Clean Feed records starts this update with 6 new releases from Kirk Knuffke, Jorrit Dijkstra, Scott Fields, Sei Miguel, and Red Trio;
Intakt issues new releases by Gumpert Ulrich/Gunter Baby Sommer, Elliott Sharp, Omri Ziegele, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman;
Hamid Drake & Bindu and Sabir Mateen on RogueArt;
Agusti Fernandez & Barry Guy on Maya;
Gunda Gottschalk & Zu Fengxia on Victo;
Matchless puts the Smith Quartet with John Tilbury on audio DVD, and the Free Jazz Quartet on CD;
4 CDs on Another Timbre, including artists John Tilbury, Sebastian Lexer, Simon Fell, Stephen Cornford, Samuel Rodgers, Magda Mayas, &c.
MAP (Halvorson / Nakatani / Radding) put out a 3-sided LP;
Eugene Chadbourne meets Gloggerne on 10" LP;
3 CDs from sound artist Jeph Jerman, including one with Tim Barnes;
and we complete our set of Mostly Other People Do the Killing with their 1st release.
After the store listings are links to 10 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
Improvisation:
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Barnes, Tim + Jeph Jerman:
Live + Gallery Denver
(no label)
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Minimal percussionist Tim Barnes (Quakebasket) met with sound artists Jeph Jerman in a gallery in Denver, Colorado in the summer of 2005, recording this 45 minute improvisation. |
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Blaser, Samuel Quartet:
Pieces of Old Sky
(Clean Feed)
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Trombonist Blaser's quartet with Thomas Morgan, Todd Neufeld and Tyshawn Sorey in jazz that travels between beautiful imagistic music and tricky and detailed compositions. |
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Brotzmann / Bennink:
Quite Popular [VINYL]
(Eremite)
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2nd issue of these live duo recordings from 2004, originally issued on Brotzmann's Bro label, taken from concerts organized by this irrepressible pair specifically to make this record. |
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Burn / Thomas / Fell:
The Middle Distance
(Another Timbre)
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Unconvention improvisation fueled by the influence of contempary compositions from bassist Simon H. Fell, pianist Philip Thomas, and prepared pianist Chris Burn. |
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Cornford / Rodgers:
Turned Moment, weighting
(Another Timbre)
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Sound artist Stephen Cornford performs realtime feedback treatment of pianist Samuel Rodgers, creating tense and spacious sound works, intensifying Rodgers' sparse keyboard work. |
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Courvoisier, Sylvie / Mark Feldman:
To Fly To Steal
(Intakt)
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Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman in a quartet with Gerry Hemingway and Thomas Morgan, brilliant and graceful music blurring the lines between composition and improvisation. |
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Derakushi:
1st
(PSF)
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Japanese free jazz/rock with a Borbetomagus and psychedelic edge from this quartet heard also on PSF's "Tokyo Flashback 7" and on the Real Japanese Underground 2008 compilations. |
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Djikstra, Jorrit:
Pillow Circles
(Clean Feed)
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Saxophonist Dijkstra in compositions commissioned from the North Sea Jazz Festival 2009, 9 works written for Henry Threadgill, George Lewis, Fred Frith, &c. |
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Drake, Hamid & Bindu:
Reggaeology
(RogueArt)
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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. |
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Ewart, Douglas With Leo Smith/Tatsu Aoki/Hamid Drake:
Velvet Fire
(Aarawak)
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Multi-instrumentalist Ewart in recordings live from the Velvet Lounge (Chicago) and one from Guelph, with a large band including Wadada Leo Smith, Hamid Drake, &c. |
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Fernandez, Agusti / Barry Guy:
Some Other Place
(Maya)
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Pianist Fernandez and bassist Guy in studio recordings from Barcelona 2008 & 2009, sincere dialogs that reflect the many years of their shared musical experiments. |
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Fields, Scott Ensemble:
Fugu
(Clean Feed)
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Originally released in 1995 on Field's own Geode label, these compositions for choreographer Li Chiao-Ping use complex rhythms and tonalities in a serial pitch "system of circles". |
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Free Jazz Quartet:
Memories For The Future
(Matchless)
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The quartet of Paul Rutherford, Harrison Smith, Tony Moore and Eddie Prevost from a concert in Bristol, UK in 1992, intricate and informed interplay from Euro free jazz masters. |
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Gayle, Charles Quartet:
Voume 2: Raining Fire
(Silkheart)
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Saxophonist Gayle's 1994 release recorded in NYC, a 2nd volume after "Translation" with his quartet including William Parker, emotionally incantatory and urgent jazz. |
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Gorczynski. Charles:
A Square White Lie: Colorlist [VINYL]
(482 Music)
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A kaleidoscopic flux of sounds from saxophonist Groczynski and percussionist Rumback, transcendental, meditative, occasionally blissed out, and, once in a while, a bit fevered. |
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Gottschalk, Gunda / Xu Fengxia:
You Lan
(Victo)
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A duo of contrasts and compatabilities from German violinst Gunda Gottschalk and guzheng virtuoso Xu Fengxia, exotic and beautifully textured improvisation live from Victoriaville, 2008. |
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Gumpert, Ulrich / Gunter Baby Sommer:
Das Donnernde Leben
(Intakt)
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After four decades as a team, pianist Ulrich Gumpert and drummer Gunter Baby Sommer release this remarkable album of upbeat and oft-times thunderous duos. |
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Jerman, Jeph:
datura
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A long textured tone poem recorded in the summer of 2009 by sound artist Jeph Jerman, creating an aural environment with a contact mic, mini-disc, laptop, and 4-track. |
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Jerman, Jeph:
The Angle of Repose
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Long journeys in sound texture from Jeph Jerman, performing on an odd variety of instruments with electronic manipulation and effect in a 2-part epic of glacial dynamics and development. |
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KGB:
Noise Forest [AUDIO DVD]
(Aural Terrains)
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KGB (Dougherty/Hennebohl/Cascone) in audio environments fromm 2 day-long performances in Berlin using a mix of found objects, constructions, machines, contact mics & traditional instruments. |
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Knuffke, Kirk Trio:
Amnesia Brown
(Clean Feed)
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Trumpeter Kirk Knuffke in a NY trio with clarinetist Doug Wieselman and drummer Kenny Wollesen, all part of Butch Morris' Nublu Orchestra and frequent Zorn collaborators. |
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Lauzier / Martel:
Sainct Laurens
(&Records)
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Sparse but detailed improvisational journeys from the long-running duo of saxophonist Philippe Lauzier and bassist/electronic artist Pierre-Yves Martel. |
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Love Cry Want:
(Gallivan / Nicholas / Molneiri / Young)
(Weird Forest)
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The first vinyl release of this 1972 wild psychedelic/funk album from a quartet including organist Larry Young and guitar synth developer Nicholas playing with heavy electronics. |
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MAP (Halvorson / Nakatani / Radding):
Fever Dream [VINYL]
(TAIGA)
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A beautifully produced 3-sided double LP from New York's MAP, guitarist Mary Halvorson, percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and bassist Reben Radding, amazing contemporary improvisation. |
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Mateen, Sabir:
Urdla XXX
(RogueArt)
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Legendary multi-reedist Sabir Matten in a live solo performance from URDLA in Vileurbanne, France, 2008; intensely logical playing from this unique voice. |
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Mayas, Magda:
Heartland
(Another Timbre)
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Berlin pianist Magda Mayas, working with Tony Buck as recording engineer, performs inside and out of the piano in an amazing display of timbre and technique. |
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Miguel, Sei:
Esfingico - Suite for a Jazz Combo
(Clean Feed)
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A four part suite bridging compositional and improvisational music from Portugese pocket trumpeter Sei Miguel in a quintet including Rafael Toral on modulated electronics. |
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Mostly Other People Do the Killing:
(Hot Cup Records)
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The 1st MOPDtK release, New York's amazing future-traditional jazz band bringing together some of the city's finest with Peter Evans, Jon Irabagon, Moppa Elliott and Kevin Shea. |
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Nakatani, Tatsuya & Forbes Graham:
Essences
(Blaq Lghtn)
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The 2008 meeting between trumpeter Forbes Graham and percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, with tracks named after ancient fragrances: shamanic, ceremonial, and yet urgent. |
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Nmperign & Jake Meginsky:
Selected Occasions Of Handsome Deceit [VINYL]
(Rel Records)
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Nmperign, the duo of saxophonist Bhob Rainey and trumpeter Greg Kelley, here with percussionist Jake Meginsky in a 1-sided LP of angular and unpredictable improvisation. |
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RED trio:
(Pinheiro / Faustino / Ferrandini)
(Clean Feed)
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This Portugese jazz trio plays with a particularly percussive approach in bass, drums, percussion, piano and prepared piano, giving them a unique and nimble collective sound. |
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Sharp, Elliott / Carbon:
Void Coordinates
(Intakt)
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NY composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp with Carbon (Zeena Parkins, Marc Sloan, Joseph Trump and David Weinstein) in boundary and genre pushing music recorded live in the studio. |
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Ziegele, Omri:
Can Walk On Sand
(Intakt)
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The 2nd volume of saxophonist Omri Ziegele and pianist Irene Schweizer's "Where's Africa" with drummer Makaya Ntshoko, beautiful, virtuosic and melodic jazz. |
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