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This Is It! (Fujii / Itani / Tamura): Mosaic
This Is It! (Fujii / Itani / Tamura):
Mosaic

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Circumventing pandemic lockdowns, the trio of husband & wife, pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, recorded this album at their home in Kobe, Japan using an internet connection to perform in real time with drummer/percussionist Takashi Itani in Tokyo, their joyful and sophisticated improvisation a testament to close listening and magnificent communication.

Thollem: Obstacle Illusion
Thollem:
Obstacle Illusion

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Taken from concerts during Thollem's 3-month European tour, at Centro d'Arte dell'Università di Padova; AngelicA at Teatro San Leonardo in Bologna; and Rassegna di Nuova Musica 39, performing on acoustic pianos or a Korg Wavestate, showing his technically impressive, creative drive over a diverse set of approaches to solo piano improvisation.

Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: Compilation Cassette [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions:
Compilation Cassette [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $7.95    




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Travelling through the US & Greece to join with performers for duos and trios, in six recordings between pianist Thollem McDonas in a trio with Amy Denio & Samantha Boshnack; a duo with Seetha Shivaswamy; a trio with Mat Weisman and Rick Kodramaz; a duo with Djallo Djakate; a hand percussion duo with Jason Finkelman; and a vocal duo with Maria Karamouza.

Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: Thollem + Karl Berger, Thollem + Michael Snow
Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions:
Thollem + Karl Berger, Thollem + Michael Snow

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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One of a series of pianist Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions, a 25-album series of concerts from around the globe, performing concerts in varying configurations with 70 musicians, here with two collaborations: in Kingston, NY with the great vibraphonist Karl Berger for 3 improvisations, and in Toronto with pianist Michael Snow for an extended piano duo.

Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: w/ Avreeayl Ra & Matt Lux / Sunken Cages
Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions:
w/ Avreeayl Ra & Matt Lux / Sunken Cages

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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As part of Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions concert series, the pianist met Chicago legendary drummer Avreeayl Ra and and highly active improvising bassist Matthew Lux for this exceptional concert of two extended improvisations, followed by 8 duo studio improvisations as "Sunken Cages" recorded in Philadelphia with electroacoustic drummer Ravish Momin.

Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: w/ Hafez Modirzadeh
Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions:
w/ Hafez Modirzadeh

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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One of a series of pianist Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions, this unique duo configuration with NY saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh uses a sonic palette of eight re-tuned pitches for piano and saxophone in an attempt to expand harmonic empathy, bringing Eastern pitch relationships to Western improvisation through a series of extraordinary solo and duo recordings.

Threadgill, Henry Zooid: Poof
Threadgill, Henry Zooid:
Poof

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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The sixth album in saxophonist and composer Henry Threadgill's Zood small ensemble project Zooid, a quintet with guitarist Liberty Ellman, tuba & trombonist Jose Davila, cellist Christopher Hoffman and drummer Elliot Humberto Kavee, following Threadgill's serial intervallic language compositions to create an amazingly intricate yet warmly embraceable avant jazz; exceptional!

Thumbscrew: Multicolored Midnight
Thumbscrew:
Multicolored Midnight

(Cuneiform -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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The seventh album from the exceptional free improvising jazz trio Thumbscrew of Michael Formanek on double bass & electronics, Tomas Fujiwara on drums & vibraphone and Mary Halvorson on guitar, with compositions from all members as they refine and expand on their communal interplay fueled by the great chemistry forged over their near decade of recording and performing.

Tinoco, Bernardo / Tom Maciel: Nomad Nenufar
Tinoco, Bernardo / Tom Maciel:
Nomad Nenufar

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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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.

Tippett, Keith / Julie Tippetts / Philip Gibbs / Paul Dunmall: Mahogany Rain
Tippett, Keith / Julie Tippetts / Philip Gibbs / Paul Dunmall:
Mahogany Rain

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $16.00    




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Originally recorded in 2005 for a small 100-copy release, the single extended track on Mahogany Rain offers an hour of mesmerizing improvisational sound, sparsely composed and deeply experimental and performed by Keith Tippett on piano & percussion, Julie Tippetts on xylophone & voice, Philip Gibbs on guitars, and Paul Dunmall on soprano & tenor saxophones.

Tippett, Keith / Matthew Bourne: Aeolian  [2 CDs]
Tippett, Keith / Matthew Bourne:
Aeolian [2 CDs]

(Discus -- UK )


Price: $17.95    




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Two generations of remarkable pianists--Keith Tippets and Matthew Bourne--performed a series of two-piano concerts between 2017 and 2019, also recording in the studio, as heard in this 2-CD release, the first a set of consequential piano duos recorded at Leeds Conservatoire in 2019, the 2nd disc a live performance at Daylight Music at Union Chapel, London, Tippetts' final public performance.

Titan to Tachyons (Gates / Dunn / Grohowski / Hollenberg): Vonals
Titan to Tachyons (Gates / Dunn / Grohowski / Hollenberg):
Vonals

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $15.95    




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Led by West Coast-based New Zealand guitarist Sally Gates, the 2nd album from this genre-blurring heavy improv band of original members Matt Hollenberg on the 6-string bass VI and Kenny Grohowski on drums, now officially a quartet with prior guest bassist Trevor Dunn a fourth member, here in 6 tracks that shred and weave intricate layers of jazz, rock, blues and metal.

TOC (Orins / Cruz / Ternoy): Did It Again [4 CDs]
TOC (Orins / Cruz / Ternoy):
Did It Again [4 CDs]

(Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada )


Price: $24.95    




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TOC, the trio of Ternoy, Cruz & Orins respectively on keyboards, drums and electric guitar, celebrate fifteen years of free improvisation with this expansive 4-CD set of recordings from the 2021 Spontaneous Music Festival in Poland; Lumen in Budapest in 2021; the 2021 Festival la malterie in Lille, France; and reissuing their 2008 CD on the Circum-Disc label, Le Gorille.

Tolimieri / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Stepanov: Inner Lines
Tolimieri / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Stepanov:
Inner Lines

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Six "Segments" A to F of powerful restraint and extended technique, recorded at Ausland in Berlin, Germany from the free improvising quartet of Quentin Tolimieri on piano, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello and Fyodor Stepanov on double bass, the close associations between the Rodrigues' and Tolimieri & Stepanov evident through their shared aesthetic.

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

(Amalgam -- USA )


Price: $7.95    




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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.

Toop, David / Peter Cusack / Steve Beresford / Terry Day: Alterations [VINYL]
Toop, David / Peter Cusack / Steve Beresford / Terry Day:
Alterations [VINYL]

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


Price: $19.95    




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Formed in 1977, the freely improvising group of David Toop, Peter Cusack, Terry Day & Steve Beresford approached their performances with an extensive collection of instruments spread across the floor, allowing a vast range of expression both conventional and bewildering, collective and combative, as the group reveled in a concept of "production friction", here in never-released live recordings.

Toscano, Ricardo Trio: Chasing Contradictions
Toscano, Ricardo Trio:
Chasing Contradictions

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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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".

Total Music Association: Walpurgisnacht
Total Music Association:
Walpurgisnacht

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $15.95    




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The first two tracks of this album reissue & remaster the 1971 self-released album by the German free jazz band Total Music Association of Hans-Jorg Hussong on (saxophones), Wilfried Eichorn (clarinet & sax), Andreas Boje (trombone), Erich Schroder (viola), Helmut Zimmer (piano), Matthias Boje (double bass) and Rudi Theilmann (drums), along with a 1988 studio session.

Tragic Assembly: Blood Drains And Memories
Tragic Assembly:
Blood Drains And Memories

(Soul City Sounds -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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The Durham, NC free improvising trio of Crowmeat Bob on alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet & guitar, Phil Venable on double bass and Charles Chance on drums notch up their playing, with Crowmeat Bob performing on both reeds and electric guitar as the band explores breaking down the barrier between subconsciousness and expression through collective improv.

Tragic Assembly: Instability
Tragic Assembly:
Instability

(Soul City Sounds -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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The trio of North Carolina Triangle free jazz players Crowmeat Bob on bass clarinet, clarinet, alto & tenor saxophones, Phil Venable on upright bass, and Charles Chance on drums, Venable and Chance known from The Paul Swest band, here in a studio album of seven collective free improvisations using open and often abstract approaches to melody and rhythm.

Transmap+ (Evan Parker / Matt Wright / Robert Jarvis): Grounded Abstraction
Transmap+ (Evan Parker / Matt Wright / Robert Jarvis):
Grounded Abstraction

(FMR -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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A 2022 concert of acoustic and electroacoustic interaction at The Jazz Centre UK from the Trans Map duo of Evan Parker on soprano saxophone and Matthew Wright on laptop processing, the "+" in Transmap+ being trombonist Robert Jarvis, a versatile collaborator since London Improvisers Orchestra and here a 3rd voice expanding their spectacular open collective free improv.

Trevor-Briscoe, Tim / Szilard Mezei / Nicola Guazzaloca: Before Then [4 CDs]
Trevor-Briscoe, Tim / Szilard Mezei / Nicola Guazzaloca:
Before Then [4 CDs]

(Not Two -- Poland )


Price: $44.95    




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A collection of four concerts, each presented on a single CD, from the chamber-oriented and technically superb trio of Tim Trevor-Briscoe on alto saxophone & clarinet, Szilard Mezei on viola and Nicola Guazzaloca on piano, captured at at Korzo Zenehaz in Hungary; Cultural Centre of Vojvodina in Novi Sad Serbi; Regional Creative Atelier in Serbia; and Harom Hollo in Budapest.

Trilla, Vasco: Acoustic Masks
Trilla, Vasco:
Acoustic Masks

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $16.00    




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Each track named for the instruments used (aquaspring, overtone triangles, metronome & blowing tube, &c.) and inspired by a book from Elias Canetti, Spanish percussionist Vasco Trilla's creative improvisations reflect on the phrase: "every completely unknown language is a kind of acoustic mask; as soon as one learns it, it becomes a face, understandable and soon familiar."

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.

Trujillo, Juanma / Kenneth Jimenez / Gerald Cleaver: Contour
Trujillo, Juanma / Kenneth Jimenez / Gerald Cleaver:
Contour

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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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.

Tsahar, Assif / William Parker / Hamid Drake: In Between The Tumbling A Stillness [VINYL]
Tsahar, Assif / William Parker / Hamid Drake:
In Between The Tumbling A Stillness [VINYL]

(Hopscotch Records -- USA )


Price: $22.46    




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A fierce free jazz concert recorded live at Levontin 7, in Tel Aviv by three players with a long history of collaboration and dynamic trio settings, from Israeli saxophonist formerly based in NYC Assif Tsahar, bassist William Parker and Chicago drummer Hamid Drake, in two extended, energetic and inventive improvisations and a concise closing "Stillness".

Tucker, Dave / Pat Thomas / Thurston Moore / Mark Sanders: Educated Guess Vol. 2
Tucker, Dave / Pat Thomas / Thurston Moore / Mark Sanders:
Educated Guess Vol. 2

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $16.00    




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The 2nd half of guitarist Dave Tucker's live concert at London's Cafe OTO, bringing together himself, pianist/keyboardist Pat Thomas, guitarist Thurston Moore and drummer/percussionist Mark Sanders for two extended improvisations of spontaneous performance, layering guitars over complex drum arrangements,and distinctive electronic manipulation.

Tucker, Dave / Pierpaolo Martino: Melophobia
Tucker, Dave / Pierpaolo Martino:
Melophobia

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Dave Tucker, a one-time member of The Fall and long-time free improviser involved with the Alan Tomlinson Trio and his own School of Velocity quartet with Evan Parker, John Edwards & Steve Noble, in a duo with double bassist Pierpaolo Martino for 11 succinct and assertive dialogs titled "Melophobia" I - XI, diverse works from active Crimson-esque playing to dark & introspective ruminations.

Turbulence: Fluid Friction
Turbulence:
Fluid Friction

(Evil Clown -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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A 9-horn section from the Leap of Faith Orchestra performing an expansive improvisation of thoughtful and melodic interaction augmented with the Evil Clown arsenal of percussive instruments, from David Peck on clarinets, sax & winds, Jared Holiday on sax & bass clarinet, David WelansÊ& Dennis LIvingston on flutes, Elwood Epps & Bob Moores on trumpet and Duane Reed on horns & trombone.

Turbulence: Information Paradox
Turbulence:
Information Paradox

(Evil Clown -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Turbulence, the extended horn section for the Boston-based free improvising ensemble Leap of Faith Orchestra, here with leader PEK, plus Michael Caglianone, Zack Bartolomei, Bob Moores, and Eric Dahlman, all playing instruments from their arsenal of percussive instruments and devices, including recently added electroacoustic devices expanding the band's sound.

Turbulence: Roughness Of Surfaces
Turbulence:
Roughness Of Surfaces

(Evil Clown -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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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 )


Price: $11.95    




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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.

Turbulence: Vertical Currents
Turbulence:
Vertical Currents

(Evil Clown -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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A meditative and expansive improvisation from the Boston-based collective Turbulence, a precursor to Leap of Faith Orchestra led by Evil Clown leader David Peck, here performing on a variety of clarinets, saxophones, flutes, winds and percussive devices, in a quartet with Bob Moore on trumpets and percussion, Duane Reed on baritone horn and Melanie Howell-Brooks on contrabass clarinet.

Ughi, Federico (w/ Buckley / Musson / MF Morris): The Space Within
Ughi, Federico (w/ Buckley / Musson / MF Morris):
The Space Within

(Slam Productions -- UK )


Price: $16.95    




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Drummer Federico Ughi is heard in three duo configurations of three improvisations each with British improvisers Steve Buckley on alto saxophone and bass clarinet; Rachel Musson on tenor saxophone; and Matthew F. Morris on baritone saxophone, recording in the studio in London, 1998.

Ulher, Birgit / Damon Smith / Chris Cogburn: The Eternity-Cult
Ulher, Birgit / Damon Smith / Chris Cogburn:
The Eternity-Cult

(Balance Point Acoustics -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A building and extended set of fully free improvisation using unusual techniques, from the trio of Birgit Ulher on trumpet, radio, speaker & objects, Damon Smith on double bass and Chris Cogburn on percussion & electronics, Ulher using the trumpet as a sound source as much as a conventional instrument, as the trio builds from near silence to intensely controlled interaction.

Ullen, Lisa / Elsa Bergman / Anna Lund: Space
Ullen, Lisa / Elsa Bergman / Anna Lund:
Space

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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The debut of this thoroughly modern piano trio from Sweden of pianist Lisa Ullen, bassist Elsa Bergman and drummer Anna Lund, merging traditional and free jazz forms along with influences from contemporary compositional music, approaching their collective music using a diverse set of strategies and techniques that yield a spectrum of captivating conversations.

Umlaut Big Band: Mary's Ideas [2 CDs]
Umlaut Big Band:
Mary's Ideas [2 CDs]

(Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany )


Price: $19.95    




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Rare and newly discovered works from jazz composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams performed by the Umlaut Big Band in their series of portraits of forgotten jazz artist, here taking a broad look at the prodigious career of this essential and gifted pianist, composer & arranger, whose influence on swing and early be-bop deserves this fitting and inclusive overview.

Uruk (Duthoit / Hautzinger / Drake / Zerang): Ame: Live at Artacts
Uruk (Duthoit / Hautzinger / Drake / Zerang):
Ame: Live at Artacts

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $17.95    




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Two long-standing duos--Isabelle Duthoit on clarinet & voice and Franz Hautzinger on quarter tone trumpet plus Chicago percussionists Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang, both on percussion and frame drum--joined together in 2020 for a European tour, recording this wildly informed homage to the Mesopotamia city Uruk live at Artacts in Alte Gerberei, St. Johann, Austria.

Uruk (Duthoit / Hautzinger / Drake / Zerang): Ame: Live at Artacts [VINYL]
Uruk (Duthoit / Hautzinger / Drake / Zerang):
Ame: Live at Artacts [VINYL]

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $21.44    




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Two long-standing duos--Isabelle Duthoit on clarinet & voice and Franz Hautzinger on quarter tone trumpet plus Chicago percussionists Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang, both on percussion and frame drum--joined together in 2020 for a European tour, recording this wildly informed homage to the Mesopotamia city Uruk live at Artacts in Alte Gerberei, St. Johann, Austria.

Valera, Manuel New Cuban Express Big Band: Distancia
Valera, Manuel New Cuban Express Big Band:
Distancia

(Greenleaf Music -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Composer, pianist and band leader Manuel Valera presents his second album with New York-based New Cuban Express Big Band, a large ensemble performing Valera's compositions that fuse the music of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Brazil to forge innovative sounds and textures, leaving room for outstanding solos from vocalists and instrumentalists.

Vandermark, Ken: The Field Within a Line (Black Cross Solo Sessions 1)
Vandermark, Ken:
The Field Within a Line (Black Cross Solo Sessions 1)

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


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One of Corbett vs. Dempsey's Black Cross Solo Sessions, Ken Vandermark recorded these twelve succinct, insightful and technically superb solo recordings at his home during pandemic lockdowns, part of a new book of compositions for solo reed instruments, each piece dedicated to an artist across multiple disciplines, including Joe McPhee, Anthony Braxton, Samuel Beckett, &c.

Vandermark's, Ken Marker: McPhee Marker [VINYL EP]
Vandermark's, Ken Marker:
McPhee Marker [VINYL EP]

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


Price: $18.95    




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A 12-inch 45rpm EP from Chicago Ken Vandermark's band Marker with guest Joe McPhee on tenor saxophone, performing the Parliament Funkadelic track "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" and DNA's "Egomaniac's Kiss", with Vandermark on tenor & baritone saxophones plus guitarists Andrew Clinkman & Steve Marquette, keyboardist Macie Stewart and drummer Phil Sudderberg.

Various Artists (Bauer, Casserley, Florodos, De Joode, Kujala, Narvesen, Taramontana, Schiaffini, Wa
Various Artists (Bauer, Casserley, Florodos, De Joode, Kujala, Narvesen, Taramontana, Schiaffini, Wachsmann):
SoundScapes Festival # 3 - Munich 2021 Schwere Reiter [2 CDs]

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


Price: $19.95    




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14 musicians from 9 different countries in various collaborative groupings performing acoustic & electronic free improvisations, the focus on soundscape and limited to 15 minute performances, developed by saxophonist Harri Sjöström in 2013 as "SoundScapes Festivals" and presented in Helsinki and now in Munich as part of the art-project "Aspects of Free Improvisation 2021".

Various Artists: CICP Collaborative Recordings vol. 1
Various Artists:
CICP Collaborative Recordings vol. 1

(Habitable Records -- Portugal )


Price: $9.95    




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An introduction to Habitable Records, initiated by members of the Composers and Improvisers Community Project led by Argentinian guitarist Javier Subatin, their work crossing composed and improvised boundaries, here in 18 duos and trios including work by Zé Alemeida, Pedro Melo Alves, Killick!, Federico Calcagno, Luis Figueiredo, Samuel Gapp, Javier Subatin, &c.

Various Artists: State of the Union 2.001 [3 CD BOX SET]
Various Artists:
State of the Union 2.001 [3 CD BOX SET]

(Electronic Music Foundation -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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Originally released in 2001, Elliott Sharp's production of this 3-CD set collects 171 1-minute pieces from international artists over a vast field of musical approaches, with contributors including Christian Marclay, Eric Mingus, Fred Frith, Harry Smith, Henry Kaiser, Ikue Mori, Jack Womack, Jad Fair, Joey Baron, Marc Ribot, Merzbow, Phill Niblock, Zeena Parkins, &c. &c.

Venable, Phil : Bassworks, Vol 1
Venable, Phil :
Bassworks, Vol 1

(Soul City Sounds -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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Three muscular and inventive solo improvisations on the acoustic upright bass from North Carolina bassist and composer Phil Venable, a member of Tragic Assembly and The Phil Venable - Paul Swest Duo, recorded in the studio in 2022, the three "Basswork" parts are mostly demonstrating his strong walking and plucking skills, at times applying objects to his strings.

Venable, Phil / Paul Swest Duo: Kaolin
Venable, Phil / Paul Swest Duo:
Kaolin

(Soul City Sounds -- USA )


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Phil Venable, the Chapel Hill, North Carolina bass player known for his work in the free jazz outfit Tragic Assembly, pairs up with Tragic Assembly drummer Charles Chace for an excursion into the outer limits of improvisation, the album title a reference to a medicinal clay and a riff off of the Charles Mingus song "Moanin".

Verhoeven, Martina Quintet (w/ Serries / Webster / Almeida): Driven: Live At Roadburn 2022
Verhoeven, Martina Quintet (w/ Serries / Webster / Almeida):
Driven: Live At Roadburn 2022

(Klanggalerie -- Germany )


Price: $17.95    




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Netherlands pianist Martina Verhoeven's quintet with Goncalo Almeida on double bass, Onno Govaert on drums, Dirk Serries on guitar and Colin Webster on saxophone is captured live in their debut performance at the Roadburn Festival 2022 Paradox in Tilburg for an extended 2-part improvisation of both dense and thrilling interaction and deep introspection, a spectacular and informed set.

Vicente, Luis / Seppe Gebruers / Onno Govaert: Room With No Name
Vicente, Luis / Seppe Gebruers / Onno Govaert:
Room With No Name

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


Price: $15.95    




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A set of dramatic improvisations of incredible technical skill and creative drive from the working trio of Luis Vicente on trumpet, Seppe Gebruers on unprepared piano and Onno Govaert on drums, unedited improvisations presented as played, "composed by an interaction between the musicians and instruments, a nameless room, audience, microphones and you."

Vicente, Luis / Vasco Trilla: Made of Mist
Vicente, Luis / Vasco Trilla:
Made of Mist

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $16.00    




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Mist and mystery in pensive and meticulous improvisation from the Portuguese duo of trumpeter Luis Vicente and percussionist Vasco Trilla, their 2nd studio album after their 2019 Clean Feed release, exploring textures and timbres through extended techniques and detailed percussive interaction, as confident expressions rise and submerges in a wonderfully abstracted haze.

Villavecchia, Liba Trio: Zaidin
Villavecchia, Liba Trio:
Zaidin

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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Referencing Thomas Chapin, Ornette Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell & Evan Parker, Spanish saxophonist Liba Villavechia's trio with drummer/percussionsit Vasco Trilla and double bassist Alex Reviriego explore the "tentacles that stem from the great Jazz octopus" through five Villavecchia compositions, one collective improv, and Thomas Chapin's "Bypass".

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.

Virtual Balboa / Greg Kelley: Petricho
Virtual Balboa / Greg Kelley:
Petricho

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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The Virtual Balboa trio of Philadelphia improvisers Zachary Darrup on guitar, Evan Lipson on double bass and Ben Bennett on percussion, all performers associated with Spring Garden Music & saxophonist Jack Wright, are joined by open-form trumpeter Greg Kelley for this wonderfully scrabbly and tenacious live set captured at Vermillion in Seattle in 2019.

VO (Zethson / Hogberg  / Berthling / Sander): The Sounds Of VO [2 CDS]
VO (Zethson / Hogberg / Berthling / Sander):
The Sounds Of VO [2 CDS]

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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A rare mix of collective and chamber approaches to free improvisation from the Swedish sextet VÖ of Eva Lindal on violin, Anna Hogberg on alto saxophone, Johan Berthling on double bass, Leo Svensson Sander on cello, Alexander Zethson on piano & pump organ and Giannis Arapis on acoustic guitar, performing deeply introspective conversations that explore modernity and tradition.

von Orelli, Marco / Sheldon Suter: Draw From The Source
von Orelli, Marco / Sheldon Suter:
Draw From The Source

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


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A series of extraordinary sound painting from the Swiss duo of trumpeter Marco von Orelli and percussionist Sheldon Suter, von Orelli also performing on cornet, prepared slidetrumpet & little bells while Suter works with drums, cymbals, prepared zithers, gong & singing bowls, creating detailed aural environments that evoke bewitching twilight spaces.

Wachsmann, Philipp / Matthew Hutchinson: Startle The Echoes
Wachsmann, Philipp / Matthew Hutchinson:
Startle The Echoes

(Bead -- UK )


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Beginning their collaboration during the 1970s in the Chamberpot Ensemble, the duo of violinist Philipp Wachsmann and keyboard and electronic improviser Matthew Hutchinson are heard in live recording from three London Concerts in 2002 & 2003, Wachsmann's violin extended via live signal processing and transformations, extending their dialogs in expansive ways.

Wachsmann, Philipp / Michael Bunce: Refractions In Air
Wachsmann, Philipp / Michael Bunce:
Refractions In Air

(Bead -- UK )


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Philipp Wachsmann's acoustic violin is routed through his own electronics and then fed into the Live Electronic Sampling & Transformations (LiSa) systems of Michael Bunche, processed and re-performed using time-based transformations shaped by gestural input or as static samples, creating new and unexpected trajectories, sounds snd forms for Wachsmann's playing.

Wachsmann, Phillip: Chathuna
Wachsmann, Phillip:
Chathuna

(Bead -- UK )


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Recordings from a unique concert at the Synagogue in Oerlinghausen, Germany in 1996 between long-term collaborators Philipp Wachsmann and artist Sarah Brigitte Eckel, Wachsmann improvising in the resonance of the synagogue on violin, viola, electronics & tape in response to Eckel's exhibition extemporizing five canvas painting and a floor installation.

Wake Up! (Daniel Carter / David Moss / Federico Ughi / Demian Richardson): Wake Up!
Wake Up! (Daniel Carter / David Moss / Federico Ughi / Demian Richardson):
Wake Up!

(Self Released -- USA )


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Recorded in Brooklyn in 2009 from the Downtown New York working band of David Moss on bass, Federico Ughi on drums, Matthew Putman on piano, Daniel Carter on saxophone and Demian Richardson on trumpet, this album was self-released by the artists, to Wake Up! the world through solid grooves and hard playing electric jazz of intensely spirited soloing.

Waldman, Devin Brahja / Hamid Drake: Mediumistic Methodology [CASSETTE]
Waldman, Devin Brahja / Hamid Drake:
Mediumistic Methodology [CASSETTE]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


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Evoking the spirit of a seance experienced by alto saxophonist Devin Brahja Waldman, the duo of Waldman and drummer Hamid Drake are captured live at Elastic Arts, in Chicago, beginning as a mysteriously delicate concert of intricately introspective playing and spiritual reflection, building to a free jazz drum & sax duo of powerful and enthusiastic release.

Warble (Brad Henkel / Miako Klein): Swarm
Warble (Brad Henkel / Miako Klein):
Swarm

(Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia )


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Focused on the unusual physical properties of their instruments as tubes and air chambers capable of remarkable palette of sounds, overtones, thumps and inexplicable manifestations, Berlin-based trumpeter Brad Henkel and recorder player Miako Klein present two extended conversation of intensely compatible and wildly controlled, extended approaches to improvisation.

Ward, Alex: Gated
Ward, Alex:
Gated

(Discus -- UK )


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A stunning solo album showing the widely diverse interests of UK clarinetist and guitarist Alex Ward, recording in the studio in 10 multi-track pieces using clarinets, saxophones, guitars, keyboards, electric bass and assorted software instruments in a mix of pre-composed and improvised approaches, burning the spectrum from contemplative to aggressively assertive performance.

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.

Wassermann, Ute: Strange Songs [VINYL]
Wassermann, Ute:
Strange Songs [VINYL]

(Treader -- UK )


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One of the most capable and unusual voices on the planet, German sound artist and vocalist Ute Wasserrmann emulates the most baffling of bird songs in 10 unique performances using seemingly impossible vocal technique that morphs aviary exclamation with alien and indescribable utterance, performed along with a vast collection of bird whistles; strange indeed!

Wastell, Mark: Cello-intern Solos
Wastell, Mark:
Cello-intern Solos

(Confront -- UK )


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Beginning in February 2022 on the 1st Saturday of the month Mark Wastell would bring his cello to the Hundred Years Gallery in London with the grace of gallery owners Graham MacKeachan and Montse Gallego and play, not as a performance, not as a rehearsal, just to play and record his improvisations as he expands his reach on the instrument, heard here in 17 fascinating excerpts.

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.

Wegmann, Judith / Marlies Debacker / Lukas Biner / Nicolas Wolf: Things In Between
Wegmann, Judith / Marlies Debacker / Lukas Biner / Nicolas Wolf:
Things In Between

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


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Featuring two pianists--Judith Wegmann and Marlies Debacker--and two percussionists--Lukas Briner and Nicolas Wolf (a duo who play concerts in the dark under the name of Night Shadow Noise)--in collective improvisations of two pianists or as a quartet of duel pianists and drummers, for seven exciting and sophisticated recordings of instant composition.

West, Brodie Quintet: Meadow of Dreams [VINYL]
West, Brodie Quintet:
Meadow of Dreams [VINYL]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


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The third release from the Toronto-based Brodie West Quintet of Evan Cartwright on drums, vibraphone & guitar, Josh Cole on bass, Nick Fraser on drums, Tania Gill on piano and Brodie West on alto saxophone, performing Brodie's uniquely inclusive and sometimes atypically metered compositions, leading to fascinating solo and group interplay from reflection to fire.

Who Trio (Wintsch / Hemingway / Oester): Strell [VINYL]
Who Trio (Wintsch / Hemingway / Oester):
Strell [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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The collective Who Trio of pianist Michel Wintsch, bassist Bänz Oester and drummer Gerry Hemingway take on the music of Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington in eight studio recordings and one live performance, interpreting in a collective fashion rather than straight readings of each work, allowing a unique level of freedom to be applied to these essential jazz compositions.

William Parker: Universal Tonality [2 CDs]
William Parker:
Universal Tonality [2 CDs]

(Centering Records -- USA )


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An incredible performance recorded at Roulette in NYC by a large ensemble of 16 jazz luminaries of various ages, cultures and musical backgrounds, led by composer and bassist William Parker, who explains that Universal Tonality is another name for love, the profusion of which is interpreted by vocalist Leena Conquest in a profoundly inspired concert of magnificent artistry.

Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time
Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock):
Life Time & Spring, Revisited

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


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Remastering & reissuing drummer Anthony Williams first two albums: Life Time was recorded for Blue Note shortly after joining the Miles Davis Quintet, employing two bassists--Richard Davis and Gary Peacock--along with mentor Sam Rivers and Davis alumni Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter; Spring reflects the new freedom of 60s jazz in a quintet with both Wayne Shorter & Sam Rivers.

Williams, Mars Presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol.5
Williams, Mars Presents:
An Ayler Xmas Vol.5

(Astral Spirits / Soul What Records -- USA )


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This year's An Ayler Xmas is the 5th in the series from saxophonist Mars Williams, mashing holiday classics with works by saxophonist Albert Ayler, with the amazing sextet of Josh Berman on cornet, Jim Baker on piano, viola & Arp Synth, Brian Sandstrom on bass, guitar & trumpet, Steve Hunt on drums, Peter Maunu on violin and Kent Kessler or Krzysztof Pabian on bass.

Windemo & Strid / Warnheim & Ingves: Split Series Vol. 1
Windemo & Strid / Warnheim & Ingves:
Split Series Vol. 1

(FRIM Records -- Sweden )


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Two very different but openly creative improvising duos on a split CD, initiating the Swedish label and concert organizer FRIMS's split recording series: first 4 improvisations from legendary free improvisers Raymond Strid on drums & percussion and guitarist Mattias Windemo; then an extended dialog from new generation players Marcus Warnheim on alto saxophone and Karin Ivgves on piano.

Wong, Theresa: Practicing Sands
Wong, Theresa:
Practicing Sands

(fo'c'sle -- USA )


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A series of instrumental pieces and songs from Chinese-American composer, cellist, and vocalist Theresa Wong, inspired by the sounds of the natural world and a personal sense of "sonic genetic memory", her works merging composition and improvisation, the album recorded by Wong herself using specific microphone placement to bring out the warmth of her instrument and voice.

Wright, Frank Trio: Frank Wright Trio [VINYL]
Wright, Frank Trio:
Frank Wright Trio [VINYL]

(ESP-Disk -- USA )


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Mississippi born, saxophonist Frank Wright followed Albert Ayler to NYC to join the free jazz scene of the mid-60s, signed to ESP on the spot after label owner Bernard Stollman heard him sit in with John Coltrane, this his first release on label in a trio with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Tom Price as they rip through three original Wright compositions.

Wright, Frank: Your Prayer [VINYL]
Wright, Frank:
Your Prayer [VINYL]

(ESP-Disk -- USA )


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A much-referenced album on the ESP label, tenor saxophonist Frank Wright's 2nd release brought together New York alto saxophonist Arthur Jones with French trumpeter Jacques Coursil, then living in NY, and the rhythm section of bassist Steve Tintweiss and drummer Muhammad Ali, for a passionate, well-balanced, and often burning free jazz album that still sounds modern today.

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.

Wunschmusik (Wunsch / Steyer / Cavenati): Muss Atonal Eigentlich Witzig Sein?
Wunschmusik (Wunsch / Steyer / Cavenati):
Muss Atonal Eigentlich Witzig Sein?

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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German vocalist Birgit Wunsch leads this improvising trio with Edith Steyer on clarinet & saxophone and Alberto Cavenati on guitar, using abstract and atonal melodies in a chamber improvised setting for freely improvised voice, text and sound, crossing a sense of pop music with non-idiomatic improvisation of great technical and creative intent.

Xavier Pamplona Septet: Play The
Xavier Pamplona Septet:
Play The

(Casco Records -- Netherlands )


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Initiating his Netherlands-based ensemble in 2016, contrabassist Raoul van der Weide assembles younger musicians, alongside Michael Moore for one piece, orchestrated up to a septet performing a dizzying and joyfully fun array of original compositions including pieces from ICP composers Bert Koppelaar, Guus Janssen and Tristan Honsinger, and a piece from Fred Katz.

XT (Wright / Abbott): Deorlaf X [VINYL]
XT (Wright / Abbott):
Deorlaf X [VINYL]

(Otoroku -- UK )


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An unusual sax and drum duo from saxophonist Seymour Wright and percussionist Paul Abbott, taking recordings from a dozen years of their work together and assembling, mixing and re-recording them into these two impressive works of "mutated multiphonics and triggered percussion" offset with periods of reflection; startling, unexpected, amusing, awe inspiring.

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 )


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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.

Yamazaki / Ino / Hayashi: TRYANGLE
Yamazaki / Ino / Hayashi:
TRYANGLE

(Doubtmusic -- Japan )


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Two 60's collaborators of Japanese guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi--drummer Hiroshi Yamazaki and bassist Nobuyoshi Ino--formed this "Tryangle" to invite third improvisers for their performances, here joining forces with alto saxophonist Eiichi Hayashi (Catle Band, Aki Takase) for this exceptional live concert at Koen-dori Classics, in Tokyo, Japan in 2022.

Yanagawa, Homei: Homura
Yanagawa, Homei:
Homura

(Armageddon Nova -- Japan )


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Two extended pieces of solo free improvisation from Japanese alto saxophonist Homei Yanagawa, aka Yoshinori Yanagawa, who regularly performs solo, releasing this album 30 years after his first solo album in 1991, Ground and Figure, here recording in the studio for confidently active and diverse approaches to solo expression; engaging and absorbing work.

Ydivide, Clemens Kuratle: Lumumba
Ydivide, Clemens Kuratle:
Lumumba

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Ydivide is Swiss drummer Clemens Kuratle's multi-national quintet with Dee Byrne on alto saxophone, Elliot Galvin on piano & electronics, Chris Guilfoyle on guitar and Lukas Traxel on bass, a dynamic young band performing Kuratle's structured compositions allowing for energetic and enthusiastic soloing amidst collective group work and lyrically introspective moments.

Yoshida, Tatsuya  / Dairo Suga: Root
Yoshida, Tatsuya / Dairo Suga:
Root

(Doubtmusic -- Japan )


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Driven by a passionate intensity, this first meeting of drummer Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Korekyojinn, Koenji Hyakkei, &c) and pianist Dario Suga at 7th Floor in Shibuya, Japan begins at high speed, the sheer technical brilliance of both players dazzling, their unbridled energy eventually yielding to passages of introspection that recur to fervor and fraternity; exceptional!



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