Howard Mandel
2 top 10s
10 Best Historical Recordings (reissues, restitutions, never before issued)
- Jelly Roll Morton, the Complete Library of Congress Records by Alan Lomax
- Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, Carnegie Hall 1957 (Blute Note)
- Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Town Hall 1945 (Stash?)
- John Coltrane Live at the HalfNote One Down One Up (Impulse!)
- Ornette Coleman-Pat Metheny Song X (Nonesuch)
- Esther Phillips, Jazz Moods Hot (Columbia/Legacy)
- Baden Powell, O Universo Musical de Baden Powell (Verve?)
- Dr. John — Best of the Parlaphone Years (Blue Note)
- Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (Smithsonian Institution)
- American Primitives vol. 2, (Revenant)
10 Best New Recordings
- Bill Frisell East-West (Nonesuch)
- Andrew Hill, Time Lines (Blue Note)
- Dafnis Prieto, About the Monks (Zoho)
- Henry Kaiser-Wadada Leo Smith, Yo Miles! Up River (Rune)
- Jim Baker, More Questions Than Answers (Delmark)
- Jack DeJohnette, Music in the Key of Om (Golden Beams)
- Toto Bono Lokua (Sunnyside Communciations)
- Hamid Drake and Bindu, Bindu (Rogue Art)
- Eddie Palmieri, Listen Here! (Concord)
- Rigmor Gustaffson/Jackie Terrason trio, Close to You (ACT)