| Month | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|
| January | 8 | Blackstar | David Bowie | ISO,Columbia,RCA,Sony Music | Produced byDavid Bowie,Tony Visconti | [4] |
| Kindred Spirits Live at Chan's | Greg Abate andPhil Woods | Whaling City Sound | | [5] |
| 15 | Amorphae | Ben Monder,Pete Rende,Andrew Cyrille,Paul Motian | ECM | Produced by Sun Chung | [6] |
| I Long To See You | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | Blue Note | | [7] |
| 19 | Quiver | Ralph Alessi,Gary Versace,Drew Gress,Nasheet Waits | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | [8] |
| 21 | The Boop-A-Doo | Cherry Poppin' Daddies | Space Age Bachelor Pad Records | Produced bySteve Perry | [8] |
| 22 | Klangkammer 2 | Stian Omenås | NorCD | Executive producerKarl Seglem | |
| 29 | Groove Travels | Gerard Presencer | Edition | | [9] |
| Into The Silence | Avishai Cohen | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | |
| What Was Said | Tord Gustavsen,Simin Tander,Jarle Vespestad | [10] |
| Momento | Ayumi Tanaka Trio | AMP Records | | |
| When You Wish Upon a Star | Bill Frisell | Okeh | Produced byLee Townsend | |
| February | 1 | Forms & Poses | Christian Meaas Svendsen | Nakama | Produced byChristian Meaas Svendsen | [11] |
| Lars Danielsson Songbook | Lars Danielsson | ACT | | [12] |
| 5 | Kuria Suite | Knut Kristiansen andBergen Big Band | Grappa | | [13] |
| 11 | District Six | Andreas Loven | Losen | | [14] |
| 12 | The Distance | Michael Formanek and Ensemble Kolossus | ECM | | |
| Warp | Jon Balke | Produced by Jon Balke andManfred Eicher | [15] |
| Dream Keeper | André Fernandes | Edition | | [16] |
| The Theory Of Joy | Ian Shaw | Jazz Village | | [17] |
| 14 | Story Of I | Myrna | Tomtom & Braza | | [18] |
| 16 | Mare Nostrum II | Jan Lundgren | ACT | Produced by René Hess / HR Music, executive producerSiggi Loch | [19] |
| 19 | Birdwatching | Anat Fort Trio withGianluigi Trovesi | ECM | | [20] |
| Quiver | Ralph Alessi | Produced byManfred Eicher | |
| 26 | Eastern Smiles | Hanna Paulsberg Concept | Odin | | |
| In The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper | Trondheim Jazz Orchestra withKim Myhr andJenny Hval | Hubro | Produced by Kim Myhr | |
| Klangspuren | Michael Wollny Trio | ACT | Executive producerSiggi Loch (CD) | [21] |
| March | 3 | Kanestrøm | Frode Alnæs | Øra Fonogram | | [22] |
| 4 | Continuum | Nik Bärtsch's Mobile | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | |
| Emily's D+Evolution | Esperanza Spalding | Concord | Produced by Esperanza Spalding andTony Visconti | [23] |
| 11 | Arclight | Julian Lage | Mack Avenue | Produced byJesse Harris | [24] |
| A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke | Vijay Iyer /Wadada Leo Smith | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | |
| Ferenc Snétberger in Concert | Ferenc Snétberger | |
| Culturen | Skadedyr | Hubro | International release in May 2016 | [25] |
| 18 | Beauty & Truth | Joachim Kühn | ACT | Produced by Joachim Kühn, executive producerSiggi Loch | [26] |
| Crystal Rain | Céline Bonacina Crystal Quartet | Cristal Records | | |
| 25 | Full Circle | Brian Bromberg | Artistry Music | | [27] |
| Let's Dance | Per Oddvar Johansen | Edition | | [28] |
| 30 | The Dance Upon My Grave | COKKO (Marte Eberson,Natalie Sandtorv,Ole Mofjell) | Playdate Records | | |
| April | 1 | Alba | Markus Stockhausen /Florian Weber | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | |
| Black Ice | Wolfert Brederode Trio | |
| Black Orpheus | Masabumi Kikuchi | |
| 3 | Tocororo | Alfredo Rodriguez | Mack Avenue | | [29] |
| 7 | Debonaire | Ike Moriz | Mosquito Records London Pty Ltd. | Recorded at Paris Studios, Cape Town | [30] |
| 8 | Parallax | Phronesis | Edition Records | Produced by Phronesis | |
| 15 | Live at Montreux 1993 | Al Jarreau | Eagle Rock Records | | [31] |
| Thick as Thieves | Mongrel – Thomas Litleskare,Ayumi Tanaka, Stian Andersen, Tore Flatjord | Losen Records | | [32] |
| 22 | Cohearence | Yellowjackets | Mack Avenue | Produced byBob Mintzer, Dane Alderson, Maria Ehrenreich,Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy, Yellowjackets | |
| Triangle | Susanna | SusannaSonata | | [33] |
| 29 | Amputation | Stian Westerhus | House of Mythology | | |
| Culcha Vulcha | Snarky Puppy | Ropeadope Records | | [34] |
| Held | Jason Rebello | Edition Records | Produced by Dave Stapleton &Jason Rebello | [35] |
| Sun Blowing | DanielssonNesetLund | ACT Music | Produced by Morten Lund & Lars Danielsson, executive producerSiggi Loch | [36] |
| The Ystad Concert - A Tribute ToJan Johansson | Jan Lundgren | ACT Music | Produced by Jan Lundgren, executive producerSiggi Loch | [37] |
| May | 6 | Andando el Tiempo | Carla Bley /Andy Sheppard /Steve Swallow | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | [38] |
| In Movement | Jack DeJohnette /Ravi Coltrane /Matthew Garrison | |
| Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny | Cuong Vu Trio meetsPat Metheny | Nonesuch Records | Produced byCuong Vu | [39] |
| One | Tim Garland | Edition Records | Produced by Tim Garland | [40] |
| The Unity Sessions | Pat Metheny | Nonesuch Records | Produced byPat Metheny | [41] |
| 20 | La Mascarade | Rolf Lislevand | ECM Records | Produced byManfred Eicher | [42] |
| 26 | Vyamanikal | Kit Downes & Tom Challenger | Slip Records | | [43] |
| 27 | Everything's Beautiful | Miles Davis &Robert Glasper | Columbia,Blue Note | Produced Robert Glasper,
associate producer Rashad Ringo Smith | [44] |
| Invisible Man | Jukka Perko Avara | ACT Music | Produced bySiggi Loch | |
| Logos | Gerardo Nunez,Ulf Wakenius & Cepillo | Produced by Gerardo Núñez, executive producerSiggi Loch | |
| Solitary Moon | Liv Stoveland | Ponca Jazz Records | | [45] |
| Stranger Things Have Happened | Clare Maguire | Virgin Records | Produced by Clare Maguire | [46][47] |
| June | 3 | Blues and Ballads | Brad Mehldau Trio | Nonesuch Records | Produced by Brad Mehldau | [48] |
| Upward Spiral | Branford Marsalis Quartet&Kurt Elling | Sony Music Entertainment | Nominated for theGrammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the59th Annual Grammy Awards[49] | [50] |
| 10 | Convergence | Warren Wolf | Mack Avenue Records | | [51] |
| Short Stories | Dominick Farinacci | | [52] |
| Wolf Valley | Eyolf Dale | Edition Records | | [53] |
| 24 | Arclight | Julian Lage | Mack Avenue | Produced byJesse Harris | [54] |
| The Way We Play | Marquis Hill | Concord Jazz | | [55] |
| July | 1 | Freetown Sound | Blood Orange | Domino | Produced byDev Hynes | [56] |
| 9 | Sounds of 3 | Per Mathisen Trio (including
Frode Alnæs and Gergő Borlai) | Losen Records | | [57] |
| 22 | Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth | Charlie Hunter | GroundUP | | [58] |
| 29 | Rubicon | Mats Eilertsen | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | [59] |
| Unstatic | Manu Katche | Anteprima Productions | | [60] |
| August | 5 | Apokaluptein | Live Maria Roggen | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | Produced byLive Maria Roggen | [61] |
| 19 | Femte | Isglem | NorCD | Produced byKarl Seglem | [62] |
| Norwegian Caravan | Come Shine -Kringkastingsorkesteret | Lawo Classics | Produced byErlend Skomsvoll, Vegard Landaas | [63] |
| Presents MONK'estra, Volume 1 | John Beasley | Mack Avenue Records | | [64] |
| 26 | How Long Is Now? | RantalaDanielssonErskine | ACT Music | Produced by Siggi Loch | [65] |
| Into The Mystic | David Helbock | [66] |
| Snowmelt | Marius Neset | Produces by Marius Neset withAnton Eger | [67] |
| It's Hard | The Bad Plus | Okeh Records | | [68] |
| Air | Frode Haltli with theTrondheim Soloists andArditti Quartet | ECM Records | | [69] |
| Rumi Songs | Trygve Seim | Produced byManfred Eicher | [70] |
| September | 2 | Buoyancy | Nils Petter Molvær | Okeh Records | Produced byJo Berger Myhre,Nils Petter Molvær | |
| Ida Lupino | Giovanni Guidi /Gianluca Petrella /Louis Sclavis /Gerald Cleaver | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | |
| Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen | Bushman's Revenge | Rune Grammofon | | [71] |
| Salmeklang | Gjermund Larsen Trio | Heilo | Recipient of the composerSpellemannprisen | [72][73] |
| The Good Life | Till Brönner | Sony Masterworks | | |
| 9 | Atmosphères | Tigran Hamasyan,Arve Henriksen,Eivind Aarset, andJan Bang | ECM Records | | [74] |
| Changing Tides | Lukas Zabulionis | Curling Legs | | |
| Cosmic Adventure | Scott Tixier | Sunnyside Records | Produced by Corelli Savarez,Donald Brown,François Zalacain, Schertler Group | |
| Grand White Silk | Torun Eriksen | Jazzland Recordings | Produced by Kjetil Dalland,Torun Eriksen | |
| Nearness | Joshua Redman andBrad Mehldau | Nonesuch Records | | |
| The Deer’s Cry | Vox Clamantis – compositions byArvo Pärt | ECM Records | | [75] |
| 16 | Sunrain | Haakon Graf Trio, including Erik Smith andPer Mathisen | Losen Records | Produces by Graf, Smith, and Mathisen | [76] |
| Together, As One | Dinosaur | Edition Records | | [77] |
| 20 | Diwan Of Beauty And Odd | Dhafer Youssef | Okeh Records | | |
| 23 | Bloom | Kim Myhr | Hubro | | |
| Country For Old Men | John Scofield | Impulse Records | Produced by John Scofield | [78] |
| Streams | Jakob Bro | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | |
| The Art of Elegance | Kristin Chenoweth | Concord Records | Produced bySteve Tyrell | [79][80] |
| The Declaration of Musical Independence | Andrew Cyrille Quartet | ECM Records | Produced by Sun Chung | [81] |
| 30 | It's Another Wor d | Sigrun Tara Øverland with Picidae | NorCD | | [82] |
| Somewhere In Between | Bugge Wesseltoft | Jazzland Recordings | | |
| October | 7 | Day Breaks | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Produced by Eli Wolf, Norah Jones, Sarah Oda | [83][84] |
| Kurzsam And Fulger | Christian Wallumrød Ensemble | Hubro Music | | [85] |
| The Monash Sessions | Kate Ceberano | Jazzhead,MGM Distribution | Produced by James Mustafa | [86][87] |
| 10 | Tandem | Michael Wollny &Vincent Peirani | ACT Music | Produced by Siggi Loch | [88] |
| 14 | Aziza | Aziza (Dave Holland,Chris Potter,Lionel Loueke,Eric Harland) | Dare2 Records | Produced by Dave Holland, executive producer Louise Holland | [89] |
| Beyond Now | Donny McCaslin | Motéma Music | | [90] |
| Nine Firmaments | Arne Jansen Trio | Traumton Records | Produced by Arne Jansen | [91] |
| Rainbow Session | Harald Lassen | Hagen Recordings | Produced by Harald Lassen | [92] |
| 21 | Her Bor | Frida Ånnevik | Grappa Music | GRLP4529 | [93] |
| On Behalf Of Nature | Meredith Monk Ensemble | ECM Records | Produced byManfred Eicher | [94] |
| 28 | Christmas With My Friends V | Nils Landgren | ACT Music | | [95] |
| EST Symphony | EST Symphony | | [96] |
| Rising Grace | Wolfgang Muthspiel withAmbrose Akinmusire,Brad Mehldau,Larry Grenadier, andBrian Blade | ECM | Produced byManfred Eicher | [97][98] |
| 31 | No Right No Left | Andreas Wildhagen | Nakama Records | Produced byAndreas Wildhagen | [99] |
| November | 4 | A Multitude of Angels | Keith Jarrett | ECM Records | 4xCD from solo concerts in Italy in October 1996 | [100] |
| Black Focus | Yussef Kamaal | Brownswood Recordings | | [101] |
| 11 | December Songs | Olga Konkova and
Jens Thoresen | Losen Records | | [102] |
| StaiStua | Ulvo /Hole /Haltli | NorCD | Produced by Andreas Ulvo, Musikk I Hedmark | [103] |
| The Mechanical Fair | Ola Kvernberg | Olsen Records | 2xLP produced byTodd Terje | [104] |
| 12 | Stories | Jan Gunnar Hoff | 2L | Solo piano | [105] |
| 14 | XXX | Scorch Trio (Raoul Björkenheim,Ingebrigt Håker Flaten,Frank Rosaly) | Rune Grammofon | 4xLP | [105] |
| 17 | My Head Is Listening | Motif | Clean Feed | Produced by Motif | [106] |
| 18 | David | Eleni Karaindrou | ECM Records | ProducedManfred Eicher | [107] |
| The Fifth Century | Gavin Bryars | ECM Records | | [108] |
| 19 | 3 Pianos | Tanaka/Lindvall/Wallumrød | Nakama Records | Produced by Ayumi Tanaka, Johan Lindvall, Christian Wallumrød | [109] |
| 22 | Midt På Natta | Operasjon Hegge | Particular Recordings | P!8 | [110] |
| 25 | The Space Between | Stuart McCallum &Mike Walker | Edition Records | Produced by Stuart McCallum | [111] |
| December | 2 | Antenna | David Virelles | ECM Records | | [112] |
| New Direction | Herlin Riley | Mack Avenue Records | | [113] |
| 12 | Most Intimate | Nakama | Nakama Records | Produced byChristian Meaas Svendsen | [114] |
| 16 | New York City Magic | Per Mathisen,Utsi Zimring, andDavid Kikoski | Alessa Records | | [115] |
| Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Tony Bennett | Columbia | | [116] |
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