Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)

The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note)

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)

Rez Abbasi, Django-shift (Whirlwind)

Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio, Nomad (Skirl) & Gordon Grdina Septet, Resist (Irabagast)

Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York, Entity (Libra)

Aruán Ortiz, Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt)

Max Bessesen, Trouble (Ropeadope)

Alex Ward and Sean Noonan, Noonward (Copepod)

Wolfgang Muthspiel, Angular Blues (ECM)