The top 50 albums are listed in rank order, based on points as well as
votes. Second column is number of voters. Third column lists album, title,
label, and voters. Fourth column is Tom Hull's grade (U = currently
ungraded; empty means I didn't get the record).
After the top 50, the albums are listed alphabetically by artist.
Several 2007-released records are noted as [-07].
| 1. | 29 | Sonny Rollins: Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy/Emarcy): Larry Blumenfeld, Thomas Conrad, Francis Davis, Steve Feeney, Phil Freeman, David Fricke, Ted Gioia, Ed Hazell, Willard Jenkins, Martin Johnson, Fred Kaplan, John McDonough, Howard Mandel, Dan Morgenstern, Russ Musto, Ivana Ng, Ted Panken, Thierry Peremarti, Doug Ramsey, Joel Roberts, Gene Seymour, Zan Stewart, Jeff Stockton, W Royal Stokes, Mark Stryker, John Szwed, Neil Tesser, K Leander Williams, Ron Wynn | A- |
| 2. | 17 | Rudresh Mahanthappa: Kinsmen (Pi): David R Adler, Shaun Brady, Francis Davis, David Fricke, Ted Gioia, Tad Hendrickson, Andrey Henkin, Eugene Holley Jr, Robert Iannapollo, Fred Kaplan, Jim Macnie, Howard Mandel, Peter Margasak, Thierry Peremarti, Derk Richardson, Gene Seymour, George Varga | U |
| 3. | 18 | Charles Lloyd: Rabo de Nube (ECM): David R Adler, Larry Blumenfeld, Shaun Brady, Thomas Conrad, John Corbett, Lawrence Cosentino, Laurence Donohue-Greene, James Hale, Don Heckman, Tad Hendrickson, Eugene Holley Jr, Lyn Horton, Willard Jenkins, Mike Joyce, Bill Milkowski, Gene Seymour, John Szwed, K Leander Williams | ** |
| 4. | 11 | Vijay Iyer: Tragicomic (Sunnyside): Lawrence Cosentino, Steve Feeney, James Hale, Lyn Horton, Tom Hull, Martin Johnson, Peter Margasak, Ivana Ng, Derk Richardson, John Szwed, Neil Tesser | A |
| 5. | 13 | Wadada Leo Smith: Tabligh (Cuneiform): Clifford Allen, Phil Freeman, Steve Greenlee, Ed Hazell, Robert Iannapollo, Ken Micallef, Thierry Peremarti, Derk Richardson, Bill Shoemaker, Hank Shteamer, Jason Weiss, K Leander Williams, Josef Woodard | ** |
| 6. | 12 | Cassandra Wilson: Loverly (Blue Note): Larry Blumenfeld, Will Friedwald, Don Heckman, Geoffrey Himes, Willard Jenkins, Martin Johnson, Suzanne Lorge, Howard Mandel, Doug Ramsey, Joel Roberts, W Royal Stokes, Ron Wynn | A- |
| 7. | 10 | Joe Lovano: Symphonica (Blue Note): Larry Applebaum, Will Friedwald, Ted Gioia, John McDonough, Bill Milkowski, Dan Ouellette, Thierry Peremarti, Zan Stewart, Josef Woodard, Ron Wynn | ** |
| 8. | 9 | Donny McCaslin: Recommended Tools (Greenleaf): Shaun Brady, Steve Feeney, Ted Gioia, Steve Greenlee, James Hale, Andrey Henkin, Peter Margasak, Thierry Peremarti, Mark Stryker | A- |
| 9. | 9 | Bill Frisell: History, Mystery (Nonesuch): Larry Applebaum, Larry Blumenfeld, Don Heckman, Geoffrey Himes, Mike Joyce, Bill Milkowski, Ted Panken, Derk Richardson, W Royal Stokes, Jeff Tamarkin | A- |
| 10. | 10 | Guillermo Klein: Filtros (Sunnyside): David R Adler, Larry Blumenfeld, Steve Dollar, Laurel Gross, Tad Hendrickson, Martin Johnson, Jim Macnie, Ted Panken, Mark Stryker, Michael J West | ** |
| 11. | 10 | Martial Solal: Longitude (Cam Jazz): Laurence Donohue-Greene, Don Heckman, John McDonough, Jim Macnie, Peter Margasak, Dan Morgenstern, Jeff Tamarkin, Neil Tesser, K Leander Williams, Scott Yanow | *** |
| 12. | 9 | Lionel Loueke: Karibu (Blue Note): David R Adler, Larry Applebaum, David Fricke, Don Heckman, Mike Joyce, Jim Macnie, Thierry Peremarti, Joel Roberts, Michael J West | * |
| 13. | 8 | James Moody & Hank Jones: Our Delight (IPO): George Kanzler, Dan Morgenstern, Russ Musto, Ted Panken, Zan Stewart, Mark Stryker, George Varga, Ron Wynn | ** |
| 14. | 7 | David Murray & Mal Waldron: Silence (Justin Time): Steve Dollar, Geoffrey Himes, Mike Joyce, Fred Kaplan, Elzy Kolb, Jeff Stockton, Ron Wynn | A- |
| 15. | 7 | Bennie Maupin: Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone): Steve Greenlee, James Hale, Willard Jenkins, Thierry Peremarti, Doug Ramsey, George Varga, Michael J West | B |
| 16. | 10 | William Parker: Petit Oiseau (AUM Fidelity): Larry Blumenfeld, Steve Dollar, David Fricke, Ed Hazell, Tad Hendrickson, Robert Iannapollo, Derk Richardson, Slim, Jeff Stockton, Neil Tesser | A- |
| 17. | 9 | Dave Holland: Pass It On (Dare2/Emarcy): Steve Feeney, Geoffrey Himes, Willard Jenkins, Ken Micallef, Russ Musto, Ivana Ng, Ted Panken, Zan Stewart, Ron Wynn | * |
| 18. | 9 | James Carter: Present Tense (Emarcy): Will Friedwald, Mike Joyce, Kevin Lynch, Howard Mandel, Joel Roberts, Gene Seymour, Jeff Tamarkin, K Leander Williams, Ron Wynn | *** |
| 19. | 10 | McCoy Tyner: Guitars (Half Note/McCoy Tyner Music): Thomas Conrad, John Corbett, Lawrence Cosentino, Will Friedwald, Ted Gioia, Tad Hendrickson, Eugene Holley Jr, Dan Ouellette, W Royal Stokes, Ron Wynn | * |
| 20. | 8 | Brian Blade: Season of Changes (Verve): David R Adler, Ken Franckling, Don Heckman, Mike Joyce, Ken Micallef, Bill Milkowski, Russ Musto, Gene Seymour | ** |
| 21. | 8 | Mary Halvorson: Dragon's Head (Firehouse 12): Francis Davis, Steve Dollar, Steve Feeney, David Fricke, Kurt Gottschalk, James Hale, Martin Johnson, Peter Margasak | |
| 22. | 7 | Dafnis Prieto: Taking the Soul for a Walk (Dafnison): Shaun Brady, Jim Macnie, Ken Micallef, Russ Musto, Ted Panken, Mark Stryker | B |
| 23. | 7 | Anat Cohen: Notes From the Village (Anzic): Mike Joyce, George Kanzler, Dan Morgenstern, Ivana Ng, Dan Ouellette, Jeff Tamarkin, George Varga | A- |
| 24. | 5 | Mario Pavone Trio: Arc (Playscape): David R Adler, Shaun Brady, Laurence Donohue-Greene, Steve Greenlee, Gene Seymour, Jeff Stockton | |
| 25. | 7 | Carla Bley: Appearing Nightly (WATT/ECM): Don Heckman, Fred Kaplan, Elzy Kolb, Derk Richardson, W Royal Stokes, George Varga | *** |
| 26. | 7 | Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard (Planet Arts): Ken Dryden, Laurel Gross, George Kanzler, Doug Ramsey, Zan Stewart, Mark Stryker | |
| 27. | 5 | William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune (AUM Fidelity): Lawrence Cosentino, David Fricke, Tom Hull, Bill Shoemaker, Jeff Stockton | A |
| 28. | 6 | [various artists]: Miles From India (Four Quarters/Times Square): Bill Milkowski, Doug Ramsey, John Szwed, Jeff Tamarkin, Neil Tesser, Scott Yanow | ** |
| 29. | 5 | Bill Dixon: 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur (AUM Fidelity): Clifford Allen, Francis Davis, Phil Freeman, Hank Shteamer, Slim | *** |
| 30. | 5 | Miguel Zenon: Awake (Marsalis Music): Larry Applebaum, Ted Gioia, Geoffrey Himes, Neil Tesser, Scott Yanow | |
| 31. | 4 | Jenny Scheinman: Crossing the Field (Koch): Sean Fitzell, David Fricke, Martin Johnson, Dan Ouellette | U |
| 32. | 5 | Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Suite (Tzadik): Sean Fitzell, David Fricke, Fred Kaplan, Derk Richardson, K Leander Williams | A- |
| 33. | 4 | Danilo Perez: Across the Crystal Sea (Emarcy): Ken Franckling, Tad Hendrickson, Eugene Holley Jr, Joel Roberts | * |
| 34. | 5 | Mostly Other People Do the Killing: This Is Our Moosic (Hot Cup): Stuart Broomer, Tom Hull, Howard Mandel, Ivana Ng, John Szwed | A- |
| 35. | 4 | Louis Moholo-Moholo & Marilyn Crispell: Sibanye (We Are One) (Intakt): Clifford Allen, Kurt Gottschalk, Ed Hazell, Jason Weiss | |
| 36. | 6 | Saxophone Summit: Seraphic Light (Telarc): Lawrence Cosentino, Elzy Kolb, Howard Mandel, Bill Milkowski, Russ Musto, Ted Panken | B |
| 37. | 6 | Brad Mehldau: Live (Nonesuch): Thomas Conrad, Ted Gioia, Martin Johnson, Russ Musto, George Varga, Josef Woodard | *** |
| 38. | 4 | Pat Metheny: Day Trip (Nonesuch): Eugene Holley Jr, Ken Micallef, Gene Seymour, Scott Yanow | ** |
| 38. | 4 | Kurt Rosenwinkel: The Remedy (ArtistShare): Shaun Brady, Kevin Lynch, Bill Milkowski, Russ Musto | |
| 38. | 4 | Marcus Shelby: Harriet Tubman (Noir): Eugene Holley Jr, Willard Jenkins, Kevin Lynch, Michael J West | U |
| 41. | 4 | Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones: You Are There (Emarcy): Laurence Donohue-Greene, Ken Dryden, Suzanne Lorge, Scott Yanow | *** |
| 41. | 4 | Evan Parker: Boustrophedon (ECM): Stuart Broomer, Art Lange, Bill Shoemaker, Jason Weiss | *** |
| 43. | 4 | Bobby Previte: Set the Alarm for Monday (Palmetto): Sean Fitzell, Andrey Henkin, Dan Ouellette, K Leander Williams | *** |
| 43. | 4 | Scott Robinson: Forever Lasting (Arbors): Paul Blair, Ken Dryden, Will Friedwald, Dan Morgenstern | B |
| 45. | 5 | Mike Reed: Proliferation (482 Music): John Corbett, Art Lange, Peter Margasak, Bill Shoemaker, Neil Tesser | A- |
| 46. | 3 | JD Allen: I Am I Am (Sunnyside): Lawrence Cosentino, Laurel Gross, K Leander Williams | *** |
| 46. | 3 | Brotherhood of Breath: Eclipse at Dawn (Cuneiform): Clifford Allen, Stuart Broomer, Jason Weiss | * |
| 46. | 3 | Ted Nash: The Mancini Project (Palmetto): Will Friedwald, Russ Musto, Gene Seymour | |
| 49. | 4 | Todd Sickafoose: Tiny Resistors (Cryptogramophone): Paul Blair, Sean Fitzell, Steve Greenlee, Jeff Tamarkin, George Varga | * |
| 50. | 4 | Matana Roberts: The Chicago Project (Central Control): Martin Johnson, Larry Kart, Jeff Stockton, [unnamed vote from 2007] | B |
| | 5 | Francisco Mela: Cirio (Half Note): Larry Applebaum, Lawrence Cosentino, Geoffrey Himes, Jim Macnie, Russ Musto | U |
| | 4 | Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: We Are MTO (Mowo): Will Friedwald, Tom Hull, Bill Milkowski, Jeff Tamarkin | A |
| | 4 | Taylor Ho Bynum: Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths (Hatology): Laurence Donohue-Greene, Kurt Gottschalk, Ed Hazell, Robert Iannapollo | |
| | 4 | Dave Douglas: Moonshine (Greenleaf): Steve Greenlee, Derk Richardson, Neil Tesser, Josef Woodard | A- |
| | 4 | Lafayette Gilchrist: Soul Progressin' (Hyena): Steve Dollar, Geoffrey Himes, Howard Mandel, Peter Margasak | *** |
| | 4 | John McNeil/Bill McHenry: Rediscovery (Sunnyside): Steve Feeney, Martin Johnson, Peter Margasak, Mark Stryker | ** |
| | 4 | Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Two Men With the Blues (Blue Note): Will Friedwald, Tad Hendrickson, Fred Kaplan, Ron Wynn | *** |
| | 4 | Nicholas Payton: Into the Blue (Nonesuch): Francis Davis, Eugene Holley Jr, Zan Stewart, Neil Tesser | B |
| | 4 | Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures: Dream Garden (Justin Time): David R Adler, Shaun Brady, Steve Greenlee, Jason Weiss | |
| | 4 | Horace Silver: Live at Newport '58 (Blue Note): Thomas Conrad, Eugene Holley Jr, Larry Kart, John McDonough | A- |
| | 3 | Ben Allison: Little Things Run the World (Palmetto): Sean Fitzell, Jim Macnie, Dan Ouellette | A- |
| | 3 | Paul Bley: About Time (Justin Time): Francis Davis, Don Heckman, Fred Kaplan | * |
| | 3 | Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather (Outline): James Hale, Lyn Horton, Jim Macnie | ** |
| | 3 | Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Moscow) 2008 (Leo): Stuart Broomer, James Hale, Ted Panken | |
| | 3 | Uri Caine: Othello Syndrome (Winter & Winter): Ed Hazell, Bill Shoemaker, John Szwed | |
| | 3 | Evan Christopher: Django a la Creole (Lejazzetal): Larry Blumenfeld, Willard Jenkins, W Royal Stokes | |
| | 3 | Avishai Cohen: Gently Disturbed (RazDaz): Ken Franckling, Mike Joyce, Michael J West | |
| | 3 | Chick Corea/Gary Burton: Crystal Silence (Concord): John McDonough, Bill Milkowski, Dan Ouellette | |
| | 3 | Kenny Davern/Bob Wilber: Soprano Summit in 1975 and More (Arbors): George Kanzler, Bob Porter, Scott Yanow | A- |
| | 3 | Fieldwork: Door (Pi): Shaun Brady, Francis Davis, Hank Shteamer | A- |
| | 3 | Erik Friedlander/Mike Sarin/Trevor Dunn: Broken Arm Trio (Skipstone): Dan Ouellette, John Szwed, Michael J West | U |
| | 3 | Drew Gress: The Irrational Numbers (Premonition): David R Adler, Sean Fitzell, Mark Stryker | * |
| | 3 | Chico Hamilton/Andrew Hill: Dreams Come True (Joyous Shout): Lyn Horton, Peter Margasak, Hank Shteamer | |
| | 3 | Roy Hargrove: Earfood (Groovin' High/Emarcy): Ken Franckling, Mike Joyce, Ron Wynn | |
| | 3 | Ahmad Jamal: It's Magic (Dreyfus): Eugene Holley Jr, Dan Ouellette, Michael J West | U |
| | 3 | Adam Kolker: Flag Day (Sunnyside): Jim Macnie, Thierry Peremarti, Jeff Stockton | *** |
| | 3 | Microscopic Septet: Lobster Leaps In (Cuneiform): Larry Blumenfeld, Francis Davis, Will Friedwald, W Royal Stokes | A- |
| | 3 | Paul Motian: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (Winter & Winter): Larry Applebaum, Shaun Brady, Steve Feeney | ** |
| | 3 | Aaron Parks: Invisible Cinema (Blue Note): Shaun Brady, Phil Freeman, Laurel Gross | ** |
| | 3 | Angelica Sanchez: Life Between (Clean Feed): David R Adler, Stuart Broomer, John Szwed | ** |
| | 3 | : Cultural Survival (Concord Picante): Steve Feeney, Ted Panken, George Varga | *** |
| | 3 | Randy Sandke: Unconventional Wisdom (Arbors): Tom Hull, George Kanzler, Larry Kart | A- |
| | 3 | Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza (Heads Up): Don Heckman, Tad Hendrickson, Eugene Holley Jr | * |
| | 3 | Marcin Wasilewski: January (ECM): Kevin Lynch, Ken Micallef, Josef Woodard | *** |
| | 3 | Dr Michael White: Blue Crescent (Basin Street): Larry Blumenfeld, Bob Porter, Scott Yanow | |
| | 3 | Norma Winstone: Distances (ECM): Larry Applebaum, Suzanne Lorge, Doug Ramsey | ** |
| | 2 | Atomic: Retrograde (Jazzland): John Corbett, Peter Margasak | |
| | 2 | Patricia Barber: The Cole Porter Mix (Blue Note): Thomas Conrad, Don Heckman | A- |
| | 2 | : Holon (ECM): Phil Freeman, Tom Hull | A- |
| | 2 | David Berger: I Had the Craziest Dream: The Music of Harry Warren (Such Sweet Thunder): Will Friedwald, K Leander Williams | ** |
| | 2 | Bik Bent Braam: Extemen (BBB): Ed Hazell, Larry Kart | U |
| | 2 | Michael Blake: The World Awakes: A Tribute To Eli "Lucky" Thompson (Stunt): Robert Iannapollo, George Kanzler | |
| | 2 | Anthony Braxton: Trio (Victoriaville) 2007 (Victo): James Hale, Bill Shoemaker | |
| | 2 | Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/Wiliam Parker: Beyond Quantum (Tzadik): Laurence Donohue-Greene, Phil Freeman | A- |
| | 2 | Anthony Braxton/Joe Morris: Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007 (Clean Feed): Clifford Allen, Ed Hazell | |
| | 2 | Rob Brown: Crown Trunk Root Funk (AUM Fidelity): Tom Hull, Slim | A- |
| | 2 | Don Cherry: Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966, Vol. 2 (ESP Disk): Hank Shteamer, Jason Weiss | B |
| | 2 | Connie Crothers/Bill Payne: Conversations (New Artists): Art Lange, Bill Shoemaker | |
| | 2 | Bill Dixon: With Exploding Star Orchestra (Thrill Jockey): Clifford Allen, Phil Freeman | ** |
| | 2 | Taylor Eigsti: Let It Come to You (Concord): Ted Gioia, Neil Tesser | B |
| | 2 | Harris Eisenstadt: Guewel (Clean Feed): Robert Iannapollo, Hank Shteamer | ** |
| | 2 | Eliane Elias: Something For You (Blue Note): Ken Dryden, Elzy Kolb | *** |
| | 2 | Jeff Gauthier: House of Return (Cryptogramophone): Phil Freeman, Fred Kaplan | * |
| | 2 | Gilfema: Gilfema+2 (Obliqsound): Larry Blumenfeld, Jeff Tamarkin | ** |
| | 2 | Hans Glawischnig: Panorama (Sunnyside): David R Adler, Doug Ramsey | ** |
| | 2 | Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton: Phases of the Night (Intakt): Laurence Donohue-Greene, Kurt Gottschalk | |
| | 2 | Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy (Decca): Francis Davis, Steve Dollar | ** |
| | 2 | Ari Hoenig: Bert's Playground (Dreyfus): Bill Milkowski, Hank Shteamer | |
| | 2 | Shirley Horn: Live at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF/Concord): Fred Kaplan, Elzy Kolb | *** |
| | 2 | Dick Hyman: Thinking About Bix (Hyman): John McDonough, Michael Steinman | |
| | 2 | Ideal Bread: The Ideal Bread (KMB Jazz): Hank Shteamer, Jason Weiss | |
| | 2 | Rebecca Kilgore/Dave Frishberg: Why Fight the Feeling? (Arbors): Bob Porter, Doug Ramsey | ** |
| | 2 | Hakon Kornstad/Ingebrigt Flaten: Elise (Hemlandssanger-Compunctio): Larry Applebaum, Andrey Henkin | |
| | 2 | Dave Liebman/Roberto Tarenzi/Paolo Benedettini/Tony Arco: Negative Space (Verve): Steve Greenlee, Mike Joyce | ** |
| | 2 | Kate McGarry: If Less Is More . . . Nothing Is Everything (Palmetto): Larry Applebaum, Geoffrey Himes | C |
| | 2 | Joe McPhee/John Heward: Voices-10 Improvisations (Mode): Lyn Horton, Ivana Ng | |
| | 2 | Nicole Mitchell: Black Unstoppable (Delmark [-07]): Lyn Horton, Howard Mandel | B- |
| | 2 | Michael Moore/Fred Hersch: This We Know (Palmetto): George Kanzler, Gene Seymour | |
| | 2 | Greg Osby: Nine Levels (Inner Circle): Ted Panken, Michael J West | |
| | 2 | Enrico Pieranunzi/Kenny Wheeler: As Never Before (CAM Jazz): Stuart Broomer, Thomas Conrad | ** |
| | 2 | Enrico Rava/Stefano Bollani: The Third Man (ECM): Larry Applebaum, Thomas Conrad | B |
| | 2 | SFJazz Collective: Live 2008 (SFJazz): Geoffrey Himes, Josef Woodard | |
| | 2 | Chris Speed/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic: Liebovici Jugendstil (ESP Disk): Clifford Allen, Jason Weiss | |
| | 2 | Stein Brothers: Quixotic (Jazzed Media): Paul Blair, Ken Franckling | * |
| | 2 | Bobo Stenson: Cantando (ECM): Thomas Conrad, Josef Woodard | *** |
| | 2 | Grant Stewart: Young at Heart (Sharp Nine): Larry Kart, Michael Steinman | |
| | 2 | Joe Temperley: The Sinatra Songbook (Hep): Dan Morgenstern, Bob Porter | |
| | 2 | Totem: Solar Forge (ESP): Stuart Broomer, Phil Freeman | |
| | 2 | : Live at the Village Vanguard (): John Corbett, Tad Hendrickson | *** |
| | 2 | Vandermark 5: Beat Reader (Atavistic): Tom Hull, Jeff Stockton | A- |
| | 2 | Aaron Weinstein/John Pizzarelli: Blue Too (Arbors): George Kanzler, John McDonough | ** |
| | 2 | Eri Yamamoto: Duologue (AUM Fidelity): Lawrence Cosentino, Steve Dollar | ** |
| | 1 | Jason Adasiewicz: Rolldown (482 Music): Larry Kart | |
| | 1 | Jason Ajemian: The Art of Dying (Delmark): Larry Kart | * |
| | 1 | Tetuzi Akiyama/Mertin Taxt/Eivind Lonning/Espen Reinersten: Varianter av dode traer (Sofa): Kurt Gottschalk | |
| | 1 | Harry Allen/Joe Cohn: Stompin' the Blues (Arbors): Bob Porter | ** |
| | 1 | Karrin Allyson: Imagina (Concord): Suzanne Lorge | B- |
| | 1 | Misha Alperin: Her First Dance (ECM): Jason Weiss | ** |
| | 1 | Paolo Angeli/Evan Parker/Ned Rothenberg: Free Zone Appleby 2007 (Psi): Sean Fitzell | |
| | 1 | Antripodean Collective: Funcall (Extreme): Laurence Donohue-Greene | |
| | 1 | Ehud Asherie: Swing Set (Positone): Dan Morgenstern | |
| | 1 | Ab Baars & Ken Vandermark: Goofy June Bug (WIG): John Corbett | ** |
| | 1 | Jeff Babko: Mondo Trio (Abstract Logix): Ken Micallef | |
| | 1 | Cyro Baptista: Banquet of the Spirits (Tzadik): Sean Fitzell | B- |
| | 1 | Bar Kokhba [John Zorn]: Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (Tzadik): Sean Fitzell | |
| | 1 | Kenny Barron: The Traveler (Sunnyside): George Kanzler | ** |
| | 1 | Django Bates: Spring Is Here (Shall We Dance?) (Lost Marbles): Josef Woodard | |
| | 1 | Jamie Baum: Solace (Sunnyside): Ken Dryden | * |
| | 1 | Tom Beckham: Rebound (Apria): Paul Blair | |
| | 1 | BED: Four + 1 (Blue Swing): Michael Steinman | |
| | 1 | Marco Benevento: Invisible Baby (Hyena): Dan Ouellette | B |
| | 1 | Chuck Berghofer: The Film Music of Ralph Rainger (Fresh Sound): Doug Ramsey | |
| | 1 | Jerry Bergonzi: Tenor Talk (Savant): Art Lange | A- |
| | 1 | Cindy Blackman: Music for the New Millennium (Synth Sound): Ken Micallef | ** |
| | 1 | Raoul Bjorkenheim/William Parker/Hamid Drake: DMG @ The Stone, Vol.2 (DMG/Arc): Laurence Donohue-Greene | A- |
| | 1 | Andrea Brachfeld: Into the World: A Musical Offering (Shaneye): Elzy Kolb | |
| | 1 | Anthony Braxton: Piano Music 1968-2000 (Leo): Art Lange | |
| | 1 | Anthony Braxton: Quartet (GTM) 2006 (Important): David Fricke | |
| | 1 | Anthony Braxton: 12+ 1tet (Victoriaville) (Victo): Josef Woodard | |
| | 1 | Randy Brecker: Randy in Brasil (MAMA): Ken Franckling | B- |
| | 1 | : Amherst 2006 (Eremite): Ivana Ng | |
| | 1 | : Born Broke (Atavistic): Steve Greenlee | *** |
| | 1 | : The Fat Is Gone (Smalltown Superjazz): Andrey Henkin | |
| | 1 | Donald Brown: The Classic Introvert (Spacetime): Slim | |
| | 1 | John Bunch: Plays Irving Berlin (Arbors): Michael Steinman | U |
| | 1 | Jimmy Burns: Live at BLUES (Delmark): Slim | |
| | 1 | Ivor Callin/John Bissett: A Schlepp From Strathbungo (2:13): Kurt Gottschalk | |
| | 1 | Roy Campbell: Akhenaten Suite (AUM Fidelity): Jeff Stockton | A- |
| | 1 | Bill Carrothers: Home Row (Pirouet): Jim Macnie | * |
| | 1 | Yoon Sun Choi/Jacob Sacks: Imagination (Yeah-Yeah): Suzanne Lorge | B- |
| | 1 | Alex Cline: Continuation (Cryptogramophone): John Hale | |
| | 1 | Avishai Cohen: Flood (Anzic): Dan Morgenstern | |
| | 1 | Marc Copland/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Voices: New York Recordings Vol. 2 (Pirouet [-07]): Kevin Lynch | *** |
| | 1 | Cosmologic: Eyes in the Back of My Head (Cuneiform): George Varga | ** |
| | 1 | Marilyn Crispell: Vignettes (ECM): Derk Richardson | ** |
| | 1 | Andrew D'Angelo: Skadra Degis (Skirl): John Szwed | |
| | 1 | Dapp Theory: Layers of Chance (Obliqsound): Michael J West | |
| | 1 | Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse (Fresh Sound New Talent): Tom Hull | A- |
| | 1 | Buddy DeFranco: Charlie Cat 2 (Arbors [-07]): John McDonough | ** |
| | 1 | Jacques Demierre/Isabelle Duthoit: Avenues (Unit): Kurt Gottschalk | |
| | 1 | Toumani Diabate: (Nonesuch): K Leander Williams | ** |
| | 1 | Echoes of Swing: Four Jokers in the Pack (EOS): Michael Steinman | * |
| | 1 | Lars Edegren: New Orleans Jazz (GHB): Bob Porter | |
| | 1 | John Ellis: Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Hyena): Joel Roberts | ** |
| | 1 | Lisle Ellis: Sucker Punch Requiem (Henceforth): Bill Shoemaker | * |
| | 1 | : (Intakt): John Corbett | |
| | 1 | EST: Leucolyte (Emarcy): Geoffrey Himes | |
| | 1 | Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Hot n Heavy: Live at the Ascension Loft (Delmark): Slim | |
| | 1 | Scott Fields: Bitter Love Songs (Clean Feed): Tom Hull | A- |
| | 1 | Al Foster: Love, Peace & Jazz! (JazzEyes): Joel Roberts | ** |
| | 1 | Donal Fox: The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project (Leonellis Music): Ken Franckling | |
| | 1 | Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology Volume 1 (Thirsty Ear [-07]): Howard Mandel | * |
| | 1 | Paolo Fresu/Richard Galliano/Jan Lundgren: Mare Nostrum (ACT): Gene Seymour | ** |
| | 1 | Satoko Fujii: Trace a River (Libra): Slim | A- |
| | 1 | Satoko Fujii: Summer Suite (Libra): Derk Richardson | A- |
| | 1 | Melody Gardot: Worrisome Heart (Verve): Steve Feeney, Ken Franckling | * |
| | 1 | Stephen Gauci: Nididhyasana (Clean Feed [-07]): Andrey Henkin | *** |
| | 1 | Stephen Gauci's Stockholm Conference: (Ayler): Stuart Broomer | ** |
| | 1 | Tobias Gebb & Trio West: An Upper West Side Story (Yummy House): Paul Blair | *** |
| | 1 | Generations Band: Tough Guys (ICA): Ken Franckling | |
| | 1 | Gerold Genssler/Uli Jennessen/Henrik Walsdorff: LAX Live (Jazzwerkstatt): Slim | |
| | 1 | Globe Unity Orchestra: 40 Years (Intakt): Clifford Allen | |
| | 1 | : At Tonic: Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (Clean Feed [-07]): Slim | ** |
| | 1 | Henry Grimes/Rashied Ali: Going to the Ritual (Porter): George Varga | |
| | 1 | Danny Grissett: Encounters (Criss Cross): Mark Stryker | |
| | 1 | Grosse Abfahrt: Everything That Disappears (Emanem): Stuart Broomer | |
| | 1 | Marty Grosz/Mike Peters: Acoustic Heat (Sackville): Michael Steinman | |
| | 1 | Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky: Caprichos (Leo): Art Lange | |
| | 1 | Jeff Hamilton: If Dreams Come True (Jeff Hamilton Jazz): Michael Steinman | |
| | 1 | Scott Hamilton: Across the Tracks (Concord): Bob Porter | ** |
| | 1 | Tardo Hammer: Dial B for Beauty (Sharp Nine): Michael Steinman | |
| | 1 | Lionel Hampton: Basel 1953, Vol. 2 (TCB): Bob Porter | * |
| | 1 | Jeffrey Hayden: Shurdut: The Digital Box (Ayler): Lawrence Cosentio | |
| | 1 | Stephen Haynes/Taylor Ho Bynum: The Double Trio: Live at the Festival of New Trumpet Music (Engine Studios): Phil Freeman | |
| | 1 | Matthew Herbert: There's Me and There's You (!K7): Steve Dollar | B |
| | 1 | Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter (Half Note): Zan Stewart | ** |
| | 1 | Terumasa Hino/Masabumi Kikuchi: Counter Current (Sony [Japan]): Andrey Henkin | |
| | 1 | Hiromi: Beyond Standard (Telarc): Scott Yanow | U |
| | 1 | Jason Kao Hwang/Edge: Stories Before Within (Innova): Robert Iannapollo | *** |
| | 1 | ICP Orchestra: Live at the Bimhuis (ICP): Robert Iannapollo | |
| | 1 | Mikko Innanen: Paa-Da-Pap (Tum): Slim | |
| | 1 | Keefe Jackson: Just Like This (Delmark [-07]): Larry Kart | * |
| | 1 | : The Dreamer (Brownswood): Willard Jenkins | |
| | 1 | Roger Kellaway: Live at the Jazz Standard (IPO): Doug Ramsey | B |
| | 1 | Grace Kelly/Lee Konitz: Gracefullee (Pazz): W Royal Stokes | *** |
| | 1 | Stacey Kent: Breakfast on the Morning Tram (Blue Note): Suzanne Lorge | *** |
| | 1 | Frank Kimbrough: Air (Palmetto): Fred Kaplan | B |
| | 1 | Klez-Edge: Ancestors, Mindreles, NaGila Monsters (Tzadik): Lyn Horton | |
| | 1 | Lee Konitz/Minsarah: Deep Lee (Enja): Howard Mandel | ** |
| | 1 | Bireli Lagrene: Just the Way You Are (Dreyfus): John McDonough | |
| | 1 | Adam Lane/Lou Grassi/Mark Whitecage: Drunk Butterfly (Clean Feed): Art Lange | A- |
| | 1 | Dave Liebman: Further Conversations - Live (True Azul): Mark Stryker | |
| | 1 | Jason Lindner: Live at the Jazz Gallery (Anzic): Laurel Gross | |
| | 1 | Joe Locke: Force of Four (Origin): Ken Dryden | * |
| | 1 | Chuck MacKinnon Mactet: New Transmission (Krispytone): Paul Blair | |
| | 1 | Joe Magnarelli: Persistence (Reservoir): Zan Stewart | |
| | 1 | Tony Malaby/William Parker/Nasheet Waits: Tamarindo (Clean Feed [-07]): Laurel Gross | ** |
| | 1 | Tony Malaby: Warblepeck (Songlines): Francis Davis | * |
| | 1 | Joe Maneri & Peter Dolger: Peace Concert (Atavistic Unheard Music Series): Clifford Allen | |
| | 1 | Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra: At the Jazz Band Ball (Stomp Off): Michael Steinman | |
| | 1 | Sherrie Maricle/Five Play: What the World Needs Now is Love (Arbors): W Royal Stokes | * |
| | 1 | John Marshall: Live at "Le Pirate" (Organic): Laurel Gross | |
| | 1 | Mark Masters: Farewell Walter Dewey Redman (Capri): Dan Morgenstern | U |
| | 1 | Mauger [Rudresh Mahanthappa/Mark Dresser/Gerry Hemingway]: The Beautiful Enabler (Clean Feed): Laurence Donohue-Greene | *** |
| | 1 | Maybe Monday: Unsquare (Intakt): Kurt Gottschalk | U |
| | 1 | Virginia Mayhew: A Simple Thank You (Renma): Elzy Kolb | ** |
| | 1 | Louis Mazetier: Tributes, Portraits And Other Stories (Arbors): Scott Yanow | ** |
| | 1 | Marilyn Mazur: Elixir (ECM): Ted Gioia | *** |
| | 1 | Robin McKelle: Modern Antique (Cheap Lullabye): Suzanne Lorge | B- |
| | 1 | John McLaughlin: Floating Point (Abstract Logix): Thierry Peremarti | ** |
| | 1 | Marian McPartland: Twilight World (Concord): Ken Dryden | ** |
| | 1 | Joe McPhee/Paal Nilsson-Love: Tomorrow Came Today (Smalltown Superjazz): John Corbett | U |
| | 1 | Medeski Martin & Wood: Radiolarians Vol. 1 (Indirecto): Tad Hendrickson | |
| | 1 | Vince Mendoza: Blauklang (ACT): Josef Woodard | B- |
| | 1 | Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6: The Pond (Hatology): James Hale | |
| | 1 | Nicole Mitchell: Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler (Firehouse 12): Bill Shoemaker | |
| | 1 | Stanton Moore: Emphasis! (on Parenthesis) (Telarc): Elzy Kolb | B- |
| | 1 | Joe Morris: High Definition (Hatology): Steve Dollar | |
| | 1 | Bob Mover: It Amazes Me (Zoho): Dan Morgenstern | *** |
| | 1 | New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate (Motemo): Laurel Gross | |
| | 1 | Phil Norman: Totally Live at the Catalina Jazz Club (MAMA): Scott Yanow | ** |
| | 1 | Adam Nussbaum: Standards (Kind of Blue): Paul Blair | |
| | 1 | Arturo O'Farrill: Song for Chico (Zoho): Ken Micallef | ** |
| | 1 | Eivind Opsvik: Overseas III (Loyal Label): Hank Shteamer | |
| | 1 | Orange Room: Orange Room (El Gallo Rojo): Art Lange | |
| | 1 | Organissimo: Grooveadelphia (Big O): Larry Kart | |
| | 1 | Alan Pasqua: Standards (Fuzzy Music): Ken Micallef | ** |
| | 1 | Rosa Passos: Romance (Telarc): Willard Jenkins | *** |
| | 1 | Nik Payton/Bob Wilber: Swinging the Changes (Arbors): John McDonough | * |
| | 1 | Houston Person/Ron Carter: Just Between Friends (High Note): Steve Greenlee | *** |
| | 1 | Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky/Michael Griener: The Salmon (Intakt): Andrey Henkin | |
| | 1 | Courtney Pine's Jazz Warriors: Afropeans (Destin-E): Michael J West | |
| | 1 | Noah Preminger: Dry Bridge Road (NOWT): Ed Hazell, Martin Johnson | ** |
| | 1 | Jim Pugliese: Live at Issue Project Room (Improvisatore Involontario): Andrey Henkin | |
| | 1 | Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Heute Nacht Oder Nie (SPV): Suzanne Lorge | |
| | 1 | Mike Reed: The Speed of Change (482 Music): Willard Jenkins | *** |
| | 1 | Dianne Reeves: When You Know (Blue Note): Suzanne Lorge | B- |
| | 1 | Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue (Cuneiform): Joel Roberts | |
| | 1 | Marc Ribot: Exercises in Futility (Tzadik): Kurt Gottschalk | |
| | 1 | Terry Riley: The Last Camel in Paris (Elision Fields): Steve Dollar | |
| | 1 | Pete Robbins: Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy (Fresh Sound New Talent): Kevin Lynch | B |
| | 1 | Frank Roberscheuten: Three Wise Men (TFR): Michael Steinman | |
| | 1 | Pete Rodriguez: El Alquimista (The Alchemist) (): Steve Feeney | * |
| | 1 | ROVA: The Juke Box Suite (Not Two [-07]): Bill Shoemaker | U |
| | 1 | George Russell Sextet: Live in Bremen and Paris 1964 (Gambit): John Szwed | |
| | 1 | John Santos: Perspectiva Fragmentada (Machete): Ken Franckling | |
| | 1 | Boz Scaggs: Speak Low (Decca): Jeff Tamarkin | B |
| | 1 | Alexander von Schlippenbach/Daniel D'Agaro/Tristan Honsinger: Friulian Sketches (Psi): Art Lange | |
| | 1 | Scorch Trio: Brolt! (Rune Grammofon): David Fricke | |
| | 1 | Shakers n' Bakers: Yearning for Zion (Little I Music): Elzy Kolb | ** |
| | 1 | Paul Shapiro: Essen (Tzadik): Jason Weiss | A- |
| | 1 | Avery Sharpe: Legends and Mentors (JKNM): Lawrence Cosentino | ** |
| | 1 | David Sherr: Otherworld Music (Bel Air Jazz): Larry Kart | |
| | 1 | Matthew Shipp: Un Piano (Rogue Art): Lyn Horton | |
| | 1 | Sonny Simmons: Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton (Hello World): Jeff Stockton | |
| | 1 | Sonny Simmons/Bobby Few: True Wind (Hello World!): Hank Shteamer | |
| | 1 | Gary Smulyan: High Noon: The Jazz Side of Frankie Laine (Reservoir): George Kanzler | |
| | 1 | Sonore: Only the Devil Has No Dreams (Jazzwerkstatt): John Corbett | |
| | 1 | Omar Sosa: Afreecanos (Ota): Kevin Lynch | |
| | 1 | Spring Heel Jack: Songs & Themes (Thirsty Ear): Kurt Gottschalk | * |
| | 1 | Loren Stillman: Blind Date (Pirouet): Kevin Lynch | |
| | 1 | Dave Stryker-Steve Slagle Band: The Scene (Zoho): Zan Stewart | * |
| | 1 | Szilard Mezei Ensemble: Nad/Reed (Red Toucan): Robert Iannapollo | |
| | 1 | Martin Taylor: Double Standards (P3 Music): Ken Dryden | ** |
| | 1 | Otis Taylor: Recapturing the Banjo (Telarc): Kevin Lynch | |
| | 1 | Third World Love: New Blues (Anzic): Joel Roberts | *** |
| | 1 | Tiziano Tononi: Peace Warriors (Forgotten Children) (Black Saint): Art Lange | |
| | 1 | Sumi Tonooka: Long Ago Today (ARC): Elzy Kolb | *** |
| | 1 | Stan Tracey/Keith Tippett: Supernova (ReSteamed): Ed Hazell | |
| | 1 | Trio Vriditas: Live at the Vision Festival 2001 (Clean Feed): Clifford Allen | U |
| | 1 | Trio X: Fall 2006 Tour (CIMPol): Robert Iannapollo | |
| | 1 | Vassilis Tsabropoulos: Melos (ECM): Ted Gioia | U |
| | 1 | Matt Turner/Peg & Bill Carrothers: The Voices That Are Gone: The Music of Stephen Foster (Illusions): Suzanne Lorge | |
| | 1 | Steve Turre: Rainbow People (High Note): Joel Roberts | ** |
| | 1 | : Live at Marion's Room (Arbors): Bob Porter | ** |
| | 1 | Fred Van Hove: Journey (Psi): Andrey Henkin | |
| | 1 | Gary Versace: Outside In (Criss Cross): Paul Blair | |
| | 1 | Cuong Vu: Vu-Tet (ArtistShare): Sean Fitzell | B |
| | 1 | Jack Walrath: Ballroom (Steeplechase): Paul Blair | |
| | 1 | Cedar Walton: Seasoned Wood (High Note): Zan Stewart | |
| | 1 | Kenny Werner: With a Song in My Heart (Venus): Ken Dryden | |
| | 1 | Judy Wexler: Dreams & Shadows (Jazzed Media): Ken Dryden | |
| | 1 | Harry Whitaker: One Who Sees All Things (Smalls): W Royal Stokes | U |
| | 1 | Victor Wooten: Palmystery (Heads Up): Thierry Peremarti | |
| | 1 | Eri Yamamoto: Redwoods (AUM Fidelity): Lyn Horton | ** |
| | 1 | Eli Yamin: You Can't Buy Swing (Yamin Music): Paul Blair | U |
| | 1 | Yuganaut: This Musicship (ESP Disk): Lyn Horton | ** |
| | 1 | : Skildrar Kvinnans Kamp (Moserobie): John Corbett | |
| | 1 | John Zorn: The Dreamers (Tzadik): Stuart Broomer | *** |
Total number of records: 329.
Total number that I have rated: 196 (59%).
| 1. | 33 | Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton (Mosaic): David R Adler, Clifford Allen, Larry Applebaum, Larry Blumenfeld, Shaun Brady, Stuart Broomer, John Corbett, Francis Davis, Steve Dollar, Phil Freeman, Ted Gioia, Kurt Gottschalk, James Hale, Ed Hazell, Tad Hendrickson, Tom Hull, Robert Iannapollo, George Kanzler, Fred Kaplan, Larry Kart, Art Lange, Jim Macnie, Peter Margasak, Dan Morgenstern, Ted Panken, Thierry Peremarti, Derk Richardson, Bill Shoemaker, Hank Shteamer, Mark Stryker, John Szwed, George Varga, Scott Yanow | A- |
| 2. | 10 | Miles Davis: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition (Columbia/Legacy): Larry Blumenfeld, Thomas Conrad, Ted Gioia, James Hale, Don Heckman, Tad Hendrickson, Bill Milkowski, Thierry Peremarti, Jeff Tamarkin, Josef Woodard | |
| 3. | 10 | Art Tatum: Piano Starts Here: Live at the Shrine/The Zenph Re-Performance (Sony Classical): Francis Davis, Ted Gioia, Geoffrey Himes, Eugene Holley Jr, Mike Joyce, Howard Mandel, Ted Panken, Thierry Peremarti, Joel Roberts, John Szwed, Jeff Tamarkin | |
| 3. | 10 | Lester Young: Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion with Count Basie (1936-1940) (Mosaic): Ken Dryden, Will Friedwald, John McDonough, Dan Morgenstern, Russ Musto, Bob Porter, Michael Steinman, Zan Stewart, W Royal Stokes, George Varga | |
| 5. | 6 | Nina Simone: To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story (BMG/Legacy): Larry Blumenfeld, Ken Franckling, Fred Kaplan, Suzanne Lorge, Joel Roberts, W Royal Stokes | ** |
| 6. | 6 | Ornette Coleman: Town Hall 1962 (ESP Disk): Kevin Lynch, Russ Musto, Neil Tesser, K Leander Williams, Josef Woodard | *** |
| 7. | 4 | Blue Notes: The Ogun Collection (Ogun): David Fricke, Ed Hazell, Bill Shoemaker, Jason Weiss | |
| 8. | 4 | Charlie Parker: Washington, D.C., May 23, 1948 (Uptown Jazz): Thomas Conrad, Mike Joyce, Ken Micallef, Bob Porter | * |
| 9. | 6 | Dizzy Gillespie: Showtime at the Spotlite: 52nd Street, New York City, June 1946 (Uptown): Francis Davis, Ken Franckling, Will Friedwald, Larry Kart, Ted Panken, Zan Stewart | B |
| 10. | 5 | Grachan Moncur III: Evolution (Blue Note): David R Adler, Stuart Broomer, Michael J West, K Leander Williams, Josef Woodard | |
| | 4 | Return to Forever: The Anthology (Concord): Mike Joyce, Ken Micallef, Bill Milkowski, Jeff Tamarkin | |
| | 4 | Sahib Shihab: And the Danish Radio Jazz Group (Oktav): Shaun Brady, Laurence Donohue-Greene, Robert Iannapollo, Doug Ramsey | |
| | 3 | Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabakin Big Band: Mosaic Select (Mosaic Select): Dan Morgenstern, Zan Stewart, Mark Stryker | |
| | 3 | Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette: Setting Standards (ECM): James Hale, Ed Hazell, Don Heckman | ** |
| | 3 | Roscoe Mitchell: Noonah (Nessa): Larry Kart, Peter Margasak, Derk Richardson | |
| | 3 | Charlie Parker: Bird In Time, 1940-1947 (ESP Disk): George Kanzler, Howard Mandel, Ivana Ng | |
| | 3 | Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings (1951-1953) (Mosaic): Ken Dryden, George Varga, Scott Yanow | |
| | 3 | Wayne Shorter: The Soothsayer (Blue Note): Lawrence Cosentino, Russ Musto, Joel Roberts | |
| | 2 | Louis Armstrong: Fleishmann's Broadcasts and Home Recordings (Jazz Society): Doug Ramsey, Michael Steinman | |
| | 2 | Paul Bley: Closer (ESP Disk): Lyn Horton, Tom Hull | A- |
| | 2 | Curlew: 1st Album + Live at CBGB (1980) (DMG/ARC): David Fricke, Tom Hull | |
| | 2 | Miles Davis: Broadcast Sessions 1958-59 (Acrobat): Larry Applebaum, John McDonough | ** |
| | 2 | Bill Evans: Portrait in Jazz (Riverside/Keepnews Collection): Sean Fitzell, K Leander Williams | A- |
| | 2 | Giuseppi Logan: Quartet (ESP Disk): Stuart Broomer, Howard Mandel | |
| | 2 | Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (Riverside/Keepnews Collection): Lawrence Cosentino, Geoffrey Himes | A |
| | 2 | Thelonious Monk Orchestra: At Town Hall (Riverside/Keepnews Collection): Lawrence Cosentino, George Kanzler | |
| | 2 | Ray Russell: Turn Circle (Vocalion): Laurence Donohue-Greene, Andrey Henkin | |
| | 2 | Art Tatum: Tatum Art (Storyville): Ken Dryden, Ivana Ng | |
| | 2 | John Tchicai: Afrodisiaca (MPS/Promising): Andrey Henkin, John Szwed, Jason Weiss | |
| | 2 | Stan Tracey: The Early Works (ReSteamed): Art Lange, Bill Shoemaker | |
| | 1 | Muhal Richard Abrams/Malachi Favors: SightSong (Black Saint): Jim Macnie | |
| | 1 | Nat Adderley: Work Song (Riverside/Keepnews Collection): Michael J West | A- |
| | 1 | Ernestine Anderson: Hot Cargo (Fresh Sound): Doug Ramsey | |
| | 1 | Albert Ayler: The Hilversum Session (ESP Disk [-07]): Kevin Lynch | A- |
| | 1 | Albert Ayler: New York Eye and Ear Control (ESP Disk): Ivana Ng | * |
| | 1 | John Carter: Dauwhe (Black Saint): Jim Macnie | |
| | 1 | Dick Cary: The Wonderful World of Hoagy Carmichael (Kenneth): Michael Steinman | |
| | 1 | Graham Collier: Down Another Road/Songs for My Father/Mosaics (BGO): Andrey Henkin | |
| | 1 | John Coltrane: First Giant Steps (Rare Live): Scott Yanow | |
| | 1 | John Coltrane: The Impulse Albums, Vol. 2 (Impulse/Universal): Ron Wynn | |
| | 1 | John Coltrane: Soultrane (Prestige): Bob Porter | |
| | 1 | Ted Daniel: Tapestry (Porter): Clifford Allen | |
| | 1 | Nathan Davis: Peace Treaty (SFP): Slim | |
| | 1 | Buddy DeFranco/Nelson Riddle: Cross Country Suite (Universal Special Markets): Will Friedwald | |
| | 1 | Die Like a Dog: The Complete FMP Recordings (FMP): Steve Greenlee | |
| | 1 | Eric Dolphy: At the Five Spot (Prestige): Bill Milkowski | |
| | 1 | Art Farmer: Brass Shout!/The Aztec Suite (Blue Note): Eugene Holley Jr | |
| | 1 | Benny Goodman: Columbia and Okeh Sessions (Mosaic): John McDonough | |
| | 1 | Chico Hamilton/Elmer Bernstein: Sweet Smell of Success (El): Larry Applebaum | |
| | 1 | Lionel Hampton: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 (Mosaic [-07]): Thomas Conrad | |
| | 1 | Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Flies High (Riverside/Keepnews Collection): Michael J West | A- |
| | 1 | Roy Haynes: A Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Story (Dreyfus): Ken Franckling | |
| | 1 | Woody Herman: Thundering Herd, 1960s (Mosaic Select): W Royal Stokes | |
| | 1 | Hank Jones: Piano Solo (Fresh Sound): Mark Stryker | |
| | 1 | Steve Lacy: The Forest and the Zoo (ESP Disk): Derk Richardson | A- |
| | 1 | Dave Liebman: Pendulum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Mosaic Select): David R Adler | |
| | 1 | Last Exit: Headfirst Into the Flames (DMG): Steve Greenlee | |
| | 1 | Humphrey Lyttelton: Classic "Live" Concerts (Lake): Art Lange | |
| | 1 | Charlie Mariano: Helen 12 Trees (MPS-Promising): Shaun Brady | |
| | 1 | Gary McFarland/Gabor Szabo: Sketch for Summer (El): Don Heckman | |
| | 1 | Chris McGregor: Very Urgent (Fledgling): Peter Margasak | |
| | 1 | Carmen McRae: Live at the Flamingo Jazz Club, London, May 1961 (Acrobat): Suzanne Lorge | * |
| | 1 | Helen Merrill: The Helen Merrill Dick Katz Sessions (Mosaic): Eugene Holley Jr | |
| | 1 | Mike Osborne: All Night Long (Ogun): Robert Iannapollo | |
| | 1 | Augustus Pablo: The Mystic World of Augustus Pablo (Shanachie): Geoffrey Himes | |
| | 1 | Eddie Palmieri: Harlem River Drive (EMI): Slim | |
| | 1 | Bud Powell: (ESP Disk): Neil Tesser | |
| | 1 | Sun Ra: Disco 3000 (Art Yard): John Corbett | |
| | 1 | Sun Ra: Media Dreams (Art Yard): Steve Greenlee | |
| | 1 | Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite (Riverside/Keepnews Collection): Neil Tesser | *** |
| | 1 | Paul Rutherford: Solo in Berlin 1975 (Emanem): Clifford Allen | |
| | 1 | Alexander von Schlippenbach: Piano Solo '77 (FMP): Kurt Gottschalk | |
| | 1 | Maria Schneider: Coming About (ArtistShare): Fred Kaplan | |
| | 1 | Johnny Shines: Too Wet to Plow (Labor): Slim | |
| | 1 | Matthew Shipp: The Multiplication Table (Hatology): Kurt Gottschalk | |
| | 1 | Willie "The Lion" Smith/Don Ewell: Stride Piano Duets (Delmark): Ron Wynn | ** |
| | 1 | Jeremy Steig: Howlin' For Judy (Legwork/Wayfaring Stranger) (Blue Note): Laurence Donohue-Greene | |
| | 1 | The Thing: Now and Forever (Smalltown Superjazz): John Corbett | U |
| | 1 | Clifford Thornton: Freedom & Unity (Atavistic): Lyn Horton | |
| | 1 | Cal Tjader: The Best of Cal Tjader: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980 (MJF/Concord): Ken Micallef | ** |
| | 1 | Sarah Vaughan/Woody Herman: On The Radio: The 1963 "Live" Guard Sessions (Acrobat): Suzanne Lorge | |
| | 1 | Karel Velebny: SHQ (ESP): Jason Weiss | |
| | 1 | Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High (ECM): Steve Feeney | |
| | 1 | John Zorn/George Lewis/Bill Frisell: News for Lulu (Hatology): Sean Fitzell | |
| | 1 | [various artists]: Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano (Mosaic Select): David Fricke | |
| | 1 | [various artists]: When Blues Met Rock (Starbucks): Kevin Lynch | |