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![]() Evans, Peter / Tom Blancarte: [sparks] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock NYC trumpeter Peter Evans and bassist Tom Blancarte play very experimental improvisation pushing the boundries, density and speed of free improv interaction. |
![]() Forsyth, Chris / Wooley, Nate: The Duchess of Oysterville (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Haker-Flaten New York Quartet, Ingebrigt (McPhee / Wooley / Morris): Now Is (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten is joined by key improvisers Joe McPhee (sax), Joe Morris (guitar) and Nate Wooley (trumpet) for this improvised studio recording, free improvisation with the influence of swing and blues. |
![]() Mazurek, Rob: Mother Ode (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An emotional solo concert performed at Chicago's Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery, an ode to Mazurek's mother a few months after her passing, on cornet, flutes, bells, books, maracas, apples, and little electronics, in a touching and beautiful celebration of her life. |
![]() Ulher, Birgit / Leonel Kaplan: Stereo Trumpet (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recordings of two German trumpeters--Birgit Uhler and Leonel Kaplan--both using extended techniques and modern instrumental language, splitting their recordings between the left and right channels for clarity in their fascinating and unconventional dialogs. |
![]() Wooley, Nate: Wrong Shape to be a Story Teller (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Ballou, Dave : Solo Trumpet (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Baltimore brass player and composer Dave Ballou, know for Either/Orchestra, Meridian Art Ensemble, John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble, Satoko Fujii ensembles, &c, in an intimate, diverse, and informed solo album performed on Bb trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, and mutes. |
![]() Wassermann, Ute / Birgit Ulher: Radio Tweet (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock The long-standing duo of trumpeter Birgit Uhler, also on radio, speaker & objects, and free improvising vocalist Ute Wasserman, in an album of 8 unbelievable improvisations of a unique and sometimes bizarre character, holding one's attention from its outlandish nature--superb! |
![]() Frith, Fred / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bay Area trumpeter Darren Johnston meets improvising guitar legend Fred Frith for an incredibly well-paced series of duos, remarkable improv that uses space, skill, extended techniques and unexpected approaches to both instruments in vivid and beautiful discourse. |
![]() Smith, Wadada Leo: Red Chrysanthemums | Solos 1977 (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Unreleased for more than 39 years, these remarkably creative live solo performances on trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, steelophone, percussion and gongs from improvisor and composer Wadada Leo Smith were recorded in Los Angeles in 1977, during his visionary Kabell Records years. |
![]() McPhee, Joe : Alone Together: The Solo Ensemble Recordings 1974 & 1979 (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock In 1979 Joe McPhee, working with CJR produced Craig Johnson, recorded this set of overdubbed recordings of himself performing on saxes, trumpet and flugelhorn over original compositions showcasing solo, duo, trio and quartet contexts, an album of virtual McPhee ensembles! |
![]() Thomson, Scott: Heures Indues (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Co-founder of the Association of Improvising Musicians in Toronto (AIMToronto) and a member of The Rent, Scott Thomson presents a solo trombone release of explorative approaches to the instrument, masterful work from one of Canada's leading improvisers. |
![]() Forge, Mathias / Olivier Toulemonde: pie 'n' mash (Another Timbre -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Virtuosic French-based trombonist Mathias Forge and Brussels-based electroacoustic composer-turned improviser Olivier Toulemonde recording live in Sheffield, 2010. |
![]() Elks, The (Kai Fagaschinski / Liz Allbee / Billy Roisz / Marta Zapparoli): This Is Not The Ant (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extremely balanced group of electroacoustic improvisers, Kai Fagaschinski on clarinet and Liz Allbee on trumpet make up the acoustic side, though sounding as electronic and other-worldly as Billy Roisz on e-bass and electronics and Marta Zapparoli on reel-to-reel tapes and tape machines, creating incredibly wide-ranging and psychedelic sonic environments. |
![]() Un Coup de Des (Barriere / Sainz): Volcan Evaporado (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two women in a duo of voice and amplified objects, Lali Barrier using a variety of devices that are clearly micro-amplifed and mixed in performance, as Marta Sainz intones vocal sounds, never speaking but creating innuendo and drama at a cautious pace, allowing Barrier's objects to interact, creating an unusual sonic environment of unpredictable and interesting discourse. |
![]() Sirius (Tembe / Trinite): Acoustic Main Suite Plus The Inner One (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautifully complex album of resonant improvisation from Swazi born trumpeter Yaw Tembe, who is committed to bring Africa to the Portuguese free music scene, Yaw, along with Paris veteran percussionist/objects manipulator Monsieur Trinitee, blend patient sonic environments with percussive platforms and both meditative and scrabbly trumpet work; an absorbing release. |
![]() Filip, Klaus / Dafne Vicente-Sandoval: Remoto (Potlatch -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() 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. |
![]() Tamura, Natsuki Quartet: Hada Hada (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Thunderous and intense free improvisation from Natsuki Tamurao's Quartet with Satoko Fujii playing sythesizer. 2003 release, first time in stock at Squidco. |
![]() Blaser, Samuel / Gerry Hemingway: Oostum [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fantastic album of free improvisation between two creative and versatile players captured live at Kerkje van Oostum, Groningen, The Netherlands in 2015--percussionist Gerry Hemingway and trombonist Samuel Blaser--both using immense talent and unorthodox approaches to their instruments as they shift from unexpected atmospheres to lyrical richness. |
![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Eduardo Chagas: Holes and Cracks (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock A lowercase duo of intense focus and concentrative dialog from Creative Sources label leader Eernesto Rodrigues on viola and trombonist Eduardo Chagas, a member of IKB, Variable Geometry Orchestra, Suspensao, &c., through five recordings using primarily extended techniques and close proximity miking to create unusual textural and alien soundcscapes of great tension and release. |
![]() Zanuttini, Flavio : La Notte (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Italian jazz trumpeter Flavio Zanuttini (Abbey Town Jazz Orchestra) in a solo album exploring the relationship between the primordial sensoriality and vision of the Underworld, conceived and presented through extended techniques and often peculiar approaches to the trumpet as he tells his unusual tale of epic times. |
![]() Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of musical "mobiles" from European composer Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, sonic transformations of the visual experiences of Alexander Calder's dynamic sculptures. |
![]() Turbulence: Amorphous Solids (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Turbulence is the extended horn section for the Leap of Faith Orchestra, a varying-sized ensemble, recording here at Boston area's Outpost 196 as a quartet with PEK on reeds, Bob Moores on trumpet and Dan O'Brien on sax, clarinets & flutes, all playing an assortment of percussive devices, with Leap of Faith core member Yuri Zbitnoff as a dedicated percussionist. |
![]() Knuffke, Kirk / Ben Goldberg: Uncompahgre (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two extraordinary players from two coasts--clarinetist Ben Goldberg from the West and cornetist Kirk Knuffke from the East--in an exuberant duo of lyrical and virtuosic free jazz that astonishes the listener with the ease of their interactions in both parallel and contrasting lines, supporting the other as they express themselves uniquely; an impressive achievement! |
![]() Bonneau, Michel / John Heward / Scott Thomson : 4x3 (Tour de Bras -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock An unusual mix of instruments from the Montreal trio of percussionist Michel Bonneau on congas & balafon, John Heward on drums, and Scott Thomson on trombone, all members of Ratchet Orchestra and Heward's Murray Street Band, in an album of active and uniquely layered confident rhythmic floors over which Thomson freely plays with remarkable technique. |
![]() Evans, Peter / Weasel Walter: Poisonous (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Poisonous" is an auditory hallucination created with simple tools--acoustic trumpet and drums--from NY free improvisers Peter Evans and Weasel Walter, presenting seven pieces of forceful, modern abstraction, blurring the lines between composition and improvisation in a display of impeccable technical skill, mindboggling energy, and wonderfully twisted inspiration. |
![]() Bopp, Christiane: Noyau de Lune (Fou Records -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A tour-de-force of solo improvisation from French trombonist Christiane Bopp, flawlessly captured by sound engineer Jean Marc Foussat, as Bopp transforms her instrument through technical skill, lyrical ability, and unusual technique, creating virtual duets, furtive expression, and thundering emotion, an absolutely impressive example of modern trombone language. |
![]() Kaikou (Yoshino / Natsuki Tamura): Kaikou (Oniva -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock An intimate and unique collaboration between two far-ranging Japanese performers--Yoshino, also known for her work in Japanese underground rock, here on biwa (a short-necked fretted lute) and voice; and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii collaborator and Gato Libre leader--presenting exotic narratives in song using instrumental intervention of ardent improvisation. |
![]() Neuser, Nikolaus / Carlos Quebrada: Toxicodendron Radicans (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording in New York at the Omi International Arts Center in 2018, the duo of German trumpeter Nikolaus Neuser and Brazilian bassist Carlos Eduardo Quebrada Vasquez, Quebrada expanding his bass through electronics, capture an inventive and active set of dialogs, rich in technical skill and continually surprising through twists and turns; action-packed and inspired. |
![]() Bishop, Jeb / Matthias Muche: Duo (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two trombones free improvising in the studio in Koln from the Duo of Chicago's Jeb Bishop and Cologne's Matthias Muche, both members of the trombone trio Bone-Crusher with Matthias Muller, this album recorded in the studio in Koln just before Bone-Crusher's "Konzert Fur Hannes" (NotTwo), elucidating this facet of the trio in 10 insightful dialogs of awesome technique and wit. |
![]() Thomson, Scott: Murray - Trombone Solos (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Trombonist Scott Murray (Monicker, AIMToronto) performed this installment of his "Trombone Solos at Odd Hours" series by paying homage after the passing of his friend, painter and drummer John Heward, recording this concert at Heward's studio in his home on Murray Street in Montreal, in a far-ranging and emotional solo performance of fascinating technique and expression. |
![]() Olencki, Weston: Solo Works (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock New York City-based trombonist/composer Weston Olencki, specializing in the performance and production of experimental music & art, presents four compositions for brass instruments exploring a sound-based and psychoacoustic approach to solo performance, applying extended instrument preparations and fundamental principles of sound synthesis to this acoustic medium. |
![]() Vergara, Benjamin / Fred Frith: Fanfarrisimo [VINYL] (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording in Chile at the University Austral in 2018, trumpeter Benjamin Vergara and guitarist Fred Frith take us on two extended journeys through free electroacoustic improvisation, Frith's providing diverse and intense sonic environments over which Vergara's virtuosic and intuitive approach to the trumpet soars; impressive, creative, cathartic. |
![]() Polyorchard (David Menestres / Jeb Bishop): Ink [2 CDs] (Out & Gone Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A remarkable set of duos recorded live at three concerts during April 2019 in Bloomington IN, Nashville, TN and Columbus, OH, between Polyorchard leader, double bassist David Menestres, and trombonist Jeb Bishop, two free improvisers using extended and unusual approaches to their instruments as a means to fascinating dialog as they engage their listeners. |
![]() Fine, Milo / Joseph Damman: Acceptance Of Sorrow (Aural Terrains -- UK / EU ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock An album off free improvisations culled from the long-running Minneapolis duo of amplified acoustic guitarist Joseph Damman and multi-instrumentalist Milo fine, recorded in concert at Studio Toile d'Angles in 2018, with Fine performing on percussion, a Bosendorfer imperial piano, B-flat clarinet & marimba, for 8 pieces of explorative and accomplished dialog. |
![]() Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() 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). |
![]() Wooley, Nate / Torben Snekkestad : Of Echoing Bronze (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two trumpeters--Nate Wooley from New York City, and Torben Snekkestad from Norway, also performing on soprano sax--met in Copenhagen in 2015 for this live concert "KoncertKirken--Blagards Plads", a monumental meeting of exploratory and investigative improvisation, using unusual and unorthodox techniques on their instruments to present 3 unique and singular dialogs. |
![]() Schindler / Kepl: Fabulierblattchen (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Track titles are borrowed from Friederike Mayröcker for their "concentrated word acrobatics and linguistic sensuality", and apt analogy to the duo of Udo Schindler on clarinets & cornet, and Irene Kepl on violin, who are recorded live at the 95th Salon für Klang+Kunst Krailling in Munich, 2019, in a set of 9 delicately virtuosic dialogs that use extended and unusual techniques. |
![]() Ragin, Hugh: Sound Pictures for Solo Trumpet (Hopscotch Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock David Murray, Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell associate Ragin in a solo trumpet album of intense strategies that also pays tribute to Braxton, Miles and Leo Smith. |
![]() Schindler, Udo / Jaap Blonk: Lakefront Discussions (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Extremely well paired in their unusual approaches to their instruments both acoustic and electronic, this live recording between Udo Schindler on reed & brass instruments and Jaap Blonk improvising with his voice and using computer electronics, results in eight diverting and inspired recording of extreme creative approaches and impressive technical skill. |
![]() Dorner, Axel / Toshimaru Nakamura: In Cotton and Wool (Ftarri -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Meeting in sound artist and vocalist Yan Jun's studio in Berlin in 2017, trumpeter Axel Dörner and no-input mixer artist Toshimaru Nakamura recorded these four active and bristling improvisations, Dörner using every inch of his instrument and treating it with electronics to create the controlled chaos and richly jarring recordings that make up this, their 2nd album together. |
![]() Moffett, Joe: Stress Positions (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The title referencing police tactics used to subdue a suspect, the 2nd solo album from NY trumpeter Joe Moffett finds the imporoviser approaching the instrument with atypical technique and a sense of sonic power in five engrossing works of technical prowess and creative imagination, producing "mangled, oscillating, chittering noises, a collision of muscle, bone, and metal". |
![]() Dorner, Axel: Untitled [3''CD] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $9.85 ![]() ![]() In Stock A companion of sorts to the Euphorium release from Leimgruber/Turner/Dorner/da Boff/Flesh, London/Leipzig/Luzern, trumpeter Axel Dörner breaks off solo for an extended improvisation recorded at the same studio on the same day in Leipzig, employing his unique approach to the instrument in an 18-minute exploration of tone, timbre, and unexpected brass utterance. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Imaginary Perspectives (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The core duet of the Leap of Faith Orchestra of David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice are joined by Evil Clown regular, Bob Moores on trumpet, guitar, electronics & percussion, the excitement evident as the trio performed together live in the studio the first time after pandemic vaccinations. |
![]() Richards, Steph / Joshua White: Zephyr (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring the sonic and visual territory of water, centering on concepts of metamorphoses and breathing underwater, pianist Joshua White and trumpeter & flugelhorn player Steph Richards also employ resonating water vessels and percussion as they present three fluid and introspectively fathomed works in multiple movements: "Sacred Sea"; "Sequoia"; and "Northern Lights". |
![]() Allbee, Liz: Rille (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Berlin trumpeter Liz Allbee's solo work focuses on the interaction of voice, extended approaches to her instruments, which includes her self-designed quadrophonic trumpet, electronics and acoustic homemade instruments, on Rille presenting four enigmatic works of dramatic pacing--environmental and rhythmic--guided by impressionistic spoken words and moments of tonal clarity. |
![]() Turbulence: Information Paradox (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Turbulence, the extended horn section for the Boston-based free improvising ensemble Leap of Faith Orchestra, here with leader PEK, plus Michael Caglianone, Zack Bartolomei, Bob Moores, and Eric Dahlman, all playing instruments from their arsenal of percussive instruments and devices, including recently added electroacoustic devices expanding the band's sound. |
![]() Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part I) [VINYL - SLIGHTLY DAMAGED] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.09 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dinged Sleeve corners from rough postal handling |
![]() Tamura, Natsuki: Summer Tree (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock A stunning album of solo trumpet performance from Natsuki Tamura, who's name in Japanese translates as 'Natsu' meaning 'summer' and 'Ki' means 'tree', performed as layers of remarkable technique led by clarion playing over trumpet drones, sonic turbulence and percussive interaction on a wok, each layer using his extended vocabulary without studio manipulation. |
![]() Turbulence: Fluid Friction (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock A 9-horn section from the Leap of Faith Orchestra performing an expansive improvisation of thoughtful and melodic interaction augmented with the Evil Clown arsenal of percussive instruments, from David Peck on clarinets, sax & winds, Jared Holiday on sax & bass clarinet, David WelansÊ& Dennis LIvingston on flutes, Elwood Epps & Bob Moores on trumpet and Duane Reed on horns & trombone. |
![]() Carolino, Sergio: Below 0 (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Known from the TGB trio and work with Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese deep brass player Sergio Carolino turns from his typical tuba for a solo album on a new instrument of his own invention--the lusophone--a standing tuba based on the Jazzophon, a trumpet in the shape of a saxophone, here built from parts of frontal bell tubas and demonstrated in an impressive, extended improvisation. |
![]() Bauer, Konrad: Toronto Tone (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "When it was released in 1992, Toronto Töne was one of the first albums by trombonist Konrad Bauer to see the light of day outside Germany (West and/or East). This solo set was recorded live in Toronto in October 1991. Bauer's tromb... |
![]() Deane, J.A.: Nomad (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Even though J.A. Deane has collaborated with many American avant-garde musicians, his solo albums are few. Sadly, his most accessible is also one of his less interesting. Nomad is an untypical release in the catalog of the label Disques... |
![]() Fulgosi, Andreas / Carlo Mascolo: Losca Mio Gulfos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Nine improvisations between Italian trombonist and tubes player Carlo Mascolo (Kerlox Dynamic Band) and guitarist Andreas Fulgosi (By-Spiel Project) on baritone guitar, recording in Lisbon in 2017 for calmly developing dialog using unusual techniques and approaches to both instruments. |
![]() Gargaud, Guillaume / Eero Savela: Helsinki (Plus Timbre -- Greece ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock A lovely album of friendly improvisation in the 1st meeting of French guitarist Guillaume Gargaud, who works in improvised music and composition for contemporary dance and film, and Finnish trumpeter Eero Savela, whose work is in dance, theater, circus and media art, this concert at the former mental hospital Lapinlahti finding the two exploring with lyrical insightfulness. |
![]() Land of Marigold (Joshua Zubot & Ellwood Epps): Creosote (Barnyard -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Montreal duo of trumpeter Ellwood Epps and Josh Zubot on violin and low octave violin for 9 upbeat, technically superb and intricate instant improvisations, what they refer to as "foot-tapping for ghosts, seeing the northern lights from underwater". |
![]() Lin, Hui-Chun / Davide Piersanti : A Gash into Normality (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock ... |
![]() Mascolo, Carlo: My Tubes (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock A unique take on this large brass instrument from Italian trombonist and Free Flow Festival director Carlo Mascolo, using preparations, focusing on components of the instrument, and using extreme techniques to create a startlingly diverse set of sounds, vocalisations, microtonal output and simply bizarre utterances as Mascolo brings new language to horn. |
![]() Turbulence: Tumult (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The extended horn section for the Leap of Faith Orchestra is heard here as a quintet with PEK (reeds), Jim Warshsauer (reeds), Bob Moores (trumpet), Eric Dahlman (trumpet) and Duane Reed (baritone horn), all using an a vast collection of percussive instruments, game calls and other devices, to create a journey of tone, color, interactive playing and rhythmic intervention. |
![]() Turbulence: Upheaval (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Turbulence is a smaller grouping of the Boston-based Evil Clown collective, typically with a majority of horns, here as the quintet of PEK (reeds & winds), Ellwood Epps (trumpet), Bob Moores (trumpets), Jim Warshauer (sax and winds), and Michael Caglianone (saxophones), a fully acoustic group of wind instruments and brass, taking a chamber approach to distinctive improvisation. |
![]() Houle, Francois / Marco von Orelli: Make That Flight (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Canadian improvising clarinetist François Houle and Swiss trumpeter Marco von Orelli are heard live at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club, in Basel, Switzerland, 2020 for eleven dialogs reminiscent of the work of John Carter and Bobby Bradford, though uniquely in their own modern language of chamber-oriented jazz through original compositions from both artists. |
![]() Wubbels / Lee / Olencki : Field of Action / contraposition [VINYL] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two collaborations in a split LP, and the continuation of a series of duo pieces for piano and other instruments that pianist and keyboardist Eric Wubbels has been pursuing since 2006: first an intensive 3-part "Field Of Action" with vocalist and noise artist Charmaine Lee; then "Contraposition" with trombonist Weston Olencki in a duo with Wubbels on prepared piano. |
![]() Shepard, Craig: Trumpet City [2 CDs] (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Trumpet City is a 60 minute live-installation of 40 or more trumpets performing outdoors in a public space, first commissioned and presented by the Prasidialdepartement and the Musikpodium of the City of Zurich, these two realization are from recordings at 51st Street, in Manhattan, New York and at Meeker Avenue between Lorimer and Leonard Streets, in Brooklyn, New York. |
![]() Blaser, Samuel: Solo Bone (Slam Productions -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A magnificent solo performance for Swiss Radio captured at Salle Faller, Conservatoire de La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland in 2007 from trombonist Samuel Blaser, performing seven original, melodically inclined compositions performed with masterful technique and powerfully clear tone, along with an assertive reading of Ellington's "Mood Indigo". |
![]() Blaser, Samuel / Marc Ducret : Voyageurs (Jazzdor Series -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Studio recordings from Loguivy-Plougras, France between Swiss improvising trombonist Samuel Blaser and French guitarist Marc Ducret performing on electric, 6 improvisations focused on sonic force, creative conversation and exploratory intertwining, finding mutual topics that fascinate and surprise both experimentally and lyrically; a well balanced duo. |
![]() Blaser, Samuel / Pierre Favre: Same Place, Another Time. [VINYL] (Blaser Music -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Only the second vinyl LP of Swiss trumpeter Samuel Blaser's career and released on drummer Pierre Favre's 85th birthday, this is their second duo album, well reflecting the extensive collaboration and touring these improvisers from two generations of free jazz have made, bringing nuance, virtuosity and humor together through original free improv and two notable standards. |
![]() Nakatani, Tatsuya / Kris Tiner: Dagny (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extended improvisation in two parts at Dagny's Coffe Company in Bakersfield, CA: first a solo performance by Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani in a sweeping sonic manifestation of bowed gongs, cymbals, bass drums and objects, which then continues as a duo with trumpeter Kris Tiner for an exhilaratingly peak of adept brass excitement ending in a pensive reflection. |
![]() Dorner, Axel / Jason Kahn: For Berner Munster (Im Berner Munster) (Confront -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The pairing of German trumpeter Axel Dorner, and NY-born experimental artist Jason Kahn living and performing in Zurich, brings the tradition of avant free jazz and nonidiomatic improvisation into an unusual merging of techniques and approaches, each applying their advanced virtuosity to this intense concert, recorded during Hamburg's Zoom In Festival, 2017. |
![]() Lavelle, Matt: Cuica In The Third House (KMB Jazz -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $6.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 2007 solo debut of New York free improvising trumpeter Matt Lavelle, here performing on the hybrid instruments, the Bass-Trumpinet and Bass-Clarumpet, introduced and punctuated with spoken word insight and declarations, and using overdubs on selected tracks, making for an intimate and accomplished album of modern free jazz. |
![]() Morris / Fernandez / Wooley: From The Discrete To The Particular (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An incredible trio of two New York improvisers - Joe Morris on guitar and trumpeter Nate Wooley - with European free improv legend pianist Augusti Fernandez, for 7 remarkable free improvisations of astounding skill. |
![]() Perelman, Ivo / Nate Wooley: Polarity (Burning Ambulance Music -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Tight interaction in an incredible weaving of creative ideas and technical prowess from the duo of tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and trumpeter Nate Wooley, the two New York-based improvisers recording in the studio in Brooklyn in 2020 for ten dialogs, a perfect distillation of their work together after four CDs in larger group efforts; captivating. |
![]() Regev, Reut / Igal Foni: Two Much Never Enough (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The husband and wife duo of New York free improvisers, Reut Regev on trombone and Igal Foni on drums, both bringing electronics to their session, in surprisingly their debut duo release after two decades of musical collaboration and shared life, their assurance and intimacy evident in the relaxed spontaneity and sheer musicality they bring to their dialogs. |
![]() Tamura, Natsuki: Dragon Nat (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using Gato Libre's music as the direction for his first solo album since 2004, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura releases an album of powerful and personal playing with a surreal flow of ideas, impish humor, and restrained joy. |
![]() Tamura, Natsuki : Koki Solo (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Koki" translates to "rare in ancient times," referring to ones 70th birthday, a milestone that trumpeter Natsuki Tamura achieves this year, providing proof that such an age is no longer rare, nor that it has affected the tremendous creative and physical powers that Tamura applies to his playing, as heard in this inventive solo album on trumpet, piano, voice and even pots & pans! |
![]() Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii: Keshin (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock An album of duets between trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii, the husband & wife core of Libra Records, recorded as a DIY effort during the 2020 pandemic in their own home recording space and mixed by themselves, a diverse album of intimate and impressive improvisations that find the two in uniquely deep and expressively concentrative conversations. |
![]() Ulher, Birgit / Damon Smith / Chris Cogburn: The Eternity-Cult (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A building and extended set of fully free improvisation using unusual techniques, from the trio of Birgit Ulher on trumpet, radio, speaker & objects, Damon Smith on double bass and Chris Cogburn on percussion & electronics, Ulher using the trumpet as a sound source as much as a conventional instrument, as the trio builds from near silence to intensely controlled interaction. |
![]() Ulher, Birgit / Franz Hautzinger: Kleine Trompetenmusik (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Translating to "Little Trumpet Music", the duo of trumpeters Birgit Uhler and Franz Hautzinger, Uhler also performing on radio & objects, use extreme techniques and approaches to their improvisations, focusing on extraneous sounds from their instruments in enigmatic and captivating ways, expansively defining reductionism in masterfully idiosyncratic ways. |
![]() Wick, Jacob / Brad Henkel: Lovely Bag You Have (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two like-minded experimenters and improvisers meet in Berlin to extract a fascinating mixture of both unusual and traditional tones & textures on their trumpets, energetically disassembling their instruments in aberrant ways to create clicks, clacks, airy hisses and other inexplicable sounds, revealing a dialog of solid ideas that captivate and surprise their listeners. |
![]() Hautzinger, Franz / Eric Normand : Unbelievably Late (Tour de Bras / Inexhaustible Editions -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Having originally met in 2016 when Viennese trumpeter Franz Hautzinger and Quebec electric bassist Éric Normand formed Torche! with Michel F Cote, Philippe Lauzier and Xavier Charles, the two improvisers developed this collage during the pandemic from asynchronous recordings, creating six dramatic and explorative compositions of incredible and unusual technique. |
![]() Freedman, Lori / Scott Thomson: Amber (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Collaborators in Montreal projects including Ensemble Supermusique and Ratchet Orchestra, bass clarinetist Lori Freedman (Queen Mab Trio) and trombonist Scott Thomson (Monicker) have also worked as a duo for more than 15 years, starting with the Barnyard Record album Plumb, their long history allowing flexibility in unusual dialog and utterance that captivates naturally. |
![]() Silva, Susana Santos: All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Aside from her exceptional trumpet work in free improvisation settings, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos, currently based in Stockholm, is also an electro-acoustic composer, these six compelling compositions merging field recordings--particularly birds, waters and yes, a phone--along with her trumpet playing and Irish flute, the album title a reference to John Cage's book Silence. |
![]() von Orelli, Marco / Sheldon Suter: Draw From The Source (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of extraordinary sound painting from the Swiss duo of trumpeter Marco von Orelli and percussionist Sheldon Suter, von Orelli also performing on cornet, prepared slidetrumpet & little bells while Suter works with drums, cymbals, prepared zithers, gong & singing bowls, creating detailed aural environments that evoke bewitching twilight spaces. |
![]() Nevai, Nandor / Peter Evans / Steve B / Ron Stabinsky: Trigesisextet for Brass + Gospel Power Walls (Psykomanteum -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two large-scale compositions from "Through-Composer of Brutal Classical" Nandor Nevai, scored for 35 brass players and a vocalist, accomplished through 10 layers of Peter Evans (trumpet, piccolo trumpet), 9 of Steve B (tenor trombone), 7 of Ron Stabinsky (bass trombone) and 10 of Nevai himself on tenor trombone & voice; plus "Gospel Power Walls" for a chorus of 5 (bad) people. |
![]() Lerner, Marilyn / Nicole Rampersaud: Brass Knuckle Sandwich (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An assertive duo of piano and trumpet from Canadian improvisers Marilyn Lerner playing inside and out of the piano, and trumpeter Nicole Rampersaud performing with powerful and unusually expressive technique, this the first meeting between the two in a set of seven studio recordings, creative interactions of wide-ranging and cohesive approaches to their dialogs. |
![]() Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part II) (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second of two volumes of studio improvisations between Brooklyn trumpeter & flugelhorn player Michael Sarian and keyboardist Matthew Putman, recorded in Sarin's home studio during the 2020 pandemic, allowing freedom in exploration as they sought out cadences, rhythms and melodies, this 2nd volume presenting the most interesting of their investigations. |
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Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride: Pulverize The Sound
Smith, Wadada Leo: Red Chrysanthemums | Solos 1977
Smith, Wadada Leo / Joe Morris: Earth's Frequencies
Houle, Francois / Marco von Orelli: Make That Flight
McPhee, Joe : Alone Together: The Solo Ensemble Recordings 1974 & 1979
Frith, Fred / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody
Haino, Keiji / Natsuki Tamura: What Happened There?
Knuffke, Kirk / Ben Goldberg: Uncompahgre
von Orelli, Marco / Sheldon Suter: Draw From The Source
Shipp, Matthew / Steve Swell: Space Cube Jazz
Evans, Peter / Weasel Walter: Poisonous
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare
Allbee, Liz: Rille
Kaikou (Yoshino / Natsuki Tamura): Kaikou
Polyorchard (David Menestres / Jeb Bishop): Ink [2 CDs]
Silva, Susana Santos: All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing
Sirius (Tembe / Trinite): Acoustic Main Suite Plus The Inner One
Tamura, Natsuki / Jim Black: NatJim
Tamura, Natsuki: Summer Tree
Ballou, Dave : Solo Trumpet