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Recommended Items & Staff Picks

Staff picks and recommended items, representing releases we consider the most interesting for each item's style or concept. Most recent picks are at the top of the first page of the list, with the entire history of staff picks following.


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Ceccaldi Trio, Theo: Carrousel

Label: Ayler
Product Code: 16612
Catalog Code: aylCD-129
Country: Sweden

The Paris based Theo Ceccaldi Trio crosses improvisation with chamber music in a string trio of violin (Theo Ceccaldi), electric guitar (Guillaume Aknine) and cello (Valentin Ceccaldi); lyrical, subtle and advanced improvisation.

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Bleak House: Dark Poetry

Label: Creative Sources
Product Code: 16514
Catalog Code: cs209
Country: Portugal

The Norwegian free-improvising trio of prepared pianist Dag-Filip Roaldsnes, alto saxophonist Kim-Erik Pedersen, and percussionist Tore Sandbakken in 14 darkly graceful and succinct works.

$14.95
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Akchote / Foussat / Turner: Acid Rain

Label: Ayler
Product Code: 16611
Catalog Code: aylCD-128
Country: Sweden

A burning release mixing free improv and ea forms from the trio of Jean-Marc Foussat (analog Synth), Noel Akchote (guitar) and Roger Turner (drums), recorded in Poitiers at Le Confort Moderne during a recent European tour.

$16.95
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Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii: MUKU

Label: Libra
Product Code: 16619
Catalog Code: Libra 102-031
Country: Japan

Trumpeter Tamura and pianist Fujii return to the duo they've been recording for more than 15 years to explore a more quiet and lyrical side of their collaboration by reimagining compositions originally written for Tamura's Gato Libre quartet.

$13.00
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Gato Libre: Forever

Label: Libra
Product Code: 16618
Catalog Code: Libra 104-030
Country: Japan

The 5th release from the Japanese quartet of trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii, here on accordian, the late bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu, and guitarist Kazuhiko Tsumura, beautiful free form improvisation performed live in concert in 2011.

$16.95
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Ware, David S / Planetary Unknown: Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011

Label: Aum Fidelity
Product Code: 16326
Catalog Code: AUM 074CD
Country: USA

One of two live recordings released as part of AUM Fidelity's 15th anniversary, documenting the European debut of saxophonist David S. Ware's free jazz supergroup Planetary Unknown with William Parker, Cooper-Moore and Muhammad Ali.

$14.45
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Various Artists: 30 Jahre Inventionen 1982-2012 [2 CDs + DVD]

Label: Edition Rz
Product Code: 16488
Catalog Code: RZ 3006/7/8
Country: Germany

Two re-releases of Edition RZ LPs that are now available in this double CD box with additional tracks, as well as a mainly acousmatic DVD that features electronic tracks by a variety of electroacoustic composers.

$36.95
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Morris, Joe / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver: Altitude

Label: Aum Fidelity
Product Code: 16325
Catalog Code: AUM 073CD
Country: USA

For the first time, instrumentalists and improvisers Joe Morris (guitar), William Parker (bass), and Gerald Cleaver (drums) play together as a trio and create four excellent works of free jazz.

$14.45
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Brotzmann, Peter / Han Bennink: Schwarzwaldfahrt [VINYL]

Label: Cien Fuegos
Product Code: 15699
Catalog Code: CF004
Country: Austria

German free jazz legend Peter Brotzmann and Dutch drummer Han Bennink met in the winter of 1977 to record this intriguing album, with Bennink playing an unusual set of instruments in response to Brotzmann's uncharacteristically reserved playing.

$27.00
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Brotzmann / Miller / Moholo: The Nearer The Bone, The Sweeter The Meat [VINYL]

Label: Cien Fuegos
Product Code: 15700
Catalog Code: CF005
Country: Austria

The 1979 FMP Festival hosted German saxophonist Peter Brotzmann's trio with South African/London players Harry Miller on bass and Louis Moholo on drums, here in this much-needed vinyl reissue of the FMP album from the same year.

$27.95
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Parker, William: Centering. Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987 [6 CD BOX + BOOK]

Label: NoBusiness
Product Code: 16403
Catalog Code: NBCD 42-47
Country: Lithuania

The music on these six discs comes from roughly the first decade of William Parker's career, one of the most intensely creative periods enjoyed by any musician of any era.

$74.95
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Cage, John: Music Of Changes (1951)

Label: Hat [now] ART
Product Code: 16311
Catalog Code: 173
Country: Switzerland

"Music of Changes" was composed by John Cage using the hexagrams of the I Ching and has no sense of structure, continuity, rhythm, or speed; change itself is the only consistent aspect of the work.

$17.95
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Schlippenbach Quartet: Hunting the Snake

Label: Atavistic
Product Code: 16494
Catalog Code: ALP 213CD
Country: Canada

Reissue of the 2000 first release of this incredible 1975 Radio Bremen, Germany session of pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's quartet with Evan Parker (sax), Peter Kowald (bass) and Paul Lovens (drums/percussion).

$14.45
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McGregor, Chris: In His Good Time

Label: Ogun
Product Code: 16456
Catalog Code: OGCD 038
Country: UK

The first release on CD for this solo outing by the renowned South African band leader and composer Chris McGregor (Brotherhood of Breath, Blue Notes), recorded live in his adopted homeland of France in 1977.

$18.95
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Gjerstad Trio, Frode: Hide Out

Label: PNL
Product Code: 16495
Catalog Code: PNL015
Country: Norway

Named for the venue, Chicago's Hide Out, the trio of reedist Frode Gjerstad, drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, and bassist Jon Rune Strom recorded these three propulsive and scorching improvised pieces in the summer of 2011.

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Bevan / Morris / Buck / Lash: Tony-Joe Bucklash

Label: Foghorn Records
Product Code: 16313
Catalog Code: FOGCD016
Country: UK

Amalgamating their names, the trio of tenor and bass saxophonist Tony Bevan, Joe Morris on electric guitar, and Necks drummer Tony Buck in two extended free improvisations recorded in the studio.

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Neuwirth, Olga & ICI Ensemble: Composer In Dialogue - Who Am I?/No More

Label: NEOS Music
Product Code: 11779
Catalog Code: NEOS JAZZ 40807
Country: Germany

Olga Neuwirth and the ICI Ensemble in two amazing narrative works which she describes as "music for catastrophes", the 2nd drawing on lines from the songs of Frank Zappa.

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Brandlmayr / Dafeldecker / Fennesz: Till The Old World's Blown Up And A New One Is Created [VINYL]

Label: M=MINIMAL
Product Code: 16242
Catalog Code: MINIMAL 011LP
Country: Germany

Polwechsel alumni Fennesz Brandlmayr Dafeldecker in a LP reissue of the 2009 CD release of beautiful and complex compositions drawn from individual improvisations.

$22.95
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Various Artists: Japanese New Music Festival 2008

Label: Magaibutsu
Product Code: 9666
Catalog Code: jnmf2008
Country: Japan

The fifth Japanese New Music Festival 2008 has 7 audio tracks and 7 videos with artists Atsushi Tsuyama & Makoto Kawabata & Tatsuya Yoshida.

$12.00
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Trapist: The Golden Years

Label: Staubgold
Product Code: 16162
Catalog Code: STAUBDIG 019CD
Country: Germany

The Vienna-based trio of Joe Williamson on bass, Martin Siewart on guitars and electronics and Martin Brandlmayr on drums in an EA album that draws from electronic, ambient, psych and rock influences.

$16.95
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Morris, Joe Quartet: Graffiti In Two Parts

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 16395
Catalog Code: R0G-039
Country: France

A 1985 recording of guitarist Joe Morris with Lowell Davidson (drums), Malcolm Goldstein (violin) and Butch Moriss (cornet) riffing on the idea of graffiti tags, performed live at the Cambridge Dance Center.

$15.95
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Mitchell, Nicole & an_Arche NewMusic Ensemble: Arc Of O For Improvisers, Chamber Orchestra & Electr

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 16396
Catalog Code: R0G-041
Country: France

An ambitious work from flautist, composer and conductor Nicole Mitchell writing for a large ensemble of improvisers, electronics, and chamber orchestra, a complex and layered work that reveals more with each listen.

$15.95
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Hubsch, Carl Ludwig: Ensemble X

Label: Red Toucan
Product Code: 16398
Catalog Code: RT 9344
Country: Canada

A large orchestra of improvisers brought together by composer and tuba player Carl Ludwig Hubsch for the 2008 Berlin Explorations festival, peforming works focusing on tone and color from the smallest to the largest sound.

$14.95
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Vandermark, Ken & Paal Nilssen-Love: Letter To A Stranger

Label: Smalltown Superjazzz
Product Code: 16450
Catalog Code: STSJ222CD
Country: Norway

A studio recording from frequent collaborators Ken Vandermark (reeds) and Paul Nilssen-Love (drums), 10 compositions of impulsive and exhilarating free jazz from Chicago and Europe's most active players.

$15.95
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Hilton, Craig & Tomas Phillips: le gout de neant

Label: Absinth Records
Product Code: 16337
Catalog Code: 019
Country: Germany

Craig Hilton (guzheng, laptop) and Tomas Phillips (laptop) take a studio recording for solo guzheng and both add layers to and dismantle the piece using a series of low frequencies and isolated microsounds.

$18.95
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Doneda, Michel / Nils Ostendorf: cristallisation

Label: Absinth Records
Product Code: 16336
Catalog Code: 023
Country: Germany

Improvisers Michel Doneda (saxophones, radio) and Nils Ostendorf (trumpet) recorded 4 hours of work over two days in the Chapel of Las Planques, France, organized here into 10 remarkable compositions.

$18.95
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Cherry, Neneh & The Thing: The Cherry Thing

Label: Smalltown Supersound
Product Code: 16393
Catalog Code: STS229CD
Country: Norway

The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Paal Nilssen) team up with Don Cherry's daughter, Neneh Cherry, for an energetic and excellent set of songs including pieces by Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, The Stooges, &c.

$16.95
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3 Mice: di Falco / Vuille / Willey : Send Me a Postcard

Label: Les Disques Rayes
Product Code: 16343
Catalog Code: 008
Country: Switzerland

3 Mice bring together L'Ensemble Raye's Cedric Vuille, Thinking Plague's Dave Willey and Elaine di Falco (mixed and mastered by Udi Koomran), for an intelligent and melodic record of mostly sublime instrumental music.

$14.50
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Ughi, Federico: Songs For Four Cities

Label: Skycap Records
Product Code: 16333
Catalog Code: CAP070
Country: Germany

A collection of compositions from drummer/composer Federico Ughi dedicated to the four cities where he's lived: Rome, London, Montreal and New York, performed in a quartet with Darius Jones (sax), Eri Yamamoto (piano) and Ed Schuller (bass).

$15.95
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Leimgruber, Urs: Chicago Solo

Label: Leo
Product Code: 13401
Catalog Code: 570
Country: UK

Breathtaking solo work from saxophonist Urs Leimgruber using an impressive array of techniques along with circular breathing to create complex, extended and startling statements on the horn.

$15.45
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