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February 27, 2026

"I am just pleased with two sticks, and that's it.
I like to make the best and the weirdest music out of that.
That is my goal."
— Han Bennink



 Essential Artists

• Aries House Zaes
• Derek Bailey/Han Bennink/Evan Parker
• Lao Dan/Vasco Trilla
• Double Helix Quartet (Jackson Jr./Ali/Harris/Ra)
• duo B. (Lisa Mezzacappa/Jason Levis)
• Art Edmaiston/Chad Fowler w/ Bob Moses/Damon Smith/Clifford Jackson
• Carol Genetti/Peter Maunu
• Arkady Gotesman
(w/ Nate Wooley/Charles Gayle/Mark Sanders/
Liudas Mockunas/Martin Kuchen/Ned Rothenberg)
• Jackson/Wilkerson/Baker/Ali/Ra
• David James's GPS
• Koyoltzintli and Friends
• Lindorff-Ellery, Evan
• Lindorff-Ellery, Evan/Naomi Juniper
• Look Both Days (Dessel/Hall/Jackson Jr./Sugimoto/Tate)
• Tony Lugano/Frank Rosaly
• Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish)
• Bobby Naughton Trio (w/ Joe Fonda/Randy Kaye)
• Whisker (Ben Baker Billington/Andrew Scott Young/
Chris Corsano/Lia Kohl/Norman Long)

 Essential Labels

Amalgam
Disseminated Light and Sound Recordings
Editions Verde
Fou Records

 Mahakala Music
NoBusiness
Queen Bee Records
Utech Records


 New Releases
   Jazz & Improvisation

Bailey, Derek / Han Bennink / Evan Parker: Topographie Parisienne (Dunois, April 2nd, 3d & 4th, 1981)[4CDs]
(Fou Records)

The second edition of this essential box set corrects the recording date and resequences the performances, as the trio of guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Evan Parker, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink are heard in an amazing evening of performance at 28 rue Dunois, in Paris, France, in duo and trio configurations, exploring material similar to Parker's "Topography of the Lungs".
 
Squidco Pick
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Dan, Lao / Vasco Trilla: New Species
(NoBusiness)

Classically trained yet bound by neither jazz nor tradition, Lao Dan joins master percussionist Vasco Trilla at Old Heaven Books in Shenzhen, China for a fiercely attuned duo where tenor saxophone, DIY and Chinese flutes meet textured drums and percussion in seven spontaneous explorations that shift from meditative restraint to high energy abstraction in a uniquely expressive statement of free improvisation.
   
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Double Helix Quartet (Jackson Jr. / Ali / Harris / Ra): Double Helix Quartet
(Amalgam)

Recorded live at Elastic Arts in Chicago, Double Helix Quartet finds Fred Jackson Jr., Ishmael Ali, Bill Harris and Avreeayl Ra in compact, highly responsive conversation, as alto saxophone, cello, drums and flute intersect in rhythmic propulsion, textural depth and incisive group invention, yielding a vivid, incisive document of Chicago-led collective improvisation.
   
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duo B. (Lisa Mezzacappa / Jason Levis): Incomplete, Open
(Queen Bee Records)

Inspired by Sol LeWitt's Incomplete Open Cubes, Bay Area duo B. — bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Jason Levis — translate the artist's serial logic into a system of modular compositions and improvisations, shaping asymmetrical grooves, bowed-bass textures and expanded drumset sonorities into a dynamic drums-and-bass dialogue that balances structural rigor with spontaneous interplay.
 
Squidco Pick
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Edmaiston, Art / Chad Fowler w/ Bob Moses / Damon Smith / Clifford Jackson: Memphis Mandala
(Mahakala Music)

Recorded live at Crosstown Arts in Memphis in March 2024, this concert brought together Art Edmaiston, Chad Fowler, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, Damon Smith and Clifford "Pee Wee" Jackson for a spiritually charged free jazz session that channels a deep Southern lineage, blending blues-rooted intensity with fearless collective improvisation into a cohesive, dramatic and wholly spontaneous performance.
 
Squidco Pick
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Genetti, Carol / Peter Maunu: Gleaners
(Amalgam)

Blurring genre boundaries with stream-of-consciousness spontaneity, vocalist Carol Genetti and string player Peter Maunu shape a richly textured, improvised duo of deconstructed voice, electronics and processed strings, as violin, guitar and mandolin intertwine with haunting vocal abstractions in cinematic, quick-shifting explorations that move from delicate sound studies to deranged noise gestures.
   
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Gotesman, Arkady (w/ Nate Wooley / Charles Gayle / Mark Sanders / Liudas Mockunas / Martin Kuchen / Ned Rothenberg): Music For An Imaginary Ballet
(NoBusiness)

Drawing from recordings made between 2000 and 2025 across Lithuania and Latvia, percussionist Arkady Gotesman assembles collaborators including Nate Wooley, Charles Gayle, Mark Sanders, Liudas Mockūnas, Martin Küchen and Ned Rothenberg for a focused set of duos, trios and solo works that trace three decades of chamber-improvised music shaped by fascinating structurs and a deep connection to Vilnius.
 
Squidco Pick
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Jackson / Wilkerson / Baker / Ali / Ra: Ism
(Amalgam)

Fred Jackson, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Ishmael Ali, Jim Baker and Avreeayl Ra forge a dynamic quintet statement balancing methodical melody, relentless woodwind energy, subversive piano turns, resonant cello textures and inescapable rhythmic drive in a vivid document of Chicago collective improvisation, captured live at Chicago's Hungry Brain in 2022.
 
Squidco Pick
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James's, David GPS: Mission Rebel No. 1
(Queen Bee Records)

Inspired by the 1960s Mission Rebels youth movement founded by his father, Rev. Jesse James, Bay Area guitarist David James leads an ensemble of trombone, clarinet, viola, bass, drums and voices in a socially resonant instrumental and song suite that blends chamber textures and improvisation into a reflective, community-rooted work of memory and tribute.
   
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Koyoltzintli and Friends: Wild Fire Clay Percussion Group [CASSETTE W/ DOWNLOAD]
(Disseminated Light and Sound Recordings)

Recorded at Unison Arts in New Paltz in July 2025, Koyoltzintli and workshop participants perform an impromptu ensemble on pit-fired clay slabs alongside congas, whistles and voice, creating a raw, communal percussion work that transforms earth, breath and rhythm into brittle, resonant and spontaneously evolving sound.
   
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Look Both Days (Dessel / Hall / Jackson Jr. / Sugimoto / Tate): Look Both Days
(Amalgam)

Emerging from a first-time meeting at the 2023 Catalytic Sound Festival in Chicago, pianist Erez Dessel convenes Ben Hall, Fred Jackson Jr., Mai Sugimoto and poet Marvin Tate for a volatile, story-driven set where probing vocals, twin woodwinds, driving drums and insistent piano collide in sharp-edged, quick-turn improvisations that balance chaos, lyricism and collective intensity in a gripping live debut.
   
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Mezzacappa, Lisa 5(ish) : othrwrldly
(Queen Bee Records)

Bassist and composer Lisa Mezzacappa leads her Bay Area 5(ish) ensemble — with Aaron Bennett, Kyle Bruckmann, Mark Clifford, Brett Carson, Jordan Glenn and guest Fred Frith — through a meticulously structured yet explosively improvisational suite blending Braxtonian processional lines, chamber-textured atmospheres and surging free interplay into a dynamic, "tight-loose" exploration of contemporary creative jazz.
 
Squidco Pick
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Naughton, Bobby Trio (w/ Joe Fonda / Randy Kaye): Housatonic Rumble (Live At Charlie's Tap)
(NoBusiness)

Balancing clarity with a free-thinking spirit, vibraphonist Bobby Naughton leads his trio with bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Randy Kaye through original works alongside compositions by Anthony Braxton and Carla Bley, captured live at Charlie's Tap in Cambridge, MA in 1985, where lucid melodies, bowed bass lyricism and pointed drumming converge in a poised set that affirms Naughton's singular voice.
   
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Whisker (Ben Baker Billington / Andrew Scott Young / Chris Corsano / Lia Kohl / Norman Long): Trips
(Amalgam)

Whisker — the Chicago duo of modular synthesist Ben Baker Billington and bassist Andrew Scott Young — expand their psychedelic, noise-forged language through collaborations with Chris Corsano, Lia Kohl and Norman W. Long, blending polyrhythmic free jazz propulsion, ambient cello-inflected drift and drum-machine-driven electronic abstraction into three high-voltage sessions.
   
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   Experimental/Electronic

Aries House Zaes: Network Friction [VINYL]
(Editions Verde)

Forged across continents in Amherst, Bern and Shenzhen, Annie Aries, Brian House and Marcel Zaes transform the glitches, delays and temporal distortions of online connection into rigorously structured rhythm, as locked vinyl grooves and network artifacts collide in a tightly choreographed performance that reframes digital failure as percussive invention.
   
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Lindorff-Ellery, Evan / Naomi Juniper: Studio, Creek [CASSETTE W/ DOWNLOAD]
(Disseminated Light And Sound Recordings)

Recorded outdoors along Stony Kill Creek in Wawarsing and in a Mt Tremper studio, Evan Lindorff-Ellery and Naomi Juniper blend acoustic guitar, voice and glass jar with electric guitar, piano and activated objects into intimate yet friction-laced improvisations that merge environmental presence with tactile surface work, balancing fragile song-forms against raw, textural interplay.
   
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Lindorff-Ellery, Evan: Light Sound Falling [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Disseminated Light and Sound Recordings)

Evan Lindorff-Ellery's cassette-length solo sessions, the inaugural release from Disseminated Light and Sound Recordings blend cymbals, electric guitar, digital piano, snare drum and activated objects into patient, textural improvisations that emphasize resonance, tactile surface and gradual transformation, masterfully shaped into an immersive study of sustained tone and subtle sonic decay.
   
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Lugano, Tony / Frank Rosaly: Pistas
(Utech Records)

Rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythmic traditions yet intent on dismantling them, Tony Lugano and Frank Rosaly engage drums and electronics in a dense, dialogic exploration where traditional Caribbean patterns are fragmented into indiscernible matrices and charged sonic fields, transforming percussion into an act of cultural remembrance, resistance and deeply physical free improvisation.
 
Squidco Pick
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The Squid's Ear

The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine,
featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.



Jung-Jae Kim (Kim / Lee / Song / Kim): Shamanism (Relative Pitch)
Jung-Jae Kim (Kim / Lee / Song / Kim): Shamanism (Relative Pitch)

Angles 11: Tell Them It's The Sound Of Freedom (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
Angles 11: Tell Them It's The Sound Of Freedom (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Larry Stabbins / Keith Tippett / Louis Moholo-Moholo: Live In Foggia (Ogun)
Larry Stabbins / Keith Tippett / Louis Moholo-Moholo: Live In Foggia (Ogun)

Camila Nebbia / Kit Downes / Andrew Lisle: Exhaust (Relative Pitch)
Camila Nebbia / Kit Downes / Andrew Lisle: Exhaust (Relative Pitch)

Henry Threadgilll: Listen Ship (Pi Recordings)
Henry Threadgilll: Listen Ship (Pi Recordings)

Natsuki Tamura and Satoko Fujii: Ki (Libra Records)
Natsuki Tamura and Satoko Fujii: Ki (Libra Records)

Remergency (Hirsh / Hollenberg / Sewelson): Wave Benders (Squid Note Records)
Remergency (Hirsh / Hollenberg / Sewelson): Wave Benders (Squid Note Records)

Michael Pisaro-Liu: Within (2) / Appearance (2) (Confront)
Michael Pisaro-Liu: Within (2) / Appearance (2) (Confront)

Alexander Hawkins / Taylor Ho Bynum: A Near Permanent State Of Wonder (RogueArt)
Alexander Hawkins / Taylor Ho Bynum: A Near Permanent State Of Wonder (RogueArt)

Joel Futterman: Absorb (Squid Note Records)
Joel Futterman: Absorb (Squid Note Records)

Joel Futterman: Reflective (Squid Note Records)
Joel Futterman: Reflective (Squid Note Records)

Morton Feldman: GBSR Duo with Taylor MacLennan: Trios [6 CD Box Set] (Another Timbre)
Morton Feldman: GBSR Duo with Taylor MacLennan: Trios [6 CD Box Set] (Another Timbre)



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Adam Bohman / Gen Ken:
Improvised Music
(Tribe Tapes)

John Bruschini:
Cecil Ensorcelled
(Bru Note)

John Bruschini:
Portals
(Bru Note)


Daniel Carter / Steve Hirsh:
Convocation
(Mahakala Music)

Tore Elgaroy / Henry Kaiser:
The Sound of the Stars
(New Noise)

Parminter (Rovira / Santa / Rodenas / Campobasso):
Hiperborea
(Silkheart)


Kenny Wheeler Sextet:
What Was
(False Walls)


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