1) Ryan Truesdell, Centennial (ArtistShare)
2) Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
3) Jacob Garchik, The Heavens (Yesterve)
4) Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion (Pi)
5) Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
6) The Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy (Driff)
7) Lee Konitz-Bill Frisell-Gary Peacock-Joey Baron, Enfants Terribles (HalfNote)
8) Josh Berman, There Now (Delmark)
9) Matthew Shipp, Elastic Aspects (Thrsty Ear)
10) John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)
REISSUES:
1) Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)
2) Charles Mingus, Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-5 (Mosaic)
3) Louis Armstrong, Satchmo at Symphony Hall (Verve)
VOCAL
Catherine Russell, Strictly Romancin’ (World Village)
DEBUT
Ryan Truesdell, Centennial (ArtistShare)
LATIN
Chico & Rita (soundtrack) (Red General)
Honorable Mention: Theo Bleckmann, Hello Earth!: The Music of Kate Bush (Winter & Winter); Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note); Chick Corea-Eddie Gomez-Paul Motian, Further Explorations (Concord Jazz); Joe Fiedler, Big Sackbut (Yellow Sound); Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, Come Sunday(EmArcy); Mary Halvorson Quintet, Bending Bridges (Firehouse 12); Eivand Opsik, Overseas IV (Loyal Label); Platform 1 Takes Off (Clean Feed); Jason Robinson, Tiresian Symmetry (Cuneiform); David Virelles, Continuum (Pi).
