| Artist | Title | Label | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Brotzman | 14 Love Poems | FMP | Great solo music from the great German Tenor Master |
| Kyle Bruckman | Gasps & Fissures | 482 Music | solo oboe music, quiet sounds recorded really hot |
| Django Reinhardt | The Best of Django Reinhardt | Capitol/Blue Note | Nice compilation of an unbelievably great guitarist |
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Rip Rig & Panic/ Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith | Polygram Records | Essential discs from this wonderful multi instrumentalist |
| Sun Ra | Standards | 1201 Records | A real delight to hear Sun Ra approach Jazz Standards |
| Pixinguinha | Brazilian Choro Master | Iris Music | Pixinguinha is one of the creators of Choro which is a roots music for much of Brazilian music and can be likened to Louis Armstrong on his impact on Brazilian music. |
| Big Men | Rai Meets Reggae | Taoul/General Pattern Records | A surprising blend of Rai and Reggae. They really found common ground in this meeting of very different popular musics. |
| John Lee Hooker | Live at the Café au Go Go and Soledad Prison | MCA | An amazing live blues recording with Muddy Waters and Otis Spann. |
| Cheikha Rimitti | Novar | Gafaiti/Sonodisk | a wonderful Rai singer |
| Compay Segundo | Compay Seguno Antologia | Nueva Sociedad Lirica | An anthology of 34 songs by the amazing Compay Segundo. |
| Tribalistas (Arnaldo Antunes, Corlinhos Brown and Marise Monte) | Blue Note Records | Modern Brazilian Pop music at its best | |
| Rromano Suno | Gypsy Music from the Balkans | Passion Discs | Balkan Gypsy compilation put together by Bojan Djordjevic, a knowledgeable source on the Serbian Gypsy scene and manager of Boban Markovic Orchestra. |
| Bebo Valdes & Diego Cigala | Lagrimas Negras | Calle 54 Records | A fantastic Flamenco Singer with an outstanding Cuban pianist |
| Iannis Xenakis harpsichord solos | Oophaa (1989) - harpsichord, percussion Naama (1989) - harpsichord, percussion Khoaï (1989) - harpsichord, percussion À l'île de Gorée (1989) - harpsichord, percussion |
Xenakis - Orchestral & Chamber Works | A friend put together a CDR of them and they are amazing. Karen, Jalons, Phlegra and Thalleïn are on this particular CD but were not in my rotation but will be as soon as I find this CD. |