October 2013 |
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![]() ElSaffar, Amir: Alchemy (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The latest chapter in trumpeter Amir ElSaffar's continuing investigation into the tonal systems of Middle Eastern cultures within a jazz context, in a quintet with Ole Mathisen (sax), John Escreet (piano), Francois Moutin (bass) & Dan Weiss (drums). |
![]() Filip, Klaus / Dafne Vicente-Sandoval: Remoto (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The minimalist duo of Klaus Fili performing on sinus-waves and Dafne Vicente-Sandoval on bassoon, performed deconstructively and amplified with miniature microphones, in two extended recordings of introspective and austere dialog. |
![]() Kosi: One More Cup of Coffee (Kosi -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Kosi is Akosua Gyebi Sorensen, a New York vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, here presenting a mix of standards and original compositions performed with guitarist Aron Marchak. |
![]() Nakatani, Tatsuya: Present Presence (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani presents thirteen pieces that take the listener on an expedition in the modern use of percussion, beautifully paced with rich sound, unexpected harmonic properties, fascinating punctuation, a mesmerizing journey. |
![]() Vandermark / Gregorio / Bishop / Morris / &c: Pipeline (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock In 2000, saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and curator John Corbett organized a 16-piece free music big-band featuring key members of the Chicago and Swedish scenes, recording these two impressive, ecstatic, and explosive works. |
![]() GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Combines [VINYL] (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The GGRIL is a Canadian ensemble of musicians who experiment with various forms of interactions possible in an orchestra without a conductor, bringing together a dozen musicians from different backgrounds. |
![]() Jackson, Keefe / Hans-Peter Pfammatter: (Sonnenzimmer -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Chicago saxophonist Keefe Jacksonand Swiss pianist Hans-Peter Pfammatter in a contemplative and expressive duo album demonstrating powerful technique and subtle restraint through nine improvisations. |
![]() Mecha Fixes Clock: Beau Comme un Aeroport (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Percussionist Michel F Cote takes his Mecha Fixes Clocks ensemble (Philippe Lauzier-sax, Elwood Epps-trumpet, Jean Rene-sax, Pierre-Yves Martel-feedback, Bernard Falaise-guitar, Guillaume Dostaler-piano) on a compelling audio tour of air travel. |
![]() Wooley, Nate (w/ Ingrid Laubrock, Sylvie Courvoisier & Matt Moran): Battle Pieces (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Battle Pieces" was conceived as a background for an improviser, using linguistics, tape processes & aleatoric concepts to fashion an ever-shifting composition that supplies the soloist with information within the context of an ever-changing series of densities, velocities and silences. |
![]() Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
![]() Dorgon: For Jason Viseltear (Jumbo -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Jason Viseltear, based in NYC, makes violins, violas, and cellos for both contemporary and period / baroque performance. Inexplicably, Mr. Dorgon dedicated this work to him, a piece of sound and noise, perhaps constructed using string instruments; perhaps not. |
![]() Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth). |
![]() Gratkowski, Frank / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton: The Voice Imitator (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock German reeidst Frank Gratkowski in a trio with West Coast percussionist Jerome Bryerton and bassist Damon Smith, in an album of free music that blends the sensibilities of free improv with contemporary compositional music. |
![]() Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |
![]() DKV Trio + Gustafsson / Nilssen-Love / Pupillo: Schl8hof (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Chicago's leading free jazz DKV Trio of Ken Vandermark (reeds), Hamid Drake (drums) and Kent Kessler (bass) are joined by European Free Jazz leaders Mats Gustafsson (reeds), Paul Nilssen-Love (drums) and Massimo Pupillo (bass). |