SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
September 10, 2009
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An amazing set of releases this time, leading off with two on Ayler: Dennis Gonzalez's Yells at Eels, and Nuts; plus 5 new releases on Clean Feed including Weightless with John Butcher; 4 releases on the Leo label; 8 DVDs of live free improv performances from the Media Sanctuary in Troy, NY; Fab Trio, Old Dog and Orsi//Becuzzi/ETRE on Porter Records; Eddie Prevost + Mattin (Sakada) with Alan Courtis and Bruce Russell; a Paul Dunmall DVD; 2 DVDs of Masayuki Takayanagi on Jinya; Doubtmusic reissues a double CD of Keiki Midorikawa's 1970s Offbeat LP; guzheng player David Sait in time-delayed duets with LaDonna Smith, Gino Robair and Glenn Hall; 2 Eliane Radigue reissues on Important, plus James Blackshaw's O True Believiers; 2 more Merzbow birds; Nurse with Wound's Bacteria Magnet on picture disc; and the Fall issue of Signal to Noise to read while listening.
After the store listings are 10 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
Improvisation:
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Collective 4tet (Geisser / W. Parker / Brooks / Hennen):
In Transition
(Leo)
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The 6th release from this telepathic improvising quartet, "in transition" with Arthur Brooks on trumpet, as the music is dedicated to their late trombonist, Jeff Hoyer. |
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$15.95
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Dunmall, Paul:
Deep [DVD]
(FMR)
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PAL format DVD that documents the history of one of free improvisation's greatest saxophonists, Paul Dunmall, with music clips, interviews, &c. |
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$15.95
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Eduardo, Ze Unit:
A Jazzar – Live in Capuchos
(Clean Feed)
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Portugal bassist Ze Eduardo's trio in a set of compositions that includes jazz versions of animated televisions series, with a great cover of The Simpson's theme. |
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$14.95
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Empty Cage Quartet (Mears / Tiner / Kikuchi / Johnson):
Live At The Sanctuary [DVD]
(MediaSanctuary)
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West Coast's Empty Cage Quartet in a set that creatively mixes a diverse set of influences into a music that's been likened to "urban folk music of the future". |
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$14.95
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Fab Trio (Fonda / Altschul / Bang):
Live In Amsterdam
(Porter Records)
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This amazing trio of three veteran players performing live in Amsterday seamlessly interweave percussion and strings into a sophisticated, exhilarating and satisfyingly ambitious music. |
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$14.95
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From Between Trio (Doneda / Nakatani / Wright]:
Live At The Sanctuary [DVD]
(MediaSanctuary)
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Bringing together players from three continents in an impressive display of free music, unique improvisation from three masters of excursive discourse and amazing technique. |
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$15.95
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Furuya, Nobuyasu Trio:
Bendowa
(Clean Feed)
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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. |
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Gonzalez, Dennis Yells At Eels featuring Rodrigo Amado:
The Great Bydgoszcz Concert
(Ayler)
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Drummer Gonzalez and his sons traveled to Warsaw to meet saxophonist Rodrigo Amado for this incredible live concert of original compositions plus Ornette's "Happy House". |
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Hooker, William:
The Symbol Of The Unconquered [DVD]
(MediaSanctuary)
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William Hooker improvises a live soundtrack to African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux's 1920 silent film classic "The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan". |
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Lavelle, Matt and Morcilla:
The Manifestation Drama
(KMB Jazz)
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New Yorker Matt Lavelle's 3rd KMB release, here with Morcilla (Martinez/Grillot/Forbes) playing over a set of 7 compositions that blend latin rhythms with free swinging jazz. |
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Mezei, Szilard Wind Quartet:
We Were Watching The Rain
(Leo)
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Serbian violist and composer Szilard Mezei in a set of 6 studio recordings and 1 live recording from Novi Sad, Serbia, harmonically complex chamber jazz with folk infusions. |
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$24.95
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Midorikawa, Keiki:
Complete Grune Revolution
(Doubtmusic)
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A much-needed and expanded reissue of this 1970s Offbeat label LP of cellist Midorikawa in duos with Masahiko Togashi, Masayuki Takayanagi and Masahiko Sato. |
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Morris / Fell / Ward:
The Necessary And The Possible
(Victo)
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This incredible trio, recorded at the 25th Victo Actuelle Festival, play complex music using shared ideas about articulation, timbre, and methods of interaction. |
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Moscow Composers Orchestra & Sainkho Namchylak:
Portrait Of An Idealist
(Leo)
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Pianist Vladimir Miller wrote these pieces as an homage to Nick Dmitriev, the founder of the MCO, and to the spirit of change in perestroika, which Sainkho reveals in brilliant vocal work. |
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Nuts (Duboc / Siddik / Oki / Lasserre / Sato):
Symphony for Old and New Dimensions
(Ayler)
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Bassist Duboc's two part symphony with dual drummers and dual trumpeters is a journey that aims at the creative free improvisation of groups like the Art Ensemble, AACM, BAG, &c. |
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O'Leary / Storlokken / Braekhus:
St. Fin Barre's
(Leo)
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Guitarist O'Leary in a trio with Norwegian keyboardist Stale Storlokken using the organ and the natural resonance of St. Fin Barre's church to perform O'Leary's emotionally colored compositions. |
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Old Dog (Belogenis / Berger / Bisio / Smith):
By Any Other Name
(Porter Records)
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An excellent quartet with Louis Belogenis, Karl Berger, Michael Bisio and Warren Smith in a studio album of superb freebop interplay with a strong solid pulse. |
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Pinton / Kullhammar / Zetterberg / Nordeson:
Chant
(Clean Feed)
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An amazing jazz quartet with saxophonist Alberto Pinton and Jonas Kullhammar (Moserobie Music), music inspired by the 50s & 60s Blue Note style with a 21st century edge. |
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Ras Ensemble (Moshe with Jackson / Snyder / Miller):
Live At The Sanctuary [DVD]
(MediaSanctuary)
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A mainstay in the Downtown NY scene for more than 20 years, this DVD presents Moshe's free blowing "Ras Ensemble" performing live at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. |
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Resende, Julio:
Assim Falava Jazzatustra
(Clean Feed)
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Pianist Julio Resende's International Quartet with Spanish saxophonist Perico Sambeat, Norway's Ole Morten Vagan on bass, &c., modern jazz plus one Pink Floyd cover(!). |
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Rumback, Charles:
Two Kinds of Art Thieves
(Clean Feed)
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Drummer Charles Rumback in a quartet with Greg Ward & Joshua Sclar on sax, bringing together jazz tradition with the aesthetics of the eclectic Chicago scene. |
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Sait / Smith / Robair / Hall:
Postage Paid Duets - Vol. 2
(Apprise)
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David Sait plays the Chinese zither-like instrument guzheng in ways quite unique to the instrument's history, here in time-delayed duos with LaDonna Smith, Gino Robair, and Glen Hall. |
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$18.95
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Sing Sing Penelope + Andrezej Przybielski:
Stirli People
(Monotype)
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Poland's Sing Sing Penelope, with releases on Tone Industria and Monotype, in a set of original compositions performed with European trumpeter Andrzej Przybielski. |
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$29.95
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Takayanagi / Ino:
The complete works of JOJO
(Jinya Disc)
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The first in Jinya Disc's complete works of Japanese guitarist Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi on DVD, here in two 1990 club dates with bassist Nobuyoshi Ino. |
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$29.95
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Takayanagi, Masayuki:
action direct
(Jinya Disc)
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Live footage recorded at the ultimate noise music performance "Action Direct" by Masayuki Takayanagi, an unparalleled guitarist who played an active role in Japanese jazz music scene since its beginning. |
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$14.95
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Thirteenth Assembly, The (Ho Bynum/ Fujiwara/ Halvorson/ Pavone):
Free Jazz: From the Sanctuary [DVD]
(MediaSanctuary)
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A DVD of the Thirteenth Assembly, a touring collective made up of four of NY's most active young musicians in four different and musically distinct small ensembles. |
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Victor, Fay Ensemble With Nilsson / Filiano / Thompson:
Live At The Sanctuary
(MediaSanctuary)
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Singer Fay Victor with a great trio helping her to push the boundaries of creative lyrical vocal jazz into the territories of Ornette or Coltrane without losing soul or wit. |
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Vlatkovich, Michael Quartet With David Mott/Jonathan Golove/Christopher Garcia:
Free Jazz: From the Sanctuary [DVD]
(MediaSanctuary)
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Trombonist Vlatkovich in a DVD of his Quartet performing live at The Sancturary for Independent Media in Troy, NY, mixing free jazz and world music in charged performances. |
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Walter, Weasel Trio with Peter Evans & Mary Halvorson:
Free Jazz: From the Sanctuary [DVD]
(MediaSanctuary)
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Percussionist Weasel Walter's trio with two of the most distinctive voices of the contemporary free improv scene: guitarist Mary Halvorson and trumpeter Peter Evans. |
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Weightless (Butcher / Edwards / Spera / Braida):
A Brush with Dignity
(Clean Feed)
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Music inspired and fascinated by Italian cultural history, art, poetry, &c., from the collective quartet of John Butcher, John Edwards, Fabrizio Spera and Alberto Braida. |
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Electronic / Experimental:
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Merzbow:
Kujakubato: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 7
(Important Records)
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7th release in the 13 CD series from Masami Akita A.K.A. Merzbow, dedicated to Japanese Birds, and inspired by Olivier Messiaen's "Catalogue D'Oiseaux". |
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Merzbow:
Kokuchou: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 8
(Important Records)
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8th release in the 13 CD series from Masami Akita A.K.A. Merzbow, dedicated to Japanese Birds, and inspired by Olivier Messiaen's "Catalogue D'Oiseaux". |
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$35.95
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Nurse With Wound:
The Bacteria Magnet [VINYL PICTURE DISC]
(Dirter Productions)
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Picture Disc edition of Nurse With Wound's 4 track limited edition LP brings 2 tracks from "Huffin Rag Blues" and 2 tracks exclusive to the LP (picture disc is inserted inside the previous LP sleeve). |
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Orsi, Fabio / Gianluca Becuzzi / ( E T R E ):
So Far
(Porter Records)
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This young Italian trio blend electronics, field recordings and acoustic instruments into a fractured tapestry of drones, folk music and sound collages. |
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$19.95
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Prevost / Mattin / Courtis / Russell:
The Sakada Sessions [VINYL]
(Azul Discografica)
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The duo of Eddie Prevost and noise agitator Mattin, here documented in two sessions of radical improvisation, one with guitarist Alan Courtis & one with synthesist Bruce Russell. |
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Radigue, Eliane:
Triptych (1978)
(Important Records)
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Douglas Dunn commissioned as a dance work this 3-part composition from Radigue, which draws its inspiration from the spirit of the fundamental elements: water, air, fire, earth. |
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Radigue, Eliane:
Vice Versa, Etc
(Important Records)
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One of Radigue's last feedback works, a single magnetic tape played at any speed or direction; here presented as 2 CDs with the original work backward and forward, which can be played simultaneously. |
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Recent Reviews:
Robert Van Heumen:
Stranger
(Creative Sources)
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Max Roach / Archie Shepp:
The Long March
(hatOLOGY)
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Timothy Leary, Ph.D.:
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
(ESP)
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Satoko Fujii / Myra Melford:
Under the Water
(Libra)
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Digital Primitives (Cooper-Moore / Tsahar / Taylor):
Hum Crackle Pop
(Hopscotch)
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Rhodri Davies / Stephane Rives / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Carlos Santos:
Twrf Neus Ciglau
(Creative Sources)
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Franck Vigroux & Matthew Bourne:
Call Me Madame (Good News From Wonderland)
(D'Autres Cordes)
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Derek Bailey:
A Silent Dance
(Incus)
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Brendan Murray:
Wonders Never Cease
(Intransitive)
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Roscoe Mitchell:
Congliptious
(NESSA)
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