| Duke Ellington | Take It Easy | Ken Burns Jazz | Sony |
| Freestyle Fellowship | Park Bench People | Innercity Griots | 4th And Broadway |
| Jahi | Jazz Greats Tribute (No Jazz No Hip Hop) | Untitled | Independent |
| James Brown | Way(Am I Treated So Bad) | James Brown Jazz | Verve |
| Batha Gebre-Hewet | Ewnet Yet Lagegnesh | The Very Best of Ethiopiques (Disc 1) | Manteca |
| Dorothy Ashby | Life Has It's Trials | Afro Harping | Verve |
| Esperanza Spalding | Chacarera | Chamber Music Society | Heads Up |
| Alice Coltrane | Journey in Satchidananda | Journey in Satchidananda | Umvd Labels |
| McCoy Tyner | Naima | Plays John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard | Umvd Labels |
| Bobbi Humphrey | Mestizo Eyes | Fancy Dancer | Blue Note |
| Charles Mingus | Body & Soul (Take 2) | In A Soulful Mood | Blue Note |
| Les Nubians | Demain (Jazz) | Princesses Nubiennes | Higher Octave |
| Willie Bobo | Fried Neckbones and Some Homefries | Talkin' Verve | Verve |
| James Moody | The World Is Ghetto | The World Is Ghetto | Fuel 2000 |
| Mulatu Astatqe | Yekatit | The Very Best of Ethiopiques (Disc 1) | Manteca |
| Esperanza Spalding | I Adore YOu | Esperanza | Heads Up |
| Jimi Tenor/ Tony Allen | Got My Egusi | Inspiration Information 4 | Strut |
| John Santos | Chango | Tribute to the Masters | Cubop Records |
| Omar Sosa | Light In the Sky | Afreecanos | OTA Records |
| McCoy Tyner | Cresent | Plays John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard | Umvd Labels |
| Spike Lee | She's Walkin | She's Gotta Have It Soundtrack | Polygram |
| Arthur Prysock | Your Body Makes Eyes At Me | This Is My Beloved | Polygram |
| Charlie Hunter Feat. Mos Def | Creole | Songs from The Analog Playground | Blue Note |
| James Brown | All The Way | James Brown Jazz | Verve |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Midnight Sun | The Best of Songbooks (Disc 1) | Verve |
| Bobbi Humphrey | Fancy Dancer | Fancy Dancer | Blue Note |
| Herbie Hancock | Frankie and Kevin | Return of the Headhunters | Universal Import |
| Bob James | Feel Like Making Love | Restoration | Warner Bros/ WEA |
| Arturo Sandoval | I Love You Porgy | A Time For Love | Concord Music Group |
| Cee Lo | Bass Head Jazz | Cee Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections | La Face |
| Clara Hill Meets Atjazz and Charles Webster | Nowhere (I can go) | ...Broadcasting | Sonar Kollektiv |
| The RH Factor | How I Know | Hard Groove | Verve |
| 4 Hero Feat. Terry Devos | Superwoman | Play With The Changes | Milan Records |
| The Roots | Dillatude: The Flight of Titus | How I Got Over | Def Jam |
| Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson | Winter In America (Live) | Winter In America | 101 Distribution |
| Roberta Flack | Tryin' Times | First Take | Atlantic |
| Nina Simone | Four Women | Wild Is the Wind | Polygram |
| Marvin Gaye | Trouble Man Theme | Trouble Man | Motown |
| Marvin Gaye | Trouble Man | Trouble Man | Motown |
| Nona Gaye | Inner City Blues | Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye | Motown |
| Donny Hathaway | Little Ghetto Boy | These Songs For You, Live! | Rhino |
| Stevie Wonder | Village Ghetto Land | Natural Wonder | Motown |
| Sam Cooke | A Change Gonna Come | The Man and His Music | RCA |
| 4 Hero Feat Ursula Rucker | The Awakening | Play With the Changes | Milan Records |
| Marvin Gaye | Funky Space Reincarnation | Here My Dear | Motown |
