A list of my favorites from the Nineties looks something like this:
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John Abercrombie - November (ECM)
Muhal Richard Abrams - Blu Blu Blu (Black Saint)
Geri Allen - The Gathering (Verve)
Joey Baron - Down Home (Intuition)
Kenny Barron - Lemuria-Seascape (Candid)
Gary Bartz - Episode One: Children of Harlem (Challenge)
Richie Beirach - Trust (Evidence)
Peter Bernstein - Earth Tones (Criss Cross)
Michael Blake - Kingdom of Champa (Intuition)
Paul Bley & Gary Peacock - Partners (Owl)
Jane Ira Bloom - The Red Quartets (Arabesque)
Joanne Brackeen - Where Legends Dwell (Ken) - with Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette
Alan Broadbent Trio - Personal Standards (Concord)
Gary Burton - Like Minds (Concord) - with Corea, Metheny, Haynes & Holland
Jaki Byard - Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. Seventeen (Concord)
Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - An Alec Wilder Collection (Audiophile)
Betty Carter - Feed the Fire (Verve)
Marc Cary - Listen (Arabesque)
Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Native Sense: The Duets (Stretch)
Anthony Cox - Dark Metals (Minor Music/Antilles) - with Dewey Redman
Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff - Road Tested (Milestone)
Lars Danielsson - Far North (Curling Legs)
Harold Danko - New Autumn (SteepleChase)
Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra - Music from the Danish Jungle (Dacapo)
Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales - Malinke's Dance (OmniTone)
Tommy Flanagan Trio - Sea Changes (Alfa Jazz/Evidence)
Ricky Ford - American-African Blues (Candid)
Frank Foster - Leo Rising (Arabesque)
Chico Freeman - Focus (Contemporary) - with Arthur Blythe
Bruce Gertz - Red Handed (Double-Time)
Stan Getz & Kenny Barron - People Time (Verve/Gitanes)
Larry Goldings Trio - Moonbird (Palmetto)
Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band - Crossroads (Milestone)
Jim Hall - Subsequently (Musicmasters)
Sir Roland Hanna - Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Thirty-Two (Concord)
Tom Harrell - Form (Contemporary)
Billy Harper - Somalia (Evidence)
Stefon Harris - BlackActionFigure (Blue Note)
Mark Helias - Loopin' the Cool (Enja)
Joe Henderson - The Standard Joe (Red)
John Hicks - Hicks Time: Solo Piano (Passin' Thru)
Giovanni Hidalgo - Time Shifter (TropiJazz/Sony)
Dave Holland Quintet - Prime Directive (ECM)
Bobby Hutcherson - Skyline (Verve)
Abdullah Ibrahim - Mantra Mode (Enja)
The Jazz Tribe - The Next Step (Red)
Marc Johnson's Right Brain Patrol - Magic Labyrinth (JMT/Verve)
Sheila Jordan - Jazz Child (HighNote)
Keystone Trio [Hicks, Mraz, Muhammad] - Newklear Music: The Songs of Sonny Rollins (Milestone)
Frank Kimbrough - Quickening (OmniTone)
Lee Konitz, Don Friedman & Attila Zoller - Thingin' (hat Art)
Joachim Kühn, Daniel Humair, Jean-François Jenny-Clark - Usual Confusion (Label Bleu)
Steve Kuhn - Remembering Tomorrow (ECM)
Steve Lacy Trio - "Bye-Ya" (Free Lance)
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron - Communiqué (Soul Note)
John Lewis - Evolution (Atlantic)
Dave Liebman Group - Voyage (Evidence)
Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz - You Gotta Pay the Band (Verve)
Charles Lloyd - Canto (ECM)
Joe Lovano - Universal Language (Blue Note)
Rick Margitza - Hands of Time (Challenge)
Branford Marsalis - Crazy People Music (Columbia)
Marian McPartland - In My Life (Concord)
Medeski, Martin & Wood - It's a Jungle in Here (Gramavision)
Helen Merrill - Clear Out Of This World (EmArcy/Gitanes)
Pat Metheny - Trio 99->00 (Warner Brothers)
David Murray Quartet + 1 - Fast Life (DIW)
Chico O'Farrill - Heart of a Legend (Milestone)
Greg Osby - Banned in New York (Blue Note)
Eddie Palmieri - Arete (TropiJazz)
Michel Petrucciani - Au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Dreyfus)
Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Paul Motian - Untold Story (IDA/EGEA)
Odean Pope - Out for a Walk (Moers)
Bobby Previte - Weather Clear, Track Fast (Enja)
Tito Puente - The Golden Latin Jazz All Stars: Live at The Village Gate (TropiJazz)
Don Pullen & the African-Brazilian Connection - Ode to Life (Blue Note)
Enrico Rava & Enrico Pieranunzi - Nausicaa (EGEA)
Sonny Rollins - Global Warming (Milestone)
Renee Rosnes - As We Are Now (Blue Note)
Hilton Ruiz - Hands on Percussion (TropiJazz/Sony)
Bobby Sanabria Big Band - Afro-Cuban Dream... Live & In Clave!!! (Arabesque)
John Scofield - Meant to Be (Blue Note)
Shirley Scott - Great Scott! (Muse)
Martial Solal - Balade du 10 Mars (Soul Note)
Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity (ECM)
Jorge Sylvester - MusiCollage (Postcards)
Gary Thomas - Exile's Gate (JMT/Winter & Winter)
Henry Threadgill & Make a Move - Where's Your Cup? (Columbia)
Trio Da Paz - Brasil from the Inside (Concord)
Steve Turre - Rhythm Within (Antilles)
McCoy Tyner & Bobby Hutcherson - Manhattan Moods (Blue Note)
Cedar Walton - Manhattan Afternoon (Criss Cross)
Bobby Watson & Horizon - Post Motown Bop (Blue Note)
Kenny Werner - Unprotected Music (Double-Time)
Randy Weston - The Spirits of Our Ancestors (Antilles/Verve)
Buster Williams - Lost in a Memory (TCB)
Larry Willis - Steal Away (AudioQuest)
Norma Winstone & John Taylor - ...Like Song, Like Weather (Koch/Sunnyside)
Sam Yahel - In the Blink of an Eye (Naxos Jazz)