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![]() Interstellar Nao (Rick Countryman / Garbriel Lauber / Itzam Cano / Juan Castanon): 4tet (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second Interstellar Nao album recorded at No Somos Nada Distro Cafe in Mexico City presents the previous day's concerts from their first FMR album Live at No Somos Nada, expanding the trio of Philippine-based saxophonist Rick Countryman, Swiss drummer living in Mexico City Gabriel Lauber and Lauber's collaborator in the group Zero Point, Mexico City native double bass player Itzam Canois, with guitarist Juan Castañón, founder of Impromuzak Collective. |
![]() MUC_ChamberArtTrio (Schindler / Geisse / Gramms): Dachao Polyphonic (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A remarkable concert as part of reedist Udo Schindler's LowToneStudies, referred to as "acoustronic" for the transformational aspects of each instrumentalist's playing, deceivingly electronic sounding despite being fully acoustic, captured live at Kulturschranne Dachau from the trio of Schindler, Gunnar Geisse on laptop guitar and Sebastian Gramss on double bass. |
![]() Research (Dvorak / Weston / Brown / Serle): Laws of Motion (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first album from 1982 by drummer Geoff Serle's band Research, combining free improvisation with rock forms, electric and acoustic, or as he described it: "an electro-funk industrial jazz unit", configured as the quartet of trumpeter Jim Dvorak, a member of Mujician & Brotherhood of Breath, bassist Dan Brown from The Fixx, and legendary pianist Veryan Weston. |
![]() Schindler, Udo / Eric Zwang Eriksson / Sebastiano Tramontana: Canto Senza (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Experimental chamber music from the German trio of Udo Schindler on tenor saxophone, bass saxophone & cornet, Eric Zwang Eriksson on percussion and Sebastiano Tramontana on trombone & voice, performing at BASIS_Klangraum in MUCCA, Munich, the title translating to "singing without words" from the poetry cycle "Il taccuino del vecchio" by Guiseppe Ungaretti. |
![]() Schindler, Udo / Peter Jacquemyn / Georg Karger: Hybride Synergetics [LowToneStudies] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Reedist Udo Schindler continues his exploration into the double bass and low-tone reed instruments, here on bass & contrabass clarinets contrasted only with his soprano saxophone, in a 2022 live recording from MUCCA_Kommandozentrate in Munich of the five-part improvisation "Hybride Synergetic" in a trio with double bassists Peter Jacquemyn and Georg Karger. |
![]() Sijstermans, Germaine : Betula [2 CDs] (elsewhere -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The solo debut album from Dutch composer & clarinetist Germaine Sijstermans: seven recent contemplative works in a Wandelweiser vein, composed between 2017-2019 and performed with six exemplary and complementary performers: Antoine Beuger (concert flute), Rishin Singh (trombone), Johnny Chang (viola), Fredrik Rasten (guitar, ebow), and Leo Svirsky (accordion). |
![]() Vinkeloe, Biggi / Mark Weaver / Damon Smith: Desert Sweets (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Twenty two vignettes of improvised conversations named for desert fauna between alto saxophonist & flutist Biggi Vinkeloe, tuba & trombonist Mark Weaver, and double bassist Damon Smith, using a unique tuning choice for the band suggested by Vinkeloe, and applying a quality to the studio to create a uniquely orchestrated and resonant album of masterful playing. |
![]() Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Spirit Gatherer - Tribute to Don Cherry (Spiritmuse Records -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A tribute to jazz trumpeter & composer Don Cherry--a spiritual world traveler and influential free jazz trumpeter--performed by Chicago's equally spiritual Ethnic Heritage Ensemble led by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar with Corey Wilkes, Alex Harding, Dwight Trible, and the son of Don Cherry, David Ornette Cherry; sadly also an unexpected tribute to David Ornette's sudden passing in 2022. |
![]() Zorn, John (Lage / Marsella / Roeder / Smith): Multiplicities II (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A collection of twenty musical aphorisms inspired by the writings and thought of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), following Zorn's first Multiplicities volume performed by his electric jazz ensemble Chaos Magick, here in Volume 2 energetically performed by his acoustic Incerto ensemble of Brian Marsella on piano, Ches Smith on drums, Julian Lage on guitar & Jorge Roeder on bass. |
![]() Kuchen, Martin / Sophie Agnel: Detour Tunnels of Light (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Delicately caustic interactions of reeds, piano and percussion using the natural resonance of the Borlunda Church in Eslöv, Sweden, from the freely improvising duo of Martin Küchen and Sophie Agnel, Küchen adding electronics and Agnel performing inside and out of the piano while supplementing her palette with objects, both using space and patience as their allies. |
![]() Soderberg, Peter: String Dialogues (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collection of six duo recordings from musician, composer, and improviser Peter Soderberg, investigating different tuning systems and the idea of hybrid instruments, recording with Katt Hernandez (violin), Stina Hellberg Agback (harp), Mats Persson (clavichord), Sten Sandell (piano), My Hellgren (cello) and Vilhelm Bromander (contrabass). |
![]() Trilla, Vasco: A Constellation of Anomaly (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Continuing his imaginative approach to percussion, Barcelona improviser Vasco Trilla's sixth solo album sees him expanding his rhythmic and tonal range through a fascinating collection of instruments, including bowed Russian flat bells, electrified music boxes, a zither processed through snare drums as resonators, Iranian round bells mixed with gamelan strips, &c. |
![]() Normal (Fred Frith / Sudhu Tewari): Moving Parts (fo'c'sle -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A perfectly complementary pair of improvisers from the ever-inventive guitarist Fred Frith and instrument inventor Sudhu Tewari, Frith performing on home-made instruments as well-- string instruments he's developed since the 80s described as "planks of wood with strings"--as the two draw unexpected sonic environments and propulsive rhythmic passages through eight compelling dialogs. |
![]() Dikeman, John / Pat Thomas / John Edwards / Steve Noble: Volume 2 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The second of two volumes from the quartet of John Dikeman on tenor saxophone, Pat Thomas on piano, John Edwards on bass and Steve Noble on drums, bringing the American saxophonist working throughout Europe together with this nearly telepathic collaborative grouping of UK frequent collaborators, captured in concert at Cafe OTO in 2019 for two absorbing improvisations. |
![]() Brotzmann, Peter / Lonberg-Holm, Fred: Memories Of A Tunicate (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock While both improvisers were in New York City for the 2019 Vision Festival, multi-reedist and European Free Improv legend Peter Brötzmann met Chicago cellist and electronics artist Fred Lonberg-Holm to record their 3rd album together, their 1st album in the studio a diverse set of incredible concentration, with Brötzmann performing on tenor saxophone, woodwind, and clarinet. |
![]() Fields, Scott Ensemble: Barclay (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Guitarist and composer Scott Fields presents the 3rd installment of his Beckett Trilogy, based on the writings of Irish novelist and poet Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906-1989), whose ironic black comedies Fields characterizes musically in instrumental compositions performed by his quartet with cellist Scott Roller, drummer Domnik Mahnig, and saxophonist Matthias Schubert. |
![]() Gadt / Osborne / Zakrocki / Olak: Spontaneous Chamber Music Vol.3 (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $11.96 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third volume in this free improvising series, starting with the collaboration of Polish violinist Patryk Zakrocki and guitarist Marcin Olak, varying the additional players as they explore chamber-oriented free improvisation, here with the impressive vocal improvisation of Anna Gadt and cellist Annemie Osborne, ripping apart the calendar in 14 monthly machinations. |
![]() Gillespie, Dizzy & Charlie Parker: Live, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three essential concerts remastered, from the legacy of be-bop trailblazers, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, with Don Byas, Al Haig piano, Curley Russell, Max Roach & Sidney Catlett at Town Hall 1945; with John Lewis, Al McKibbon & Joe Harris at Carnegie Hall 1947; and with Bud Powell, Tommy Potter & Roy Haynes at Birdland 1951. |
![]() Mwamba, Corey : Nth (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A sophisticated and lyrical album of modern jazz led by UK vibraphonist Corey Mwamba, also on glockenspiel & beak flute, in a quartet with Laura Cole on piano, Andy Champion on double bass, and Johnny Hunter on drums & small percussion, with all pieces "devised and scored" by Mwamba alongside one collective improvisation; powerfully refined modern jazz. |
![]() Parker, Charlie: At Birdland 1950 "Revisited" (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A remarkable feat of remastering, sound restoration and pitch correction from the tapes of this June 1950 radio broadcast at Birdland in NYC, finding the exceptional quintet of jazz pioneers led by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker in superb form, with Fats Navarro on trumpet, Bud Powell on piano, Curley Russell on double bass and Art Blakey on drums. |
![]() Pinkish Black & Yells at Eels: Vanishing Light... (Ayler -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez merges his Yells at Eel project with bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer/percussionist Stefan Gonzalez, with Texas-based experimental rock band Pinkish Black--Daron Beck on keyboards and Jon Teague on drums & synthesizers--for a gripping and masterful hybrid of improvisation, dark synthetic rock and heavy moods; a riveting journey. |
![]() Prokofiev, Sergei / Dmitri Shostakovich: Works For 2 Pianists Under Soviet Rule (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two works for piano composed under Stalinist rule by Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, recorded in 2009 by pianists Ufuk & Bahar Dorduncu. |
![]() Stangl, Burkhard / Kai Fagaschinski: Musik-Ein Portrat in Seh (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Occupying a unique area between composition & folk music, classical & jazz/improv, tension & serenity, these duos also include recordings from Klaus Filip and dieb13. |
![]() Sun Ra Arkestra: Heliocentric Worlds 1 and 2 (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The two volumes of "Heliocentric Worlds", recorded 7 months apart in 1965, represent perhaps one of greatest chapters in Sun Ra's legacy, bringing together his immense orchestration skills with future-leaning free jazz, allowing his players expanse inside disciplined compositions that reflect on both space and the then-new freedom explored by jazz soloists. |
![]() Sun Ra: Space Is The Place [2 CDs + BLURAY + DVD + BOOKLET] (Modern Harmonic -- USA ) Price: $48.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Digitally restoring and expanding on Sun Ra's 1972 soundtrack for the film of the same name, in a solid box set with two audio CDs, a DVD and BluRay + bonus featuures of the original film, along with a previously unreleased album recorded at the same soundtrack sessions, The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny, and a booklet with notes from multiple Afrofuturism scholars. |
![]() Turner, Roger / Henry Kaiser / Martin Kuchen / Damon Smith / Jeff Coffin / Ed Pettersen / Tania Chen / Jordan Muscatello: Interstellar Transmissions (Split Rock Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two fascinating experimental concepts executed by Roger Turner, Henry Kaiser, Martin Kuchen, Damon Smith, Jeff Coffin, Ed Pettersen, Tania Chen, & Jordan Muscatello; Disc 1, each musician improvised alone to NASA recordings from the Voyager spacecraft, the results mixed together over the Voyager track; Disc 2, three improvisers play together in response to Voyager tracks. |
![]() Various Artists: 13 Miniatures For Albert Ayler (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A large excerpt from the tribute to Albert Ayler concert presented at Fondation Cartier, Paris on December 2nd 2010 with Joe Mcphee, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, John Tchicai, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Jean-Jacques Avenel, &c. &c. |
![]() Falaise, Bernard : Clic [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $10.77 ![]() ![]() In Stock Guitarist Falaise (Klaxon Gueule, Les Projectionnistes) in pieces that reference Aksak Maboul, Braxton, Beefheart, Donatoni, Les Granules, Nancarrow, Stravinsky, & Wyatt. |
![]() Knuffke, Kirk / Frederico Ughi / Chris Welcome: Garden Of Gifts (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An early example of the focus and encompassing direction of the 577 label run by Italian-born/NY-based drummer Federico Ughi, in a trio with trumpeter Kirk Knuffke and guitarist Chris Welcome, building from an introspective approach to free playing as they expand their group energy through shards of organic sound, finally releasing into a beautiful "Inner Void". |
![]() Sub-Unit No. 1: Main Sequence [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $9.60 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A new sub-unit of the Leap of Faith Orchestra showcases the work of David Peck (PEK) on clarinets, saxophones, and a wide array of percussive devices, in a duo with new drummer Michael Knoblach, also on an assortment of percussive devices including antique sheep shears, African circumcision rattles, dan mo, &c, for 5 unique improvisations recorded in the studio. |
![]() Royston, Rudy: Day (Greenleaf Music -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second album from drummer Rudy Royston's chamber-like ensemble Flatbed Buggy, featuring John Ellis on woodwinds, Gary Versace on accordion, Hank Roberts on cello, and Joe Martin on bass, in a concept album of the typical ups and downs, joys and sadness, gratitude and dreads a typical day would bring, ultimately culminating in a celebration of life and healing. |
![]() Sharp, Elliott / Sergio Sorrentino: Spilla' (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 'Spilla' means 'to play' in the language of Neapolitan musicians, and playing here are NY guitarist and composer Elliott Sharp and Italian guitarist Sergio Sorrentino, presenting world premier recordings of 4 works recorded live in Vercelli, Italy: two improvisations and two graphic scores performed on electric guitar with incredible technique and passion. |
![]() Smith, Damon: Whatever Is Not Stone Is Light (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Taking his title from a poem by Octavio Paz with titles from translations by Lysander Kemp of other Octavio Paz poems, this solo album from double bassist Damon Smith is his definitive statement on the instrument: 23 tracks from 46 seconds to 5 minutes 50, developed over 15 years and displaying Smith's incredible technique and creative intent; incomparable. |
![]() Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand : Avis Aux Reacteurs (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live at Silence Sounds in Guelph Canada, the duo of Xavier Charles on clarinet and Eric Normand on electric bass & objects eschew idiom in favor of their unique natural language on their instruments, applying patient development of truly idiosyncratic and fascinating command through a single extended work punctuated in seven diverse passages. |
![]() Laubrock, Ingrid / Kris Davis: Blood Moon (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock German saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and Vancouver pianist Kris Davis, both living and working in NY, and having worked together in a variety of groups including Laubrock's Anti-House, a trio with drummer Tyshawn Sorey, Tom Rainey's Obligatto, &c. &c., concentrate their sophisticated playing with this duo album of 7 original compositions and 2 free improvisations. |
![]() Livebatts!: (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded in the mid-90s, Livebatts! was a project of John White (Cornelius Cardew, Scratch Orchestra) developed to exploit "toy" keyboards of the 80s--cheap battery-driven instruments that hold tremendous potential for "serious" music-making--used here in a playful quartet with vocalist MJ Coldiron, Andrea Rocca (guitar & samples) and Nancy Ruffer (electrified flute). |
![]() Poulsen, Hasse / Tom Rainey: Open Fist (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock New York Drummer Tom Rainey met French guitarist Hasse Poulsen to record this album of dynamic duos in the studio, building works that ebb and flow between aggressive sound and reflective harmony, an impressive display of technical, lyrical, and powerful playing. |
![]() Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 2 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second volume from the trio of Tennessee-to-NYC transplant Zoe Amba on tenor saxophone & flute, legendary double bassist William Parker and Francisco Mela on drums, performing three compositions by Amba recorded in the studio in NYC; emphatic free jazz with a powerful rhythm section elucidating Amba's spiritually fueled approach to compelling, lyrical improvisation. |
![]() Durand, Werner : Schwingende Luftsaulen 2 (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautifully hypnotic album of saxophone, accompanied by Pan-Ney, Shruti Box and Organ, recorded in overdubs by composer/wind player Werner Durand in this 2nd chapter of his trilogy focused on the Pan-Ney, a self-built instrument for repetitive foundations, as Durand draws on elements of nature, mythology, dance, religion, literature and folklore. |
![]() Foussat, Jean-Marc / Daunik Lazro / Evan Parker: Cafe OTO 2020 [2 CDs] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A momentous 2020 concert at London's Cafe OTO, presented in two discs, the 1st with label leader Jean-Marc Foussat in a solo improvisation on synth and voice, the 2nd in a trio with Daunik Lazro on tenor & baritone sax, and Evan Parker on soprano sax, the 2 saxophones weaving and responding to Foussat's remarkable alien soundscapes and vocalization in an immersive extended improvisation. |
![]() Lawler, R Keenan / John Krausbauer: Spectre Of Radiants (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extended and rich confluence of strings from R Keenan Lawler and John Krausbauer, using resonator guitar and banjo, sustained tones that intertwine in a beautiful and optimistic drone, minimalistic yet drenched in a profusion of harmonic detail; a beautiful and elusive dream mixing between an Indian raga and an alien electronic environment. |
![]() Rempis / Haker-Flaten / Daisy / Rosaly: Harvesters [2 CDs] (Aerophonic -- USA ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Rempis Percussion Quartet in their French debut after 15 years of touring elsewhere through Europe, with Dave Rempis on sax, both Tim Daisy & Frank Rosaly on drums and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on bass, performing an exuberant concert recorded at Le Petit Faucheux in Tours, with trumpeter Jean-Luc Cappozzo joining for one extended improv, plus a live workshop for young immigrants and a rare studio session. |
![]() Russell, John / Ray Russell / Henry Kaiser / Olle Brice: The Dukes of Bedford (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Exploring the lineage of the Dukes of Bedford, the Russell lineage in Bedford, England, in groupings of acoustic & electric guitarists John Russell, Ray Russell, and Henry Kaiser along with double bassist Ollie Brice, from duos to quartets, eight Duke "Russells" from 1680 to 2003 are explored through intricate and joyfully creative and technically amazing string improvisations. |
![]() Venable, Phil: Bringing The Light [CD EP] (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $6.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A new Free Jazz album inspired by Pharoah Sanders' Karma, from the North Carolina ensemble led by upright bassist, guitarist and Soul City Sounds label-leader Phil Venable with Crowmeat Bob on saxophone, Ken Moshesh on percussion and Tommy Jackson on drums, plus a work for spoken word with NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green and a song inspired by BLM with vocalist Jennifer Evans. |
![]() Gjerstad, Frode with Matthew Shipp : We Speak (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Meeting in the Park West Studios in Brooklyn in 2022, acclaimed Norwegian free jazz multi-reedist Frode Gjerstad, here performing on alto saxophone & Bb clarinet, joins with New York pianist Matthew Shipp to record eight discerning and warmly paced improvised dialogs, each titled through a wide range of topics, including "about music"; "about equality"; "about Conspiracies"; "about peace". |
![]() bBb (Martin Kuchen / Ola Rubin): Animal Quotes (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Quirky in a masterful display of instrumental skill from the Swedish duo of soprano saxophonist Martin Küchen and trombonist Ola Rubin (Swedish Fix, Lazy Rude Monk), using every inch of their instruments along with mutes, percussion and percussive emanations, creating a virtual menagerie of animalistic sounds alongside dexterous lines. |
![]() Musicworks: #145 Summer 2023 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Summer 2023 issue of Canada's finest music magazine covering contemporary improvised, composed and experimental music, with Simone Schmidt's Audible Songs of Defiant Meaning on the cover, plus features on Nicole Mitchell and Coco Elysses, Levy Lorenzo, Wayne Lavallee, along with recorded & live reviews, and a 10-track CD with pieces from the artist within. |
![]() Zuydervelt, Rutger: Kadans [3'' CD] (Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, returns to rhythmic electronic solo work with his fourth mini-CD release after Hinkelstap (2022), Tuimelval (2022) and Haast (2023), in this seven-part work Kadans (translating to "Cadence"), each track using a unique rhythmic foundation under warm electronics, plus a violin sample from collaborator Anne Bakker. |
![]() Machinefabriek w/ Monika Bugajny: Recytle (Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock After working with clarinetist Monika Bugajny on his + album, composer & electronic artist Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, joined again with Bugajny for a set of eight reconstructions of classical works from Debussy, Messiaen, Brahms, Stravinsky, &c., each reinterpreted work cleverly composed from Bugajny's recording of the original composition. |
![]() Weber, Katharina: In Marta's Garden (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Magnificent and succinct compositions merging contemporary and improvised approaches in powerfully elegant ways from Swiss pianist Katharina Weber, performing solo in the studio in 2022, presenting seventeen original compositions and two by György Kurtág, including pieces dedicated to Kurtág and Marta Kurtág, along with dedications to Heinz Holliger, Roland Moser, Gertrud Schneider, &c. |
![]() Virelles, David (Virelles / Street / McPherson): Carta (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recording at the Rudy van Gelder Studio, this is Cuban pianist David Virelles' debut on Intakt with his trio of bassist Ben Street and drummer Eric McPherson, performing eight Virelles compositions and his arrangement of a piece by Enrique Bonne Castillo; a joyful contemporary piano trio of great technical skill and passionate performance beautifully captured. |
![]() Stemeseder, Elias / Christian Lillinger (+ Peter Evans / Russell Hall / DoYeon Kim / Brandon Seabrook): Umbra (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The other shaded region to their 2022 Penumbra album, keyboardist Stemeseder and drummer Christian Lillinger explore "utopias in sound production" through acoustic and electronic composition, creating evolving melodies and sonic tapestries in performance with Peter Evans on Piccolo trumpet, Russell Hall on bass, DoYeon Kim on Gayageum and Brandon Seabrook on banjo & guitar. |
![]() Speed, Chris Trio (w/ Chris Tordini / Dave King): Despite Obstacles (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 3rd Intakt release from NY multi-reedist and composer Chris Speed's Trio with bassist Chris Toridini and drummer Dave King, who is also a part of Speed's other working band The Bad Plus, this new album presenting eight original Speed compositions that, as Speed explains, get to the point of featuring the song, the sophisticated melodies around which this excellent trio pivot. |
![]() Ortiz, Aruan Trio (w/ Brad Jones / John Betsch) : Serranias (Sketchbook For Piano Trio) (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Celebrating 20 years since his recording debut as a leader and his own 50th birthday, Cuban-born, New York-based pianist Aruán Ortiz presents his 6th album on Intakt in a trio with bassist Brad Jones and drummer John Betsch, opening with a Gillespie/Parker number then taking us on a spectacular journey through contemporary jazz influenced by Afro-Cuban/Haitian traditions. |
![]() OM (Urs Leimgruber / Christy Doran / Bobby Burri / Fredy Studer): 50 (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Formed in 1972 and releasing their first album in 1975, the enduring quartet OM of Urs Leimgruber on soprano saxophone, Christy Doran on electric guitar, Bobby Burri on double bass and Fredy Studer on drums & percussion, celebrate 50 years of intense genre-blurring creative jazz leveraging rock music's energy with this exhilarating album of structured collective improv. |
![]() Hawkins, Alexander Trio (w/ Neil Charles / Stephen Davis): Carnival Celestial (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Unique approaches to the piano trio format, alerted to the listener by merging synthetics and samples into the opening, bubbling carnival-esque "Rapture", then settling into more recognizable yet innovative approaches to creative, modern jazz through Hawkin's fascinating compositions, electronics drifting in and out at times but generally adhering to great, modern jazz. |
![]() Berne, Tim Trio: Oceans and (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A new trio setting from New York alto saxophonist Tim Berne with accordionist & multi-instrumentalist Aurora Nealand and long-time associate, cellist Hank Roberts, a warmly orchestrated band that allows fluid and relaxed approaches to their playing, Berne's compositions evoking exquisite tonal color and diverse conversations from pacific to tempestuous. |
![]() Doneda / Frangenheim / Turner: NAIL in Ulrichsberg (Concepts of Doing -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Working together many years in various formations--saxophonist Michel Doneda & drummer Roger Turner with John Russell; bassist Alexander Frangenheim & Turner in quartets with Pat Thomas or Phil Wachsman; Doneda & Frangenheim's own duo--this concert at Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg recorded during their European tour shows their incredible compatibility and seemingly telepathic conversations. |
![]() Hemingway, Gerry: Afterlife (Auricle -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Taking what he describes as a road he's never been on, percussionist and improviser Gerry Hemingway turns in an astute album of original songs, Hemingway's voice expressive on work he explains was originally influenced by Dylan, Geeshie Wiley, Lou Reed or Monroe Brothers, the album developed over four years with a cast of collaborators including Ralph Alessi, Earl Howard, Michael Moore, &c. |
![]() Officer!: Bandagen (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock After The Work and his involvement with This Heat, guitarist Mick Hobbs formed Officer!, a shape-shifting RIO band that presented Hobb's unique, amusing and incisive songs, releasing three proper albums and, in 1989, a cassette on the Swiss label No Records that is here reissued, half of the album written for a stage play called Bandagen by Grazia Pergoletti. |
![]() Anthropology Band: Scald - Live 2022 [3 CDS] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $20.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording at London's Cafe OTO, and at the 2022 Newcastle Festival Of Jazz And Improvised Music, saxophonist and composer Martin Archer's exceptional 8-piece line up of his exuberant avant-electric jazz band blurring lines between 70's Miles and AACM abstractions, is heard across three CDs of fiery soloing, contemplative transitions, and spectacular group interplay. |
![]() Das Rad: Veer (Discus -- UK ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Adding bassist Jon Short to their lineup, the 4th album from Das Rad continues the band's genre-merging approach of rock & improv forms rooted in prog, kosmiche, and jazz rock, this post-pandemic album bringing the band back together for live interaction, their enthusiasm evident in their energetic intercourse, particularly in the extended suite "Expergefactor". |
![]() Caines, Ron / Martin Archer Axis: Blutopia (Discus -- UK ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fourth collaboration between composer & saxophonist Ron Caines and arranger & saxophonist Martin Archer, recorded in Brighton between 2022 & 2023 with a cast of UK luminary improvisers--Charlotte Keefe, Chris Sharkey, Graham Clark, Gus Garside and Johnny Hunter--chosen for their applicability to each piece, in configurations from solo to full octet ensemble. |
![]() Band de Poets, Le : Le Band de Poets (Monsieur Fauteux -- Canada ) Price: $12.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Carter, Daniel / Leo Genovese / William Parker / Francisco Mela: Shine Hear, Vol. 1 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Inspired by a poem Carter wrote about New York's interminable motion, the quartet of Daniel Carter on saxophone, Leo Genovese on piano, William Parker on bass, Gralla & Shakuhachi and Francisco Mela on drums & voice, turn in an ecstatic album of exotic collective improvisation in this first of two planned volumes from an excellent studio session. |
![]() Feldman, Morton / Apartment House: Violin and String Quartet [2 CDs] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock One of New York School minimalist composer Morton Feldman's later works, this extended composition spread across two CDs invokes waves of beautifully suspended, weaving strings from four violinists and cello, performed by the UK Apartment House ensemble violinists Mira Benjamin, Chihiro Ono, Amalia Young & Bridget Carey and cellist Anton Lukoszevieze. |
![]() Kaiser, Henry: Mahalo Nui (Metalanguage -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Ten exceptional solo improvisations performed live without overdubbing on electric & acoustic guitars, using effects to expand the expressive capabilities of each guitar, as Henry Kaiser endeavors to sound like more than a single musician, inspired by improvisers like Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor or Derek Bailey, each improv providing a dedication or influence. |
![]() Ogawa, Michiko / Lucy Railton: Fragments Of Reincarnation (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A single-movement work for sho, Hammond organ and cello, jointly realized by Berlin-based collaborators, Tokyo contemporary and experimental musician & composer Michiko Ogawa, and British cellist & composer Lucy Railton, whose work bridges experimental electronic and electroacoustic practice, here exploring the combinations of different tuning systems inherent in their instruments. |
![]() Pateras, Anthony: A Dread of Voids (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two works written for a group of Australian performers living in Berlin--Jon Heilbron, Rebecca Lane, Jess Aszodi & Sam Dunscombe--by Australian composer and pianist Anthony Pateras, A Dread Of Voids developed for a residency at the Archipel Festival in Geneva after enduring a pandemic quarantine; and Patterned Language, composed for the Astra Chamber Music Society. |
![]() Summers, Sarah-Jane : Echo Stane (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performing solo on the Hardanger fiddle, a Scottish folk instrument for which Sarah-Jane Summers holds a masters degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music, the composer and improviser entered the studio to develop these nine experimental pieces, reworking each piece into its fascinating blend of modern contemporary music that harkens back to folk tradition. |
![]() Alva Noto: This Stolen Country of Mine (Noton -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The soundtrack to the 2022 German documentary film This Stolen Country of Mine directed by German filmmaker Marc Wiese about Ecuadorian resistance fighters and journalists opposed to the sale of the country's resources to Chinese investors, in 19 subtle, elegantly passionate electronic works from sound artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto. |
![]() Colonna / Marraff / Spera / Zanotti: Red Planet (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An energetic concert at Area Sismica, in Forli, Italy from the dual saxophone and dual drums Italian quartet of Marco Colonna on baritone & sopranino saxes, Edoardo Marraffa on tenor & alto saxes, Fabrizio Spera on drums, percussion & bow, and Marco Zanotti on drums, percussion & kalimba; a wonderfully explosive concert, the first live post-pandemic performance for all four. |
![]() Eberhard, Silke / Celine Voccia: Wild Knots (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A sax & piano duo from German saxophonist Silke Eberhard and French pianist Céline Voccia, recording in the studio in Berlin as they draw from free jazz and contemporary compositional sources in quick-witted exchanges of powerful technique and creative drive, or contemplative environments of unusual concepts; an extremely well matched and complementary pair. |
![]() Ghost, The Michael Foster's (Foster / Radichel / Sullivan): Vanished Pleasures (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Following NY saxophonist Michael Foster's interest in free jazz, noise and the pre-AIDS era of sexual freedom in the gay community, expressed in a sax-bass-drums trio with Philadelphia double bassist Jared Radichel and drummer Joey Sullivan, drawing on pre-composed structures, melodies, samples, and improvisation to reflect both the joy and anxiety of the queer experience. |
![]() Swell, Steve: For Rhina P. Espaillat (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing poet Rhina P. Espaillat and her poem about the perseverance and future influence of individual art, New York trombonist Steve Swell, also performing on pocket trumpet, presents eight solo recordings of advanced techniques and unique creative power, in seven succinct expressions including a work for Walter Weirbos, and the extended improv "Hope". |
![]() Carter, Daniel / Parker, William / Ughi, Federico: The Dream (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock This album was developed to present Daniel Carter, typically a wind/reed/trumpeter player, on an album that included his piano playing, which then advanced by adding the goal of both Carter and long-time collaborator, drummer Federico Ughi, to record with bassist William Parker, who rounds out this excellent trio on bass, tuba and shakuhachi. |
![]() Gentile, Kate | International Contemporary Ensemble: b i o m e i.i (Obliquity -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composed for and recorded with the International Contemporary Ensemble, NY drummer Kate Gentile's 13-movement composition biome ii integrates improvisation into a chamber music ensemble, each movement describing fictional flora or fauna from a biome of creatures as quirky and fascinating as the music Gentile has developed for this idiosyncratic and exceptional symphony. |
![]() Thomas, Pat / Chris Sharkey / Luke Reddin-Williams: Know : Delirium Atom Paths (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Energetic, authoritative and unpredictable, this 2020 concert at Hyde Park Book club, in Leeds, UK from the collective free improv trio of Pat Thomas on keyboards, Chris Sharkey on electric guitar and Luke Reddin on Williams on drums, burns through an extended and far-ranging set of sonic environments and seriously exhilarating straight-on playing. |
![]() Alcorn, Susan / Jose Lencastre / Hernani Faustino: Manifest (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock While on tour in Lisbon in 2002, pedal steel & lap steel improvising guitarist Susan Alcorn was invited by alto & tenor saxophonist José Lencastre (Nau Quartet) to record in the studio with double & electric bassist Hernani Faustino (Red Trio), recording these six refined trio improvisations of both contemplative and energetic conversations. |
![]() Baraque a Free: Silex (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Formed as a collective in 2016, Baraque à Free brings together young free improvisers from Toulouse, France, who leverage influences from jazz, contemporary and rock forms, creating passages that include harmonious tranquillity, noisy spaces, rhythmic rage, math rock, and hints of orchestral chamber music; a positive album of musical statement and emotional release. |
![]() Barradas, Joao: Solo II - Live at the Festival D'Aix-En-Prevence (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Active in both contemporary music and as an improviser, Portuguese accordionist João Barradas is heard live at the 2022 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in France, performing solo on a chromatic accordion, MIDI chromatic accordion and voice for an expansive, un-interrupted six-part improvisation that showcases both his technical skills and his emotional passion. |
![]() Bica, Carlos (Erdmann / DJ Illvibe / Barradas): Playing with Beethoven (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Commissioned by Cineteatro Louletano to respond creatively to the musical legacy of Ludwig van Beethoven, double bassist Carlos Bica developed ten compositions that draw on Beethoven's original works, performing them with saxophonist Daniel Erdmann, accordionist João Barradas and DJ Illvibe on turntables, a truly unique take on some of the renowned composer's most famous works. |
![]() Ceccaldi, Valentin (w/ Ziemniak / Ottervanger / Lopes): Bonbon Flamme (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A wild, fun, inventive and musically impressive ride from French cellist Valentin Ceccaldi quartet with Etienne Ziemniak on drums, Fulco Ottervanger on piano & keyboards and Luis Lopes on guitar, a unique set of jazz, psychedelic and almost circus music, where the listener is never quite certain what's around the corner but constantly amazed at what they hear. |
![]() Cizej, Domen : Introducing [5 CDs] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An introduction to Amsterdam-based percussionist and composer Domen Cizej through five studio-recorded CDs of differing configurations of his ensembles, one album each from the 8-piece Domen Cizej Percussion Ensemble, the trio Domen Cizej Koška Čias, the Domen Cizej Duo and Trio, and Cizej solo; a set of diverse and upbeat settings with liner notes by Joe Morris. |
![]() HIIT (Quatrana / Grossi / Alves): For Beauty Is Nothing But The Beginning Of Terror (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bringing tremendous playing skill and creative intent, the Italian/Portuguese trio of Simone Quatrana on piano, Andrea Grossi on double bass and Pedro Melo Alves on drums & percussion, improvise over spontaneous compositions that flow perceptively from quick energetic moments to periods of abstract beauty, complementing each other in exquisite and dynamic ways. |
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