | listens: 87

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