- Dejohnette, Goldings, Medeski, Scofield – Hudson (Motema)
- Peter Erskine New Trio – In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy Music)
- Ben Allison – Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)
- Louis Hayes – Serenade for Horace (Blue Note)
- Ahmad Jamal – Marseille (Jazz Village)
- Chick Corea – The Musician (Concord)
- Akiko Tsuruga – So Cute, So Bad (AT Records)
- Jaco Pastorius – Truth, Liberty and Soul (Resonance)
- Katie Thiroux – Off Beat (Capri)
- Akiko Tsuruga – So Cute, So Bad (AT)
- Audrey Ochoa Trio – After Thought (Chronograph)
- Mike Longo Trio – Only Time Will Tell (CAP)
- Harold Mabern – To Love and Be Loved (Smoke Sessions)
- Steve Nelson – Brothers Under the Sun (High Note)
- Cory Weeds & the Jeff Hamilton Trio – Dreamsville (Cellar Live)
- Bill Cunliffe – BACHanalia (Metro)
- Pete Malinverni Trio – Heaven (Saranac)
- Jazzmeia Horn – A Social Call (Concord)
- Bill O’Connell – Monk’s Cha Cha (Savant)
- Oregon – Lantern (Cam Jazz)
- Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano – Compassion (Resonance)
- Russell Malone – Time for the Dancers (High Note)
- Bria Skonberg – With a Twist (OKeh)
- Barbara Morrison – I Wanna Be Loved (Savant)
- New Vision Sax Ensemble – Musical Journey Through Time (Zaki)
- Terry Gibbs – 92 Years Young (Whaling City Sound)
- Mark Murphy – Wild and Free (High Note)
- Afrobop Alliance Big Band – Revelation (OA2)
- Bobby Watson – Made in America (Smoke Sessions)
- Various – The Passion of Charlie Parker (Impulse)
- Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet – Thick as Thieves (Jazzed Media)
- Tardo Hammer trio – Swinging on a Star (Cellar Live)
- Christian Sands – Reach (Mack Avenue)
- Billy Childs – Rebirth (Mack Avenue)
- John Pizzarelli – Sinatra and Jobim at 50 (Concord)
- Stanton Moore – With You in Mind (Cool Green)
- Steve Davis – Think Ahead (Smoke Sessions)
- Mark Winkler – The Company I Keep (Mark Winkler)
- Spike Wilner Trio – Odalisque (Cellar Live)
- Leigh Pilzer – Strunkin’ (Leigh Pilzer)