SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
November 19, 2009
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This newsletter leads with the much anticipated 10 CD box from Ken Vandermark's Resonance project, one of the year's most exciting releases!
Which does not put in the shadows:
the duo of Anthony Braxton and Maral Yakshieva;
Bobby Bradford, Frode Gjerstad, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love at Molde;
Roy Campbell, Joe McPhee, William Parker & Warren Smith's tribute to Albert Ayler;
Nate Wooley with Paul Lytton and David Grubbs;
NY's Morgia Ninni's Control Unit double LP with Daniel Carter;
Mike Reed, and Chad Taylor CDs on 482 Music;
Korekyojinn & World Heritage CD/DVDs sets on Magaibutsu;
Masayuki Takayanagi 2nd Concept 2-CD set;
Ambarchi / Fennesz / Pimmon / Rehberg / Rowe taking "Afternoon Tea";
2 new Fred Frith CDs, Pere Ubu with Chris Cutler, R. Stevie Moore on ReR;
Supersilent 9;
Thollem McDonas in two duo releases;
Xenakis' 5 CD Orchestral Works box set;
Moondog in Germany deluxe 2-CDs & book;
Andrew Liles (NWW) CD/DVD;
more Sublime Frequencies-a-Go-Go;
and the December issue of the Wire to read while listening!
After the store listings are 10 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
Please note: because of the Thanksgiving Holiday on November 26 the next issue of this email update will be December 10,
but please visit the website often as new releases will continue to be listed!
Improvisation & Jazz:
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$129.95
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Vandermark, Ken:
Resonance [10-CD box-set]
(Not Two Records)
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| Ken Vandermark's amazing Resonance project revisiting the history of jazz in a 10 CD set recorded in Poland, 2007 from 5 days of intensive playing and performing.
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$15.95
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Ambarchi / Fennesz / Pimmon / Rehberg / Rowe:
Afternoon Tea
(Black Truffle)
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| Remastered and expanded edition of this classic meeting of five essential electroacoustic improvisers at the 2000 What Is Music? Festival in Sydney, Australia.
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$15.95
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Biso, Michael Quartet:
AM
(CIMP)
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| West Coast bassist Michael Bisio's relocated to NY with a new quartet with drummer Jay Rosen and saxophonists Avram Fefer and Stephen Gauci recording in The Spirit Room.
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$13.95
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Bloom Project (Romus / McDonas):
Sudden Aurora
(Edgetone Records)
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| The third project from the duo of pianist Thollem McDonas and saxophonist Rent Romus performing live at the SIMM Music Series, SF and at 1510 Performance Space, Oakland, CA.
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$15.95
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Bradford / Gjerstad / Haker Flaten / Nilssen-Love:
Reknes
(Circulasione)
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| This impressive quartet was recorded live at the Molde International Jazz Festival in 2008, performing four extended improvisations of melodic and embraceable free jazz.
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$31.95
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Braxton, Anthony / Maral Yakshieva:
Improvisations (Duo) 2008
(United One/SoLyd Records)
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| Two long, intricate and graceful improvisations from saxophonist Braxton and Russian pianist Maral Yakshieva performing at Wesleyan University in 2008.
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$13.95
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Guano Padano:
(Important Records)
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| Guano Padano, assembled by Alessandro Stefana, is a kind of road movie in a dreaming mixture of rock, psychedelia, folk and country, jazz improvisations and Morricone hints.
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$13.95
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McDonas, Thollem / Nicola Guazzaloca:
Noble Art
(Amirani Records)
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| The "Noble Art" refers to boxing, which is somewhat the approach these two talented pianist take as they attack improvisation in aggressive and graceful ways.
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$16.95
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McPhee / Campbell / Parker / Smith:
Tribute to Albert Ayler - Live at the Dynamo
(Marge)
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| A heart-felt and wild tribute to one of free jazz' iconoclastic figures from the incredible quartet of Roy Campbell, Joe McPhee, William Parker and Warren Smith.
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Milasius, Judzas:
Slow
(Nemu Records)
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| Lithuanian guitarist Juozas Milasius performs solo guitar with effects, creating an impressive palette of sound through interactions with electronics and computer.
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$15.95
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Morgia, Ninni Control Unit:
[VINYL]
(Ultramarine)
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| Brooklyn-based guitarist Ninni Morgia with multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter and drummer/percussionist Jeff Arnal in a double LP of ecstatic electric free jazz.
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Perelman, Ivo / Dominic Duval:
New Beginnings
(Cadence Jazz Records)
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| Three open improvisation from the duo of saxophonist Ivo Perelman and bassist Dominic Duval recording at the Ars Nova Workshop at the Rotunda, Philadelphia.
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$17.95
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Portal / Surman / Phillips / Martin / Drouet:
Alors!!!
(Futura Marge)
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| Exultant free jazz from a quintet of European free players recording in the studio in 1970, Paris, France; historic and intensely interactive improvisation.
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$15.95
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Reed, Mike:
About Us
(482 Music)
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| Drummer Mike Reed's quartet with saxophonists Greg Ward & Tim Haldeman and bassist Jason Roebke, great improvised music from 4 of Chicago's most influential players.
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Sun Ra:
Disco 3000
(Art Yard)
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| Restored to its original brilliant form as a single CD, these sessions from 1977-78 capture Sun Ra live in Italy in a small ensemble with John Gilmore and Michael Ray.
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$17.95
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Supersilent:
9
(Rune Grammofon)
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| Norway's Supersilent in their 9th release, now a trio after the departure of drummer Vespestad, all playing the Hammond Organ in 4 otherworldly improvisations.
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$35.95
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Takayanagi, Masayuki:
Second concept
(Jinya Disc)
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| Live 1979 recordings from Takayanagi's quartet performing his "Second Concept", mostly recordings of Lennie Trisanto and Lee Konitz compositions.
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Taylor, Chad:
Circle Down
(482 Music)
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| The debut album by Chad Taylor's New York-based trio, including pianist Angelica Sanchez and bassist Chris Lightcap, remarkable acoustic jazz from a great trio.
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$15.95
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Ulrich, Tomas Cargo Cult:
Tomas Ulrich's Cargo Cult
(CIMP)
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| Cellist Tomas Ulrich's Cargo Cult with Rolf Sturm on guitar and Michael Bisio, three string players in the first studio recording from what Ulrich describes as his "dream band".
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$12.95
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Various Artists:
Generate Records 1999-2009
(Generate Records)
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| A great compilation from Jeff Arnal's NY label Generate Records, with tracks from Gordon Beeferman, Tripwire, Rara Avis, Rogues States, Red, Fulminate Trio, &c. &c.
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$16.95
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Verheyen, Robin:
Starbound
(Pirouet)
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| New York saxophonist Robin Verheyen accompanied by Bill Carrothers, Nicolas Thys, and Dre Pallemaerts, lyrical and adventurous jazz from this emerging player.
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$13.95
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Wooley / Lytton / Grubbs:
Seven Storey Mountain
(Important Records)
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| A trans-generation group of some of modern music's finest peforming a piece about ecstatic experience, a commission from the Festival of New Trumpet Music performed live in NYC, 2007.
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Rock/RIO/Prog:
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$15.95
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Frith, Fred:
Impur II
(ReR/ Fred Records)
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| The 2nd part of a composition commissioned by L'Ecole Nationale de Musique de Villeurbanne as a 2 year residency and performed by a large group conducted by Frith.
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$19.95
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Korekyojinn:
Swan Dive [DVD + CD]
(Magaibutsu)
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| Drummer Yoshida Tatsuya's amazing improvising progressive rock band Korekyojinn in a CD and DVD release with guests including Hoppy Kamiyama and Uchihashi.
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Liles, A:
Ouarda CD/DVD
(Dirter Productions)
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| A CD on one side and a DVD on the other of Nurse With Wound/Current 93 artist Andrew Liles's "Ouarda" LP, remixed and extended, and with a DVD including a Michael Tang film.
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Lycia:
Cold
(Silber Media)
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| Catalog addition: the trio of Mike VanPortfleet, David Galas and Tara Vanflower in their 1996 introspective and beautifully dark rock release.
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$15.95
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Moore, R. Stevie:
Phonography
(ReR)
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| The eclectic and gifted solo pop artist R.Stevie Moore's first LP, recorded by himself from 1974-76 around Nashville; strange, compelling, sometimes brilliant, always engaging!
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$15.95
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Pere Ubu:
London * Texas
(ReR)
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| The only recording of the short-lived and still phenomenal version of Ubu after Allen Ravestine left to be replaced by Eric Drew Feldman, with Chris Cutler on drums.
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The World Heritage:
Invitation to the World Heritage [DVD CD]
(Magaibutsu)
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| CD & DVD of this supergroup of Japanese improvising and advanced rock forms with members of Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei, Korekyojinn, ROVO, Boredoms, Bondage Fruit, &c!
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Compositional:
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Frith, Fred:
Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air
(ReR/ Fred Records)
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| Three distinct commissions for dance performed by Frith & Carla Kihlstedt; Frith & Carla with Fred Guiliano & Gail Brand; and with Frith, Hande Erdem & Threresa Wong.
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$21.95
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Moondog:
German Years [2 CDs]
(Roof Music)
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| 2-CD deluxe edition with a 44 page book documenting works from Moondog's years in Germany, from 1977 up to his death in 1999, and his final live concert, the Mimi-Festival.
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Various Artists:
Kosmos
(NEOS Music)
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| The piano duo of Andreas Grau and Gotz Schumacher in a forward-thinking recital about the cosmos structured around works from visionary composers Crumb, Stockhausen, Bartok and Kurtag.
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$62.95
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Xenakis, Iannis:
Orchestral Works [5 CDs]
(Timpani)
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| Five works from composer Iannis Xenakis performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg under direction of Arturo Tamayo: Ais; Tracees; Empreintes; Noomena; Roai.
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Book:
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$8.95
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Wire, The:
#310 December 2009 Magazine
(Wire)
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| December 2009 issue of UK's finest music magazine; on the cover: Sensational; King Crimson primer; Carlos Giffoni; Ben Frost; Lubomyr Melnyk, Oneohtrix Point Never, Nico Vascellari, &c.
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Recent Reviews:
Alfredo Costa Monteiro:
anatomy of inner place
(Monotype)
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Davies / Doneda / Martin / Minton / Patterson:
Midhopestones
(Another Timbre)
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Nuts:
Symphony for Old and New Dimensions
(Ayler)
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Liudas Mockunas / Marc Ducret:
Silent Vociferation
(No Business Records)
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DJ /rupture and Andy Moor:
Patches
(Unsuitable)
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Gauguet / Hautzinger / Lehn:
Close Up
(Monotype)
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Sait / Smith / Robair / Hall:
Postage Paid Duets - Vol. 2
(Apprise)
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Lionel Marchetti / Jean-Baptiste Favory:
100,000 Annees
(Monotype)
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Jim O'Rourke:
The Visitor
(Drag City)
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Sebastian Lexer:
Dazwischen
(Matchless)
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