Finally some fine weather here in NYC, a complement to the excellent music that's come in the last couple of weeks:
Derek Bailey's 2nd Incus album reissued (more Incus on the way!); Bisio, Ullman, Perelman/Duval on Not Two;
4 new psi releases, including Evan Parker's first 1975 1st solo album reissued;
Boykins, Pomerance, Naked Future, and Sun Ra CDs on ESP;
plus Sirius Respect plays Sun Ra and Stockhausen; Joe McPhee's Angels & Devils; two new erstwhiles: Kurzmann/Stangl,
and Yoshida/Nakamura; SIM + Otomo Yoshihide on Doubtmusic; Braxton, and Halvorson/Radding/Wooley on Hatology;
plus Berio and Feldman on Hat[now]Art; Gunter Adler, Gumpert, Gschlobl, and Jazz Parasites on Jazzwerkstatt;
The Core, and Kullhammer on Moserobie; a bevy of Barnyards, and a crop of Kadimas; Yoshi Wada on EM;
and the first of several Tazartes on Alga Marghen!
Improvisation:
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Ali, Rashied:
Live In Europe
(Survival)
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| Legendary drummer Rashied Ali's quartet with John Evans, Lawrence Clark, Greg Murphy and Joris Teepe performing live in Europe, propulsively serious jazz.
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Ariel:
Origami
(Kadima)
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| Piano prodigy Ariel, performing complex jazz compositions at the age of 9 (!) with infuences from Matthew Shipp, John Hicks, Kirk Lightsey, Uri Caine, Aaron Goldberg, &c.
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Bailey, Derek:
Lot 74 - Solo Improvisations
(Incus)
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| Reissue of Derek Bailey's 2nd Incus LP from 1974, fully remastered to bring Bailey's uniquely personal improvisation style clearly into the 21st century.
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Bisio, Michael Quartet:
live at Vision Fest. XII
(Not Two Records)
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| Bassist Michael Bisio's Quartet with tenor saxophonist Stephen Gauci, soprano/tenor saxophonist Avram Fefer and drummer Jay Rosen live at Vision Festival XII.
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Boykins, Ronnie:
The Will Come, Is Now
(ESP)
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| Remaster of legendary Sun Ra bassist Ronnie Boykins' first ESP album from 1964 in an impressive sextet that complements Boykin's talents as a composer and arranger.
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Braxton, Anthony:
Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989
(Hatology)
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| Anthony Braxton's 1989 recording of seven compositions (glued together into three performances) in a trio with bassist Adelhard Roidinger and drummer Tony Oxley.
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Casserley, Lawrence & Adam Linson:
Integument
(psi)
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| Performing as a duo since 2004 when they met at the RadiCCAls festival at the CCA, Glasgow, this is the first studio release from these excellent ea-improvisers.
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Chabala, Barry:
Acoustic Gutiar
(Roeba)
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| Guitarist Chabala's first Roeba release reissued, solo pieces recorded to honor Derek Bailey, plus a bonus tracks with vocalists Melissa Fathman and Matt Pass.
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Core, The :
And More Vol 1: The Art Of No Return
(Moserobie Music)
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| This amazing 7 piece band from Norway play sophisticated and intense jazz compositions led by three reed players including Jonas Kullhammar and Magnus Broo on trumpet.
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Der Moment (Gschlobl / Fink Rosenbauer):
Transzendenz:
(JAZZWERKSTATT)
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| The Berlin based trio of Franconian musicians - trombonist Gschlobl, bassis Fink, and drummer Rosenbauer - in a transcendent album of imaginative original compositions.
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Fernandez, Agusti:
Un Llamp Que No S'acaba Mai
(psi)
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| Pianist Agusti Fernandez in a trio with UK improvisers bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders, international interplay in modern improvisational language.
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Gumpert, Ulrich:
Suites
(JAZZWERKSTATT)
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| Pianist Gumpert leads this band of amazing German musicians performing three large original compositions with incredible virtuosity and passionate performances.
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Gunter Adler:
Auf Der Schonhauser Allee
(JAZZWERKSTATT)
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| Rudi Mahall's Gunter Adler European jazz quartet in a new release recorded in 2008, 9 original compositions of compelling and masterful works with wit and finesse.
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Halvorson / Radding / Wooley:
Crackleknob
(Hatology)
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| Free improvisation from a trio of New Yorkers working in abstract territory but maintaining the pieces in compact works that are succint and spontaneously focused.
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Jazz Parasites:
Very Early
(JAZZWERKSTATT)
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| Finnish guitarist Kalle Kalima, American bassist Ed Schuller and German drummer Ernst Bier make up this trio playing their own and the music of Coltrane, Hancock, Swallow and Bill Evans.
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Kullhammer / Osgood / Vagan:
Andratx Live
(Moserobie Music)
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| The powerful modern jazz trio of Jonas Kullhammar, Kresten Osgood and Ole Morten Vagan performing live at Sweden's Glenn Miller Cafe in May 2008.
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Kurzmann, Christof / Burkhard Stangl :
neuschnee
(erstwhile)
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| The second album from the long running lowercase / ea-improv "pop" duo of Burkhard Stangl and Christof Kurzmann, understated and intensely skewed music and songs.
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Martin & Haynes:
Freedman
(Barnyard)
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| Lyrical and sophisticated improvisations performed on just a ukulele and a suitcase from these Toronto musicians playing the compositions of lap steel player Myk Freedman
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Martin, Jean / Barnyard Drama:
I'm a Navvy
(Barnyard)
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| Toronto's amazing husband & wife team drummer Jean Martin and unusual vocalist Christine Duncan with guest guitarist Justin Haynes and Bernard Falaise, recommended!
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Martin, Jean & Colin Fisher:
Little Man on the Boat
(Barnyard)
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| Drummer and loopster Jean Martin with multi-instrumentalist Colin Fisher in a veritable orchestra of sound resources, inspired and imaginative studio work.
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Martin, Jean & Evan Shaw:
Piano Music
(Barnyard)
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| Much more than a simple duo, with overdubbed saxophone Martin & Shaw make large and complex environments & orchestral sections over which they nimbly improvise.
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Mcphee, Joe:
Angels Devils + Haints [2 CDs]
(CJR)
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| A double CD of saxophonist/trumpeter Joe McPhee with a phenomenal and international bass quartet in a celebration of the brothers Ayler and the new millennium.
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Musiconspiracy (Kochan / Fonda / Hautzinger / Ogrim) :
Do I The In?
(Not Two Records)
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| musiConspiracy is drummer/laptop artist Jacek Kochan, trumpeter Franz Hautzinger, bassist Joe Fonda and guitarist Tellef Ogrim, performing live at Alchemia, 2007.
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Naked Future, The :
Gigantomachia
(ESP)
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| The Naked Future is reed player Arrington de Dionyso, pianist Thollem McDonas, drummer John Niekrasz and bassist Skloff, delirious and powerful improvisation.
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Nilsson / Sandell / Strid:
Beam Stone
(psi)
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| This versatile trio combine influences from the free improv, ea-improv, noise, ambient and contemporary art scenes into an original sound language.
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Parker, Evan:
Saxophone Solos
(psi)
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| Evan Parker's 1st solo saxophone recording from 1975 with additional FMP recordings from the same year, extreme and amazing improvisations aptly titled "Aerobatics".
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Perelman, Ivo / Dominic Duval:
Nowhere to Hide
(Not Two Records)
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| Intricate and graceful improvisation from the duo of tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and bassist Dominic Duval from 2008 studio recordings of original compositions.
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Rempis, Tim Percussion Quartet:
The Disappointment of Parsley
(Not Two Records)
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| Saxophonist Rempis' percussion quartet with Anton Hatwich on bass and Tim Daisy & Frank Rosaly on percussion performing live at Krakow's Alchemia in 2008.
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Respect Sextet, The:
Sirius Respect: The Music Of Sun Ra
(Mode Records)
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| Music from 2 of the 20th Century's compositional giants, performed by this NY Sextet, who chose their repertoire based on how the two composers address the question of 'space'.
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Rubin, Harold:
One Voice
(Kadima)
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| Influenced by choreography these are clarinetist Harold Rubin's solo compositions, imaginative and dynamic recordings with a raw edge.
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Shibolet / Josephson / Baker / Looney / Smith:
untitled (1959)
(Kadima)
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| Kadima collective saxophonist Ariel Shibolet and 4 California Bay Area players in impressive and intense improvisation that make for an unusual and open-minded discourse.
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Sun Ra:
Feature Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
(ESP)
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| Sun Ra's 1964 ESP release with a young saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold Murray on flute and log drum, remastered and with an additional 45 minutes.
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Swell, Steve:
Magical Listening Hour Live At South Street Seaport
(Cadence Jazz Records)
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| Unconventional chamber jazz captured live at NYC's Seaport in a fantastic band with Louis Belogenis, Michael Attias and Nate Wooley, unusual interaction and discourse.
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Temperamental Trio:
Raw and the Cooked
(Kadima)
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| Dark and daring electroacoustic improvisation from the trio of baritone saxophonist Stephen Horenstein, bassist JC Jones, and electronic artist Loic Kessous.
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Ullmann, Geberhard Basement Research:
Don't Touch my music vol.2
(Not Two Records)
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| The 2nd in Gebhard Ullmann's "Don't Touch My Music" series with Julian Arguelles, Steve Swell, John Hebert & Gerald Cleaver, performing live in 2007 at Alchemia.
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Yoshida, Ami / Toshimaru Nakamura:
Soba to Bara
(erstwhile)
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| Two of the original innovators of the Tokyo "onkyo" sound movement, understated ea-improvisations, in their first collaboration, constructed asynchronous recordings.
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