| Richard "Groove" Holmes | Do You Know the Way to San Jose | Blue Bacharach | Blue Note |
| Karl Denson's Tiny Universe | Seven Nation Army | New Ammo | Stoopid |
| Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9 | Henry's Boogie | Viper's Drag | Impulse! |
| Charlie Parker | Romance Without Finance | The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948 | Savoy/Atlantic |
| Tommy Smith | Dipper | misty morning and no time | Linn |
| Johnny Hodges | Satin Doll | too marvelous for words-the Johnny Mercer Songbook | Verve |
| Javon Jackson | Not Yet | When the Time is Right | Blue Note |
| Ben Webster | Late Date | Soulville | Verve Master Edition |
| Ornette Coleman | When Will The Blues Leave? | Something Else!!! | OJC/Contemporary |
| Ornette Coleman | Birthdays and Funerals | Skies of America | Columbia/Legacy |
| Ginger Baker | Twelve and More Blues | Why? | Motema |
| Mike Osborne | All NIght Long | Force of Nature | Reel Recordings |
| Nathan Davis | Happy Girl | Two Originals | MPS |
| Tierney Sutton | Court and Spark | After Blue | BFM |
| Ornette Coleman | The Soul Within Woman/The Artist in America | Skies of America | Columbia/Legacy |
| Isotope 217 | Beneath the Undertow | The Unstable Molecule | Thrill Jockey |
| Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble | Dolphy and the Monk Dance | Cape Town Shuffle Live at Hot House | Delmark |
| David Murray Infinity Quartet | The Graduate | Be My Monster Love | Motema |
| Sheldon Brown Group | Bowl O' Cherries | Shifting Currents | Nepenthe |
| Rufus Reid | Recognition | Quiet Pride | Motema |
| Dave Douglas Quintet | Little Feet | Time Travel | Greenleaf |
| Estamos Trio | Biti | People's Historia | Relative Pitch |
| Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers | Afro-Comanche | Border-Free | Jazz Village/harmonia mundi |
| Ibibio Sound Machine | The Tortoise | Ibibio Sound Machine | Soundway |
| Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and the HOt 9 | Dixie Walker/Buddy Bolden's Blues | Viper's Drag | Impulse! |
| Sonny Rollins | Solo Sonny | Road Shows Vol. 3 | Okeh |
| Geri Allen | In Appreciation | grand River Crossings | Motema |
