| Mose Allison | Ever Since the World Ended | Mose Chronicles- live in London VOl 1 | Blue Note |
| Abbey Lincoln | The World Is Falling Down | Abbey Sings Abbey | Verve |
| Miles Davis and Gil Evans | Summertime | Porgy and Bess | Columbia |
| Bob Dylan | World Gone Wrong | World Gone Wrong | Columbia |
| Carmen McRae with Dave Brubeck | There'll Be No Tomorrow | Take Five (Live at Basin Street West) | Columbia |
| Tom Tom Club | She Belongs to Me | 12-31-88 Oakland Coliseum Arena | n.a. |
| Eric Clapton and John Mayall | Bernard Jenkins | Crossroads (box) | Polydor |
| Chieftains w/ Los Camperos de Valles | El Caballo | San Patricio | Nonesuch |
| Baba Ken Okulolo | Uwah | We Are All from Africa | Inner Spirit |
| Linda Tillery & Cultural Heritage Choir | Spirituals medley | Front Porch Music | EarthBeat |
| Duke Ellington | Such Sweet Thunder | Soul Call | Verve |
| David Byrne | Theadora Is Dozing | Knee Plays | Nonesuch |
| Red Molly | Can't Let Go | James | Red Molly |
| Persuasions | Ripple | Might as well...Sing Grateful Dead | Grateful Dead |
| Greg Brown | Tenderhearted Child | Freak Flag | YepRoc |
| Peter Apfelbaum | African Hymn/Salvation | Pillars | Berkeley Arts Company |
| Richard Goode | Four Piano Pieces, No. 1 | Plays Brahms | Nonesuch |
| Mike Nichols and Elaine May | Bach to Bach | In Retrospect | Mercury |
| Julian Bream | Granados: Danza Espanola No. 4 | Ultimate Guitar Collection | BMG Classics |
| Turtle Island String Quartet | Coelacanth | Have You Ever Been... | Telarc |
| Bill Morrissey and Greg Brown | You Can't Always Get What You Want | Friend of Mine | Philo |
