My 2014 favorites:
1. Jemeel Moondoc, The Zookeeper's House (Relative Pitch)
2. Wadada Leo Smith, The Great Lakes Suites (TUM)
3. Matthew Shipp, I've Been Too Many Places (Thirsty Ear)
4. Jason Adasiewicz, From the Region (Delmark)
5. Trio 3 + Vijay Iyer, Wiring (Intakt)
6. Adam Lane, Live in Ljubljana (Clean Feed)
7. John Hebert, Floodstage (Clean Feed)
8. Cortex, Live (Clean Feed)
9. Dave McDonell, The Dragon and the Griffin (New Atlantis)
10. Variable Density Sound Orchestra, Evolving Strategies (Not Two)
11. Audio One, An International Report (Audiographic)
12. Paul Giallorenzo, Force Majeure (Delmark)
13. Howard Riley, To Be Continued (Slam)
14. Jason Roebke, High Red Center (Delmark)
15. Kris Davis, Waiting for You to Grow (Clean Feed))