| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Notes |
| Roger Barbour | Swinging With Santa | Please Come Home For Christmas | Roger Barbour | |
| Tony Foster | Mr. J | In Between Moods | TonyFosterMusic.com | |
| Alvin Queen | Cape Verdean Blues | Mighty Long Way | Justin Time | |
| Mike Longo Trio | Morning | Sting Like A Bee | CAP | |
| James Booker | Angel Eyes | Classified | Rounder | Dec. 17th was 70th ann. of Booker's birth. |
| James Booker | The Sunny Side Of The Street | New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! | Rounder | |
| James Booker | Black Night | King Of The New Orleans Keyboard | Junco Partner | |
| Bob Brookmeyer New Quartet | Gospel Song | Paris Suite | Challenge | Brookmeyer turned 80 on Dec. 19th. |
| Graham Dechter | Low Down | Right On Time | Capri | Tamir Hendelman (p) |
| Wardell Gray | Sweet And Lovely | Central Avenue | Prestige | incl. Hampton Hawes (p) |
| Wardell Gray | Lover Man | Central Avenue | Prestige | incl. Art Farmer (t) |
| Wardell Gray | The Man I Love | Central Avenue | Prestige | incl. Frank Morgan (as) |
| Wardell Gray | Lavonne | Central Avenue | Prestige | incl. Sonny Clarke (p) |
| Bob Brookmeyer Quintet | Sweet Like This | Traditionalism Revisited | Pacific Jazz | incl. Jimmy Giuffre |
| Bob Brookmeyer Quintet | Slow Freight | Traditionalism Revisited | Pacific Jazz | incl. Jimmy Giuffre |
| Bob Brookmeyer New Quartet | Erik Satie | Paris Suite | Challenge | |
| John Funkhouser Trio | Eleventy One | Time | Johnfunkhouser.com | |
| Hank Crawford | Four Five Six | Memphis, Ray And A Touch Of Moody | 32 Jazz | 75th Ann. Of Crawford's birth was Dec. 21st |
| Hank Crawford | Don't Cry Baby | Memphis, Ray And A Touch Of Moody | 32 Jazz | |
| Hank Crawford | Misty | Memphis, Ray And A Touch Of Moody | 32 Jazz | |
| Dave Brubeck Quartet | Somewhere | Ballads | Legacy | |
| Ray Charles & Betty Carter | Baby It's Cold Outside | Ray Charles: The Spirit Of Christmas | Concord | |
| Betty Carter | Let It Snow | VA: Jazz For Joy | Verve | Roy Hargrove (t) |
| Benny Green | A Merrier Christmas | VA: Yule Struttin' | Blue Note | |
| Shirley Horn | Winter Wonderland | VA: Jazz For Joy | Verve | Roy Hargrove (t) |
| Jon Irabagon | The Observer | The Observer | Concord | |
| Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet | Little Lulu | Underdog, And Other Stories | Summit |