| Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran | Mood Indigo | Hagar's Song | ECM |
| Thad Jones | More of the Same | Thad Jones | OJC/Debut |
| Rodney Kendrick | Totem | Dance,World,Dance | Gitanes/Verve |
| Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet | Rosa Parks | Tabligh | Cuneiform |
| Tord Gustavsen Quartet | Silent Spaces | Extended Circle | ECM |
| Coleman Hawkins | Poor Butterfly | At Ease with Coleman Hawkins | OJC/Prestige |
| The Bryan Ferry Orchestra | Avalon | The Jazz Age | BMG |
| Herbie Hancock | Space Captain | The Imagine Project | Hancock/Sony |
| Randy Weston and Billy Harper | The Healers | The Roots of the Blues | Sunnyside |
| The Pyramids | Nsorama(The Stars) | King of Kings | disko B |
| Anna Webber | Certain Transcendence | Percussive Mechanics | Pirouet |
| Geri Allen | Stoned Love | Grand River Crossings | Motema |
| Jerry Moore | Winds of Change | Life is A Constant Journey Home | ESP-Disk |
| Joe Henderson | Lotus Blossom | Lush Life | Verve |
| The Bad Plus | Seven Minute Mind | Made Possible | Eone |
| John Carter and Bobby Bradford Quartet | Call to the Festival | Flight for Four | Flying Dutchman/International Phonograph |
| Kris Bowers | Forget-er | Heroes and Misfits | Concord |
| Jane Ira Bloom | Good Morning Heartache | Sixteen Sunsets | Out-line |
| Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian | Lullaby of Birdland | Live at Birdland | ECM |
| Albert Heath/Ethan Iverson/Ben Street | Tootie's Tempo | Tootie's Tempo | Sunnyside |
| The Pyramids | Rock Churches | Lalibela | disko B |
| John Zorn/Thurston Moore | Jazz Laundromat | "@" | Tzadik |
| The Kandinsky Effect | Cusba | Synesthesia | Cuneiform |
| Herbie Hancock | Eye of the Hurricane(LIve) | Rarities Sampler | Columbia Legacy |
