Best of 2008

New Releases

  1. Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - Xenogenesis Suite (Firehouse 12)
  2. Rudresh Mahanthappa - Kinsmen (Pi)
  3. Ab Bars Trio & Ken Vandermark - Goofy June Bug (Wig)
  4. Louis Moholo-Moholo : Duets with Marilyn Crispell - Sibanya (We Are One) (Intakt)
  5. Szilard Mezei Ensemble - Nad/Reed (Red Toucan)
  6. Keefe Jackson's Project Project - Just Like This (Delmark)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - Tabligh (Cuneiform)
  8. Mary Halvorson Trio - Dragon's Head (Firehouse 12)
  9. Chris Speed/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic Leibovici - Jugendstil (ESP Disk)
  10. William Parker Quartet - Petit Oiseau (AUM Fidelity)
  11. Vandermark 5 - Beat Reader (Atavistic)
  12. Fred Anderson Quartet - Live at the Velvet Lounge III (Asian Improv)
  13. Szilard Mezei Quintet - Cerkno (Leo)
  14. William Parker - Double Sunrise Over Neptune (AUM Fidelity)
  15. Furt Plus - Equals (Psi)
  16. Vox Arcana - Vox Arcana (Vox Arcana)
  17. Denman Maroney Quartet - Gaga (Nuscope)
  18. Brotzman/Lonberg-Holm - Brain of the Dog in Section (Atavistic)
  19. Dennis Gonzalez - Hymn for Tomasz Stanko (Qbico)
  20. Lisle Ellis - Sucker Punch Requiem (Henceforth)
  21. The JoAnne Pow!ers Trio - Food for Thought (Unofficial Records)
  22. Cooper-Moore - The Cedar Box Recordings (AUM Fidelity)
  23. London Improvisers Orchestra - Improvisations for George Riste (Psi)
  24. Tony Malaby Cello Trio - Warblepeck (Songlines)
  25. Kauffman/Gratkowski/De Joode - Palae (Leo)
  26. David Hurley - Outer Nebula Innder Nebula (Porter)
  27. The Roy Campbell Ensemble - Akhenaten Suite (AUM Fidelity)
  28. Vijay Iver - Tragicomic (Sunnyside)
  29. Rob Brown Ensemble - Crown Trunk Root Funk (AUM Fidelity)
  30. Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians In Search of a Sound :Darfur (AUM Fidelity)
  31. London/Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra - Separate and Together (Emanem)
  32. New Fracture Quartet - 1000 Lights (Multikulti)
  33. Yuganaut - This Musicship (ESP Disk)
  34. Jean Martin/Justin Haynes - Freedman (Barnyard)
  35. Houle/Leandre/Strid - 9 Moments (Red Toucan)
  36. Savina Yannatou - Songs of An Other (ECM)
  37. Steve Cohn - Iro Iro (Red Toucan)
  38. Carla Bley and Her Remarkable Big Band - Appearing Nightly (ECM)
  39. Parker/Rothenberg/Angelo - Free Zone Appleby 2007 (Psi)
  40. Fieldwork - Door - (Pi)


Reissues and Historical Recordings

  1. Roscoe Mitchell - Nonaah (Nessa)
  2. Steve Lacy - The Forest in the Zoo (ESP Disk)
  3. Evan Parker - Conic Sections (Psi)
  4. The New York Art Quartet - The New York Art Quartet (ESP Disk)
  5. Ornette Coleman - Town Hall, 1962 (ESP Disk)
  6. Bobby Bradford Extet - Midnight Pacific Airwaves (Entropy Stereo)
  7. Paul Bley Trio - Closer (ESP Disk)
  8. New York Eye And Ear Control - New York Ear And Eye Control (ESP Disk)
  9. Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Orchestra - Trio & Triangle (Emanem)
  10. Frank Lowe - Black Beings (ESP Disk)