Favorite Jazz of 2016 - Christopher Burnett (Jazz Artistry Now)
- Evolve by Dan Arcamone (Artists Recording Collective)
- Lazy Afternoon by Michael Jefry Stevens (Artists Recording Collective)
- Further Explorations by Alchemy Sound Project (Artists Recording Collective)
- A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke by Vijay Iyer (ECM Records)
- Arclight by Julian Lage (Mack Avenue Records)
- Children of the Light by Perez, Patitucci, Blade (Mack Avenue Records)
- Shift by Logan Richardson (Blue Note)
- In Movement by DeJohnette, Coltrane, Garrison (ECM Records)
- New Direction by Herlin Riley (Mack Avenue Records)
- The Unity Sessions by Pat Metheny (Nonesuch Records)