John Szwed’s “Best of 2010″ list (JJA)

1 Myra Melford The Whole Tree Gone
2 Chris Lightcap Deluxe Clean Feed
3 Lucian Ban and John Hebert Enesco Re-Imagined (Sunnyside)
4 Ches Smith and These Arches Finally Out of My Hands
5 Henry Threadgill This Brings Us to 2
6 Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities
7 Norma Winstone. Stories Yet to Tell ECM
8 Claudia Quartet Royal Toast Cuneiform
9 David Weiss Snuck In Sunnyside
10 Scott Coley Empire Cam Jazz

Michael J. West’s “Best of 2010″ list (JJA)

1. Christian Scott, Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Jazz)
2. Vijay Iyer, Solo (ACT)
3. Regina Carter, Reverse Thread (E1)
4. Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, Double Portrait (Blue Note)
5. Jason Moran, Ten (Blue Note)
6. Mary Halvorson Quintet, Saturn Sings
7. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman, Dual Identity (Clean Feed)
8. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities
9. Geri Allen, Flying Toward the Sound
10. Lucian Ban & John Hebert, Enesco Re-Imagined (Sunnyside)