| Month | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|
| January | 5 | Contra Puncta | CMC Ensemble feat. Michel Godard | Losen | Produced by C.M.C. Ensemble | [56] |
| 19 | Contra La Indecisión | Bobo Stenson Trio (Anders Jormin, Jon Fält) | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [57] |
| Elvesang | Sigurd Hole | Elvesang | | [58] |
| Never Stop II | The Bad Plus | | | [59] |
| Invisible Threads | John Surman with Nelson Ayres and Rob Waring | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [60] |
| Lucus | Thomas Strønen & Time Is A Blind Guide | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [61] |
| Obsidian | Kit Downes | | [62] |
| 26 | Cinema Scenes | Klaus Paier - Asja Valcic | ACT | | [63] |
| Laila Biali | Laila Biali | Produced by Ben Wittman & Laila Biali | [64] |
| Octopus | Kris Davis & Craig Taborn | Pyroclastic Records | Produced by David Breskin | [65] |
| Rousilvo | Dine Doneff | ECM | | [66] |
| 31 | Sparkling | Tom Ibarra | Tom Ibarra | | [67] |
| February | 2 | Cosmic Playground | Chris Gall Trio | Edition Collage | | [68] [69] |
| Delights Of Decay | Batagraf | Jazzland | Produced by Jon Balke, Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim | [70] |
| Live at Victoria | Solveig Slettahjell | Produced by Solveig Slettahjell | [71] |
| Modern Lore | Julian Lage | Mack Avenue | | [72] |
| 9 | A Humdrum Star | GoGo Penguin | Blue Note | | [69] [73] |
| Joy Ride | John Raymond & Real Feel | Sunnyside | | [69] [74] |
| Live in Europe | Melody Gardot | Decca | | [69] [75] |
| Thought You Knew | Snowpoet (Lauren Kinsella, Chris Hyson) | Edition Records | | [69] [76] |
| Twio | Walter Smith III Trio | Whirlwind | | [69] [77] |
| 13 | Heat | Knut Reiersrud Band | Jazzland | | [78] |
| 16 | Descansado - Songs for Film | Norma Winstone | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [69] [79] |
| For 2 Akis | Shinya Fukumori Trio | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [69] [80] |
| Romaria | Andy Sheppard Quartet | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [81] |
| Run Boy, Run | Gurls (Hanna Paulsberg, Ellen Andrea Wang, Rohey Taalah) | Grappa | GRCD4571 | [82] |
| Travelers | Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [83] |
| 23 | A Novel Of Anomaly | Andreas Schaerer | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch | [84] |
| Lala Belu | Hailu Mergia | Awesome Tapes from Africa | | [85] |
| Opus | Al Di Meola | earMUSIC | | [86] |
| Pilgrim | Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen | ACT | Produced by Esben Eyermann and Janne Mark | [87] |
| 26 | Animal Image | Verneri Pohjola, Mika Kallio | Edition | | [88] |
| 28 | Visions: Coast to Coast Connection | Bob Holz feat. Stanley Clarke | MVD Audio | | [89] |
| March | 2 | After the Fall | Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette | ECM | | [90] |
| Ravensburg | Mathias Eick | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [91] |
| 9 | Atonement | Bendik Hofseth | C+C Records | Jazz | [92] |
| Joy | Karin Krog | Meantime Records | Jazz (vinyl) | [92] |
| Traces of You | Kristin Asbjørnsen | Global Sonics / Øra | | [92] [93] |
| 23 | In-House Science | Arild Andersen with Paolo Vinaccia, and Tommy Smith | ECM | | [94] |
| Oslo | Michael Wollny, feat. The Norwegian Wind Ensemble and Geir Lysne | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch | [95] |
| Notis | Kjersti Stubø Quintet including additional Jørn Øien, Håvard Stubø, Mats Eilertsen, and Håkon Mjåset Johansen | Bolage | | [96] |
| Powered By Life | Dalia Faitelson | Losen | Produced by Dalia Faitelson | [97] |
| Returnings | Jakob Bro with Palle Mikkelborg, Thomas Morgan, and Jon Christensen | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [98] |
| Wartburg | Michael Wollny Trio Live | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch | [99] |
| The Questions | Kurt Elling | Okeh Records | with Marquis Hill, Branford Marsalis, and Jeff "Tain" Watts. | [100] |
| 30 | Your Queen Is a Reptile | Sons of Kemet | Impulse! Records | | [101] |
| April | 6 | Breaking English | Rafiq Bhatia | Anti- Records | | [102] |
| Polarity | Hoff Ensemble - Jan Gunnar Hoff, Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive | 2L | Produced by Morten Lindberg | [103] |
| 20 | Barxeta II | Per Mathisen & Jan Gunnar Hoff feat. Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez | Losen | Produced by Jan Gunnar Hoff and Per Mathisen | [104] |
| Freedoms Trio II | Steinar Aadnekvam | Losen | Produced by Steinar Aadnekvam | [105] |
| Kudu | Anteloper (Jaimie Branch, Jason Nazary) | International Anthem Recording Company | Produced by Jaimie Branch, Jason Nazary | [106] |
| Swagism | Ghost-Note | Ropeadope Records | | [107] |
| May | 18 | A Suite of Poems | Ketil Bjørnstad, Anneli Drecker, poems by Lars Saabye Christensen | ECM | | [108] |
| 25 | Still Dreaming | Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley, Brian Blade | Nonesuch | Produced by Joshua Redman | [109] |
| June | 15 | Open Land - Meeting John Abercrombie | John Abercrombie | ECM | DVD | [110] |
| 22 | Heaven and Earth | Kamasi Washington | Young Turk Recordings | | [111] |
| July | 18 | e.s.t. songbook - Volume 2 - Buch | Esbjörn Svensson Trio | ACT | | [112] |
| August | 31 | Helsinki Songs | Trygve Seim | ECM | | [113] |
| Living Being II - Night Walker | Vincent Peirani | ACT | Produced by Vincent Peirani | [114] |
| The Other Side | Tord Gustavsen Trio | ECM | | [115] |
| September | 7 | Temporary Kings | Mark Turner and Ethan Iverson | ECM | | [116] |
| 14 | Marcin Wasilewski Trio Live | Marcin Wasilewski Trio | | [117] |
| 28 | The Dream Thief | Shai Maestro, Jorge Roeder, and Ofri Nehemya | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [118] |
| The Window | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mack Avenue Records | | [119] |
| Summerwind | Lars Danielsson | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch | [120] |
| October | 5 | Bay Of Rainbows | Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, and Joey Baron | ECM | | [121] |
| Where The River Goes | Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Eric Harland | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [122] |
| 12 | Crime Zone | Connie Han | Mack Avenue Records | | [123] [124] |
| 19 | La Fenice | Keith Jarrett | ECM | | [125] |
| 12 Little Spells | Esperanza Spalding | Concord Records | Awarded Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards [126] | [127] |
| 26 | Universal Beings | Makaya McCraven | International Anthem Recordings | | [128] |
| Christmas With My Friends VI | Nils Landgren | ACT | Produced by Nils Landgren with Johan Norberg | [129] |
| My Soul Kitchen | Ida Sand | Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch | [130] |
| November | 2 | Lebroba | Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith, and Bill Frisell | ECM | | [131] |
| Lucent Waters | Florian Weber, Ralph Alessi, Linda May Han Oh, and Nasheet Waits | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [132] |
| 9 | The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles | Art Ensemble of Chicago | 21xCD | [133] |