Ken Waxman’s Top 10 CDS for 2005

for CODA Top Pick * -rest in alphabetical order

*Barry Guy New Orchestra – Ort – Entropy (Intakt)

1.Braxton/Szabados/Tarasov – Trio Tone (Leo)

2.Graham Collier –Workpoints (Cuneiform)

3.Horvitz/Samworth/Lee/Clark/Van Der Schyff – Intersection Poems (Spool)

4.Urs Leimgruber/Jacques Demierre/Barre Phillips, ldp – cologne (psi)

5.Less Of Five – Acrobati Folli E Innamorati (Nine Winds)

6.William Parker Quartet – Sound Unity (Aum Fidelity)

7.Rova:Orkestrova – Electric Ascension (Atavistic)

8.Revolutionary Ensemble – And Now (Pi Recordings)

9.Steve Swell – Slammin’ the Infinite (Cadence Jazz Records)