| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Various * |
Dig Your Roots: Creative Jazz |
NCRA |
| 2 |
ZMF Trio * |
Circle The Path |
Drip Audio |
| 3 |
Drumheller * |
Wives |
Rat-Drifting |
| 4 |
Fred Anderson And Hamid Drake |
From The River To The Ocean |
Thrill Jockey |
| 5 |
Abram Wilson Ride! |
Ferris Wheel To The Modern Day Delta |
Dune |
| 6 |
Mike Allen Quartet* |
Vancouver |
Almus |
| 7 |
Simon Fisk * |
You And Yours |
Plunger |
| 8 |
Exploding Star Orchestra |
We Are All From Somewhere Else |
Thrill Jockey |
| 9 |
Kate Schutt * |
No Love Lost |
Independent |
| 10 |
Prime Time Big Band * |
...For Our Friends |
Last Blast Band |
| 11 |
PJ Perry And Campbell Ryga Quintet* |
Joined At The Hip |
Cellar Live |
| 12 |
Michael Occhipinti And Creation Dream* |
Chasing After Light |
True North |
| 13 |
Zapato Negro * |
Zapato Negro |
Cellar Live |
| 14 |
Yesterday's New Quintet |
Yesterday's Universe, Prepare For A New Yesterday |
Stones Throw |
| 15 |
David S. Ware Quartet |
Renunciation |
AUM Fidelity |
| 16 |
The Reveries * |
Live In Bologna |
Rat-Drifting |
| 17 |
Carol McCartney * |
A Night In Tunisia |
CBC |
| 18 |
Papa Mambo * |
Crooked Cha |
Independent |
| 19 |
Jennifer Scott Quartet* |
Live At The Cellar |
Cellar Live |
| 20 |
McCoy Tyner Quartet |
McCoy Tyner Quartet |
Half Note |
