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Tree Ear (Strinning / Troller / Hemingway): Witches Butter [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $24.95 In Stock After percussionist and composer Gerry Hemingway migrated to Luzern, Switzerland he joined forces with the creative improvising community in that city, in particular with guitarist Manuel Troller and saxophonist and bass clarinetist Sebastian Strinning, the trio taking the name Tree Ear, blending free and idiomatic improv in bold, uncommon and spellbinding ways. |
Barretto, Jorge Lima : Zul Zelub (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Legendary performer, writer and political situationist Lima Barreto (Telectu) in an electroacoustic work based around the piano and using short wave radio and CD players. |
Big Bold Back Bone (Marco von Orelli / Sheldon Suter / Luis Lopes: In Search Of The Emerging Species (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Swiss musicians, trumpeter Marco Von Orelli and drummer Sheldon Suter and their Portuguese partners, guitarist Luis Lopes and electronics artist Travassos, in an album of unconventional collective improvisation using extended techniques in a large work of evolving, subtle interactions, magnifying sound and gesture in an engrossing sonic environment. |
Cambien, Jonas / Adrian Myhr: Simiskina (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With a discography of both contemporary and improvised music, Beligan pianist residing in Norway Jonas Cambien (Platform, Karokh) joins forces with Norwegian double bassist Adrian Myhr (Delius, Dorner, Buck) for an album that balances concentrative and muscular interplay, influenced by Cambien's piano preparations and Myhr's sophisticated techniques. |
Cassiers, Lynn (w/ der Werf / Vermeulen / Dumoulin / Cabras / Patrman): Yun (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Vocalist and electronic artist Lynn Cassier leads the "Yun" project, a sextet including fellow Octurn saxophonist Bo Van der Werf, plus two keyboardists (Erik Vermeulen & Jozef Dumoulin), bassist Manolo Cabras and drummer Marek Patrman, as she rearranges 12 pieces from the American Songbook, applying unique electroacoustic harmonic and rhythmic structures. |
Chrome Hill (Lerheim / Nymo / Lofthus / Arntzen): This Is Chrome Hill [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Self-described as Scandinavian jazz rock noir, the Chrome Hill quartet of Asbjorn Lerheim on baritone guitar, Roger Arntzen on double bass, Torstein Lofthus on drums & vibraphone, and Atle Nymo on tenor saxophone, present a dramatic album of contrasts inspired by cinematic and musical moods, merging elements of folk, Delta blues and cowboy rock into their darkly cool sound. |
Cortex (Hoyer / Nilssen / Alberts / Johansson): Legal Tender [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Seriously joyful and consequential "avant-garde party music" from the Norwegian Cortex quartet of Ola Hoyer on double bass, Gard Nilssen on drums & percussion, Kristoffer Berre Alberts on saxophone, and Thomas Johansson on trumpet, in their 6th album of irresistible, upbeat free jazz. |
da Rocha, Maria: Beetroot & Other Stories (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Using violin, viola, synth and effect pedals, Portuguese string player Maria da Rocha creates rich environments of sound and unusual rhythmic structures over which she plays with subtlety and transcendence, in her first solo album, using her unique language as she tells the story of a beet and a witch, inspired by Odyssey Ulysses and Circe from Cortazar. |
Der Verboten (Loriot / Chessex / Piromalli / Wolfarth): Der Verboten (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Originally called Treffpunkt, or "meeting point", the partnership of violist Frantz Loriot and pianist Cedric Piromalli has evolved as they added collaborators to their idiosyncratic approach to improv, here with guests Antoine Chessex on tenor sax and Christian Wolfarth on percussion and cymbals for an extended, upbeat and wonderfully creative performance. |
Double-Basse (Petit / Duboc): This is Not Art (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock French free improvisers Benjamin Duboc (double bass) and Jean-Luc Petit (contrabass & clarinet) in a moody album of bass tones, deep harmonics and rich timbral interaction with beautiful pacing that rises in confrontation and then descends back to artful darkness. |
Fernandes, Andre (w/ Sambeat / Campos / Heliodoro / Pereira): Kinetic [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Active Lisbon guitarist and producer André Fernandes formed the band Kinetic to perform the lyrically upbeat and sophisticated works of composers he admires--David Binney, Ohad Talmor, Akiko Pavolka, Sara Serpa, Perico Sambeat and Xan Campos--in a band that includes saxophonist Sambeat and pianist Campos, along with bassist Frederico Heliodoro and drummer João Pereira. |
Filiano, Ken / Adams, Steve: The Other Side of This (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Free Range Rat (Carison / Hipp / McGloin / Schuller / Yates): Nut Club (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Godet, Jean-Brice (Godet / Niggenkemper / Darrifourcq): Lignes de Cretes (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock French clarinetist Jean-Brice Godet leads the trio of bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq in a live album of abstract free improvisation using tools like radios, dictaphones, object, and zithers, creating powerfully unique sound worlds. |
Goncalves, Andre: Currents and Riptides (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Andre Gonvalves, known for the ADDAC System brand of modular synthesizers and several devices for electronic music, in a solo album combining analog and digital sounds and tools, processing of field recordings and ready-made materials, a rich and beautiful work. |
Hasselberg, Joao / Pedro Branco: From Order To Chaos (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Primarily a bass and guitar duo between Portugese natives Joao Hasselberg, on double bass and electric, and electric guitarist Pedro Branco, here in their second album together of delicately sophisticated string improvisations, joined by a a great set of collaborators to expand the duo to trio and quartet. |
Honest John (Moe / Johannesen / Hoyer / Nylander / Holm): International Breakthrough (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Scandinavian quintet of Ole-Henrik Moe on violin, Kim Johannesen on guitar; Ola Hoyer on double bass; Erik Nylander on drums & drum machine; and Klaus Ellerhusen-Holm on alto saxophone and Bb on clarinet, in a daring album of mostly Ellerhusen-Holm compositions, arranged collectively into these creative and energetic gems. |
Ich B!n Nintendo (Winther / Nergaard / Johansen): Lykke (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The Ich Bin Nintendo trio of Christian Skar Winther (guitar & voice), Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (bass) and Joakim Heibo Johansen (drums) take their improvised noise music into the post-punk world with demanding and energetic music that voices it's power and exultation. |
Knalpot (Fanoli / Jager / Caron): Dierendag (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sporting a strange sense of humor and blending rock and improvisation, instrumentally this Amsterdam is the duo of Raphael Vanoli on guitar, synth, & electronics and Gerri Jager on drums, synths, & electronics, with Sandor Caron providing sound design, here in an album of stylistic amalgamations of unexpected and upbeat rhythmic oddity and fun melodic inventiveness. |
Left Exit (Feat Michael Duch / Klaus Holm): Mr K (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock This progressive/folk/jazz/improv/experimental/psych quartet from Norway covers a diverse set of approaches to improvisation, from textural, minimalistic and radically abstract, like something AMM would play, using graphic and written notation. |
Lisbon Improvisation Players (Amado / Filiano / Salero / Adams): Motion (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A precursor to his Motion Trio, this is a 2002 studio recording led by saxophonist Rodrigo Amado performing on baritone & tenor saxophones, with US West Coast saxophonist Steve Adams on soprano & tenor saxophones, Acacio Salero on drums, plus New York bassist Ken Filiano, improvising over six works that show the depth and mastery of each individually and collectively. |
Lopes, Luis / Jean-Luc Guionnet: Live at Culturgest (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Guitarist Luis Lopes (Humanization 4tet, Lisbon-Berlin Trio) is known for his mix of jazz, blues, rock; saxophonist Guionnet (The Fish, Hubub) for a mix of free jazz and electroacoustic experimentation; together live they create a riveting and unexpected hybrid of sound. |
Loriot, Frantz / Manuel Perovic Notebook Large Ensemble: Urban Furrow (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot's large ensemble drawn from 5 nations in an excellent set of compositions that employ a diverse set of approaches, slyly drawing the listener into unique and encompassing sound worlds of remarkable elements and superb improvisation. |
Mathisen / Svendsen / Wildhagen: Momentum (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With a list of projects including Shagma, The Core, Zanussi 5 and Mopti, the trio of Jorgen Mathisen (sax), Christian Meaas Svendsen (bass) and Andreas Wildhagen (drums), "Momentum" is an apt name for their uniquely building, unpredictable and atypical improvisations. |
Musica De Selvagem (Decloedt / Nader / Rodrigues / Ferreira / Marques): Volume Unico (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Reacting to negative comments about Brazilian music, Sao Paulo-born double bassist Arthur Decloedt recruited saxophonist Filipe Nader to create a new, spontaneous and free-form take on Brazilian jazz, using pop songs as a jumping off point, with four vocalists and a five piece band creating compelling new and unusual hybrids of Brazil's rich, rhythmic and compelling music. |
Naked Wolf (Ex / Gibson / Jaeger / Provan / Szafirowski): Ahum (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Bridging improv and rock, this quintet including Luc Ex on guitar uses instrumental and vocal forms to draw on a wealth of styles with references to free improv, post-punk and RIO styles, beautifully pacing the album from energetic improv to slowly unfolding atmospheres. |
Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik): Susurrus [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Existing between composition and free improvisation, this Norwegian quartet of Torstein Lavik Larsen on trumpet, Adrian Myhr on double bass, Fredrik Rasten on acoustic guitar, and Jan Martin Gismervik on drums & percussion are informed by minimal composed, folk and improvised musics, applying unusual technique and methodology to create beautiful textural and impressionistic sound. |
Parzen-Johnson, Jonah: I Try To Remember Where I Come (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Chicago born, Brooklyn-based saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson performs live at The Bunker on baritone saxophone, accompanying himself on analog synthesizer, using arpeggiated and repeating structures over which he improvises lyrical work using extended techniques including circular breathing, multiphonics, and overtones to great effect. |
Punkt3 (Pfister / Punkt / Oliveras): Ordnung Herrscht (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Led by bassist Noah Punkt, this young Leipzig-Zurich improvising trio with drummer Ramon Oliveras and saxophonist Tobias Pfister blend an unusual sense of humor into serious free jazz, with strange asides or layers of sound punctuating superb and energetic playing. |
Roligheten (Roligheten / Loseth / Strom / Nylander): Homegrown (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Saxophonist and bass clarinetist Andre Roligheten leads his quartet with Adrian Loseth Waade on violin, Jon Rune Strom on double bass, and Erik Nylander on drums and percussion through 7 original compositions and Ornette Coleman's "Kathleen Gray", writing for the players, particularly the combination of sax and violin, and the flexibility of a chordless quartet. |
Sa, Joana: Elogio Da Desordem (In Praise of Disorder) (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composer, pianist and multi-instrumentals Joana Sa gives voice to texts by Goncalo M. Tavares as read by Rosinda Costa, where the text organizes the thoughts that filter the multiple, disorderly, eccentric, voluble mind described in Tavares' work. |
Sharp, Elliott: Octal Book 3 (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The 3rd volume in NY guitarist Elliott Sharp's "Octal" project, using a Koll 8-string guitar/bass, an electroacoustic hollow-bodied guitar with 2 extra bass strings, presenting unedited improvisations of technical and sonic power. |
Snik: Metasediment Rock (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock SNIK IS led by trombonist Kristoffer Kompen and bassist Ole Morten Vagan, who provide the compositions for their quartet with saxophonist Kristoffer Berre Alberts and drummer Erik Nylander, in an album that ranges from meditative free playing to hard swinging bop oriented jazz. |
Snyder, Nicolas: Temporary Places (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock West Coast sound artist Nicolas Snyder is a composer, filmmaker, sound-documenter, gardener, and forager; fascinated by the sounds of nature, he took recordings from streams and National Parks in Vietnam, Pennsylvania, and California and merged them with music composed in the studio to create these works of great beauty as a study of locational and emotional memory. |
Space Quartet (Toral / Antunes / Morao / Torres): Directions (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock An exploration of space, not outer, but the space we give to each other, the space between events and the space between musical expression, as composed by electronic artist Rafael Toral, using acoustic & electronic feedback and amplification with his quartet of Hugo Antunes on double bass, Nuno Mora on drums & percussion and Nuno Torres on saxophone & electronics. |
Steidle, Oli & The Killing Popes (Steidle / Mobus / Nicholls / Downes / Donkin): Ego Pills (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Rapid fire playing and a wicked humor fuels drummer Olie Steidle's album with guitarist Frank Mobus, keyboardists Kit Downes and Dan Nicholls, and bassist Phil Donkin, mashing together electro-jazz, art rock, hardcore and club music into upbeat and twisted music, building up to a narrative "Speed Junky on Funny Human Darts"; insanely embraceable and stunning. |
Stirrup (Lonberg-Holm / Macri / Rumback): Cut (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Chicago free improvising mainstay Fred Lonberg-Holm's Stirrup trio with Nick Macri on double bass and Charles Rumback on drums crosses genres and grooves in an album balancing lyrical and hard-grooved tunes, with Lonberg-Holm taking up guitar on a number of tracks. |
TGB (Carolino / Delgado / Frazao): III (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The 3rd Clean Feed album from this Portuguese band of unusual orchestration and intentions that cross jazz and rock idioms, from the trio of Sergio Carolino on tuba, Mario Delgado on guitar, and Alexandre Frazao on drums, with rapid fire attacks and tight compositional moments balanced by wonderful open, sonic moments, surprising with a cover of King Crimson's "Starless". |
Vanoli, Raphael: Bibrax (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Amsterdam guitarist Raphael Vanoli in a solo record of discovery, hiper-amplifying his guitar so that slight motions create forceful statements, where gently blowing on the strings creates dynamics and harmonics rarely explored, effected to create complex sonic compositions with unique, unusual and fascinating properties. |
Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar Four (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The fourth in the Elliot Sharp curated "Meta Guitar" series brings a wealth of diverse styles and approaches to the guitar, from Knox Chandler, Tashi Dorji, Monika Roscher, Rhys Chatham, Kalle Kalima, Ryan Choi, Marco Oppedisano, Bern Nix, Markus Reuter, Hahn Rowe, Pete Matthiessen, Robert Poss, Ron Anderson, Morgan Craft, Roberto Zorzi, and Erdem Helvacioglu. |
Velkro (Simon / Meidell / Candeias): Don't Wait for the Revolution (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A multi-national trio from Slovenia (Bostjan Simon-sax), Norway (Stephan Meidell-guitar, bass & electronics) and Portugal (Luis Candeias-drums) bringing a diverse set of modern influences including electronics, alternative rock and sound/noise to excellent free improvisation. |
Velkro (Simon / Meidell / Candeias): Too Lazy to Panic (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Hazy free jazz in an hallucinatory blend of passionate music influenced as much by experimental and rock forms as traditional improv, from the trio of Bostjan Simon on sax & electronics, Stephan Meidell on guitar, bass, percussion & electronics and Luis Candeias on drums. |
Landaeus Trio (Nilsson / Landaeus / Aman): A Crisis Of Perception (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Active collaborators for six years at the time of this recording, this is the first time Swedish improvisers Cornelia Nilsson on drums, Johnny Aman on double bass and Mathias Landaeus on piano & keys have recorded together as a trio, performing seven engagingly lyrical compositions from leader Landaeus, on several tracks adding an unusual edge through the use of synths. |
Likhachev, Yaroslav Quartet: Occasional Sketches (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Performing the embracingly angular compositions of Russian-born, German-based saxophonist Yaroslav Likhachev that pivot on hard bop transformed through inventive approaches, since 2016 Likhachev's Quartet with Yannis Anft on piano, Conrad Noll on bass and Moritz Baranczyk on drums have pursued new forms of expression while maintaining jazz, traditions here in nine well-defined "sketches". |
Gantar, Miha: Introducing [5 CD Box] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $23.95 In Stock An introduction to Amsterdam-based, Slovenian pianist & composer Miha Gantar in a specially priced 5-CD box, performing his diverse and sophisticated compositions in a variety of configurations from solo, duo, trio, quartet & large ensemble, with notable participants including Gerry Hemingway, Christian Lillinger and Axel Dorner; liner notes by Nate Wooley. |
Delgado, Mario (Frazao / Olejniczak / Barretto / Nymark / Delgado): Filactera (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Guitarist Mario Delgado leads this 2002 session of lyrical modern jazz merging a diverse set of styles including traditional jazz, blues, and country-western, with an experimental edge and free jazz inclinations, in a quintet with Alexandre Frazao on drums, Andrzej Olejniczak on tenor saxophone, Carlos Barretto on bass and Claus Nymark on trombone. |
Flak (w/ Amado / Alves / Rebelo / Rodrigues / Lopes): Magpie Live (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Portuguese legendary rocker and experimenter Flak (Rádio Macau, Maquina do Almoco Da Pancadas) invited an ensemble of rock, free improvisors and electronic musicians--Rodrigo Amado, José Lencastre, Luís Lopes, Guilherme Rodrigues, Francisco Rebelo and Rui Alves--for this improvised live performance in Lisbon, merging genres in inventive and intriguing ways. |
Sousa, Pedro Alves (w/ Simoes / Silva / Abras / Ferrandini): Ma Estrela (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Saxophonist & electroacoustic improviser Pedro Sousa (Pao, Lisbon Freedom Unit, Sousa / Berthling / Ferrandini) was commissioned by Lisbon's Jazz in the Park to create this hybrid work of jazz, electronica and dub, performed with collaborators, drummer Gabriel Ferrandini (PeterGabriel, Red Trio), Simão Simões (electronics), Bruno Silva (electronics), and Miguel Abras (bass). |
Kuchen, Martin Kuchen / Michaela Antalova: Thunder Before Lightning [VINYL] [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $23.00 Out of Stock dinged sleeve |
Paulo, Joao: Memorias De Quem (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Tinoco, Bernardo / Tom Maciel: Nomad Nenufar (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Seeking to create an original repertoire for collective composition in a small group format, Portuguese wind improviser Bernardo Tinoco on alto & tenor saxophones, duduk & flute, and pianist Tom Maciel, also on synths and drum machine, sought to influence their playing with electronics and audio processing, on three tracks joined by drummer João Pereira. |
Sommer, Gunter Baby / Raymond MacDonald: Sounds, Songs & Other Noises (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Following their 2007 Clean Feed release Delphinius and Lyra the duo of Gunter Baby Sommer and Raymond MacDonald reach deeper into their collective creative conversation for sixteen succinct improvisations--confident, boisterous or introspective--including a 5-part series of "Miniatures", performed on alto & soprano saxophones, drums and an eclectic set of percussive devices. |
Risser, Eve / Red Desert Orchestra: Eurythmia (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The rhythmically rich Red Desert Orchestra assembled by pianist and composer Eve Risser is an ensemble made up of nine European musicians joined by African musicians and configured in several distinct ensembles, here as Eurythmia, collaborating with three Burkinabe musicians living in France for irresistible music at the intersection of jazz, West African and dance music. |
Pospieszalski, Marek Quartet (Pospieszalski / Stemeseder / Mucha / Andrzejewski): Durer's Mother (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Following saxophonist Marek Pospieszalski Octet album on Clean Feed interpreting Polish composers of the 20th Century, he continues his work in a quartet setting with original compositions inspired by 19th & 20th Century composers, including Schubert, Britten & Lachenmann, performed with Elias Stemeseder on piano, Max Mucha on double bass and Max Andrzejewski on drums. |
Oswald, Margaux: Dysphotic Zone (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Assertively dynamic solo piano improvisations captured live at the 2021 Monopiano Festival in Fylkingen, Stockholm from French-Filipina pianist Margaux Oswald, generating huge block chords over which she runs intricate and complex lines of clear and cohesive expression, pausing for delicate moments of space and introspection; wonderfully exuberant and well balanced. |
Ahanes (Kokkoli / Arapis / Aleklint / Zethson / Zetterberg / Agnas): Petrichor (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Stockholm pianist Alexander Zethson invited Greek saxophonist Nicky Kokkoli and guitarist Giannis Arapis to take part in his 13-piece Thanatosis festival ensemble VÖ; they then asked drummer Nils Agnas, bassist Torbjörn Zetterberg and trombonist Mats Äleklint to join them for this sublimely flowing sextet studio session, which includes works by Mingus and Coltrane. |
Fefer, Avram Quartet: Juba Lee (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock From post/hard bop to African-influenced spiritual jazz, the 2nd release from saxophonist & clarinetist Avram Fefer's quartet with Marc Ribot on guitar, Eric Revis on bass and Chad Taylor on drums swings freely or finds introspective grooves in nine original Fefer compositions of rich melodies around unusual time signatures, yielding extraordinary soloing and group interplay. |
Gorilla Mask (Van Huffel / Fidezius / Fischerlehner): Mind Raid (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Assertive, sometimes skronky, masterful playing from the Gorilla Mask trio of Peter Van Huffel on alto & baritone saxes, Roland Fidezius on electric bass and Rudi Fischerlehner on drums & percussion, in their 5th album in 13 years, nuancing their sound with electronics while adhering to power trio playing fed by new collaborative and conceptual approaches from all band members. |
Freedman, Lori / Scott Thomson: Amber (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 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. |
Zanussi, Per / Vestnorsk Jazzensemble: Li (and the infinite game) (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Powerful, modern jazz from a Norwegian ensemble of cross-genre improvisers, bringing an eclectic mix of jazz, electronic, African & orchestral expression into a series of works by double bassist Per Zanussi that explore the concept of "Li", a neo-Confucian term for fixed and dynamic patterns in nature, expressed through passionate ensemble work and exemplary soloing. |
One Small Step (Janne Eraker / Vegar Vardal / Roger Arntzen): Gol Variations (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A truly unique improvisational setting between three Norwegian artists--inspired tap dancer JanneEraker, fiddle player and vocalist Vegar Vardal and double bassist Roger Arntzen--finding an exuberant excitement through the percussion of body movement, strange and slippery vocalizations and two emphatic strings; virtually indescribable and absolutely enthralling. |
Toscano, Ricardo Trio: Chasing Contradictions (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A swinging album of modern jazz from the Portuguese trio of Ricardo Toscano on alto sax, Romeu Tristao on double bass and Joao Pereira on drums, recording in 2021 concert at Theatro Sao Luiz in Lisbon, featuring two original Toscano compositions, one from drummer Joao Pereira, a traditional fardo song and the effusive Thelonious Monk tune "Played Twice". |
Lumpert, Igor Innertextures (w/ Ward / Tordini / Grohowski / ...): I am the Spirit of the Earth (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Brooklyn-based Slovenian saxophonist Igor Lumpert draws on his life experiences through eight original compositions and a Bosnian folk song performed with his core band of alto saxophonist Greg Ward, drummer Kenny Grohwoski and bassist Chris Tordini, expanded to a sextet and octet with stellar improvisers including trumpeter Peter Evans, guitarist Jeff Miles, &c. |
Fight the Big Bull: All is Gladness in the Kingdom (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Guitarist, composer and arranger Matt White with his unique big band including Steven Bernstein, J.C. Kuhl, John Lilley, BobMiller, Reggie Pace, Bryan Hooten, &c. |
Brennan, Patrick S0nic 0penings: Tilting Curvaceous (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Patrick Brennan's compositions propose a series of groove instances or cells, each laying out a contrasting polyrhythm in bass & treble so that at least two melodic lines can be played over them simultaneously and the series looped, cleverly accomplished with Brian Groder on trumpet, Rod Williams on piano, Hilliard Greene on bass, Michael TA Thompson on drums and Brenann on sax. |
Day & Taxi (Gallio / Jeger / Hemmingway): Live in Baden (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock For 35 years saxophonist & composer Christoph Gallio has directed the exemplary Swiss jazz group Day & Taxi, here in a trio format with bassist Silvan Jeger and drummer Gerry Hemingway, Gallio on soprano, alto & C melody saxophones, heard in this 2021 live performance at Stadtbistro Isebahnli, in Baden, Germany for nine diverse, creative and delightfully quirky pieces. |
Gratkowski, Frank / Simon Nabatov: Tender Mercies (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Long-time collaborators, German reed & wind player Frank Gratkowski and pianist Simon Nabatov release their third collaboration as a duo, concentrating their playing from large bands including the Simon Nabatov Quartet to the essence of their personal and impressive dialog, here performing at the LOFT, in Cologne for the celebration of Nabatov's birthday. |
Pais, Afonso / Tomas Marques: The Inner Colours of Boglins Outline (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A relaxed and informed dialog between young generation Portuguese improvisers Tomás Marques on alto saxophone and Afonso Pais on guitar, demonstrating their experience from bands like L.U.M.E. and Joao Hasselberg / Pedro Branco, these five expressive and intuitively melodic improvisations were recorded by the artists in 2022 and are presented without edits. |
Skeidsvoll, Lauritz / Isach Skeidsvoll: Chanting Moon, Dancing Sun - Live at Molde International Jazz Festival (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Developing their language together since childhood, Norwegian brothers Lauritz Heitmann Skeidsvoll on saxophone and Isach Skeidsvoll on piano & melodica converse in a way that only two family members can, using their knowledge of each other's playing as a confident foundation for remarkable flights of technically challenging yet innately lyrical improvisations. |
Trujillo, Juanma / Kenneth Jimenez / Gerald Cleaver: Contour (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Recording in Brooklyn, the trio led by Venezuelan guitarist Juanma Trujillo, with Costa Rican bassist Kenneth Jimenez and New York drummer Gerald Cleaver, merge avant jazz, heavy rock grooves with a Sonny Sharrock flavor, and abstract almost chamber jazz, a fascinating combination of contrasts that keeps the boundaries of their contours flexible and masterfully unpredictable. |
Vicente, Luis 4tet (Vicente / Dikeman / Stewart / Goevart): House In The Valley (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A well-balanced and often scorching performance at Igreja do Espírito Santo in Portugal from trumpeter Luis Vicente, presented as two long improvisations each comprised of two works inspired by childhood times in a rural environment and by everyday life at home during pandemic, performed with the outstanding quartet of saxophonist John Dikeman, bassist Luke Stewart and drummer Onno Goevart. |
O Carro de Fogo de Sei Miguel: Um Um Um, E Nao Ha Forma De Morrer (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Trumpeter & composer Sei Miguel's second O Carro De Fogo De Sei Migue continues his merging of electric jazz with ea-overtones, in three live recordings with Fala Mariam on trombone & Rings, Nuno Torres on saxophone & Rings, Bruno Silva on electric guitar, Pedro Lourenco on electric bass, Andre Goncalves on organs & ATMOS and Luis Desirat & Raphael Soares on percussion. |
Carvalho, Andre (Carvalho / Soares / Matos): Lost in Translation, Vol. II (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Double basist Andre Carvalho (EMJO, Large Unit) follows up his 2021 album on the New York-based Outside In Music label with this 2nd volume, recording with his working trio of guitarist Andre Matos and saxophonist Jose Soares, each of the lyrical and creative tracks titled for a word from a another language that is not readily translatable in most languages. |
Chrome Hill Duo Meets Dojo (Asbjorn Lerheim / Roger Arntzen / Michiyo Yagi / Tamaya Honda): Live At Aketa No Mise (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A powerfully creative concert of genre-bending improvisation when the core of the Norwegian jazz/rock band Chrome Hill--Asbjørn Lerheim (guitar) and Roger Arntzen (bass)--returned to Japan to join for the 3rd time with koto improviser Michiyo Yagi, plus her frequent collaborator, drummer Tamaya Honda, for an assertive concert of exotic, experimental improv at Tokyo's Aketa No Mise. |
Costa, Mario (w/ Cuong Vu / Benoit Delbecq / Bruno Chevillon): Chromosome (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Titled for Portuguese drummer Mario Costa's disciplined approach to composition and the DNA-like consideration of his band members--Cuong Vu on trumpet, Benoit Delbecq on piano, synths & samplers and Bruno Chevillon on double bass--this 2nd release as a leader shows Costa advancing his ideas through nine rigorously composed original works, impeccably realized by this outstanding band. |
Houle, Francois Genera Sextet: In Memoriam (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Canadian clarinetist François Houle in an international project dedicated to the late co-founder of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Ken Pickering, performed with Canadian expatriates, plus colleagues from New York City, Paris, Basel and Berlin: Marco von Orelli on cornet & trumpet, Samuel Blaser on trombone, Benoit Delbecq on piano, Michael Bates on bass and Harris Eisenstadt on drums. |
Lopes, Luis Abyss Mirrors: Echoisms (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Citing references including Sun Ra, electric Miles, Ornette, Wadada Leo Smith, Stockhausen & Gabriel Prokofiev, guitarist Luis Lopes's Abyss Mirrors brings together artists drawing on European & Brazilian performers from Clean Feed, Shhpuma and Creative Sources for these evolving and often ecstatic collective, experimental improvisations; unpredictably edgy and exciting! |
Miguel, Sei Unit Core: Road Music (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Recordings from concerts throughout Portugal between 2016-2021 from pocket trumpeter Sei Miguel's quartet with Fala Mariam on alto trombone, Bruno Silva on electric guitar and Pedro Castello-Lopes on percussion & drums (Pandeiro & Kalengo), uniquely orchestrated works often simplifying larger orchestral concepts, clarifying these warmly embraceable original Miguel compositions. |
MOVE (Gibson / Zenicula / Valinho): The City (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Energetic and urgent free jazz from the Portuguese trio MOVE of Felipe Zenicola on electric bass, Yedo Gibson on saxophones and Joao Valinho on drums, long time collaborators and members of bands including Rodrigo Amado Refraction Quartet and Naked Wolf, these five shredding improvisations were captured live at Desterro Club, in Lisbon in 2022. |
Selva, The (Jacinto / Almeida / Morao): Camarao-Girafa (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock An absorbing album of electronic jazz and improvisation from the Portuguese string and percussion trio of Ricardo Jacinto on cello, electronics & harmonium, Goncalo Almeida on double bass & electronics and Nuno Morao on drums & percussion, exploring unique and innately lyrical intersections of chamber improv, ea-improv and compositional forms. |
Lopes, Luis: Lisbon Paris, Stereo Noise Solo (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Taking advantage of stereo placement and strong effect processing, Portuguese guitarist Luís Lopes (Humanization 4tet, Lisbon Freedom Unit) releases the antithesis of his recent Love Songs series with this improvised guitar album, splitting his signal through two unique sequences of analogue pedals into tube amplifiers, creating hypnotically corrosive music. |
Medusa Unit (Ricardo Jacinto): Umbra, Antumbra & Penumbra (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Originally a solo project for cello, electronics and resonant objects, Ricardo Jacinto (Pink Draft, String Theory, LFU) expands his concept that focuses on the relationship between sound and space with this septet, captured live at CCC in Portugal and featuring an instrument developed for the project using multiple microphones on the cello connected to resonant objects. |
Roots Magic Sextet: Long Old Road (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock After their performance at the 2021 Jazz em Agosto festival, the Italian quartet of Alberto Popolla on clarinets, electric bass & banjo, Errico De Fabritiis on saxophones, Gianfranco Tedeschi on double bass, and Fabrizio Spera on drums is again expanded with wind player Eugenio Colombo and vibraphonist Francesco Lo Cascio, recording this lyrical blues-rooted album in the studio in 2022. |
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. |
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