TERENCE BLANCHARD A Tale of God's Will (Blue Note)
ANDREW HILL Change (Blue Note)
CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET feat. ERIC DOLPHY Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
CHRIS POTTER UNDERGROUND Follow The Red: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside)
The NELS CLINE SINGERS Draw Breath (Cryptogramophone)
JEWELS & BINOCULARS Ships With Tattooed Sails (Upshot)
DAVID MURRAY BLACK SAINT QUARTET Sacred Ground (Justin TIme)
DAVID TORN Prezens (ECM)
KENNY WERNER Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note)
JOE LOVANO & HANK JONES Kids: Duets Live At Dizzy's Club Coca Cola (Blue Note)
and fave box set of the year:
MILES DAVIS The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Sony/Legacy)
and fave live jazz shows of the year:
MOSTLY OTHERS DO THE KILLING The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA
DAVE HOLLAND / ERIC HARLAND / CHRIS POTTER / GONZALO RUBALCABA Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTET, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
BUFFALO COLLISION, Rose Hall, UPenn, Philadelphia, PA
BROTZMANN/PLIAKAS/WERTMULLER, Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA
MIGUEL ZENON QUARTET, Iridium Jazz Club, New York, NY
PAT METHENY TRIO at the Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE