2019 Totals: Debuts

1. Joel Ross, KingMaker (Blue Note) 28
2. Angel Bat Dawid, The Oracle (International Anthem) 8
3. Javier Red's Imagery Converter, Ephemeral Certainties (Delmark) 6
4. Nick Dunston, Atlantic Extraction (Out of Your Head) 4
5. Brandon Goldberg, Let's Play! (BSG) 2
6. Gretje Angell, In Any Key (Grevlinto) 2
7. Johnny Mansfield, Elftet (Edition) 2
8. Kassa Overall, Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz (self-released) 2
9. SEED Ensemble, Driftglass (Jazz Re:freshed) 2
10. Petter Eldh, Petter Eldh Presents Koma Saxo (We Jazz) 2
Larry Grenadier, The Gleaners (ECM) 2
11. Harish Raghavan, Calls for Action (Whirlwind) 2
13. Quiana Lynell, A Little Love (Concord Jazz) 1
14. Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few, The Unapologetic Negro (self-released) 1
15. Veronica Swift, Confessions (Mack Avenue) 1
16. Emil Karlsen, Flux (Noumenon) 1
17. Matthew Snow, Iridescence (self-released) 1
18. Nérija, Blume (Domino) 1
19. Ben Eunson, Ace (Ocean Road) 1
20. Rajna Swaminathan, Of Agency and Abstraction (Biophilia) 1
Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, Where Future Unfolds (International Anthem) 1
21. Joshua White, 13 Short Stories (Fresh Sound New Talent) 1
22. Binker Golding, Abstractions of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers (Gearbox) 1
23. Junius Paul, Ism (International Anthem) 1
24. Terraza Big Band, One Day Wonder (Outside In Music) 1
25. Dor Herskovits, Flying Elephants (Endectomorph) 1
26. Alexa Tarantino, Winds of Change (Posi-Tone) 1
27. Resavoir, Resavoir (International Anthem) 1
28. Meditations & Prayers, Stabat Mater (Giraffa) 1
29. Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm, Bonegasm (Sunnyside) 1
Joshua Catania, Open to Now (Shifting Paradigm) 1
30. Kokoroko, Kokoroko (Brownswood) 1
31. Izumi Kimura-Barry Guy-Gerry Hemingway, Illuminated Silence (Fundacja Sluchaj) 1
32. Lao Dan-Paul Flaherty-Randall Colbourne-Damon Smith, Live at Willimantic Records (Family Vineyard) 1
33. Paul Nedzela, Introducing Paul Nedzela (Outside In Music) 1
34. Leo Sherman, Tonewheel (Outside In Music) 1
35. Tobias Wiklund, Where the Spirits Eat (Stunt) 1
36. John Yao's Triceratops, How We Do (See Tao) 1
37. Jonathon Crompton, Intuit (New Lab) 1
38. Teymur Phell, Master Volume (self-released) 1
Moy Eng & Wayne Wallace, The Blue Hour (Patois) 1
39. Remy Le Boeuf, Light as a Word (Outside In Music) 1
40. Patricia Zárate Pérez, Violetas (Cholo Music) 1
41. Byron Asher, Byron Asher's Skrontch Music (Sinking City) 1
42. Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra, Shiny! (Uncle Marvin Music) 1
43. Pureum Jin, The Real Blue (Cellar Live) 1
44. Punk Kong, Pull Ninja (El Negocito) 1
45. Alice Zawadzki, Within You Is a World of Spring (Whirlwind) 1
46. Kalia Vandever, In Bloom (self-released) 1
47. Pete Coco, Lined With a Groove (Peter Coco Music) 1
Sasha Berliner, Azalea (self-released) 1
48. Jake Leckie, The Abode (Outside In Music) 1
49. ¿Que Vola? [Fidel Fourneyron], ¿Que Vola? (No Format) 1
50. Simone Baron & Arco Belo, The Space Between Disguises (GenreFluid) 1
51. Michael Wang, Bone of the Wang Volume 1 (Next Level) 1
52. Mwenso & the Shakes, Emergence (The Process of Coming Into Being) (Ropeadope) 1
53. Lapis Trio, The Travelers (Shifting Paradigm) 1

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