| Anoushka Shankar | Mahadeva | | Rise / Angel Records |
| Heart of the Dragon Ensemble | Dream Til Tomorrow | | Classical Folk Music of China / Arc Music Inc. |
| Jenny Scheinman | Little Calypso | | 12 Songs / Cryptogramophone |
| David Grisman & Denny Zeitlin | Fourteen Miles to Barstow | | New River / Acoustic Disc |
| Bill Tapia | Manuela Boy | | Duke of Uke / MoonRoom Records |
| Mark Lemhouse | Never Me | | Great American Yard Sale, The / Yellow Dog Records |
| Djibril Diabate | Noumou Fasa | | Hawa / Terp Records |
| The Onus | The Snake | | Triphony / Hipnotic Records |
| Conte Paolo | Via Con Me | | Best of Paolo Conte, the / Nonesuch/Atlantic |
| Enrico Rava | Happiness Is To Win A Big Prize In Cash | | Full of Life / Camjazz |
| Dafnis Prieto | Conga En Ti | | About The Monks / Zoho |
| Organissimo | Greaze Monkey | | This is the Place / Big O Records |
| Dave Douglas | Just Another Murder | | Keystone / Greenleaf Music |
| Wynton Marsalis | Donna Lee | | Live At The House Of Tribes / Blue Note |
| Nat Adderley | El Chico | | Little Big Horn! / Riverside |
| Wilson, Gerald Orchestra | Lomelin | | In My Time / Mack Avenue |
| Ray Charles | I'll Do Anything But Work | | In The Beginning, '49-'52 / Acrobat |
| Johnny Otis | Hangover Blues | | Midnight at the Barrelhouse / JSP |
| Esther Phillips | I'm A Bad, Bad Girl | | Best Of Little Esther, The / Collectables Records |
| Roy Brown | Grandpa Stole My Baby | | The R&B Years: 1953 / Boulevard Vintage |
| Louis Jordan | That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out | | Let the Good Times Roll / Bear Family Records |
| Ray Ellington Quartet | Five Guys Named Moe | | Jazz in Britain, 1919-1950 / Proper |
| Dinah Washington | TV Is The Thing This Year | | The R&B Years: 1953 / Boulevard Vintage |
| Charlie Dowell | Wail Daddy | | Night Train To Nashville / Lost Highway Records |
| Nocturne, Johnny Band with Kim | Million Dollar Secret | | Million Dollar Secret / Bullseye Blues |
| Josh Workman & Kim Nalley | I Can't Face The Music / I Want A Little Boy | | Jumpin' at the Border / Tetrachord |
| Kim Nalley | Nature Boy | | Need My Sugar / Ce Jazz & Blues |
| Pascal Le Boeuf | Oboes and Acrobats | | Migration / LB Jazz |
| Tom Harrell Quintet | Where The Rain Begins | | Live at the Village Vanguard / Bluebird |
| Boubacar Traore | Kanou | | Kongo Magni / World Village |
| Nawal | Al Djalilu | | Kweli / Self Release |
