We’ll play back the entire Top 88 jazz releases of 2018 all day and night New Year’s Day. Click here for the 2018 Top Tens from our Show Hosts.

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1. Karrin Allyson  “Some of That Sunshine”  (Kas)
2. Julian Lage  “Modern Lore”  (Mack Avenue)
3. Erroll Garner  “Nightconcert”  (Mack Avenue)
4. Stefon Harris & Blackout  “Sonic Creed”  (Motema)
5. Alfredo Rodriguez  “The Little Dream”   (Mack Avenue)
6. Eddie Daniels  “Heart of Brazil”  (Resonance)
7. Marcus Miller  “Laid Black”  (Blue Note)
8. Adrian Cunningham & Ken Peplowski  “Duologue”  (Arbors Jazz)
9. Troy Roberts  “Nu Jive Perspective”  (Inner Circle)
10. Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco  “You’re Driving Me Crazy”  (Exile/Legacy)
11. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels  “Vanished Gardens”  (Blue Note)
12. El Eco with Guillermo Nojechowicz  “Puerto de Buenos Aries 1933”  (Zoho)
13. Wynton Marsalis Septet  “United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas”  (Blue Engine)
14. New York Electric Piano  “State of the Art”  (Fervor)
15. Dan Block  “Block Party: a Saint Louis Connection”  (Miles High)
16. Kurt Elling  “The Questions”  (Okeh)
17. Steve Turre  “The Very Thought of You”  (Smoke Sessions)
18. John Raymond & Real Feels  “Joy Ride”  (Sunnyside)
19. Yellowjackets  “Raising Our Voice”  (Mack Avenue)
20. JD Allen  “Love Stone”  (Savant)
21. Xavier Davis  “Rise Up Detroit”  (Detroit Music Factory)
22. Cyrus Chestnut  “Kaleidoscope”  (High Note)
23. Hart, Scone & Albin  “Leading the British Invasion”  (Zoho)
24. Keith Jarrett  “After the Fall”  (ECM)
25. Al DiMeola  “Opus”  (Ear)
26. Cecile McLorin Salvant  “The Window”  (Mack Avenue)
27. Koplant No  “Elker”  (Mize)
28. Adrian Cunningham  “Professor Cunningham and his Old School: Swing It Out”  (Arbors Jazz)
29. Antonio Adolfo  “Encontros Orquestra Atlantica”  (AAM)
30. Steve Hobbs  “Tribute to Bobby”  (Challenge)
31. Steve Gadd  “Steve Gadd Band”  (BFM)
32. John Scofield  “Combo 66”  (Verve)
33. Ben Alison  “Quiet Revolution”  (Sonic Camera)
34. Manhattan Transfer  “The Junction”  (BMG)
35. Kenny Barron  “Concentric Circles”  (Blue Note)
36. Diva Jazz Orchestra  “25^th Anniversary”  (Artist Share)
37. Jambalaya Brass Band  “Habana to New Orleans”  (West Music)
38. Bob James  “Espresso”  (Tappan Zee)
39. Ben Paterson  “That Old Feeling”  (Cellar Live)
40. BC Double Quartet  “Departure”  (Cellar Live)
41. Gilad Hekselman  “Ask for Chaos”  (Motema)
42. Willie Nelson  “My Way”   (Sony Legacy)
43. Corcoran Holt  “The Mecca”  (Hot House)
44. Harold Lopez-Nussa   “Un Dia Cualquiera”  (Mack Avenue)
45. Hendrik Meurkens and Bill Cunliffe  “Cabin in the Sky”  (Height Advantage)
46. Idit Shner  “9 Short Stories”  (OA2)
47. Kamasi Washington  “Heaven and Earth”  (Young Turks)
48. Rob Dixon  “Coast to Crossroads”  (Rob Dixon)
49. Debra Mann  “Full Circle”  (Whaling City Sound)
50. Charles Pillow Large Ensemble  “Electric Miles”  (Mama)
51. Cory Weeds Little Big Band   “Explosion”  (Cellar Live)
52. Calle Mambo Project  “See the Light”  (Calle Mambo Project)
53. Erik Jekabson  “Erik Jekabson Sextet”  (Wide Hive)
54. Dafnis Prieto Big Band  “Back to the Sunset”  (Dafnison)
55. Freddy Cole  “My Mood is You”  (High Note)
56. Bill O’Connell   “Jazz Latin”  (Savant)
57. Emmet Cohen  “Masters Legacy Series Vol. 2: Ron Carter”  (Cellar Live)
58. Benito Gonzalez, Gerry Gibbs & Essiet Essiet  “Passion Reverence Transcendence: the Music of McCoy Tyner”  (Whaling City Sound)
59. Eddie Henderson  “Be Cool”  (Smoke Sessions)
60. Kat Edmonson  “Old Fashioned Gal”  (Spinnerette)
61. George Kahn  “Straight Ahead”  (Playing)
62. Steven Kroon  “In Your Dreams”  (Kroonatune)
63. Prime Time Big Band  “Live at the Ironwood”  (Chronograph)
64. Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band  “West Side Story Reimagined”  (Jazzheads)
65. Peter Sommer  “Happy-Go-Local Locals”  (Peter Sommer)
66. Marty Elkins  “Fat Daddy”  (Nagel Heyer)
67. Caesar Frazier  “Instinct”  (Doodlin’)
68. Mike Freeman Zonavibe  “Venetian Blinds”  (VOF)
69. Ken Fowser  “Don’t Look Down”  (Posi-Tone)
70. The Verve Jazz Ensemble  “Connect the Dots”  (Lightgroove)
71. Bob Washut Dodectet  “Journey to Knowhere”  (Artist Alliance)
72. Michael Dease  “Reaching Out”  (Posi-Tone)
73. Ian Shaw  “Shine Sister Shine”  (Jazz Village)
74. Adison Evans  “Meridian”  (ATR)
75. Tia Fuller  “Diamond Cut”  (Mack Avenue)
76. Adam Shulman Sextet  “Full Tilt”  (Cellar Live)
77. Eric Alexander  “Song of No Regrets”  (High Note)
78. Miho Hazama  “The Monk: Live at Bimhuis”  (Sunnyside)
79. Manuel Valera  “The Planets”  (Mavo)
80. Allan Harris  “The Genius of Eddie Jefferson”  (Resilience)
81. John Coltrane  “Both Directions at Once”  (Impulse!/Verve)
82. Dave Zinno Unisphere  “River of January”  (Whaling City Sound)
83. Marshall Gilkes & the WDR Big Band  “Always Forward”  (Alternate Side)
84. Jeff Hamilton  “Live From San Pedro”  (Capri)
85. Lorraine Feather  “Math Camp”  (Relarion)
86. Christian Sands  “Facing Dragons”  (Mack Avenue)
87. Commons Collective  “Hope”  (Commons Collective)
88. Bob Mintzer Big Band with New York Voices  “Meeting of Minds”  (MCG Jazz)