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Nils Jacobson's Best of 2006
Jazz
| Yosvany Terry Cabrera Metamorphosis (Kindred Rhythm) |  Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet Husky (Hyena) |  John Taylor Angel of the Presence (CamJazz) |
 Thomas Chapin Trio Ride (Playscape) |  Sound in Action Trio Gate (Atavistic) |  Tomasz Stanko Quartet Lontano (ECM) |
 Steve Lantner Quartet Paradise Road (Skycap) |  John Ettinger Kissinger in Space (Ettinger Music) |  Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet Memories of T (Concord) |
Reissues/Compilations
 The Microscopic Septet Seven Men In Neckties[1980-85] Surrealistic Swing [1986-90] (Cuneiform) |  David Murray Trio 3D Family [1978] (Hatology) |  Nils Petter Molvaer An American Compilation [2004-05] (Thirsty Ear) |
Box Sets
 Tortoise A Lazarus Taxon [1994-2005] (Thrill Jockey) |  The Miles Davis Quintet The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions [1957-65] (Prestige) |  John Coltrane Fearless Leader [1955-58] (Prestige) |
Senegal
 Daby Balde Introducing Daby Balde [2005] (World Music Network) |  Cheikh Lo Lamp Fall (Nonesuch) |  Nuru Kane Sigil (Riverboat) |
North Africa/Middle East
 Maurice El Médioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez Descarga Oriental (Piranha) |  Souad Massi Mesk Elil (Honeysuckle) [2005] (Wrasse) |  Marcel Khalifé Taqasim (Nagam) |
Southern Africa
 Various Artists Hugh Masekela Presents The Chisa Years 1965-76 (BBE) |  Lulendo Angola (Buda Musique) |  The Green Arrows 4-Track Recording Session [Compilation 1974-79] (Alula) |
Greater Mexico
 Fandango, Duende Y Taraf Las Tres Orillas del Atlántico (Producciones Alebrije) |  Various Artists Rolas De Aztlán [2005] (Smithsonian Folkways) |  Lila Downs La Cantina (Narada) |
Other
 Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Stoa (ECM) |  Soothsayers Tangled Roots (Red Earth) |  Novalima Afro (Quango) |
 Son De La Frontera Son De La Frontera (World Village) |  Ojos de Brujo Girando baritone [2005] (Diquela) |  The Necks Chemist (ReR) |
Spoofs
 Coleman Hawkins Body and Soul Remixed! (Verve) |  Jimmy Smith Me and Mr. Johnson (Johnson & Johnson) |  Madonna 'Bone Madonna (Blonde Dissolution) |
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