Best CDs of 2004

By Ken Waxman

1. URI CAINE TRIO Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter)

2. COOPER-MOORE/TOM ABBS/CHAD TAYLOR Triptych Myth (Hopscotch)

3. JOHN BUTCHER/CHRISTOPH IRMER/AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ Clearings (ART.CappuccinoNet)

4. STEN SANDELL TRIO Flat Iron (SOFA)

5. TED SIROTA’S REBEL SOULS Breeding Resistance (Delmark)

6. HANS KOCH London Duos and Trios (Intakt)

7. KEVIN NORTON/JOËLLE LÉNDRE/TOMÁS ULRICH Ocean of Earth (Barking Hoop)

8. FABIO MARTINI-INTRIO Practicality (Leo)

9. BURTON GREENE Live at Grasland (Drimala)

10. PARKER/SCHLIPPENBACH/LYTTON America 2003 (psi)