Top 50 Picks for 2025:

1. Mark Turner, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Loveland Music)

2. Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green (ECM)

3. Joshua Redman, Words Fall Short (Blue Note)

4. Dave Douglas, Alloy (Greenleaf Music)

5. Nels Cline, Concentric Quartet (Blue Note)

6. Branford Marsalis, Belonging (Blue Note)

7. Carl Allen, Tippin’ (Cellar Music)

8. John Scofield/Dave Holland, Memories of Home (ECM)

9. Shakti, Mind Explosion (Abstract Logix)

10. Jerome Sabbath, Stand Up! (Analog Tone Factory)

11. Chris Cheek, Keepers of the East Door (Analog Tone Factory)

12. Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens (Biophilia)

13. Anthony Wilson Nonet, House of the Singing Blossoms (Sam First Records)

14. Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, Sound Remains (Whirlwind Recordings)

15. Miguel Zenon, Vanugardia Subterranean (Miel Music)

16. George Coleman, With Strings (Highnote)

17. Gilad Hekselman, Downhil From Here (La Reserve Records)

18. Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Chris Potter/Larry Grenadier/Eric Harland, First Meeting: Live at Dizzy's Club (5Passion Records)

19. Mike Clark, Itai Doshin (Wide Hive)

20. Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights (Artwork Records)

21. Jaleel Shaw, Painter of the Invisible (Changu)

22. Tony Davis, Jessamine (La Reserve Records)

23. Aaron Parks, By All Means (Blue Note)

24. Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts (Nonesuch)

25. Bela Fleck/Edmar Castaneda/Antonio Sanchez, BEATrio (Thirty Tigers)

26. Michael Dease, City Life: Music of Gregg Hill (Origin)

27. Gregory Groover Jr., Old Knew (Criss Cross)

28. John O'Gallagher, Ancestral (Whirlwind Recordings)

29. Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Wind (Red Hook)

30. John McLaughlin, Music for Abandoned Heights (IMPEX Records)

31. David Kikoski Trio, Weekend at Smalls (Cellar Music)

32. Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet, Turn It Up! Live at the Side Door (Cellar Music)

33. Juan Chiavassa, Fourth Generation (Whirlwind Recordings)

34. Nicole Glover, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Savant)

35. Josh Lawrence, Still We Dream (PosiTone)

36. Kenny Barron, Songbook (Artwork Records)

37. Nicole Zuraitis & Friends, Live at Vic's Las Vegas (La Reserve)

38. Olli Soikkeli, New York Trio (ollisoikkeli.com)

39. Eric McPherson, Double Bass Quartet (Giant Step Arts)

40. Theon Cross, Affirmations: Live at the Blue Note New York (New Soil)

41. Pasquale Grasso, Solo Be-Bop! (Sony Masterworks)

42. Anat Fort, The Dreamworld of Paul Motian (Sunnyside)

43. Al Foster, Live at Smoke (Smoke Sessions)

44. David Becker/Paul Wertico, Tuxedo Man (GAD Records)

45. Billy Hart, Multidirectional (Smoke Sessions)

46. Eric Reed, Out Late (Smoke Sessions)

47. Karl Ratzer Trio, Vienna Red (In+Out Records)

48. Tessa Souter, Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music)

49. George Colligan, Live at the Jazz Standard (Whirlwind Recordings)

50. Danny Gatton, Live at the Holiday Inn, 1987 (Gress Records)