2017 Totals: Debuts

1. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem) 29
2. Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige) 17
3. Kate Gentile, Mannequins (Skirl) 13
4. Nate Smith, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere (Ropeadope) 4
5. Vanessa Racci, Italiana Fresca (self-released) 2
6. Jihye Lee Orchestra, April (self-released) 2
7. Or Bareket, OB1 (Fresh Sound New Talent) 2
8. Bruce Harris, Beginnings (Posi-Tone) 2
9. Jerome Jennings, The Beast (Iola) 2
10. Eden Ladin, Yequm (Contagious Music) 2
Shabaka and the Ancestors, Wisdom of Elders (Brownswood) 2
11. Jeong Lim Yang, Déjà Vu (Fresh Sound New Talent) 2
13. Cameron Graves, Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue) 1
14. Rahsaan Barber, The Music in The Night (Jazz Music City) 1
15. Beholder, Claim No Native Land (self-produced) 1
16. Lucia Cadotsch, Speak Low (Yellowbird -16) 1
17. Camilla George Quartet, Isang (Ubuntu Music) 1
18. Simon Millerd, Lessons and Fairytales (Songlines) 1
19. Miles Mosley, Uprising (Verve) 1
20. The New Triumph, Keep on Push'n (self-released) 1
Gregory Privat Trio, Family Tree (ACT) 1
21. Layth Sidiq, Son of Tigris (Layth Sidiq -16) 1
22. Camille Thurman, Inside the Moment (Chesky) 1
23. Joshua White, 13 Short Stories (Fresh Sound New Talent) 1
24. Danny Janklow, Elevation (OutsideIn Music) 1
25. AVA Trio, Music From an Imaginary Land (TryTone) 1
26. Gianni Bianchini, Type 1 ([No label? Gianni Bianchini?]) 1
27. Bokanté, Strange Circles (GroundUP) 1
28. Combsy, Combsy (Horton) 1
29. Roxy Coss, Chasing the Unicorn (Posi-Tone) 1
Jessica Curran, Here (self-released) 1
30. Brett Gold New York Jazz Orchestra, Dreaming Big (Goldfox) 1
31. Josh Green & the Cyborg Orchestra, Telepathy & Bop (self-released) 1
32. Hyeseon Hong, Ee-Ya-Gi (Stories) (MAMA) 1
33. Molly Jones, Microliths (Polyfold) 1
34. Marthe Lea & Håkon Aase, Yügen (Jazzland) 1
35. Rob Luft, River (Edition) 1
36. Hermon Mehari, Bleu (self-released) 1
37. San Francisco String Trio, May I Introduce to You (Ridgeway) 1

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