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Perelman, Ivo / Gerry Hemingway: The Apple in the Dark

Label: Leo
Product Code: 13205
Catalog Code: LR 569
Country: UK

Modern jazz giants tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, also playing piano, in an exceptional duo with drummer Gerry Hemingway through 10 improvisations recorded in Brooklyn, NY, 2010.

$15.95

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O'Leary / Kang / Van Der Schyff: Zemlya

Label: Leo
Product Code: 10060
Catalog Code: 507
Country: UK

An incredible Vancouver-Seattle-Cork coming together of three experienced experimental improvisers in a mix of free jazz, free rock, Korean Court Music and electronics.

$15.95

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Namchylak, Sainkho / Nick Sudnick: Not Quite Songs

Label: Leo
Product Code: 13398
Catalog Code: 564
Country: UK

ZGA leader Nick Sudnick meets with extreme vocalist Sainkho Namchylak for 15 parts of "Play", unusual and frightening work of rhythm, sound and vocalization of intense calibre.

$15.95

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Leimgruber, Urs: Chicago Solo

Label: Leo
Product Code: 13401
Catalog Code: 570
Country: UK

Breathtaking solo work from saxophonist Urs Leimgruber using an impressive array of techniques along with circular breathing to create complex, extended and startling statements on the horn.

$15.95

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Douglas, Dave & Keystone: Spark Of Being: Expand

Label: Greenleaf
Product Code: 13463
Catalog Code: GRE-CD-1013
Country: USA

A reinterpretation of the Frankenstein myth marking the 100th anniversary of the first Frankenstein film from trumpeter Dave Douglas and experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison.

$15.95

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Braxton, Anthony: 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (Limited Edition) [4-Cd Set]

Label: Leo
Product Code: 13403
Catalog Code: 572
Country: UK

Saxophonist Braxton in a limited 4 CD set of live concerts with his quartet performing standards from the American Songbook, plus pieces by Monk, McLean, Coltrane, &c.

$54.95

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Stackenas / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres: Wounds Of Light

Label: Creative Sources
Product Code: 13386
Catalog Code: CS178
Country: Portugal

Tense textures and shadowy interplay brought to 'light' from the quartet of father/son Rodrigues, guitarist David Stackenas, and saxophonist Nuno Torres; remarkably subtle sonic improvisation.

$14.95

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Frangenheim, Alexander: The Knife Again

Label: Creative Sources
Product Code: 13384
Catalog Code: CS150
Country: Portugal

Double bassist Alexander Frangenheim, peer to Phil Durrant, Evan Parker, Phil Wachsman, Thomas Lehn, Roger Turner, &c., in a 17 part solo work of gripping and exhilarating playing.

$14.95

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Various Artist: Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol. 3 [3 CDs]

Label: Wergo
Product Code: 13343
Catalog Code: WER 6934
Country: Germany

3rd in the remastered editions of the legendary LP series from the 1960s & '70s, Earle Brown's Contemporary Sound Series with works by Berio, Xenakis, Reynolds, Cage, Brown, &c.

$47.95

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Sun City Girls: 330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond The Rig Veda [3 VINYL LP BOX SET]

Label: Get Back
Product Code: 13405
Catalog Code: GET 718LP
Country: Italy

Partly an ethno-surrealist take on places and forms known, partly a stupefying surreal ethnography of places yet to be discovered, this 3 LP set lovingly reissues the SSG's 2nd double CD from 1996.

$69.96

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Hairy Bones (Brotzmann / Kondo / Pupillo / Nilssen-Love): At Fresnes

Label: PNL
Product Code: 13439
Catalog Code: PNL008
Country: Norway

The frenetic and mind-blowing quartet of Peter Brotzmann, Toshinori Kondo, Massimo Pupillo, and Paal Nilssen Love live in a steaming set from France, 2010.

$16.95

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Fennesz / Daniell / Buck: Knoxville [VINYL]

Label: Thrill Jockey
Product Code: 13342
Catalog Code: THR 246LP
Country: USA

Christian Fennesz, David Daniell and Tony Buck (The Necks) met at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN in 2009 to perform these richly informed and evolving collective improvisations.

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Fennesz / Daniell / Buck: Knoxville

Label: Thrill Jockey
Product Code: 13341
Catalog Code: THR 246CD
Country: USA

Christian Fennesz, David Daniell and Tony Buck (The Necks) met at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN in 2009 to perform these richly informed and evolving collective improvisations.

$14.95

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Mitchell, Nicole Sonic Projections: Emerald Hills

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 13418
Catalog Code: Rog-0027
Country: France

Chicago flautist Mitchell in a quartet with pianist Craig Taborn, saxophonist David Boykin and drummer Chad Taylor playing Mitchell's fascinating compositions of complex twists and turns.

$15.95

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Meier, Tommy Root Down: The Master And The Rain

Label: Intakt
Product Code: 13362
Catalog Code: 181
Country: Switzerland

Reedist and composer Tommy Meier's Root Down is a passionate tribal-percussive heavy band from Switzerland with a large set of players including pianist Irene Schweizer; irresistible new jazz!

$19.95

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Laubrock, Ingrid: Anti-House

Label: Intakt
Product Code: 13359
Catalog Code: 173
Country: Switzerland

German to NY transplant, saxophonist Laubrock in a remarkable quartet with guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist John Hebert, drummer Tom Rainey and pianist Kris Davis.

$19.95

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Allen / Shipp / Morris: Night Logic

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 13419
Catalog Code: Rog-0028
Country: France

The trio of Sun Ra legend, saxophonist Marshall Allen, pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist Joe Morris in 10 trio improvisations of intense density, history and perspective.

$15.95

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Murray / Edwards / Bevan: Boom Boom Cat

Label: Foghorn Records
Product Code: 13354
Catalog Code: FOGCD011
Country: UK

The trio of drummer Sunny Murray, bassist John Edwards and saxophonist Tony Bevan live at The Vortex, a trio that reaches forward and back with ferocious energy.

$15.95

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Golia / Dresser: Live at Lotus

Label: Kadima
Product Code: 13262
Catalog Code: KCR 26
Country: USA

Two virtuoso improvisers met in 2001 - woodwind improviser Vinny Golia and bassist Mark Dresser - to record these 4 amazing live tracks live at Lotus, NYC.

$17.95

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Fabbriciani, Roberto / Robin Hayward: nella basilica

Label: Another Timbre
Product Code: 13366
Catalog Code: at30
Country: UK

Luigi Nono associate Roberto Fabbriciani on hyperbass flute improvising with Berlin-based tuba player Robin Hayward at the Basilica di San Domenico in the Tuscan hilltown of Arezzo.

$15.95

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Bevan / Obermayer / Marks / Lash: A Big Hand

Label: Foghorn Records
Product Code: 13355
Catalog Code: FOGCD012
Country: UK

The quartet of saxophonist Tony Bevan, bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Phil Marks with FURT electronics wiz Paul Obermayer in an intense and forward-leaning live performance at Brookes University.

$15.95

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Davies, Angharad / Axel Dorner: A.D.

Label: Another Timbre
Product Code: 13367
Catalog Code: at31
Country: UK

Incredible, understated improvisation from two masters of the form - Axel Dorner on trumpet and Angharad Davies on violin - in three commanding tracks of atmospheric momentum.

$15.95

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On (Reworked By Fennesz): Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not

Label: Type
Product Code: 13372
Catalog Code: TYPE 062CD
Country: UK

3rd album from French composer Sylvain Chauveau & Chicago percussionist Steven Hess (Haptic, Pan American) under the On moniker, excavations of abstracted experimental sounds, here reworked by Fennesz.

$15.95

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Perelman / Hertlein / Duval: Near to the Wild Heart

Label: Not Two Records
Product Code: 13243
Catalog Code: MW833-2
Country: Poland

Brazilian/Brooklynite saxophonist Ivo Perelman in his 20th year of releasing amazing improvised music, in a trio with bassist Dominic Duval and violinist Rosie Hertlein.

$17.95

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GOL with Charles Hayward: GOL with Charles Hayward [VINYL]

Label: PLANAM
Product Code: 13387
Catalog Code: PLANAM CDG
Country: Italy

The French group GOL meets British drum legend Charles Hayward live at the Festival Sonic Protest for an intense and heavily grooved set, beautifully packaged in a limited LP.

$26.95

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Brillans, Narki: Narki Goes Into Orbo' [VINYL]

Label: War Extensions
Product Code: 13391
Catalog Code: WEX 013LP
Country: Italy

A mysterious 1981 cassette masterpiece from Narki Brillans from the "It's War Boys" catalogue, available now on LP, remastered from the original tapes by Narki himself.

$26.95

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Anderson, Vijay: Hardboiled Wonderland

Label: Not Two Records
Product Code: 13281
Catalog Code: MW836-2
Country: Poland

Bringing together two working trios, drummer Vijay Anderson heads this 6 piece with saxophonist Sheldon Brown, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, guitarists Ava Mendoza and John Finkbeiner, and vibraphonist Smith Dobson V.

$17.95

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Amado / Ho Bynum / Hebert / Cleaver: Searching For Adam

Label: Not Two Records
Product Code: 13282
Catalog Code: MW837-2
Country: Poland

An incredible quartet of free jazz players in the height of their powers playing a music that mixes bop and straight ahead principles with avant and modern techniques.

$17.95

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Zorn, John; Masada String Trio: Haborym: The Book Of Angels V. 16

Label: Tzadik
Product Code: 13307
Catalog Code: TZA-CD-7384
Country: USA

The 16th release in John Zorn's series "The Book of Angels" reworking the Masada songbook, here with the Masada String Trio of Greg Cohen, Mark Feldman, and Erik Friedlander.

$13.95

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Zorn, John & Foreman, Richard: Ontological-Hysteric Theater Volume 2 Astronome [DVD]

Label: Tzadik
Product Code: 13306
Catalog Code: TZA-DV-3010
Country: USA

Drawing upon Alchemical and Mystical imagery, this DVD presents Richard Foremans modern theatre work and dynamic staging of John Zorn's opera "Astronome", a revolution in opera/music-theater.

$24.95

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