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![]() Bourgeois, Andre & Chris Dadge: Spaces Are The Place (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Chris Dadge (drums, percussion) and Andre Bourgeois (saxophones) play two sets of mostly straightforward free jazz with reasonably fixed outlines throughout the structure of each piece. |
![]() Bucher / Countryman (w/ Simon Tan / Isla Antinero): Extremely Live in Manila (ChapChap Records -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live concert in Quezon City from the Manila based duo of Rich Countryman on alto saxophone and Swiss drummer Christian Bucher, who are joined on one track by acoustic bassist Simon Tan and trombonist Isla Antinero. |
![]() Butcher / Hemingway: Buffalo Pearl (Auricle -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Percussionist Hemingway with John Butcher on tenor and soprano sax performing live in 2005, demonstrating their extended language in a brilliant and eccentric dialog. |
![]() Dead Neanderthals: Worship The Sun (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Intense free improvisation recorded in the studio from the Netherlands duo of Rene Aquarius on drums and Otto Kokke on saxophone, in an ever-shifting display of technical prowess and twisted approaches to playing, a controlled grindcore of cathartic jazz. |
![]() Dorgon and Laura Cromwell: upsidedowncross (Jumbo -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Dunmall, Paul / Tony Bianco: Autumn (FMR -- Great Britain ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The collaboration of UK saxophonist Paul Dunmall and American ex-pat drummer Tony Bianco has at least a 15 year history, heard in these telepathic duos of free improvisation recorded at Delbury Hall, Shropshire in 2014 for 3 extended works of breathtaking playing. |
![]() Flaherty, Paul & Randall Colbourne: Ironic Havoc (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock For more than 25 years the duo of saxophonist Paul Flaherty and drummer Randall Colbourne have performed as a duo, here captured in the studio for six tracks of exceptional and telepathic free improvisation. |
![]() Gjerstad, Frode / John Stevens: Let's Just Keep Going (FMR -- Great Britain ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Norwegian saxophonist Frode Gjerstad recorded this wonderful, spirited meeting with his friend, the late, great drummer and conceptualist John Stevens in 1994. |
![]() Gratkowski, Frank / Hamid Drake: Live In New Orleans (Valid Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Live recordings from the duo of saxophonist Frank Gratkowski and drummer Hamid Drake performing in New Orleans in 2009; amazing and far-ranging dialog from two masters. |
![]() Heaven (Henrik Pultz Melbye / Ole Mofjell): IAPOE [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Inspired by European improvisation, 60's NY-loft-avant-garde and Ethiopian jazz, Heaven, the Norwegian collaborative project of Danish saxophonist Henrik Pultz Melbye and Norwegian drummer Ole Mofjell, merge rhythmic and melodic realms, adding stretches of noise and non-idiomatic sounds, in fast-paced, highly-energetic, and highly-informed performances. |
![]() Hooker, William / Liudas Mockunas: Live At Vilnius Jazz Festival (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock A demanding duo from New York drummer William Hooker and Lithunian saxophonist Liudas Mockunas, performing live at the 2013 Vilnius Jazz Festival, hard-edged and rugged free music from two outstanding players. |
![]() Hooker, William / Thomas Chapin: Crossing Points (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collosal encounter of drummer William Hooker and the late wind player Thomas Chapin performing at the 9th Street Gallery in NYC in 1992, 3 massive improvisations from the jazz underground. |
![]() Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey: Buoyancy (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawing on several years and many shared projects, the duo of Ingrid Laubrock (sax) and Tom Rainey (drums) recorded this excellent album of sophisticated improvisation at the end of a 17-date tour, performing for a studio audience at Audio for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin. |
![]() Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey: Utter (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock After their 2016 tour of the US West Coast, husband and wife free improvising duo Ingrid Laubrock (tenor & soprano sax) and Tom Rainey (drums) entered a Brooklyn studio with a set of co-written compositions, which they weave together with free improv, relying on cues that can trigger a given composition at any time, adding a unique layer of communication to their exuberant playing. |
![]() Laubrock, Ingrid & Tom Rainey: And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock After many years collaborating together, New York saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey present their debut as a duo in a series of improvisations, from subtle interaction to rousing interplay. |
![]() Leandre, Joelle : A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $89.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A thorough overview of bassist and vocalist Joelle Leandre's recent work in a boxed set of 8 CDs and a 16 page booklet of essays, photos and credits, each CD bringing a unique grouping from Les Diaboliques to duos with Mat Maneri, Fred Frith, Lauren Newton, & Jean-Luc Cappozzo, plus one solo disc and a quartet with Zlatko Kaucic, Evan Parker and Augusti Fernandez; magnificent. |
![]() Martin, Jean / Evan Shaw: Piano Music (Barnyard -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Much more than a simple duo, with overdubbed saxophone Martin & Shaw make large and complex environments & orchestral sections over which they nimbly improvise. |
![]() Meichel, Dan & Chris Dadge: Mannington (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first in a series of releases from Bug Incision's archive of late saxophonist Dan Meichel, from recordings in Calgary in 2008 showing Meichel's articulately heavy style against Dadge's inventive drumming and percussion. |
![]() Rasmussen, Mette / Chris Corsano Duo: All The Ghosts At Once (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The enduring sax and drum duo format is invigorated with US drummer Chris Corsano and Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, who push each other in free improvisation that uses insanely great technique while delivering a passionate and ecstatic dialog. |
![]() Skerebotte Fatta: Riders From The Ra (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Members of the Polish Infant Joy Quintet and Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra--saxophonist Jan Malkowski and drummer Dominik Mokrzewski--pair off in a dynamic album of solid free jazz, influences feeling like Albert Ayler or Steve Lacy, as the two show great technical and creative skills, sometimes in great motion, sometimes reflective, showing great command and direction. |
![]() Wellman, Linsey / Mike Essoudry : Mike Essoudry + Linsey Wellman (Malasartes -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock 1st release for the duo of wind player Linsey Wellman and percussionist Mike Essoudry embracing stasis and movement, meditation and exuberance, delicacy and amplitude. |
![]() Toyozumi, Sabu / Rick Countryman: Sol Abstraction (Sol Disk Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The longstanding relationship between US alto saxophonist living in the Phillipines, Rick Countryman, and legendary free improvising Japanese percussionist Sabu Toyozumi, heard in two previous albums, is here captured live in concert in the Phillipines in 2018, revealing active and thoughtful dialog of great expression and skill, an inspired encounter of free playing. |
![]() Dorgon: Shot in the Face (Jumbo -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Featuring an x-rated insert in a puff-up brown paper package, Mr. Dorgon attacks with two electronic works and a harmonica solo from a live show on KFJC in California. |
![]() Abdelnour, Christine / Chris Corsano: Quand Fond La Neige, OU Va Le Blanc ? (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Through extended approaches to their instruments, Lebanese saxophonist Christine Abdelnour and NY drummer and slide clarinetist Chris Corsano create anomalous and unorthodox sound environments, Abdelnour making acoustics sound electronic through growls, smears and odd harmonics, while Corsano abuses an impressive palette of sound from every inch of his drums. |
![]() Vaernes, Kasper Skullerud / Andreas Wildhagen: Troposgrafien [VINYL] (Nakama Records -- Norway ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $19.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock The long-running duo of Norwegian saxophonist Kasper Skullerud Vaernes and drummer Andreas Wildhagen, who also work together in Nakama's KNYST! trio with bassist and Nakama founder Christian Meaas Svendsen, and the Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, in an album of five freely improvised dialogs of great technical skill, intent listening and exchange, and dynamic energy. |
![]() Amado, Rodrigo / Chris Corsano: No Place To Fall (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Having previously worked together with Joe McPhee and Kent Kessler, this album distills the Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado and NY drummer/percussionist Chris Corsano to a concentrated sax and drum duo of earnest and edgy playing, bending jazz, free and blues idioms to their will with magnificent technique and power, both clearly elated in their meeting. |
![]() Berne, Tim / Nasheet Waits: The Coanda Effect (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A tour de force saxophone duo between two masterful New York players--alto saxophonist Tim Berne and drummer Nasheet Waits--recording live at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn NY in 2019, in two impressive dialogs: "Tensile" for nearly 40 minutes of articulate expression and powerful rhythmic interaction; and the more introspective "5See" of impressive technique and intention. |
![]() Rempis / Rosaly Duo: Codes / Myths [2 CDs] (Aerophonic -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Chicago percussionist Frank Rosaly relocated to Amsterdam in 2016, but his 20+ year collaboration & friendship with Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis continues, as evidenced in this live performance at Elastic Arts in 2018 during Rosaly's visit back to the Windy City, rewarding listeners with 2 CDs experiencing the two reacquaint through beautifully paced, adventurous dialog. |
![]() Cooper-Moore / Assif Tsahar: America (Hopscotch Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Half protest statement and half call for renewal, America offers a wonderful combination of the familiar and the unexpected in improvised and heartland music. |
![]() Tsahar, Assif / Tatsuya Nakatani: Come Sunday (Hopscotch Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performing at Astor Place in the East Village, NYC every Sunday for 3 years prior to this recording created the unique sound and tight interactions of these remarkable recordings. |
![]() Pau Nasim (Lopez-Palacios / Serra): Alusion (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Taking their project name as a concatenation of their personal names, appropriate to the close improvisational bond shared by the Spanish drum and sax duo of Nasim Lopez-Palacios and Pau Torres Serra, who present a unique and idiosyncratic language on their instruments to create an engaging set of dialogs through energetically controlled yet never chaotic interaction. |
![]() Williams, Mars / Vasco Trilla: Spiracle (Not Two -- Poland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A truly unique duo album of sax and drums from Chicago reedist Mars Williams and Spanish percussionist Vasco Trilla, using their immense technical skills to pivot reflective and meditative playing around exuberant free jazz spirit, maintaining a sense of journey and sonic introspection through unusual and extended technique; a beautifully balanced album. |
![]() Denzler, Bertrand / Antonin Gerbal: Sbatax (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock A burning album of free jazz caught live at Au Topsi Pohl, in Berlin, Germany in 2019 between the long-running duo of tenor saxophonist Bertrand Denzler and drummer Antonin Gerbal, best known for their work in Zoor or Denzler-Gerbal-Dorner, here working an "Interstellar Space" area of strength and energy through intense interaction and cathartic playing. |
![]() Toyozumi, Sabu / Rick Countryman: I Am Village (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock After 3 consecutive nights performing in trio & quartet formats at Balete at Kamias, in Quezon City, Philippines, the duo of drummer Sabu Toyozum and alto saxophonist Rick Countryman performed the final set as a duo, their many collaborations evident in the freedom and flexibility each provides to the other, delivering an exemplary example of a free jazz sax & drum duo. |
![]() Moore, Chris / Adam Shead: The Flower Of Paradise (Amalgam -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two Chicago compatriots--established drummer/percussionist Adam Shead and newcomer to the Chicago improvised scene, saxophonist and multi-reedist Chris Moore, in an expressive album of sax & drum interaction, thoughtful interactions in twelve succinct dialogs that focuses on the depth of their conversation through clear expression and response. |
![]() Armaroli, Sergio (w/ Fritz Hauser): Prismo (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The quartet of Sergio Armaroli (vibraphone), Martina Brodbeck (cello), Francesca Gemmo (piano), and Fritz Hauser (drums & percussion), also heard in free improvisational duos and trios, perform Armaroli's "Structuring the Silence", aiming to extend the performers' improvisational freedom using time and space through broad compositional instructions. |
![]() Fox, Christopher : Music For Piano (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Six compositions for solo piano written by English composer Christopher Fox between 1991 and 2015, performed by Netherlands pianist John Snijders at Abbey Road Studios in London, each work uniquely approached in both writing and performance, each a concept or style that brings something unique to Fox's music while still retaining his voice and character in composition. |
![]() Gottschick, Sebastian : Notturni (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Seven works composed in the 21st century by Sebastian Gottschick, who arranges and conducts the Ensemble Fur Neue Musick Zurich, configured as an ensemble with percussion, a sextet, a chamber ensemble with baritone and soprano, and performing himself solo on viola; sophisticated and modern works that employ complex tonality, timbre and playing techniques. |
![]() Haubensak, Edu / Tomas Korber: Works For Guitar & Percussion by Buck-Wolfarth (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Active since 2010, the German/Swiss duo of classical guitarist Christian Buck and improviser Christian Wolfarth occupies a space between music and sound art, as they perform two works each by Ed Haubensak and Tomas Korber, pieces that make use of time, microharmonies, multiphonics, unusual tuning systems, interference patterns, and other conceptual approaches to music. |
![]() Hendriksen, Alex / Fabian Gisler: The Song Is You (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawing on material from Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk, Michel Legrand, Harry Warren, and Victor Young, the lyrical duo of saxophonist Alex Hendriksen (Swiss Jazz Orchestra) and double bassist Fabian Gisler (Jurg Wickihalder European Quartet) cite the art form of storytelling as central to their music as they reflect thoughtfully on the American Songbook. |
![]() Hope, Cat / Erkki Veltheim: Works For Travelled Pianos (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock As part of her Colonial Piano Project, Australian pianist Gabriella Smart commissioned and performs "Kaps Freed" by Cat Hope, a contemplation of composer Percy Grainger's Free Music ideals, with Stuart James on electronics; and the alliterative "Two New Proposals for an Overland Telegraph Line ..." by Erkki Veltheim, inspired by the 1st piano to arrive in Alice Springs, AU. |
![]() Inoue, Satoko: Presents Jo Kondo's New Works For Piano (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second album of piano works from Japanese composer Jo Kondo performed by pianist Satoko Inoue--a noted interpreter of solo works by Feldman, Ferrari, and Cage--here presenting all of Kondo's works for solo piano written from 2001 to 2012, alongside two early works from 1975, exploring a wealth of harmonic, rhythmic, and conceptual ideas from a diversity of projects. |
![]() Ives, Charles E.: Another Songbook (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Conductor Sebastian Gottschick presents an additional selection of songs and chamber music works from composer Charles Edward Ives that reflect this broad range, 20 mostly brief and innovative works composed between 1898 and 1921, blurring the boundaries between genres through unusual motifs, themes, gestures and phrases that appear in new vocal and/or instrumental contexts. |
![]() Kaplan, Noah Quartet: Out Of The Hole (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock West Coast composer and saxophonist Noah Kaplan, associated with Anthony Coleman, David Tronzo, Peter Erskine, Rinde Eckert, Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, Joe Maneri, &c., here in his 3rd album with his Noah Kaplan Quartet, in a set of original compositions and one standard performed with Joe Morris (guitar), Giacomo Merega (electric bass) & Jason Nazary (drums, electronics). |
![]() Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin and George Lewis: S/T (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The innovative string trio of Daniel Studer on double bass, Harald Kimmig on violin, and Alfred Zimmerlin on cello, develop focused environments of timbre, texture, dynamic and space, seemingly abstract yet incredibly concentrative and virtuosic interaction, here joined by Chicago trombonist and electronics artist George Lewis adding a 4th profound layer to their incredible conversation. |
![]() Kleeb, Hildegard / Roland Dahinden / Alexandre Babel: Lines (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The long-running duo since 1987 of spouses, pianist Hildegard Kleeb and trombonist Roland Dahinden, are joined by Swiss-born/ Berlin-based percussionist & vibraphonist Alexandre Babel for an album of interweaving and contrasting instrumental lines, blurring the boundaries between contemporary music and improvisation through exceptional mastery and dialog. |
![]() Koch, Hans / Paul Lovens: Nephlokokkygia 1992 (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock 1992 live performances demonstrating masterful freedom in improvisation, recorded while on their first tour as a duo after working together in larger ensembles, from Hans Koch on clarinet, bass clarinet and tenor & soprano saxophones, and Paul Lovens on drums, cymbals, gongs & musical saw, in four live improvisations from Bulgaria presented in the order recorded. |
![]() Koglmann, Franz Septet (w / Clark / Arcari / D'Agaro / Turkovic / Pasztor / Herbert): Fruits Of Solitude (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a superb septet of improvisers also versed in contemporary music, trumpeter Franz Koglmann presents sophisticated compositions that interject the concept of "solitude" in the three-part title track, alongside Koglmann compositions and Jimmy Giuffre's "Finger Snapper", using striking orchestration of trumpet, sax, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, french horn, cello and double bass. |
![]() Kunz, Christopher / Florian Fischer: Die Unwucht (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Die Unwucht (The Imbalance) duo of saxophonist Christopher Kunz and drummer Florian Fische was formed to explore jazz tradition while looking for ways to break down restrictive boundaries and create their own forms of expression, achieving a great balance and equality in Kunz' lyrical playing with a Getz/Desmond sound against Fische's active interactions. |
![]() Lewis, George / Ozana Omelchuk (Studio Dan): Breaking News (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two works commissioned by the Austrian Studio Dan ensemble: "As We May Feel" by George Lewis, referencing visionary engineer Vannevar Bush's concepts of data linking & association, in a work reminding how music recombines and associates; and Oxana Omelchuk's double concerto for two trombonists, "Wow and Flutter", taking listeners on a profound journey through recording technologies. |
![]() Lossing, Russ Trio: Ways (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock An essential part of the New York jazz scene since the mid-80s, pianist Russ Lossing's compositions employ concept and space in unique and personal ways, as heard in these 8 original works performed with his trio of long-time collaborators, double bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Billy Mintz, for an album of highly evolved and lyrically sophisticated music. |
![]() Lovens, Paul / Florian Stoffner: Tetratne (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Captured live in Ljubljana during the 2019 "Sound Disobedience Festival", European Free Improv legendary drummer Paul Lovens co-composed this work with Swiss guitarist Florian Stoffner, "Tetra" referring to structures of 4, as in their 4-part improvisation with each player using all 4 limbs in a remarkable dialog of time, tone, technique, and nearly telepathic intention. |
![]() Polwechsel / Klaus Lang: Unseen (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The innovative acoustic free improvising ensemble Polwechsel, bridging contemporary music and free improvisation in ways that sound deceptively electroacoustic and comprised of Michael Moser on cello, Werner Dafeldecker on double bass, and Martin Brandlmayr & Burkhard Beins on cymbals & percussion, are joined by Klaus Lang performing on the church organ of St. Lambrecht's Abbey. |
![]() Schmid, Silvan: Augmented Space (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss trumpeter Silvan Schmid (Silvan Schmid Quintett, London Improvisers Orchestra, Floor Poodle, &c) in a solo album of remarkable technique, pacing and intention, using traditional brass elements like rips, smears, half-valved notes and portamento, along with murmurs, pops & percussive evocations of indescribable origination, at times augmented via amplification. |
![]() Shipp, Matthew : Invisible Light, Live Sao Paulo (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Captured live at the 2016 Jazz at the Factory Festival in Sao Paulo, this addition to New York pianist Matthew Shipp's catalog finds the masterful player presenting his own compositions like "Symbol Systems", "Gamma Ray" or "Invisible" light alongside unique takes on "Angel Eyes", "On Green Dolphin Street", "Yesterdays" and "Summertime". |
![]() Studer, Daniel (w/ Kimmig / Loriot / Zimmerlin / Zoubek): Extended: For Strings & Piano (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live album at Kunstraum Walcheturm from Swiss double bassist Daniel Studer's quintet of strings and piano, with Harald Kimmig on violin, Frantz Loriot on viola, Alfred Zimmerlin on violoncello, and Philip Zoubek on piano, performing an inventive set of Studer compositions extending string improvisation to extremes through unorthodox structures and techniques. |
![]() Thing, The (Gustafsson / McPhee / Haker Flaten / Nilssen-Love): She Knows... (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Named for a Don Cherry composition included on this album, the core trio of The Thing--Mats Gustafsson on reeds, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums--is joined by saxophonist and pocket trumpter Joe McPhee, recording classic free jazz and harmolodic pieces by Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer, Frank Lowe, & Joe McPhee. |
![]() von Orelli, Marco / Tommy Meier / Luca Sisera / Sheldon Suter: Lotus Crash (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Trumpeter Marco von Orelli's piano-less quartet with Tommy Meier on tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, Luca Sisera on double bass, and Sheldon Suter on drums is caught live at Theater am Gleis, in Winterthur, Switzerland in 2018, and at Boudoir au Revoir, the same year, performing von Orelli's compellingly clever compositions, plus one each from Adam lane and Tommy Meier. |
![]() Von Orelli, Marco: The Unasked Answer (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock A remarkable album of solo trumpet improvisation of incredible and creative technique, performed on trumpet, cornet, piccolo trumpet and slide trumpet, from Swiss trumpeter Marco von Orelli, the album title referencing a work by Charles Ives for offstage string ensemble, woodwind quartet and, most significantly for this album, solo trumpet. |
![]() Wegmann, Judith: Le Souffle Du Temps II - Reflexion (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Through preparations, computers, contact microphones, gongs, feedback and other tools, Swiss pianist, composer & improviser Judith Wegmann's work transform the sound of the piano into an otherworldly instrument, set against more traditional acoustic pieces of a reflective nature, together creating a conceptual set of ten pieces in a uniquely flexible approach. |
![]() Kuchen, Martin Kuchen / Michaela Antalova: Thunder Before Lightning [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Borrowing elements from a vast spectrum of improvisatory styles, fueled by a variety of saxophones, tanpura, drums, prepared cymbals and voice, Swedish improviser Martin Küchen (Angles) joins with Slovak percussionist living in Oslo, Michaela Antalová, taking their listeners on a meteorological journey through a remarkable tempest of sound. |
![]() Rempis, Dave / Avreeayl Ra: Bennu [VINYL] (Aerophonic -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first recorded document of longtime collaborators performing as a duo, Dave Rempis (alto & tenor saxophones) and Avreeayl Ra (drums & percussion), in a thoughtfully building and muscular sax/drum pairing of both meditative and joyful free playing, captured at Constellation in Chicago after months where both players were unable to perform in person; exceptional! |
![]() Carter, Daniel / Federico Ughi: Extra Room [LTD VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock For more than 15 years multi-reedist, wind and trumpet player Daniel Carter and drummer Federico Ughi have collaborated in live performance and on record, here showing the results of their work in this duo album, the vinyl edition of their exceptional 2013 CD release that shows their melodic and technical sides, their jazz roots, and their warm camaraderie. |
![]() Hasselberg, Joao / Pedro Branco: From Order To Chaos (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Primarily a bass and guitar duo between Portugese natives Joao Hasselberg, on double bass and electric, and electric guitarist Pedro Branco, here in their second album together of delicately sophisticated string improvisations, joined by a a great set of collaborators to expand the duo to trio and quartet. |
![]() Irving, Tony / Massimo Magee : Vitriol And The Third Oraculum (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two separate live recordings from the UK sax & drum duo of Massimo Magee on tenor, alto and sopranino saxophones, and drummer Tony Irving (Ascension), both captured in 2019 at The Globe in Newcastle Upon Tyne and at Hundred Years Gallery in London, as they burn through three free jazz dialogs of passionate playing informed by personal history and creative drive. |
![]() Leaney, Aaron & Chris Dadge: Continuity (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Leaney-Dadge duo has been working together since 2006; this release is taken from a series of weekly sessions in Mount Pleasant, Calgary, using extended instrumentation including trumpet, percussion, zither, recorder, and piano. |
![]() Carter, Daniel / Federico Ughi: Extra Room (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock After years of collaboration through New York's Downtown scene, multi-reed & wind player Daniel Carter (also on piano) and drummer Federico Ughi recorded this 2012 studio album, their 3rd duo album together and a great example of their spontaneously lyrical give and take, ability to anticipate each other's momentum, and the deep jazz roots that each brings to their music. |
![]() Countryman, Rick / Christian Bucher: Once (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock From the same 2017 session that was released as the album Estuary, this concert in the Philippines between American expatriate saxophonist Rick Countryman and visiting Swiss drummer Christian Bucher expands on the free playing of these two empathetic improvisers, presenting a mix of textural, conceptual, melodic and rhythmic interplay steeped in their personal histories. |
![]() Fowler, Chad / WC Anderson: Lacrimosa (Mahakala Music -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Free jazz recorded one person at a time from the duo of saxophonist Chad Fowler and WC "Chad" Anderson who, constrained by pandemic, chose to create "simulated concerts" by exchanging solo recording, each starting the process for different pieces and surprised at how "live" the results felt, as they built up the twelve excellent, rule-breaking tracks of this album. |
![]() Kuchen, Martin Kuchen / Michaela Antalova: Thunder Before Lightning [VINYL] [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.70 ![]() ![]() In Stock dinged sleeve |
![]() Mahall, Rudi / Michael Griener: Jazzpreis [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bringing together two acclaimed German improvisers who met in Nuremberg in 1982 as teens--reedist Rudi Mahall and drummer/vibraphonist Michael Griener, "bumbling" around to learn free jazz together, heard now 40 years later as authoritative players recording as a duo in 2020 & 21 in Kotzlin and Berlin for eight energetically creative and buoyantly upbeat dialogs. |
![]() Mela, Francisco / Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto Vol. 1 [VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first volume of powerful free playing and intimate conversation bringing together two New York-based improvisers, Cuban native drummer/percussionist Francisco Mela and Tennessee native reed & wind player Zoh Amba, both sharing a mountain region upbringing that brings a uniquely reflective quality to their playing, fortified by the exploratory NY improv scene. |
![]() Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey: Counterfeit Mars (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Relentlessly playing through the pandemic, the husband & wife duo of tenor & soprano saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey honed their skills, developing this album of primarily composed pieces worked out through improvising; thirteen succinct, fascinating and sometimes quirky dialogs, displaying a depth that only two such close collaborators could achieve. |
![]() Sommer, Gunter Baby / Raymond MacDonald: Sounds, Songs & Other Noises (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Following their 2007 Clean Feed release Delphinius and Lyra the duo of Gunter Baby Sommer and Raymond MacDonald reach deeper into their collective creative conversation for sixteen succinct improvisations--confident, boisterous or introspective--including a 5-part series of "Miniatures", performed on alto & soprano saxophones, drums and an eclectic set of percussive devices. |
![]() Countryman / Bucher / Yandsen: The Malaysia Live Fact Session (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two 2022 live free jazz sessions from Malaysia, the first a saxophone duo between US ex-pat based in The Philippines, Rick Countryman on alto and Malaysian tenor saxophonist Yong Yandsen, appropriately recorded at The Saxophone Store in Kula Lumpur; then 5 trio improvisations recorded in concert at Live Fact in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia on the same tour. |
![]() Schindler, Udo / Eric Zang Eriksson: Blow & Swirl (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Udo Schindler follows his duo album with drummer Eric Zwang-Eriksson @ Salon fur Klang+Kuns, Poetry?? Ein Wurfelwurf with this recording at BASIS_Sound_Space at MUCCA - Munich Center of Community Arts in Munich, Schindler on sopranino & tenor saxophones and the deep TUBAX, interacting with Eriksson's rapid-fire and uniquely voiced drum & percussion work. |
![]() Gratkowski, Frank / Simon Nabatov: Tender Mercies (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Long-time collaborators, German reed & wind player Frank Gratkowski and pianist Simon Nabatov release their third collaboration as a duo, concentrating their playing from large bands including the Simon Nabatov Quartet to the essence of their personal and impressive dialog, here performing at the LOFT, in Cologne for the celebration of Nabatov's birthday. |
![]() Bucher, Christian / Rick Countryman: The Force Of Gravity (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Documenting the continued growth and evolution of the longer than a decade collaboration between American alto saxophonist living in the Philippines Ricky Countryman and Swiss drummer Christian Bucher, performing in the Strawberry Jams studio in Quezon City for thirteen succinct improvisations titled with stellar analogies, from pensive music to excitingly dynamic interplay. |
![]() Strzalek, Julia / Cornelia Nilsson: Scenery Somewhere (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording in a former hospital funeral chapel in Sweden--Stockholm's Kapellet--the drum and sax duo of alto saxophonist Julia Strzalek and drummer Cornelia Nilsson focuses on melody and clear articulation in a dialog that finds their passion in calmly unfolding conversation, consistently illuminating their instrumental and instant-compositional mastery. |
![]() Belorukov, Ilia / Gabriel Ferrandini: Sculptor (Tripticks Tapes -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Red Trio drummer Gabriel Ferrandini joins alto saxophonist Ilia Belorukov for a three-part freely improvised set captured live at Masterskaya Anikushina, in St. Petersberg, Russia, the former workspace of architect Mikhail Anikushin, a large space that creates a unique resonance that the two improvisers take advantage of through insistent yet discerningly constrained dialog. |
![]() Drake, Bob: The Gardens of Beastley Manor (Recommended Records -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bob Drake takes his listeners on a 22 piece instrumental journey through a "Beastley" garden of confident melodic foundation anBob Drake takes his listeners on a 22 piece instrumental journey through a "Beastley" garden of confident melodic foundation and experimental forays, captured by day and night, a tour de force of conception and execution. |
![]() MacDonald, Raymond / Graeme Wilson: Cast of Thousands (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock ... |
![]() Welcome To Silkeborg (Varela / Trinite): Alba [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live recording without an audience and the start of the Welcome To Silkeborg project between Lisbon improvisers Tiago Varela (Equinox Quartet, Isotope Ensemble) on melodicas & voice, and Monsieur Trinité (Equinox Quartet, IKB, Potlatch, Variable Geometry Orchestra) on percussive objects, their first encounter finding the two in a relaxed dialog of creative conversation. |
![]() Greenlief, Phillip / Scott Amendola: Stay with it (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Their first duo album, Collect My Thoughts released in 1995 on Nine Winds, these live improvisations captured at Berkeley's The Shinebox in 2017 show the two West Coast collaborators--Phillip Greenlief on alto & tenor saxophones plus clarinet, and drummer/percussionist Scott Amendola--'staying with it' in an energetic set of five informed dialogs. |
![]() Williams, Mars / Vasco Trilla: Critical Mass (Not Two -- Poland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second release from the duo of Spanish percussionist Vasco Trilla and Chicago reedist Mars Williams, the latter performing both on reeds and on toy instruments, each using extraordinary and extended technique to create exotically energetic conversations and beautifully meditative environments, in five creative, playful and impressively informed dialogs. |
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