| Deep Blue Organ Trio | Deep Blue Bruise | Delmark |
| Art Ensemble of Chi | Sirius Calling | pi |
| Phil Morrison Trio | Philanthropy | Dr Mac Records |
| Holober/Gotham Jazz Orch | Thought Trains | Sons of Sound |
| Terri Lyne Carrington | Structure | ACT |
| LCJO | A Love Supreme | Palmetto |
| Maurice Brown | Hip to Bop | Brown Music |
| Ernest Dawkins | Mean Ameen | Delmark |
| Wertico | StereoNucleosis | A440 |
| Joe Sample | Soul Shadows | Verve |