TOP ALBUMS OF 2008
- Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - Xenogenesis Suite - Firehouse 12
- Rudresh Mahanthappa - Kinsmen - Pi Recordings
- Ab Bars Trio & Ken Vandermark - Goofy June Bug - Wig
- Louis Moholo-Moholo : Duets with Marilyn Crispell - Sibanya (We Are One) - Intakt
- Szilard Mezei Ensemble - Nad/Reed - Red Toucan
- Keefe Jackson's Project Project - Just Like This - Delmark
- Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - Tabligh - Cuneiform
- Mary Halvorson Trio - Dragon's Head - Firehouse 12
- Chris Speed/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic Leibovici - Jugendstil - ESP Disk
- William Parker Quartet - Petit Oiseau - AUM Fidelity
- Vandermark 5 - Beat Reader - Atavistic
- Fred Anderson Quartet - Live at the Velvet Lounge III - Asian Improv
- Szilard Mezei Quintet - Cerkno - Leo
- William Parker - Double Sunrise Over Neptune - AUM Fidelity
- Furt Plus - Equals - Psi
- Vox Arcana - Self-release
- Denman Maroney Quartet - Gaga - Nuscope
- Brotzman/Lonberg-Holm - Brain of the Dog in Section - Atavistic
- Dennis Gonzalez - Hymn for Tomasz Stanko - Qbico
- Lisle Ellis - Sucker Punch Requiem - Henceforth
- The JoAnne Pow!ers Trio - Food for Thought - Unofficial Records
- Cooper-Moore - The Cedar Box Recordings - AUM Fidelity
- London Improvisers Orchestra - Improvisations for George Riste - Psi
- Tony Malaby Cello Trio - Warblepeck - Songlines
- Kauffman/Gratkowski/De Joode - Palae - Leo
- David Hurley - Outer Nebula Innder Nebula - Porter
- The Roy Campbell Ensemble - Akhenaten Suite - AUM Fidelity
- Vijay Iver - Tragicomic - Sunnyside
- Rob Brown Ensemble - Crown Trunk Root Funk - AUM Fidelity
- Bill Dixon - 17 Musicians In Search of a Sound :Darfur - AUM Fidelity
- London/Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra - Separate and Together - Emanem
- New Fracture Quartet - 1000 Lights - Multikulti
- Yuganaut - This Musicship - ESP Disk
- Jean Martin/Justin Haynes - Freedman - Barnyard
- Houle/Leandre/Strid - 9 Moments - Red Toucan
- Savina Yannatou - Songs of An Other - ECM
- Steve Cohn - Iro Iro - Red Toucan
- Carla Bley and Her Remarkable Big Band - Appearing Nightly - ECM
- Parker/Rothenberg/Angelo - Free Zone Appleby 2007 - Psi
- Fieldwork - Door - Pi
Reissues and Historical Recordings
- Roscoe Mitchell - Nonaah - Nessa
- Steve Lacy - The Forest in the Zoo - ESP Disk
- Evan Parker - Conic Sections - Psi
- The New York Art Quartet - ESP Disk
- Ornette Coleman - Town Hall, 1962 - ESP Disk
- Bobby Bradford Extet - Midnight Pacific Airwaves - Entropy Stereo
- Paul Bley Trio - Closer - ESP Disk
- New York Eye And Ear Control - ESP Disk
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Orchestra - Trio & Triangle - Emanem
- Frank Lowe - Black Beings - ESP Disk
