Ok, I think I know where I've landed here. The below is "Jazz". I am not listing my metal records (unless someone cares) and the only non-rock that I was really crazy about was Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer but I've been a fan since her first EP so that is always a given in my world.
Jazz/Fusion
Dan Weis: Starebaby
Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra Agg: Dirt ... and More Dirt
Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1
Sons of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile
Soft Machine: Hidden Details
Dewa Budjana: Mahandini
Flying Machines: New Life
Joel Grundahl Trio: Off the Click
John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring: Live in San Francisco
Mark Wingfield: Tales From the Dreaming City
Honorable Mentions:
Joshua Redman/Ron Miles/Scott Colley/Brian Blade: Still Dreaming
Jakob Bro: Bay of Rainbows
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where the River Goes
Andrew Cyrille/Wadada Leo Smith/Bill Frisell: Lebroba
Thumbscrew: “Ours” and “Yours”
Peter Erskine & The Dr.Um Band: On Call
Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings
FAT #awesome
Jon Irabagon: Dr. Quixotic’s Traveling Exotics
Jeroen van Helsdingen Band - Hels
Innersphere: s/t
Chris Lightcap: Superette
Alex Skolnick Trio: Conundrum
Pete McCann: Pay for it on the Other Side
Charles Pillow Large Ensemble: Electric Miles