NYの新聞ニューヨーク・オブザーバーが「2016年の年間ベスト・ジャズ・アルバム TOP20」を発表　

20) Logan Richardson, Shift (Blue Note)
19) Yusef Kamaal, Black Focus (Brownswood Recording)
18) Marquis Hill, The Way We Play (Concord Jazz)
17) Anat Fort Trio with Gianluigi Trovesi, Birdwatching (ECM)
16) Bobby Kapp/Matthew Shipp, Cactus (Northern Spy)
15) Craig Hartley, Books On Tape Vol. II ? Standard Edition (self-released)
14) Brain Tentacles, Brain Tentacles (Relapse)
13) Theo Croker, Escape Velocity (O’Keh)
12) Wolfgang Muthspiel, Rising Grace (ECM)
11) Henry Threadgill, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi Recordings)

10) John Scofield, Country for Old Men (Impulse!)


9) The Robert Glasper Experiment, ArtScience (Blue Note)


8) AZIZA, Aziza (Dare2)


7) Donny McCaslin, Beyond Now (Motema Music)


6) Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic)


5) Esperanza Spalding, Emily’s D+Evolution (Concord)


4) MAST, Love and War (Alpha Pup)


3) Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison, In Movement (ECM)


2) Julian Lage, Arclight / Live in Los Angeles (Mack Avenue)


1) Jeff Parker, The New Breed (International Anthem, Ltd.)