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  August 2008
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Braxton, Anthony / Milford Graves / William Parker: Beyond Quantum
Braxton, Anthony / Milford Graves / William Parker:
Beyond Quantum

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Three of the most important virtuoso instrumentalists in improvisation in an historic and intense musical meeting, recorded and mixed by Bill Laswell.

Freedman, Lori: a un moment donne
Freedman, Lori:
a un moment donne

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Solo clarinetist Lori Freedman in 13 new pieces of improvisation for soprano and bass clarinets that are vibrant, captivating, and full of texture.

Gahnold Trio, Anders: Flowers For Johnny
Gahnold Trio, Anders:
Flowers For Johnny

(Ayler Records -- France )


Price: $23.95    




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Gauci's, Stephen Stockholm Conference: Live at Glenn Miller Cafe
Gauci's, Stephen Stockholm Conference:
Live at Glenn Miller Cafe

(Ayler -- France )


Price: $23.95    




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Two sets of New York tenor saxophonist Stephen Gauci and an impressive rhythm section playing with alternately Broo Magnus and Mats Aleklint, live at the Glenn Miller Cafe in Stockholm, 2007.

Goldstein, Malcolm / John Heward / Rainer Wiens: Chants caches
Goldstein, Malcolm / John Heward / Rainer Wiens:
Chants caches

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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The trio of Rainer Wiens, John Heward, and composer/ improviser Malcolm Goldstein on guitar, drums, and violin respectively, in their first album.

Lyons, Jimmy: The Box Set
Lyons, Jimmy:
The Box Set

(Ayler -- France )


Price: $79.95    




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Jan Strom, whose devotion to Lyons previously resulted in a 120-page sessionography, has strategically selected material that amounts to five previously unreleased discs of solo and small-group sessions with alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, covering a broad range of dates and groups, each in enough detail to stand on its own, along with a fact-packed 60-page booklet.

Medeski, Martin And Wood: Zaebos: The Book Of Angels Volume 11
Medeski, Martin And Wood:
Zaebos: The Book Of Angels Volume 11

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Medeski Martin and Wood performing John Zorn's lyrical Book of Angels Masada material, twelve exhilarating arrangements that shred and burn with passion.

Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii: Clouds
Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii:
Clouds

(Libra -- Japan )


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With each track named after a type of cloud, Satoko Fujii and partner Natsuki Tamura's delicate and engaging impressionistic colors and rumblings.

Tamura, Natsuki Quartet: Exit
Tamura, Natsuki Quartet:
Exit

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $18.95    




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Tamura, Natsuki Quartet: Hada Hada
Tamura, Natsuki Quartet:
Hada Hada

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Thunderous and intense free improvisation from Natsuki Tamurao's Quartet with Satoko Fujii playing sythesizer. 2003 release, first time in stock at Squidco.

Tsahar, Assif / Cooper-Moore / Drake, Hamid : Lost Brother
Tsahar, Assif / Cooper-Moore / Drake, Hamid :
Lost Brother

(Hopscotch Records -- USA )


Price: $15.95    




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This incredible trio rip it apart deconstructing grooves, rhythms and sounds in a powerful mix of interwining sax, twinger & diddly bow (bass) and drums.

Les Granules: Au Royaume du Silencieux
Les Granules:
Au Royaume du Silencieux

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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The duo of Jean Derome and Rene Lussier on their third album of composition and improvisation that was recorded live with no overdubs.

Curtis Clark Trio: Taagi
Curtis Clark Trio:
Taagi

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $15.95    




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Taagi - which takes its title from the Apache word for "three" - is Dutch based pianist Clark's first trio recording with bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer Stefan Gonzalez.

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.

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.

Les Poules: Hetu, Labrosse, Roger: Phenix
Les Poules: Hetu, Labrosse, Roger:
Phenix

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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24 miniature works from the fantastic and intense improvising trio of Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse and Danielle Palardy Roger, inspired by the eternal revival of the legendary Phoenix.

Rives, Stephane: Fibres
Rives, Stephane:
Fibres

(Potlatch -- France )


Price: $14.95    




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"Fibres" brings together seven circular-breathing soprano sax solos, grouped by Rives into 3 categories including high-pitched tones, breathy emissions and unpitched respiratory flows.

Copland, Marc: Marc Copland And...
Copland, Marc:
Marc Copland And...

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $19.95    




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Tsahar / Maneri / Black: Jam
Tsahar / Maneri / Black:
Jam

(Hopscotch Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Three creative young musicians in New York Tsahar, Mat Maneri and Black in a trio of warmly orchestrated free improv with witty restraint in extended conversation.

Fernandez, Agusti / Peter Kowald : Sea Of Lead
Fernandez, Agusti / Peter Kowald :
Sea Of Lead

(Hopscotch Records -- USA )


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The duo of late bassist Peter Kowald and inside-and-out pianist Agusti Fernandez in a set of extraordinary energetical, rhythmic and irrepressible improvisations.

Jorgensmann Quartet, Theo: To Ornette - Hybrid Identity
Jorgensmann Quartet, Theo:
To Ornette - Hybrid Identity

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Jorgensmann, Theo / Koltermann, Eckard: Pagine Gialle
Jorgensmann, Theo / Koltermann, Eckard:
Pagine Gialle

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii : How Many?
Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii :
How Many?

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Westbrook / Rossini: Westbrook-Rossini
Westbrook / Rossini:
Westbrook-Rossini

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Mike & Kate Westbrooks 1986 album of Gioacchino Rossini interpretations, with Lindsay Cooper on sopranino sax, huge works that impart improv and humor into magnificent compositions.

Jorgensmann Quartet, Theo: To Ornette - Hybrid Identity <i>[Used Item]</i>
Jorgensmann Quartet, Theo:
To Ornette - Hybrid Identity [Used Item]

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $14.50    




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Jorgensmann, Theo / Koltermann, Eckard: Pagine Gialle <i>[Used Item]</i>
Jorgensmann, Theo / Koltermann, Eckard:
Pagine Gialle [Used Item]

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $14.50    




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Fernandez, Agusti / Liudas Mockunas: Improdimensions [VINYL]
Fernandez, Agusti / Liudas Mockunas:
Improdimensions [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




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During the 2019 concert series dedicated to improvised music, "Improdimensija", Catalan pianist Agusti Fernández met with Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockunas in the MAMAstudio in Vilnius to record the two part, 3 sections-each "Improdimensions", a masterwork of piano and sax dialog of incredible technique and taste, from rapid runs to profoundly impressionist sections.

Freedman, Lori & Scott Thomson: Plumb
Freedman, Lori & Scott Thomson:
Plumb

(Barnyard -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A recording of wide-ranging, freely improvised solos and duets by Montreal clarinetist and bass clarinetist Lori Freedman & Toronto trombonist Scott Thomson.

Gadt, Anna / Zbigniew Chojnacki / Krzysztof Gradziuk: Renaissance Gesualdo [2 CDs]
Gadt, Anna / Zbigniew Chojnacki / Krzysztof Gradziuk:
Renaissance Gesualdo [2 CDs]

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


Price: $19.95    




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An epic journey in free vocal improvised music from the trio of vocalist Anna Gadt with Zbigniew Chojnacki on accordion & live electronics and Krzysztof Gradziuk on drums, performing live in the studio in Nieport, Poland, with arrangements, deconstructions and original music by Anna Gadt, along with the theme from "Monumentum pro Gesualdo" by Igor Stravinski.

Golding, Binker / John Edwards / Steve Noble: Moon Day [VINYL - Limited Edition]
Golding, Binker / John Edwards / Steve Noble:
Moon Day [VINYL - Limited Edition]

(Byrd Out -- UK )


Price: $26.95    




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UK saxophonist Binker Golding (Binker & Moses) in a new trio with the powerful rhythm section of frequent collaborators, double bassist John Edwards and drummer Steve Noble, in a commanding album of free playing with titles referencing Coltrane, conveying a strong sense of both 60s and modern free playing throughout, propelled by tight and near-telepathic interaction.

Lyons, Jimmy : Push Pull [2 CDs]
Lyons, Jimmy :
Push Pull [2 CDs]

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


Price: $17.95    




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Originally issued on the Hat Hut label as a 3-LP set, this 1978 recording of Cecil Taylor compatriot, saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, performing live at Collective for Living Cinema in New York in a unique band with Karen Borca (bassoon), Munner Bernard Fennel (cello) and Roger Blank (drums).

Rivers, Sam Trio: Archive Series. Volume 6 - Caldera
Rivers, Sam Trio:
Archive Series. Volume 6 - Caldera

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $15.95    




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Continuing NoBusiness' archive series of late reed & wind player Sam Rivers, this wild and sophisticated concert from 2002 was recorded at the Freeport-McMoRan Theatre in New Orlean's Contemporary Arts Center, by the long-standing Sam Rivers Trio with Doug Matthews on upright & electric bass and bass clarinet, and Anthony Cole on tenor sax & piano.

Tamura, Natsuki / Fujii, Satoko: Chun
Tamura, Natsuki / Fujii, Satoko:
Chun

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Intricately melodic and wonderfully ecstatic duos from trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii improvising on 9 Fujii compositions.

Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii / Ramon Lopez: Mantle
Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii / Ramon Lopez:
Mantle

(Not Two -- Poland )


Price: $15.95    




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While on a tour of Japan in 2019, Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and Spanish drummer Ramon Lopez asked trumpeter Natsuki Tamura to join them, and to join in a challenge to write a new piece of music for the trio each day while on tour; this studio album selects the finest of those compositions, performed with nearly telepathic control in a mix of fire and lyrical beauty.

Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii: MUKU
Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii:
MUKU

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Trumpeter Tamura and pianist Fujii return to the duo they've been recording for more than 15 years to explore a more quiet and lyrical side of their collaboration by reimagining compositions originally written for Tamura's Gato Libre quartet.

Trzaska, Mikolaj / Olie Brice / Mark Sanders: Riverloam Trio [2 LPs]
Trzaska, Mikolaj / Olie Brice / Mark Sanders:
Riverloam Trio [2 LPs]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $34.95    




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Since the late 80s saxophonist and bass clarinetist Mikolaj Trzaska has been a leader in the Polish free improvisation scene, heard here in this hard-blowing studio album with UK drummer Mark Sanders and Dunmall side-kick bassist Olie Brice.

West, Brodie Quintet: Meadow of Dreams [VINYL]
West, Brodie Quintet:
Meadow of Dreams [VINYL]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $18.95    




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The third release from the Toronto-based Brodie West Quintet of Evan Cartwright on drums, vibraphone & guitar, Josh Cole on bass, Nick Fraser on drums, Tania Gill on piano and Brodie West on alto saxophone, performing Brodie's uniquely inclusive and sometimes atypically metered compositions, leading to fascinating solo and group interplay from reflection to fire.

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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