| 1 | Matthew Shipp | Nu Bop | Thirsty Ear |
| 2 | William Parker & Hamid Drake | Piercing The Veil | Aum Fidelity |
| 3 | Don Byron | You Are #6 | Blue Note Records |
| 4 | Billie Holiday | Lady Day | Columbia Records |
| 5 | Mose Allison | The Mose Chronicles - Live In London Vol. 2 | Blue Note |
| 6 | Dave Douglas | Witness | Bluebird |
| 7 | Django Reinhardt | Vol 2 1938-1939 | Naxos |
| 8 | Hasidic New Wave & Yakar Rhythms | From The Belly Of Abraham | Knitting Factory |
| 9 | The Other Quartet | Sound Stains | Knitting Factory |
| 10 | Paula West | Come What May | Hi Horse Records |
| 11 | Henry Threadgill & Make A Move | Everybody's Mouth's A Book | Pi Recordings |
| 12 | Henry Threadgill's Zooid | Up Popped The Two Lips | Pi Recordings |
| 13 | Good For Cows | CD | Self Produced |
| 14 | The Original Salty Dogs | New Orleans Shuffle | Delmark Records |
| 15 | Sun Ra And His Arkestra | Sunrise In Different Dimensions | Hat Hut |
| 16 | Nika Garcia | Bring It On | Self Produced |
| 17 | Ahmad Jamal | Olympia 2000 | Dreyfus |
| 18 | Diane Schuur/Maynard Ferguson | Swingin' For Schuur | Concord Jazz |
| 19 | John Scofield Band | Uberjam | Verve Records |
| 20 | Omar Sosa | Sentir | Ota |