Squidco: Ghost Trees (Nanaa / Bagwell): Universal Topics [VINYL]

Universal Topics [VINYL]

Recording in the Van Gelder studio in NJ, the Ghost Trees Duo of Seth Nanaa on drums and Brent Bagwell on tenor saxophone release an album of nine inventive dialogs, expressive and energetic jazz born from fifteen years working together, from the trio The Eastern Seaboard to their own hard-working duo and recent Ghost Tree Big Band project.

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Personnel:

Seth Nanaa-drums

Brent Bagwell-tenor saxophone

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Label: Future Recordings
Catalog ID: MTM 004
Squidco Product Code: 34818

Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2021
Country: USA
Packaging: LP
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on May 4th and 5th, 2019, by Maureen Sickler.

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"Drummer Seth Nanaa came to New York from Oakland, CA, where he was a member of the emocore/screamo band Indian Summer, and played his share of minimalist, progressive, garage, and experimental musics."

-All Music (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-eastern-seaboard-mn0001598754)
1/26/2026

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Saxophonist Brent Bagwell is known for the groups Ghost Trees, Ghost Trees Big Band, The eASTERN sEABOARD, and has recorded with the group Pyramid, and as a sideman with Jon Lindsay and Doug Gillard.

"Saxophonist Brent Bagwell comes directly from the latter-period John Coltrane/Albert Ayler school of freedom music, upon taking private lessons with Bob Feldman. A product of the Charlotte, NC, scene, Bagwell played with experimental bands Project Bluebird and Fool's Brigade before coming to New York to collaborate with a variety of noise, rock, and collective improvising ensembles, most prominently Pyramid."-All Music

-Squidco 1/26/2026

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Track Listing:

SIDE A

1. Tell Me It's True 05:06

2. Kingfisher 03:48

3. Man of Twists and Turns 03:38

4. Metzabok 03:08

5. G.W. Marks 04:38

SIDE B

1. Universal Topics 05:06

2. Out of the Loop 02:55

3. Distant Episode 03:57

4. Sum of His Misfortunes 03:04

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