| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | SULLIVAN FORTNER | Southern Nights | Artwork |
| 2 | LOUIS COLE WITH METROPOLE ORKEST AND JULES BUCKLEY | nothing | Brainfeeder |
| 3 | MILTON NASCIMENTO AND ESPERANZA SPALDING | Milton + Esperanza | Concord |
| 4 | LEON ANDERSON | Live At Snug Harbor | Outside In |
| 5 | BUTCHER BROWN | Letters From The Atlantic | Concord Jazz |
| 6 | PETER BERNSTEIN | Better Angels | Smoke Sessions |
| 7 | MICHAEL WOLFF | Memoir | Sunnyside |
| 8 | HARRY SKOLER | Red Brick Hill | Sunnyside |
| 9 | DAVE ROBBINS BIG BAND | Happy Faces | Cellar |
| 10 | ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Jazz Is Dead 021 | Jazz Is Dead |
