| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Art Ensemble of Chicago | Les Stance A Sophie | Nessa |
| Albert Ayler | Live in Europe 1964 -1966 | Landmark |
| Orchestra Baobab | Pirates Choice | WCD |
| Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five | Vol 1 | Columbia |
| Lester Young w/ Billie Holiday | Lester Young Story: Volume 2 | Columbia |
| John Zorn | Locus Solus | Eva (CD) |
| Iannis Xenakis | Arditti Quartet plays Musique du Chambre | disques Montaigne |
| Thelonious Monk | First European Concert, 1961 | Magnetic |
| Morton Feldman | Piano | hat Art |
| Derek Bailey, Tony Williams, Bill Laswel | Derek Bailey, Tony Williams, Bill Laswel | Arcana |
| Giacinto Scelsi | The Collected Orchestral Works (3 Cds) | Accord |
| Steve Lacy | Estilhacos, Live in Lisbon | Sassetti (LP) |
| John Lee Hooker | Get Back Home | Evidence |
| Ornette Coleman | Love Call | Blue Note |
| Braxton/ Roach | One in Two/ Two in One | hat Hut |
| Anthony Braxton | Creative Music Orchestra, 1976 | Arista |
| Buddy Guy | I Was Walking Through the Woods | Chess |
| Barry Guy | Harmos | Intakt |
| Olivier Messiaen | Des Canyons Aux Etolies | CBS |
| Sonny Rollins | Our Man In Jazz | RCA (French) |
| Mingus/ Dolphy | Jazz Festival Antibes | Giants of Jazz |
| The Ace and Deuce of Pipering | 1906-1947 | Heritage |
| Art Ensemble of Chicago | Baptizum | Atlantic |
| Morton Feldman | Crippled Symmetry | hat Art |
| Terry Riley | The Harp of New Albion | Celestial Harmonies |
| Frederic Rzewsk | People United | hat Art |
| Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland | |
| Giacinto Scelsi | The String Quartets (Arditti) | Accord |
| Edgar Varese | Complete Works | London |
Ochs bonus lists:
(1) favorite Rova Cds: (no particular order)
Ptow! Victo great set of pieces seem to complement each other
Figure 8 Black Saint sax octet blows the house down
Works, Volume 2 Black Saint best example of extended works
As Was Metalanguage my favorite of the early lps
(2) favorite collaborative cd:
tie: Electric Rags 2 w/ Alvin Curran (New Albion)
The Aggregate w/ Anthony Braxton ( Sound Aspects)
(3) today’s favorite recently released non-Rova CD:
Quintet for a Day New World (What We Live with Dave Douglas and Leo Smith, out in February, 99 )