Albums on the Victo label are live recordings from previous years' concerts, great examples of the enthusiasm, skill and excellent performances that the festival and the environment it engenders.
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Lussier, Rene & Now Orchestra: Le Tour Du Bloc (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Musci / Venosta / Mariani: Losing the Orthodox Path (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Palinckx : It's Frontal Dog (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $12.00 Out of Stock
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Rova Saxophone Quartet: In Transverse Time (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Celebrating 40 years as a performing ensemble, the West Coast saxophone quartet ROVA of Bruce Ackley on soprano saxophone, Steve Adams on alto & sopranino saxophones, Jon Raskin on baritone saxophone, and Larry Ochs on tenor saxophone, reworked compositions from all members transversing their past 34 years, in an absolutely impressive and diverse album. |
Leimgruber, Urs / Jacques Demierre / Barre Phillips : Wing Vane (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock |
Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A unique concert even by the standards of Victoriaville from The Growlers, a vocal ensemble who interpret heavy metal, known for their epic work "Hate.Machine" and "The Dayking" with participation from poet Fortner Anderson, performed here along with a comprovisation backed by an electronic track originated from electric guitar recordings. |
Blonk, Jaap / Damon Smith: Hugo Ball: Sechs Laut- Und Klanggedichte 1916 (Six Sound Poems, 1916) [CASSETTE] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $10.95 In Stock Three free improvisations for voice & double bass + improvisations on Hugo Ball's Six Sound Poems from the duo of free improvising vocalist Jaap Blonk and double bassist Damon Smith. |
Bopp, Christiane: Noyau de Lune (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A tour-de-force of solo improvisation from French trombonist Christiane Bopp, flawlessly captured by sound engineer Jean Marc Foussat, as Bopp transforms her instrument through technical skill, lyrical ability, and unusual technique, creating virtual duets, furtive expression, and thundering emotion, an absolutely impressive example of modern trombone language. |
Braxton, Anthony Quartet (Moscow) 2008: Composition 367b (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Braxton's with Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson and Katherine Young performing at the DOM in Moscow, incredible and unusual music from his "Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet". |
Braxton, Anthony / Derek Bailey: First Duo Concert (London 1974) (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock A much-need reissue of the 1974 Emanem LP presenting saxophonist Anthony Baxton, also on flute, with guitarist Derek Bailey on acoustic and electric, performing at London's Wigmore Hall for twelve duets of a diverse, playful, and accesible character. |
Braxton, Anthony and the Tri-Centric Orchestra: Trillium E [4 CDs] (New Braxton House -- USA ) Price: $59.95 In Stock Newly Distributed in 2021: Trillium E is the first-ever studio recording of an Anthony Braxton opera, a deluxe 4-disc set of this surreal and witty installment in Braxton's ongoing Trillium cycle, and includes a booklet with libretto, photos, and critical essays. |
Cavallanti, Daniele & Tiziano Tononi's: Rings of Fire (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Italian saxophonist and composer Daniele Cavallanti and drummer/percussionist Tiziano Tononi produced these two enterprising suites played here by a powerful octet that includes Jenny Scheinman. |
Chadbourne, Eugene / Henry Kaiser: Wind Crystals: Guitar Duets By Wadada Leo Smith (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Long-time collaborators, guitarists Henry Kaiser and Eugene Chadbourne perform the compositions of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, starting with their recording from 1977 of his "Wind Crystals", then improvising over 5 other Smith compositions, ending the album with an updated, 2017 version of "Wind Crystals"; an excellent refresh and retrospective from two incredible improvisers. |
Charles, Xavier / Bertrand Gauguet: Spectre (Akousis Records -- France ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Using the interference points of closely pitched sound, long-time collaborators Xavier Charles and Bertrand Gauguet use acoustic and amplified clarinets and saxophones to create frequency landscapes that change slowly, ringing with harmonics while finding unison and conflict in their tones, creating meditative aural environments of great beauty and reflection. |
Clinamen Trio : Enclins (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The French trio of Louis-Michel Marion on double bass, Jacques Didonato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola are heard in a live recording at Radio France, on June 12th, 2017, freely improvising in understated and rich layers of harmonics and tone, actively subdued interactions in an extended excursion of introspective chamber-oriented improvisation. |
Cooper, Lindsay : Rarities Volumes 1 & 2 (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $22.95 Out of Stock An absolutely essential extension to the late Lindsay Cooper's discography, 2 CDs collecting rare works from projects and groups including recordings with Alfred Harth, Phil Minton, Robert Wyatt, David Thomas, Connie Bauer, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, &c. &c. |
Derome, Jean: Chamber Music 1992-2012 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 25 chamber works composed by Montreal composer, multi-instrumentalist and improviser Jean Derome, presenting pieces from the wealth of projects he's involved in, including Dangereux Zhoms, Ensemble de flutes Alize, duos with Lori Freedmam, Quasar, quatuor de saxophones, &c. |
Dresser, Mark : Modicana [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 Out of Stock Double Bassist Mark Dresser, a mainstay of the Downtown NY scene as an improviser and composer, and also prominent on the US West Coast and as an international touring artist, releases a powerful album of distinctive solo playing, both technically and melodically, with 2 tracks caught live at the Umea Jazz Festival and others recorded at the University of California, San Diego. |
Duboc, Benjamin: Primare Cantus (Ayler -- France ) Price: $43.95 In Stock A 3 CD set from bassist Benjamin Duboc: a solo disc of low register improv; plus 2 discs in duo and trio settings with Didier Lasserre, Sylvain Guerineau, Jean-Luc Petit, Pascal Battus, Sophie Agnel & Christian Pruvost. |
Frith, Fred / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Bay Area trumpeter Darren Johnston meets improvising guitar legend Fred Frith for an incredibly well-paced series of duos, remarkable improv that uses space, skill, extended techniques and unexpected approaches to both instruments in vivid and beautiful discourse. |
Frith, Fred / Nuria Andorra: Dancing Like Dust (Klanggalerie -- Germany ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Interdisciplinary Spanish percussionist Núria Andorrà whose background includes contemporary music and improvisation with performers including Agustín Fernández, Joëlle Léandre, Mats Gustafsson, Nate Wooley, and Joe Morris joins Fred Frith in Santa Maria de Palautordera for studio and concert recordings of eleven far-ranging dialogs of unusual and imaginative technique and concept. |
Fujii, Satoko / Joe Fonda: Thread Of Light (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The enduring and innately lyrical collaboration of Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and NY bassist Joe Fonda, first heard in 2016 with Duet, through 2019's Four with trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, continues despite the constraints of a pandemic in these 10 improvisations recorded separately in Kobe and at Fonda's home, with Fonda also performing on cello & flute. |
Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Having played in trio settings before, pianist Satoko Fujii and Spanish drummer Ramon Lopez seized the opportunity to record as a duo in the studio in NY, bringing just two Fujii compositions to guide them, they began freely improvising, creating this stunning album of elegant interaction, peaceful yet detailed, intuitively beautiful and sophisticated music. |
Furuya, Nobuyasu Trio: Bendowa (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sax, bass clarinet and flutist Nobuyasu Furuya is a free player migrated from Japan to Lisbon, Portugal, here in a trio with bassist Hernani Faustino and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini. |
Godforgottens, The : Never Forgotten, Always Remembered (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Trumpeter Magnus Broo with pianist Sten Sandell's Trio of bassist Johan Berthling and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, here with Sandell on the Hammond organ. |
Haino, Keiji / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi : Caught in the dilemma of being made to choose" This makes the modesty which should never been closed off itself Continue to ask itself: "Ready or not? [VINYL 2 LPS] (Black Truffle -- Australia ) Price: $42.95 Out of Stock The 11th release from the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi, in two extraordinary works spread across a double LP gatefold release; first a collaborative long distance project commissioned by Issue Project Room during the pandemic; then a live performance at Tokyo's SuperDeluxe in three extended improvisations with Haino on both drums and guitar. |
Harada, Masashi: Condanction Ensemble (1999) (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Both eight and six-piece ensembles are conducted by Masashi Harada dancing. Artists include Greg Kelley, Tucker Dulin, Christian Pincock, Eric Carlson, Bhob Rainey, Aleta Cole, Dan Levin, Mike Bullock and Phil Tomasic. |
Holland, Dave Feat. Evan Parker / Craig Taborn / Ches Smith: Uncharted Territories [VINYL 3 LPS] (Dare2 Records -- E.U. ) Price: $32.95 Out of Stock Reuniting bassist Dave Holland with saxophonist Evan Parker, a longtime friend from their early days in London, and joined by Craig Taborn on piano and electronics, and Ches Smith on percussion, as the group performs as a quartet and also in a variety of permutations of duo and trio configurations, in a set of rich and informed dialogs of masterful skill. |
Kaiser, Henry / Ed Pettersen: We Call All Times Soon (Split Rock Records -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock A series of acoustic guitar duos between Henry Kaiser playing on an 18-string harp guitar, and Ed Pettersen, playing an 8-string Weissenborn guitar, freely improvised and with a psychedelic/cosmic impulse as the two draw on elements of Americana and roots-based folk music in four extended recordings, the camaraderie and mutual intent evident in this fascinating album. |
Kaiser, Henry / John Oswald / Paul Plimley: At One Time - Improvisations for Cecil Taylor (Metalanguage -- USA ) Price: $9.95 Out of Stock In tribute to late free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, the West Coast/Vancouver trio of guitarist Henry Kaiser, alto saxophonist John Oswald and vibraphonist Paul Plimley explore the intention of Taylor's singular style in six anagrammatically titled improvisations, with Chicago violinist Tracy Silverman joining for the massive "Oceans Felons Salad", and Scott Amendola joing for "fir loom". |
Kindermusik: Improvised Music by Babies (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock 10 babies under 1.5 years old are gathered from several countries to improvise on zither, piano, steel pan, toy turntable or computer-controlled pacifier with unlikely results. |
Kowald, Peter / Kent Kessler / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Flats Fixed (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Three bassists converged on WNUR Studios, in Evanston, Illinois in 1998 to record these tracks, finally released after 16 years: 5 freely improvised trio sessions, 6 miniatures suggested by Kowald and performed by the trio, and 6 duos between Kowald and Lonberg-Holm. |
Leimgruber, Urs / Andreas Willers / Alvin Curran / Fabrizio Spera: Rome-ing (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The long-running duo of saxophonist Urs Leimgruber and guitarist Andreas Willers are joined by percussionist Fabrizio Spera (Ossatura) and Alvin Curran (MEV) for a live performance at Casa del Jazz in Rome, merging avant jazz approaches with ea-improv through guitar effects and sampling, finding passion in explorative and unpredictable music of superb skill and intent. |
Leimgruber, Urs / Jean-Marc Foussat: Face to Face [2 CDS] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock The perfect foils for each other, German saxophonist Urs Leimgruber and French AKS sysnthesist Jean-Marc Foussat are heard in two complete concerts, one at the WIM in Zurich and one at the Kunsthalle in Lucerne, both exploring sound, timbre, momentum and atmosphere through extended techniques and extreme playing, and an amazing display of soundscape and sonic force. |
Lussier, Rene / Robert Marcel Lepage / Quatuor Bozzini: Chants et danses ...with strings (Vol. III) (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Taking two of Montreal's most vital musicians, guitarist Rene Lussier and clarinetist Robert Lepage, and joining them with the far-ranging string quartet Le Quatuor Bozzini for a stunning album that merges chamber music, noise music, and improvisation without leaving behind melody, intention and direction; magnificent! |
Marclay, Christian / Elliott Sharp: 97 IS 97 (zOaR Records -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock Essential members of the Downtown NY scene since 1981, the collaborations of turntablist Christian Marclay and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp, here on 8 string guitarbass, bass clarinet & electronics, is distilled in this extremely creative electroacoustic/concrete duo, recorded live in convert at the Knitting Factory in December, 1997. |
Masada String Trio; John Zorn (Saxophone): Haborym: The Book Of Angels Volume 16 (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The 16th release in John Zorn's series "The Book of Angels" reworking the Masada songbook, here with the Masada String Trio of Greg Cohen, Mark Feldman, and Erik Friedlander. |
Merzbow / Arcane Device: Merzbow & Arcane Device (Important Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two innovative sonic luminaries--Japan's Masami Akita, aka Merzbow, and New York City's David Lee Myers, aka Arcane Device--remix each other's work, bringing Myer's unique approach to feedback and ethereal electronics to harness Akita's agressive sounds, and in reverse, Akita's sense of disruptive sonics explode Myer's more contemplative feedback music. |
Minton, Phil / Pat Thomas / Dave Tucker / Roger Turner: Scatter: On A Clear Day Like This (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock Formed in 1992 by UK keyboardist Pat Thomas, originally with the intention of exploring the energy of rock forms within non-idiomatic ea improv, this 2017 album with Dave Tucker on acoustic & electric guitars, Roger Turner on drums & percussion and Phil Minton on voice, was captured live at Cafe OTO in London for two extended, sometimes perplexing, but consistently amazing improvisations. |
Mwamba, Corey : Nth [Used Item] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $8.00 In Stock A sophisticated and lyrical album of modern jazz led by UK vibraphonist Corey Mwamba, also on glockenspiel & beak flute, in a quartet with Laura Cole on piano, Andy Champion on double bass, and Johnny Hunter on drums & small percussion, with all pieces "devised and scored" by Mwamba alongside one collective improvisation; powerfully refined modern jazz. |
New Thing Unit: For Cecil Taylor (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Dedicated to the late free jazz legend Cecil Taylor, this Lisbon sextet of Paulo Alexandre Jorge on tenor saxophone, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Eduardo Chagas on trombone, Manuel Guimaraes on piano, Miguel Mira on cello, and Pedro Santo on drums performs four energetic and well-balanced collective improvisations, respecting and evoking the incredible legacy Taylor left behind. |
No Project Trio: Vol. II (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The second release from the Portugese trio of Joao Paulo Esteves Da Silva (piano), Nelson Cascais (bass) and Joao Lensastre (drums) after their 2012 JACC Records release "Volume I", meeting in the studio for instant compositions of graceful and sophisticated improvisation. |
Novoa, Eva: Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio - Vol. 1 [VINYL CLEAR] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $25.95 In Stock Spanish pianist based in NYC Eva Novoa has since 2017 led this international but definitely NY-oriented piano trio of Japanese bassist based in NY Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Gerald Cleaver, here in her first album on 577, her sixth as a leader, presenting eight Novoa compositions of restlessly probing, dynamically interactive and inherently melodic free improvisation. |
Parker, Evan / RGG: Live@Alchemia (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock As part of the Polish website Jazzarium.pl's 5th anniversary celebration, UK tenor saxophonist Evan Parker joined the Polish RGG free-improvising piano trio of Lukasz Ojdana on piano, Maciej Garbowski on bass, and Krzysztof Gradziuk on drums, for this four-part sophisticated collective improvisation recorded at the legendary Alchemia club in Krakow. |
Parker, William / Raining on the Moon: Great Spirit (Aum Fidelity -- USA / Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Recorded alongside "Corn Meal Dance", these 2007 recordings complete the picture of bassist William Parker's intensely creative session that day, adding 6 songs plus 1 live track from 2012, with Rob Brown (sax); Eri Yamamoto (piano); Lewis Barnes (trumpet); and Leena Conquest (voice). |
Parkins, Andrea: Two Rooms From The Memory Palace (Infrequent Seams Records -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Using piano, synthesizer, electronic feedback, field recordings and amplified objects, sound artist Andrea Parkins' long-cycle installation composition explores time and space in an 8-channel, multi-room work designed so that adjacent acoustical spaces respond to each other, creating shifting and unexpected sonic juxtapositions; CD package include a link to "The Third Room". |
PYN (Yoshida / Pittard / Nasuno): Songs for children who don't want to sleep (Magaibutsu -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock P (Yann Pittard on oud and guitar & vocals), Y (Tatsuya Yoshida on drums & vocals) and N (Mitsuru Nasuno on bass & vocals) performing Arabian Progressive Pop Improvisation, an unusual melding and orchestration of arabic progressions and melodic prog rock. |
Rova Saxophone Quartet: The Circumference of Reason (ESP Disk -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Four decades into their project, the SF Bay Area saxophone quartet ROVA of Bruce Ackley (soprano & tenor), Steve Adams (alto & sopranino), Larry Ochs (tenor) and Jon Raskin (baritone) continue expanding their magnificent repertoire with original compositions, collective improvisations, and a piece from Glenn Spearman (Cecil Taylor, Double Trio) arranged by Larry Ochs. |
Sharp, Elliott Carbon (feat. Zeena Parkins / Bobby Previte): Transmigration at the Solar Max (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock NY bassist and saxophonist Elliott Sharp's Carbon project in a trio album with electric harpist Zeena Parkins and drummer Bobby Previte for what Sharp describes as "part cosmic turbulence and part roiling soundscape... the musicians building their activities on and against shifting electro-acoustic drones and matrices of rhythm, unisons splitting and refracting." |
Skumsnes Moe, Guro / Philippe Petit: Guro Skumsnes Moe & Philippe Petit (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Bringing together two noise improvisers and experimenters, Guro Skumsnes Moe from Sult and MoE performing on octabass & electric bass, and Philippe Petit (who has albums on Aural Terrains, Monotype and Bolt) performing on synthesizer and turntables, both also providing vocal utterance, for two thick journeys of twisted, diverse and often deep sonics bridged by an abstract interlude. |
Takase, Aki / Alexander von Schlippenbach: So Long, Eric! Homage to Eric Dolphy (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase assembled an ensemble of Dolphy interpreters that includes bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall, saxophonist Tobias Delius, vibraphonist Karl Berger, trumpeter Axel Dorner, trombonist Nils Wogram, &c, for a fresh take on compositions from one of free jazz's most iconic composers -- Eric Dolphy -- captured live in Berlin, 2014. |
Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Changing approaches to his music with new quartet of Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, Alan Silva on double bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums, pianist Cecil Taylor's incredible 1966 concert in Paris presented four extended compositions, here remastered and reissued with a track from a compilation LP--"With (Exit)"--extending his quartet with Bill Dixon on trumpet and Henry Grimes on double bass. |
Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A fun, odd and eccentric album constructed from extracts of hours of tape reels and audio cassettes by Montreal turntablist Martin Tetrault, a mix of plunderphonic sources, unusual turntable technique, and experimental audio collage drawn from an insanely diverse set of sources, in this sequel to his 1992 "Snipettes!" cassette, here with 31 new fascinating miniatures. |
Tippett, Keith: The Unlonely Raindancer (Discus -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Mujician pianist Keith Tippetts embarked on his first solo tour in 1979, capturing these concert recordings that were originally released in 1980 on vinyl on the Universe Label; long out of print, Discus has revived these extraordinary recordings, showing the incredible technical abilities, endurance, and quick-witted creative powers of this legendary improviser. |
Wodrascka, Christine / Jean-Luc Cappozzo / Gerry Hemingway: Grey Matter (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A live recording from Le Carre Bleu, France, of the superb improvising trio of Christine Wodrascka (piano), Jean Luc Cappozzo (trumpet), and Gerry Hemingway (percussion). |
Void Patrol (Sharp / Stetson / Martin / MacDonald): Live @ Victo (Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A wild and adventurous concert and one of the highlights of the 39th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville from the electric improvising quartet of Elliott Sharp on electric guitar & electronics, Colin Stetson on bass, alto & tenor saxophones, Billy Martin on drums & percussion and Payton Macdonald on marimba, vibraphone & African xylophone. |
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Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Musica Elettronica Viva: Symphony No 106
Chadbourne, Eugene / Henry Kaiser: Wind Crystals: Guitar Duets By Wadada Leo Smith
Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence
Braxton, Anthony Steptet (with Ho Bynum / Halvorson / Pavone / Rozen / Siegel / Testa): Echo Echo Mi
Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Septet: Seven
Parker, Evan Trio & Peter Brotzmann Trio : The Bishop's Move
Frith, Fred / Evan Parker: Hello, I Must Be Going
Frith, Fred / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody
Braxton, Anthony Quartet: (Victoriaville) 1992
Braxton, Anthony : 12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007
Brotzmann, Peter: Solo + Trio Roma [2 CDs]
Dixon, Bill: Envoi
Braxton, Anthony Sextet: (Victoriaville) 2005
Mitchell, Roscoe: Songs In The Wind
Kaiser, Henry / Ed Pettersen: We Call All Times Soon
Kowald, Peter / Kent Kessler / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Flats Fixed
Rova Saxophone Quartet: The Circumference of Reason
Fujii, Satoko / Joe Fonda: Thread Of Light