SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
May 20, 2010
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More excellent releases this time: Ben Goldberg interprets the 15th Zorn Book of Angels,
John Zorn releases his "Dictee / Liber Novus";
Cuneiform reissues Curlew, and issues Claudia Quintet (John Hollenbeck) and Mats/Morgan CDs;
ESP releases the 2nd Yuganaut CD & LP, reissues Sonny Simmons, and adds a Dunmall/Corsano LP;
Engine puts out William Hooker's Trio with Sabir Mateen and David Soldier;
Jazzwerkstatt with Jamaaladeen Tacuma, an Alexander von Schlippenbach DVD, Hermann Keller, and Heinrich Kobberling CDs;
Not Two issues Conference Call and Larry Och's Kihnoua;
also from Poland, Peter Brotzmann & Mikolaj Trzaska's North Quartet and "Goosetalks";
Frank Gratkowski & Hamid Drake together in New Orleans;
Tatsuya Nakatani's solo percussion on H&H;
Steve MacLean and Nikola Kodjabashia on RéR
Talibam! meets Alan Wilkinson for a limited LP;
the Morton Feldman Trio on CD & DVD on Mode;
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto reissued on Raster-Noton;
and the May issue of The Wire to read while listening!
To mark the end of spring we're also running two sales of great music & video at great prices!
Spring Windup Sale ••
Spring DVD Sale
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After the store listings are links to 7 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
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Jazz & Improvisation:
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Battus / Abdelnour:
Ichnites
(Potlatch)
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Unusual improvisation from saxophonist Abdelnour using extended and microtonal techniques, and Pascal Battus who works with rotating surfaces from Walkmans as sound exciters. |
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Bergen Big Band featuring The Core:
Meditations On Coltrane
(Norway Music)
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Four Coltrane compositions arranged by reed player Vidar Johansen and performed by the Bergen Big Band featuring The Core playing live at the Nattjazz festival in Bergen in May 2007. |
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Brotzmann / Trzaska / Bauer:
Goosetalks
(Kilogram)
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Live recordings from Poland's Dragon Club in 2008 of the free jazz trio of long-time reed collaborators Peter Brotzmann and Mikolaj Trzaska and trombonist Johannes Bauer. |
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Carrothers, Bill:
Joy Spring
(Pirouet)
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Bill Carrothers in a trio with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Bill Stewart salutes the hard-bop trumpet giant Clifford Brown in a CD of Brown compositions and related tunes. |
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Claudia Quintet, The With Gary Versace:
Royal Toast
(Cuneiform)
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John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet with Ted Reichman, Chris Speed, Matt Moran, and Drew Gress in their 5th release, adding Hollenbeck's longtime collaborator, pianist Gary Versace. |
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Conference Call (Ullmann / Stevens / Fonda / Schuller):
What About ... ?
(Not Two Records)
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The remarkable 12 year quartet of reed player Gebhard Ullmann, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller in a double CD of unique and creative improv. |
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Curlew:
A Beautiful Western Saddle/The Hardwood [CD + DVD]
(Cuneiform)
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CD reissue of the amazing NY improvising rock band Curlew (George Cartright, Tom Cora, Ann Rupel, Davey William, Pippen Barnett) plus a DVD of NY and DC shows from 1991 - essential! |
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Dunmall, Paul & Chris Corsano:
Identical Sunsets [VINYL]
(ESP)
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Drummer Chris Corsano meets UK improvisor Paul Dunmall on tenor sax and bagpipes for these 4 impulsive and lyrical improvisation, alternatingly sparse and impossibly textured. |
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Goldberg, Ben:
Jazz Baal: The Book Of Angels Vol. 15
(Tzadik)
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West Coast clarinest Ben Goldberg in the 15th volume of John Zorn's Masada Book of Angels, performing with bassist Greg Cohen, pianist Jamie Saft and drummer Kenny Wollesen. |
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Gratkowski, Frank / Hamid Drake:
Live In New Orleans
(Valid)
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Live recordings from the duo of saxophonist Frank Gratkowski and drummer Hamid Drake performing in New Orleans in 2009; amazing and far-ranging dialog from two masters. |
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Held, Pablo:
Music
(Pirouet)
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Pianist Pablo Held's trio with bassist Robert Landfermann and drummer Jonas Burgwinkel, free jazz with unusual forms that remains accessible, absorbing, and great "music". |
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Hooker, William Trio:
Yearn for Certainty
(Engine)
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William Hooker performing live at Roulette, NYC in 2007 in a trio with string master David Soldier and legendary saxophonist Sabir Mateen, great improv with 2 spoken word pieces. |
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Keller, Hermann:
Solo / Quartett [2 CDs]
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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Pianist and prepared pianist Hermann Keller in a double CD, 1st performing solo on piano (and the strings), and 2nd in a quartet including prepared clarinetist Jurgen Kupke. |
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Kihnoua:
Unauthorized Caprices
(Not Two Records)
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Larry Och's Kihnoua trio with drummer Scott Amendola and vocalist Dohee Lee, Western improvised music influenced by Asia and Africa, here assisted by Liz Allbee, Fred Frith & Joan Jeanrenaud. |
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Kobberling, Heinrich:
Sonnenschirm
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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Drummer Heinrich Koebberling in a quartet with pianist Tino Derado, bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall and bassist Paul Imm, sophisticated melodic jazz with great depth. |
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Landolf, Domenic :
Wanderlust
(Pirouet)
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Swiss saxophonist Landolf performing original compositions in a quartet with pianist Jean-Paul Brodbeck, bassist Fabian Gisler and drummer Dominic Egli, modern melodic jazz with great energy. |
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Nakatani, Tatsuya:
abiogenesis
(H&H Production)
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Mysterious, beautiful and frightening percussive work using bowed gong and a variety of sonic and rhythmic sources from New York drummer/percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani. |
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North Quartet: Brotzmann / Trzaska / Uuskyla / Friis:
Malamute
(Kilogram)
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Live recordings from 2005 at Zak Club, Gdansk from the incredible quartet of Peter Brotzmann, Mikolaj Trzaska, drummer Peeter Uuskyla and bassist Peter Friis Nielsen. |
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Platz, Jeff Quartet featuring Daniel Carter:
Panoramic
(Skycap Records)
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Guitarist Jeff Platz' Quartet with bassist Kit Demos, drummer John McLellan and featuring wind player Daniel Carter, in 10 free-form cool compositions of great group interplay. |
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Simmons, Sonny:
Staying on the Watch
(ESP)
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Sonny Simmon's ESP debut from 1966 in a quintet with trumpeter/wife Barbara Donald, bassist Teddy Smith, John Hicks in his NY debut, and drummer Marvin Pattillo. |
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Tacuma, Jamaaladeen:
Coltrane Configurations
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma's tribute to the work of John Coltrane performed live in Germany with saxophonist Tony Kofi, keyboardist Orrin Evans and drummer Tim Hutson. |
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Talibam! With Alan Wilkinson:
Dem Ol' Apple Pie Melodies [VINYL]
(Bo Weavil Recordings / Sidra Edition)
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Hard ripping and slightly insane improvisation from Brooklyn's Talibam! (Matt Mottel and Kevin Shea) with saxophonist Alan Wilkinson on a deluxe hand-numberd LP with inserts. |
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Von Schlippenbach, Alexander:
Live In Berlin [DVD]
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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DVD showing 3 sides to the great European free improv pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach: solo, in trio with Evan Parker & Paul Lovens, and with his remarkable Globe Unity Orchestra. |
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Willers, Andreas:
City Scape
(Sound Aspects)
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1993 release from German guitarist Andreas Willer performing in a trio with New York bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Bobby Previte, or with bassist Horst Nonnemacher and drummer Jim Black. |
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Yuganaut:
Sharks
(Engine)
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Eclectic and playful jazz from the trio of Tom Bass on bass instruments, Stephen Rush on keyboards, trombone and toys, and Geoff Mann on drums, percussion and trumpet. |
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Yuganaut:
Sharks [VINYL]
(Engine)
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Eclectic and playful jazz from the trio of Tom Bass on bass instruments, Stephen Rush on keyboards, trombone and toys, and Geoff Mann on drums, percussion and trumpet. |
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Compositional:
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Feldman, Morton:
Trio
(Mode Records)
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CD of Feldman's Trio, a 105-minute work in one continuous movement, slowly and beautifully folding and unfolding peformed by Aki Takahashi, Rohan de Saram and Marc Sabat. |
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Feldman, Morton:
Trio [DVD]
(Mode Records)
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DVD of Feldman's Trio, a 105-minute work in one continuous movement, slowly and beautifully folding and unfolding peformed by Aki Takahashi, Rohan de Saram and Marc Sabat. |
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Ferrari, Luc:
Didascalies 2 [VINYL 2 LP]
(Sub Rosa)
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Ferrari's rewrite of "Didascalies" was premiered on October 25, 2008 as part of an anti-tribute to Luc Ferrari in La Chaux-de-Fonds in a version for two pianos and viola. |
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Kodjabashia, Nikola:
Explosion of a Memory
(Recommended Records)
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Composer Kodjbashia's homage to James Joyce, Heiner Muller & Valere Novarina performed by the Macedonian Symphony Orchestra with Kiril Dzajkovski, Chris Cutler, Patric Driver & Valere Novarina. |
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MacLean, Steve:
Expressions on Piano
(Recommended Records)
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12 compositions for mediated acoustic piano from Dr. Never guitarist MacLean, beautifully composed and recorded works showing his taste for Crumb, Satie, Cage, Reich, Eno, &c. |
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Zorn, John:
Dictee / Liber Novus
(Tzadik)
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2 studio compositions from Zorn: a ritualistic homage to Korean/American writer and conceptual artist Theresa Hak-Kyung Cha; and a mythic psychodrama inspired by the legendary Red Book of Carl Jung. |
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Rock/RIO/Prog:
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Mats/Morgan Band:
The Music or The Money?
(Cuneiform)
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Complex, quirky, and downright amazing rock from the band of Mats Oberg and Morgan Agren, here reissuing their 2nd album from 1997, and more than 45 minutes of live and unreleased material. |
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No Neck Blues Band:
Qvaris
(5 Rue Christine )
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New York's strangest blues band, the mysterious No Necks in their 2005 release, a heady and swirling brew of warped guitars, percussion, organs, and synth. |
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No Neck Blues Band:
Qvaris [VINYL]
(5 Rue Christine )
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New York's strangest blues band, the mysterious No Necks in their 2005 release, a heady and swirling brew of warped guitars, percussion, organs, and synth. |
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Wyatt, Robert:
The End Of An Ear
(Columbia (Netherlands))
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Budget line reissue of Wyatt's first solo album from 1971, performing an unusual and mesmerizing mix of styles with the help of Elton Dean, Mark Charig, David Sinclair, &c. |
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Electronic / Experimental:
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Noto / Sakamoto:
Vrioon
(Raster-Norton)
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2010 repress of the 1st 2002 collaboration of electronic artist Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto) creating ambient glitch decompositions from Ryuichi Sakamoto's piano structures. |
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Various Artists:
Forbidden Planets [2 CDs]
(Chrome Dreams)
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An extraordinary compilation with an extensive booklet documenting the early pioneers of electronic sound including Schaeffer, Hermann, Posseru, Xenakis, Heiss, Cage, Varese, Ligeti, &c. |
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Book:
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Wire, The:
#315 May 2010 [MAGAZINE]
(Wire)
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May 2010 issue with Excepter on the cover, articles on Toro Y Moim, Lil B, Jahtari, Daniel Carter, Seoul music, Charles Hayward, contribution by John Wiese, &c. &c. |
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THE SQUID'S EAR
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(Mode Records)
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(Touch)
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(Gasometer Oberhausen)
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(Creative Sources)
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In Stereo
(Mego Editions)
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