| 1 | Matthew Shipp | Nu Bop | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| 2 | Billie Holiday | Lady Day | Columbia Records |
| 3 | Omar Sosa | Sentir | Ota |
| 4 | Kahil El'zabar/Billy Bang | Spirits Entering | Delmark Records |
| 5 | Dave Douglas | Witness | Bluebird |
| 6 | John Hollenbeck | The Claudia Quintet | CRI |
| 7 | Django Reinhardt | Vol 2 1938-1939 | Naxos |
| 8 | Curlew | Meet The Curlews! | Cuneiform Records |
| 9 | John Scofield Band | Uberjam | Verve Records |
| 10 | Ahmad Jamal | Olympia 2000 | Dreyfus |
| 11 | William Parker & Hamid Drake | Piercing The Veil | Aum Fidelity |
| 12 | Malachi Thompson | Talking Horns | Delmark Records |
| 13 | Don Byron | You Are #6 | Blue Note Records |
| 14 | Cuong Vu | Come Play With Me | Knitting Factory |
| 15 | The Other Quartet | Sound Stains | Knitting Factory |
| 16 | Henry Threadgill & Make A Move | Everybody's Mouth's A Book | Pi Recordings |
| 17 | Henry Threadgill's Zooid | Up Popped The Two Lips | Pi Recordings |
| 18 | Roy Haynes | Birds Of A Feather: A Tribute To Charlie Parker | Dreyfus |
| 19 | Fred Anderson | On The Run | Delmark Records |
| 20 | Derek Bronston Group | Ebb | Labor Records |