CODA’s best CDs of 2005

December 31, 2005

The Top Pick  with (*)
The others in alphabetical order

Ken Waxman’s selections:

*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)