BLG AT DMG BEST OF AVANT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2000:
FRED FRITH/ENSEMBLE MODERN-The Traffic ContinuesŠ (W & W)
JOHN ZORN-Xu Feng (Tzadik)
KEITH TIPPETT'S MUJICIAN-The Bristol Concert (What Disc)
JOHN ZORN'S MASADA-Live in Sevilla (Tzadik)
DAVE DOUGLAS' CHARMS OF THE NIGHT SKY-Thousand Evenings (RCA)
CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET-Nailed (FMP)
MARTY EHRLICH TRAVELER'S TALES-Malinke's Dance (Omnitone)
BILL FRISELL-Ghost Stories (Nonesuch)
EVAN PARKER-MARILYN CRISPELL-BARRY GUY-PAUL LYTTON-After Appleby [2 
cd set] (Leo)
TZISJI MUNOZ-Auspicious Healing (Anami)
WADADA LEO SMITH-Golden Quartet (Tzadik)
DAVE DOUGLAS SEXTET-Soul on Soul (RCA)
JOHN ZORN-Cartoon/S & M [two cd set] (Tzadik)
CHRIS CUTLER/FRED FRITH-Two Gentlemen in Verona (ReR)
WILLIAM PARKER LITTLE HUEY CREATIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA-Mayor of 
Punkville [2 cd set] (Aum Fidelity)
IKUE MORI-One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tzadik)
WAYNE HORVITZ' ZONY MASH-Upper Egypt (KFW)
GREGG BENDIAN'S INTERZONE-Myriad (Atavistic)
MYRA MELFORD'S CRUSH-dance beyond the color (Arabesque)
JIM BLACK-Alasnoaxis (Winter & Winter)
JOHN ZORN-Filmworks IX-Trembling Before G-d (Tzadik)
OTHER DIMENSIONS IN MUSIC w/ MATT SHIPP-Time is of the Essence (Aum Fidelity)
MILFORD GRAVES-Stories (Tzadik)
BUCKETRIDER-the adoration of the lamb (Dr. Jim's)
JOELLE LEANDRE-Project (Leo)
KEITH ROWE-GUNTER MULLER-TAKU SUGIMOTO-The World Upside Down (erstwhile)
EUGENE CHADBOURNE/JOE MORRIS QUARTET-Pain Pen (Avant)
SUSIE IBARRA-Flower After Flower (Tzadik)
URI CAINE ENSEMBLE-The Goldberg Variations [two cd set] (Winter & Winter)
SATOKO FUJI ORCHESTRAS-Double Take [two cd set] (Eastworks/Japan)
DOCTOR NERVE/SIRIUS STRING QUARTET-Ereia (Cuneiform)
KARL BERGER ORCHESTRA-No Man is an Island (KFW)
FRED ANDERSON-KIDD JORDAN QUARTET-2 Days in April [2 cd set] (Eremite)
NELS CLINE QUARTET-the inkling (Cryptogramophone)
ANDREW HILL-Dusk (Palmetto)
GEORG GRAEWE-MARCIO MATTOS-MICHAEL VATCHER-Impressions of Monk (nuscope)
DAVE KERMAN/5 UU'S-Regarding Purgatories (Cuneiform)
MATT SHIPP QUARTET-Pastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear)
THE VANDERMARK 5-Burn the Incline [two cd version] (Atavistic)
JAMIE SAFT-Sovlanut (Tzadik)
BILL COLE UNTEMPERED ENSEMBLE-Live in Greenfield, Mass. (Boxholder)
FRANKLIN KIERMYER QUARTET-Sanctification (Sun Ship)
ROB SCHWIMMER-MARK FELDMAN-URI CAINE-Theremin Noir (November)
OLIVER LAKE QUINTET-Talkin' Stick (Passin' Thru)
HARRIET TUBMAN-[Treasure Hunt for] The Prototype (Avant)
JENNY SCHEINMAN QUARTET-Live at Yoshi's (Avant)
PACHORA-Ast (Knitting Factory Works)
M.I.M.E.O.-Electric Chair & Table [2 cd set] (Grob)
BRANDON EVANS & ANTHONY BRAXTON-Elliptical Axis 15 (Parallactic)
PHAROAH SANDERS-HAMID DRAKE-ADAM RUDOLPH-Spirits (Meta)
THE GOVERNMENT-Underwater Themes for an Over-rated Film (Comrade)
MARK WHITECAGE QUARTET-Fragments of a Dream (Acoustic)
EUGENE CHADBOURNE-The Zu Side of...(Chadula)
EVAN PARKER & KEITH ROWE-Dark Rags (Potlatch)
TOM CORA'S ROOF-Trace (Red Note)
VOLAPUK-Polyglot (Cuneiform)
JOHN LINDBERG ENSEMBLE-Tree Frog Tonality (Between the Lines)
NED ROTHENBERG-Ghost Stories (Tzadik)
WHAT WE LIVE-Trumpets [w/ Leo Smith & Dave Douglas] (Black Saint)
TOM VARNER-Swimming (Omnitone)
HENRY KAISER & ROBERTO ZORZI-Through (Materiali Sonori)
FRED FRITH-MARK DRESSER-IKUE MORI-Later (Victo)
TISZIJI MUNOZ-Presence of Mystery (Anami)
DEREK BAILEY-GAVIN BRYARS-TONY OXLEY-Joseph Holbrooke '98 (Incus)
CLUSONE 3-An Hour With (Hatology)
ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH-EVAN PARKER-PAUL LOVENS-Swingin' at the Bim [two cd
set] (FMP)
DAVE DOUGLAS QUARTET-Leap of Faith (Arabesque)
PETER BROTZMANN-HAINO KEIJI-SHOJI HANO-Shadows (DIW)
TIM SPARKS-Tanz (Tzadik)
RASHIED ALI-PETER KOWALD-ASSIF TSAHAR-Deals, Ideas & Ideals (Hopscotch)
ITALIAN INSTABILE ORCHESTRA-Litania Sibilante (enja)
EVAN PARKER-JOHN EDWARDS-MARK SANDERS-2 Seasons [2 cd set] (Emanem)
CUONG VU-Pure (KFW)
EUGENE CHADBOURNE & PAUL LOVENS-Young at Heart [2 cd set] (Leo)
MARK DRESSER-Marinade (Tzadik)
THOMAS LEHN & MARKUS SCHMICKLER-Bart (erstwhile)
STEVE LACY-ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET-Monk's Dream (Verve)
JOSEPH JARMAN-LEROY JENKINS-MYRA MELFORD-Equal Interest (Omnitone)
GEORG GRAEWE-BARRE PHILLIPS-PETER VAN BERGEN-Other Songs (nuscope)
PATRICK BRENNAN-Sudani (deep dish)
RICHARD WOODSON'S ELLIPSIS-Control & Resistance (Cuneiform)
DOLMEN ORCHESTRA-Some Gregorian Reflections (Leo)
DEREK BAILEY-String Theory (Paratactile)
SAM RIVERS RIVBEA ORCHESTRA-Culmination (RCA)
AMSTERDAM STRING TRIO-Winter Themes (W & W)
CHRIS SPEED-Emit (Songlines)
PIERRE FAVRE-european chamber ensemble (Intakt)
MICHAEL BISIO-Undulations (Omnitone)
KAHIL EL ZABAR RITUAL TRIO-Africa n' Da Blues (Delmark) [w/ Pharoah Sanders]
GUNTER MULLER/LE QUAN NINH-La Voyelle Liquide (erstwhile)
BRAD SHEPIK-The Well (Songlines)
SATOKO FUJI TRIO-Toward, "To West" (enja)
RAPHE MALIK-CECIL McBEE-CODY MOFFETT-Storyline (Boxholder)
JOHN BUTCHER & PHIL DURRANT-requests & antisongs (erstwhile)
ELLERY ESKELIN-ANDREA PARKINS-JIM BLACK-Ramifications  (Hatology)
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY & ELLIOTT SHARP-High Noon (Intakt)
NEW KLEZMER TRIO-Short for Something (Tzadik)
WILLIAM PARKER TRIO-Painter's Spring (Thirsty Ear)
SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON-Six Little Pieces for Quintet (Hatology)
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY-THURSTON MOORE-LEE RANALDO-Fuck Shit Up (Victo)
BEN MONDER-Excavation (Arabesque)
CARLO ACTIS DATO QUARTET-Ginosa Jungle (Splasch)
JOHN LINDBERG ENSEMBLE-Cat Bird Sings (Black Saint)
MAT MANERI QUARTET-Blue Deco (Thirsty Ear)
URI CAINE ENSEMBLE-La Gaia Scienza (W&W)
NEW BLOOD-Heavy Water (Fatrain Music)
JOHN KRUTH-The Cherry Electric (Internal Combustion)
JON ROSE-The Hyperstring Project (ReR)
GEORGE LEWIS-Endless (Tzadik)
COLLECTIVE IDENTITY-The Mass (Palmette)
FRANK GRATOWSKI-GEORGE GRAWE-PAUL LOVENS-Quicksand (Meniscus)
BRAD SHEPIK-YURI LEMESHIV-TONY SCHERR-Triduga (Love Slave)
MATT SHIPP & MAT MANERI -Gravitational (Hatology)
THURSTON MOORE-WALLY SHOUP-TOSHI MAKIHARA-Hurricane Floyd (Sublingual)
RUSSELL MILLS-Strange Familiar (Instinct) w/ Bill Laswell, Eno & David Sylvian
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY & OTOMO YOSHIHIDE-Moving Parts (Asphodel)
BERNARD FALAISE-do (Ambiances Magnetiques)
YUSEF LATEEF & ADAM RUDOLPH-Beyond the Sky (Yal/Meta)
FRED FRITH-MIYA MASAOAKA-LARRY OCHS-Saturn's Finger (Buzz)
WITCHES & DEVILS [w/ KEN VANDERMARK]-At the Empty Bottle (KFW)
SCOTT FIELDS-FRANCOIS HOULE-JASON ROEBKE-hornet's collage (nuscope)
DEREK BAILEY & STEVE LACY-Outcome (Potlatch)
EIGHT BOLD SOULS-Last Option (Thrill Jockey)
EYVIND KANG-The Story of Iceland (Tzadik)
MARI KIMURA-ROBERTO MORALES MANZANERAS-Leyendas (Victo)
DAVID S. WARE QUARTET-Surrendered (Columbia)
WADADA LEO SMITH-Reflectativity (Tzadik)
THE GREAT ATOMIC POWER-The Mushroom of Destruction (Transcendental)
DEREK BAILEY-JAMAALADEEN TACUMA-CALVIN WESTON-Mirakle (Tzadik)
WHIT DICKEY QUARTET-Big Top (Wobbly Rail)
FUSHITSUSHA-I Saw It! That Which Before I could Only Sense [2 cd set] 
(Paratactile)
DEAN ROBERTS/WERNER DAFELDECKER-Aluminum (Erstwhile)
IVO PERELMAN TRIO-The Eye Listens (Boxholder Records)
COOPER-MOORE - Deep in the Neighborhood of History & Influence (Hopscotch)
CLAUDIO GABBIANI-nightnursing [w/ Chris Cutler & Jon Rose] (Auditorium)
VANDERMARK/DRAKE/McBRIDE-Spaceways Incorporated (Atavistic) [Sun Ra/P.Funk]
PHILLIP GREENLIEF & COVERED PAGES (russian notebooks (Evander Music)
MATT SHIPP-MAT MANERI-Gravitational Systems (Hatology)
JOE GALLIVAN & GARY SMITH-s/t (Paratactile)
GUNTER MULLER/TAKU SUGIMOTO-I am Happy if you are Happy (For 4 Ears)
JOE McPHEE-JOHNNY McLELLAN-Grand Marquis (Boxholder 004)
GREG KELLEY [Solo] - Trumpet (Meniscus)
LUCAS NIGGLI ZOOM-Spawn of Speed (Intakt 067)
TRIPLEPLAY [VANDERMARK-NEWTON-McBRIDE]-Expansion Slang (Boxholder)
ESCAPADE-Remembrance of Thinks Unknown (MotheWest)
CHARLIE KOHLHASE-KEITH HEDGER QT.-Konk (Boxholder)
NOEL AKCHOTE-Rien (Tzadik 057)
TIBOR SZEMZO - The Invisible Story (Leo)
JOHN FAHEY-Hitoni (Livhouse)
BILL BROVOLD - Childish Delusions (Tzadik)
TALKING PICTURES-Humming (Songlines)
MARSHALL ALLEN-LOU GRASSI'S PO-BAND-PoZest (Cimp)
EX-WISE HEARS-No Grey Matter [w/ Geoff Leigh] (Hidden Art/Voice Print)
THE DAVE PIER QUINTET-swimmers [w/ Roswell Rudd] (wakeup records)
FRANCOIS HOULE-Au Coeur Du Litige [two cd set] (Spool)
GIANLUIGI TROVESI/GIANNI COSCIA-In Ceradi Cibo (ECM)
WILLIAM HOOKER-CHRISTIAN MARCLAY-LEE RANALDO-Bouquet (KFW)
CHRIS SPEED TRIO-Iffy (KFW)
RAYMOND LOPEZ QUARTET-Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Leo Records)
BRUCE LEE GALLANTER'S POP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2000:
1.JULIE TIPPETTS-"Soup Songs" [The Songs of Robert Wyatt] 2 cd live 
set (Jazzprint)
2.P.J. HARVEY-Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (Island)
3.YO LA TENGO-And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (Matador)
4.JOHN LURIE-The Legendary Marvin Pontiac (SBM)
5.ARTO LINDSAY-Prize (Righteous Babe)
6.VICTORIA WILLIAMS-Water to Drink (Atlantic)
7.GEOFF MULDAUR-Password (Hightone)
8.JIMMIE DALE GILMORE-One Endless Night (Rounder)
9.ELLIOTT SHARP'S TERRAPLANE-Blues for Next [2 cd set] (KFW)
10.GARY LUCAS-Street of Lost Brothers (Tzadik)
11.MARC RIBOT & LOS CUBANOS POSTITOS-Very Entertaining! (Atlantic)
12.ANNETTE PEACOCK-an acrobat's heart (ECM)
13.XTC-Wasp Star (TVT)
13.NEIL YOUNG-Silver and Gold (Reprise)
14.MADDY PRIOR-Ravenchild (Park Records)
15.BETH CUSTER-Dona Luz 30 Besos (City of Tribes)
16.EMMYLOU HARRIS-Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch)
17.PATTI SMITH-Gung Ho (Arista)
18.GARY LUCAS-Improve the Shining Hour (KFW)
19.RICHARD SHINDELL-Somewhere Near Paterson (Signature)
20.MARIANNE FAITHFUL-Vagabond Ways (Instinct)
21.GREG BROWN-Covenant (Red House)
22.KING CRIMSON-ConstruKtion of Light (Virgin)
23.DAVID GRUBBS-The Spectrum Between (Drag City)
24.HUGH HOPPER & LISA KLOSSNER-Cryptids (Voiceprint)
25.JULIE TIPPETTS-Shadow Puppeteer (La Cooka Ratcha)
26.SUE GARNER & RICK BROWN-Still (Thrill Jockey)
27.SONIC YOUTH-NY Ghosts & Flowers (Geffen)
28.RON SEXSMITH-Whereabouts (Interscope)
29.ELEVENTH DREAM DAY-Stalled Parade (Thrill Jockey)
30.STEVE EARLE-Transcendental Blues (E-Squared)
31.THE DANUBIANS-s/t (Cuneiform)
32.THE VANITY SET-s/t (Naked Spur)
33.DAVID THOMAS & FOREIGNERS-Bay City (Thirsty Ear)
34.HUW GOWER-Ile de France (TCBH 1)
35.DAVE ALVIN-Public Domain (High Tone)
36.DEMI SEMI QUAVER-Golden Animal Head (Warner Indie Network/Japan)
37.LOU REED-Ecstasy (Reprise)
38.RANDY NEWMAN-Bad Love (Reprise)
39.MATT PIUCCI-hellenes (Inbetwens)
40.JANE SIBERRY-Hush (Sheeba)
41.MAJOR STARS-Space/Time (Twisted Village)
42.ERNEST RANGLIN-Modern Answers to Old Problems (Telarc)
43.RONNIE McCOURY-Heartbreak Town (Rounder)
44.ADULT RODEO-Texxxas (Shimmy Disc)
45.HOAHIO-Ohayo! Ohayo! (Tzadik)
46.16 HORSEPOWER-Secret South (Razor & Tie)
47.PHAROAH'S DAUGHTER-out of the reeds (KFW)
48.STIR FRIED-Last of the Blue Diamond Miners (Falbo Records)
49.THE SCHRAMMS-One Hundred Questions (Innerstate)
50.COWBOY NATION-A Journey Out of Time (Shanachie)
51.GRANDADDY-The Sophtware Slump (V2)
A FEW VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATIONS OF NOTE:
1.THE SONG OF ROBERT WYATT-"Soup Songs" (Jazzprint) 2 cd live set feat:
Julie Tippetts, Phil Manzanera, George Khan, Didier Malherbe & Annie Whitehead
2.MICKEY NEWBURY TRIBUTE-Frisco Mabel Joy (Appleseed) w/ Robin Holcomb,
Bill Frisell, Kris Kristofferson...
3.SONGS OF JOHN HIATT-Rollin' into Memphis (Telarc) w/ Chris Smither,
Patty Larkin, Irma Thomas, Odetta, Raful & Kenny Neal & Cliff Eberhardt
4.THE SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE-'til we outnumber 'em (Righteous Babe) w/ Billy
Bragg, Ani Difranci, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie & Country Joe
5.CHICAGO 2018-It's Gonna Change [2 cd set] (clearspot) comp. w/ Jim
O'Rourke, Freakwater, Pullman, NRG Ensemble, Vandermark 5, Chicago
Underground Duo
6.PETER GABRIEL-OVO (Real World/UK) w/ Neneh Cherry, L. Shankar, Kudsi
Erguner, Hossam Ramzy, Tony Levin, Manu Katche, Sussan Deyhim, Elizabeth
Fraser...
DMG/BLG CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL & ELECTRONIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2000:
1.JOHN ZORN-Cartoon/S & M [2 cd set] (Tzadik)
2.PETER EOTVOS-Chinese Opera/Shadows/Steine (Kairos)
3.TIM HODGKINSON-Sang (ReR)
4.IANNIS XENAKIS-Persepolis (Fractal)
5.JONATHAN HARVEY-Tombeau de Messiaen (Saragasso)
6.ANA-MARIA AVRAM/IANCU DUMITRESCU-Soleil Explosant (Edition Modern)
7.LA MONTE YOUNG-JOHN CALE-TONY CONRAD-ANGUS MACLISE-Inside the Dream
Syndicate Volume 1: Day of Niagara [1965] (Table of the Elements)
8.TERRY RILEY-Book of Abbeyozoid (New Albion)
9.GIANCINTO SCELSI-Yamaon/Anabit (Kairos)
10.OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music [3 cd set & 90 page book] 
(ellipsis arts)
11.JOHN CAGE & KENNETH PATCHEN-The City Wears a Slouch Hat (CorticalFoundation)
12.MAURICIO KAGEL-pan string quartets I, II III (Montaigne)
13.LUC FERRARI-Danses Organiques (Elica)
14.MORTON FELDMAN/JOHN TILBURY-all piano [4 cd set] (London Hall)
15.GRUPPO DI IMPROVVISAZIONE NUOVA CONCONANZA-musica su schemi (ampersand)
16.CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE-Schlongo! Daluvdrone (Cortical Foundation)
17.LUIGI NONO-Voice of Protest (Mode)
18.KENNETH GABURO-Tape Play (Pogus)
19.LOIS V. VIERK-River Beneath the River (Tzadik)
20.CORNELIUS CARDEW-The Great Unlearning (Cortical Foundation) [reissue]
21.JOHN CAGE/SEM ENSEMBLE-Atlas Eclipticalis & Winter Music/103 [4 cd set]
(Asphodel)
22.MAURICIO KAGEL-Playback Play (Winter & Winter)
23.MORTON FELDMAN-Routine Investigations (Montaigne)
24.TERRY RILEY-You're Nogood/Poppy Nogood (Cortical Foundation) [2 cd set]
25.M.I.M.E.O.-Electric Chair + Table [2 cd set] (Grob)
26.KAIJI SAARIAHO-New Gates (Mode)
27.CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE-Jamaican Heinekens in Brooklyn (Barooni)
28.LOU HARRISON-Rhymes With Silver (New Albion)
29.TERRY RILEY-Music for 'The Gift' (Cortical Foundation)
30.JONATHAN HARVEY-Bhakti (Montaigne}
31.ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ-Equinox (New Worldz
32.ANDEW POPPY-Time at Rest Devouring It Self (Source Research)
33.HUGH LE CAINE-Composition Demonstration 1946-1974 (JWD)
34.IANNIS XENAKIS-Chamber Music (Montaigne)
35.JOHN CAGE-The Orchestral Works 2 (Mode)
36.KRONOS STRING QT.-Caravan (Nonesuch)
37.GIACINTO SCELSI-Kya (Hat Now)
38.HENRI CHOPIN-le corpsbis & co. (Nepless)
39.IANNIS XENAKIS-Chamber Music (Montaigne)
40.CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE-Continuous Sound Forms (Alga Marghen)
41.MORTON FELDMAN-Atlantis (Hatology}
43.FLUXUS ANTHOLOGY-various artists (no label) [out-of-print]
DMG/BLG     RECOMMENDED REISSUES & HISTORIC RECORDINGS FOR 2000:
1.SOFT MACHINE-Noisette (Cuneiform)
2.KEITH TIPPETT/CENTIPEDE-Septober Energy [2 cd set] (BGO)
3.HARRY MILLER-The Collection [3 cd set] (Ogun)
4.FAUST-The Wumme Years [5 cd box set] (ReR)
5.RAY RUSSELL-Live at the ICA/Retrospective [2 cd set] (Mokai)
6.JOHN ZORN-The Big Gundown (Tzadik)
7.OHM- The Early Gurus of Electronic Music 1948-1980 [3 cd set] (Ellipsis Arts)
8.JAZZ ACTUEL-Box Set [3 cd set] (Charly) [out-of-print]
9.WILDFLOWERS-The New York Loft Jazz Sessions [3 cd set] (Knit Classics)
10.THOMAS CHAPIN-Alive! [8 cd set] (KFW) [w/ 1 unreleased live cd]
11.ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO-Les Stances a Sophie (Universal Sound)
12.LA MONTE YOUNG-JOHN CALE-TONY CONRAD-Inside the Dream Syndicate (Table of
the Elements)
13.HENRY COW-In Praise of Learning (ESD)
14.ANTHONY BRAXTON-For Alto (Delmark)
15.ZUSAAN KALI FASTEAU & DONALD RAFAEL GARRETT-Memoirs of a Dream [2 cd set]
(Flying Note)
16.RAYMOND SCOTT-Manhattan Research [2 cd set & 140 page booklet] (Basta)
17.SUN RA ARKESTRA-Lanquidity (Evidence)
18.HARRY SMITH'S ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC-Vol. 4 [2 cd set] (Revenant)
19.THINKING PLAGUE-The Early Plague Years (Cuneiform)
20.JOHN ZORN-Pool [2 cds set] (Tzadik)
21.HORACE TAPSCOTT-The Dark Tree 1 & 2 [two cd set] (Hatology)
22.SONNY SHARROCK-Black Woman (Vortex/Japan)
23.PETER BROTZMANN SEXTET & QUARTET-Nipples (Atavistic)
24.THE GRAHAM COLLIER SEPTET-Deep Dark Blue Centre (Disconforme)
25.THE INSECT TRUST-s/t (Ascension)
26.H.P. LOVECRAFT-Two Classic Albums (Collector's Choice)
27.DR. JOHN, THE NIGHT TRIPPER-Gris Gris (Collector's Choice)
28.JULIE TIPPETTS-Sunset Glow (Voiceprint)
29.JOHN McLAUGHLIN-My Goal's Beyond (Knit Classics)
30.SCHLIPPENBACH QUARTET-Hunting the Snake (Atavistic)
31.TOM CORA-It's a Brand New Day/Live at the Knitting Factory (KFW)
32.SONNY SIMMONS-Manhattan Egos [w/ unreleased tracks] (Arhoolie)
33.SCOTT WALKER-Scott 4 (Fontana/UK)
34.THE BAND-Music from Big Pink [w/ 9 unreleased tracks] (Capitol)
35.CANNED HEAT-The Boogie House Tapes-1967-1976 [2 cd set] (Ruf Records)
36.ENNIO MORRICONE-Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (Dagored)
37.JOHN COLTRANE-Interstellar Space [w/ 2 unreleased tracks] (Impulse!)
38.GRAHAM COLLIER MUSIC-Mosaics (Disconforme)
39.PENTANGLE-Cruel Sister (Castle)
40.DAVID AXELROD-Songs of Innocence (Ascension)
41.CORNELIUS CARDEW-The Great Learning (Cortical Foundation)
42.MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS-Things to Come from Those Now Gone (Delmark)
43.LEO CUYPERS-Heavy Days are Here Again (Atavistic)
44.40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION-The Journey of Chris Strachwitz (Arhoolie)
45.CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE-Schlongo! da LUVdrone (Cortical Foudation)
46.HOWARD RILEY TRIO-Synopsis (Emanem)
47.SUN RA ARKESTRA-The Great Lost Albums/Cymbals & Crystal Spears [2 cd set]
(Evidence)
48.ARCHIE SHEPP-Blasé/Live at the Pan African Festival [2 cd set] 
(Charly) out-of-print
49.PHALANX-In Touch (DIW)
50.LOU REED-Metal Machine Music (RCA)
51.THE BEST OF BROADSIDE-1962-1988 [5 cd box set] (Smithsonian Folkways)
52.TIM BUCKLEY-Once I Was (Varese)
53.ISKRA 1903 [DEREK BAILEY-PAUL RUTHERFORD-BARRY GUY]-Chapter One 1970-1972
(Emanem)
54.SUN RA ARKESTRA-The Solar Myth Approach Vol. 1 & 2 (Charly) [out-of-print]
55.JOHN CAGE/KENNETH PATCHEN-The City Wears a Slouch Hat (Cortical Foundation)
56.DETAIL [JOHNNY DYANI-JOHN STEVENS-FRODE GJERSTAD]-Backwards & Forwards
(Impetus)
57.EUGENE CHADBOURNE & FRANK LOWE-Don't Punk Out (Emanem)
58.GAL COSTA-s/t (Phillips/Japan)
59.HAN BENNINK-Nerve Beats (Atavistic)
60.DON CHERRY-Mu First & Mu Second Part (Charly) [out-of-print]
61.JOHN TCHICAI-IRENE SCHWEIZER GROUP-Willi the Pig (Atavistic)
62.GRAHAM COLLIER SEXTET-Down Another Road (Disconforme)
63.          "               "        MUSIC-Portraits (Disconforme)
64.          "               "        MUSIC-Songs for My Father (Disconforme)
65.TINA BROOKS-Minor Move (Blue Note)
66.JOHN COLTRANE-Impressions [1 bonus track] (Impulse!)
67.     "               "         -Kulu Se Mama [2 bonus tracks] (Impulse!)
68.JACKIE McLEAN-A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note)
69.WAYNE SHORTER-Wayning Moments [numerous bonus tracks] (Koch Jazz)
70.RONALD SHANNON JACKSON-Montreaux Jazz Festival (Knit Classics)
71.ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO-Jackson in Your House/Message to Our Folks (Charly)
72.QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE-Lost Silver & Gold (Collectors 
Choice) [2 cd set]
73.DAVID MURRAY QUINTET-Death of a Sideman (DIW)
74.CURVED AIR-Air Conditioning (Collector's Choice)
75.BUCKETHEAD-Giant Robot (Cyber Octive)
76.PENTANGLE-Basket of Light (Castle)
77.SUN RA & HIS MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA-When Angels Speak of Love (Evidence)
78.MATT SHIPP TRIO-Prism (Hatology)
79.NACHTLUFF [MULLER-BOSSHARD-WIDMER]-belle-view I-IV (Atavistic)
80.MAURICE Kalaparusha McINTYRE-Humility in the Light of the Creator (Delmark)
81.ORNETTE COLEMAN-The Complete Science Fiction Sessions [2 cd set] (Sony)
82.GENTLE GIANT-In a Glass House (self produced)
83.THE HAWAIIAN STEEL GUITAR PHENOMENON-Slidin' on the Frets (Yazoo)
84.MOUNT EVEREST TRIO-Waves from Albert Ayler (Atavistic)
85.FATE-Sgt. Death (Shadoks)
86.BOKAJ RETSEIM-Psychedelic Underground (Gear Fab)
87.DREAMIES-s/t (Gear Fab)
88.DONAVON-A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (Collector's Choice)
89.MARK FRY-Dreaming With Alice (Akarma)
90.CREATION OF SUNLIGHT-s/t (Mystic)
91.ARCADIUM-Breathe Awhile (Repertoire)
92.OUT OF FOCUS-Not Too Late (Ultimate Transmissions)
93.EULENSPYGEL-Ausschub (Garden of Delights)
94.PERRY LEOPOLD-Christian Lucifer (Gear Fab)
95.TONY ALLEN & AFRICA 70-Jealousy/Progress [2 cd set] (Blues Interactions)
96.TONY ALLEN & AFRIKA 70/AFRO MESSENGERS-No Accommodation for Lagos/No
Discrimination [2 cd set] (Blues Interactions)
97.JUKE JOINT SATURDAY NIGHT-Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps (Yazoo)
98.DALLAS ALLEY DRAG-More Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps (Yazoo)
99.CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET w/ Eric Dolphy-The Original Ellington Suite 
(Pacific Jazz)
100.THE COMMON PEOPLE-of the people, by the people, for the people (Ascension)
101.THE FIVE DAY WEEK STRAW PEOPLE-s/t [9 bonus tracks] (Angel Air)
102.SIGMUND SNOPEK III-Virginia Woolf (Gear Fab)
DMG/BLG WORLD MUSIC RECOMMENDADTIONS FOR 2000:
1.TABLA BEAT SCIENCE [BILL LASWELL]-Tala Matrix (Axiom/Palm)
2.JAH WOBBLE-Molam Dub (30 Hertz)
3.STIAN CARSTENSEN-Farmers Market (Winter & Winter)
4.BILL LASWELL-Dub Chamber 3 (ROIR)
5.WU MAN-Chinese Traditional & Contemporary Music for Pipa [2 cd set] (Nimbus)
6.ELLIOTT SHARP-EINAD ABU-KAF MOHAMMED-SYNC-Autar (Zuta Music)
7.CRACOW KLEZMER BAND-De Profundis (Tzadik)
8.LARS HOLLMER-Utsikter (Krax)
9.ETHIOPIQUES-Volume 8 (Buda Musique)
10.BILL LASWELL-Lo Def Pressure (Sub Rosa)
11.SHANKAR & ZAKIR HUSSAIN-Eternal Light (Moment!)
12.RONU MAJUMDAR-RY COODER-JON HASSELL-Hollow Bamboo (Waterlilly Acoustics)
13.YOUSSOU N'DOUR-Joko [The Link} (Nonesuch)
14.ABDULI BANGOURA-Sigiri (Avant)
15.SHWETA JHAVERI-Anahita (Intuition)
16.VIRGINIA RODRIGUES-Nos (Wicklow)
17.OMARA PORTUONDO-Buena Vista Social Club Presents...(Nonesuch)
18.SALIM AL NUR-s/t (Zuta Music)
19.WHIRLIGIG-Spin (Prime)
20.SWAP-[sic] (Northside)