- Ahmad Jamal – Marseille (Jazz Village)
- DeJohnette, Grenadier, Medeski, Scofield – Hudson (Motema)
- Louis Hayes – Serenade for Horace (Blue Note)
- Peter Erskine New Trio – In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy Music)
- Ben Allison – Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)
- Chick Corea – The Musician (Concord)
- Steve Nelson – Brothers Under the Sun (High Note)
- Diana Krall – Turn Up the Quiet (Verve)
- Ray Mantilla – High Voltage (Savant)
- Akiko Tsuruga – So Cute, So Bad (AT Records)
- Jaco Pastorius – Truth, Liberty and Soul (Resonance)
- Organissimo – B3tles (Big O)
- Afrobop Alliance Big Band – Revelation (OA2)
- Cory Weeds & the Jeff Hamilton Trio – Dreamsville (Cellar Live)
- Eliane Elias – Dance of Time (Concord)
- Bill O’Connell – Monk’s Cha Cha (Savant)
- Oregon – Lantern (Cam Jazz)
- Mike Longo Trio – Only Time Will Tell (CAP)
- Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano – Compassion (Resonance)
- Joe Alterman – Comin’ Home to You (Joe Alterman)
- Eric Alexander – Second Impression (High Note)
- Joey DeFrancesco + the People – Project Freedom (Mack Avenue)
- Jowee Omicil – Let’s Bash (Jazz Village)
- Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Weather or Not (Whaling City Sound)
- Spike Wilner Trio – Odalisque (Cellar Live)
- Bill Cunliffe – BACHanalia (Metro)
- Trio Ivoire – Desert Pulse (Intuition)
- Tony Allen – A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note)
- Stanton Moore – With You in Mind (Cool Green)
- Jazzmeia Horn – A Social Call (Concord)
- Kevin Eubanks – East West Time Line (Mack Avenue)
- Claire Daly – 2648 West Grand Boulevard (Glass Beach Jazz)
- Leigh Pilzer – Strunkin’ (Leigh Pilzer)
- Bobby Watson – Made in America (Smoke Sessions)
- Yamani – Peninsular (Edict)
- Mark Murphy – Wild and Free (High Note)
- Heads of State – Four in One (Smoke Sessions)
- Steve Davis – Think Ahead (Smoke Sessions)
- Uptown Jazz Tentet – There It Is (Irrabagast)
- Mark Winkler – The Company I Keep (Mark Winkler)