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Squidco's Clean Feed $12.00 Sale
Squidco Clean Feed $10 Sale

In light of the 11 recent Clean Feed and Shhpuma releases from Portugal's amazing improvisation label (see our New Releases section), we've reduced the price of 78 single CDs on the Clean Feed and Shhpuma labels to just $10 each! That's a savings of up to $5 per title! But hurry, because some quantities are limited, and this sale ends Sunday, June 16th!

In-stock items only, sold out items will disappear from store during the sale. Orders must be placed through our shopping cart. Price shown is discounted price. Sale items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points. Sale ends Sunday, June 16, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST. While quantities last.



 
4 Corners (Vandermark / Lane / Broo / Nilssen-Love): S/T
4 Corners (Vandermark / Lane / Broo / Nilssen-Love):
S/T

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock
All Included (Kuchen / Johansson / Aleklint / Strom / Ostvang): Satan in Plain Clothes
All Included (Kuchen / Johansson / Aleklint / Strom / Ostvang):
Satan in Plain Clothes

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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With members from Angles, Universal Indians, Frode Gjerstad Trio, Friends and Neighbors, &c. the quintet of Martin Kuchen (sax), Thomas Johansson (trumpet), Mats Aleklin (trombone), Jon Rune Strom (bass) and Tollef Ostvang (drums) play modern, energetic jazz that kicks Satan's ass; highly recommended!

Almeida / Duynhoven / Klein: Vibrate in Sympathy
Almeida / Duynhoven / Klein:
Vibrate in Sympathy

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The Netherlands trio of Tobias Klein on reeds, Goncaio Almeia on double bass, and Martin van Duynhoven on drums, is inspired by all kinds of adventurous music of the last 50 years, on this album including compositions for Henry Threadgills, Oliver Lake, and Ornette Coleman.

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.

Arguelles, Julian Trio: Ground Rush
Arguelles, Julian Trio:
Ground Rush

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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British tenor saxophonist Julian Arguelles in a trio with NY drummer Tom Rainey and bassist Michael Formanek, a strong group feel led by one of contemporary jazz' unique voices.

Attias, Michael: Credo
Attias, Michael:
Credo

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Attias, Michael: Spun Tree
Attias, Michael:
Spun Tree

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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His first studio album since 2004, alto saxophonist Michael Attias returns to the epic forms of his "Credo" release, presentng 8 new compositions with his band of Ralph Alessi, Matt Mitchell, Sean Conly and Tom Rainey

Attias, Michael: Twines of Colesion
Attias, Michael:
Twines of Colesion

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Alto saxophonist Michael Attias leads this quintet with Tony Malaby on tenor and soprano, Russ Lossing on piano, John Hebert on bass and Staoshi Takeishi on drums performing live at the Jazz ao Centro Festival.

Baloni: Belleke
Baloni:
Belleke

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A New York-born trio of European free improvisers, bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst, and viola player Frank Loriot present a unique orchestration that blends contemporary compositional forms with free improvisation in sublime ways.

Carvalhais, Hugo (Pifarely / Pinto / Cymerman / Pifarely): Grand Valis
Carvalhais, Hugo (Pifarely / Pinto / Cymerman / Pifarely):
Grand Valis

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bassist and composer Hugo Carvalhais in an album hinting at chamber jazz with Dominique Pifarely's extraordinary violin work, but taking the music into unusual territory with his own keyboards, electronics, and by Jeremiah Cymerman's electronic manipulations.

Carvalhais, Hugo: Particula
Carvalhais, Hugo:
Particula

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Following his successful "Nebulosa" debut CD, Portuguese bassist Hugo Carvalhais augments his trio of Gabriel Pinto (keys) and Mario Costa (drums) with French soprano saxophonist Emile Parisien and violinist Dominique Pifarely.

Clark, Scott 4tet (Clark / Ralston / Miller / Scott): Bury My Heart
Clark, Scott 4tet (Clark / Ralston / Miller / Scott):
Bury My Heart

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Jazz drummer and composer Scott Clark leads his Richmond, VA 4Tet of Cameron Ralston (bass), Jason Scott (sax) and Bob Miller (trumpet) on a lyrical and passionate suite exploring Clark's Native American roots, referencing Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee".

Coclea: Coclea
Coclea:
Coclea

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Clean Feed's side label Shhpuma presents a solo release from multi-instrumentalist Guilherme Goncalves (Gala Drop), dreamy and informed guitar-driven music borrowing from kosmische musik, Edgar Froese, or Loren Connors, in gorgeously paced lush instrumental music.

Convergence Quartet (Bynum / Einsenstadt / Hawkins / Lash): Song / Dance
Convergence Quartet (Bynum / Einsenstadt / Hawkins / Lash):
Song / Dance

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, drummer Harris Eisenstadt, pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash converge for 9 pieces of avant-jazz and free music.

Costa, Simao: ANO PRE CAU TION PER CU SSION ON SHORT CIRCUIT
Costa, Simao:
ANO PRE CAU TION PER CU SSION ON SHORT CIRCUIT

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Portuguese composer and pianist Simao Costa in an album of solo prepared piano in the style of John Cage, using transducers, speaker & objects, paced like a Morton Feldman composition, balancing tones and percussive sound in exquisite compositions.

Crump, Stephan / James Carney: Echo Run Pry
Crump, Stephan / James Carney:
Echo Run Pry

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bassist Stephan Crump (Vijay Iyer Trio) and pianist James Carney performing together in fluid duos that assimilate many musical languages and approaches.

De Beren Gieren plus Susana Santos Silva: The Detour Fish (Live in Ljubljana)
De Beren Gieren plus Susana Santos Silva:
The Detour Fish (Live in Ljubljana)

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Performing live at the 2014 Ljubljana Jazz Festival, this piano jazz trio led by Fulco Ottervanger with Lieven Van Pee on bass and Simon Segers on drums performed with special guest Susana Silva for a lyrical set of creative free improv borrowing from a variety of styles.

Deux Maisons: For Sale
Deux Maisons:
For Sale

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Deux Maisons (Two Houses) is a chamber jazz quartet bringing together French and Portuguese players of the current generation: from France, 2 brothers, Theo & Valentin Ceccaldi (violin and cello); from Portugal, Luis Vicente (trumpet) & Marco Franco (drums).

Dresser, Mark  / Harkins, Ed / Schick, Steven: House of Mirrors
Dresser, Mark / Harkins, Ed / Schick, Steven:
House of Mirrors

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Clever and sublime improvisations based on odd meters, tricky tempo relations and challenging passages, engaging and satisfying music from three masters.

Dresser, Mark: Unveil
Dresser, Mark:
Unveil

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock
Eisenstadt, Harris: Guewel
Eisenstadt, Harris:
Guewel

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Drummer Eisenstadt in a NY based African influenced quintet with trumpeters Taylor Ho Bynum and Nate Wooley, Mark Taylor on French Horn and Josh Sinton on baritone sax.

Empty Cage Quartet: Gravity
Empty Cage Quartet:
Gravity

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The Empty Cage Quartet in 2 compositions that incorporate improvisational systems based on harmonic palindromes & melodic sequences derived from the cycles of the Mayan calendar

Evans, Peter Quartet: Live in Lisbon
Evans, Peter Quartet:
Live in Lisbon

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Trumpeter Evan's Quartet with Ricardo Gallo, Tom Blancarte and Kevin Shea at the 2009 Jazz em Agosto Festival brilliantly restructuring jazz standards into collective compositions.

Fields, Scott / Matthias Schubert: Minaret Minuets
Fields, Scott / Matthias Schubert:
Minaret Minuets

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Frequent collaborators Fields and Schubert on electric guitar and tenor saxophone performing innovative and virtuosic material in ways that sound much larger than a duo setting would imply.

Friends and Neighbors: Hymn For A Hungry Nation
Friends and Neighbors:
Hymn For A Hungry Nation

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Taking their band name from an Ornette Coleman album, this European quintet presents new compositions in the style of Ornette, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and John Carter, ecstatic free jazz with a hard bop foundation, extended with modern technique and experience.

Gama, Joana / Luis Fernandez: Quest
Gama, Joana / Luis Fernandez:
Quest

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Classical pianist Joana Gama and live electronic processing artist Luis Fernandes bridge compositional and experimental forms in this lyrical work, where Fernandes transforms, dissects, loops and otherwise mutates the Gama's playing in unexpected and elegant ways.

Gonzalez, Dennis NY Quartet, : Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (At Tonic)
Gonzalez, Dennis NY Quartet, :
Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (At Tonic)

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock

Dallas based Dennis Gonzalez with three stellar New York improvisers in an oustanding set including the 6 part Arikanu Suite, live at Tonic, NYC in 2003.

Gonzalez, Dennis / Joao Paulo: So Soft Yet
Gonzalez, Dennis / Joao Paulo:
So Soft Yet

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The second duo release between trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez and pianist and accordionist Joao Paulo Estevez da Silva, a beautiful album of winter moods with Sefardic overtones, introspective and reflective improvisation.

Grunen (Kaufmann / Landfermann / Lillinger): Pith and Twing
Grunen (Kaufmann / Landfermann / Lillinger):
Pith and Twing

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The second release from Germany's Grunen Trio of Achim Kaufmann on piano, Robert Landfermann on double bass and Christian Lillinger on drums, a superb and forward-thinking piano trio using prodigious talent in eccentric ways, resolving to lyrical and rewarding improvisation.

Haker-Flaten New York Quartet, Ingebrigt (McPhee / Wooley / Morris): Now Is
Haker-Flaten New York Quartet, Ingebrigt (McPhee / Wooley / Morris):
Now Is

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten is joined by key improvisers Joe McPhee (sax), Joe Morris (guitar) and Nate Wooley (trumpet) for this improvised studio recording, free improvisation with the influence of swing and blues.

Hauf Sextet, Boris: Next Delusion
Hauf Sextet, Boris:
Next Delusion

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Berlin-based saxophonist Boris Hauf's sextet with Keefe Jackson (sax), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Frank Rosaly (drums), Steve Hess (drums & electronics) and Michael Hartman (drums) in 4 extended pieces of boiling intensity.

Hebert, John Trio: Spiritual Lover
Hebert, John Trio:
Spiritual Lover

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bassist Hebert's Trio with French pianist and synth player Benoit Delbecq and drummer Gerald Cleaver, expansive and spacious jazz with a beautiful spirituality.

Hertenstein / Niggenkemper / Heberer: HNH
Hertenstein / Niggenkemper / Heberer:
HNH

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The German born NYC-based trio of quarter-tone trumpeter Thomas Heberer, drummer Joe Hertenstein and bassist Pascal Niggenkemperer, bringing European perspectives to jazz with a NY flavor.

Hertenstein, Joe HNH (Hertenstein / Niggenkemper / Heberer): [2nd release]
Hertenstein, Joe HNH (Hertenstein / Niggenkemper / Heberer):
[2nd release]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Drummer Joe Herteinstein's followup to his 1st Clean Feed HNH album from his New York trio with Pascal Niggenkemper on bass and Thomas Heberer on cornet, adding a New York attitude to European modern jazz, with oustanding playing using a mix of traditional and inventive approaches.

Hocevar, Dre Trio (De Looze / St.Louis / Hocevar / Pluta): Coding of Evidentially
Hocevar, Dre Trio (De Looze / St.Louis / Hocevar / Pluta):
Coding of Evidentially

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A multinational jazz trio using compositional and improvisational approaches, led by drummer Dre Hocevar, with Bram De Looze on piano, and Lester St. Louis on cello, plus NY electronics artist Sam Pluta providing signal processing on the title track.

Holshouser Trio, Will / Bernardo Sassetti: Palace Ghosts and Drunken Hymns
Holshouser Trio, Will / Bernardo Sassetti:
Palace Ghosts and Drunken Hymns

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock

Accordionist and Braxton protege Holshouser's Trio with pianist Bernardo Sassetti play jazz incorporating world musics like cajun, klezmer, tango, gypsy songs, &c.

Humcrush (Storlokken / Stronen): Enter Humcrush
Humcrush (Storlokken / Stronen):
Enter Humcrush

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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After a six year break the Humcrush duo of Stale Storlokken on keys and Thomas Stronen on drums & electronics return with this studio album of rhythmic angularities and experimental sound worlds, drawing on their experiences with bands including Supersilent, Food, Elephant9, Time is a blind guide, Meadow and Motorpsycho.

Implicate Order, The : At Seixal
Implicate Order, The :
At Seixal

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock

The very first album from Portugal's impressive Clean Feed Records is this live album at Auditorio do Forum Cultural do Seixal from the trio of Steve Swell on trombone, Ken Filiano on bass and Lou Grassi on drums, joined by Paulo Curado on alto sax and Rodrigo Amado on baritone sax, a significant concert merging free players from two nations with profound influence on jazz music.

Johnston, Darren: Edge Of The Forest
Johnston, Darren:
Edge Of The Forest

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bay area trumpeter and bandleader Johntson in a set of original compositions performed with Ben Goldberg, Sheldon Brown, Devin Hoff and Smith Dobson.

Levin, Daniel Quartet: Friction
Levin, Daniel Quartet:
Friction

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Cellist Daniel Levin Quartet leads his quartet with Nate Wooley on trumpet, Matt Moran on vibes, and Torbjorn Zetterberg on bass, in open-minded modern compositions that blend jazz, chamber, and experimental improvisation of reserved and riveting character.

Levin, Daniel Quartet: Organic Modernism
Levin, Daniel Quartet:
Organic Modernism

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock

Daniel Levin's quartet with trumpeter Nate Wooley, vibraphonist Matt Moran and bassist Peter Bitenc, modern and organic improvisation with incredible technique and aesthetic.

Lightcap, Chris Bigmouth: Epicenter
Lightcap, Chris Bigmouth:
Epicenter

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bassist Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth features 2 saxophonists--Chris Cheek and Tony Malaby, Craig Tabor on keys and Gerald Cleavers on drums, in 8 melodic tracks inspired by landmarks of NYC and influenced by jazz tradition, West African music, pop hooks, and more.

Lightcap, Chris' Big Mouth: Deluxe
Lightcap, Chris' Big Mouth:
Deluxe

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bassist Lightcap's Bigmouth with Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek & Andrew D'Angelo on sax, Craig Taborn on keys and Gerald Cleaver on drums, NY jazz with remarkable rapport and prowess.

Lopes, Luis  (Lopes / Amado / Gonzalez / Gonzalez): Humanization 4tet
Lopes, Luis (Lopes / Amado / Gonzalez / Gonzalez):
Humanization 4tet

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Debut recording for Portugese guitarist Luis Lopes' Humanization 4Tet with Rodrigo Amado on tenor sax, exciting free-form jazz with a powerful rhythm section.

Lopes, Luis Lisbon Berlin Trio: The Line
Lopes, Luis Lisbon Berlin Trio:
The Line

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Portugese electric guitarist Luis Lopes with his Berlin Trio of Robert Landfermann on double bass and Christin Lillinger that balances dark tonal work with kicking free improvisation, somewhere between ea-improv and free jazz, a mysterious and absorbing release.

Lopes, Luis: Lisbon Berlin Trio
Lopes, Luis:
Lisbon Berlin Trio

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Genre-crossing improvisation with a jazz basis and far-reaching influences from guitarist Luis Lopez and his Berlin Trio of bassist Robert Landfermann and drummer Christian Lillinger.

Made to Break (Daisy / Hoff / Kurzmann / Vandermark): Provoke
Made to Break (Daisy / Hoff / Kurzmann / Vandermark):
Provoke

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock

The result of a three day series of concerts by Ken Vandermark's new project with electronicist Christoff Kurzmann, electric bassist Devin Hoff and drummer Tim Daisy, taking new directions by following the principles of "modular organization".

Malaby, Tony: Tamarindo Live
Malaby, Tony:
Tamarindo Live

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Saxophonist Tony Malaby's incredible Tamarindo trio with William Parker on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums is transformed to a quartet with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, performing live in NYC, 2010.

Mcphee, Joe / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA
Mcphee, Joe / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten:
Brooklyn DNA

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A project about the rich jazz history of Brooklyn, NY, recorded in that burrough by NY saxophonist Joe McPhee & bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, referencing Putnam Central, The Blue Coronet, Sonny Rollins, and Brooklyn itself.

Morris, Joe / Vandermark, Ken / Gray, Luther: Rebus
Morris, Joe / Vandermark, Ken / Gray, Luther:
Rebus

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock
Nabatov, Simon / Mark Dresser: Projections
Nabatov, Simon / Mark Dresser:
Projections

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The 1st meeting between Simon Nabatov on piano (inside and out) and double bassist Mark Dresser, recorded live at the Loft in Cologne in 2014, for a remarkable dialog of empathetic communication, outrageous technique and dynamic exchange from two authoritative players.

Neto Quartet, Alipio C.: The Perfume Comes Before The Flower
Neto Quartet, Alipio C.:
The Perfume Comes Before The Flower

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Lisbon saxophonist and composer Alípio Neto in exciting free and hard bop sessions with New Yorkers Herb Robertson, Michael Thompson, and Ken Filiano.

Niggenkemper, Pascal Vision 7: Lucky Prime
Niggenkemper, Pascal Vision 7:
Lucky Prime

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




Out of Stock

NY based German-French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper in a European septet with reedist Frank Gratkowski, pianist Eve Risser, violist Frantz Loriot, vibraophonist Els Vandeweyer, voicals Emilie Lesbros, and drummer Christian Lillinger recording at the Loft, Cologne.

Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse
Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen):
Firehouse

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen (Zanussi 5, Bushman's Revenge, Puma, &c.) leads his new Acoustic Unity trio of Petter Eldh on double bass and Andre Roligheten (Albatrosh) on sax through 8 tightly conceived original jazz compositions with contributions from all 3 players.

O'Gallagher, John Trio: Dirty Hands
O'Gallagher, John Trio:
Dirty Hands

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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New York alto saxophonist O'Gallagher's trio with Jeff Williams and Masa Kamaguchi recording during their tour through France and Portugal.

Ozo: A Kind of Zo
Ozo:
A Kind of Zo

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Acoustic free improvisation with an ea-attitude, improvising drummer/percussionist Pedro Oliveira (Bernardo Sassetti) and classical pianist Paulo Mesquita used prepared instruments in a dialog that contrasts solid rhythmically melodic piano progressions with a mix of propulsive percussion, deep resonant tones, environmental timbre, and percussive interventions.

Pao: Pao
Pao:
Pao

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The Portugese trio of Pedro Sousa (sax), Tiago Sousa (keys & percussion) and Travassos (tapes and electronics), using amplified objects and circuit bending amidst acoustic and electric sources that blends melodic sound sources in rich and unexpected ways.

Parque: The Earworm Versions
Parque:
The Earworm Versions

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Intermedia artist Ricardo Jacinto with Nuno Torres (sax), Ricardo Jacinto (cello), Andre Sier (electronics), Dino Recio (percussion), Nuno Morao (percussion, melodica) and Joao Pinheiro (percussion, vibes) in a structured improvisation in an electro-acoustic environment.

 
Pinton / Kullhammar / Zetterberg / Nordeson:
Chant

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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An amazing jazz quartet with saxophonist Alberto Pinton and Jonas Kullhammar (Moserobie Music), music inspired by the 50s & 60s Blue Note style with a 21st century edge.

Raon, Eduardo: On the Drive For Impulsive Actions
Raon, Eduardo:
On the Drive For Impulsive Actions

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Portugese harpist Eduardo Raon uses harp, daxophone, electronics, voice & percussion to create dramatic music that applies his classical training to improvisational methods, using real-time electronic processing to create encompassing yet intricate and unusual sonic environments.

RED Trio + Nate Wooley: Stem
RED Trio + Nate Wooley:
Stem

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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NY trumpeter Nate Wooley and Portugal's Red Trio (Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernani Faustino & Gabriel Ferrandini), recorded after their live performance at the 2010 Clean Feed Festival in NYC; powerful and thought-provoking modern improvisation.

Revis, Eric's 11:11, : Parallax
Revis, Eric's 11:11, :
Parallax

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Eric Revis (double bass, composition) brings together Ken Vandermark (sax, clarinet), Jason Moran (piano), and Nasheet Waits (drums) for his new avant-garde quartet, 11:11, a jazz supergroup with a stellar first album.

Roebke, Jason: Every Sunday
Roebke, Jason:
Every Sunday

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The music of bassist Jason Roebke and his trio of guitarist Matthew Schneider and drummer Marcus Evan is rooted in the leader's solid bass work and the tasteful and informed lyrical freedom of his sidemen, as heard in this live performace Chicago's Hungry Brain.

Sa, Joana & Luis Jose Martins: Almost a Song
Sa, Joana & Luis Jose Martins:
Almost a Song

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A beautiful collaboration between Luis Jose Martins on classical guitar, percussion & electronics, and Joan Sa on piano, toy piano, celestra, idiophones & electronics, gentle music that's nearly a song, but actually sophisticated, textured, and lovely contemporary improvisation.

Sharp, Elliott: Octal: Book Two
Sharp, Elliott:
Octal: Book Two

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $12.95    




Out of Stock

Guitarist Sharp's 2nd volume of his "Octal" project realized on a custom Koll 8-string electroacoustic guitarbass; complex solo work with amazing technique and captivating creativity.

Sousa / Berthling / Ferrandini: Casa Futuro
Sousa / Berthling / Ferrandini:
Casa Futuro

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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With members from Fire!, Red Trio, Amado Motion Trio, &c., the trio of Pedro Sousa (sax), Johan Berthling (bass) and GabrielFerrandini (drums) push the envelope in free improvisation that is energetic, argumentative, restless, and ultimately extremely intelligent.

Trespass Trio: Bruder Beda
Trespass Trio:
Bruder Beda

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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The 2nd Trespass Trio CD with Martin Kuchen (alto and baritone), Per Zanussi (bass) and Raymond Strid (drums and percussion), jazz music with a narrative drive from 3 powerful players.

Van Huffel, Peter / Sophie Tassignon: HuffLiGNoN
Van Huffel, Peter / Sophie Tassignon:
HuffLiGNoN

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Vocalist Sophie Tassignon & saxophonist Peter Van Huffel in a series of improvisations showing an intimate dialog amidst Tassignon's uniquely inventive vocal styling.

Van Huffel's, Peter Gorilla Mask: Bite My Blues
Van Huffel's, Peter Gorilla Mask:
Bite My Blues

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A driving album of hard rocking jazz with a blues bite from saxophonist Peter Van Huffel and his power trio of bassist Roland Fidezius & drummer Rudi Fischerlehner, recorded live during their 2013 Canadia tour.

Felizardo, Filipe: Guitar Soli for the Moa and the Frog
Felizardo, Filipe:
Guitar Soli for the Moa and the Frog

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $12.95    




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The third solo venture for Lisbon-based guitarist and visual artist Filipe Felizardo, performing without effects and loops over a lush and spare framework, for a "ghost blues meditation" in 8 movements of focused, beautifully paced and sonically oriented playing.

da Rocha, Maria: Beetroot & Other Stories
da Rocha, Maria:
Beetroot & Other Stories

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Using violin, viola, synth and effect pedals, Portuguese string player Maria da Rocha creates rich environments of sound and unusual rhythmic structures over which she plays with subtlety and transcendence, in her first solo album, using her unique language as she tells the story of a beet and a witch, inspired by Odyssey Ulysses and Circe from Cortazar.

Double-Basse (Petit / Duboc): This is Not Art
Double-Basse (Petit / Duboc):
This is Not Art

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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French free improvisers Benjamin Duboc (double bass) and Jean-Luc Petit (contrabass & clarinet) in a moody album of bass tones, deep harmonics and rich timbral interaction with beautiful pacing that rises in confrontation and then descends back to artful darkness.

Goncalves, Andre: Currents and Riptides
Goncalves, Andre:
Currents and Riptides

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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Andre Gonvalves, known for the ADDAC System brand of modular synthesizers and several devices for electronic music, in a solo album combining analog and digital sounds and tools, processing of field recordings and ready-made materials, a rich and beautiful work.

Left Exit (Feat Michael Duch / Klaus Holm): Mr K
Left Exit (Feat Michael Duch / Klaus Holm):
Mr K

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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This progressive/folk/jazz/improv/experimental/psych quartet from Norway covers a diverse set of approaches to improvisation, from textural, minimalistic and radically abstract, like something AMM would play, using graphic and written notation.

Loriot, Frantz / Manuel Perovic Notebook Large Ensemble: Urban Furrow
Loriot, Frantz / Manuel Perovic Notebook Large Ensemble:
Urban Furrow

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot's large ensemble drawn from 5 nations in an excellent set of compositions that employ a diverse set of approaches, slyly drawing the listener into unique and encompassing sound worlds of remarkable elements and superb improvisation.

Sa, Joana: Elogio Da Desordem (In Praise of Disorder)
Sa, Joana:
Elogio Da Desordem (In Praise of Disorder)

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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Composer, pianist and multi-instrumentals Joana Sa gives voice to texts by Goncalo M. Tavares as read by Rosinda Costa, where the text organizes the thoughts that filter the multiple, disorderly, eccentric, voluble mind described in Tavares' work.

Snik: Metasediment Rock
Snik:
Metasediment Rock

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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SNIK IS led by trombonist Kristoffer Kompen and bassist Ole Morten Vagan, who provide the compositions for their quartet with saxophonist Kristoffer Berre Alberts and drummer Erik Nylander, in an album that ranges from meditative free playing to hard swinging bop oriented jazz.

Velkro (Simon / Meidell / Candeias): Don't Wait for the Revolution
Velkro (Simon / Meidell / Candeias):
Don't Wait for the Revolution

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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A multi-national trio from Slovenia (Bostjan Simon-sax), Norway (Stephan Meidell-guitar, bass & electronics) and Portugal (Luis Candeias-drums) bringing a diverse set of modern influences including electronics, alternative rock and sound/noise to excellent free improvisation.



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