2011 Totals: Debuts

1. Chris Dingman, Waking Dreams (Between Worlds) 12
2. Fabian Almazan, Personalities (Biophilia) 8
3. Joseph Daley, The Seven Deadly Sins (Jaro) 7
4. Adam Cruz, Milestone (Sunnyside) 6
5. Ben Williams, State of Art (Concord Jazz) 6
6. Steven Lugerner, These Are The Words/Narratives (self-released) 3
7. Harrison Bankhead, Morning Sun Harvest Moon (Engine) 2
8. Ben Kono, Crossing (1918 Records) 2
9. Jake Saslow, Crosby Street (14th Street) 2
10. Carlo De Rosa, Brain Dance (Cuneiform) 2
Tim Mayer, Resilence (Jazz Legacy) 2
11. Geoff Vidal, She Likes That (Arts and Music Factory) 2
13. Tyler Blanton, Botanic (self-released) 1
14. Brian Carpenter, Hothouse Stomp (Accurate) 1
15. Kermit Driscoll, Reveille (19/8) 1
16. Noah Haidu, Slipstream (Posi-Tone) 1
17. Eric Harland, Voyager: Live by Night (Sunnyside) 1
18. Mark Lopeman, Nice Work If You Can Get It (Lopeman) 1
19. Seth MacFarlane, Music Is Better Than Words (Universal Republic) 1
20. Curtis Macdonald, Community Immunity (Greenleaf Music) 1
Magic Pocket & Morten Qvenild, The Katabatic Wind (Bolage) 1
21. Operation ID, Legs (Table & Chairs) 1
22. Brian Settles, Secret Handshake (Engine Studios) 1
23. Shimrit Shoshan, Keep It Movin' (Shimmya) 1
24. Brandon Terzic, The Xalam Project (Xalam) 1
25. Shirley Crabbe, Home (MaiSong) 1
26. Monika Borzym, Girl Talk (Sony Import) 1
27. Dave Chamberlain, Band of Bones (self-released) 1
28. Emmet Cohen, In the Element (Bada Beep Music) 1
29. Alex Hoffman, Dark Lights (Smalls) 1
Bryan Hooten, Richmond Love Call (Bryan Hooten) 1
30. Inzinzac, Inzinzac (High Two) 1
31. Jaruzelski's Dream, Jazz Gawronski (Clean Feed) 1
32. Je Suis!, Mistluren (Umlaut) 1
33. Stan Killian, Unified (Sunnyside) 1
34. Travis Laplante, Heart Protector (Skirl) 1
35. Lisa Lindsley, Everytime We Say Goodbye (Blondsongstress) 1
36. Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., That's Life (Columbia) 1
37. The Oscuro Quintet, Music for Tango Ensemble (Big Round) 1
38. Chris Parrello, Things I Wonder (Stray Dog) 1
Jose Rizo, Mongorama (Suangu Records) 1
39. Tim Siciliano, In the Attic (CIMP) 1
40. Dave Tull, I Just Want to Get Paid (Toy Car) 1
41. Theresa Wong, The Unlearning (Tzadik) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.