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1. Joe Lovano US Five – Folk Art (Blue Note)
2. Vijay Iyer – Historicity (ACT)
3. Miguel Zenón – Esta Plena (Marsalis)
4. Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 (Pi)
5. Allen Toussaint – The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
6. Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam)
7. Gary Burton/Pat Metheny/Steve Swallow/Antonio Sanchez – Quartet Live! (Concord)
8. Gretchen Parlato – In a Dream (ObliqSound)
9. Branford Marsalis Quartet – Metamorphosen (Marsalis)
10. Jeff “Tain” Watts – Watts (Dark Key)
11. Steve Lehman – Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi)
12. Keith Jarrett – Paris/London—Testament (ECM)
13. Bill Frisell – Disfarmer (Nonesuch)
14. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette – Yesterdays (ECM)
15. The Monterey Quartet – Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF)
16. Dave Douglas – Spirit Moves (Green Leaf)
17. Chris Potter Underground – Ultrahang (ArtistShare)
18. James Moody – 4A (IPO)
19. James Carter/John Medeski/Christian McBride/Adam Rogers/Joey Baron – Heaven on Earth (Half Note)
20. Charles Tolliver Big Band – Emperor March (Half Note)
21. Steve Kuhn – Mostly Coltrane (ECM)
22. Fly – Sky & Country (ECM)
23. Joshua Redman – Compass (Nonesuch)
24. Ravi Coltrane – Blending Times (Savoy)
25. Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition – Apti (Innova)
26. Robert Glasper – Double Booked (Blue Note)
27. Dee Alexander – Wild Is the Wind (Blujazz )
28. Arve Henriksen – Cartography (ECM)
29. Roy Hargrove Big Band – Emergence (Emarcy)
30. Jim Hall & Bill Frisell – Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
31. Matt Wilson Quartet – That’s Gonna Leave a Mark (Palmetto)
32. Melody Gardot – My One and Only Thrill (Verve)
33. John Patitucci Trio – Remembrance (Concord)
34. SFJAZZ Collective – Live 2009: The Works of McCoy Tyner (SFJAZZ )
35. Martial Solal – Live at the Village Vanguard (Cam Jazz)
36. Darius Jones Trio – Man’ish Boy (AUM Fidelity)
37. Enrico Rava – New York Days (ECM)
38. Jan Garbarek Group – Dresden: In Concert (ECM)
39. Jackie Ryan – Doozy (Open Art)
40. Linda Oh Trio – Entry (Linda Oh)
41. Kurt Elling – Dedicated to You (Concord)
42. Stefon Harris and Blackout – Urbanus (Concord)
43. John Scofield – Piety Street (Emarcy)
44. Seamus Blake – Live in Italy (Jazz Eyes)
45. Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Detroit (Mack Avenue)
46. Joe Locke-David Hazeltine Quartet – Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine)
47. The Manhattan Transfer – The Chick Corea Songbook (Four Quarters)
48. Stanley Clarke Trio with Lenny White & Hiromi – Jazz in the Garden (Heads Up)
49. J.D. Allen Trio – Shine! (Sunnyside)
50. Chick Corea/John McLaughlin – Five Peace Band Live (Concord)
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