| Lee Fields | Intermission | Faithful Man | Truth and Soul |
| Chris Potter | Dawn(Wuth Her Rosy Fingers) | The Sirens | ECM |
| Don Pullen | New Beginnings | New Beginnings | Blue Note |
| Bud Powell Trio | The Best Thing for You | Bouncing with Bud | Delmark |
| Todd Clouser's A Love Electric | The Taxi Driver | Entre: Selections in Garage Jazz | The Royal Potato Family |
| Ofege | Whizzy llabo | Try and Love | Ivory Music |
| Los Walkers | Siboney | The Roots of Chicha 2 | Barbes |
| Scott Walker | Pilgrim | Bish Bosch | 4AD |
| Ravi Coltrane | Klepto | Spirit Fiction | Blue Note |
| Transcendence Gospel Choir | I Almost Let Go | Whosever Gospel Choir | Amor |
| Ernest Dawkins | God Bless the Child | Afro Straight | Delmark |
| Fela | Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am | Roforofo Fight/The Fela Singles | MCA |
| Steven Bernstein | Chant | Diaspora Blues | Tzadik |
| Cornershop | Butter the Soul | When I Was for the 7th Time | Luaka Bop/Warners |
| Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran | God Only Knows | Hagar's Song | ECM |
| Dave Douglas Quintet | Be Still My Soul | be still | Greenleaf Music |
| Tuneyards and Frank Demond with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band | Tootie Ma/Careless Love | St Peter and 57th St | Rounder |
| Henry Threadgill Zooid | Ambient Pressure Thereby | Tomorrow Sunny | Pi |
| David Sylvain | How Little We Need to Be Happy | Blemish | Samadhisound |
| Richie Havens | Tupelo Honey | My Father's Shoes ep | Rhino |
| Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra | Love Theme from "Spartacus" | Coming About | Enja |
| The Bad Plus | Re-Elect That | Made Possible | eone |
| Barbara Acklin | Lady Lady Lady | 20 Greatest Hits | Brunswick |
| Matthew Shipp | Blue Web in Space | 4D | Thirsty Ear |
| Jorane | Cornelia | Preface | Six Degrees |
| Squarepusher | Energy Wizard | Ufabulum | Warp |
| Glenn Spearman Double Trio | Double Image | Mystery Project | Black Saint |
| Albert King | Laudromat Blues | Born Under a Bad Sign | Concord/Stax |
| Chuck Leavell | I Got to Go Blues | Back to the Woods | Evergreen Arts |
| Patricia Barber | Bashful | Smash | Concord |
