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Mahanthappa, Rudresh and Bunky Green: Apex (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock 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. |
Threadgill, Henry Ensemble: The Other One (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Composed by Henry Threadgill based on his observations of the exodus of people from New York City during the Covid pandemic and the debris left behind, this work titled "Valence" and dedicated to percussionist Milford Graves, is a chamber jazz piece in three movements was taken from recordings at Roulette of the second of two performances entitled "One" and "The Other One". |
Sorey, Tyshawn Trio (w/ Aaron Diehl / Matt Brewer): Continuing (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Drummer Tyshawn Sorey takes his sophisticated piano trio of pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Matt Brewer into deeper territory following their debut album Continuing, here expanding the breadth of their playing in four extended and passionate interpretations of works by Wayne Shorter, Ahmad Jamal, Sorey's mentor Harold Mabern, and the standard "Angel Eyes". |
Lehman, Steve / Orchestre National De Jazz : Ex Machina (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A collaboration between NY saxophonist & composer Steve Lehman and the French Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ), performing compositions by both Lehman and ONJ's artistic director, Frédéric Maurin that blur the boundaries between jazz, experimental and composed forms, using spectral harmonies and real-time interactive electronics developed at IRCAM; powerful! |
Abrams, Muhal Richard: Celestial Birds [VINYL] (KARLRECORDS -- Germany ) Price: $21.95 Out of Stock A compilation of works from the late Chicago multi-reedist, experimenter, and AACM founder Muhal Richard Abrams, focused on his widely unknown electronic compositions, in four recording from 1968-1995 with collaborators including Anthony Braxton, Leroy Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers, Roscoe Mitchell, Maurice McIntyre, Yousef Yancey, Thurman Barker, &c. |
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Les Stances a Sophie [VINYL] (Play Loud! Productions -- Germany ) Price: $29.95 In Stock Recording in France in 1970, the Art Ensemble of Chicago (Malachi Favors on bass, Joseph Jarman on saxophone, Roscoe Mitchell on saxophone, Lester Bowie on trumpet) recorded the soundtrack to director Moshé Mizrahi's movie Les stances à Sophie, joined by vocalist Fontella Bass, releasing a classic and exciting album that stands as a great testament to the versatility of its players. |
Eloping with the Sun (William Parker / Morris / Drake): Counteract This Turmoil Like Trees and Birds (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock An almost ceremonial release in percussive approaches to improvisation from the trio of William Parker on double bass, shakuhachi, thumb piano & more, Hamid Drake on drums, cymbals and gongs, and Joe Morris on guitar, banjo, bass, pocket trumpet, fiddle & whistles. |
Fields, Scott: Five Frozen Eggs (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Recorded in 1996 and first released by Music and Arts, this is perhaps Scott Fields' most important recording session to date: intricate compositions and superior interplay with his Chicago peers of Hamid Drake, Marilyn Crispell, and Hans Sturm. |
Ives, Charles: A Songbook (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Sebastian Gottschick's adaptations of Ives' songs and short instrumental pieces pay homage to the composer and develop his work further, as conducted by Gottschick with the ensemble fur neue musik zurich. |
Lehman, Steve Trio, feat. Matt Brewer and Damion Reid: Dialect Fluorescent (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock 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. |
Mahanthappa, Rudresh: Kinsmen (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's "Kinsmen" is a groundbreaking project that melds jazz with South Indian music into a single organic whole. |
Mitchell, Roscoe & Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Three Compositions - Live At Sant'anna Arresi (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Composer Roscoe Mitchell prepared two compositions with space for improvisation, as well as a Cards composition in which the musicians received six cards with written material that were then arranged in any order and played at any tempo. |
Oddly Imploded (Gregoretti / Argenziano): They Just Sit About (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Italian sonic explorer Francesco Gregoretti uses his drumkit like a lead instrument, amplifying and modifying its sound through effects, as he pursues his varied "Imploded" bands (Strongly Imploded, Grizzly Imploded) fueled by the mathematics of Chaos Theory, here with guitarist Maurizio Argenziano in an album of dense sound, from near-minimal to highly interactive. |
Revis, Eric's 11:11, : Parallax (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Eric Revis (double bass, composition) brings together Ken Vandermark (sax, clarinet), Jason Moran (piano), and Nasheet Waits (drums) for his new avant-garde quartet, 11:11, a jazz supergroup with a stellar first album. |
Smith, Roger: Green wood: Solo Guitar Improvisations 2002 (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 In Stock An excellent collection of solo acoustic guitar improvisations by Roger Smith that were digitally recorded at home in London during January, 2002. |
Smith, Wadada Leo: Trumpet [3 CDs] (Tum -- Finland ) Price: $54.95 In Stock Pure Wadada Leo Smith in a 3-CD box set of solo recordings from 2016 captured at and using the natural resonance of the St. Mary's Church in the town of Pohja, on the Southern Coast of Finland, presenting fourteen new compositions, including four extended multi-part works, as Smith demonstrates his incredible authority, investigative spirit and spiritual approach to the horn. |
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Threadgill, Henry 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg: Dirt... And More Dirt
Threadgill, Henry Ensemble Double Up: Old Locks and Irregular Verbs
Threadgill, Henry : Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus
Sorey, Tyshawn: The Inner Spectrum of Variables [2 CDs]
Sorey, Tyshawn / Marilyn Crispell: The Adornment of Time
Threadgill, Henry Ensemble: The Other One
Threadgill, Henry & Zooid: In for a Penny, In for a Pound [2 CDs]
Sorey, Tyshawn Trio + 1 w/ Greg Osby: The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism [3 CDs]
Art Ensemble of Chicago, The : We are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration [2 CDS]
Smith, Wadada Leo: Trumpet [3 CDs]
Okazaki, Miles: Trickster
Lehman, Steve / Craig Taborn: The People I Love
Sorey, Tyshawn Trio (w/ Aaron Diehl / Matt Brewer): Continuing
ElSaffar, Amir Two Rivers Ensemble: Crisis
Webber, Anna: Clockwise
Weiss, Dan Starebaby: Natural Selection
Lehman, Steve / Orchestre National De Jazz : Ex Machina
Sorey, Tyshawn Trio: Alloy
Virelles, David: Nuna
Shyu, Jen & Jade Tongue: Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses