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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
RED Trio w/ John Butcher: Summer Skyshift
Phillips / Butcher / Solberg: We met - and then
Suzuki, Akio / John Butcher: Immediate Landscapes
Russell, John / John Butcher / Dominic Lash: But everything now left before it arrived
Butcher, John / Michael Duch: Fjordgata
Butcher, John / Burkhard Beins / Mark Wastell: Membrane
Stoffner, Florian / John Butcher / Chris Corsano: Braids
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / John Tilbury: Lights
Butcher, John / Dominic Lash / Emil Karlsen: Here and How
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
Butcher / Day / Eastley: Angles Of Enquiry
AMM w/ John Butcher: Trinity
Butcher, John + 13: Fluid Fixations