The Squid's Ear Magazine
NY Improv & Downtown NY


 
Davis, Miles Quintet: 2nd Sessions 1956, Revisited
Davis, Miles Quintet:
2nd Sessions 1956, Revisited

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


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Recorded in the same October 1956 Rudy Van Gelder sessions that are heard on Miles Davis' Cookin' and Steamin' albums, these alternate takes with his quintet of John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on double bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums give us a unique view on the consistency and strength of the famous and foundational hard bop band.

Ackerley, Jessica / Patrick Shiroishi / Chris Williams / Luke Stewart / Jason Nazary: SSWAN: Invisib
Ackerley, Jessica / Patrick Shiroishi / Chris Williams / Luke Stewart / Jason Nazary:
SSWAN: Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster [VINYL] [Used Item]

(577 Records -- USA )


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Rugged, experimental and avant jazz in the debut album from the SSWAN group of Patrick Shiroishi on saxophones, Chris Williams on trumpet, Jessica Ackerley on electric guitar, Luke Stewart on bass and Jason Nazary on drums, the group focused first on sound and velocity rather than pitch and harmonic information as they carve out a unique space between free jazz and free improv.

Lehman, Steve / Selebeyone: Xaybu: The Unseen
Lehman, Steve / Selebeyone:
Xaybu: The Unseen

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


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An urgent album of modern jazz, underground urban and electronic music, from the international collective of MCs HPrizm (NYC) & Gaston Bandimic (Dakar), saxophonists Steve Lehman (Los Angeles) & Maciek Lasserre (Paris) and drummer Damon Reid, exploring Islamic mysticism of al-Ghaib with the voices of Billy Higgins and Jackie McLean heard throughout the album.

Sorey, Tyshawn Trio + 1 w/ Greg Osby: The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism [3 CDs]
Sorey, Tyshawn Trio + 1 w/ Greg Osby:
The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism [3 CDs]

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


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A 3-volume set from four night's performances at The Jazz Gallery in NYC by the Tyshawn Sorey trio of drummer Sorey, pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Russell Hall, joined by alto saxophonist Greg Osby for sets of exceptionally sophisticated and passionate interpretations of jazz standards including work by Miles Davis, Billy Strayhorn, Cole Porter, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, &c.

Liberatore, Matteo: Lacquer
Liberatore, Matteo:
Lacquer

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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A series of concise noise explorations from Italian-born, Brooklyn-based guitarist Matteo Liberatore, more typically heard in composed and improv/experimental forms including work with Elliott Sharp & Weasel Walter, here in an assertive album of guitar-driven analog synthesis & noise using unusual structures, alien utterances and intense twists and turns.

Irarrazabal / Baldwin: Grips [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Irarrazabal / Baldwin:
Grips [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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Chilean double bassist, vocalist, improviser & composer Amanda Irarrázabal and Brooklyn double bassist Nat Baldwin in a live performance first-time meeting at the IRL concert space during Irarrázabal's week-long tour through NYC, this concert a profound meeting of deep strings, bowed, plucked and mutated through unique technical approaches to their instruments.

Fraser, Henry / Camilo Angeles / Jason Nazary: Aqrabuamelu
Fraser, Henry / Camilo Angeles / Jason Nazary:
Aqrabuamelu

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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Mapping an improvisational framework onto a myriad of musical forms with contributions from each member, the trio of bassist Henry Fraser (NYC), drummer Jason Nazary (NYC) and flautist Camilo Angeles (PERU/CDMX) have collaborated in a number of configurations over the years, forming this specific and uniquely voiced trio in 2021 to record this mysteriously beautiful album.

Dunn's, Trevor Trio (w/ Halvorson / Smith) Convulsant avec Folie a Quatre: Seances
Dunn's, Trevor Trio (w/ Halvorson / Smith) Convulsant avec Folie a Quatre:
Seances

(Pyroclastic Records -- USA )


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A series of powerful "séances" from the Trio-Convulsant of Trevor Dunn on bass, Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Ches Smith on drums & percussion, imagining through improv the 18th century French sect of Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard, assisted by the Folie à Quatre of Carla Kihlstedt (volin), Oscar Noriega (clarinet), Mariel Roberts (cell) and Anna Webber (flute).

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.

Copland, Marc Quartet (w/ Gress / Verheyen / Ferber): Someday
Copland, Marc Quartet (w/ Gress / Verheyen / Ferber):
Someday

(Inner Voice Jazz -- USA )


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Bringing together veteran bassist Drew Gress with younger generation players, Belgian-American saxophonist Robin Verheyen (Bram De Looze) and drummer Mark Ferber (Gary Peacock, Ralph Alessi), pianist Marc Copland's new quartet presents a lyrical album of original compositions and standards; virtuosic, energetic and sensitively interpreted works of modern jazz.

Brennan, Patricia (w/ Herrera / Cass / Gilmore): More Touch
Brennan, Patricia (w/ Herrera / Cass / Gilmore):
More Touch

(Pyroclastic Records -- USA )


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Three drummer/percussionists and bass make up vibraphonist, marimbist, improviser and composer Patricia Brennan's sophomore album, reimagining the percussion quartet through jazz, new music and latin influences including Mexican folkloric roots, working with deceptively relaxed, highly interactive grooves that turn angular melodies into warmly irresistible music.

Fefer, Avram Quartet: Juba Lee
Fefer, Avram Quartet:
Juba Lee

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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From post/hard bop to African-influenced spiritual jazz, the 2nd release from saxophonist & clarinetist Avram Fefer's quartet with Marc Ribot on guitar, Eric Revis on bass and Chad Taylor on drums swings freely or finds introspective grooves in nine original Fefer compositions of rich melodies around unusual time signatures, yielding extraordinary soloing and group interplay.

Lumpert, Igor Innertextures (w/ Ward / Tordini / Grohowski / ...): I am the Spirit of the Earth
Lumpert, Igor Innertextures (w/ Ward / Tordini / Grohowski / ...):
I am the Spirit of the Earth

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Brooklyn-based Slovenian saxophonist Igor Lumpert draws on his life experiences through eight original compositions and a Bosnian folk song performed with his core band of alto saxophonist Greg Ward, drummer Kenny Grohwoski and bassist Chris Tordini, expanded to a sextet and octet with stellar improvisers including trumpeter Peter Evans, guitarist Jeff Miles, &c.

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.

Smythe, Cory (w/ Jernberg / Modney / Reid / Evans / Elk / Muncy / Laubrock / Leon / Cox / Crump ): S
Smythe, Cory (w/ Jernberg / Modney / Reid / Evans / Elk / Muncy / Laubrock / Leon / Cox / Crump ):
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

(Pyroclastic Records -- USA )


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After working with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, pianist Corey Smythe assmebled this incredible ensemble that includes Peter Evans (trumpet), Ingrid Laubrock (sax), Stephan Crump (bass), Tomeka Reid (cello), &c., performing works influenced by the Kern/Harbach standard "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", which Smythe then interprets abstractly in 7 solo renderings.

Mattrey, Joanna / Gabby Fluke-Mogul: Oracle
Mattrey, Joanna / Gabby Fluke-Mogul:
Oracle

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Performing on viola, violin and a stroh (a string instrument mechanically amplified by a metal resonator and horn attached to its body) the NY duo of Joanna Mattrey and Gabby Fluke-Mogul present eight dialogs of ominous and prophetic divination, titles including "The Vision", "The Potion" or "The Omen", as they weave and tear at their strings in startling and impressive ways.

Pulverize the Sound (Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride): Black
Pulverize the Sound (Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride):
Black

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Appropriately recorded at Seizures Palace in Brooklyn, the 3rd release from the NY trio Pulverize the Sound of Peter Evans on trumpet, Tim Dahl on electric bass and Mike Pride on drums & glockenspiel, expands on this 10 year working band's assertive approach to collective free improv, doing so with innovation, breathtaking technical skill and a wide range of mood and texture.

Mcphee, Joe & Chris Corsano: Scraps and Shadows [VINYL]
Mcphee, Joe & Chris Corsano:
Scraps and Shadows [VINYL]

(Roaratorio -- USA )


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The second release from the duo of Joe McPhee and Chris Corsano, seven pieces from ballads to combustible free playing in an album dedicated to Fred Anderson, Paul Flaherty, Han Bennink, Kidd Jordan, &c.

Taylor, Cecil / Tony Oxley: Birdland / Neuburg 2011
Taylor, Cecil / Tony Oxley:
Birdland / Neuburg 2011

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


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Performing in the intimacy of the Birdland Jazz Club in 2011, New York innovative pianist Cecil Taylor met with London free jazz legendary percussionist and long-time associate in The Feel Trio, Tony Oxley, Taylor's rapid often percussive approach to the keys pairing with Oxley's percussive work, and both invoking lyrical beauty from the other.

Sinton's, Josh Predicate Quartet (Sinton / Finlayson / Hoffman / Rainey): Four Freedoms
Sinton's, Josh Predicate Quartet (Sinton / Finlayson / Hoffman / Rainey):
Four Freedoms

(FiP recordings -- USA )


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Espousing a need to bring more freedom to others--from fear, from oneself, from advertising, and freedom to love--baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton, also on alto flute and bass clarinet, leads his outstanding quartet of Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Christopher Hoffman (cello) and Tom Rainey (drums) through four intricately satisfying Sinton compositions.

Morris, Joe / Jeremy Brown: Magnitude
Morris, Joe / Jeremy Brown:
Magnitude

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


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While in Calgary as a Killam Visiting Scholar, guitarist Joe Morris worked with multi-wind player and professor Jeremy Brown, whose solo work impressed Morris so much that they began performing regularly as a duo, deciding to rehearse and record this remarkable series of improvised duos that Morris describes as unique to his catalog, something conversationally precise and organic.

Morris, Joe / Agusti Fernandez / Brad Barrett / DoYeon Kim: Other Galaxies
Morris, Joe / Agusti Fernandez / Brad Barrett / DoYeon Kim:
Other Galaxies

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


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Arranged by Joe Morris while Agusti Fernandez was in the NY Metropolitan area, this concert at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, brings together four distinctive string players with Morris on guitar, Fernandez on piano, Brad Barrett on bass and Do Yeon Kim on guyageum, seemingly taking their listeners to rapid galaxies through intensive, pointillistic and imaginative improvisation.

Robinson, Perry / Michael Marcus / Jay Rosen: The New York Clarinet Society - COCO
Robinson, Perry / Michael Marcus / Jay Rosen:
The New York Clarinet Society - COCO

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


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Performing on the family of clarinets, reedists Michael Marcus and Perry Robinson recorded this album in 2016 in New Haven with drummer Jay Rosen, performing three Marcus and one Rosen composition, weaving their playing in a balanced triangle of sound, Rosen's diverse rhythmic approaches — mallets, drum kit, brush work — adding warmth and energy to a well-balanced album.

Shipp, Matthew / Mark Helias: The New Syntax
Shipp, Matthew / Mark Helias:
The New Syntax

(RogueArt -- France )


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Bringing decades of experience from far-reaching careers as leaders and in collaboration with some of the most luminary improvisers in creative jazz, this first meeting between bassist Mark Helias and pianist Matthew Shipp evokes nine inspired dialogs from two consequentially compatible jazz musicians, beautifully captured in the warmth of the Park West Studios in Brooklyn.

Deane, J.A. / Jason Kao Hwang: Uncharted Faith
Deane, J.A. / Jason Kao Hwang:
Uncharted Faith

(Tone Science Music -- USA )


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The final collaboration of innovative electronic artist J.A. Deane, working remotely with violinist Jason Kao Hwang who sent Deane improvised solo acoustic violin recordings that Deane edited into 57 gestures, mapping them to a keyboard and creating six tracks of morphed electronics which Hwang improvised over with an electric violin to complete this unique and fascinating album.

Zorn, John (w/ Marsella / Roeder / Smith / Lage): Incerto
Zorn, John (w/ Marsella / Roeder / Smith / Lage):
Incerto

(Tzadik -- USA )


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Bringing together John Zorn's trio from Suite for Piano (Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, Ches Smith) with guitarist Julian Lage, this new jazz quartet is a versatile and flexible unit capable of instantaneous changes in direction of genre or mood with virtuosic finesse and sensitivity, as Zorn's compositions explore concepts from Freud, Sartre, and the Uncertainty Principle.

Zorn, John: The Hermetic Organ Vol. 10 - Bozar, Brussels [CD + DVD]
Zorn, John:
The Hermetic Organ Vol. 10 - Bozar, Brussels [CD + DVD]

(Tzadik -- USA )


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A combination CD and DVD of John Zorn's improvisation on the powerful organ at Henri LeBoeuf Hall, Bozar in Brussels in a dramatic musical reading of the epic Faust legend, performed with classical soprano vocalist Barbara Hannigan, who improvises with Zorn for the first time, the film allowing listeners to view Zorn's unusual keyboard techniques in close proximity.

Zorn, John: The Hermetic Organ Vol. 9 - Liber VII
Zorn, John:
The Hermetic Organ Vol. 9 - Liber VII

(Tzadik -- USA )


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John Zorn's extended solo organ improvisation at the 2022 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN performing on the Goulding & Wood seventy-rank organ at St. John's Cathedral, Zorn's performance inspired by Aleister Crowley's Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli and performed in a kind of trance state, as he traversed moods and mystery in a 44 minute journey of massive sound.

Astroturf Noise (feat Susan Alcorn): Blazing/Freezing [7-inch VINYL]
Astroturf Noise (feat Susan Alcorn):
Blazing/Freezing [7-inch VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


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The opening and closing tracks from the new Blazing/Freezing album on a 7" single by the genre-merging Downtown NY trio of Sam Day Harmet (mandolin), Sana Nagano (violin) and Zachary Swanson (upright bass) deconstructing Americana roots music by slicing and dicing it with jazz/improv, electronica, sample sources, and inexplicable errata.

Astroturf Noise (feat Susan Alcorn): Blazing/Freezing
Astroturf Noise (feat Susan Alcorn):
Blazing/Freezing

(577 Records -- USA )


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A 2nd album of inexplicable and fascinating genre merging based around Americana roots music sliced and diced with jazz/improv, electronica, and Downtown NY forms, from the core trio of Sam Day Harmet (mandolin), Sana Nagano (violin), and Zachary Swanson (upright bass) with guests Susan Alcorn on pedal steel guitar, avant bluegrass guitarist Stash Wyslouch and Soundpainter Walter Thompson.

Mela, Francisco feat. Cooper-Moore / William Parker: Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 2 [VINYL]
Mela, Francisco feat. Cooper-Moore / William Parker:
Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 2 [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


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The second volume of Music Frees Our Souls, the trio of Francisco Mela on drums, Cooper-Moore on piano and William Parker on bass, recording in the studio in Brooklyn two extended, far reaching and powerful collective improvisations of music performed under the influence of Mela's work with, mentorship by and encouragement from pianist McCoy Tyner.

Berne, Tim / Matt Mitchell: One More, Please
Berne, Tim / Matt Mitchell:
One More, Please

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Leveraging more than a decade of collaboration, New York saxophonist Tim Berne and pianist Matt Mitchell present an intimate live concert in Montreal at Club Soda, performing mostly Berne compositions and one by Julius Hemphill ("Number 2") in a thoughtful and innately lyrical set of seemingly telepathic dialogs interpreting Berne's intricate and innovative works.

Mela, Francisco feat. Cooper-Moore / William Parker: Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 2
Mela, Francisco feat. Cooper-Moore / William Parker:
Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 2

(577 Records -- USA )


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The second volume of Music Frees Our Souls, the trio of Francisco Mela on drums, Cooper-Moore on piano and William Parker on bass, recording in the studio in Brooklyn two extended, far reaching and powerful collective improvisations of music performed under the influence of Mela's work with, mentorship by and encouragement from pianist McCoy Tyner.

Brown, Earle: Chamber Music
Brown, Earle:
Chamber Music

(Matchless -- Great Britain )


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Earle Brown conducts a chamber ensemble including John Tilbury on piano through a number of compositions, including versions of "October", "November", & "December", "Corroboree 1964 For Three Pianos", "Trio For Five Dances", and "Tracking Pierrot For Ensable".

Conference Call (Gebhard Ullmann / Michael Jefry Stevens / Joe Fonda / Dieter Ulrich): Prism
Conference Call (Gebhard Ullmann / Michael Jefry Stevens / Joe Fonda / Dieter Ulrich):
Prism

(Not Two -- Poland )


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The tenth Conference Call album and the first with drummer Dieter Ulrich taking over for former drummers Matt Wilson, Han Bennink, George Schuller and Gerry Hemingway, the 20 years journey for this transatlantic band leading to this album captured in the studio in Central NY while on tour, performing 3 original compositions from Ullman, 2 from Fonda, and 2 from Stevens.

Eisenstadt, Harris: September, Canada Day IV
Eisenstadt, Harris:
September, Canada Day IV

(Songlines -- USA )


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Drummer Harris Eisenstadt continues his excellent NY quintet with Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder, Chris Dingman, and new bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, through 7 original compositions of lyrical modern jazz that leaves room for open-ended and extraordinary soloing.

Eisenstadt, Harris (w/ Moore, Schoenbeck, Dresser): Golden State II
Eisenstadt, Harris (w/ Moore, Schoenbeck, Dresser):
Golden State II

(Songlines -- USA )


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Live recordings at the 2014 Vancouver International Jazz Festival from drummer Harris Eisenstadt's excellent and lyrical Golden State chamber jazz ensemble, here as a quartet with Michael Moore on clarinet, Sara Schoenbeck on bassoon, and Mark Dresser on bass.

Feldman, Mark: Sounding Point
Feldman, Mark:
Sounding Point

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Including six of his own compositions, a work by Sylvie Courvoiser and Ornette Coleman's "Peace Warrior", New York violin virtuoso Mark Feldman's new solo album, recorded in the studio in Brooklyn, is a touchpoint to his skills and creative imagination today, 26 years after his first solo album, displaying a profound ability to engage and inspire his listeners.

Fujiwara, Tomas : Triple Double [VINYL 2 LPs]
Fujiwara, Tomas :
Triple Double [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Firehouse 12 Records -- USA )


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Drummer Tomas Fujiwara's sextet is actually two trios interacting, with fellow drummer Gerald Cleaver, both Mary Halvorson and Brandon Seabrook on guitar, and Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet and Ralph Alessi on trumpet, the pairings forming unisons and contrasts that add an unrestrained sense of enthusiasm and excitement to Fujiwara's sophisticated compositions.

Grimal, Alexandra: Andromeda
Grimal, Alexandra:
Andromeda

(Ayler -- France )


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Saxophonist Alexandra Grimal in a quartet with guitarist Todd Neufeld, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, a weaving and interstellar odyssey inspired by the night sky of the MacDowell Colony.

I.P.Y. (Ikue Mori / Phew / YoshimiO): IPY
I.P.Y. (Ikue Mori / Phew / YoshimiO):
IPY

(Tzadik -- USA )


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Bringing together three Japanese avant experimenters and improvisers — Ikue Mori (DNA, Downtown NY mainstay), YoshimiO (Boredoms, Saicobab and OOIOO) and Phew (Aunt Sally) — for a live performance at U.F.O. Club, in Tokyo in 2019, blurring the edges of experimentation, improvisation, and rock, an exciting and powerful first meeting for this trio.

Lehman, Steve Trio,  feat. Matt Brewer and Damion Reid: Dialect Fluorescent
Lehman, Steve Trio, feat. Matt Brewer and Damion Reid:
Dialect Fluorescent

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


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With his new trio with bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Damion Reid, saxophonist Lehman combines his own original compositions with a full program of works by jazz legends like John Coltrane and Jackie McLean.

Liebman / Beirach / McClure / Hart : Redemption
Liebman / Beirach / McClure / Hart :
Redemption

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $19.95    




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Lovano, Joe & Dave Douglas Sound Prints: Other Worlds
Lovano, Joe & Dave Douglas Sound Prints:
Other Worlds

(Greenleaf Music -- USA )


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Referencing Wayne Shorter ("Footprints") and the lyrically free playing of Shorter's 60s influences, this 3rd album led by tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas, with the powerful support of pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Joey Baron, was recorded following a week at New York's Village Vanguard in January 2020.

Marsella, Brian: Gatos Do Sul
Marsella, Brian:
Gatos Do Sul

(Tzadik -- USA )


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Pianist and composer Brian Marsella leads an all-star octet including Cyro Baptista, Mark Feldman, Jon Irabagon performing Marsella's lyrical and upbeat compositions inspired by classical, jazz, and folkloric Brazilian music and influenced by composers from Ernesto Nazareth, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Pixinguinha to Baden Powell and Egberto Gismonti; irrepressible!

Mickens, Sam: Kayfabe: Lamb of G.O.D.
Mickens, Sam:
Kayfabe: Lamb of G.O.D.

(Sam Mickens -- USA )


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Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Sam Mickens (The Dead Science) leading an excellent band including drummer Mike Pride, bassist Shahzad Ismaily, vocalists Carla Bozulich, Jesse Quattro, &c, through 15 persuasive rock songs recorded in NYC.

Mitchell, Roscoe / Ostravaska Banda: Distant Radio Transmission
Mitchell, Roscoe / Ostravaska Banda:
Distant Radio Transmission

(Wide Hive -- USA )


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"Distant Radio Transmission" was originally recorded as an improvisation by Roscoe Mitchell, Craig Taborn, and Kikanju Baku in 2013, then transcribed by Stephen P. Harvey in 2016, extended for strings by John Ivers in 2017, and then fully orchestrated by Roscoe Mitchell himself in 2017; the album also includes "Noonah Trio", "Cutouts for Woodwind Quintet" and "8/8/88".

Morris, Joe / Agusti Fernandez: Ambrosia
Morris, Joe / Agusti Fernandez:
Ambrosia

(Riti Records -- USA )


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A state-of-the-art duo recording from two remarkable improvisers bridging New York and Spain - guitarist Joe Morris and pianist Agusti Fernandez - performing "Ambrosia" in 6 parts.

Namtchylak, Sainkho / Ned Rothenberg / Dieb13: Antiphonen
Namtchylak, Sainkho / Ned Rothenberg / Dieb13:
Antiphonen

(Klanggalerie -- Germany )


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The first meeting for the trio of Tuvan free improvising vocalist & throat singer Sainkho Namtchylak, saxophonist Ned Rothenberg and turntablist Dieb13, captured in performance at Music Unlimited 33, at Alter Schlachthof Wels, Austria in 2019 for 2 improvisations — the 40 minute "Shave and a Haircut" and the 11 minute "Two Bits" — in incredibly creative and formidable music.

Nelson, Matt: Lower Bottoms [VINYL]
Nelson, Matt:
Lower Bottoms [VINYL]

(Tubapede -- USA )


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Brooklyn saxophonist Matt Nelson in a solo album of extended saxophone techniques along with a litany of guitar effects pedals, all run through a large 70's era Peavy combo amp with real-time feedback manipulation, a unique album of muscular playing and unusual soundscape.

Parkins, Zeena / Jeff Kolar: Scale [VINYL]
Parkins, Zeena / Jeff Kolar:
Scale [VINYL]

(Two Rooms Records -- USA )


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Commissioned by choreographer Jennifer Monson, the collaboration of Downtown NY electric harpist and sound artist Zeena Parkins and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar explore the intersection of acoustic phenonema against electronic, synthetic & radio sounds, inspired by the timing of natural phenomena like ocean currents and daylight emergence; fascinating.

Pozzer, Federico : Breaths
Pozzer, Federico :
Breaths

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $11.50    




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Three works from Italian composer and pianist Federico Pozzer in his "breathing" series, compositions where the musicians follow the concept of inhaling, exhaling, and pausing, set against certain fixed actions or interactions as they devise their own musical actions, the goal to overcome both the players' freedom in decision-making and strictness in the score.

Pride, Mike / Jonatha Moritz: The Invitation [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
Pride, Mike / Jonatha Moritz:
The Invitation [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Astral Editions -- USA )


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The long collaboration between saxophonist Mike Pride and drummer/percussionist Jonathan Moritz is concentrated in these superb studio recording, bring great clarity to the far-ranging and detailed interactions both bring to their improvisations through unusual technique, an expansive arsenal of percussive devices, and wonderfully inventive attitudes.

Robinson, Perry / Andrea Centazzo: The Journey
Robinson, Perry / Andrea Centazzo:
The Journey

(Ictus -- Italy )


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In the spring of 2015 multi-reedist and wind player Perry Robinson travelled to Southern California for a series of concerts, recording this duo with Italian percussionist living on the US West Coast Andrea Centazzo, a free and open session with Robison on clarinet, micro ocarina & bird calls, and Centazzo also using a MalletKat & sampling.

Shipp Trio, Matthew: The Unidentifiable
Shipp Trio, Matthew:
The Unidentifiable

(ESP-Disk -- USA )


Price: $14.45    




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Using the traditional piano-bass-drums lineup, NY pianist Matthew Shipp's trio with Michael Bisio on bass and Newman Taylor Baker on drums balance their work between beautiful lyrical interplay of melodic counterpoint and rhythmic undertow and exploratory work accentuating unique eccentricities from all three players, a great next motion from this authoritative trio.

Shipp, Matthew: The Piano Equation
Shipp, Matthew:
The Piano Equation

(Tao Forms -- USA )


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The title referencing the discipline and often mathematical basis behind New York pianist Matthew Shipp's work, balanced by fascinating abstractions and a curious mind that drives Shipp's remarkable journeys in solo improvisation, these 11 pieces draw together fundamental elements of the jazz idiom and transform them into something intelligently complex and uniquely Shipp.

Smith, Wadada Leo Organic: Heart's Reflection [2 CDs]
Smith, Wadada Leo Organic:
Heart's Reflection [2 CDs]

(Cuneiform -- USA )


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An incredible double CD from trumpeter Leo Smith's Organic with Michael Gregory, Pheeroan AkLaff, Angelica Sanchez, Skuli Sverrisson, Brandon Ross, &c &c... incredible electric and acoustic jazz from the legendary improviser and innovator!

Swell, Steve: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Improviser
Swell, Steve:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Improviser

(Swell Records -- USA )


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A diverse and engrossing solo album from NY-based, global travelling trombonist Steve Swell, showing vast creative and technical skills through unusual techniques that balance with inventive and lyrical approaches to the horn, a tour-de-force of modern playing.

Turkoz, Saadet / Elliott Sharp : Kumuska
Turkoz, Saadet / Elliott Sharp :
Kumuska

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Distilling their larger group work on albums "Kumuska" and "Marmara Sea" to the duo of creative New York bass clarinetist & guitarist Elliott Sharp, and Bosporus vocalist Saadet Turkoz, whose free improvisation is influenced by European, Indian, Asian, jazz & blues forms, in an album of 9 songs about the familiar focused through a world view.

Twins of El Dorado: [portend the end]
Twins of El Dorado:
[portend the end]

(Prom Night Records -- USA )


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Twins of El Dorado is NY trumpeter Joe Moffett (Ad Faunum, Inzinzac) in a duo with jazz vocalist Kristin Slipp (Art Bears Songbook) performing original work and a text setting by composer Wes Matthews.

Walter, Weasel : Curses
Walter, Weasel :
Curses

(ugEXPLODE -- USA )


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Drummer/percussionist and electronic artist Weasel Walter's solo album presents 99 tracks that represent 4 large movements of "detailed abstract madness", titled "Curse Against Humanity", "Casting Destruction", "Ode To The Death Of Enemies", and "Cursed in Eternity", each a vicious and intensely captivating set of elusive movement in accord and discord; fascinating.

Wong, Theresa: The Unlearning
Wong, Theresa:
The Unlearning

(Tzadik -- USA )


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The duo of cellist and vocalist Theresa Wong with Carla Kihlstedt on violin and voice in fascinating experimental art songs inspired by the "Disasters of War" etchings by Francisco Goya.

Wooley / Rempis / Niggenkemper / Corsano: From Wolves To Whales
Wooley / Rempis / Niggenkemper / Corsano:
From Wolves To Whales

(Aerophonic -- USA )


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The free improvising quartet of Nate Wooley (trumpet), Dave Rempis (sax), Pascal Niggenkemper (bass), and Chris Corsano (drums), bridging ridiculously great technical skills with creative curiosity and forward thinking concepts for superb results.

Zorn, John: Azoth
Zorn, John:
Azoth

(Tzadik -- USA )


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Two compositions by John Zorn for solo cello and two works for cello and rhythm section, performed by cellists Jay Campbell (JACK Quartet) and Michael Nicolas (Brooklyn Rider, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)), with drummer Ches Smith and bassist Jorge Roeder taking the rhythm chairs; exciting and innovative compositions in virtuoso performances.

Douglas, Dave (w/ Joey Baron / Dave Adewumi / Matt Stevens / Fabian Almazan / Carmen Rothwell): Dizz
Douglas, Dave (w/ Joey Baron / Dave Adewumi / Matt Stevens / Fabian Almazan / Carmen Rothwell):
Dizzy Atmosphere - Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity

(Greenleaf Music -- USA )


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Trumpeter Dave Douglas' tribute to the great trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, exploring the many facets of the great Be-Bop progenitor's work, including the more experimental side of his discography, performed with a band of great lyrical NY jazz musicians: Dave Adewumi on trumpet, Matt Stevens on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano, Carmen Rothwell on bass, and Joey Baron on drums.

Dunmall, Paul / Jon Irabagon / Mark Sanders / Jim Bashford: The Rain Sessions
Dunmall, Paul / Jon Irabagon / Mark Sanders / Jim Bashford:
The Rain Sessions

(FMR -- UK )


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Dedicated to Cecil Taylor and taking advantage of NY saxophonist Irabagon's UK visit, this album presents four drum duets "time two", as two tenor saxophonists--Paul Dunmall and Jon Irabagon--meet two lyrical drummers--Mark Sanders and Jim Bashford--following Dunmall long-standing interest in drum and sax duets, the results this ebullient and remarkable album.

Fiedler, Joe Trio (Fiedler / Hebert / Sarin): The Crab
Fiedler, Joe Trio (Fiedler / Hebert / Sarin):
The Crab

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Multiphonic trombonist Fiedler in a trio playing nine original Fiedler compositions.

Fox, Billy: The Uncle Wiggly Suite
Fox, Billy:
The Uncle Wiggly Suite

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Gluck, Bob: Something Quiet
Gluck, Bob:
Something Quiet

(FMR -- Great Britain )


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Pianist Bob Gluck in a trio with Joe Giardullo on soprano saxophone and Christopher Dean Sullivan on bass, a delicate album that belies the "quiet" in its title.

Gregorio, Guillermo / Joe Fonda / Ramon Lopez: Intersecting Lives
Gregorio, Guillermo / Joe Fonda / Ramon Lopez:
Intersecting Lives

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


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A collection of compositions from clarinetist Guillermo Gregorio alongside collective improvisations from the trio with bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Ramon Lopez, sophisticated chamber-oriented jazz from masterful players recording in the studio in New Jersey, as they explore the musical intersection of disparate cultural, geographic and life experiences.

Mahanthappa, Rudresh: Hero Trio
Mahanthappa, Rudresh:
Hero Trio

(Whirlwind -- UK / EU )


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Turning his attention from original compositions to the music of his heroes--Ornette Coleman, Stevie Wonder, Keith Jarrett, Johnny Cash, John Coltrane & Charlie Parker--saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa turns in an upbeat and exuberant album of standards performed in a trio with bassist Francois Moutin and drummer Rudy Royston.

Mahanthappa, Rudresh and Bunky Green: Apex
Mahanthappa, Rudresh and Bunky Green:
Apex

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


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A blazing collaboration between alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green in an all-star band with pianist Jason Moran, bassist Francois Moutin and drummers Damion Reid and Jack DeJohnette.

Marsella, Brian Trio: Outspoken: The Music Of The Legendary Hasaan
Marsella, Brian Trio:
Outspoken: The Music Of The Legendary Hasaan

(Tzadik -- USA )


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From Philadelphia comes this exuberant album with its feet firmly planted in jazz tradition as the trio of pianist Brian Marsella, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Anway Marshall pay tribute to composer and pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali (1931-1980), an influence on Coltrane, Tyner, etc., with 7 Ali originals and a composition for Ali from Marsella.

Perelman, Ivo Trio: Garden of Jewels
Perelman, Ivo Trio:
Garden of Jewels

(Tao Forms -- USA )


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A meeting of three master improvisers but also three friends and frequent collaborators of Ivo Perelman on tenor sax, Matthew Shipp on piano, and Whit Dickey on drums, their familiarity showing in a collective compatibility and assurance heard especially in this studio album of exploratory discourse, each piece aptly dedicated to a precious jewel.

Bailey, Derek / Charlie Morrow & Friends: New York 1982 [VINYL]
Bailey, Derek / Charlie Morrow & Friends:
New York 1982 [VINYL]

(Recital -- USA )


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Recorded in 1982 during a series of extraordinary free improv concerts by guitarist Derek Bailey and trumpeter Charlie Marrow, performing in configurations from solo to full septet with performers from NY's "New Wilderness" collective: percussionist Glen Velez, saxophonist & sound poet Steve McCaffery, trumpeter Carol E. Tuynman, saxophonist Patricia Burgess and trumpeter Michael Snow.

Old And New Dreams (Redman / Cherry / Haden / Blackwell): A Tribute To Blackwell [VINYL]
Old And New Dreams (Redman / Cherry / Haden / Blackwell):
A Tribute To Blackwell [VINYL]

(Black Saint -- Italy )


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A vital reissue of this 1990 album of Ornette Coleman associates--Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Charlie Haden on double bass, Ed Blackwell on drums and Dewey Redman on tenor saxophone--recorded live in Atlanta during a three day Ed Blackwell festival, performing original material by Redman and Blackwell, and three Ornette tunes ("Happy House", "Law Years" and "Street Woman").

Wolff, Christian / String Noise: A Complete Anthology of Solo and Duo Violin Pieces
Wolff, Christian / String Noise:
A Complete Anthology of Solo and Duo Violin Pieces

(Black Truffle -- Australia )


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Following their album of compositions by Alvin Lucier, the New York violin duo String Noise of Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris present a series of solo and duo compositions by American avant composer Christian Wolff, a peer of Brown, Cage, and Feldman from the New York School, works composed across the span of his career through a wealth of concepts and motives.

Sharp, Elliott: Filiseti Mekidesi [2 CDs]
Sharp, Elliott:
Filiseti Mekidesi [2 CDs]

(Infrequent Seams Records -- USA )


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Elliott Sharp's opera is a visceral meditation about the universal search for a safe neutral place, told through text reflecting moments and situations in cosmic and human history that resonate with current events of great urgency, and through creative sound performed by the vocal group Voxnova Italia, and the instrumental ensemble Musikfabrik.

McPhee, Joe / John Edwards: Tell Me How Long Has Trane Been Gone (for James Baldwin And John Coltran
McPhee, Joe / John Edwards:
Tell Me How Long Has Trane Been Gone (for James Baldwin And John Coltrane)

(Klanggalerie -- Austria )


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The incredible first meeting between legendary saxophonist Joe McPhee and double bassist John Edwards is this performance at the 2019 Artacts festival in Austria, a powerfully reflective free jazz concert with McPhee speaking & preaching about the loss of giants John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and James Baldwin, as they stand upon their shoulders through free music.

Zorn, John / Eugene Chadbourne: John Zorn's Olympiad Vol. 3 - Pops Plays Pops - Eugene Chadbourne Pl
Zorn, John / Eugene Chadbourne:
John Zorn's Olympiad Vol. 3 - Pops Plays Pops - Eugene Chadbourne Plays The Book Of Heads

(Tzadik -- USA )


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The third volume in John Zorn's "Olympiad" series is this solo performance in 2007 at the Kompo Cultural Center in Gyungee, Korea by Zorn associate and eccentrically eminent improviser Eugene Chadbourne, performing on electric and acoustic guitars as he interprets 15 compositions for improvisers from John Zorn's seminal 1976 series: The Book of Heads.

Ayler, Albert Quintet: Lost Performances 1966, Revisited
Ayler, Albert Quintet:
Lost Performances 1966, Revisited

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


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In 1966 tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler toured northern Europe with his ensemble of Donald Ayler on trumpet, Michel Samson on violin, William Folwell on double bass & Beaver Harris on drums, a stellar group performing some of Ayler's most substantial compositions, heard in concerts in Rotterdam and Helsinki, and in the soundtrack to a film recorded in Munich.

Zorn, John: Les Maudits
Zorn, John:
Les Maudits

(Tzadik -- USA )


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An outrageous interpretation of Alfred Jarry's fictional character Ubu performed with with the International Contemporary Ensemble and core Downtown New York performers Ikue Mori, Ches Smith and Zorn himself, using Zorn's quick cut approach to composition; presented along with a work inspired by French poet Charles Baudelaire and an elegy to painter Paul Gauguin.

Chang, Leo / Lucie Vitkova: Religion [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Chang, Leo / Lucie Vitkova:
Religion [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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Unusually orchestrated, spacious and exotic free improvisation from New York-based musicians Lucie Vítková, originally from Czech Republic and performing on accordion, hichiriki (a Japanese double reed flute), synth & harmonica, and Korean-born improviser Leo Chang performing on VOCALNORI (Amplified Gongs via Voice) and Piri (a Korean double reed instrument).

Lindsay, Arto: Charivari (Black Cross Solo Sessions 7)
Lindsay, Arto:
Charivari (Black Cross Solo Sessions 7)

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


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Contrasting the explosively experimental side to his guitar work honed through the No Wave band DNA with glimmers of the lyrical approaches to his work heard in his acclaimed songwriting albums, Brazlian/Downtown New York legend Arto Lindsay shows his wide range of interests through thirteen succinct pieces of noise and thoughtful reflection.

Nevai, Nandor / Peter Evans / Steve B / Ron Stabinsky: Trigesisextet for Brass + Gospel Power Walls
Nevai, Nandor / Peter Evans / Steve B / Ron Stabinsky:
Trigesisextet for Brass + Gospel Power Walls

(Psykomanteum -- USA )


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Two large-scale compositions from "Through-Composer of Brutal Classical" Nandor Nevai, scored for 35 brass players and a vocalist, accomplished through 10 layers of Peter Evans (trumpet, piccolo trumpet), 9 of Steve B (tenor trombone), 7 of Ron Stabinsky (bass trombone) and 10 of Nevai himself on tenor trombone & voice; plus "Gospel Power Walls" for a chorus of 5 (bad) people.



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