2015 Totals: Vocals

1. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue) 21
2. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note) 18
3. Jen Shyu, Sounds and Cries of the World (Pi) 10
4. Cassandra Wilson, Coming Forth by Day (Legacy) 8
5. Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (Columbia) 7
6. Joanna Wallfisch, The Origin of Adjustable Things (Sunnyside) 4
7. Katie Bull, All Hot Bodies Radiate (Ashokan) 4
8. Charenee Wade, Offering: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (Motéma) 4
9. Luciana Souza, Speaking in Tongues (Sunnyside) 3
10. John Hollenbeck, Songs We Like a Lot (Sunnyside) 2
London, Meader, Pramuk & Ross, The Royal Bopsters Project (Motema) 2
11. Karrin Allyson, Many a New Day (Motema) 2
12. Ernestine Anderson, Swings the Penthouse (HighNote) 2
13. Leny Andrade and Roni Ben-Hur, Alegria de Vivire (Motema) 2
14. Frank Carlberg, Word Circus (Red Piano) 2
15. Kurt Elling, Passion World (Concord) 2
16. Polly Gibbons, Many Faces of Love (Resonance) 2
17. Diana Krall, Wallflower (Verve) 2
19. Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions) 1
20. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin - Chapter Three: River Run Thee (Constellation) 1
Ben Goldberg, Orphic Machine (BAG) 1
21. William Parker, Great Spirit (AUM Fidelity) 1
22. Ku-umba Frank Lacy & the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Sings (Sunnyside) 1
23. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Dee's Feathers (Okeh) 1
24. Darius Jones, Le Bebe de Brigitte (AUM Fidelity) 1
25. Mose Allison, American Legend - Live in California (IBis) 1
26. Ran Blake & Christine Correa, The Road Keeps Winding () 1
27. Mon David, This Is All I Ask (Human Connection) 1
28. Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night (Columbia) 1
29. Lorraine Feather, Flirting With Disaster (Jazzed Media) 1
Julia Hulsmann w Theo Bleckmann, A Clear Midnight - Kurt Weill and America (ECM) 1
30. Chris McNulty, Eternal (Palmetto) 1
31. Billie Holiday, Banned From New York City (Uptown) 1
32. Abbey Lincoln, Sophisticated Abbey (HighNote) 1
33. Ray Gelato, Original Flavours (Double Scoop) 1
34. Laurie Antonioli & Richie Beirach, Varuna (Origin) 1
35. Ab Baars & NY Guests, Invisible Blow (Wig) 1
36. Liane Carroll, Seaside (Linn) 1
37. Dheepa Chari, Patchwork (DCCD) 1
38. Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Inner Dialogue (Truth Revolution) 1
Duchess, Duchess (Anzic) 1
39. Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonnesbæk, Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonnesbæk (Stunt) 1
40. Allan Harris, Black Bar Jukebox (Love Productions) 1
41. Gillian Margot, Black Butterfly (Hipnotic) 1
42. Kim Nazarian, Some Morning (Kimj) 1
43. Joanna Pascale, Wildflower (Stiletto) 1
44. Gloria Reuben, Perchance to Dream (MCG) 1
45. Emily Saunders, Outsiders Insiders (Mix Sounds) 1

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