| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | CHICK COREA AND GARY BURTON | Hot House | Concord Jazz |
| 2 | ERI YAMAMOTO TRIO | The Next Page | AUM Fidelity |
| 3 | GRASSROOTS | Grassroots | AUM Fidelity |
| 4 | MATTHEW SHIPP WITH MICHAEL BISIO | Floating Ice | Relative Pitch |
| 5 | LEE SMITH | Sittin' On A Secret | Vectordisc |
| 6 | MICHAEL KIWANUKA | Home Again | Polydor |
| 7 | MICHAEL KIWANUKA | Home Again | Polydor |
| 8 | NATIVE SOUL | One Mind | |
| 9 | GRANT GEISSMAN | Bop! Bang! Boom! | Futurism |
| 10 | KARL SHIFLETT AND BIG COUNTRY SHOW | Take Me Back |
