| Slide Brothers with Shemekia Copeland | Praise You | Robert Randolph Presents the Slide Brothers | Concord |
| Stanley Clarke and George Duke | Louie Louie | Clarrk-Duke Project | Epic |
| Mavis Staples | We'll Never Turn Back | We'll Never Turn Back | Anti- |
| Ry Cooder | Why Don't You Try Me | Borderline | Warner Bros. |
| Kronos Quartet | Wa Habibi | Floodplain | Nonesuch |
| Kronos Quartet with Tom Waits | Way Down in the Hole | Healing the Divide | Anti- |
| Kronos Quartet w/Zakir Hussain | Aaj Ki Raat | Hello Kronos | Nonesuch |
| Kronos Quartet | Alban Berg: Mvt. 4 of Lyric Suite | Alban Berg: Lyric Suite | Nonesuch |
| George Harrison | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Brainwashed | Dark Horse |
| George Harrison | Beware of Darkness (solo unreleased) | Beware of ABKCO | Strawberry Records |
| Sam Cooke | Meet Me at Mary's Place | Keep Movin' On | ABKCO |
| Paula West | Softly As in a Morning Sunrise | Live at Jazz Standard | Hi Horse / City Hall |
| Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus | Non-Sectarian Blues | Time Signatures (box) | Columbia Legacy |
| Molly Holm | Improvised Raga and Se Journey | Permission | Rinny Zin |
| Ry Cooder | Poor Man's Shangri La | Chavez Ravine | Nonesuch |
| Abbey Lincoln | The Merry Dancer | Abbey Sings Abbey | Verve |
| Lambert, Hendricks and Ross | Caravan | Hottest New Group in Jazz | Columbia Legacy |
| Bobby Womack | It's All Over Now | Midnight Mover (anthology) | EMI |
| Otis Redding | Shake | Monterey Jazz Festival | Rhino |
