2017 Totals: Vocals

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue) 35
2. Dominique Eade & Ran Blake, Town and Country (Sunnyside) 16
3. Jen Shyu, Songs of Silver Geese (Pi) 10
4. Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige) 8
5. Roswell Rudd-Fay Victor-Lafayette Harris-Ken Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise) 6
6. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Memphis . . . Yes, I'm Ready (OKeh) 6
7. Lisa Mezzacappa, Glorious Ravage (New World) 2
8. Vanessa Racci, Italiana Fresca (self-released) 2
9. Sarah Partridge, Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian (Origin) 2
10. Lizz Wright, Grace (Concord) 2
Theo Bleckmann, Elegy (ECM) 2
11. Zara McFarlane, Arise (Brownswood) 2
12. Gregory Porter, Nat "King" Cole & Me (Blue Note) 2
13. Sofia Rei Featuring Marc Ribot, El Gavilán (Cascabalera) 2
14. Gabriele Tranchina, Of Sailing Ships and the Stars in Your Eyes (Rainchant Eclectic) 2
16. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto) 1
17. Amir ElSaffar & Rivers of Sound, Not Two (New Amsterdam) 1
18. Irreversible Entanglements, Irreversible Entanglements (International Anthem) 1
19. Johnny O'Neal, In the Moment (Smoke Sessions) 1
20. Lucia Cadotsch, Speak Low (Yellowbird -16) 1
Bob Dylan, Triplicate (Columbia) 1
21. Champian Fulton & Scott Hamilton, The Things We Did Last Summer (Blau) 1
22. Hillary Gardner & Ehud Asherie, The Late Set (Anzic) 1
23. Joëlle Léandre & Phil Minton, Léandre/Minton (Fou) 1
24. China Moses, Nightentales (MPS) 1
25. Gregory Porter, Live in Berlin (Eagle Vision -16) 1
26. various, The Passion of Charlie Parker (Impulse) 1
27. The Few, Fragments of a Luxury Vessel (Two Cities) 1
28. Alexander Hawkins-Elaine Mitchener Quartet, Uproot (Intakt) 1
29. Ryan Keberle & Catharsis, Find the Common, Shine a Light (Greenleaf) 1
Stacy Kent, I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions (OKeh) 1
30. Diana Krall, Turn Up the Quiet (Verve) 1
31. Rebecca Martin & Guillermo Klein, The Upstate Project (Sunnyside) 1
32. Becca Stevens, Regina (GroundUp Music) 1
33. Katie Thiroux, Off Beat (Capri) 1
34. 3 Divas, 3 Divas (Diva) 1
35. Chris Tordini Trio Featuring Becca Stevens & Greg Ruggerio, Midnight Sun (Newvelle) 1
36. Natasha Agrama, The Heart of Infinite Change (World Galaxy/AlphaPup) 1
37. Blindflug, Without Doubt (self-released) 1

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