The Best of 2010: Jazz Times

David R. Adler:

1. Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet – Natural Selection (Sunnyside)
2. Paul Motian – Lost in a Dream (ECM)
3. John Hébert Trio – Spiritual Lover (Clean Feed)
4. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
5. Pat Metheny – Orchestrion (Nonesuch)
6. Avishai Cohen – Introducing Triveni (Anzic)
7. Eric Hofbauer – American Fear! (Creative Nation)
8. David S. Ware – Onecept (AUM Fidelity)
9. Orrin Evans – Faith in Action (Posi-Tone)
10. SF Jazz Collective – Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour (SF Jazz)

Larry Appelbaum:

1. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
2. Rebecca Martin – When I Was Long Ago (Sunnyside)
3. Antonio Sanchez – Live in New York at Jazz Standard (CAM Jazz)
4. Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes – Double Portrait (Blue Note)
5. Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Bring Us To, Volume II (Pi)
6. Danilo Pérez – Providencia (Mack Avenue)
7. Chucho Valdés – Chucho’s Steps (4Q)
8. Esperanza Spalding – Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
9. Michael Formanek Quartet – The Rub and Spare Change (ECM)
10. Ran Blake/Sara Serpa – Camera Obscura (Inner Circle)

Philip Boot:

1. Fred Hersch Trio – Whirl (Palmetto)
2. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
3. Mike Mainieri – Crescent (NYC)
4. John Ellis and Double-Wide Puppet – Mischief (ObliqSound)
5. Brad Mehldau – Highway Rider (Nonesuch)
6. Cassandra Wilson – Silver Pony (Blue Note)
7. Lionel Loueke – Mwaliko (Blue Note)
8. Esperanza Spalding – Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
9. Ken Berman Trio – Looking Forward (MMG)
10. Jeff Berlin – High Standards (M.A.J.)

Shaun Brady:

1. Mary Halvorson Quintet – Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12)
2. Danilo Perez – Providencia (Mack Avenue)
3. Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth – Deluxe (Clean Feed)
4. The Nels Cline Singers – Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
5. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
6. The Claudia Quintet – Royal Toast (Cuneiform)
7. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
8. Orrin Evans – Faith in Action (Posi-Tone)
9. Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet – Natural Selection (Sunnyside)
10. John Escreet – Don’t Fight the Inevitable (Mythology)

Brent Burton:

1. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
2. Tomasz Stanko Quintet – Dark Eyes (ECM)
3. Nils Petter Molvaer – Hamada (Thirsty Ear)
4. Eivind Aarset & the Sonic Codex Orchestra – Live Extracts (Jazzland)
5. Food – Quiet Inlet (ECM)
6. Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Brings Us To, Volume II (Pi)
7. Espen Eriksen – You Had Me at Goodbye (Rune Grammofon)
8. Mary Halvorson Quintet – Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12)
9. Steve Coleman – Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
10. Supersilent – 10 (Rune Grammofon)

Nate Chinen:

1. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
2. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
3. Mary Halvorson Quintet – Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12)
4. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
5. Benoît Delbecq – The Sixth Jump (Songlines)
6. Kris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock/Tyshawn Sorey – Paradoxical Frog (Clean Feed)
7. Brad Mehldau – Highway Rider (Nonesuch)
8. Myra Melford’s Be Bread – The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12)
9. Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth – Deluxe (Clean Feed)
10. The Bad Plus – Never Stop (E1)

Thomas Conrad:

1. Tomasz Stanko Quintet – Dark Eyes (ECM)
2. Vijay Iyer – Solo (ACT)
3. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
4. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
5. Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble – Officium Novum (ECM)
6. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2)
7. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
8. Stefano Battaglia/Michele Rabbia – Pastorale (ECM)
9. Dmitry Baevsky – Down With It (Sharp Nine)
10. Rebecca Martin – When I Was Long Ago (Sunnyside)

Owen Cordle:

1. Lew Soloff, Steve Richman and Harmonie Ensemble – New York Sketches of Spain (Sheffield Lab)
2. Frank Kimbrough – Rumors (Palmetto)
3. Steve Turre – Delicious and Delightful (High Note)
4. Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)
5. The Either/Orchestra – Mood Music for Time Travellers (Accurate)
6. John Ellis & Double Wide Puppet – Mischief (ObliqSound)
7. Tom Harrell – Roman Nights (HighNote)
8. Rufus Reid – Out Front (Motéma)
9. Alexis Cole – Someday My Prince Will Come (Venus)
10. Houston Person – Moment to Moment (HighNote)

Bill DeMain:

1. Stacey Kent – Raconte-Moi (Blue Note)
2. Bill Frisell – Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz)
3. Pete Levin – Jump! (Pete Levin)
4. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
5. Pat Metheny – Orchestrion (Nonesuch)
6. Cassandra Wilson – Silver Pony (Blue Note)
7. Brad Mehldau – Highway Rider (Nonesuch)
8. Geri Allen – Flying Toward the Sound (Motéma)
9. Mose Allison  -Way of the World (ANTI-)
10. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)

Colin Fleming:

1. Paul Motian – Lost in a Dream (ECM)
2. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
3. Brad Mehldau – Highway Rider (Nonesuch)
4. William Parker Organ Quartet – Uncle Joe’s Spirit House (AUM Fidelity)
5. Fred Hersch Trio – Whirl (Palmetto)
6. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
7. Curtis Fuller – I Will Tell Her (Capri)
8. Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes – Double Portrait (Blue Note)
9. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
10. Steve Tibbetts – Natural Causes (ECM)

Ken Franckling:

1. Pat Metheny – Orchestrion (Nonesuch)
2. Jacky Terrasson – Push (Concord Jazz)
3. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2)
4. Ellen Rowe Quartet – Wishing Well (PKO)
5. Tamir Hendelman – Destinations (Resonance)
6. Jean-Michel Pilc – True Story (Dreyfus Jazz)
7. Christine Jensen – Treelines (Justin Time)
8. Dave Bass Quartet – Gone (Dave Bass)
9. Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband – Ceremony (Otá)
10. Lisa Engelken  -Caravan (Little Angel)

Andrew Gilbert:

1. Myra Melford’s Be Bread – The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12)
2. Scott Amendola – Lift (Sazi)
3. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
4. Allison Miller – Boom Tic Boom! Boom Tic Boom (Foxhaven)
5. Antonio Sanchez – Live in New York at the Jazz Standard (CAM Jazz)
6. Catherine Russell – Inside This Heart of Mine (World Village)
7. Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
8. Tom Harrell – Roman Nights (HighNote)
9. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)
10. Mary Stallings – Dream (HighNote)

Steve Greenlee:

1. William Parker -I Plan to Stay a Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield (AUM Fidelity)
2. The Nels Cline Singers – Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
3. Mike Mainieri – Crescent (NYC)
4. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
5. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
6. Sherman Irby Quartet – Live at the Otto Club (Black Warrior)
7. Olivier Manchon and Miniature Chamber Orchestra (ObliqSound)
8. Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio – Reflections (Word of Mouth)
9. Matthew Shipp – 4D (Thirsty Ear)
10. Erik Telford – Kinetic (EJT)

Evan Haga:

1. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
2. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
3. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
4. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman – Dual Identity (Clean Feed)
5. Pat Metheny – Orchestrion (Nonesuch)
6. SF Jazz Collective – Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour (SFJAZZ)
7. Jon Irabagon – Foxy (Hot Cup)
8. Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio – Reflections (Word of Mouth)
9. The Bad Plus – Never Stop (E1)
10. Azar Lawrence – Mystic Journey (Furthermore)

Don Heckman:

1. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
2. Billy Childs – Autumn: In Moving Pictures (ArtistShare)
3. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
4. SF Jazz Collective – Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour (SFJAZZ)
5. Fred Hersch Trio – Whirl (Palmetto)
6. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
7. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
8. Paul Motian – Lost in a Dream (ECM)
9. Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu – Chiaroscuro (ECM)
10. Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Brings Us To, Volume II (Pi)

Chris Heim:

1. Bobby McFerrin – VOCAbuLarieS (Emarcy)
2. Federico Britos – Voyage (Sunnyside)
3. Dave Holland/Pepe Habichuela – Hands (Dare2)
4. Chris Washburne & the SYOTOS Band – Fields of Moons (Jazzheads)
5. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)
6. Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Steps Ahead (Strut)
7. Dave Sharp’s Secret Seven – 7 (Vortex)
8. Issac Delgado – L-O-V-E (Calle 54/Sony)
9. Nguyen Le – Saiyuki (ACT)
10. Rafi Malkiel – Water (Tzadik)

Geoffrey Himes:

1. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
2. Bill Frisell – Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz)
3. Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu – Chiaroscuro (ECM)
4. Guillermo Klein – Domador de Huellas: Music of “Cuchi” Leguizamon (Sunnyside)
5. Cyrus Chestnut Trio – Journeys (JLP)
6. Vijay Iyer – Solo (ACT)
7. Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
8. Dave Holland Octet  -Pathways (Dare2)
9. Dave Douglas & Keystone – Spark of Being: Expand (Greenleaf)
10. SF Jazz Collective – Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour (SFJAZZ)

Lyn Horton:

1. William Parker Organ Quartet – Uncle Joe’s Spirit House (AUM Fidelity)
2. Matthew Shipp – 4D (Thirsty Ear)
3. David S. Ware – Saturnian (Solo Saxophones Volume 1) (AUM Fidelity)
4. Vox Arcana – Aerial Age (Allos Documents)
5. Dave Rempis and Frank Rosaly – Cyrillic (482)
6. Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen and Mikolaj Trzaska – Magic (Not Two)
7. Wadada Leo Smith/Ed Blackwell – Blue Mountain’s Sun Drummer (Kabell)
8. Hamid Drake and Bindu – Reggaeology (RogueArt)
9. Mike Pride’s From Bacteria to Boys – Betweenwhile (AUM Fidelity)
10. Odean Pope Ensemble – Odean’s List (In + Out)

Willard Jenkins:

1. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
2. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
3. Azar Lawrence – Mystic Journey (Furthermore)
4. Ahmad Jamal – A Quiet Time (Dreyfus Jazz)
5. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)
6. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
7. Steve Colson – The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx)
8. Orrin Evans – Faith in Action (Posi-Tone)
9. The Clayton Brothers – The New Song and Dance (ArtistShare)
10. Allison Miller – Boom Tic Boom! Boom Tic Boom (Foxhaven)

Mike Joyce:

1. Chucho Valdés – Chucho’s Steps (4Q)
2. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
3. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2)
4. Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances and Affiniites (Pi)
5. Geri Allen – Flying Toward the Sound (Motéma)
6. Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Sextet – The Storyteller (Motéma)
7. Cindy Blackman – Another Lifetime (4Q)
8. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
9. Bill Frisell – Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz)
10. Tomasz Stanko Quintet – Dark Eyes (ECM)

Bruce Klauber:

1. Terry Clarke – It’s About Time (Blue)
2. Steve Hobbs – Vibes Straight Up (Challenge)
3. Billy Cobham – Palindrome (Varese Sarabande)
4. Steve Smith/George Brooks/Prasanna Ragabop Trio (Abstract Logix)
5. Joe Chambers – Horace to Max (Savant)
6. Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes – Double Exposure (Blue Note)
7. Barry Harris – Live in Rennes (Plus Lion)
8. Mike Mainieri – Crescent (NYC)
9. Don Menza – Dream Suite (Corsaro)
10. Frank Macchia – Folk Songs for Jazzers (Cacophony)

Aidan Levy:

1. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
2. The Nels Cline Singers – Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
3. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
4. Vijay Iyer – Solo (ACT)
5. Steve Colson – The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx)
6. Dan Tepfer Trio – Five Pedals Deep (Sunnyside)
7. John Hébert Trio – Spiritual Lover (Clean Feed)
8. The Claudia Quintet – Royal Toast (Cuneiform)
9. Dave Douglas & Keystone – Spark of Being (Greenleaf)
10. Bill Frisell – Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz)

Christopher Loudon:

1. Herbie Hancock – The Imagine Project (Hancock/Red)
2. José James & Jef Neve – For All We Know (Impulse!)
3. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
4. Cheryl Bentyne – The Gershwin Songbook (King/ArtistShare)
5. Gregory Porter – Water (Motéma)
6. Milton Suggs – Things to Come (Skiptone)
7. Lisa Engelken – Caravan (Little Angel)
8. Carolyn Leonhart/Wayne Escoffery – Tides of Yesterday (Savant)
9. Hilary Kole – You Are There (Justin Time)
10. Nellie McKay – Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day (Verve)

Bill Meredith:

1. John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension – To the One (Abstract Logix)
2. Stanton Moore – Groove Alchemy (Telarc)
3. Mark O’Connor – Jam Session (OMAC)
4. Omar Hakim/Rachel Z – The Trio of Oz (Ozmosis)
5. Jamie Ousley – Back Home (Tie)
6. Cindy Blackman – Another Lifetime (4Q)
7. Hiromi – Place to Be (Telarc)
8. Billy Cobham/Colin Towns HR Big Band – Meeting of the Spirits: A Celebration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra (In + Out)
9. Jeff Richman – Like That (Nefer)
10. Mike Keneally – Scambot 1 (Exowax)

Lee Mergner:

1. Dave Douglas & Keystone – Spark of Being (Greenleaf)
2. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
3. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
4. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
5. Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Brings Us To, Volume II (Pi)
6. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
7. The Bad Plus – Never Stop (E1)
8. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)
9. Orrin Evans – Faith in Action (Posi-Tone)
10. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)

Bill Milkowski:

1. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
2. Ranjit Barot – Bada Boom (Abstract Logix)
3. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
4. Howard Wiley and the Angola Project  – 12 Gates to the City (www.howardwiley.com)
5. Paul Motian – Lost in a Dream (ECM)
6. Billy Childs – Autumn: In Moving Pictures (ArtistShare)
7. Bill Frisell – Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz)
8. Michael Formanek – The Rub and Spare Change (ECM)
9. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2)
10. Scott Colley – Empire (CAM Jazz)

John Murph:

1. Charles Lloyd Quartet  – Mirror (ECM)
2. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
3. Geri Allen – Flying Toward the Sound (Motéma)
4. Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Sextet – The Storyteller (Motéma)
5. José James – Blackmagic (Brownswood)
6. Tia Fuller – Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue)
7. The Claudia Quintet – Royal Toast (Cuneiform)
8. Tarbaby – The End of Fear (Posi-Tone)
9. Lizz Wright – Fellowship (Verve)
10. Howard Wiley and the Angola Project – 12 Gates to the City (Howard Wiley)

Britt Robson:

1. Myra Melford’s Be Bread – The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12)
2. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
3. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
4. Sclavis/Taborn/Rainey – Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed)
5. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2)
6. Rufus Reid – Out Front (Motéma)
7. Ryan Keberle – Heavy Dreaming (Alternate Sides)
8. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
9. Frank Kimbrough – Rumors (Palmetto)
10. SF Jazz Collective – Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour (SFJAZZ)

William Ruhlmann:

1. Glenn Cashman & the Southland Big Band – Glenn Cashman & the Southland Big Band! (Primrose Lane)
2. Craig Bailey-Tim Armacost Brooklyn Big Band – Live at Sweet Rhythm (Candid)
3. Antoinette Montague – Behind the Smile (In the Groove)
4. Raydience – Raydience (Megawave)
5. Norrbotten Big Band – The Avatar Sessions: The Music of Tim Hagans (Fuzzy)
6. Janina Angel – Bath Gypsy Woman (Prophase)
7. Jeff Healey – Last Call (Stony Plain)
8. The Julien Kasper Band – Trance Groove (Toulcat)
9. Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights – Black Coffee (Memphis International)
10. Piano Red – The Lost Atlanta Tapes (Landslide)

Lloyd Sachs:

1. Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
2. Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Brings Us To, Volume II (Pi)
3. Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth – Deluxe (Clean Feed)
4. Jason Adasiewicz – Sun Rooms (Delmark)
5. Ingrid Laubrock – Anti-House (Intakt)
6. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
7. Tomasz Stanko Quintet – Dark Eyes (ECM)
8. Ben Goldberg – Go Home (Bag)
9. Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio – Reclamation (Sunnyside)
10. Evan Christopher – Remembering Song (Arbors)

Jessica Sendra:

1. José James – Blackmagic (Brownswood)
2. Fred Hersch Trio – Whirl (Palmetto)
3. Trombone Shorty – Backatown (Verve Forecast)
4. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
5. Elizabeth Shepherd – Heavy Falls the Night (Do Right)
6. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)
7. Tribe – Rebirth (Planet E)
8. Charlie Hunter – Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid(Spire Artist)
9. Stanton Moore – Groove Alchemy (Telarc)
10. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)

Mike Shanley:

1. Vijay Iyer – Solo (ACT)
2. Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord – Accomplish Jazz (Hot Cup)
3. Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things – Stories & Negotiations (482)
4. Ches Smith & These Arches – Finally Out of My Hands (Skirl)
5. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2)
6. Lee Konitz & Minsarah New Quartet – Live at the Village Vanguard (Enja)
7. Ideal Bread – Transmit: Vol. 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy (Cuneiform)
8. Marilyn Crispell/David Rothenberg – One Dark Night I Left My Silent House
(ECM)
9. Myra Melford’s Be Bread – The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12)
10. Keefe Jackson Quartet – Seeing You See (Clean Feed)

Harvey Siders:

1. Dan Dean – 2 5 1 (Origin)
2. Paul Winter – Miho: Journey to the Mountain (Living Music)
3. Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra – What Did You Dream? (OA2)
4. Irene Kral – Second Chance (Jazzed)
5. Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band – Bright Future (OA2)
6. Dave Anderson Quartet – Clarity (OA2)
7. Hadley Caliman/Pete Christlieb – Reunion (Origin)
8. The Clayton Brothers – The New Song and Dance (ArtistShare)
9. Chris Colangelo – Elaine’s Song (C-Note)
10. Dan Adler/Joey DeFrancesco – Back to the Bridge (Emdan)

Brian Soergel:

1. Chris Standring – Blue Bolero (Ultimate Vibe)
2. Marc Antoine – My Classical Way (Frazzy Frog)
3. Ken Navarro – Dreaming of Trains (Positive)
4. Brian Simpson – South Beach (Shanachie)
5. Brittni Paiva – Four Strings: The Fire Within (Talmidin)
6. David Benoit – Earthglow (Heads Up)
7. Fourplay – Let’s Touch the Sky (Heads Up)
8. Tom Grant – Delicioso (Nu-Wrinkle)
9. Michael Powers – Urban Ukulele (Wet-Note)
10. Jackiem Joyner – Jackiem Joyner (Artistry)

Jeff Tamarkin:

1. Mostly Other People Do the Killing – Forty Fort (Hot Cup)
2. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
3. Lionel Loueke – Mwaliko (Blue Note)
4. Various Artists – Treme: Music From the HBO Series, Season 1 (Geffen)
5. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
6. Jeff Healey – Last Call (Stony Plain)
7. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
8. Michael Formanek – Quartet The Rub and Spare Change (ECM)
9. Guillermo Klein – Domador de Huellas: Music of “Cuchi” Leguizamon (Sunnyside)
10. Matthew Shipp – 4D (Thirsty Ear)

George Varga:

1. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
2. Billy Bang – Prayer for Peace (Tum)
3. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare2)
4. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
5. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
6. Geri Allen – Flying Toward the Sound (Dig) (Motéma)
7. Esperanza Spalding – Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
8. Holly Hofmann & Bill Cunliffe – Three’s Company (Capri)
9. Alper Yilmaz – Over the Clouds (Kayique)
10. Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Orchestra – Naima (megokura.com)

Michael J. West:

1. Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
2. Vijay Iyer – Solo (ACT)
3. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)
4. Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes – Double Portrait (Blue Note)
5. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
6. Mary Halvorson Quintet – Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12)
7. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman – Dual Identity (Clean Feed)
8. Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
9. Geri Allen – Flying Toward the Sound (Motéma)
10. Lucian Ban & John Hébert – Enesco Re-Imagined (Sunnyside)

Carlo Wolff:

1. Sarah Manning – Dandelion Clock (Posi-Tone)
2. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green – Apex (Pi)
3. Dave Morgan – Way of the Sly Man (Being Time)
4. Danilo Pérez – Providencia (Mack Avenue)
5. Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin – Llyria (ECM)
6. Metropole Orkest/John Scofield/Vince Mendoza – 54 (Emarcy)
7. The Nels Cline Singers – Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
8. Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio – Reclamation (Sunnyside)
9. Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror (ECM)
10. Cassandra Wilson – Silver Pony (Blue Note)

Josef Woodard:

1. Christian Wallumrød Ensemble – Fabula Suite Lugano (ECM)
2. Jason Moran – Ten(Blue Note)
3. Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes – Double Portrait (Blue Note)
4. The Bad Plus – Never Stop (E1)
5. Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Brings Us To, Volume II (Pi)
6. Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
7. Miguel Zenón – Esta Plena (Marsalis)
8. Vijay Iyer – Solo (ACT)
9. Nils Petter Molvaer – Hamada (Thirsty Ear)
10. Paul Motian – Lost in a Dream (ECM)

Ron Wynn:

1. Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note)
2. Dave Holland Octet – Pathways (Dare 2)
3. The Marsalis Family – Music Redeems (Marsalis)
4. James Moody – Moody 4B (IPO)
5. Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)
6. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
7. Tom Harrell – Roman Nights (High Note)
8. Esperanza Spalding – Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
9. Tamir Hendelman – Destinations (Resonance)
10. Catherine Russell – This Heart of Mine (World Village).

Scott Yanow:

1. Hiromi – Place to Be (Telarc)
2. Mostly Other People Do the Killing – Forty Fort (Hot Cup)
3. Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (E1)
4. Frank Macchia – Folk Songs for Jazzers (Cacophony)
5. Billy Childs – Autumn: In Moving Pictures (ArtistShare)
6. John Pizzarelli – Rockin’ in Rhythm (Telarc)
7. Dave Liebman Big Band – As Always (Mama)
8. Chucho Valdés – Chucho’s Steps (4Q)
9. Jessica Williams – Touch (Origin)
10. Jacky Terrasson – Push (Concord Jazz)