1.John Greaves-Songs (Resurgence/UK) 
2.Richard Thompson-you? me? us? (Capitol) 
3.Neil Young-Broken Arrow (Reprise) 
4.Long Fin Killie-Valentino (Too Pure) 
5.Red House Painters-songs for a blue guitar (Supreme) 
6.Mark Eitzel-60 Watt Silver Lining (Warner Bros.) 
7.Dead Can Dance-Spiritchaser (4AD) 
8.Kate & Anna McGarrigle-Matapedia (hannibal) 
9.Run On-Start Packing (Matador) 
10.Terry Allen-human remains (Sugar Hill) 
11.Heidi Berry-Miracle (4AD) 
12.Sam Phillips-Omnipop (Virgin) 
13.John Cale-Walking on Locusts (hannibal) 
14.Syd Straw-War & Peace (Capricorn) 
15.Linda Thompson-Dreams Fly Away (hannibal) 
16.Jimmie Dale Gilmore-Braver New World (Elektra) 
17.Robyn Hitchcock-Moss Elixir (Warner Bros.) 
18.Yo La Tengo-Genius + Love = (Matador) 
19.Marta Sebestyen-Kismet (hannibal) 
20.The Cakekitchen-The Devil & the Deep Blue Sea (Merge) 
21.alastir galbraith-morse/gaudy light (Emperor Jones) 
22.Daevid Allen & Kramer-Hit Men (Shimmy Disc) 
23.Alejandro Escovedo-With These Hands (Ryko) 
24.Los Lobos-Colossal Head (Warner Bros.) 
25.The Loud Family-Interbabe Concern (Alias) 
26.David Thomas & Two Pale Boys-Erewhon (Tim Kerr) 
27.Legendary Pink Dots-from here you'll watch the world go by (Soleilmoon) 
28.peter jeffries-elevator madness (Trance Syndicate) 
29.gorky's zygotic mynci-Introducing (Mercury) 
30.Michael Hall-Day (Dejadisc) 
31.Dark Carnival-The Last Great Ride (SftRI) 
32.Elvis Costello & Attractions-All This Useless Beauty (Warner Bros.) 
33.Low-The Curtain Hits the Cast (Caroline) 
34.Rex-C (Southern) 
35.Labradford-s/t (Kranky) 
36.Steve Earle-I Feel Allright (Warner Bros.) 
37.Iris Dement-the way i should ( " " ) 
38.Grant Lee Buffalo-Copperopolis (Stash) 
39.Luscious Jackson-Fever In, Fever Out (Grand Royal) 
40.Kris McKay-Things That Show (Shanachie) 
41.Steve Wynn-Melting in the Dark (Zero Hour) 
42.Magic Hour-Secession '96 (Twisted Village) 
43.Brother JT-Rainy Day Fun (Drunken Fish) 
44.The Grifters-Ain't My Lookout (Sub Pop) 
45.Jim Lauderdale-Persimmons (Upstart) 
46.Pale Nudes-Wise to the Heat (Rec Dec) 
47.Patti Smith-Gone Again (Arista) 
48.Golden Palominos-Dead Inside (Restless) 
49.butterfly child-the honeymoon suite (hitit!) 
50.Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-Murder Ballads (Reprise) 
51.Lyle Lovett-The Road to Ensenada (MCA) 
52.Idaho-Three Sheets to the Wind (Caroline) 
53.Jessamine-The Long Arm of Coincidence (Kranky) 
54.Prince-Chaos & Disorder (Warner Bros.) 
55.Col. Bruce Hampton & the Fiji Mariners-Fiji (Capricorn) 
56.Texas Tornados-4 Aces (Reprise) 
57.Elysian Fields-bleed your cedar (Radio Active) 
58.Wake Ooloo-Stop the Ride (Pravda) 
59.Maria McKee-Life is Sweet (Geffen) 
60.Steeleye Span-Time (Shanachie) 
61.ilene weiss-obviously (gadfly) 
62.The Kinks-To The Bone (Guardian) 
63.Rollerskate Skinny-Horsedrawn Wishes (WB) 
64.Sixteen Horsepower-Sackcloth & Ashes (A&M) 
65.Acetone-If Only You Knew (Vernon Yard)  
66.The Raincoats-Looking in the Shadows (DGC) 
67.Mojave 3-ask me tomorrow (4AD) 
68.Lynn Miles-Slightly Haunted (Philo) 
69.Victor DeLorenzo-Pancake Day (Almo) 
70.Thea Ennen & the Algorythms-All Aboard (Atomic Theory) 
71.k d lang-All You Can Eat (WB) 
72.The Moon Seven Times-Sunburnt (Road Runner) 
73.Tannahill Weavers-Leaving St. Kilda (Green Linnet) 
74.Clarence Gatemouth Brown-Long Way Home (Verve) 
75.Elliott Sharp & Queen Esther-Hoosegow (Homestead) 
76.George Clinton & P.Funk All Stars-TAPOAFM (Sony) 
77.East River Pipe-Mel (Merge) 
78.Iva Bittova & Dunaj-Pustit Musis (Rachot) 
79.The Posies-Amazing Disgrace (DGC) 
80.Richard Davies-There Has Never Been a Crowd Like This (Fly Daddy) 
81.Stereolab-Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Elektra) 
82.Peter Rowan & Jerry Douglas-Yonder (Sugar Hill) 
83.George Jones-i lived to tell it all (MCA) 
84.Marti Jones-my long haired life (Sugar Hill) 
85.Wayne Rogers-All Good Works (Twisted Village) 
86.Wilco-Being There (Reprise) 
87.Supreme Dicks-The Emotional Plague (Homestead) 
88.Curious Ritual-God Hilliard (dahlia) 
89.Guided By Voices-Under the Bushes, Under the Stars (Matador) 
90.Wipers-The Herd (Tim Kerr) 
91.Barkmarket-L Ron (american) 
92.Speech-s/t (Chrysalis) 
93.Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men-Interstate City (Hightone) 
94.Velocity Girl-Gilded Stars & Zealous Hearts (Sub Pop) 
95.Dave Soldier-The Kropotkins (Koch) 
96.Kramer-Still Alive in '95-Live in Japan (Creativeman) 
97.Chris Cochrane's Suck Pretty-3 Heads (Knitting Factory Works) 
98.Marty Brown-Here's to Honky Tonks (Hightone) 
99.Yazbek-The Laughing Man (What Are Records?) 
100.Scrawl-Travel On, Rider (Elektra) 
101.Mark Knopfler-golden heart (Warner Bros.) 
102.MX-80-I've Seen Enough (Atavistic) 
103.Vic Chestnutt-About to Choke (Capitol) 
104.Johnny Cash-Unchained (american) 
105.The Setters-s/t (Watermelon) w/Michael Hall & A. Escovedo 
106.(Billy Joe) Shaver-Highway of Life (Justice) 
107.John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey-Dance Hall at Louse Point (Island) 
108.Willie Nelson-Spirit (Island) 
109.Johnny Jenkins-Blessed Blues (Capricorn) 
110.Mountain-Man's World (Viceroy) 
  
Bruce Lee Gallanter's Fave World Music Releases Of '96: 

1.mari boine-Radiant Warmth (Antilles) 
2.Bulgarian Voices & Huun-Huur-Tu Fly, Fly My Sadness (Shanachie) 
3.De La Guarda-s/t (Island) 
4.Min Xiao-Fen-The Moon Rising (Cala Records) 
5.Marta Sebestyen-Kismet (hannibal) 
6.marlui miranda-ihu Todos os Sons (Blue Jackal) 
7.Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/Michael Brook-Night Song (Real World) 
8.the sabri brothers-ya mustapha (Xenophile) 
9.Sheila Chandra-ABoneCroneDrone (Real World) 
10.Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan-Intoxicated Spirit (Shanachie) 
11.A World Out of Time-Vol. 3 Music of Madagascar (Shanachie) 
12.Jali Kunda-Griots of West Africa & Beyond (ellipsis arts...) 
13.Dead Can Dance-Spiritchaser (4AD) 
14.Najma-Forbidden Kiss (Shanachie) 
15.Sweet Sunny North-Vol. 2-Kaiser & Lindley in Norway (Shanachie) 
16.The Moon & The Banana Tree-Madagascar Guitar (Shanachie) 
17.Afro Celt Sound System-Sound Magic (Real World) 
18.The Music of Armenia-Vol. 3-Duduk (Celestial Harmonies) 
19.Instrumental Music of Kyrgyzstan (World Music Library) 
20.Music of Indonesia-Gongs & Vocal Music of Sumatra (Smithsonian Folkways) 
21.Djelem-Gypsy Music of Eastern Europe (Koch International) 
22.Tenores di Bitti-S'amore e mama (Real World) from Sardinia 
23.Yungchen Lhamo-Tibet, Tibet (Real World) 
24.Deep in the Heart of Tuva-Cowboy Music from the Wild East (ellipsis arts...) 
25.Music of Khorasan & Azeri (World Music Library) 

Bruce Lee Gallanter's Favorite Folk/Bluegrass/Country Releases Of 1996:  

1.Kate & Anna McGarrigle-Matapedia (hannibal) 
2.Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan-Yonder (Sugar Hill) 
3.Iris Dement-The Way I Should (Warner Bros.) 
4.Terry Allan-human remains (Sugar Hill) 
5.Linda Thompson-Dreams Fly Away (hannibal) 
6.Steve Earle-I Feel Alright (Warner Bros.) 
7.True Life Blues-The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill) 
8.Bill Morrissey-You'll Never Get to Heaven (Philo) 
9.Johnny Cash-Unchained (american) 
10.ilene weiss-obviously (gadfly) 
11.Jim Lauderdale-Persimmons (Upstart) 
12.Steeleye Span-Time (Shanachie) 
13.Lyle Lovett-The Road to Ensenada (MCA) 
14.Jimmie Dale Gilmore-Braver New World (Elektra) 
15.George Jones-I Lived to Tell it All (MCA) 
16.Willie Nelson-Spirit (Island) 
17.Kris McKay-Things That Show (Shanachie) 
18.Heidi Berry-Miracle (4AD) 
19.Peter Rowan-Bluegrass Boy (Sugar Hill) 
20.Sam Bush-Glamor & Grits (Sugar Hill) 
21.Lucy Kaplansky-Flesh & Bone (Red House) 
22.Dry Branch Fire Squad-Live! At Last (Rounder) 
23.Tom Paxton-Live for the Record (Sugar Hill) 
24.Norma Waterson-s/t (hannibal) 
25.Jerry Garcia & David Grisman-Shady Grove (Acoustic Disc) 
  
Bruce Lee Gallanter's Favorite Compilations/Reissues Of 1996: 

1.PERE UBU-Datapanik in the Year Zero (DGC) box set 
2.TOM VERLAINE-The Miller's Tale (Virgin/UK) 2cdset 
3.FRANK ZAPPA-The Lost Episodes (Ryko) 
4.SCOTT WALKER-It's Raining Today-1967-70 (Razor & Tie) 
5.ROY HARPER-Live at Les Cousins 8/30/69 (Blue Print) 2cdset 
6.GRAVIKORDS, WHIRLIES & PYROPHONES-Experimental Music Instruments (ellipsis arts...) 
7.JOHN ZORN-The Classic Guide to Strategy (Tzadik) 
8.THIS HEAT-made available/John Peel Sessions (These CD's) 
9.SOFT MACHINE-Spaced (Cuneiform) 
10.ELLIOTT SHARP-State of the Union (Atavistic) 2cdset, 147 artists & trax 
11.JOHN FAHEY-The Legend of Blind Joe Death (Takoma/Fantasy) 
12.TONTO'S EXPANDING HEAD BAND-Tonto Rides Again (Viceroy) 
13.MARY MARGARET O'HARA-Miss America (Koch) 
14.PAUL DRESHER-This Same Temple (Lovely Music, Ltd.) 
15.LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA-Ode (Intakt) 
16.ORNETTE COLEMAN-Body Meta (Harmolodic/Verve) 
17. " " /CHARLIE HADEN-Soapsuds, Soapsuds (Harmolodic/Verve) 
18.BILL MONROE-16 Gems (Columbia Legacy) 
19.THE STANLEY BROTHERS-The Complete Columbia Sessions (Columbia Legacy) 
20.TRUE LIFE BLUES-The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill) various artists tributes 
21.SONNY RED-Out of the Blue (Blue Note) 
22.GRETE SULTAN-The Legacy, Vol. 1 (Concord Concerto) 2cdset of Cage & Schonberg... 
23.RHYTHM & NOISE-Chasm's Accord (Asphodel) 
24.BRAVE COMBO-Mood Swing Music (Rounder) 
25.THE MUFFINS-<1 8 5 (Cuneiform) 
26.NEW KLEZMER TRIO- Masks and Faces (Tzadik) 
  
Bruce's Recommended Instrumental Rock Of 1996: 

1.The Dirty Three-Horse Stories (Touch & Go) 
2.The Mermen-Songs of the Cows (Mesa) 
3.Cul de Sac-China Gate (Flying Nun) 
4.Dick Dale-Calling Up Spirits (Beggars Banquet) 
5.Teisco Del Rey-Music for Lovers (Upstart) 
6.The Grassy Knoll-Positive (Antilles) 
7.Scenic-"Aquatica" (World Domination) 
8.The Halibuts-Life on the Bottom (Upstart) 
9.Aqua Velvets-Nomad (Milan) 
10.Barry Adamson-Oedipus Schmoedipus (Mute) 
11.Laika & the Cosmonauts-Zero Gravity (Upstart) 
12.The Shadows-Are Go! (Scamp) reissue 
13.Polar Goldie Cats-s/t (Ecstatic Peace!) 
14.The Henrys-Puerto Angel (Koch) reissue 
15.Labradford-s/t (Blast First /UK) 
  
Bruce Lee Gallanter's Favorite Avant Releases of 1996: 

1.JOHN ZORN'S CHAMBER MASADA-Bar Kokhba (Tzadik) 
2.FRED FRITH-Allies (Rec Dec) 
3.JOHN ZORN'S MASADA-Zayin/Seven (DIW) 
4.THOMAS CHAPIN TRIO PLUS STRINGS-Haywire (Knitting Factory Works) 
5.DAVE DOUGLAS-Five (Soul Note) 
6.TIM BERNE'S BLOODCOUNT-memory select/paris concert (JMT) 
7.ZEENA PARKINS-Mouth=Maul=Betrayer (Tzadik) 
8.DAVID SHEA-the tower of mirrors (Sub Rosa) 
9.FRANKLIN KIERMYER-Kairos (Evidence) 
10.JOHN ZORN-Filmworks II (Tzadik) 
11.BILL FRISELL-Quartet (Nonesuch) 
12.BANG ON A CAN-Cheating, Lying, Stealing (Sony Classical) 
13.AMM-Laminal 3cd/live (Matchless) 
14.BOBBY PREVITE-Too Close to the Pole (enja) 
15.THIS HEAT-made available/john peel sessions (These CD's) 
16.HORACE TAPSCOTT-aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque) 
17.RENE LUSSIER-Trois Histoires (Ambiances Magnetiques) 
18.BUTCH MORRIS J.A. DEANE LE QUAN NINH-Burning Clouds (FMP) 
19.ANTHONY BRAXTON-Tentet (New York) '96 (Braxton House) 
20.ARCANA (Derek Bailey-Bill Laswell-Tony Williams)-The Last Wave (DIW) 
21.ORNETTE COLEMAN SOUND MUSEUM-Three Women (Harmolodic/Verve) 
22.LONNIE SMITH TRIO-Foxy Lady (Music Masters)Hendrix Tribute 
23.RY COODER-Last Man Standing OST (Verve) 
24.EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH-Mesmerized & Phenomenom 256 (SFTRI) 
25.MARIA SCHNEIDER JAZZ ORCHESTRA-Coming About (enja) 
26.ROBIN HOLCOMB-Little Three (Nonesuch) 
27.EVAN PARKER BARRY GUY PAUL LYTTON-The Redwood Sessions (CIMP) 
28.IKUE MORI-Garden (Tzadik) 
29.SAINKO NAMCHYLAK/NED ROTHENBERG-Amulet (Leo) 
30.JOHN ZORN-Filmworks VI (Tzadik) 
31.DJ SPOOKY-Songs of a Dead Dreamer (Asphodel) 
32.MICHAEL MARCUS-Reachin' (Justin Time) 
33.MYRA MELFORD QUINTET-The Same River, Twice (Gramavision) 
34.GUY KLUCVESEK-Stolen Memories (Tzadik) 
35.GRAHAM CONNAH'S SOUR NOTE SIX-my god has fleas (Rastascan) 
36.SURRENDER TO THE AIR-s/t (Elektra)w/ Ribot, Medeski & Sun Ra alumni 
37.HERB ROBERTSON TRIO-Sound Implosion (CIMP) 
38.JOE FONDA/MICHAEL JEFREY STEVENS GROUP-The Wish (Music & Arts) 
39.RATTLEMOUTH-Walking a Full Moon Dog (Cuneiform) 
40.ZYPRESSEN-s/t (Belle Antique/Japan) 
41.ELLIOTT SHARP-Xenocodex (Tzadik) 
42.WADADA LEO SMITH-Tao-Nija (Tzadik) 
43.ANDREA PARKINS TRIO-Cast Iron Fact (KFW) 
44.THOMAS CHAPIN TRIO-Menagerie Dreams KFW) 
45.MICHAEL JEFREY STEVENS/MARK FELDMAN-Haiku (Leo )  
46.TONY OXLEY ORCHESTRA-The Enchanted Messenger (Soul Note) 
47.CURLEW-Paradise (Cuneiform) 
48.OLIVER LAKE QUINTET-Dedicated to Dolphy (Black Saint) 
49.ALAN LICHT & LOREN MAZZACANE CONNORS-Two Nights (Road Cone) 
50.VINNY GOLIA & KEN FILIANO-The Art of Negotiation (CIMP) 
51.WHARTON TIERS-Brighter Than Life (Atavistic) 
52.(TOM CORA'S) ROOF-the untraceable cigar (Red Note/Belgium) 
53.DAVID MURRAY OCTET-dark star, music of the Grateful Dead (Astor Place) 
54.NRG ENSEMBLE-This is My House (Delmark) 
55.EGBERTO GISMONTI TRIO-Zig Zag (ECM) 
56.ROVA SAX QUARTET-Ptow!! (Victo) 
57.THE CATLER BROTHERS-Crash Landing (Free Note) 
58.ARCADO STRING TRIO-Live in Europe (Avant) 
59.PETER SCHERER-Cronologia (Tzadik) 
60.NEW AND USED-Consensus (KFW) 
61.BILLY TIPTON MEMORIAL SAX QUARTET-Box (New World) 
62.VOICES OF KWAHN/ANNA HOMLER-silverbowl transmission (EFA) 
63.ROB BROWN TRIO-High Wire (Soul Note) 
64.EYVING KANG-7 Nades (Tzadik) 
65.SUNNY MURRAY/CHARLES GAYLE-Illuminators (Audible Hiss) 
66.PRIMA MATERIA-Albert Ayler's Bells (KFW) 
67.MARK DRESSER-Invocation (KFW) 
68.GARY LUCAS-Evangeline (Zensor/Germany) 
69.ORANJ SYMPHONETTE-Plays Mancini (Gramavision) 
70.MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD-Shack Man ( " " ) 
71.RODNEY JONES-The "X" Field (Music Masters) 
72.KENNY BARRON-New York Attitude (Uptown) 
73.JORGE SYLVESTER-Musi Collage (postcards) 
74.PHILLIP JOHNSTON BIG TROUBLE-Flood at the Ant Farm (Black Saint) 
75.GHOST-Lamarabirabi (Drag City) 
76.JACKIE McLEAN & JUNKO ONISHI-Hat Trick (Blue Note) 
77.TRANCEMISSION-head light (City of Tribes) 
78.ZEV-Heads & Tales (Avant) 
79.LISLE ELLIS-What We Live Fo(u)r (Black Saint) 
80.RABIH ABOU-KHALIL -Arabian Waltz (enja) 
81.PIERRE FAVRE-Window Steps (ECM) 
82.WORLD SAX QUARTET w/ AFRICAN DRUMS-Four Now (Justin Time) 
83.BORIS KOVAC-Play on String (More Music) 
84.STEVE KUHN TRIO-Remembering Tomorrow (ECM) 
85.GIDON KREMER-Hommage a' Piazzolla (ECM) 
86.RICHIE BEIRACH TRIO-Trust (Evidence) 
87.PAT MARTINO-nightwings (Muse) 
88.WELTPINGUINTAG-s/t (Wonderland/Berlin) 
89.MIKE OSBORNE-Shapes (FMR/UK) 
90.MINGUS BIG BAND-Live in Time 2cdset (Dreyfus) 
91.VM Bhatt-Bela Fleck-Jie Bing Chen -Tabula Rasa (Water Lily Acoustics) 
92.JERRY GRANELLI-broken circle (Intuition) 
93.MATT SHIPP TRIO-Prism (Brinkman) 
94.SMEGMA-The Mad Excitement, The Barbaric Pulsations...(Tim Kerr Records) 
95.KRALDJURSANSTALTEN-Voodoo Boogie! (Megaphaze) 
96.POLAR GOLDIE CATS-s/t (Ecstatic Peace!) 
97.PALINCKX-Border Live in Zurich (Intakt) 
98.SECRET CHIEFS 3-First Grand Constitution & Bylaws (Amarillo)Mr. Bungle off-shoot 
99.OMOIDE HATOBA-Kinsei (Birdman) 
100.EVAN PARKER-Synergetics-Phonomanie III (Leo) 2cdset 
101.MICHEL GODARD-MARK NAUSEEF-SYLVIE COURVOISIER-Una Mora (Label Hopi) 
102.ANTHONY BRAXTON-6 Tet (Istanbul) '96 (Braxton House) 
103.PAUL PLIMLEY-Every Thing in Stages (Songlines) 
104.MAL WALDRON-My Dear Family (Evidence) 
105.DRUMBONE 2-The Knotty Stick (For 4 Ears/Swiss) 
106.BOB MOSES-Devotion (Soul Note) rec. 1979 
107.STEVE BERESFORD-Cue Sheets (Tzadik) 
108.HUMAN FEEL-Speak to it (Songlines) 
109.JIMMY GUIFFRE PAUL BLEY STEVE SWALLOW-Conversations w/ a Goose (Soul Note) 
110.MIRIODOR-Elastic Juggling (Cuneiform) 
111.HERB ROBERTSON TRIO-falling in flat space (Cadence) 
112.BORIS KOVAC-Anamnesis Ecumenica-Mysteries (Victo) 
113.RON MILES-My Cruel Heart (Gramavision) 
114.MARTY EHRLICH-New York Child (enja) 
115.ROGER KLEIER-Klangenbang (Rift) 
116.SUN RA ARKESTRA-The Singles (Evidence) 
117.STEPHANE FURIC-Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Soul note) 
118.HELLUVATIME-Recrash W (Unit/Swiss) 
119.MUJICIAN/KEITH TIPPETT QT-Birdman (Cuneiform) 
120.MAINLINER-Mellow Out (Charnel Music) 
121.JOE McPhee Evan Parker Daunik Lazro-s/t (Vand'oeuvre) 
122.WILLIAM PARKER/IN ORDER TO SURVIVE-Compassion Comes to Bed Sty (Home.) 
123.DON BYRON QUINTET-No-Vibe Zone (KFW) 
124.GASTR DEL SOL-upgrade & afterlife (Drag City) 
125.MARK HELIAS-Loopin' the Cool (enja) 
126.THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION-w/ Joe McPhee, Borah Bergman (Evidence) 
127.SAXEMBLE-s/t w/James Carter, Frank Lowe & Mike Marcus (Qwest) 
128.JOE MORRIS ENSEMBLE-Elsewhere (Homestead) 
129.BUCKETHEAD-Day of the Robot (Sub Meta) 
130.MATT SHIPP-ROSCOE MITCHELL DUO-s/t (2.13.61) 
131.JIM STALEY-Northern Dancer (Einstein) 
132.JOHN ZORN-Filmworks V Tears of Ecstasy (Tzadik) 
133.DJANGO BATES-Winter Truce & Homes Blaze (JMT) 
134.FRED FRITH-Middle of the Moment (Rec Dec) 
135.JAN GARBAREK-Visible World (ECM) 
136.JACK WALRATH & HARD CORPS-Journey, Man! (Evidence) 
137. " " -In Montana (Jazz Alliance) 
138.KENNY WHEELER & PAUL BLEY-Touche' (Justin Time) 
139.YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO-Spider (Verve) 
140.LOREN MAZZACANE CONNORS & SUZANNE LANGILLE-Crucible (Black Label) 
141.ZUBI ZUVA-Jehovah (Tzadik) 
142.DIM SUM CLIP JOB-Harmolodic Jeopardy (Avant) 
143.GREGG BENDIAN PROJECT-Counterparts (CIMP) 
144.GATEWAY/Abercrombie Holland DeJohnette-In the Moment (ECM) 
145.RALPH TOWNER QT-Lost & Found (ECM) 
146.CASPAR BROTZMANN/PAGE HAMILTON-Zulutime (Sub Rosa/Blast First) 
147.CHRIS CUTLER/ZEENA PARKINS-shark! (ReR) 
148.RENE LUSSIER JEAN DEROME CHRIS CUTLER-3 Piece Suite (ReR) 
149.GISBURG-Shadows in the Sea (Tzadik) 
150.ESTA-Mediterranean Crossroads (Newance) 
151.DAVID SOLDIER-She's Lightning When... (Impetus) 
152.DAVID FIRST-The Good Book (OO Disc) 
153.MICHAEL GIBBS ORCHESTRA-Big Music (Act) w/ Scofield & Frisell 
154.RACHEL'S-The Sea & the Bells (Quarterstick) 
155.JOE MORRIS ROB BROWN QT-Illuminate (Leo Lab) 
156.JULIA WOLFE-Arsenal of Democracy (Point) 
157.MIKE PATTON-Adult Themes (Tzadik) 
158.MIKE SHRIEVE BILL FRISELL WAYNE HORVITZ-Flying Polly (CMP) 
159.NIMAL-distanz (AYAA) 
160.JIN HI KIM-Living Tones (OO Disc) 
161.TORTOISE-millions now living will never die (Thrill Jockey) 
162.CHARLES GAYLE TRIO-Testaments (KFW) 
163.JOEY BARON/BARON DOWN-Crackshot (Avant) 
164.TOM SCHMIDT-Rabble (Koch Jazz) w/ Steve Swell & Randy McKean 
165.HOWARD JOHNSON AND GRAVITY- Gravity!! (Verve) 
166.HOWARD LEVY MIROSLAV TADIC MARK NAUSEEF-The Old Country (MA) 
167.BRIAN GINGRICH-The White Rim of Heaven (Alchemy) 
168.JAMES PLOTKIN & MICK HARRIS-Collapse (Asphodel) 
169.COLLECTIVE 4TET-The Rope Dancer (Leo Lab) w/William Parker 
170.ROBERT DICK & MARI KIMURA-Irrefragable Dreams (Random Acoustics) 
171.ALFRED SCHNITTKE-In Memorium...Etc. (Chandos) 
172.ELTON DEAN & PAUL DUNMALL-If Dubois Only Knew (Voiceprint) 
173.CINGHAILE-Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (8th Day) w/ Vandermark 
174.GLENN SPEARMAN DOUBLE TRIO-The Fields (Black Saint) 
175.IVO PERELMAN-Sad Life (Leo Lab) w/ William Parker & Rashid Ali 
176.LOUIS ANDRIESSEN-De Materie (Nonesuch)2 CD set 
177.THE FIELD RECORDINGS-Thunderclaps Live...(X-OR) w/Chadbourne,Bailey 
178.SMEGMA-Plays Merzbow (Tim Kerr Records) 
179.AMA JAZZ-In One Breath (Leo) 
180.SYLVIE CHENARD-Les projets de la Baleine (L'Oblique) 
181.FEET MUSIC-Assertions & Sketches (Chroma IM) 
182.LOREN MAZZACANE CONNORS-Long Nights (Table of the Elements) 
183.MORDY FERBER-Mr. X (Dutch East) 
184.ROD POOLE-The Death Adder/Solo Guitar Improv (WIN Records) 
185.SUN CITY GIRLS-330,003 Crossdressers from Beyond...(Abduction) 
186.DJ SPOOKY-Necropolis (KFW) 
187.FAR EAST SIDE BAND-Urban Archeology (Victo) 
188.MAIN-Hz (Beggars Banguet) 2cdset 
189.EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH-Beyond the Pale (Big Cat) 
190.LI CHIN SUNG-Past (Tzadik) 
191.BIBLE LAUNCHER-s/t ( " ) 
192.GARY LUCAS & URFAUST-The Ghosts of Prague (Faust/Czech) 
193.DIVINATION-Distill (Sub Meta) 2cdset 
194.MASONNA-inner mind mystique (Release) 
195.MERZBOW-Rainbow Electronics 2 (Drag City) 
196.BARRE PHILLIPS & HAINO KEIJI-Etchings in the Air (PFS) 
197.EUGENE CHADBOURNE-Nismegen Hassen Hunt (Nose Hair) 
198.BRUCE ARNOLD-Blue Eleven (MMC Recordings) 
199.THURSTON MOORE-Please Just Leave Me (My Paul Desmond) (Pure) 
200.IANNIS XENAKIS-Ensemble Music 1 (Mode) 
201.EDDIE PREVOST-Loci of Change (Matchless) 
202.OPTICAL 8-All Over (god mountain) 2cdliveset w/ Otomo 
203.ORNETTE COLEMAN SOUND MUSEUM-Three Woman (Harmolodic/Verve) 
204.ESCAPADE-Searching for the Elusive Rainbow (Mother West) 
205.STAN GETZ-The Song is You (Laserlight) w/ Cowell,DeJohnette,Vitous 
206.GLENN HORIUCHI-Hilltop View (Music & Arts) 
207.TOWERING INFERNO-Kadish (Island) w/Marta Sebestyen & Elton Dean 
208.ARVO PART-Litany (ECM) 
209.TREY GUNN-The Third Star (Discipline) 
210.GYORGY KURTAG-Musik fur Streichinstrumente (ECM) 
211.THE SORT OF QUARTET-Bombas de Amor (SST) 
212.BRADFORD REED-Live! At Home (Ft.Lb. Records) 
213.JOE McPHEE QUARTET-Legend Street One (CIMP) 
214.SOLA & WU MAN-China Collage (Avant)