1/Jeremy Pelt, Woven, High Note
2/Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green, ECM
4/Anthony Wilson Nonet, House of the Singing Blossoms, Sam First
5/Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging, Blue Note
6/Christian McBride, Without Further Ado Vol 1, Mack Avenue
7/John O’Gallagher, Ancestral, Whirlwind
8/Brandon Woody, For The Love Of It All, Blue Note
9/Joshua Redman, Words Fall Short, Blue Note
10/Jason Palmer and Kevin Harris, Shorter Songs, SteepleChase
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Various Artists, Now’s the Time: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Jazz (Vol. 1), Blue Note Records China ***
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