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  June 2008
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Barretto, Carlos: Lokomotiv
Barretto, Carlos:
Lokomotiv

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Curado, Paulo  - O Lugar da Desordem: The Bird, the Breeze, and Mr Filiano
Curado, Paulo - O Lugar da Desordem:
The Bird, the Breeze, and Mr Filiano

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Alto saxophonist and flutist Paulo Curado with New York bassist Ken Filiano and Bruno Pedroso on drums, a nuanced work from a lyrical and free power jazz trio.

Curlew: Curlew + Live at CBGB 1980
Curlew:
Curlew + Live at CBGB 1980

(DMG ARC -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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Incredible double CD (re)issue of the first Curlew record (George Cartwright, Tom Cora, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Bill Bacon) with bonus cuts, and a live CD from CBGB in 1980 with Denardo Coleman on drums.

Dickey, Whit: In a Heartbeat
Dickey, Whit:
In a Heartbeat

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Dorgon: Shot in the Face
Dorgon:
Shot in the Face

(Jumbo -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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Featuring an x-rated insert in a puff-up brown paper package, Mr. Dorgon attacks with two electronic works and a harmonica solo from a live show on KFJC in California.

Fiedler, Joe Trio: Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff
Fiedler, Joe Trio:
Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Fujii Trio, Satoko : Trace A River
Fujii Trio, Satoko :
Trace A River

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Satoko Fujii's excellent trio with Mark Dresser on bass and Jim Black on drums: spiritous, technically impressive, melodically and conceptually adventurous music not to miss!

Gato Libre: KURO
Gato Libre:
KURO

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Natsuki Tamura and Satoko Fujii's Gato Libre in their fourth seductive album of jazz based on European folk melodies with some of the coolest accordion playing on the planet.

Giesriegl / Gasser / Sayer / Fischer: Vistag
Giesriegl / Gasser / Sayer / Fischer:
Vistag

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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An incredible quartet of voice and strings with an attitude of electro-acoustic sound production, immense journeys in sound crossing the areas of conflict between meditation and impulsiveness.

Haino, Keiji & Yoshida, Tatsuya: Uhrfasudhasdd
Haino, Keiji & Yoshida, Tatsuya:
Uhrfasudhasdd

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Junk Box (Tamura / Fujii / Hollenbeck): Cloudy Then Sunny
Junk Box (Tamura / Fujii / Hollenbeck):
Cloudy Then Sunny

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Satoko Fujii's latest Junk Box with Natsuki Tamura and John Hollenbeck is an amazing jazz album of extended technique, instrumentation and expressive, dramatic ideas

Leandre / Tramontana: E'vero
Leandre / Tramontana:
E'vero

(Leo Records -- UK )


Price: $11.88    




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A concert recording from Munich, 1997, of these two virtuoso players, creating nine improvised pieces each of totally different character.

Liebman, David: Colors - Solo Tenor Saxophone
Liebman, David:
Colors - Solo Tenor Saxophone

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $19.95    




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MacLean, Steve: Frog Bug Guitar Computer
MacLean, Steve:
Frog Bug Guitar Computer

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Beautiful studio works created by Steve MacLean (Dr. Nerve) using guitar and field recordings from the water's edge of frogs, bugs, birds, and pond ambiance.

Mezei Ensemble, Szilard : Sivatag
Mezei Ensemble, Szilard :
Sivatag

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Extending his own ensemble into a 10 piece orchestra of impressive range and tonal colors, Szilard Mezei presents 3 compositions that bridge modern classical and improvisational music.

Perelman, Ivo Duo Featuring Borah Bergman: Geometry
Perelman, Ivo Duo Featuring Borah Bergman:
Geometry

(Leo Records -- UK )


Price: $12.90    




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A meeting in Brooklyn in 1996 of these two monsters of avant-jazz as saxophonist Perelman and pianist Bergman tackle these difficult and passionate pieces.

Mori, Ikue & Parkins, Zeena: Phantom Orchard
Mori, Ikue & Parkins, Zeena:
Phantom Orchard

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Phantom Orchard's latest demonstrates the unique improvisational language and rapport built on decades of collaboration between downtown NY-ers Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins.

praed: The Muesli Man
praed:
The Muesli Man

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Paed and Raed make "praed", the very unusual electro-acoustic duo behind The Muesli Man, 40 tracks of electronics, bass, clarinets, & tapes (with japanese subtitles!)

Schlippenbach Trio: Gold Is Where You Find It
Schlippenbach Trio:
Gold Is Where You Find It

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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After 35 years of recording together the Schlippenbach trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lovens continues its intensive collaborative work with this new studio album of original compositions.

Jennifer Choi: Gregor Huebner; Ron Lawrence; Mike Bloc: Sharp: String Quartets Volume 2
Jennifer Choi: Gregor Huebner; Ron Lawrence; Mike Bloc:
Sharp: String Quartets Volume 2

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Composer/performer/instrument builder Elliott Sharp's 2nd in a series of complete string quartets, inventive works blending computer science, fractals, improvisation and mathematics.

Shipp, Matthew: Un Piano
Shipp, Matthew:
Un Piano

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $16.95    




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Solo piano works from Matthew Shipp recorded in 2007 in NYC, 12 tracks that show the breadth style, range, technique from one of our greatest modern players.

Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra: On Jupiter
Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra:
On Jupiter

(Art Yard -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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Recorded around the time of Sleeping Beauty, this album features the same funky approach to grooves and swinging electric trance, a focal point of Sun Ra's 70's catalog

TOTEM>: Solar Forge
TOTEM>:
Solar Forge

(ESP-Disk -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Excellent improvisational interaction from rapid scrabbly to lowercase exchange from guitarist Bruce Einsenbeil, bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Andrew Drury.

Trayle, Mark : Goldstripe
Trayle, Mark :
Goldstripe

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Goldstripe uses data read from the magnetic stripes of credit cards and bank cards to create a set of musical conditions for improvisation.

Yamamoto, Eri: Duologue
Yamamoto, Eri:
Duologue

(Aum Fidelity -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Japanese born NY based pianist Eri Yamamoto, part of William Parker's Raining on the Moon ensemble, in an album of duos with Parker, Federico Ughi, Hamid Drake, and Daniel Carter.

Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani:
Cardinal

(Impressus Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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The quartet of Cosottini, Melano, Pisani, Miano (EAQuartet Electroacoustic) in compositions referring to the 4 cardinal map points using graphic scores, games, open readings, &c.

Dixon Orchestra, Bill: 17 Musicians In Search of a Sound: Darfur
Dixon Orchestra, Bill:
17 Musicians In Search of a Sound: Darfur

(Aum Fidelity -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Legendary trumpeter, composer and educator Bill Dixon in a 17 piece orchestra playing original compositions live at the 12th Vision Festival in New York City.

Berger, Karl: Gently Unfamiliar
Berger, Karl:
Gently Unfamiliar

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Pianist, vibraphonist, and composer Karl Berger presents his 2nd release in a trilogy of Tzadik CDs that started with the solo "Strangely Familiar", here in a trio with Joe Fonda on bass and Harvey Sorgen on drums, lyrical free bop jazz in 7 rich and distinctive movements.

Perry, Frank: Temple Of The Ancient Magical Presence
Perry, Frank:
Temple Of The Ancient Magical Presence

(FMR -- Great Britain )


Price: $14.95    




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Composer Frank Perry presents some new and some old unreleased recordings of solos, duos and trios featuring world famous musicians such as Evan Parker, David Toop, Paul Lytton, Paul Lovens, Jin Hi Kim and Trevor Taylor.

Berger, Karl / Werner Hasler / Gilbert Paeffgen: Hasler / Paeffgen / Berger
Berger, Karl / Werner Hasler / Gilbert Paeffgen:
Hasler / Paeffgen / Berger

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $15.95    




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The electrified acoustic trio of vibraphonist Karl Berger (NY), trumpeter and electronic artist Werner Hasler (Switzerland) and drummer Gilbert Paeffgen (Switzerland), exotic groove-based jazz.

Drake, Hamid / Sylvain Kassap: Heads Or Tails [2 CDs]
Drake, Hamid / Sylvain Kassap:
Heads Or Tails [2 CDs]

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $23.95    




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A masterful fountain of melodic ideas, intriguing rhythms, and exceptional technical skill from the duo of Hamid Drake on drums and frame drum, and Sylvain Kassap on clarinets and chalumeau, recording live at the France Musique at Studio Theatre dÕAlfortville and in the studio.

Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver): An Air of Unreality [VINYL]
Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver):
An Air of Unreality [VINYL]

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $19.95    




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A live performance at Judson Church in Manhattan as part of the 20th Vision Festival from the NY/France free improvising trio of Joelle Leandre on double bass, Mat Maneri on viola, and Gerald Cleaver on drums and percussion, two tracks of steadily building, incredibly compatible dialog.

Mezei, Szilard / Albert Markos: Korom
Mezei, Szilard / Albert Markos:
Korom

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Free ranging and captivating improvisations between Hungarian violist Szilard Mezei and cellist Albert Markos, a remarkable duo of the string's potential.

Clinamen Trio   (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger):
Decline

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola.

Wisseltangcamatta, The: Movements
Wisseltangcamatta, The:
Movements

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Live recordings at LOFT in Cologne, Germany from the trio of George Wissel on prepared saxophone, Achim Tang on doublebass, and Simon Camatta on drums & percussion, performing seven "Movements" that use prodigious technique with reserve and direction, revealing the structure of their work as the pieces build and recede in fascinating ways.

Angles: Every Woman is a Tree
Angles:
Every Woman is a Tree

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Scandinavian Alto saxophonist Martin Kuchen in a sextet with Magnus Broo and Mats Aleklint playing Kuchen originals, free jazz with a post-bop twist.

Barretto, Jorge Lima : Zul Zelub
Barretto, Jorge Lima :
Zul Zelub

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Legendary performer, writer and political situationist Lima Barreto (Telectu) in an electroacoustic work based around the piano and using short wave radio and CD players.

Ry-om (Ikeshiro / Shelton): III
Ry-om (Ikeshiro / Shelton):
III

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Ry-om is a london-based duo creating improvised experimental electronic music, noise and acoustic soundscapes using laptops, guitars, feedback loops, synths, instrumental samples and vocals.

Scarassatti / Filho / Bomfim: Sonax
Scarassatti / Filho / Bomfim:
Sonax

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Working in an AMM vein, Sonax uses a mixture of self-made instruments, sound sculpture and live electronics to create otherworldly improvisation environments.

Maneri / Morris / Maneri: Out Right Now
Maneri / Morris / Maneri:
Out Right Now

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $19.95    




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Melford Trio, Myra: Alive In The House of Saints
Melford Trio, Myra:
Alive In The House of Saints

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $24.95    




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Angles: Epileptical West - Live in Coimbra
Angles:
Epileptical West - Live in Coimbra

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Saxophonist Martin Kuchen's Angles sextet with trumpeter Magnus Broo, trombonist Mats Aleklint and vibraphonist Mattias Stahl in jazz with a polyrhythmic and refined world music accent.

Barrett, Richard: Adrift
Barrett, Richard:
Adrift

(psi -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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Three live performances of collaborative electroacoustic compositions from 2007-08, each exploring different points of contact between precomposed structures and spontaneous invention.

Dickey, Whit Quartet: Astral Long Form: Staircase In Space
Dickey, Whit Quartet:
Astral Long Form: Staircase In Space

(Tao Forms -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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His 2nd album as a leader on Tao Forms, drummer Whit Dickey expands on his previous trio album with Rob Brown on alto sax and Brandon Lopez on bass, adding Mat Maneri on viola, bringing together four collaborative New York players that share a long history, evident in the confident interaction, freedom and momentum this band shows on five conceptually linked Dickey compositions.

Fictive Five, The (Ochs / Wooley / Filiano / Niggenkemper / Eisenstadt): Anything Is Possible
Fictive Five, The (Ochs / Wooley / Filiano / Niggenkemper / Eisenstadt):
Anything Is Possible

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A tour-de-force of modern creative jazz from the quintet of Larry Ochs on tenor & sopranino saxophones, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass & effects, Pascal Niggenkemper on bass & effects, and Harris Eisenstadt on drums, the familiar history of the musicians and the staggering skill of each bearing out the album's title, in 2 collective and 3 Ochs compositions.

Gato Libre: Forever
Gato Libre:
Forever

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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The 5th release from the Japanese quartet of trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii, here on accordian, the late bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu, and guitarist Kazuhiko Tsumura, beautiful free form improvisation performed live in concert in 2011.

Haino, Keiji / Sumac: Even for just the briefest moment Keep charging this "expiation" Plug in to ma
Haino, Keiji / Sumac:
Even for just the briefest moment Keep charging this "expiation" Plug in to making it slightly better

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $16.95    




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The second collaboration between the American avant-metal rock trio Sumac of guitarist Aaron Turner, drummer Nick Yacyshyn and bassist Brian Cook with Japanese legendary guitarist and vocalist Keiji Haino finds the quartet settling down from their first blast of an album, here slowly building their heavy feedback-drenched, ponderous and epic music.

JeJaWeDa (Bishop / Blonk / Walter / Smith): Pioneer Works Vol. 1 [CD + BOOKLET]
JeJaWeDa (Bishop / Blonk / Walter / Smith):
Pioneer Works Vol. 1 [CD + BOOKLET]

(Balance Point Acoustics -- USA )


Price: $15.95    




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The 1st of two volumes from the quartet of Jeb Bishop on trombone & electronics, Jaap Blonk on voice & electronics, Weasel Walter on percussion, and Damon Smith on double bass, each player an innovator and leader on their own, together bringing unique elements of virtuoso quirk and passionate mastery, merging voice, electronics and acoustics in profoundly unusual ways.

Junk & The Beast (Petr Vrba / Veronika Mayer): Trailer
Junk & The Beast (Petr Vrba / Veronika Mayer):
Trailer

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


Price: $13.95    




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Petr Vrba and Veronika Mayer use non-idiomatic improvisation to research the combination of textural materials, crossing them with vibrations of objects on the speakers, pure sound waves, feedbacks, tones coming from trumpet, accordion, electronics, and laptop, culminating in the creation of a muscular frenetic soup of tense energy fields.

Karayorgis / McBride / Gray: The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project
Karayorgis / McBride / Gray:
The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project

(Driff Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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The long-running Boston trio of Pandelis Karayorgis on piano, Nate McBride on bass and Luther Gray on drums explore the music of Hasaan Ibn Ali through four compositions transcribed by Karayorgis from Hasaan's so-called "lost" Atlantic album Metaphysics, interleaved with six of the band's favorite tracks from Thelonious Monk and three tracks from Monk peer Elmo Hope.

Leandre / Mitchell / Van Der Schyff: Before After
Leandre / Mitchell / Van Der Schyff:
Before After

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $16.95    




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Live recordings from Roundhouse Community Center in Vancouver of the intense and enchanting dialog of bassist Leandres, flautist Nicole Mitchell, and percussionist Dylan van der Schyff.

Meyer, Sabina / Marco Dalpane : Cabaret Per Nulla
Meyer, Sabina / Marco Dalpane :
Cabaret Per Nulla

(ANTS Records -- Italy )


Price: $12.95    




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Pianist Marco Dalpane and soprano Sabina Meyer create a virtual cabaret of songs using the music of Erik Satie and John Cage, interlacing pieces by each in a delicate set of songs that draw the two composers together through a surprising commonality, the lyrics provided from texts written by J. Peladan, C. Mendes, H. Pacory, J.P. Contamine de Latour, &c.; lovely.

Mezei, Szilard / Albert Markos Duo: KOD
Mezei, Szilard / Albert Markos Duo:
KOD

(FMR -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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Improvised duos between Serbian violist Szilard Mezei and Hungarian cellist Albert Markos, for more than 15 years, with two previous albums recorded (Korom (Creative Sources, 2008), and "Der" (Bandcamp, 2016), this third album presents 5 interconnected works of subtle and impressive technique as the two string players trade approaches in a fascinating conversation.

Mori, Ikue / Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Prickly Pear Cactus
Mori, Ikue / Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura:
Prickly Pear Cactus

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Extending their previous collaborations during the time of pandemic, NY electronic improviser Ikue Mori and Japanese improvisers Natsuki Tamura on trumpet and Satoko Fujii on piano developed this extraordinary ea-improv album via file exchange, starting with Fujii's piano improvisations to which Mori & Tamura added their layers, with Mori mixing the final, startling results.

Perelman, Ivo & Matthew Shipp (w/ William Parker): The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 1 Titan
Perelman, Ivo & Matthew Shipp (w/ William Parker):
The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 1 Titan

(Leo Records -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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For more than 20 years Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and New York pianist Matthew Shipp have collaborated in a diverse set of projects that have led to more than 30 albums; this first volume of 6 albums brings the two together with frequent collaborator William Parker for a 6 part work, fittingly dedicated to Saturn's largest moon, "Titan".

Sun Ra And His Arkestra: Saturn XIII [10-inch VINYL]
Sun Ra And His Arkestra:
Saturn XIII [10-inch VINYL]

(Presspop -- Japan )


Price: $23.95    




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A collection of Sun Ra recordings from the 1970s to 80s, from a small pressings on Sun Ra's own Saturn label and now public for the first time - "Just Friends" live (alongside an unreleased, intimate living room solo recordings of the same), plus "Under the Spell of Love" from the Just Friends album, and a previously unissued and Sun Ra's only known recording of "Cherokee".

Total Music Association: Walpurgisnacht
Total Music Association:
Walpurgisnacht

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $15.95    




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The first two tracks of this album reissue & remaster the 1971 self-released album by the German free jazz band Total Music Association of Hans-Jorg Hussong on (saxophones), Wilfried Eichorn (clarinet & sax), Andreas Boje (trombone), Erich Schroder (viola), Helmut Zimmer (piano), Matthias Boje (double bass) and Rudi Theilmann (drums), along with a 1988 studio session.

Yamamoto, Eri Trio: Redwoods
Yamamoto, Eri Trio:
Redwoods

(Aum Fidelity -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Pianist Eri Yamamoto with her regular trio of bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi, beautiful and melodic jazz with subtlety and finesse.

Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio <i>[Used Item]</i>
Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson:
Live / Studio [Used Item]

(Bead -- UK )


Price: $10.00    




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The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs.




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