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Comte, Richard: Endless Tapes [CASSETTE]
Comte, Richard:
Endless Tapes [CASSETTE]

(nunc. -- France )


Price: $14.95    




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An immersive drone performed on acoustic guitar, captured and extended through loops and effects and recorded to 4-track cassette, from French improviser Richard Comte (Hippie Diktat, Vegan Dallas), a single extended piece that begins with actively repeating chords that evolve into rich layers of textured, expansive loops, a seemingly infinite work that begs to be looped.

Comte, Richard: Travel Patterns [CD EP]
Comte, Richard:
Travel Patterns [CD EP]

(nunc. -- France )


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An album of languorous guitar motifs, slowly unfolding in a mesmerizing haze intended to accompany a traveller as landscapes pass, contemplative daydream listening as a mesmeric addition to one's environment in momentum, presented in four "Patterns" that allow the rich tones and harmonics of French electric guitarist Richard Comte to ring out a rich journey.

Roue Libre (Lanau / Comte / Biardeau): Titanomakhia [CD EP]
Roue Libre (Lanau / Comte / Biardeau):
Titanomakhia [CD EP]

(nunc. -- France )


Price: $14.95    




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This assertive French rock trio's first EP takes on provocative subjects with urgency and an acerbic humor through dark and driving grooves and tight interaction, from the trio of Theo Lanau on drums, Richard Comte on guitar, bass, & voice and Quentin Biardeau on saxophone & keyboards, from studio treated live recordings at Astrolab, in Orleans, France.

Silva, Alan / Itaru Oki / Richard Comte / Makoto Sato: Celebration
Silva, Alan / Itaru Oki / Richard Comte / Makoto Sato:
Celebration

(nunc. -- France )


Price: $14.95    




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Recorded live in Paris in 2019 as a celebration of improvising keyboardist Alan Silva's 80th birthday, and released with a dedication to the memory of trumpeter Itaru Oki, the quartet completed with guitarist Richard Comte and drummer Makoto Sato, in a 3-part improvisation that is sadly the final recording for Oki, standing as a great example of his voice.

Vegan Dallas: Electro Griot
Vegan Dallas:
Electro Griot

(nunc. -- France )


Price: $14.95    




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Rhythmically rich instrumental music crossing experimental, rock and compositional forms with an ear towards primitive and instinctual pulses, the French quartet of drummer & bass harpist Julein Chamla, percussionist Benjamin Flament, Simon Henocq on live electronics and guitarist Richard Comte explore innate pulses imbued with modern and urgent overtones.

Vegan Dallas: Electro Griot [VINYL]
Vegan Dallas:
Electro Griot [VINYL]

(nunc. -- France )


Price: $19.95    




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Rhythmically rich instrumental music crossing experimental, rock and compositional forms with an ear towards primitive and instinctual pulses, the French quartet of drummer & bass harpist Julein Chamla, percussionist Benjamin Flament, Simon Henocq on live electronics and guitarist Richard Comte explore innate pulses imbued with modern and urgent overtones.

Fluke - Mogul, Gabby: Love Songs
Fluke - Mogul, Gabby:
Love Songs

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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An album of raw and emotional "love songs", 17 unique solo violin improvisations and vocal utterance as the New York improviser runs her bow with passionate openness and intimacy through raspy edges, ardent plucking, introspective aching, and moments of beauty, all displayed through immense technique and powerful control over her instrument.

Hippie Diktat: Black Peplum [VINYL]
Hippie Diktat:
Black Peplum [VINYL]

(BeCoq -- France )


Price: $19.95    




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Using raw and primal rhythms, deep textures from amplified baritone saxophone and trance approaches to rock instrumental music balancing Steve Reich and Sunn O))), the French Hippie Diktat trio of Antoine Viard on baritone sax, Julien Chamla on drums and Richard Comte on guitar has toured Europe since 2011, here in recordings at l'Ecluse, in Reims from 2013.

Pavone, Jessica: ...of Late
Pavone, Jessica:
...of Late

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Borrowing from traditional music notation, Jessica Pavone's compositions for her string ensemble with Aimée Niemann and Abby Swidler alternates between metered and time-based scores allowing the performers freedom to move between long tone sounds and clusters at the performer's chosen rate, responding to each other while creating a "collaboratively sewn musical fabric".

Pavone, Jessica: ...of Late [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Pavone, Jessica:
...of Late [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $5.50    




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Borrowing from traditional music notation, Jessica Pavone's compositions for her string ensemble with Aimée Niemann and Abby Swidler alternates between metered and time-based scores allowing the performers freedom to move between long tone sounds and clusters at the performer's chosen rate, responding to each other while creating a "collaboratively sewn musical fabric".

Trio Xolo (Swanson / Michaels / Naujokaitis): In Flower, In Song
Trio Xolo (Swanson / Michaels / Naujokaitis):
In Flower, In Song

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $16.00    




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The debut of Trio Xolo, bringing together Mexican-American bassist Zachary Swanson, inventive Lithuanian ex-pat & long-time New York drummer/percussionist Dalius Naujokaitis and lyrical Baltimore saxophonist Derrick Michaels, three players steeped in both tradition and avant free playing, captured live in-studio for an album of perceptive creative jazz.

Stiebler, Ernstalbrecht / Tilman Kanitz: The Pankow-Park Sessions, Vol.1
Stiebler, Ernstalbrecht / Tilman Kanitz:
The Pankow-Park Sessions, Vol.1

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Six potent duo improvisations for cello and piano by composer & pianist Ernstalbrecht Stiebler and fellow-Berlin resident Tilman Kanitz, who have been developing their dialog together for several years in studio, focusing much of their momentum on pitch and harmony, their work all the more remarkable for Stiebler only having begun improvising in his mid-80s.

Clark, Katelyn / Isaiah Ceccarelli: Landmarks
Clark, Katelyn / Isaiah Ceccarelli:
Landmarks

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Eight powerful and often cinematic pieces for organ and percussion, jointly composed and performed by long-time collaborators, Montreal composers and improvisers Katelyn Clark and Isaiah Ceccarelli, these 8 compositions developed around improvisations on the historic instruments continuo & portative organs, with percussion including a 40" bass drum, bell plates, and almglocken.

Harnik, Elisabeth / Didi Kern / Jaap Blonk: Steamology
Harnik, Elisabeth / Didi Kern / Jaap Blonk:
Steamology

(Klanggalerie -- Austria )


Price: $17.95    




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Joyfully assertive and somewhat twisted, the first of three improvisations on this live album at Wels Unlimited 2020 is the duo of Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik and drummer Didi Kern, starting at high speed then shifting to unusual approaches in a quirky dialog, made quirkier with Jaap Blonk adding wonderfully nonsensical vocalizations on the last two pieces.

Feldman, Mark / Katinka Kleijn: Sine Nomine
Feldman, Mark / Katinka Kleijn:
Sine Nomine

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


Price: $15.95    




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Blurring free improvisation and compositional strategies in this encounter at the "First Meeting Series" at FAB Music Studio Chicago between New York violinist Mark Feldman and Chicago cellist Katinka Kleijn, a remarkable concert in two parts showing imaginative skills of phenomenal technical expertise and experience, instant compositions of the highest order.

RGG feat. Marta Grzywacz / Artur Majewski / Dominik Strycharski: October Suite
RGG feat. Marta Grzywacz / Artur Majewski / Dominik Strycharski:
October Suite

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


Price: $9.50    




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The Polish piano trio RGG of Lukasz Ojdana on piano, Maciej Garbowski on bass and Krzysztof Gradziuk on drums & percussion are joined by vocalists Marta Grzywacz, trumpet player Artur Majewski and block flutes virtuoso Dominic Strycharski to close out the 2020, 15th Ad Libitum Festival in Warsaw Poland, presenting seven improvisations in a beautifully informed journey.

Taylor, Cecil: Respiration
Taylor, Cecil:
Respiration

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


Price: $15.95    




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An incredible solo concert from legendary New York pianist Cecil Taylor in October, 1968 at the Sala Kongresowa (Congress Hall, Palace of Culture and Science) in Warsaw during the Jazz Jamboree, recorded by Polski Radio and remastered in 2021, an excellent example of the nimble mind and quick technical skills of Taylor's personal take on improvisation; stunning!

Baars, Ab / Kaja Draksler / Terrie Exx: When The Hills Run Across The Fields - Live In Nickelsdorf
Baars, Ab / Kaja Draksler / Terrie Exx:
When The Hills Run Across The Fields - Live In Nickelsdorf

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


Price: $15.95    




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Drawing on previous collaborations between Amsterdam pianist Kaja Draksler and wind player Ab Baars, here on tenor sax, clarinet & shakuhachi, and two duo albums between Baars and guitarist Terrie Ex, this meeting as a trio took place at the 2018 Konfrontationen Festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria for a diverse journey from uniquely introspective to wildly energetic conversation.

M (feat. Ben Stapp / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Marco Colonna / Steve Swell): Broken Songs
M (feat. Ben Stapp / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Marco Colonna / Steve Swell):
Broken Songs

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


Price: $15.95    




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A set of blues songs of a personal nature, concepts for a broken yet hopeful age, written and sung by improvising guitarist Marcin "M" Olak (Gadt/Osborne/Zakrocki/Olak, Agusti Fernandez) performed and expanded by a set of stellar improvisers: Ben Stapp on tuba, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Marco Colonna on flute and Steve Swell on trombone.

Secret People (Moorgan / Carlson / Gentile): Secret People
Secret People (Moorgan / Carlson / Gentile):
Secret People

(Out Of Your Head Records -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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A determined set of electric jazz from the Brooklyn, NYC trio of Nathaniel Morgan (Buckminster) on alto saxophone, Dustin Carlson on guitar & bass and Kate Gentile on drums & vibraphone, bringing driving rock and experimental music approaches to their improvisations, a uniquely voice and tenacious trio of unorthodox improvisers.

Laplante, Travis: Wild Tapestry
Laplante, Travis:
Wild Tapestry

(Out Of Your Head Records -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Inspired by Miles Davis, particularly his album On The Corner and Davis' respect and interest in the work Karlheinz Stockhausen, LaPlante wrote Wild Tapestry as a commission from Seth Knopp of Vermont's The Yellow Barn Music Festival in 2021, exploring how direct inspiration between musicians is translated into musical composition and strategy.

Warelis, Marta: A Grain of Earth
Warelis, Marta:
A Grain of Earth

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Working inside and out of the piano and sometime evoking wild sounds that seem to have no relationship to the instrument, Polish-born and Amsterdam-based pianist Marta Warelis explores the concepts of realities beyond our perception, and a thought that we are a part of a big organism where everything goes endlessly bigger and smaller in scale of size, time and speed.

Grimal, Alexandra: Refuge
Grimal, Alexandra:
Refuge

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Recorded using the natural resonance from the base of a stone double spiral staircase in the Castle of Chambord, France, improvising soprano saxophonist Alexandra Grimal explores her own personal language and the affect the ambience brings to her adept playing, through beautifully melodic lines, long arpeggiations, or short bursts of penetrating utterance.

Roberts, Cath / Olie Brice: Conduits
Roberts, Cath / Olie Brice:
Conduits

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Recording in real-time during the pandemic, UK improvisers, baritone saxophonist Cath Roberts (Favourite Animals, Madwort Sax Quartet) and double bassist Olie Brice (Olie Brice Quintet, Tobias Delius, &c) recorded these extended improvisations simulateously at their homes, beautifully paced and intently listening as they keep the conversation going despite a world of restrictions.

Coleman, Steve and Five Elements: Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume II (Mdw Ntr) [2 CDs]
Coleman, Steve and Five Elements:
Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume II (Mdw Ntr) [2 CDs]

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $17.95    




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Recorded a year after Volume 1, alto saxophonist Steve Coleman's Five Elements band with Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Anthony Tidd on bass, Sean Rickman on drums and, replacing guitarist Miles Okazaki, improvising vocalist Kokayi credited as "wordsmith", performing at The Village Vanguard for a sophisticated, rhythmically fascinating and energetic concert; exemplary!

Virelles, David: Nuna
Virelles, David:
Nuna

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Cuban/NY pianist David Virelles in his first solo album, 14 original compositions and 2 from Cuban composers, blending modern jazz with Cuban, African and European influences, a tour-de-force of clear and balanced, irrepresible rhythms and elegant ballads, an inspired album opening on marimbula and expanded with percussion from Julio Barreto on three tracks.

Okazaki, Miles (w/ Mitchell / Tidd / Rickman): Thisness
Okazaki, Miles (w/ Mitchell / Tidd / Rickman):
Thisness

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Trickster, the stellar quartet of New York guitarist Miles Okazaki with Matt Mitchell on piano, Fender Rhodes & synth, Anthony Tidd on electric bass and Sean Rickman on drums, in a sequel to The Sky Below, blending acoustic and electric jazz in four captivating compositions that Okazaki describes as striving towards something like collective dreaming.

Action & Tension & Space: Tellus [VINYL]
Action & Tension & Space:
Tellus [VINYL]

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $27.05    




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With one foot in fusion-oriented improv and the other in psychedelic/prog rock, the 4th album from the Norwegian quartet of Per Steinar Lie on lapsteel & electric guitar, Oystein Braut on guitar, organ & Mellotron, Julius Lind on double bass and Orjan Haaland on drums are joined by keyboard wiz Sigbjorn Apeland and percussionist Stale Liavik Solberg.

Douglas, Dave: Overcome [VINYL]
Douglas, Dave:
Overcome [VINYL]

(Greenleaf Music -- USA )


Price: $23.95    




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Beginning with a reimagining of the Civil Rights anthem "We Shall Overcome", trumpeter Dave Douglas' album is an emotional and powerful statement of human engagement towards justice--Racial justice; Climate justice; Voting justice; Gender justice--performed with Ryan Keberle on trombone, Fay Victor on voice, Camila Meza on voice, guitar, Jorge Roeder on bass and Rudy Royston on drums.

Hippie Diktat: Fire On
Hippie Diktat:
Fire On

(Self Released -- France )


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Six raw instrumentals bridging free jazz and free rock forms, clearly influenced by both Brötzmann and Sunn O))) (as referenced in the track "SunnA)))") from the French Hippie Diktat trio of Antoine Viard on amplified baritone sax, Julien Chamla on drums and Richard Comte on guitar, recording at l'Ecluse, in Reims in 2013 for six ruggedly inspired tracks.

Johnson, Max Trio (w/ Anna Webber / Michael Sarin): Orbit Of Sound
Johnson, Max Trio (w/ Anna Webber / Michael Sarin):
Orbit Of Sound

(Unbroken Sounds -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A new trio from NY bassist Max Johnson with Anna Webber on tenor saxophone & flute and Michael Sarin on drums, performing five lyrically inclined yet inventive compositions from Johnson, allowing distinction for each performer as they bridge sections between fluid straight-ahead playing and spaciously singular experimentation, keeping player and listener on their toes.

Mori, Ikue: Tracing The Magic
Mori, Ikue:
Tracing The Magic

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $15.95    




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A large work from Downtown New York improviser and innovator Ikue Mori, seven piece dedicated to women artists whose vision found them creating into their 80's & 90s, performed in an ensemble with Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg, Zeena Parkins, Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Erik Friedlander, David Watson, Makigami Koichi, Charmaine Lee & Sae Hashimoto.

Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab: Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt [VINYL]
Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab:
Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt [VINYL]

(STRUT -- E.U. )


Price: $26.95    




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The last installment in Strut's Sun Ra reissue series is also the first time that Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt album has been reissued, bringing to light these studio recordings between the Arkestra and Egyptian drummer Salah Ragab, recorded during Ra's 1983 Egyptian tour, and featuring two Ragab compostions from his Cairo Jazz Band.

Axioms: Discourse
Axioms:
Discourse

(Evil Clown -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Featuring the poetry and words of Cecil Taylor-associated poets Albey OnBass and Jane SpokenWord, the Boston collective improvising band Axiom of David Peck on reeds, winds and percussion, Steve Niemtiz on drums & percussion and Glynis Lomon on cello & aquasonic + OnBass & SpokenWord, focus on "Discourse", wakefullness and freedom in an age of social unrest.

Baldrian Quartett: Frieda Bertelsohn Martholdy: Streichquartette - Entschlummern sollst Du, sollst e
Baldrian Quartett:
Frieda Bertelsohn Martholdy: Streichquartette - Entschlummern sollst Du, sollst entschlummern

(Bruit Editions -- Switzerland )


Price: $12.95    




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A tongue-in-cheek album packaged like a Deutsche Grammophon release of a string quartet by fictional composer Frieda Bertelsohn Martholdys (1878-1907), which is instead a superb live ea-improv performance at the 2018 Music Unlimited Festival in Austria by Gaudenz Badrutt (electronics), Kai Fagaschinski (clarinette), Jonas Kocher (accordion) & Christof Kurzmann (electronics).

Carter, Daniel / Matthew Ship / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver: Welcome Adventure! Vol. 2 [CASSETTE
Carter, Daniel / Matthew Ship / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver:
Welcome Adventure! Vol. 2 [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $13.99    




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The 2nd of two studio albums from the quartet of Daniel Carter on saxophone & flute, Matthew Shipp on piano, William Parker on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, recordings from the same sessions as the 1st volume with five shorter works, as the long-time collaborators and friends show their nearly telepathic rapport in adventurous and masterful modern jazz.

Leap Of Faith: Coherence Disturbed
Leap Of Faith:
Coherence Disturbed

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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A new quartet lineup for the Boston-based Evil Clown Collective group Leap of Faith, expanding the core duet of David Peck (PEK) on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice with multi-reedists Melanie Howell and Todd Brunel, all four employing their extensive arsenal of percussive instruments.

Leap Of Faith: Loops Of Gravitational Force
Leap Of Faith:
Loops Of Gravitational Force

(Evil Clown -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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The core duet of the Leap of Faith Orchestra (LOFO) comprised of PEK on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, joined by the Reverend Grant Beale on guitar and Eric Woods on analog synth, subtly merging electronic elements into the primarily acoustic sound of the group as they amble through unusual soundscapes.

Leap Of Faith: Revealing The Essence
Leap Of Faith:
Revealing The Essence

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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The first Leap of Faith set in a quartet lineup expanding the core of David Peck on reeds, winds & percussion and Glynis Lomon on cello & aquasonic with trumpeter Vance Provey and percussionist Michael Knoblach, in an introspective livestreamed set that balances the strings of Lomon against two horns while bringing out a wealth of unusual percussive interactions.

Metal Chaos Ensemble: Inferno
Metal Chaos Ensemble:
Inferno

(Evil Clown -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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A working project to explore chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments, improvising with a rock-leaning edge and exploiting a large part of the Boston Evil Clown collective's percussion arsenal, along with analog synth, drum & Chos kit, reeds & winds and bass, manipulated in real-time through signal processing, with occasional narration from Dante's Inferno.

Simulacrum : Synesthesia
Simulacrum :
Synesthesia

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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An offshoot of Metal Chaos Ensemble, this Evil Clown collective features David Peck on reeds, percussion and electronics, Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar, and electronics, Eric Woods on analog synth and Joel Simches on real-time electronics, "synesthesia" a perceptual phenomenon where stimulation of one sensory pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a 2nd.

Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille):
With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisited

(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland )


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Changing approaches to his music with new quartet of Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, Alan Silva on double bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums, pianist Cecil Taylor's incredible 1966 concert in Paris presented four extended compositions, here remastered and reissued with a track from a compilation LP--"With (Exit)"--extending his quartet with Bill Dixon on trumpet and Henry Grimes on double bass.

Turbulence: Roughness Of Surfaces
Turbulence:
Roughness Of Surfaces

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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Using David Peck's "Broad Palate" concept to introduce frequent variation in sonorities through changing instrumental combinations, this live performance of Turbulence, the extended horn section of the Boston collective Leap of Faith Orchestra, presents the largest assemblage of performers for the group yet, and introduces the 17-string bass to the Evil Clown arsenal.

Turbulence: Updraft Intensity
Turbulence:
Updraft Intensity

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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The extended horn section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, the core ensemble of the Boston collective led by multi-instrumentalist David Peck, here in a spacious and somewhat psychedelic and embraceable performance with Bob Moores on trumpet & brass, Eric Dahlman on trumpet and winds, Duane Reed on baritone horn, and all on percussion & electronic instruments.

Wubbels / Lee / Olencki : Field of Action / contraposition [VINYL]
Wubbels / Lee / Olencki :
Field of Action / contraposition [VINYL]

(Out Of Your Head Records -- USA )


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Two collaborations in a split LP, and the continuation of a series of duo pieces for piano and other instruments that pianist and keyboardist Eric Wubbels has been pursuing since 2006: first an intensive 3-part "Field Of Action" with vocalist and noise artist Charmaine Lee; then "Contraposition" with trombonist Weston Olencki in a duo with Wubbels on prepared piano.

Fowler, Chad / WC Anderson: Lacrimosa
Fowler, Chad / WC Anderson:
Lacrimosa

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Free jazz recorded one person at a time from the duo of saxophonist Chad Fowler and WC "Chad" Anderson who, constrained by pandemic, chose to create "simulated concerts" by exchanging solo recording, each starting the process for different pieces and surprised at how "live" the results felt, as they built up the twelve excellent, rule-breaking tracks of this album.

Hurt, Kelley / Chad Fowler / Christopher Parker / Bernard Santacruz / Anders Griffen: Nothing But Lo
Hurt, Kelley / Chad Fowler / Christopher Parker / Bernard Santacruz / Anders Griffen:
Nothing But Love, the Music of Frank Lowe

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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A tribute to avant jazz saxophonist and composer Frank Lowe by assembling players who had never previously played together as a group, but who had all individually performed and been influenced by Lowe: Chad Fowler on saxophones, Christopher Parker on piano, Bernard Santacruz on bass, Anders Griffen on drums & trumpet, Kelley Hurt on vocals and Bobby Lavell on saxophone.

Parker, Christopher / Kelley Hurt: No Tears Suite
Parker, Christopher / Kelley Hurt:
No Tears Suite

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Celebrating the temerity and successes of the students known as the Arkansas "Little Rock Nine", who in 1957 set a precedent as they fought to enter a segregated high school, in six pieces written by pianist Christopher Parker and vocalist Kelley Hurt, who narrates the student's successes over the powerfully uplifting and reflective music of a six piece jazz band.

Original Mind (Holden / Studer / Hirsh): You Know When It's Time
Original Mind (Holden / Studer / Hirsh):
You Know When It's Time

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


Price: $6.00    




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Three MinneapolisÐSaint Paul/Twin City improvisers--Brad Holden on saxophones, Dick Studer on bass and Steve Hirsh on drums--active in a variety of groups come together as a collective, named for a Buddhist concept of the consciousness that underlies the everyday thoughts about the world around us, heard in 12 improvisations emphasizing deep listening and open-minded expression.

Carter, Daniel / Jim Clouse: Playing Retention
Carter, Daniel / Jim Clouse:
Playing Retention

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Known first as one of New York's finest audio engineers running Park West Studios, Jim Clouse is also a drummer and saxophonist, this his first recorded foray into free jazz partnering with legendary multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter on sax, trumpet, piano & drums, for seven diverse and extremely well informed improvisations as each follows their natural inclinations.

Fowler, Chad / Christopher Parker: Park Hill Saudade
Fowler, Chad / Christopher Parker:
Park Hill Saudade

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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An intimate sax and piano duo from two improvisers with a 30-year friendship--Chad Fowler and Christopher Parker--both living in the same block of Park Hill, Staten Island, forming a close musical bond that is heard in their confident exchanges, both playing together and in providing space for each to express themselves; a lovely album of warm and informed conversations.

Futterman, Joel / Chad Fowler: Timeless Moments
Futterman, Joel / Chad Fowler:
Timeless Moments

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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The first duo collaboration between pianist Joel Futterman and saxophonist Chad Fowler, performing on stritch--a straight alto saxophone--in a nine-part studio journey drawing on a history of jazz styles, from blues to free, in lyrical and actively introspective dialogs, building to an intense conclusion of rapidly cathartic interaction and a final, pensive release.

Yamamoto, Eri / Chad Fowler / William Parker / Steve Hirsh: Sparks [2 CDs]
Yamamoto, Eri / Chad Fowler / William Parker / Steve Hirsh:
Sparks [2 CDs]

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Four of New York's most versed free jazz players--Eri Yamamoto on piano, Chad Fowler on stritch & Saxello, William Parker on bass and Steve Hirsh on drums--aim for a form of Spontaneous Folk Music through post-bop/free jazz idioms, recording in the studio for naturally lyrical music that builds from a beautiful glimmer to a passionate fire of masterful interaction.

Perelman, Ivo / Tim Berne / James Carter / Tony Malaby: (D)IVO
Perelman, Ivo / Tim Berne / James Carter / Tony Malaby:
(D)IVO

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Led by Ivo Perelman on tenor saxophone, (D)ivo brings four of New York City's finest improvising saxophonists together for an outrageous quartet session, with Tony Malaby on soprano saxophone, Tim Berne on alto saxophone and James Carter on baritone saxophone, their unique styles and masterful skills creating a thrilling and intricate weaving of profound reed expression.

Anderson, Chad (Anderson / Smith / Stephenson / Amba / Ankhitek): Mellifluous Excursions Vol. 1 - Wh
Anderson, Chad (Anderson / Smith / Stephenson / Amba / Ankhitek):
Mellifluous Excursions Vol. 1 - Where You Been

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A solid album of buoyant collective improvisation led by NY drummer Chad Anderson, with vibraphonist Warren Smith adding an optimistic voice to the quintet of relative newcomer, sax and flute player Zoh Amba and bassist Barry Stephenson, the sophisticated and generally upbeat sound of the group taking a stinging tone on two tracks with the sharp observations from The Ankhitek.

Blaser, Samuel / Consort In Motion: A Mirror To Madchaut
Blaser, Samuel / Consort In Motion:
A Mirror To Madchaut

(Songlines -- Canada )


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The Consort in Motion ensemble of Samuel Blaser on trombone, Joachim Badenhorst on bass clarinet, clarinet & tenor saxophone, Drew Gress on double bass, Russ Lossing on piano, Rhodes & Wulitzer and Gerry Hemingway on drums & percussion adapt the late medieval court music of Guillaume de Machaut and Guillaume Dufay into arrangements for modern creative improvisation.

Jordan, Edward 'Kidd'  / Joel Futterman / William Parker / Hamid Drake: A Tribute to Alvin Fielder (
Jordan, Edward 'Kidd' / Joel Futterman / William Parker / Hamid Drake:
A Tribute to Alvin Fielder (Live at Vision Festival XXIV)

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Recorded at Vision Festival XXIV in June of 2019, legendary drummer Alvin Fielder's friends and long time partners Kidd Jordan on tenor saxophone, Joel Futterman on piano and William Parker on contrabass are joined by drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake for an emotional and potent swinging free jazz tribute to Fielder, who passed away in January of that year.

Tyto Alba: Michal Libera w/ Martin Kuchen and Ralf Meinz: 13 Portraits Of Melancholics, Birds And Th
Tyto Alba: Michal Libera w/ Martin Kuchen and Ralf Meinz:
13 Portraits Of Melancholics, Birds And Their Co-Hearing

(Bolt -- Poland )


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Sound essay, horspiel, reading, electroacoustic music, plunderphonics, sound portraits, collection of songs: a sonic exposition of melancholia from Tyto Alba, (Michal Libera and Ralf Meinz) accompanied by samples from classical music, birds, and saxophone playing by Martin Kuchen.

Ex, The: All Corpses  [7" VINYL]
Ex, The:
All Corpses [7" VINYL]

(Superior Viaduct -- USA )


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The Ex's first single from the Netherland unique and socially charged band The Ex of Terrie Ex on guitar, G.W. Sok on voice, Ome Geurt on drums and Bas on bass, starting a legacy of intelligent and pointed rock, improvised and experimental music that continues 40 years later, reissued as a 2020 Record Store Day release on colored 7" vinyl.

Labrosse, Diane: Face cachee des choses
Labrosse, Diane:
Face cachee des choses

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


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Diane Labrosse's first solo CD on Ambiances Magnetiques is a collection of digital samples of various objects undergoing mysterious electronic treatments.

Roman Radkovic Collective: Televize [VINYL]
Roman Radkovic Collective:
Televize [VINYL]

(Mappa -- Slovokia )


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A Slovokian experimental group with rock roots and a somewhat DaDa approach to unusual song forms using perplexing repetitions and interventions, led by guitarist and vocalist Roman Radkovič with Josef Novák on keyboard, Jiří Šíla on accordion, Zdeněk Řihošek on harmonica & double bass Zdeněk Caha on drums & voice, and Miloš Šandera on percussion.

Jones Jones (feat. Larry Ochs / Vladimir Tarasov / Mark Dresser): Just Justice
Jones Jones (feat. Larry Ochs / Vladimir Tarasov / Mark Dresser):
Just Justice

(ESP -- USA )


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The eccentrically named group "Jones Jones" is the trio of Lithuanian drummer Vladimir Tarasov, NY/West Coast bassist Mark Dresser and Rova Saxophone Quartet saxophonist Larry Ochs, since 2008 expressing humor and vexation at the world in sometimes meditative and sometimes explosive collective free improvisation, here in their 4th outstanding album and their 1st in the studio.

Laubrock, Ingrid / Andy Milne: Fragile
Laubrock, Ingrid / Andy Milne:
Fragile

(Intakt -- Austria )


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Following her duo albums on Intakt with pianists Aki Takase and Kris Davis, New York saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock collaborates with pianist Andy Milne (Dapp Theory, M-Base Collective) for ten beautifully empathetic, delicate and sophisticated dialogs, Laubrock performing on tenor & soprano saxophones and Milne at times using preparations.

Lisbeth Quartett (Greve / Schmiedel / Muellbauer / Baumgartner): Release
Lisbeth Quartett (Greve / Schmiedel / Muellbauer / Baumgartner):
Release

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Founded in 2008, the Berlin-based Lisbeth Quartett under the direction of saxophonist and composer Charlotte Greve with core members Manuel Schmiedel on piano, Marc Muellbauer on bass and Moritz Baumgartner on drums, present nine lyrically cultured and beautifully fluid pieces through Greve's clever and sophisticated compositions of creative modern jazz.

Murray, David (w/ Brad Jones / Hamid Drake): Seriana Promethea
Murray, David (w/ Brad Jones / Hamid Drake):
Seriana Promethea

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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A new piano-less trio led by a modern giant of jazz--saxophonist David Murray--who composed the lyrically upbeat and swinging compositions for this Brave New World Trio with bassist Brad Jones and drummer Hamid Drake, two incredible and innovative players who expand each piece with enthusiastic playing of free and inventive approaches to Murray's music.

Shipp, Matthew Trio: World Construct
Shipp, Matthew Trio:
World Construct

(ESP -- USA )


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The fourth album from pianist Matthew Shipp's Trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Newman Taylor Baker on drums, a well-sequenced studio recording from short lyrical works leading to diverse moods of creatively unique abstractions and powerfully grooving passages, a wealth of styles and magnificent playing from one of the most interesting piano trios active.

Sommer, Gunter Baby / The Lucaciu 3: Karawane
Sommer, Gunter Baby / The Lucaciu 3:
Karawane

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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The Lucaciu 3--Antonio Lucaciu (sax), Simon Lucaciu (piano) and Rober Lucaciu (bass)--are joined at Studio Loft in Koln, Germany by legendary Euro Free Jazz drummer Gunter Baby Sommer to record this exceptionally joyful and sophisticated album of creative jazz, with distinctive compositions from band members, alongside text from Hugo Ball and an adaptation of a Béla Bartók motiv.

Tsunoda, Toshiya: Landscape And Voice [VINYL]
Tsunoda, Toshiya:
Landscape And Voice [VINYL]

(Black Truffle -- Austria )


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A truly unique set of compositions juxtaposing lush field recording with disruptive vocal repetitions, vowel sounds from six different speakers, creating disorienting moments that lull the listener into complacency and then startles them with unexpected interference, as the composer explores how he can establish a subjective relationship with natural environments.

WeFreeStrings (Burnham / Laster / Waterman / Filiano): Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage
WeFreeStrings (Burnham / Laster / Waterman / Filiano):
Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage

(ESP -- USA )


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Formed in 2011, this 2nd album from WeFreeStrings led by violist and composer Meland Dyer is at its core the trio of Dyer, violinist Gwen Laster and bassist Ken Filiano, expanded on two of the four pieces with cellist Alex Waterman, violinist Charles Burnham and drummer Michael Wimberly, in an impressive collection of exquisite string interactions influenced by social issues.

Ali / Foster / Lopez / Wallace: The Inflatable Leviathan [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
Ali / Foster / Lopez / Wallace:
The Inflatable Leviathan [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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The first studio recording for the performing quartet of New York improvisers, Cecilia Lopez (synthesizer), Michael Foster (tenor & soprano saxophones), Sean Ali (double bass) and Eli Wallace (upright piano), taking listeners on an inflating journey from "Stratosphere" to "Exosphere" through unorthodox approaches, from sparse intensity to dense textural interaction.

Rose, Jon / Chris Abrahams: Peggy
Rose, Jon / Chris Abrahams:
Peggy

(Recommended Records -- UK )


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"As Frogworth says in one review: 'Two giants of Australian avant-garde music getting together here, dedicating their record to Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, whose house in Paddington, Sydney is used for residencies/sabbatic...

Landaeus Trio (Nilsson / Landaeus / Aman): A Crisis Of Perception
Landaeus Trio (Nilsson / Landaeus / Aman):
A Crisis Of Perception

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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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
Likhachev, Yaroslav Quartet:
Occasional Sketches

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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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".

 
Tarbaby feat. Oliver Lake:
Dance Of The Evil Toys

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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The Tarbaby trio of pianist Orrin Evans, drummer Nasheet Waits and double bassist Eric Revis, is joined by trumpeter Josh Lawrence and as with previous albums, featuring acclaimed alto saxophonist Oliver Lake (+ percussionist Dana Murray on track) in an album mixing post-bop, free and lyrical approaches to jazz, with compositions from all four plus a Prince cover.

Taubenfeld's, Ziv Full Sun: Out Of The Beast Came Honey
Taubenfeld's, Ziv Full Sun:
Out Of The Beast Came Honey

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Amsterdam-based bass clarinetist Ziv Taubenfeld's sextet perform the leader's innovative compositions that include a tribute to alto saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, and a graphic composition for Sunny Murray, in a band with Michael Moore (sax & clarinet), Joost Buis (trombone), Nico Chientaroli (piano), Omer Govreen (double bass) and Onno Govaert (drums & percussion).

Fade In (Calcagno / Barcelona / Luparia): Live Fast, Die A Legend
Fade In (Calcagno / Barcelona / Luparia):
Live Fast, Die A Legend

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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With one foot in 60s free jazz and the other in contemporary improvisation, the pianoless Italian trio Fade In of Federico Calcagno on bass clarinet & clarinet, Pietro Elia Barcellona on contrabass and Marco Luparia on drums perform original compositions, spirited pieces with inventive elements, solid melodic foundation and surprising twists and turns.

Space Quartet (Toral / Antunes / Morao / Torres): Freedom of Tomorrow
Space Quartet (Toral / Antunes / Morao / Torres):
Freedom of Tomorrow

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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The first quartet album for electronic improviser Rafael Toral's Space Quartet is a live album from Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto in Coimbra, performed with Hugo Antunes on double bass, Nuno Morao on drums & percussion, Nuno Torres on alto saxophone & electronic instrument, with Toral using acoustic & electronic feedback to bring the classic jazz quartet lineup into new spaces.

LAMIEE . / Drolo Ensemble: The Deafening Moment Of The Whistle After The Noise
LAMIEE . / Drolo Ensemble:
The Deafening Moment Of The Whistle After The Noise

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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A truly fascinating and seamless hybrid of improvised and composed music, alongside an exploration of feedback and "its acoustic double, a harmonic noise", from the merging of two projects--LAMIEE and Dròlo Ensemble--plus Italian poli-instrumentalists Nicholas Remondino and Andrea Giordano (OTONN), yielding wonderfully complex and enveloping sound worlds.

Hydra Ensemble (Almeida / Hitz / Gregov / Zuydervelt): Vistas
Hydra Ensemble (Almeida / Hitz / Gregov / Zuydervelt):
Vistas

(A New Wave of Jazz -- Belgium )


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The second album from the Hydra Ensemble (Goncalo Almeida on double bass, Lucija Gregov on cello, Nina Hitz on cello, Rutger Zuydervelt on electronics) is a live recording with no audience from the Worm club in Rotterdam during the pandemic, reaching deeper into their masterful world of darkly intense chamber improv and electronics, slowly yielding to a spaciously brighter ending.

Harris, Bill: Blinking Glue
Harris, Bill:
Blinking Glue

(Amalgam -- USA )


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An extension of his prior solo record, ONOMAT, Chicago drummer & percussionist Bill Harris also uses a prepared floor tom and feedback in this unedited 25 minute live performance at Music Garage in Illinois, notated for six track section as he explores unique rhythmic concepts augmented with encompassing environmental sonics and unusual disruptive elements.

Abhorrent Expanse (Polipnick / Fratzke / Courage / Glenn): Gateways To Resplendence
Abhorrent Expanse (Polipnick / Fratzke / Courage / Glenn):
Gateways To Resplendence

(Amalgam -- USA )


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Covering vast approaches to improvised and experimental music, based around scrabbly free playing, dark rock intensity, experimental and abstract tapestries of sound and unexpected transitions,the Minneapolis quartet of guitarists Luke Polipnick & Erik Fratzke, bassist Brian Courage and drummer Tim Glenn tell a consistent narrative of urgently creative exploration; gripping.

Success Pistols (Finer / Bevins / Davidovici / Hong): First Shot
Success Pistols (Finer / Bevins / Davidovici / Hong):
First Shot

(Amalgam -- USA )


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Borrowing from jazz/improvised music, new compositional forms and avant reductionist traditions, the Montreal quartet Success Pistol release their debut album of compositions by saxophonist Dustin Finder, oral instructions including game pieces that leave room for improvisation; with Scott Bevins on trumpet, and husband and wife duo Eli Davidovici on bass and Mili Hong on drums.

Moore, Allen / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris: Hearsay
Moore, Allen / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris:
Hearsay

(Amalgam -- USA )


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Unusual textures, unlikely orchestration and unconventional rhythmic directions from the Chicago electroacoustic improv trio of Allen Moore on turntables & records casted with various material, Ishmael Ali on cello, guitar & electronics and Bill Harris on drums & percussion, captured live at Marmalade in Chicago in 2021 for a diverse set of experimental and absorbing improvisations.

Tong, Brianna / Johanna Brock / Andrew Scott Young / Ishmael Ali: Akjai
Tong, Brianna / Johanna Brock / Andrew Scott Young / Ishmael Ali:
Akjai

(Amalgam -- USA )


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Part of the Chi Away project bringing together new collaborations of Chicago improvisers, Akjai is the unique experimental chamber jazz quartet of Brianna Tong on vocals, Johanna Brock on voice & violin, Ishmael Ali on cello and Andrew Scott Young on double bass, blurring 20th century classical music, art song and free jazz with texts by Brianna Tong, Octavia Butler, and RA Washington.

McKenna, Wills / Norman W. Long / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris: Anemoi [2 CDs]
McKenna, Wills / Norman W. Long / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris:
Anemoi [2 CDs]

(Amalgam -- USA )


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Part of cellist Ishmael Ali's Chi Away Project recording small ensembles of new collaborations between Chicago musicians of diverse backgrounds, this live recording of energetic and unique free jazz and ea-improv was captured at Marmalade in 2021, bringing together Ali, drummer Bill Harris, saxophonist & flutist Wills McKenna and sound artist Normal W. Long.



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