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March 2012




Abrahams, Chris / Lucio Capece: None Of Them Would Remember It That Way

Label: Mikroton Recordings
Product Code: 15917
Catalog Code: MIKROTON CD 13
Country: Russia

Multi-reedist and sruti box player Lucio Capece and Necks keyboarist Chris Abrahams on FM synth recorded these thoughtful and thought-provoking improvised compositions over two years in Berlin.

$14.95
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Adams, John: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine [CD/SACD]

Label: SFS Media
Product Code: 15903
Catalog Code: SFS 053CD
Country: Austria

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a Hybrid SACD of John Adams' San Francisco Symphony commissioned "Harmonielehre" and the Michael Tilson Thomas commissioned "Short Ride in a Fast Machine".

$25.95
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Agren / Kaiser / Gunn: Invisible Rays

Label: 7D
Product Code: 15970
Catalog Code: 7D1211
Country: USA

A scorching instrumental album from the trio of guitarists Trey Gunn & Henry Kaiser and drummer Morgan Agren, "invisible rays" that pass through "phantasmagoric soundscapes shaped and painted by searing electric guitars and raging bass lines".

$13.95
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Ballister (Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Paal Nilssen-Love): Mechanisms

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15887
Catalog Code: CF 245
Country: Portugal

Chicago and Norway collide in the continuing collaboration of the "free-wheeling trio" of Ballister: Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Paal Nilssen-Love, amazing and forward-thinking free jazz.

$15.95
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Barnyard Drama: Christmas Singalong Volume 6

Label: Barnyard
Product Code: 15893
Catalog Code: BR 0315
Country: Canada

Toronto's Xmas series with an amazing lineup Jean Martin, Christine Duncan, John Southworth, Tania Gill, Kyle Brenders, Justin Haynes, Julia Hambleton, DB Boyko, &c. &c.

$13.95
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Basho, Robbie: Venus In Cancer [VINYL]

Label: Blue Thumb
Product Code: 15883
Catalog Code: BTS 010HLP
Country: USA

Robbie Basho, one of the 1960s acoustic guitar innovators alongside John Fahey and Leo Kottke, in his 1969 guitar classic album, in a gatefold 180 gram reissue exact reproduction.

$17.95
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BassX3: Transatlantic

Label: Leo
Product Code: 15800
Catalog Code: CD LR 625
Country: UK

Three bass instrumentalists - Gebhard Ullman on bass clarinet and bass flute, Chris Dahlgren on double bass, and Clayton Thomas on double bass, improvising on the lower end of the tonal range of chamber music.

$15.45
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Bjorkenheim, Raoul / Bill Laswell / Morgan Agren: Blixt

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15833
Catalog Code: Rune 335
Country: USA

The 1st release by the power trio of bassist Bill Laswell, drummer Morgan Agren, and guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim, with shades of Hendrix, Guru Guru, and Massacre, muscular electric improv for the 21st century.

$14.95
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Bognetti / De Fabritiis / Fochesato / Galinari: Oprachina

Label: Slam
Product Code: 14598
Catalog Code: CD 527
Country: UK

"Oprachina" is made up of the words opra (opera) & china (bowed), meaning alienating, back-breaking work, coined in the early 20th century to represent an equilibrium between written passages and free improvisation.

$10.00
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Bruckmann, Kyle Wrack: Cracked Refraction

Label: Porter Records
Product Code: 15777
Catalog Code: POR 4061
Country: USA

Oboist Kyle Bruckman's sinuous, melodic and often breathtaking compositions are performed with Jason Stein (bass clarine), Anton Hatwich (acoustic bass), Tim Daisy (drums) and Jen Clare Paulson (violin).

$14.95
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Bushman's Revenge: A Little Bit Of Big Bonanza

Label: Rune Grammofon
Product Code: 15681
Catalog Code: RCD 2123CD
Country: Norway

Norway's formidable heavy rocking trio of Even Helte Hermansen on guitar, Rune Nergaard on bass and Gard Nilssen on drums and percussion, 8 intense rock instrumentals including a Sonny Sharrock cover.

$16.95
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Cage, John: The Number Pieces 6 performed by Essential Music

Label: Mode Records
Product Code: 15690
Catalog Code: mode 239CD
Country: USA

Volume 44 in Mode's John Cage Edition has the New York based ensemble Essential Music performing Cage's numbered pieces "Five", "Seven" and "Thirteen", named for the number of musicians participating.

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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Nan Trues Hole Tapes Volume 3 [Used Item]

Label: Ozit
Product Code: 16378
Catalog Code: OZIT 9011CD
Country: UK

These recordings portray Captain Beefheart performing some of his most avant garde live tracks in the 70s, gathered from tape reels of live concerts supplied by John Peel in 2003.

$13.95
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Nan Trues Hole Tapes Volume 3

Label: Ozit
Product Code: 15908
Catalog Code: OZIT 9011CD
Country: UK

These recordings portray Captain Beefheart performing some of his most avant garde live tracks in the 70s, gathered from tape reels of live concerts supplied by John Peel in 2003.

$19.95
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Carrier / Lambert / Lapin: In Motion

Label: Leo
Product Code: 15964
Catalog Code: LEO 623
Country: UK

In December 2010 Francois Carrier went to Russia to play with pianist Alexey Lapin, accompanied by Carrier's regular partner, drummer Michel Lambert, recording an album of stimulating and diverse improvisation.

$15.45
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Chadbourne, Eugene: The Concerto (The Smoke Detector Concerto)

Label: Chadula
Product Code: 15780
Catalog Code: 2012A
Country: USA

The 1st part of Doc Chad's new "Concerto" series features a homemade Smoke Detector in a variety of instrumental settings involving organ, piano, a vintage Martin acoustic, the Bo Diddley Gretsch electric & Doc Chad's large scale percussion ensemble.

$12.95
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Chadbourne, Eugene: The Concerto Part 2 (The Jaguar Concerto)

Label: Chadula
Product Code: 15781
Catalog Code: 2012B
Country: USA

The 2nd part of Doc Chad's "Concerto" series presents a series of multi-tracked extended works for his family of instruments, and is dedicated to Miles Davis and Bekah Shylovski.

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Chicago Underground Duo: Age of Energy [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 15740
Catalog Code: NS 020
Country: USA

Their 6th duo album, cornetist/electronic artist Rob Mazurek & drummer/percussionist/electronic artist Chad Taylor's release is concerned with the balance between controlled and uncontrolled experiences.

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Chicago Underground Duo: Age of Energy

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 15739
Catalog Code: NS 020
Country: USA

Their 6th duo album, cornetist/electronic artist Rob Mazurek & drummer/percussionist/electronic artist Chad Taylor's release is concerned with the balance between controlled and uncontrolled experiences.

$11.95
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Circulasione Totale Orchestra: PhilaOslo [2 CDs]

Label: Circulasione
Product Code: 15880
Catalog Code: CT12
Country: Norway

Frode Gjerstad's genre-bending Circulasione Totale Orchestra with Sabir Mateen, Anders Hana, Louis Moholo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse Marhaug, &c. in a 2 disc set, one each live in 2010 from Oslo, and Philadelphia.

$18.40
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Clarinet Trio, The: 4

Label: Leo
Product Code: 15799
Catalog Code: CD LR 622
Country: UK

The fourth Clarinet Trio release on Leo Records, and the first one in eight years, with Jurgen Kupke on clarinet, Michael Thieke on alto clarinet, and Gebhard Ullmann on bass clarinet.

$15.45
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Claudia Quintet + 1, The: What Is The Beautiful? (Featuring Kurt Elling And Theo Bleckmann)

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15829
Catalog Code: Rune 327
Country: USA

John Hollenbeck's NY jazz quintet with Chris Speed, Matt Moran, Drew Gress & Matt Michell, in compositions with vocalists Kurt Elling and Theo Bleckmann performing the work of American poet Kenneth Patchen.

$14.95
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Clyne, Anna: Blue Moth

Label: Tzadik
Product Code: 15815
Catalog Code: 8084
Country: USA

Anna Clyne is a composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music that blends ambient soundscapes with sonic gestures that morph and collide in ever changing fractal patterns.

$10.00
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Coleman, Ornette: Ornette! [VINYL]

Label: Atlantic
Product Code: 15882
Catalog Code: ATL 1378HLP
Country: USA

Saxophonist Ornette Coleman's 1962 album with Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Ed Blackwell, taking compositional titles from the works of Sigmund Freud while turning tradition on its side without forgetting it.

$14.95
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Coluccino, Osvaldo: Atto

Label: Another Timbre
Product Code: 15698
Catalog Code: at50
Country: UK

Osvaldo Coluccino's "Atto" uses various acoustic objects but no musical instruments or electronic manipulation, here in 5 pieces recorded near Milan, Italy in 2011.

$14.95
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Creshevsky, Noah: Rounded With A Sleep

Label: Pogus
Product Code: 15795
Catalog Code: POGUS 21063
Country: USA

Since 1971 Noah Creshevsky has created astonishing electroacoustic compositions that he terms "Hyperrealism", using found sounds and an exaggerated language, here with 6 compositions on his 1st release for the Pogus label.

$14.95
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Crothers, Connie / David Arner: Spontaneous Suite For Two Pianos [4 CD Box Set]

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 15871
Catalog Code: R0G-037
Country: France

A 4-CD box set of 9 "Spontaneous Sweets", elaborate, magnificent and melodic piano improvisations, recorded by Connie Crothers & David Arner performing in the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, NY.

$34.95
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Dead Cat Bounce (Kohlhase / Ambrosio / Steckler / Sims / Goss / Carbone): Chance Episodes

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15832
Catalog Code: Rune 323
Country: USA

Saxophonist Matt Steckler's sextet with Jared Sims (reeds), Terry Goss & Charlie Kohlhase (sax), Dave Ambrosio (bass) and Bill Carbone (drums), playing exultant jazz with one eye to tradition and one to the future.

$14.95
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Dean's Ninesense, Elton: The 100 Club Concert 1979 [2 CDs]

Label: Reel Recordings
Product Code: 15679
Catalog Code: REELR 024-25CD
Country: Canada

First release of this amazing 1979 concert by saxophonist and composer Elton Dean with his Ninesense band including Harry Beckett, Radu Malfatti, Keith Tippett, Nick Evans, Mark Charig, Louis Moholo and Alan Skidmore.

$23.95
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Dunmall / Gibbs / Rogers: Tribute to Tony Levin

Label: FMR
Product Code: 15858
Catalog Code: FMRCD328-0112
Country: UK

The great, late UK drummer Tony Levin is paid tribute in an album of lovely, unique and oft eccentric compositions performed by a (drumless) trio of peers: saxophonist Paul Dunmall, guitarist Phil Gibbs, and bassist Paul Rogers.

$15.95
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El Doom & The Born Electric

Label: Rune Grammofon
Product Code: 15680
Catalog Code: RCD 2122CD
Country: Norway

Debut from this heavy melodic progressive rock, guitar-driven Norwegian band fronted by singer & guitarist Ole Petter Andreassen with guests Nikolai Eilerston and Starle Storloskken from Elephant9.

$16.95
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ElSaffar, Amir: Inana

Label: Pi Recordings
Product Code: 15877
Catalog Code: PI 41
Country: USA

Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his quintet expand the sonic possibilities of jazz by building on the modal music of the Iraqi maqam, adding a microtonal harmonic and melodic language influenced by the pitch-flexibility of Middle Eastern music.

$12.00
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Ergo (Brett Sroka / Sam Harris / Shawn Baltazor) + Mary Halvorson / Sebastian Kruger: If Not Inerti

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15828
Catalog Code: Rune 339
Country: USA

Electro-acoustic jazz ensemble Ergo in their 3rd album, combining trombone, piano and drums with computers, electronics & prepared piano, here with guests Mary Halvorson on three tracks and Sebastian Kurger on another.

$14.95
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Feldman, Morton: Piano And String Quartet

Label: Bridge Records
Product Code: 15884
Catalog Code: BRIDGE 9369CD
Country: USA

Composed two years before his death, Feldman's "Piano and String Quartet" is a wonderfully impressionistic piece that moves slowly, rendered beautifully by Vicki Ray and the Eclipse Quartet.

$15.95
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Fenn O'Berg: In Hell [VINYL 2 LPs]

Label: Editions Mego
Product Code: 15897
Catalog Code: EMEGO 141LP
Country: Australia

Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke and Peter Rehberg in an album of 5 live recordings from their 2010 Japan tour, in which they forged further west for some wild sets in Beppu and Omuta.

$27.95
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Flaten, Ingebrigt Haker: Birds

Label: Tektite
Product Code: 15867
Catalog Code: TR1201
Country: Norway

Tektite is European improvising bassist Inegbrigt Haker Flaten's new label to release solo and ensemble work; "Birds" presents 5 solo recordings from Grand Sport Studio in Oslo and one live from The Hideout in Chicago.

$12.00
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Flaten, Ingebrigt Haker: Steel

Label: Tektite
Product Code: 15866
Catalog Code: tekSteel
Country: Norway

Bassist Inegbrigt Haker Flaten's Tektite label in its 2nd release, coincidentally presenting the bassist's 2nd-ever solo acoustic album recorded live in concert in Bucharest/Romania, 2011.

$15.95
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General Strike: Danger In Paradise [VINYL]

Label: Staubgold
Product Code: 15862
Catalog Code: STAUBANA 010LP
Country: Germany

Originally released on cassette in 1984 by Touch, this album brings Steve Beresford, David Toop, & David Cunningham together with guest Lol Coxhilll, Dawn Roberts and Maartje Ten Hoorn for a futuristic and oddly humored mosaic of sound.

$17.95
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Gibbs, Michael and the NDR Bigband: Back In The Days

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15835
Catalog Code: Rune 322
Country: USA

Brit-jazz composer and arranger Michael Gibbs in audiophile recordings from 1995-2003 fronting Germany's 18-piece NDR big band in a program of original modern jazz plus three specially arranged classics.

$14.95
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Gjerstad Trio, Frode: Mir

Label: Circulasione
Product Code: 15108
Catalog Code: 14
Country: Norway

The first meeting of saxophonist Frode Gjerstad, bassist Jon Rune Strom and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, performing live at Cafe Mir in Oslo, an amazingly energetic session of great dialog and drive.

$16.95
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Gustafsson / Nilssen-Love / Asmamaw: Baro 101

Label: Terp Records
Product Code: 15751
Catalog Code: TERPIS 019CD
Country: Netherlands

The Ex were in Ethopia in 2010 for their "Free the Jazz" saxophone project, here presenting Mats Gustafsson on baritone saxophone, Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, and Mesele Asmamaw on krar, a stringed bowl-shaped lyre.

$14.95
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Guthrie, Will: Sticks, Stones & Breaking Bones [VINYL]

Label: Antboy
Product Code: 15896
Catalog Code: antboy music11LP
Country: France

Percussionist Will Guthrie (Ames Room) in a solo record that intermeshes timbral and rhythmic concepts that show both technique and an interesting internal logic and sense of exploration.

$23.95
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Guthrie, Will: Sticks, Stones & Breaking Bones

Label: Antboy
Product Code: 15895
Catalog Code: antboy music11CD
Country: France

Percussionist Will Guthrie (Ames Room) in a solo record that intermeshes timbral and rhythmic concepts that show both technique and an interesting internal logic and sense of exploration.

$17.95
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Harrison / Feliciati / Vu / Powell / Weiss: Holy Abyss

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15831
Catalog Code: Rune 334
Country: USA

Holy Abyss is a modern, tuneful and occasionally haunting electric jazz collaboration between guitarist Joel Harrison and bassist Lorenzo Feliciati, with Cuong Vu (trumpet), Roy Powell (keys) and Dan Weiss (drums).

$14.95
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Haslam, George: Once Upon A Time In Argentina [2 CDs]

Label: Slam
Product Code: 14597
Catalog Code: CD 327
Country: UK

A double CD from saxophonist George Haslam: a quartet with 2 percussionists; and The Walter Thiers Memorial Saxophone Quartet, both of which were recorded in Argentina in 2008 and 2010.

$19.95
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Hirsch, Shelley / Simon Ho: Where Were You Then ?

Label: Tzadik
Product Code: 15816
Catalog Code: 7638
Country: USA

Free improvising vocalist and story spieler Shelley Hirsch teams with Simon Ho and a great set of musicians including Tony Buck, David Hofstra, Tomas Ulrich, for an engaging and fascinating set of songs and stories.

$13.95
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If, Bwana / Dan Warburton: I am Sitting in Phill Niblock's Kitchen

Label: Monotype
Product Code: 15764
Catalog Code: mono042
Country: Poland

Dan Warburton created a composition by timestretching Al Margolis's If Bwana work, to which Margolis added a timestretched Warburton piano recording, plus traffic and kitchen noises he recorded in Phill Niblock's kitchen.

$14.95
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Keszler, Eli: Cold Pin [VINYL]

Label: Pan
Product Code: 15900
Catalog Code: PAN 021LP
Country: UK

"Cold Pin" joins Keszler's large string installation with live performance from Eli Keszler (drums, guitar), Geoff Mullen (guitar), Ashley Paul (clarinet, guitar, greenbox), Greg Kelley (trumpet), Reuben Son (bassoon) & Benjamin Nelson (cello).

$25.95
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Kihnoua: The Sybil's Whisper

Label: Metalanguage
Product Code: 15801
Catalog Code: ML-2012
Country: USA

Larry Och's SF-based Kihnoua Quartet quartet with Wilbert DeJoode (bass), Scott Amendola (drums), & vocalist Dohee Lee, a gripping merger of Korean p'ansori folk-singing with modern improvisational forms.

$13.95
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Knuffke & Drye: Leaf Spring

Label: NCM East
Product Code: 15881
Catalog Code: ncmKD
Country: USA

14 trumpet and trombone improvisations using very subtle guidelines and instructions from frequent collaborators Kirk Knuffke and Brian Drye, recording in the studio in Brookln, NY.

$9.95
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Konitz, Lee with Frank Wunsch: Insight: Solos And Duets [Used Item]

Label: Jazzwerkstatt
Product Code: 16143
Catalog Code: Jazzwerkstatt 116
Country: Germany

Nine tracks from two albums that Konitz recorded with German pianist Frank Wunsch in the early 90s - "Into It - Solos and Duos" and "Frank-Lee Speaking" - beautiful soulful jazz dialog between two lyrical masters.

$14.00
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Konitz, Lee with Frank Wunsch: Insight: Solos And Duets

Label: Jazzwerkstatt
Product Code: 15920
Catalog Code: Jazzwerkstatt 116
Country: Germany

Nine tracks from two albums that Konitz recorded with German pianist Frank Wunsch in the early 90s - "Into It - Solos and Duos" and "Frank-Lee Speaking" - beautiful soulful jazz dialog between two lyrical masters.

$14.00
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Krebs, Annette / Magda Mayas / Anthea Caddy: Thread

Label: Another Timbre
Product Code: 15696
Catalog Code: at48
Country: UK

Performing on cello, piano, prepared guitar, tapes, and the mixing desk itself, Anthea Caddy, Magda Maya, and Annette Krebs present two improvisations, one from the studio and one live in Boston.

$10.50
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Kullhammar / Zetterberg / Aalberg: Basement Sessions Vol.1

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15888
Catalog Code: CF 246
Country: Portugal

Following the traditions of the saxophone trio, tenor & baritone player Jonas Kullhammar releases this studio album of irrepressible compositions performed with bassist Tobjorn Zetterberg and drummer Espen Aalberg.

$15.95
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Kupper, Leo: Digital Voices

Label: Pogus
Product Code: 15794
Catalog Code: POGUS 21060
Country: USA

Belgium composer and experimenter Leo Kupper, a peer of Henri Pousseur, in an album of works involving the human voice re-contextualized digitally to create fascinating abstractions on voice and sonority.

$14.95
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L'Ensemble Raye: Ein Fest fur Pu den Baren

Label: Kein & Aber
Product Code: 10423
Catalog Code: 906547-86/EFA 20583
Country: Switzerland

The 4th release from this RIO band descended from Debile Menthol, a studio release of unusual songs based around engaging melodies, ingenious arrangements, and odd sonic embellishments.

$19.95
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L'Ensemble Raye: En Frac!

Label: LabelUsineS
Product Code: 2224
Catalog Code: LUS003
Country: Switzerland

The 3rd album from Switzerland's enchanting L'Ensemble Raye, the successor to Debile Menthol, has founders Cedric Vuille and Jean-20 Huguenin departing the studio and expanding into a touring quintet.

$19.95
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L'Ensemble Raye: Les Contrepoints Cardinaux

Label: Kein & Aber
Product Code: 1091
Catalog Code: 914022
Country: Switzerland

The 6th L'Ensemble Raye release from 2002 has Cedric Vuille and Jean20 Huguenin providing an even share of irresistible and wonderfully melodic compositions, plus a Robert Wyatt cover.

$19.95
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L'Ensemble Raye: Meme en Hiver/Comme un Pinson dans l'eau

Label: AYAA
Product Code: 2223
Catalog Code: Ayaa cdt 0289/Les Disques Rayes 02
Country: Switzerland

European avant-prog band L'Ensemble Raye arose from Switzerland's innovative Debile Menthol, here in their debut album from '89 giving founding members Jean-Vincent Huguenin and Cedric Vuille each a side of compelling and melodic music.

$19.95
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L'Ensemble Raye: Vis-A-Vis Movers

Label: Les Disques Rayes
Product Code: 2225
Catalog Code: 004
Country: Switzerland

The 5th L'Ensemble Raye CD was written for the Movers dance production, which premiered in Zurich in 2011, performed with an expanded band, beautifully melodic music with surprising turns making for a delightful European release.

$19.95
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LHZ + H : Thomas Lehn, Carl Ludwig Hubsch, Philip Zoubek, Franz Hautzinger: Scope

Label: Monotype
Product Code: 15766
Catalog Code: mono044
Country: Poland

Hubsch, Lehn, Zoubek & Hautzinger's approach to improvised music is driven by a mixture of mechanically and electronically generated sounds forming a vividly structured architecture of layers and sonic landscapes.

$14.95
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Lacy Quintet, Steve: Estilhacos (Recorded in Lisbon in 1972)

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15889
Catalog Code: CF 247
Country: Portugal

Steve Lacy's Quintet with Steve Potts, Irene Aebi, Kent Carter and Noel McGhie in this vital and symbolic work for Portuguese jazz, recorded in Lisbon in 1972, 2 years prior to the Carnation Revolution.

$12.00
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Lateef, Yusef / Nicolas Humbert / Marc Parisotto: Roots Run Deep

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 15874
Catalog Code: R0G-038
Country: France

Yusef Lateef provides solo saxophone accompaniment to authors Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto's short stories and poems, using the music Lateef had played during the shooting of the film "Brother Yusef".

$15.95
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Lehman, Steve Trio, feat. Matt Brewer and Damion Reid: Dialect Fluorescent

Label: Pi Recordings
Product Code: 15875
Catalog Code: Pi 42
Country: USA

With his new trio with bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Damion Reid, saxophonist Lehman combines his own original compositions with a full program of works by jazz legends like John Coltrane and Jackie McLean.

$12.00
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Liebman / Eskelin with Tony Marino & Jim Black: Non Sequiturs

Label: Hatology
Product Code: 15653
Catalog Code: 710
Country: Switzerland

Two Liebman originals, Albert Ayler's "Ghosts", and a suite that Ellery Eskelin wrote specifically for this quartet with bassist Tony Marino and drummer Jim Black, allowing the band's energy to be altered by the compositional progressions.

$17.95
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Mastelotto, Pat: Recidivate [2 CDs]

Label: 7D
Product Code: 15969
Catalog Code: 7D1115
Country: USA

A collection of outtakes, rarities and highlights from the past 20 years of King Crimson, XTC and Mr. Mister drummer Pat Mastelotto with friends; 2 CDs focusing on acoustic and electronic drumming.

$14.50
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Mcphee, Joe / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15878
Catalog Code: CF244
Country: Portugal

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.

$12.00
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Mezei, Szilard Vocal Ensemble: Fujj Szel, Zenta, Visshangozz Szel

Label: Not Two Records
Product Code: 15776
Catalog Code: MW 883
Country: Poland

Avant improvisation from violist Szilard Mezei's vocal ensemble, a 10 piece orchestra with two vocalists, performing live at CNESA, Serbia; complex and fascinating music with a mix of unusual and traditional orchestration.

$18.95
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MusicWorks: #112 Spring 2012 [MAGAZINE + CD]

Label: Musicworks
Product Code: 15914
Catalog Code: #112
Country: Canada

Canada's premiere new music magazine, with Philip Glass on the cover, plus articles on Jocelyn Morlock, Farah, D'Eon and Gill, and Olivia Block, and a 12 track CD of works by those and other artists.

$15.95
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Novik, Aaron: Secrets of Secrets

Label: Tzadik
Product Code: 15814
Catalog Code: 8168
Country: USA

Clarinetist/composer/illustrator Aaron Novik in an album with elements of rock, classical, improvisation and world music, performed by Bay Area musicians including Fred Frith, Ben Goldberg, Carla Kihlstedt, &c. &c.

$13.95
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Oram, Daphne: The Daphne Oram Tapes: Volume One

Label: Young Americans
Product Code: 15736
Catalog Code: YOUNGAM 003CD
Country: UK

Founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Daphne Oram died in 2003 leaving a colossal archive of reel-to-reel tapes; this set represents two years mining that archive to create a coherent document of her experimental electronic work.

$20.00
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Orelli 6, Marco von: Close Ties On Hidden Lanes

Label: Hatology
Product Code: 15528
Catalog Code: 709
Country: Switzerland

Trumpeter Marco von Orelli's in a modern jazz sextet with Lukas Briggen (trombone), Lukas Roos (bass clarinet), Michel Witsch (piano), Kaspar von Grunigen (bass) and Samuel Duhsler (drums).

$17.95
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Osborne, Mike Trio with Harry Miller and Tony Levin: The Birmingham Jazz Concert [2 CDs]

Label: Ogun
Product Code: 15942
Catalog Code: SGCD010/011
Country: UK

A double CD of saxophonist Mike Osborne's group with bassist Harry Miller and drummer Tony Levin performing live 1976 at the Warwick Suite, Grand Hotel in Birmingham, driven and innovative UK free jazz from a trio of legends.

$25.95
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Pastor, Stefano & Ari Poutiainen: North South Dial

Label: Slam
Product Code: 15940
Catalog Code: CD 530
Country: UK

Italian violinist and multi-instrumentalist Stefano Pastor and Finnish violinist and educator Ari Poutiainen in a jazz duo of warm and intensely evocative nuances from several atmospheres.

$14.95
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Pateras, Anthony: Errors Of The Human Body [2 VINYL LPs]

Label: Editions Mego
Product Code: 15678
Catalog Code: EMEGO 140LP
Country: Australia

Sound artist Anthony Pateras' soundtrack for a feature film from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics (DE) using strings, winds, brass and percussion performed by Melbourne's Speak Percussion group.

$27.95
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Pateras, Anthony: Errors Of The Human Body

Label: Editions Mego
Product Code: 15677
Catalog Code: EMEGO 140CD
Country: Australia

Sound artist Anthony Pateras' soundtrack for a feature film from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics (DE) using strings, winds, brass and percussion performed by Melbourne's Speak Percussion group.

$15.95
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Perelman, Ivo / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties

Label: Leo
Product Code: 15728
Catalog Code: LEO 630
Country: UK

Ivo Perelman's fifteenth album for Leo Records is a trio with bassist Joe Morris and drummer Gerald Cleaver, performing original group compositions recorded in the studio in NYC.

$15.45
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Quijano Quartet, Antonio: Songs From Another Blue Planet

Label: Slam
Product Code: 15939
Catalog Code: CD 285
Country: UK

The Antonio Quijano Quartet with Paul Dunmall (saxes), Philip Gibbs (guitar), Marco Anderson (piano) is an international collaboration that explores the fringes of improvised music in a variety of settings.

$14.95
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RED Trio + Nate Wooley: Stem

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15891
Catalog Code: CF 249
Country: Portugal

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.

$12.00
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Realisation Trio: Dunmall / Jurd / Bashford: Salt Dolly

Label: FMR
Product Code: 15859
Catalog Code: FMRCD326-0112
Country: UK

The 2nd release from Paul Dunmall's Realisation Trio with bassist Nick Jurd and drummer Jim Bashford, recording original Dunmall compositions at Victoria Rooms Bristol in 2011.

$15.95
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Reverie Duo : Stagioni

Label: Slam
Product Code: 15634
Catalog Code: CD 534
Country: UK

Reverie Duo is the acoustic duo of Valerio Daniele on acoustic guitar and Redi Hasa on cello, whose art is largely drawn from natural influences, here recorded in the atmospheric environment of a fifteenth century chapel.

$14.95
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Ricart Quartet, Edward: Ancon

Label: Slam
Product Code: 15633
Catalog Code: CD 529
Country: UK

The eight freely improvised pieces on this record demonstrate a dynamic group with a powerful, confident sound, as performed by guitarist Ricart, trumpeter Herb Robertson, bassist Jason Ajemian, and drummer Andrew Barker.

$10.00
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Rutherford, Paul & George Haslam with the Samuli Mikkonen Trio: Raahe '99

Label: Slam
Product Code: 15975
Catalog Code: CD 328
Country: UK

A recently discovered live recording of Rutherford and Haslam with the Samuli Mikkonen Trio at Raahe Festival, July 1999, a concert of non-stop improvisation and a fitting tribute to the trombonist's memory.

$14.95
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Sao Paulo Underground (Featuring Rob Mazurek): Tres Cabecas Loucuras

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15834
Catalog Code: Rune 325
Country: USA

The third album by Sao Paulo Underground mixing jazz and electronics by the group of Mauricio Takara (percussion), Rob Mazurek (cornet & electronics), Guilherme Grando (keys), and Richard Ribeiro (drums).

$14.95
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Sharp Trio, Elliott: Aggregat

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15892
Catalog Code: CF 250
Country: Portugal

NY saxophonist/guitarist, composer and conceptualist Elliot Sharps Trio with bassist Brad Jones and drummer Ches Smith using written scores to guide rhythmic and melodic jazz into unlikely and fascinating structures.

$15.95
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Skogen: Ist gefallen in den Schnee

Label: Another Timbre
Product Code: 15695
Catalog Code: at47
Country: UK

A piece by Swedish composer-pianist Magnus Granberg, performed with Angharad Davies, Anna Lindal, Leo Svensson Sander, John Eriksson, Erik Carlsson, Henrik Olsson, Petter Wastberg and Toshimaru Nakamura.

$14.95
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Sorey, Tyshawn: Oblique-I

Label: Pi Recordings
Product Code: 15876
Catalog Code: PI 40
Country: USA

10 compositions from drummer Tyshawn Sorey's creative quartet/quintet repertoire "41 Compositions", created as a series of platforms for improvisation, here performed with Loren Stillman, Todd Neufeld, John Escreet & Chris Tordini.

$14.95
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Stabbins / Riley / Wren / Sanders: St. Cyprians 2

Label: FMR
Product Code: 15966
Catalog Code: FMRCD320-0811
Country: UK

The exceptional free jazz quartet of saxophonist Larry Stabbins, pianist Howard Riley, bassist Tony Wren and drummer Mark Sanders performing 4 extended improvisations of great dialog and dexterity.

$15.95
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Taus (Klaus Filip & Tim Blechmann): Pinna

Label: Another Timbre
Product Code: 15697
Catalog Code: at49
Country: UK

An improvisation for two laptop computers performed by Tim Blechmann and Klaus Filip, recorded live in Vienna at "neue musik in st ruprecht", 2010, contrasting minimal tones with massive bass rumble and frothing frequencies.

$10.50
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Tazartes, Ghedalia: Repas Froid [VINYL]

Label: Pan
Product Code: 15007
Catalog Code: PAN 017LP
Country: UK

Eclectic composer Ghedalia Tazartes' latest is an extraordinary combination of audio fragments juxtaposed against drums, field recordings and mystery noises, sound loops, birdsong, keyboards, unusual vocal work, &c.

$26.95
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Teneleven (Nasuno Mitsuru): Teneleven

Label: Doubtmusic
Product Code: 15972
Catalog Code: dmf-144
Country: Japan

Nasuno Mitsuru (Altered States, Seijaku, Korkyojin, &c) in a new band with two synthesizers, bass, and drums, rock in a Heldon/Tangerine Dream mode using modern electroacoustic principles for richly hypnotic electronic music.

$22.95
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Thinking Plague: Decline and Fall

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 15830
Catalog Code: Rune 320
Country: USA

6th release from RIO-rockers Thinking Plague, adding vocalist Elaine Di Falco and keyboardist Kimara Sajn to long-term members Mark Harris (reeds), Dave Wiley (bass) and Mike Johnson (guitar); superb and sophisticated art-rock.

$14.95
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Toral, Rafael / Davu Seru: Live in Minneapolis

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15890
Catalog Code: CF 248
Country: Portugal

Rafael Toral's Space Program, post-free jazz electronic music, is made manifest in this duo between the electronicist and drummer Davu Seru, performing live in Minneapolis during Toral's 2011 tour of the US.

$15.95
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Various Artists: Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music

Label: Terp African Series
Product Code: 15750
Catalog Code: TERPAS 018CD
Country: Netherlands

A CD-EP extending Terp's "Ililta" CD from 2011 with 2 new tracks, documenting modern Ethiopian dance music combining traditional rhythms and strong dance beat production in exciting, compelling and entrancing music.

$12.95
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Vida, Ben: Esstends-Esstends-Esstends [VINYL]

Label: Pan
Product Code: 15902
Catalog Code: PAN 023LP
Country: UK

In collaboration with Keith Fullerton Whitman and Greg Davis, Ben Vida explores cross-control voltage-integrated improvisation and real-time automatic group composition.

$25.95
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Ward / Hill / Lash / Sanders: Predicate

Label: FMR
Product Code: 15569
Catalog Code: FMRCD318-0811
Country: UK

Alex Ward developed this band to confront the issue of combining composition with improvisation, using free jazz as a touchstone for pieces allowing stylistically unbounded playing, here with an incredible set of players.

$15.95
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Wild Chamber Trio: 10.000 Leaves

Label: Not Two Records
Product Code: 15775
Catalog Code: MW 880
Country: Poland

Free improvisation in a "wild" chamber music setting using modern techniques from Italian soprano saxophonist Gianni Mimmo, Swiss cellist Clementine Gasser and pianist Elisabeth Harnik.

$18.95
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Williams, Davey: Solo Gig: Essential Curiosities in Musical Free Improvisation [BOOK]

Label: Birdfeeder
Product Code: 15879
Catalog Code:

UPC: 9781467911436

Label: Birdfeeder
Squidco Product Code: 15879

Format: BOOK
Condition: New
Released: 2011
Country: USA
Packaging: Book


Country: USA

Collecting guitarist Davey William's essays for the Arcana Series of books on Hips Road (Tzadik), where Williams ponders question regarding free improvisation, sound, and form.

$13.95
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Wire, The: #338 April 2012 [MAGAZINE]

Label: The Wire
Product Code: 15863
Catalog Code: WIRE 338
Country: UK

April 2012 issue with the Wire Tapper CD, articles include artists Oren Ambarchi, Dirty Electronics, Charles Gayle, Tom Moulton, Conlon Nancarrow, Elizabeth Price, Sun Araw, David Toop, Hanna Tuulikki, Nate Wooley, &c.

$8.95
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Zorn, John: The Gnostic Preludes

Label: Tzadik
Product Code: 15885
Catalog Code: 7395
Country: USA

A gorgeous lyrical and hypnotic chamber work by John Zorn in his mystical quest series, performed on harp, vibraphone and guitar by Carol Emanuel, Kenny Wollesen and Bill Frisell.

$13.95
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erikM / Michel Doneda: Razine

Label: Monotype
Product Code: 15765
Catalog Code: mono043
Country: Poland

Using the language of Russian Futurist poet Khlebnikov's Zaoum, saxophonist Michel Doneda and electronicist ErikM take us on a ride with sliding, breaking of rhythmical lines, sudden transformations, textures, and inexplicable sound.

$10.80
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io 0.0.1 beta++ / Park / Coates / Schroeder: io 0.0.1 beta++

Label: Slam
Product Code: 15941
Catalog Code: CD 531
Country: UK

Constructed by Han-earl Park, the machine musician io 0.0.1 beta++ constructed from ad-hoc components including plumbing, kitchenware, speakers and missile switches, performs with its maker, and saxophonists Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder.

$10.00
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