SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
December 10, 2009
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Another great set of releases this time around, starting with 7 Clean Feed titles;
Firehouse 12 with Bill Dixon's CD/DVD "Tapestries for Small Orchestra",
plus releases by Taylor Ho Bynum, Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson, & Anthony Braxton;
Mostly Other People Do the Killing with Peter Evans;
Peter Brotzmann on Jazzwerkstatt, FMP, and Not Two!;
Dave Douglas's impressive "A Single Sky";
Grosse Abfahrt, Evan Parker and Richard Barrett CDs on Emanem & psi;
The Necks "Silverwater";
Prevost, Lambert & Wright on Matchless;
2 LPs on ESP;
'71 live Soft Machine with Robert Wyatt;
3 on Tzadik, with Evan Parker, Jose Maceda, and Meredith Monk;
Ned Rothenberg, and Vinny Golia CDs on Kadima;
Uchihashi Kazuhisa's "Flect II";
plus Stockhausen, Earle Browne, Eleh, David Grubbs, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Githead, and Moondog!
After the store listings are 10 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
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Improvisation / Jazz / E-A Improv:
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Attias, Michael:
Renku In Coimbra
(Clean Feed)
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An afternoon during saxophonist Michael Attias's residency at the Coimbra's Jazz ao Centro festival in Brazil with the core of his quintet: bassist John Hebert & drummer Satoshi Takeishi. |
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Barrett, Richard:
Adrift
(psi)
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Three live performances of collaborative electroacoustic compositions from 2007-08, each exploring different points of contact between precomposed structures and spontaneous invention. |
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Brotzmann, Peter :
Lost & Found
(FMP)
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The venerable and ferocious multi-reed player Peter Brotzmann in a solo recording at Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen in 2006, 5 improvisations of power and clarity. |
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Bynum, Taylor Ho & SpiderMonkey Strings:
Madeleine Dreams
(Firehouse 12 Records)
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The 2nd recording from cornetist Bynum's improvising chamber ensemble SpiderMonkey Strings in a narrative coming of age work using Bynum arrangements of Ornette, Sun Ra, & Elligton. |
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$33.95
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Dixon, Bill:
Tapestries for Small Orchestra
(Firehouse 12 Records)
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Double CD and DVD release of Bill Dixon's amazing small orchestra with Taylor Ho Bynum, Rob Mazurek, Michel Cote, Warren Smith, Ken Filiano, Stephen Haynes, &c. |
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Dorner, Axel / Schroder, John / Thomas, Clayton / Steidle, Oliver:
Das Treffen
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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The quaret of Axel Dorner on trumpet and electronics, John Schroder on piano, Clayton Thomas on double bass and Oliver Steidle on drums and percussion in 2008 studio recordings. |
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Douglas, Dave :
A Single Sky
(Greenleaf)
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Dave Douglas with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band in three compositions, large scale works orchestrated in collaboration with arranger/conductor Jim McNeely. |
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Empty Cage Quartet:
Gravity
(Clean Feed)
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The Empty Cage Quartet in 2 compositions that incorporate improvisational systems based on harmonic palindromes & melodic sequences derived from the cycles of the Mayan calendar |
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Full Blast (Brotzmann / Piakas / Wertmueller):
Full Blast
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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Saxophonist Brotzmann's full-on trio with electric bassist Tarogato Marino Pliaks and drummer Michael Wertmuller, ferocious work on the hardest edge of free jazz. |
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Godforgottens, The :
Never Forgotten, Always Remembered
(Clean Feed)
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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. |
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Golia / Turetzky:
The San Diego Session
(Kadima)
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Duos between West Coast bassist Bertram Turetzky and reed player Vinny Golia, who plays a different instrument on each track including the Turkish flute and sheng. |
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Grosse Abfahrt:
Vanity
(Emanem)
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Tom Djll put this electro-acoustic improvising group together when Matthieu Werchowski & David Chiesa were visiting the SF area, with performances from duos to octet. |
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Halvorson Trio, Mary :
Dragon's Head
(Firehouse 12 Records)
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Brooklyn guitarist Mary Halvorson in her 1st release with her trio of bassist John Hebert & drummer Ches Smith, experimenting with harmonic, melodic & rhythmic components. |
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Holshouser Trio, Will / Bernardo Sassetti:
Palace Ghosts and Drunken Hymns
(Clean Feed)
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Accordionist and Braxton protege Holshouser's Trio with pianist Bernardo Sassetti play jazz incorporating world musics like cajun, klezmer, tango, gypsy songs, &c. |
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Invenio Ergo (Prevost / Lambert / Wright):
Sum
(Matchless)
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Eddie Prevost's weekly workshops in London have produced two remarkable associates, saxophonist Seymour Wright and guitarist Ross Lambert, here in a trio on this 2CD release. |
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Malaby's Apparitions, Tony :
Voladores
(Clean Feed)
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Saxophonist Tony Malaby's 7th release in a quaret with bassist Drew Gress, drummer Tom Rainey & percussionist John Hollenbeck, music inspired by Arizona's Mexican Voladore performers. |
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Masson, Nicolas Parallels :
Thirty Six Ghosts
(Clean Feed)
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Tenor saxophonist Nicolas Masson's quartet mixes influences as far-ranging as Ornette Coleman, Black Sabbath, Wayne Short, Warne Marsh and Olivier Messiaen. |
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McPhee / Brotzmann / Kessler / Zerang:
The Damage Is Done
(Not Two Records)
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Both sets from the meeting of trumpeter and alto saxophonist Joe McPhee and reed player Peter Brotzmaa with Kent Kessler and Michael Zerang performing live at Alchemia in 2008. |
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Mostly Other People Do the Killing:
This Is Our Moosic
(Hot Cup Records)
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Looking like the cover to Ornette's "This Is Our Music", the brilliant quartet of Peter Evans, Kevin Shea, Jon Irabagon & Moppa Elliott both pay homage to & move forward hard bop music. |
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Necks, The:
Silverwater
(Recommended Records)
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The trio of Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton & Tony Buck in their first release in 4 years, named for an industrial suburb, a bleak and beautifully building affair in The Necks tradition. |
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Parker, Evan:
House Full of Floors
(Tzadik)
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Evan Parker's trio with John Russell and John Edwards, unexpectedly augmented by stroh viola, saw, and wax cylinder recordist Aleks Kolkowski; free ranging, sophisticated and unusual dialog. |
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Parker, Evan:
Set
(psi)
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Previously unissued recordings from 2003 of Parker's work based on Lynn Margulis' serial endosymbiosis theory (SET), performed by Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Furt, Lawrence Casserley, &c. |
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Peter Evans Quartet, The :
!
(Firehouse 12 Records)
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NY trumpeter Evans' 1st recording as a leader with guitarist Brandon Seabrook, bassist Tom Blancarte & drummer Kevin Shea, mixing 50-60's jazz and noise in wild and kinetic free improv. |
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Rotherberg:
While You Were Out
(Kadima)
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A fantastic trio of multi-reed and shakuhachi player Ned Rothenberg, avant vocalist Catherine Jauniaux, and bassist Barre Phillips recorded live in France, 2008. |
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Stein, Jason's locksmith Isidore:
Three Less Than Between
(Clean Feed)
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Jason Stein 2nd Locksmith Isidore release on Clean Feed with bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Mike Pride shows his devotion to Eric Dolphy in experimental and classic jazz approaches. |
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Su Ra:
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Volume 2 [VINYL]
(ESP)
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More explorations of outer space by the spokesman for the space age, 1965 studio recordings with Marhsall Allen, John Gilmore, Walter Miller, Ronnie Boykins, &c. |
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Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra:
The Antique Blacks
(Art Yard)
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Long-sought Saturn reissue from Sun Ra with a mid-size ensemble of some of his most prominent players, the electric side of Ra in amazing compositions mostly unique to this release. |
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Waters, Patty:
College Tour [VINYL]
(ESP)
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Vocal innovator Patty Waters recorded these tracks, originally released in 1966, as part of ESP's "College Tour", including work with Ran Blake, Burton Greene, Giuseppe Logan, &c. |
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Rock/RIO/Prog:
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Brian Jonestown Massacre, The:
One EP
(A Records)
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2 tracks from the upcoming "Who Killed Sergeant Pepper?" album, and 2 exclusive releases from this consistently thick psychedelic collective fronted by Anton Alfred Newcombe. |
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El Zin / Arto Lindsay / Ribot / Ladd / Sensational:
Anarchist Republic Of Bzzz [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa)
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A.R.of Bzzz brings together Arto Lindsay, Mike Ladd, Marc Ribot and Sensational with Seb El Zin at the helm, a raging mix of sharp noisy post-no-wave guitars and rap. |
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Githead:
Landing
(Swim)
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Githead's 4th release brings the quartet of Colin Newman (Wire), Robin Rimbaud (Scanner), Max Franken (Minimal Compact) & Malka Spigel together for propulsive and minimalist rock. |
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Kazuhisa, Uchihashi:
Flect II
(Innocent Records)
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Guitarist Uchihashi Kazuhisa of Altered States fame in his second "Flect" album of solo electronic guitar improvisations recorded in Vienna, New York City, and Tokyo. |
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Soft Machine:
Live At Henie Onstad Art Centre 1971 [2 CDs + CD-ROM]
(Reel Recordings)
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The classic lineup of Wyatt, Dean, Hopper and Ratledge captured in fine stereo recordings performing live in Oslo's Henie Onstad Art Centre in February, 1971. |
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Compositional
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Maceda, Jose:
Ugnayan
(Tzadik)
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Newly discovered 1974 recording of composer Jose Maceda's public work to meld values of indigenous Filipino culture with modernist aesthetics, broadcast simultaneously on 20 radio stations. |
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Monk, Meredith:
Beginnings
(Tzadik)
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Collecting early works from this gifted vocalist and performer, studio and live recordings from 1966-1980 in NYC, Connecticut, Montreal, California, Berlin. |
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Moondog:
Elpmas
(Kopf)
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A 1991 release from Moondog's later period, a landmark work performed at the Academy of St. Martin's, an ambitious and varied work with Hardin using samplers for the first time. |
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Moondog:
New Sound of and Old Instrument
(Kopf)
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Fritz Storfinger and Wolfgang Schwering, Oberhousen organists of West Germany, recording in 1979 a fine selection of compositions under the direction of legendary composer Moondog. |
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$24.95
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Stockhausen, Karlheinz:
Kontra-punkte, Refrain, Zeitmasze, Schlagtrio
(Wergo)
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Four works from Stockhausen's early period, important and visionary works from the emerging post-war European avant-garde of which Stockhausen was a vital participant. |
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$47.95
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Various Artists:
Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol. 2 3CD
(Wergo)
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2nd in the remastered editions of the legendary LP series from the 1960s & '70s, Earle Brown's Contemporary Sound Series with Feldman, Nono, Berio, Bedford, Tilbry, &c. &c. |
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Recent Reviews:
Mahall / Dorner / Roder / Jennessen:
Die Enttauschung
(Intakt)
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Fred Frith:
Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air
(Recommended Records / Fred Records)
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Noyes / Chabala:
The Shade & The Squint
(Roeba)
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John Zorn:
Femina
(Tzadik)
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Phill Niblock:
Touch Strings
(Touch)
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Ignaz Schick/Martin Tetreault:
Live-33-45-78
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Kevin Drumm:
Imperial Horizon
(Hospital)
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Weightless:
A Brush With Dignity
(Clean Feed)
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Fossils:
A Common Confusion
(Bug Incision)
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