Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra – Jack the Bear – Ellington Masterworks – MCG Jazz

Emmet Cohen – Budo – Universal Truth – Mack Avenue Records

Ralph Alessi – Nothing Is Dead – A Sun That Never Sets – ECM Records

Ben Patterson – Missing Michael – Stretch – Origin Records

Laura Camacho Tango Project – Libertango – Todo Tiempo Pasado – self-released

Billy Childs – One Fleeting Instant – Triumvirate – Mack Avenue

John Clayton – Some Other Time – Two-o Duo – ArtistShare

Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas and Ted Nash – Milton – Triological – Sunnyside

Ella Grace – Ballad For The Bittersweet – Figments – Shifting Paradigm Records

Michael Dease Big Band – Little Dave – Return Trajectory – Origin Records