Top Soul Jazz Albums





Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
1849
Jimmy Smith The Sermon! 1959
2
2177
Jimmy Smith Back at the Chicken Shack 1960
3
2310
Cannonball Adderley Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - Live at 'The Club' Hard Bop 1967
4
2404
Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz Rhythm & Blues 1961
5
2557
George Benson Breezin' Jazz-Funk, Smooth Jazz 1976
6
2677
Ray Charles Ray Charles at Newport Rhythm & Blues 1958

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Freddie Hubbard Red Clay Post-Bop 1970
Bobby Timmons This Here Is Bobby Timmons Hard Bop 1960
Herbie Mann Memphis Underground 1969
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Winter in America Jazz-Funk, Soul 1974
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Blacknuss 1972
Jimmy Smith and Wes Mongomery Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo Big Band 1966
The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd 1965
Grant Green Feelin' the Spirit 1963
Jimmy Smith Prayer Meetin' 1963
Jimmy Smith Organ Grinder Swing 1965
Lonnie Holley MITH 2018
Booker T. & The MG's Soul Dressing Rhythm & Blues 1965