In chronological order. This list was compiled by going through the “Best Music – Year by Year” lists from 2010-2019 and finding all the jazz releases.
- Jason Moran – Ten (2010)
- Matthew Shipp – 4D (2010)
- Mary Halvorson Quintet – Saturn Sings (2010)
- Marc Ribot – Silent Movies (2010)
- Ambrose Akinmusire – When the Heart Emerges Glistening (2011)
- Gretchen Parlato – The Lost And Found (2011)
- Sonny Rollins – Road Shows, Vol. 2 (2011)
- Vijay Iyer Trio – Accelerando (2012)
- Neneh Cherry and The Thing – The Cherry Thing (2012)
- Wadada Leo Smith – Ten Freedom Summers (2012)
- Ravi Coltrane – Spirit Fiction (2012)
- Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio (2012)
- Gregory Porter – Be Good (2012)
- Tim Berne – Snakeoil (2012)
- Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran – Hagar’s Song (2013)
- Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (2013)
- Dawn of Midi – Dysnomia (2013)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant – Womanchild (2013)
- Craig Taborn Trio – Chants (2013)
- Dawn Upshaw & Maria Schneider – Winter Morning Walks (2013)
- Geri Allen – Grand River Crossings (2013)
- Patricia Barber – Smash (2013)
- Bill Frisell – Big Sur (2013)
- Fred Hersch & Julian Lage – Free Flying (2013)
- Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd – Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project (2013)
- Rudresh Mahanthappa – Gamak (2013)
- Christian McBride + Inside Straight – People Music (2013)
- Wayne Shorter – Without A Net (2013)
- The Pedrito Martinez Group – The Pedrito Martinez Group (2013)
- Mark Turner Quartet – Lathe of Heaven (2014)
- David Virelles – Mbókò: Sacred Music for Piano, Two Basses, Drum Set and Biankoméko Abakuá (2014)
- George Cables – Icons & Influences (2014)
- Ambrose Akinmusire – The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint (2014)
- Kamasi Washington – The Epic (2015)
- Maria Schneider Orchestra – The Thompson Fields (2015)
- Rudresh Mahanthappa – Bird Calls (2015)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid – In For A Penny, In For A Pound (2015)
- José James – Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday (2015)
- Alexander Von Schlippenbach Trio – Features (2015)
- Katie Thiroux – Introducing Katie Thiroux (2015)
- Amir ElSaffar – Crisis (2015)
- J.D. Allen – Graffiti (2015)
- Vijay Iyer – Break Stuff (2015)
- Tigran Hamasysan – Luys I Luso (2015)
- Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier – Chasing Tales (2015)
- Kenny Wheeler – Songs For Quintet (2015)
- Jack DeJohnette – Made in Chicago (2015)
- Kenny Werner Trio – The Melody (2015)
- Fred Hersch – Solo (2015)
- Brad Mehldau – 10 Years Solo Live (2015)
- Prism Quartet – Heritage/Evolution, Vol. 1 (2015)
- Dave Douglas Quintet – Brazen Heat (2015)
- John Scofield – Past Present (2015)
- The Bad Plus And Joshua Redman – The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (2015)
- Joey Calderazzo – Going Home (2015)
- Anthony de Mare – Liaisons — Re-imagining Sondheim From The Piano (2015)
- Esperanza Spalding – Emily’s D+Evolution (2016)
- Kris Davis – Duopoly (2016)
- Tyshawn Sorey – The Inner Spectrum of Variables (2016)
- Jeff Parker – The New Breed (2016)
- Donny McCaslin – Beyond Now (2016)
- Logan Richardson – Shift (2016)
- Henry Threadgill – Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (2016)
- Wadada Leo Smith – America’s National Parks (2016)
- Vijay Iyer – Far From Over (2017)
- Nicole Mitchell – Mandoria Awakening II: Emerging World (2017)
- Binker and Moses – Journey to the Mountain of Forever (2017)
- Tyshawn Sorey – Verisimilitude (2017)
- Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference (2017)
- Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (2018)
- Wayne Shorter – Emanon (2018)
- Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile (2018)
- John Coltrane – Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (rec. 1963, rel. 2018)
- Cécile McLoren Salvant – The Window (2018)
- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – Ancestral Recall (2019)
- Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (2019)
- Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn – The People I Love (2019)
- Nérija – Blume (2019)
- Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (2019)
- The Comet Is Coming – Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mistery (2019)
- The Art Ensemble of Chicago – We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
- Joel Ross – KingMaker (2019)
- Theon Cross – Fyah (2019)
- Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 2 (2019)
- Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom – Glitter Wolf (2019)
- Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (2019)
- Tomeka Reid Quartet – Old New (2019)
- Kris Davis – Diatom Ribbons (2019)
- Miho Hazama – Dancer in Nowhere (2019)
- James Carter Organ Trio – Live from Newport Jazz (2019)
- David Torn, Tim Berne & Ches Smith – Sun of Goldfinger (2019)