| 1 | 1 | Dave Holland Quintet | Extended Play: Live at Birdland | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 2 | 2 | Diana Krall | Live in Paris | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 4 | 3 | Wayne Shorter | Footprints Live! | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 3 | 4 | The Bad Plus | These Are the Vistas | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 5 | 5 | Brad Mehldau | The Art of the Trio - Volume Three | 1998 | |  |  |  |
| 7 | 6 | Ornette Coleman | Sound Grammar | 2006 | |  |  | |
| 9 | 7 | E.S.T. | Seven Days of Falling | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 6 | 8 | Dave Douglas | Strange Liberation | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 11 | 9 | Pat Metheny Group | Speaking of Now | 2002 | |  |  | |
| 10 | 10 | Thomasz Stanko Quartet | Soul of Things | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 8 | 11 | Branford Marsalis Quartet | Eternal | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 13 | 12 | Madeleine Peyroux | Careless Love | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 14 | 13 | Medeski, Martin & Wood | Combustication | 1998 | |  |  |  |
| 12 | 14 | Keith Jarrett | Tokyo '96 | 1998 | |  | |  |
| 22 | 15 | Michael Brecker | Pilgrimage | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 15 | 16 | Joshua Redman | Beyond | 2000 | |  |  | |
| 16 | 17 | Don Byron | Ivey-Divey | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 20 | 18 | Geri Allen | The Life of a Song | 2004 | |  |  | |
| 18 | 19 | Andrew Hill | Time Lines | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 19 | 20 | Wynton Marasalis | Live at the House of Tribes | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 17 | 21 | Charles Lloyd | Jumping the Creek | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 23 | 22 | Charlie Haden | Nocturne | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 24 | 23 | Tord Gustavsen Trio | Changing Places | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 29 | 24 | John Abercrombie Quartet | Class Trip | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 21 | 25 | Bill Frisell | Unspeakable | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 26 | 26 | Jason Moran | Black Stars | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 28 | 27 | Joe Zawinul | Faces & Places | 2002 | | |  | |
| 63 | 28 | Herbie Hancock | River: The Joni Letters | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 33 | 29 | Kenny Garrett | Standard of Language | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 30 | 30 | Keith Jarrett Trio | The Out-of-Towners | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 25 | 31 | Patricia Barber | Verse | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 35 | 32 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Tribute to Lester | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 36 | 33 | Karrin Allyson | Ballads - Remembering Coltrane | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 37 | 34 | William Parker Quartet | O'Neal's Porch | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 66 | 35 | 8 Bold Souls | Last Option | 2000 | |  |  | |
| 27 | 36 | Alice Coltrane | Translinear Light | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 31 | 37 | Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra | Concert in the Garden | 2004 | | | | |
| 32 | 38 | Andy Bey | American Song | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 34 | 39 | The Vandermark 5 | Elements of Style | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 42 | 40 | James Carter | Chasin' the Gypsy | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 44 | 41 | Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel | Buzz | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 54 | 42 | Brad Mehldau Trio | Day is Done | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 39 | 43 | Vijay Iyer | Reimagining | 2005 | |  |  | |
| 41 | 44 | David S Ware Quartet | Corridors & Parallels | 2001 | |  | |  |
| 43 | 45 | John Scofield | That's What I Say | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 45 | 46 | Sonny Rollins | Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 47 | 47 | Eddie Palmieri | Listen Here! | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 56 | 48 | Michel Petrucciani | Solo Live | 1999 | |  |  | |
| 58 | 49 | Claudia Acuna | Luna | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 46 | 50 | Wayne Shorter | Beyond the Sound Barrier | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 40 | 51 | Brian Blade Fellowship | Perceptual | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 49 | 52 | Trio Beyond | Saudades [2CD] | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 52 | 53 | Cuong Vu | It's Mostly Residual | 2005 | | |  | |
| 38 | 54 | Bebo Valdes | Bebo de Cuba | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 48 | 55 | Matthew Shipp Quartet | Equilibrium | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 51 | 56 | Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts | Wake Up! (To What's Happening) | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 68 | 57 | McCoy Tyner Quartet | McCoy Tyner Quartet | 2007 | |  |  | |
| 50 | 58 | Joe Lovano Nonet | 52nd Street Themes | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 57 | 59 | Marilyn Crispell | Amaryllis | 2001 | | |  |  |
| 59 | 60 | Terence Blanchard | Bounce | 2003 | |  |  | |
| 61 | 61 | Paul Motian Band | Garden of Eden | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 73 | 62 | Chris Potter | Gratitude | 2001 | |  |  | |
| 74 | 63 | Eric Alexander | Nightlife in Tokyo | 2003 | |  | |  |
| 62 | 64 | Dave Douglas | Soul On Soul | 2000 | |  | | |
| 53 | 65 | Nels Cline | New Monastery | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 55 | 66 | Drew Gress | 7 Black Butterflies | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 60 | 67 | Tomasz Stanko Quartet | Suspended Night | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 70 | 68 | Saxophone Summit | Gathering of Spirits | 2004 | |  | | |
| 100 | 69 | Toshiko Akiyoshi | Hiroshima: Rising From the Abyss | 2003 | | | |  |
| 67 | 70 | Joshua Redman Elastic Band | Momentum | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 65 | 71 | Billy Bang | Vietnam: Reflections | 2005 | |  |  | |
| 71 | 72 | Tom Harrell | Live at the Village Vanguard | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 75 | 73 | Henry Threadgill & Make a Move | Everybody's Mouth's a Book | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 83 | 74 | The Bad Plus | Give | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 64 | 75 | Dave Holland Quintet | Not for Nothin' | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 77 | 76 | Dee Dee Bridgewater | This is New | 2002 | |  |  | |
| 78 | 77 | Bill Charlap | Written in the Stars | 2000 | |  |  | |
| 79 | 78 | Randy Weston | Zep Tepi | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| — | 79 | Pat Metheny Group | The Way Up | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 72 | 80 | Dianne Reeves | Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 76 | 81 | ScoLoHoFo | Oh! | 2003 | |  |  | |
| 85 | 82 | Greg Osby | The Invisible Hand | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 80 | 83 | Patricia Barber | Modern Cool | 1998 | |  |  |  |
| 81 | 84 | Wayne Shorter | Alegria | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 69 | 85 | Von Freeman | The Great Divide | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 84 | 86 | Steve Coleman | On the Rising of the 64 Paths | 2003 | |  |  | |
| 91 | 87 | The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra | Thad Jones Legacy | 1999 | |  |  | |
| 93 | 88 | Carla Bley | Looking for America | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 94 | 89 | Cyrus Chestnut | You Are My Sunshine | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| — | 90 | Michel Camilo | Live at the Blue Note | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| — | 91 | Ron Carter | Dear Miles | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 82 | 92 | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Heartcore | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 88 | 93 | Kurt Elling | Man In the Air | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 92 | 94 | Mulgrew Miller | The Sequel | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 98 | 95 | Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio | Ethnic Stew & Brew | 2001 | | | |  |
| — | 96 | Gary Burton | Like Minds | 1998 | |  |  |  |
| — | 97 | Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 89 | 98 | Joe Lovano | I'm All for You | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 95 | 99 | Brad Mehldau | Largo | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 96 | 100 | Maria Schneider Orchestra | Sky Blue | 2007 | | | | |