The Squid's Ear Magazine
Sextet Recordings


 
6IX (Lee / Leimgruber / Demierre / Lehn / Schurch / Turner): Almost Even Further
6IX (Lee / Leimgruber / Demierre / Lehn / Schurch / Turner):
Almost Even Further

(Leo Records -- UK )


Price: $15.45    




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Ecstatic and unusual free jazz recordings for Radio-Studio DRS Zurich from the 6ix-tet of Jacques Demierre on piano, Urs Leimgruber on saxophone, Okkyung Lee on cello, Thomas Lehn on synth, Dorothea Schurch voice and singing saw, and Roger Turner on percussion.

AnteNata: AnteNata
AnteNata:
AnteNata

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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An Italian group exploring song writing, chamber rock, sound poetry and electroacoustic improvisation with lyrics that are inspired by contemporary female poets.

Attias, Michael: Credo
Attias, Michael:
Credo

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bang, Billy Survival Ensemble: Black Man's Blues [VINYL]
Bang, Billy Survival Ensemble:
Black Man's Blues [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $25.95    




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Never before released material from 1977 of Billy Bang's seminal NY loft band, Survival Ensemble: 1 LP and a 40 page booklet of essays, images and flyers - essential!

Bang, Billy Survival Ensemble: Black Man's Blues / New York Collage [2 CDs]
Bang, Billy Survival Ensemble:
Black Man's Blues / New York Collage [2 CDs]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $25.95    




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Never before released material from 1977 of Billy Bang's seminal NY loft band, Survival Ensemble: 2 CDs and a 40 page booklet of essays, images and flyers - essential!

Zorn, John Bar Kokhba Sextet: Lucifer: The Book Of Angels Volume 10
Zorn, John Bar Kokhba Sextet:
Lucifer: The Book Of Angels Volume 10

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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This Book of Angels release is the first recording in 10 years from this Masada ensemble blending Sephardic and Ashkenazi sonorities with latin, surf, world music and more.

Bauder, Matt: Day in Pictures
Bauder, Matt:
Day in Pictures

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A brilliant NY quintet led by reedist Matt Bauder, with trumpeter Nate Wooley, pianist Angelica Sanxhez, bassist Jason Ajemian & dummer Tomas Fujiwara, an album dedicated to Donald Walden, Bill Dixon & Fred Anderson.

Bennet / Bryerton / Butcher / De Gruttola / Kaiser / Smith: Sextessense: A Tribute to John Stevens a
Bennet / Bryerton / Butcher / De Gruttola / Kaiser / Smith:
Sextessense: A Tribute to John Stevens and the SME

(Balance Point Acoustics -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Biota: Almost Never
Biota:
Almost Never

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Blah Blah 666: It's Only Life!
Blah Blah 666:
It's Only Life!

(Barnyard -- Canada )


Price: $10.80    




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An eclectic assortment of old-fashioned entertainment, pre-harmonic bop, and Canada's new wave of avant garde mariachi from Jean Martin, Nick Fraser, Justin Haynes, &c..

Bondi / d'incise / Rodrigues / Chagas / Torres / Moimeme: Brume
Bondi / d'incise / Rodrigues / Chagas / Torres / Moimeme:
Brume

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Extended improvisations using a mix of acoustic and electric instruments from the sextet of Ernesto Rodrigues, d'incise, Cyril Bondi, Abdul Moiemem, Eduardo Chagas, and Nuno Torres.

Branche / Chrysakis / Soloveitzik / O'Sullivan / Vidal / Wigens: Magnetic River
Branche / Chrysakis / Soloveitzik / O'Sullivan / Vidal / Wigens:
Magnetic River

(Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Electroacoustic improvisation with unusual techniques from the sextet of saxophonist Sebastian Branche, laptop electronicist Thanos Chrysakis, saxophonist Tom Soloeitzik, guitarist James O'Sullivan, saxophonist Artut Vidal and clarinetist Jery Wigens.

Bryan and the Haggards featuring Dr. Eugene Chadbourne: Merles Just Want To Have Fun
Bryan and the Haggards featuring Dr. Eugene Chadbourne:
Merles Just Want To Have Fun

(Northern Spy -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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A ridiculously spirited, lovingly raucous tribute to Merle Haggard from saxophonist Bryan Murray's eccentric band with Jon Irabagon (sax), Jon Lundbom (guitar), Moppa Elliott (bass) and Danny Fischer (drums), with Doc Chadbourne on vocals, banjo and dobro.

Bynum Sextet, Taylor Ho: Apparent Distance
Bynum Sextet, Taylor Ho:
Apparent Distance

(Firehouse 12 Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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The first recording of Ho Bynum's new sextet, with guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara, augmented by bassist Ken Filiano, saxophonist Jim Hobbs, and tubist/bass trombonist Bill Lowe, in a 4-part suite.

Bynum, Taylor Ho Sextet: The Middle Picture
Bynum, Taylor Ho Sextet:
The Middle Picture

(Firehouse 12 Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Taylor Ho Bynum with NY players Matt Bauder, Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, &c. documenting live & studio performances recorded at The Rotunda in Philadelphia and New Haven's Firehouse 12.

Cartier, Pierre: Chansons de la Belle Esperance
Cartier, Pierre:
Chansons de la Belle Esperance

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Inspired by jazz standards, bassist and composer Pierre Cartier combines the voice of Quebec's poets with new jazz to tackle the theme of love.

Cartier, Pierre: Dis, Blaise... chanson du Transsiberien [2 CDs]
Cartier, Pierre:
Dis, Blaise... chanson du Transsiberien [2 CDs]

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Pierre Cartier sings the epic and famous poem "Prose du Transsibérien" by the French poet Blaise Cendrars in this beautiful merging of music and poetry.

Chang / Davies / Drouin / Durrant / Patterson / Tilbury: Variable Formations
Chang / Davies / Drouin / Durrant / Patterson / Tilbury:
Variable Formations

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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A live recording at Cafe Oto in 2013 from this sextet in an extended and dynamic piece in which the musicians develop material they had presented in small groups in the first half of the concert, mixing improvised and prepared elements.

 
Cooper, Lindsay:
Sahara Dust

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Curlew: Curlew + Live at CBGB 1980
Curlew:
Curlew + Live at CBGB 1980

(DMG ARC -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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Incredible double CD (re)issue of the first Curlew record (George Cartwright, Tom Cora, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Bill Bacon) with bonus cuts, and a live CD from CBGB in 1980 with Denardo Coleman on drums.

Derome, Jean et les Dangereux Zhoms: Navre
Derome, Jean et les Dangereux Zhoms:
Navre

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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The sequel to "Carnets de voyage", this release once again features compositions from Jean Derome, 8 new releases that were written on tour and are full of twists and turns.

Derome, Jean et les Dangereux Zhoms; Cartier, Derome, Dostaler, Lussier, Tanguay, Walsh: Carnets de
Derome, Jean et les Dangereux Zhoms; Cartier, Derome, Dostaler, Lussier, Tanguay, Walsh:
Carnets de voyage

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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The first recording of Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms, recorded in concerts around Montréal in March 94, with eleven excellent pieces written by Derome.

DKV Trio + Gustafsson / Nilssen-Love / Pupillo: Schl8hof
DKV Trio + Gustafsson / Nilssen-Love / Pupillo:
Schl8hof

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $16.95    




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Chicago's leading free jazz DKV Trio of Ken Vandermark (reeds), Hamid Drake (drums) and Kent Kessler (bass) are joined by European Free Jazz leaders Mats Gustafsson (reeds), Paul Nilssen-Love (drums) and Massimo Pupillo (bass).

DKV Trio + Gustafsson / Nilssen-Love / Pupillo: Schl8hof [VINYL]
DKV Trio + Gustafsson / Nilssen-Love / Pupillo:
Schl8hof [VINYL]

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $23.95    




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Chicago's leading free jazz DKV Trio of Ken Vandermark (reeds), Hamid Drake (drums) and Kent Kessler (bass) are joined by European Free Jazz leaders Mats Gustafsson (reeds), Paul Nilssen-Love (drums) and Massimo Pupillo (bass).

Drake, Hamid / Bindu: Blissful
Drake, Hamid / Bindu:
Blissful

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $16.95    




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Drake & Bindu brings the rhythmic world of Drake, William Parker and Josh Abrams together with Joe Morris and Dee Alexander on works based on Ramprasad poems.

Drake, Hamid & Bindu: Reggaeology
Drake, Hamid & Bindu:
Reggaeology

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $16.95    




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The 3rd Bindu record with Hamid Drake, Jeb Bishop, Jeff Parker, Jeff Albert, Josh Abrams and Napoleon Maddox on voice and beatbox, in a release bridging jazz with reggae influences.

The Dreamers - Zorn, John: Ipos: The Book Of Angels Vol. 14
The Dreamers - Zorn, John:
Ipos: The Book Of Angels Vol. 14

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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10 new compositions from John Zorn's Book of Angels featuring the same band from "The Dreamers" & "O'o", seductive music drawing on exotica, surf, world music, latin jazz, rock, film music and more.

Dresser, Mark Quintet: Nourishments
Dresser, Mark Quintet:
Nourishments

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Double bassist Mark Dresser's first Quintet album in almost 20 years, innovative modern jazz from the impressive ensemble of Rudresh Mahanthappa (saxophone), Michael Dessen (trombone), Denman Maroney (hyperpiano), and Tom Rainey or Michael Sarin (drums).

Duchesne, Andre: Le Royaume Ou L'Asile
Duchesne, Andre:
Le Royaume Ou L'Asile

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Composer and guitarist Andre Duchesne creates a soundtrack for the film Le Royaume ou l'Asile, by Jean and Serge Gagne, that brings the listener into a world of illusions.

Ducret, Marc: Tower, Vol. 3
Ducret, Marc:
Tower, Vol. 3

(Ayler -- France )


Price: $15.95    




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Guitarist Marc Ducret's sextet performs comments on the music previously played in the other albums of the Tower series, either as rewritten fragments or developments of excerpts or patterns.

Ellman, Liberty: Ophiuchus Butterfly
Ellman, Liberty:
Ophiuchus Butterfly

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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ElSaffar, Amir : Two Rivers
ElSaffar, Amir :
Two Rivers

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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NY based Iraqi-American trumpeter ElSaffar in an emotionally charged work that invokes ancient Iraqi musical traditions and frames them in a modern jazz setting.

ElSaffar, Amir: Inana
ElSaffar, Amir:
Inana

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his quintet expand the sonic possibilities of jazz by building on the modal music of the Iraqi maqam, adding a microtonal harmonic and melodic language influenced by the pitch-flexibility of Middle Eastern music.

eRikm: Austral [DVD]
eRikm:
Austral [DVD]

(D'Autres Cordes -- France )


Price: $13.95    




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A mixed work for ensemble revolving around the sequences of video and electronic composition, showing a series of Chilean and Argentine landscapes and cityscapes.

Fields Ensemble, Scott : Denouement
Fields Ensemble, Scott :
Denouement

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Flatlands Collective, The: Maatjes
Flatlands Collective, The:
Maatjes

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Recorded after a tour in Netherlands, Germany & Belgium, Jorrit Djikstra's Flatlands Collective crosses Europe and Chicago with players Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Fred Lonberg-Holm, &c.

Frith, Fred: Clearing Customs
Frith, Fred:
Clearing Customs

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Frith's 75 minute intense improvisatory journey work is a graphic structural model by which the most diverse types of musical events are linked together along a time line.

Frith, Fred: Eye To Ear
Frith, Fred:
Eye To Ear

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Frith, Fred: Keep the Dog: That House We Lived In [2 CDs]
Frith, Fred:
Keep the Dog: That House We Lived In [2 CDs]

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $20.00    




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Frith, Fred: The Previous Evening
Frith, Fred:
The Previous Evening

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $13.95    




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Full Blast & Friends: Sketches & Ballads
Full Blast & Friends:
Sketches & Ballads

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $18.95    




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The Full Blast trio of reedist Peter Brotzmann, bassist Mario Piakas and drummer Michael Wertmueller are joined by Ken Vandermark, Thomas Heberer and Dirk Rothbrust for an excellent concert at Donaueschinger Musiktage, 2010.

Full Blast & Friends: Sketches & Ballads [VINYL]
Full Blast & Friends:
Sketches & Ballads [VINYL]

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $24.95    




Out of Stock

The Full Blast trio of reedist Peter Brotzmann, bassist Mario Piakas and drummer Michael Wertmueller are joined by Ken Vandermark, Thomas Heberer and Dirk Rothbrust for an excellent concert at Donaueschinger Musiktage, 2010.

Gallo, Ricardo Tierra de Nadie: The Great Fine Line
Gallo, Ricardo Tierra de Nadie:
The Great Fine Line

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Tierra de Nadie is Colombian pianist Ricardo Gallo's project with bassist Mark Helias, trombonist Ray Anderson, saxophonist Dan Blake, and drummer Satoshi Takeishi and Pheeroan AkLaff.

Goldberg / Redman / Miles / Hoff / Smith / Amendola: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues
Goldberg / Redman / Miles / Hoff / Smith / Amendola:
Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues

(Bag -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




Out of Stock

A swinging album mining earlier jazz forms from the modern jazz sextet of Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Joshua Redman on tenor sax, Ron Miles on trumpet, Devin Hoff on bass, and drummers Ches Smith and Scott Amendola.

Group, The (Abdullah / Brown / Bang / Sirone / Hopkins / Cyrille): Live
Group, The (Abdullah / Brown / Bang / Sirone / Hopkins / Cyrille):
Live

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $15.95    




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A previously unreleased concert recording from 1986 of a group of leading out jazz artists (Billy Bang, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille, &c.) playing original compositions as well as a cover of Mingus' "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat".

Group, The (Abdullah / Brown / Bang / Sirone / Hopkins / Cyrille): Live [VINYL]
Group, The (Abdullah / Brown / Bang / Sirone / Hopkins / Cyrille):
Live [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $19.50    




Out of Stock

A previously unreleased concert recording from 1986 of a group of leading out jazz artists (Billy Bang, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille, &c.) playing original compositions as well as a cover of Mingus' "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat".

Hauf Sextet, Boris: Next Delusion
Hauf Sextet, Boris:
Next Delusion

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Berlin-based saxophonist Boris Hauf's sextet with Keefe Jackson (sax), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Frank Rosaly (drums), Steve Hess (drums & electronics) and Michael Hartman (drums) in 4 extended pieces of boiling intensity.

Hemphill Sextet, Julius : The Hard Blues - Live in London
Hemphill Sextet, Julius :
The Hard Blues - Live in London

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Hobson's Choice: Of The Waves
Hobson's Choice:
Of The Waves

(Barnyard -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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Canada's songwriting Hobson's Choice has developed into a tightly knit ensemble embracing elements of jazz, chamber, and singer-songwriter traditions, with sound-worlds ranging from midnight deep-woods marimba ballads to sunny cicada-sung anthems.

Hub, The: Boundary Layer
Hub, The:
Boundary Layer

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $21.00    




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Triple CD of electro-acoustic improvisers The Hub (Bischoff/Brown/Perkis/&c), a document covering 3 decades of activity with photos, tech diagrams and writings.

Imi Kollektief: Snug as a Gun
Imi Kollektief:
Snug as a Gun

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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International Nothing, The: Mainstream
International Nothing, The:
Mainstream

(Ftarri -- Japan )


Price: $15.95    




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Jaeger, Michael / Kerouac: Meets Greg Osby & Philipp Schaufelberger - Outdoors
Jaeger, Michael / Kerouac:
Meets Greg Osby & Philipp Schaufelberger - Outdoors

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Swiss saxophonist Michael Jaeger's quartet Kerouac meets saxophonist Greg Osby and guitarist Phillip Schaufelberger for a set of original compositions played on the outside.

Justine: Suite
Justine:
Suite

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A continuation of Wondeur Brass, Justine is comprised of all women composers, arrangers, instrumentalists, and singers who create music of dissonance and organized chaos.

Klaxon Gueule: Infininiment
Klaxon Gueule:
Infininiment

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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Improvisers Michel Cote, Bernard Falaise & Alexandre St-Onge return to Ambiances Magnetiques in an album of dark acoustic improvisations, with guests Jean Derome, Philippe Lauzier & Gordon Allen.

L'Orkestre des pas perdus; Jolicoeur, Leclerc, Levasseur, Richer, Sabourin, St-Jean: T'auras pas ta
L'Orkestre des pas perdus; Jolicoeur, Leclerc, Levasseur, Richer, Sabourin, St-Jean:
T'auras pas ta pomme

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A unique brass band with music that is a hybrid of European and American influences tinted with jazz, funk, and swing that is a cross between circus music and a antimilitary marching band.

L'Orkestre des pas perdus; Leclerc, Levasseur, Murray, Sabourin, St-Jean, St-Pierre: Maison douce ma
L'Orkestre des pas perdus; Leclerc, Levasseur, Murray, Sabourin, St-Jean, St-Pierre:
Maison douce maison

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A six-piece brass ensemble formed in 1993 with a varied style of playing with pieces composed and arranged by trombonist Claude Saint-Jean.

L' Ensemble Pierre Labbe (w/ Alarie / Bonin / Falaise / Lavergne / Trudeau): Risque et pendule
L' Ensemble Pierre Labbe (w/ Alarie / Bonin / Falaise / Lavergne / Trudeau):
Risque et pendule

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A balance between composition and improvisation is sought in this album by The Ensemble Pierre Labbe that is a also a fusion of avant-garde jazz and classical music.

Lehman, Steve: Demian as Posthuman
Lehman, Steve:
Demian as Posthuman

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Lightcap, Chris' Big Mouth: Deluxe
Lightcap, Chris' Big Mouth:
Deluxe

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Bassist Lightcap's Bigmouth with Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek & Andrew D'Angelo on sax, Craig Taborn on keys and Gerald Cleaver on drums, NY jazz with remarkable rapport and prowess.

Lillinger's, Christian Grund: First Reason
Lillinger's, Christian Grund:
First Reason

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Drummer Christian Lillinger with Tobias Delius, Joachim Kuhn, Wanja Slavin, &c. unconventional formats that blur melody, rhythm and harmonics for great and abstract results.

Lundbom, Jon & Big Five Chord With Irabagon / Murray / Elliott / Fischer + Kanelos: Quavers! Quavers
Lundbom, Jon & Big Five Chord With Irabagon / Murray / Elliott / Fischer + Kanelos:
Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!

(Hot Cup Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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The fourth release from NY guitarist Lundbom's Big Five Chord, wide ranging jazz tunes with two saxes (Irabagon and Murray) in a band with great technical and melodic power!

Mahanthappa, Rudresh: Kinsmen
Mahanthappa, Rudresh:
Kinsmen

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's "Kinsmen" is a groundbreaking project that melds jazz with South Indian music into a single organic whole.

Maier, Giovanni Technicolor: Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup [2 CDs]
Maier, Giovanni Technicolor:
Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup [2 CDs]

(Long Song Records -- Italy )


Price: $21.95    




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A double CD of bassist Giovanni Maier's quartet of ambitious and compelling electric jazz, one CD featuring two guitarists - Marc Ribot and Simone Massaron - and both albums featuring a double keyboard lead.

Massaron, Simone feat. Carla Bozulich: Dandelions on Fire
Massaron, Simone feat. Carla Bozulich:
Dandelions on Fire

(Long Song Records -- Italy )


Price: $14.95    




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A captivating collection of songs encompassing blues, ballads, and folk music with improvised moments of free jazz that were written and arranged by guitarist Simone Massaron and sung by lyricist Carla Bozulich.

Mengis Manuel, Gruppe 6: The Pond
Mengis Manuel, Gruppe 6:
The Pond

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $19.95    




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Swiss trumpeter Manuel Mangis and his Gruppe 6 in 4 extended original compositions of post-Bop acumen and rollicking audacity in intrepid improvisation.

Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6: Dulcet Crush
Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6:
Dulcet Crush

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Trumpeter Manuel Mengis 3rd Hat release, 8 original compositions of sophisticated and enjoyable modern jazz from a sextet with dual sax and guitar leads.

Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6: Into The Barn
Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6:
Into The Barn

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
Moondoc, Jemeel:
The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A series of exceptional compositions by saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc plus one by Alice Coltrane, performed in a variety of group settings, from duos to quintet, with sidemen Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, and Newman Taylor Baker.

Phantom Orchard Orchestra: Through The Looking Glass
Phantom Orchard Orchestra:
Through The Looking Glass

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Expanding their duo into a sextet with the addition of strings (Sara Parkins, Maggie Parkins), piano (Sylvie Courvoisier) and voice (Maja Solveig Kjestrup Ratkje), Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins have created a compelling and varied soundscape inspired by fairy stories the world over.

Mori, Ikue & Parkins, Zeena: Phantom Orchard
Mori, Ikue & Parkins, Zeena:
Phantom Orchard

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Phantom Orchard's latest demonstrates the unique improvisational language and rapport built on decades of collaboration between downtown NY-ers Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins.

Phillips, Simon James : Blage 3
Phillips, Simon James :
Blage 3

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


Price: $17.95    




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A reduction of composer Simon James Phillips' 5 hour improvisation performed with Tony Buck (drums), Werner Dafeldecker (bass), BJ Nilsen (electronics), Liz Allbee (trumpet), Arthur Rother (guitar) & Simon James Phillips (piano) exploring time, perception and place.

Poire_z: +
Poire_z:
+

(erstwhile -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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The excellent quartet of Gunter Muller on minidiscs, percussion and electronics, Norbert Moslang and Andy Guhl (Voice Crack) on cracked everyday-electronics and Erik M on minidiscs, sampler and fx.

Red Dhal Sextet (Jeffery / Schubert / Dunmall / Schlippenbach / Majkowski / Dimitriadis): Red Dhal S
Red Dhal Sextet (Jeffery / Schubert / Dunmall / Schlippenbach / Majkowski / Dimitriadis):
Red Dhal Sextet

(FMR -- Great Britain )


Price: $14.95    




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Bringing together masterful players Paul Dunmall (sax), Hilary Jeffery (trombone), Alexander Von Schlippenbach (piano), Paul Schuber (sax), Mike Majkowski (bass), and Yorgos Dimitriadis (drums) for a studio release of incredibly well-balanced and insightful improvisation.

Remote Viewers, The: City of Nets
Remote Viewers, The:
City of Nets

(Remote Viewers -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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London's Remote Viewers in their 13th release, quoting W.H. Auden in an album of excellent structured improvisation with David Petts, Caroline Kraabel, Sue Lynch & Adrian Northover (saxes), John Edwards (bass & drums), and Rosa Lynch (keys and percussion).

Remote Viewers, The: Crimeways
Remote Viewers, The:
Crimeways

(Remote Viewers -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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The 12th release from the London-based Remote Viewers led by saxophonist David Petts, with four saxophones plus electronics, acoustic bass, keys and tuned percussion, crossing improvisation and rock forms in unique and sinister ways.

Resende, Julio : dA ALMA
Resende, Julio :
dA ALMA

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Portugese pianist Júlio Resende, a pupil of Zé Eduardo and trained through the US, in his 1st release of modern jazz with a great set of European sidemen.

Revis, Eric  / Taylor / McHenry / Jones / Branford Marsalis: In Memory of Things Yet Seen
Revis, Eric / Taylor / McHenry / Jones / Branford Marsalis:
In Memory of Things Yet Seen

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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A superb modern jazz release from NY bassist Eric Revis with Chad Taylor (drums), Bill McHenry (sax) and Darius Jones (sax), plus special guest Branford Marsalis on two tracks.

Rodrigues / Sielaff / Rawlings / Sundstrom / Burns / Mota: Seattle
Rodrigues / Sielaff / Rawlings / Sundstrom / Burns / Mota:
Seattle

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Two tracks from two groupings, anchored by Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Jonathan Sielaff on bass clarinet, paired first with Vic Rawlings on cello & electronics and Leif Sundstrom on electronics; then with Gust Burns on piano and Manuel Mota on electric guitar.

Rose, Jon: Brain Weather
Rose, Jon:
Brain Weather

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


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Ned Rothenberg (Shakuchi): Rothenberg: Ryu Nashi/No School - New Music For Shakuchi
Ned Rothenberg (Shakuchi):
Rothenberg: Ryu Nashi/No School - New Music For Shakuchi

(Tzadik -- USA )


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New York multi-reed and wind player Ned Rothenberg performing on the shakuhachi in orignal compositions performed with viola and spoken word in beautiful and nuanced performances.

Steen, Niels Joergen Beatkapell: The Ahus Concert
Steen, Niels Joergen Beatkapell:
The Ahus Concert

(Ayler -- France )


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Danish pianist Niels Joergen Steen in a 1973 concert at Sweden's Ahus Jazz Festival, with Miles Davis associate Jesper Thilo and Red Mitchell scatting on 1 number.

Streiff, Co Sextet: Loops, Holes & Angels
Streiff, Co Sextet:
Loops, Holes & Angels

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Sun Ra: Space Probe
Sun Ra:
Space Probe

(Art Yard -- USA )


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Recorded mostly in the early'60s in a sextet with Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, &c., this album explores stripped back forms and colour combinations that take jazz into unusual territories.

Tabuenca, Luis: Volaverunt
Tabuenca, Luis:
Volaverunt

(Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK )


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Combining composition & improvisation, percussionist Luis Tabuenca based each of these 9 pieces on a print from Goya's critical series "Los Caprichos", orchestrating with saxophone, cello, clarinets, piano, & voice, allowing freedom around determined structure.

 

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