1. Franco Ambrosetti, Nora (Enja)

2. Julian Lage, View with a Room (Blue Note)

3. Charles Lloyd Trios, Chapel (Blue Note)

4. John Scofield, John Scofield (ECM) 

5. Pasquale Grasso, Be-Bop! (Sony Masterworks)

6. Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)

7. Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind Reordings)

8. Dave Stryker, As We Are (Strike Zone) 

9. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)

10. Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Popular Culture (Community Music, Vol. 4) (Royal Potato Family)

Honorable Mention:

Seamus Blake, New York Factor, Vol. 1 (self-release); Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi); Javon Jackson, The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Solid Jackson); Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note); Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch); The Jon Cowerd Trio, Pride And Joy (Le Cog Records); Enrico Rava/Fred Hersch, The Song Is You (ECM); Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid); Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble, Folia: The Music of Egbert Gismonti (Sunnyside); Fareed Haque, Return to the Joyous Lake (Wahdude Music); Marc Copland Quartet,  Someday (InnerVoice Jazz); Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of Mingus (Savant);  Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Nonesuch). 

Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade, LongGone (Nonesuch); JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant); Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve);  Burton/McPherson Trio featuring Dezron Douglas,The Summit Rock Session at Seneca Village (Giant Step Arts); Miguel Zenón, Mùsica De Las Américas (Miel Music); Peter Erskine, Live in Italy (Fuzzy Music); Dave Liebman, Truth and Honesty (Newvelle Records); Erik Friedlander, A Queen's Firefly (Skiptone Records); Bobby Watson, Back Home in Kansas City (Smoke Sessions); Will Vinson, Tripwire (Whirlwind Recordings);  Harish Raghavan, In Tense (Whirlwind Recordings).

 Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano, Once Around The Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM); Samo Salamon, Dolphyology: Complete Eric Dolphy for Solo Guitar (Samo Records); Alternative Guitar Summit, Honoring Pat Martino, Vol. 1 (HighNote); Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead, Poetic (self release); Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music); Steve Cardenas/Ben Allison/Ted Nash, Healing Power (Sunnyside); Jon Irabagon, Rising Sun (Irabbagast); Kris Allen, June (Truth Revolution Recording); Gary Smulyan, Tadd’s All, Folks (SteepleChase); Michael Blake, Combobulate (Newvelle Records); Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM); James Singleton,  Malabar (Sinking City Records); Kate Baker & Vic Juris, Return to Shore (StrikeZone).