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Frith, Fred / John Butcher: The Natural Order (Northern Spy -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock This album documents guitarist Fred Frith and saxophonist John Butcher's first head-to-head encounter in a recording studio, two titans of their instruments playing without overdubs in a single session for remarkable creative and sonic results. |
Contest of Pleasures, The (Butcher / Charles / Dorner): Alibi Days (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Recordings of improvisations from different rooms with unique resonant properties, manipulated and organized into 5 compositions mixing musique concrete and e-a improv. |
IST (Davies / Fell / Wastell) + John Butcher / Phil Durrant: A More Attractive Way [5 CD BOX SET + 20 page booklet] (Confront -- UK ) Price: $44.95 Out of Stock A comprehensive album of live performances from IST (Rhodri Davies: harp, preparations; Simon H. Fell: double bass, preparations; Mark Wastell: violoncello, preparations) between 1996 and 2000, beginning with their concert at Club Orange in London and including concerts in London, Billericay, Norwich and Cambridge, with a 20 page booklet of photos and text from the band & collaborators. |
Trio Kimmig (Kimmig / Studer / Zimmerline / John Butcher): Raw (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The Swiss string trio led by violinist Harald Kimmig, with Daniel Studer on bass and Alfred Zimmerlin on cello, is joined by UK saxophonist John Butcher for a set of improvisations that build with a unique percussive vitality and burning intensity. |
Thermal (John Butcher / Andy Moor / Thomas Lehn): Ice In A Hot World (Unsounds -- The Netherlands ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The 20-year followup to their 2003 album on the Unsounds label titled Thermal, the trio of John Butcher on tenor & soprano saxophones, Andy Moor on guitar and Thomas Lehn on analogue synthesizer update listeners with their free and ea-improvising approach through five studio improvisations of incredible detail, technical & sonic mastery, and astute conversational skills. |
Butcher / Charbin / Kanngiesser / Prevost: The Art Of Noticing (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock "To celebrate drummer/percussionist Eddie Prévost's 80th birthday, Café Oto hosted four concerts once a week in June, 2022, each a differing configuration from Prévost's history; this 2nd concert brings together Prévost, Marjolaine Charbin (piano), Ute Kanngiesser (cello) and John Butcher (sax), the same group that recorded the contemporary album Sounds of Assembly on the Meena label. |
Butcher, John / Dominic Lash / Emil Karlsen: Here and How (Bead -- UK ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Impeccably recorded in the studio, the long-running and varied collaborations of saxophonist John Butcher, double bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Emil Karlsen come together for the first time as a trio, recording eight succinct improvisations of remarkable technique and nearly telepathic dialog, allowing space for each player to display their masterful skill. |
Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock The debut for UK saxophonist John Butcher on 577 Records is this exemplary 2021 live recording at Cafe OTO in London by the quartet of Butcher on tenor and soprano saxophones, Pat Thomas on piano, Dominic Lash on double bass and Steve Noble on drums, four of the UK's leading free improvisers demonstrating their prodigious abilities in concentrated conversation. |
Butcher, John: The Very Fabric (Ftarri / Hitorri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Impeccably recorded inside the Brønshøj Water Tower, in Copenhagen, Denmark, a highly resonant space built 100 years ago, where UK tenor and soprano saxophonist John Butcher continues his investigations into spaces with natural delay and decay, through 11 improvisations of discriminating pacing as he finds incredible beauty in floating and shifting tones and instrument errata; exquisite. |
Bennardo, Maya / Erik Blennow Calaly / Kristofer Svensson: Two Skies (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The first recording of an ongoing collaboration between violinist Maya Bennardo, bass clarinetist Erik Blennow Calälv, and kacapi (similar to a Japanese koto) musician Kristofer Svensson, presenting two restrained and lovely compositions bringing together contemporary classical, free improvisation and Sundanese music in a unique chamber format. |
Butcher / Day / Eastley: Angles Of Enquiry (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A six part improvisational inquiry from three experienced London investigators--John Butcher on saxophones, Terry Day on drums and Max Eastley performing on his self-developed electroacoustic monochord, along with percussion and a bird call--all three performing with unusual and extended techniques to create a uniqe sonic palette applied to extremely focused conversations. |
Butcher / Hemingway: Buffalo Pearl (Auricle -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Percussionist Hemingway with John Butcher on tenor and soprano sax performing live in 2005, demonstrating their extended language in a brilliant and eccentric dialog. |
Forbes / Young / Walter: Hard Living (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock Merging Tiger Hatchery's tenor saxophonist Michael Forbes and bassist Andrew Scott Young and newly arrived to NYC Flying Luttenbacher leader & drummer Weasel Walter, for classic hardcore free jazz of articulate and demanding improvisation; this a recently unearthed studio recording from 2010, captured two years after their first encounter in a quartet with Jeb Bishop. |
Funf (Babin, Cornell, Crispo, Jacques...): La Regle [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Sporadic sonic exchanges exploring guidelines, graphic scores, or completely improvised, with an expansive instrumentorium from the sextet of Magali Babin, Andrea-Jane Cornell, Martine H Crispo, Anne-Francoise Jacques, Emilie Mouchous, and Erin Sexton. |
London Improvisers Orchestra: Lio Leo Leon (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The complete performance at the 2010 Freedom of the City festival by the 38-member LIO with guest Wadada Leo Smith and conductions by Alison Blunt, Steve Beresford, Philipp Wachsmann, Caroline Kraabel, and Dave Tucker. |
Machinefabriek: With Drums [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek) invited 41 drummer/percussionists including Tony Buck, Vasco Trilla, Tim Barnes, Greg Stuart, Cyril Bondi, &c. to take part in a project by recording a few short fills or phrases, which Zuydervelt used as "Lego Bricks" to build a series of short rhythmical collages, the results being 24 diverse and fascinating compositions. |
Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet) (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A series of exceptional compositions by saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc plus one by Alice Coltrane, performed in a variety of group settings, from duos to quintet, with sidemen Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, and Newman Taylor Baker. |
Sanchez, Angelica Trio (w/ Michael Formanek / Tyshawn Sorey): Float the Edge (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Fiction, folklore and everyday sounds fuel the compositions of NY pianist Angelica Sanchez, with her trio of Michael Formanek on double bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums, the band explores concepts of lucid dreaming, backyard birds, novels, mythical creatures and ancient structures, in a magnificent album of inspired free improvisation. |
Various Artists: Freedom of the City 2002 - small groups [2 CDs] (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $19.50 Out of Stock Highlights from small group recordings from the 2002 Freedom of the City festival featuring artists such as Trevor Watts, Veryan Weston, Lol Coxhill and more in various arrangements. |
Stoffner, Florian / John Butcher / Chris Corsano: Braids (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock With incredible skill and nuance, using extended and stunning technique, and through intent listening of nearly telepathic communication, the trio of Florian Stoffner on guitar, John Butcher on tenor & soprano saxophones and Chris Corsano on drums & half clarinet, perform seven subtle and detailed improvisations live at Le Singe, in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland in 2022. |
Butcher / Prevost: High Laver Levitations Vol 1: Unearthed (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Long-time collaborators and iconoclastic improvisers, drummer Eddie Prévost and saxophonist John Butcher, met at All Hallows Church, in High Laver, Essex in 2023, using the natural ambience of the space to capture these three improvisations, Prévost playing primarily on a drum kit and both in a more jazz-oriented sax and drum duo, extended by both players' exceptional technique. |
Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom [COLORED VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $25.95 In Stock The debut for UK saxophonist John Butcher on 577 Records is this exemplary 2021 live recording at Cafe OTO in London by the quartet of Butcher on tenor and soprano saxophones, Pat Thomas on piano, Dominic Lash on double bass and Steve Noble on drums, four of the UK's leading free improvisers demonstrating their prodigious abilities in concentrated conversation. |
Lash, Dominic / Stale Liavik Solberg: Hey Kye (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock John Butcher mastered this live recording immaculately captured by Alex Ward at the Vortex in London in 2022 between two exceptional free improvisers, Dominic Lash on electric guitar and Ståle Liavik Solberg on drums & percussion, their three-part dialog sliding in and out of jazz, non-idiomatic and experimental modes in quick-witted and masterful exchanges. |
Butcher, John / Magda Mayas / Tony Buck : Glints [VINYL] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Price: $34.95 In Stock The 5th of NI-VU-NI-CONNU's 5-LP John Butcher series and part of a 2 night residency at ausland in Berlin coinciding with his 65th birthday, tenor & soprano saxophonist John Butcher is joined by the long-running duo Spill of pianist Magda Mayas and drummer Tony Buck (The Necks) for two extended works of evolving, absorbing introspection and eruption. |
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / John Tilbury: Lights (Fataka -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Recorded for the release concert of their 2013 album Exta, the trio of John Butcher on saxophones, Thomas Lehn on analog synthesizer and John Tilbury on piano captured this extraordinary live concert at Cafe Oto in London, only the second time the group had performed together, recording in two extended sets but segmented into four exceptional and dramatic improvisations. |
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / Matthew Shipp: Tangle (Fataka -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock After "Exta", where saxophonist John Butcher and electronics artist Thomas Lehn met with pianist John Tilbury, the duo now meet with New York pianist Matthew Shipp for a distinct improvisational entanglement of Butcher's dense streams, Lehn's rich sound floor, and Shipp's thick repetitions. |
Butcher, John + 13: Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Commissioned for the 2021 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, John Butcher's fantastic work for 14 improvisers of unique approach employs what Butcher refers to as "psychological orchestration"--imagining how each performer might respond to particular ideas & their sonic company--the score, which includes photographic imagery, directing specific solos, duos & small groupings. |
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Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning
Butcher / Prevost: High Laver Levitations Vol 1: Unearthed
Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
Butcher / Charbin / Kanngiesser / Prevost: The Art Of Noticing
Phillips / Butcher / Solberg: We met - and then
RED Trio w/ John Butcher: Summer Skyshift
Suzuki, Akio / John Butcher: Immediate Landscapes
Russell, John / John Butcher / Dominic Lash: But everything now left before it arrived
Stoffner, Florian / John Butcher / Chris Corsano: Braids
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / John Tilbury: Lights
Butcher, John / Dominic Lash / Emil Karlsen: Here and How
Butcher, John / Michael Duch: Fjordgata
Butcher, John / Burkhard Beins / Mark Wastell: Membrane
Butcher / Viltard / Prevost: "All But" - Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists -- Volume 2
Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom
Butcher, John: The Very Fabric
Butcher, John / Stale Liavik Solberg: So Beautiful, It Starts To Rain
Common Objects (Davies / Butcher / Davies / Lapelyte / Patterson / Thomas): Skullmarks
AMM w/ John Butcher: Trinity
Butcher / Day / Eastley: Angles Of Enquiry