2.      DAVID SANCHEZ  Travesia  Columbia

3.      JEFF COFFIN MU'TET  Go-Round  Compass

4.      WOODY SHAW  Live, V. 2  High Note

5.      DAVID MURRAY POWER QUARTET  Like a Kiss That Never Ends  Justin Time

6.      CRAIG TABORN  Light Made Lighter  Thirsty Ear

7.      IRWIN MAYFIELD  How Passion Fails  Basin Street

8.      BILLY BANG  Vietnam the Aftermath  Justin time

9.      NEW YORK JAZZ COLLECTIVE  Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven  Naxos

10.     JOSH ROSEMAN UNIT  Cherry  Knitting Factory

11.     DAVID BERKMAN  Leaving Home  Palmetto

12.     CAROL SLOANE  I Never Went Away  High Note

13.     FRANK LOWE QUINTET  Soul Folks  No More

14.     REUBEN WILSON  Organ Blues  Jazzateria

15.     AVRAM FEFER TRIO  Calling All Spirits  Cadence Jazz

16.     BILL FRISELL  With Dave Holland & Elvin Jones  Nonesuch

17.     RENEE ROSNES  Life on Earth  Blue Note

18.     KEVIN NORTON ENSEMBLE  Knots  Music & Arts

19.     JENNA MAMMINA  Under the Influence  Mamma Grace

20.     JOHNNY FRIGO  Johnny Frigo's DNA Exposed  Arbors