| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Various * |
Dig Your Roots: Creative Jazz |
NCRA |
| 2 |
Abram Wilson Ride! |
Ferris Wheel To The Modern Day Delta |
Dune |
| 3 |
William Parker And Hamid Drake |
First Communion And Piercing The Veil |
AUM Fidelity |
| 4 |
The Reveries * |
Live In Bologna |
Rat-Drifting |
| 5 |
Soweto Kinch |
A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block |
Dune |
| 6 |
Grady Tate |
From The Heart |
Half Note |
| 7 |
Kate Schutt * |
No Love Lost |
Independent |
| 8 |
Jeff Antoniuk's Jazz Update* |
Here Today |
Independent |
| 9 |
Ian Hendrickson-Smith * |
Blues In The Basement |
Cellar Live |
| 10 |
Arkana Music * |
Hyprovisation |
Independent |
| 11 |
Will Bernard |
Party Hats |
Palmetto Jazz |
| 12 |
Exploding Star Orchestra |
We Are All From Somewhere Else |
Thrill Jockey |
| 13 |
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble |
Hot 'N' Heavy: Live At The Ascension Loft |
Delmark |
| 14 |
Flat Earth Society |
Psycho Scout |
Crammed Discs |
| 15 |
Michael Herring's Vertigo* |
Coniferous Revenge |
Herring |
| 16 |
Powerhouse Sound |
Oslo/Chicago: Breaks |
Atavistic |
| 17 |
Sonja Gustafson * |
Sonja Gustafson |
Independent |
| 18 |
Fieldtrip * |
Fieldtrip |
Independent |
| 19 |
Jim Byrnes * |
House Of Refuge |
Black Hen |
| 20 |
Holly Cole * |
Holly Cole |
Alert Music |
