Arte TV is a French-German cultural tv channel, to me the best free tv channel in France (not difficult though given the 4 others)

Here are their 10 best recors for 2007 (no special order, 5 pop/rock/electro and 5 jazz

Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna ...
Ralfe Band - Swords
Okkervill River - The Stage Names
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - « Cornell 1964 »
Fanfare Ciocărlia - « Queens And Kings »
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - « From The River To The Ocean »
V.A. - « Mexican Boleros. Songs Of Heartbreaking, Passion And Pain 1927-1957 » (compilation)
[em] - Wollny, Kruse, Schaefer - « [em] II »