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Jazz & Improvisation
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Bica, Carlos & Azul (w/ Frank Mobus / Jim Black): More Than This
(Clean Feed)
With a 20 year history, double bassist Carlos Bica's trio Azul with Frank Mobus and Jim Black have developed a romantic, lyrical style that balances unusual textures and agressive playing with melodic style in wonderfully natural ways, here in their 6th alluring album.
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Clarke, Zack (w/ Henry Fraser / Dre Hocevar): Random Acts of Order
(Clean Feed)
NY pianist Zack Clarke initiates his album in the electronic realm, resolving to jazz trio work with Henry Fraser on double bass and drummer Dre Hocevar, in an album interspersed with electronics and free playing, an appealing blend of traditional and experimental approaches.
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Sanchez, Angelica Trio (w/ Michael Formanek / Tyshawn Sorey): Float the Edge
(Clean Feed)
Fiction, folklore and everyday sounds fuel the compositions of NY pianist Angelica Sanchez, with her trio of Michael Formanek on double bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums, the band explores concepts of lucid dreaming, backyard birds, novels, mythical creatures and ancient structures, in a magnificent album of inspired free improvisation.
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Attias, Michael Quartet (w/ Ortiz / Hebert / Hebert): Nerve Dance
(Clean Feed)
New York alto saxophonist Michael Attias presents his new quartet with Aruan Ortiz on piano, John Hebert on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums, in his sixth album as a leader, a lyrical album dealing with the theory of elasticity and the concept of equality in music.
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Malaby, Tony / Mat Maneri / Daniel Levin: New Artifacts
(Clean Feed)
The unique orchestration of this trio, with Tony Malaby on sax, Mat Maneri on viola, and Daniel Levin on cello, givs a distinct character to the highly informed improvisations from these commanding players, who recorded this album at Three's Brewing in Brooklyn in 2015.
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Eisenstadt, Harris Canada Day (w/ Wooley / Bauder / Niggenkemper): On Parade in Parede
(Clean Feed)
A live recording of drummer/composer Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day band performing as a quartet with trumpeter Nate Wooley, saxophonist Matt Bauder, and bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, recorded at SUMP during their 2016 European tour, an exemplary set of free playing over a great set of original compositions, including a large work in 3 sections and 5 parts.
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Salamon, Samo Sextet (w/ Succi / Arguelles / Niggenkemper / Dani / Lillinger): The Colours Suite
(Clean Feed)
A live recording from Jazz Festival Ljubljana in 2016 from Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon leading a trans-national sextet with Julian Arguelles (sax), Achille Succi (bass clarinet), Roberto Dani (drums), Pascal Niggenkemper (bass), and Christian Lillinger (drums) through a series of complex harmonic and rhythmic compositions named for colors.
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Mazurek, Rob (w/ Takara / Granado / Rohrer / Somervell): Chants and Corners
(Clean Feed)
With members of Sao Paulo Underground, Pharoah and The Underground, and Chicago Underground, cornetist/electroacoustic artist Rob Mazurek leads a quintet with Mauricio Takara (drums), Thomas Rohrer (winds), Philip Somervell (piano) and Guilherme Granado (keys) through a unexpected confluence of styles to create an otherworldly blend of spiritual music.
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Draksler, Kaja Octet (w/ Baars / Nielsdoottir / Polence / Rave / Dumitriu / Heyndels / Govaert): Gledalec [2 CDs]
(Clean Feed)
Draksler's interest in poetry drives this 2-CD release, with a chamber octet of improvisers and orchestra players, with 2 vocalists, two reedists (inc. Ab Baars), violin, piano, double bass, drums & orchestral percussion, performing Draksler's compositions for the words of Pablo Neruda and Andriana Minou.
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Trespass Trio (Zanussi / Strid / Kuchen): The Spirit of Pitesti
(Clean Feed)
Trespass trio with Martin Kuchen on saxophone, Per Zanussi on double bass, and Raymond Strid on drums & percussion, tell an instrumental narrative through compassionate, impassioned and unorthodox writing and playing, about Romania's Pitesti Prison, where for 4 years around 1950 totalarian authorities practiced brainwashing experiments on the inmates.
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Hasselberg, Joao / Pedro Branco: From Order To Chaos
(Clean Feed)
Primarily a bass and guitar duo between Portugese natives Joao Hasselberg, on double bass and electric, and electric guitarist Pedro Branco, here in their second album together of delicately sophisticated string improvisations, joined by a a great set of collaborators to expand the duo to trio and quartet.
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Gorilla Mask (Van Huffel / Fidezius / Fischerlehner): Iron Lung [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)
An assertive album of free playing from the trio of Peter Van Huffel on alto sax, Roland Fidezius on electric bass, and Rudi Fischerlehner on drums, giving the music punk-jazz overtones in sound and rhythmic approach while clearly adhering to the heavy free jazz styles of the European masters.
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MIR 8 (Andrea Belfi / Werner Dafeldecker / Hilary Jeffery / Tim Wright): Perihelion [VINYL]
(Shhpuma)
Mir 8 brings electroacoustic artists Andrea Belfi (drums/percussion), Werner Dafeldecker (electroncis, bass), Hilary Jeffrey (trombone) and Tim Wright (computer & electronics) together for their debut album of four cinematic tracks following an abstract narrative through panoramic landscapes.
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Alforjs (Mestre Andree / Bernardo Alvares / Raphael Soares): Demons 1
(Shhpuma)
A darkly ritualistic, scrabbly album of darkly ritualistic improvisation from the Portuguese trio of saxophonist Mestre Andre, also on electronics, percussion, mbira and voice, double bassist Bernardo Alvares and drummer/percussionist Raphael Soares.
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In celebration of 14 (!) new Clean Feed and Shhpuma releases
from Portugal's amazing improvisation label (see our New
Releases section), we've reduced the price of all single CDs
and DVDs released before 2017 to just $12.95 each! That's a
savings of $2 per title, and if you buy 3 or more releases from
our anywhere in our store we'll ship them to you for free. Sale
price Clean Feeds will also count towards your Squidco
Reward Points. But hurry, because this sale ends Sunday,
April 9th!
In-stock items only. Sold out items will disappear from store. Orders must be placed through our shopping cart.
Price shown is discounted price.
Sale ends Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST. While quantities last.
It's true! We're now shipping all orders of 3 or more in-stock items for free, for the forseeable future.
• In the US, any order with 3 or more items choosing "Free Economy Shipping" option will ship for free!
• International customers, any order with 3 or more items choosing "Free Economy Shipping" option will ship for free!
In stock items only, order with out of stock items will be held until all items are in stock.
Free shipping applies only to "Free Economy Shipping" option on the Shipping & Payment Screen at checkout time.
1st Class and other shipping rates are unaffected by this offer.
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and
we don't like to rush a release to our homepage. That said,
the following releases have already been stocked at Squidco, and are able to be ordered.
In most cases we have images, often have samples, and some basic description of each release.
• You can see the newest additions to our catalog in our Just In Stock Section.
• You can see the latest fully cataloged items in our store by using our
New Releases section.
• You can see Recently Restocked items on this page.
• Ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.
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Squidco Storefront
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Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2002.
In 2010 we opened a storefront in downtown Wilmington, NC, giving customers access to our catalog
of more than 7,000 new items, plus hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items
not listed on our website. We're open Mon-Fri, 12:00-6:00 PM, and other times by appointment,
so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region make sure to stop by and say hello,
we'd love to play some music for you!
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"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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