| 1 | 1 | Diana Krall | Live in Paris | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 2 | 2 | Dave Holland Quintet | Extended Play: Live at Birdland | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 3 | 3 | E.S.T. | Seven Days of Falling | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 6 | 4 | Michael Brecker | Pilgrimage | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 4 | 5 | The Bad Plus | These Are the Vistas | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 5 | 6 | Brad Mehldau Trio | Day is Done | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 7 | 7 | Ornette Coleman | Sound Grammar | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 8 | 8 | Keith Jarrett Trio | The Out-of-Towners | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 9 | 9 | Wayne Shorter | Footprints Live! | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 10 | 10 | Dave Douglas | Strange Liberation | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 12 | 11 | Pat Metheny Group | Speaking of Now | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 11 | 12 | Thomasz Stanko Quartet | Soul of Things | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 13 | 13 | Madeleine Peyroux | Careless Love | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 14 | 14 | Herbie Hancock | River: The Joni Letters | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 16 | 15 | Tord Gustavsen Trio | Changing Places | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 15 | 16 | Branford Marsalis Quartet | Eternal | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 18 | 17 | Joshua Redman Elastic Band | Momentum | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 17 | 18 | Wynton Marsalis | Live at the House of Tribes | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 19 | 19 | John Abercrombie Quartet | Class Trip | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 20 | 20 | Geri Allen | The Life of a Song | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 22 | 21 | Charlie Haden | Nocturne | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 23 | 22 | 8 Bold Souls | Last Option | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 21 | 23 | Don Byron | Ivey-Divey | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 25 | 24 | Maria Schneider Orchestra | Sky Blue | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 27 | 25 | Joe Zawinul | Faces & Places | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 24 | 26 | Andrew Hill | Time Lines | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 26 | 27 | Bill Frisell | Unspeakable | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 29 | 28 | Patricia Barber | Verse | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 28 | 29 | Charles Lloyd | Jumping the Creek | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 30 | 30 | Jason Moran | Black Stars | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 32 | 31 | James Carter | Chasin' the Gypsy | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 35 | 32 | Allen Toussaint | The Bright Mississippi | 2009 | |  |  |  |
| 31 | 33 | Kenny Garrett | Standard of Language | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 33 | 34 | Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel | Buzz | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 36 | 35 | Chris Potter | Gratitude | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 41 | 36 | John Scofield | That's What I Say | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 39 | 37 | McCoy Tyner Quartet | McCoy Tyner Quartet | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 34 | 38 | William Parker Quartet | O'Neal's Porch | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 40 | 39 | Matthew Shipp Quartet | Equilibrium | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 37 | 40 | Claudia Acuna | Luna | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 38 | 41 | Eric Alexander | Nightlife in Tokyo | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 45 | 42 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Tribute to Lester | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 42 | 43 | Karrin Allyson | Ballads - Remembering Coltrane | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 44 | 44 | David S Ware Quartet | Corridors & Parallels | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 47 | 45 | Medeski, Martin & Wood | The Dropper | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 53 | 46 | Terence Blanchard | Flow | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 43 | 47 | Alice Coltrane | Translinear Light | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 46 | 48 | Sonny Rollins | Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 49 | 49 | Joe Lovano Nonet | 52nd Street Themes | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 50 | 50 | Tomasz Stanko Quartet | Suspended Night | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 57 | 51 | Bebo Valdes | Bebo de Cuba | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 48 | 52 | Brian Blade Fellowship | Perceptual | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 51 | 53 | Greg Osby | Channel Three | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 52 | 54 | The Vandermark 5 | Elements of Style | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 55 | 55 | Toshiko Akiyoshi | Hiroshima: Rising From the Abyss | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 56 | 56 | Trio Beyond | Saudades [2CD] | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 58 | 57 | Andy Bey | American Song | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 54 | 58 | Brad Mehldau | Largo | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 59 | 59 | Wayne Shorter | Beyond the Sound Barrier | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 60 | 60 | Vijay Iyer | Historicity | 2009 | |  |  |  |
| 62 | 61 | Ron Carter | Dear Miles | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 61 | 62 | Nels Cline | New Monastery | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 63 | 63 | Eddie Palmieri | Listen Here! | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 69 | 64 | Cuong Vu | It's Mostly Residual | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 64 | 65 | Dave Douglas | Soul On Soul | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 65 | 66 | Pat Metheny Group | The Way Up | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 68 | 67 | Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts | Wake Up! (To What's Happening) | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 67 | 68 | Keith Jarrett | Up for It | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 74 | 69 | Cassandra Wilson | Loverly | 2008 | |  |  |  |
| 66 | 70 | Marilyn Crispell | Amaryllis | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 70 | 71 | Paul Motian Band | Garden of Eden | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 71 | 72 | E.S.T. | Viaticum | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 73 | 73 | Joshua Redman | Beyond | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 75 | 74 | Jackie Ryan | Doozy [2CD] | 2009 | |  |  |  |
| 72 | 75 | The Bad Plus | Give | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 77 | 76 | Steve Coleman | On the Rising of the 64 Paths | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 80 | 77 | Jacky Terrasson | Smile | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 76 | 78 | Dave Holland Big Band | What Goes Around | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 81 | 79 | The Blue Note 7 | Mosaic: A Celebration
| 2009 | |  |  |  |
| 85 | 80 | Dianne Reeves | Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 89 | 81 | Randy Weston | Zep Tepi | 2006 | |  |  |  |
| 99 | 82 | Bobo Stenson Trio | Serenity [2CD] | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 78 | 83 | Billy Bang | Vietnam: Reflections | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| 79 | 84 | Saxophone Summit | Gathering of Spirits | 2004 | |  |  |  |
| 84 | 85 | Henry Threadgill & Make a Move | Everybody's Mouth's a Book | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 86 | 86 | Michel Camilo | Live at the Blue Note | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 91 | 87 | Tim Berne | The Shell Game | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 93 | 88 | Dr Lonnie Smith | Rise Up! | 2009 | |  |  |  |
| 82 | 89 | Kurt Elling | Nightmoves | 2007 | |  |  |  |
| 83 | 90 | Benny Golson | New Time, New 'Tet | 2009 | |  |  |  |
| 87 | 91 | Christian McBride & Inside Straight | Kind of Brown | 2009 | |  |  |  |
| 88 | 92 | Wayne Shorter | Alegria | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| 90 | 93 | Bill Frisell | East/West | 2005 | |  |  |  |
| — | 94 | The Roy Hargrove Quintet | Earfood | 2008 | |  |  |  |
| 92 | 95 | Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | 2001 | |  |  |  |
| 96 | 96 | Bill Charlap | Written in the Stars | 2000 | |  |  |  |
| 97 | 97 | ScoLoHoFo | Oh! | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 98 | 98 | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Heartcore | 2003 | |  |  |  |
| — | 99 | Dee Dee Bridgewater | This is New | 2002 | |  |  |  |
| 94 | 100 | Darcy James Argue's Secret Society | Infernal Machines | 2009 | |  |  |  |