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UPDATE
September 28, 2018
"Don't know why,
there's no sun up in the sky,
stormy weather."
—Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
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Creative Artists
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• 4!
(Oliva/Mascolo/Saccente/Furioso)
• Lucio Capece/Marc Baron
• Carter/Wilner/Toure/Ughi
• Cherry/Brown/Parker/Stevens
• Don Cherry Trio
• Costa's Acustica, Carlo
• Melaine Dalibert
• Dunmall/Irabagon/Sanders/Bashford
• Earth Tongues
(Moffett/Peck/Costa)
• Fish-Scale Sunrise
(Baars/Draksler/Williamson
• Frame Trio
(Vincente/Dos Reis/Vermeulen)
• Free Pantone Trio
• Gibbs/Magliocchi/Northover/Okamoto
• Jackson/Vergara/Baker/Sudderberg
• Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey
• Peggy Lee
• Frantz Loriot
• Marker (w/ Ken Vandermark)
• Szilard Mezei Septet
• Nicole Mitchell
• Urlich Mitzlaff
• Harutaka Mochizuki
• Hermann Nitsch
• Matthew Revert/Vanessa Rossetto
• Rodrigues/Rodrigues/Marty/Santos
• Rogers/Rupp/Schubert
• Runcible Quintet, The
• Dave Sewelson (w/ William Parker)
• Alister Spence/Satoko Fujii
• Sun Ra
• Flin van Hemmen (w/ Neufeld/Obsvik)
• Vandermark/Kugel/Tokar
• Biliana Voutchkova/Michael Thieke
• Otomo Yoshihide/Paal Nilssen-Love
• Bobby Zankel &
The Wonderful Sound 6
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Essential Labels
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577
Alister Spence Music
Armageddon Nova
Audiographic Records
Creative Sources
elsewhere
Enlightenment
erstwhile
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FMR
FPE Records
Hi Hat
Neither/Nor Records
Not Two
PNL
Relative Pitch
Songlines
Trost Records
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Jazz & Improvisation
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4! (Patrizia Oliva / Carlo Mascolo / Domenico Saccente / Felice Furioso): Factorial
(Creative Sources)
Free electroacoustic improvisation from the Italian quartet of Patrizia Oliva on voice, electronics, bawu, & objects, Carlo Mascolo on prepared trombone, Domenico Saccente on accordion and prepared piano, and Felice Furioso on drums, cupa cupa, contrabbassa, & sounded objects, using voice and unusual instrumentation to guide unusual and forward-thinking improv.
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Carter, Daniel / Tobias Wilner / Djibril Toure / Federico Ughi: New York United [CD + DOWNLOAD]
(577)
An excellent blend of electronics and acoustics as saxophonist, flutist and trumpeter Daniel Carter meets sound artist Tobias Wilner from world-renowned electronic pop band Blue Foundation, with Wu-Tang Clan bass player Djibril Toure and drum wiz Federico Ughi rounding out this forward-thinking album of hazy and rhythmic electroacoustic environments.
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Cherry, Don / Marion Brown / Evan Parker / John Stevens: Free Jazz Meeting Baden Baden '67
(Hi Hat)
Recorded at the 2nd Free Jazz Meeting (now known as the SWR NewJazz Meeting) in Baden-Baden, 1967, with 4 recordings from the groupings of Jeanne Lee, Albert Mangelsdorff, Gunter Hampel & Pierre Courbois; Marion Brown, Peter Kowald & Sven-Ake Johansson; Albert Mangelsdorff, Evan Parker & John Stevens; and Don Cherry, Evan Parker, Peter Kowald, Buschi Niebergall & John Stevens.
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Cherry, Don Trio: Studio 105, Paris 1967
(Hi Hat)
The complete broadcast on the French radio station ORTF of Don Cherry's work at Studio 105, Maison de l'ORTF, Paris in March of 1967, finding multi-instrumentalist/trumpeter Don Cherry, also on cornet, piano, bamboo flute, gong, performing with Karl Berger on vibes, marimba, piano, celeste & percussion, and Jacques Thollot on drums, bells & timbales.
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Costa's Acustica, Carlo: Strata
(Neither/Nor Records)
New York composer and drummer Carlo Costa assembled this accomplished ensemble of NY improvisers for a live performance at IBeam in Brooklyn, capturing his piece "Strata" that evolves layers of sound from very sparse to densely yet accesibly stacked sound, varying recurring material to change perspectives in the aural space as the piece progresses; impressive.
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Dunmall, Paul / Jon Irabagon / Mark Sanders / Jim Bashford: The Rain Sessions
(FMR)
Dedicated to Cecil Taylor and taking advantage of NY saxophonist Irabagon's UK visit, this album presents four drum duets "time two", as two tenor saxophonists--Paul Dunmall and Jon Irabagon--meet two lyrical drummers--Mark Sanders and Jim Bashford--following Dunmall long-standing interest in drum and sax duets, the results this ebullient and remarkable album.
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Earth Tongues (Moffett / Peck / Costa): Ohio [2 CDs]
(Neither/Nor Records)
The second album from this NY trio, titled for the state it was recorded in, as the trio of Joe Moffett (trumpet) and Dan Peck (tuba), both playing cassette players, and percussionist Carlo Costa, slowly develop this long-form 2-part work from minimal interactions of objects, extended techniques, and abstract recordings, building to a tightly controlled ferocity.
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Fish-Scale Sunrise (Ab Baars / Kaja Draksler / Joe Williamson: No Queen Rises
(Relative Pitch)
Their name taken from a poem by Wallace Stevens, the Netherlands-based trio of Ab Baars on sax and clarinet, Kaja Draksler on piano, and Joe Williamson on bass represent the spirit of the poem in seven compositions from Ab Baars plus two collective improvs, a great mix of serious and playful performance that diverts from detailed interaction to spacious reflectiveness.
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Frame Trio (Luis Vincente / Marcelo Dos Reis / Nils Vermeulen): Luminaria
(FMR)
Recording at Centro Norton de Matos Gymnasium, in Coimbra, Portugal, the Frame Trio led by Portuguese trumpeter Luis Vicente and Portuguese guitarist Marcelo Dos Reis, with Belgium double bassist Nils Vermeulen rounding out their unique approach to improvised music blending jazz and free approaches as they present their six part "Luminaria" (Luminary) suite.
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Free Pantone Trio: A Blink Of An Eye To The Nature Of Things
(FMR)
Free Pantone trio is a Portuguese musical group recently created in Lisbon by bassist Rui Sousa, pianist Manuel Guimaraes and drummer Joao Valinho, using a trans-idiomatic and experimental approach they seek to exploit diverse musical genres and sub-genres from jazz and contemporary music using improvisation and real-time composition as their uniting principle.
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Gibbs, Phil / Marcello Magliocchi / Adrian Northover / Maresuke Okamoto: Sezu
(FMR)
An intense live concert in Bristol, UK of collective free improvisation using insane technique and ecstatic drive from the quartet of Philip Gibbs on guitar & banjo, Marcello Magliocchi on drums, Adrian Northover on soprano & alto saxophones, and Maresuke Okamoto on cello & voice, a wonderfully skilled example of unexpected directions in creative free playing.
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Jackson, Keefe / Benjamin Vergara / Jim Baker / Phil Sudderberg: The Hallowed Plant
(Relative Pitch)
During Chilean trumpeter Benjamn Vergara's visit to Chicago in 2016 he joined forces with multi-reedist Keefe Jackson, pianist and ARP synth player Jim Baker, and drummer Phil Sudderberg to record this album of collective free jazz, a mix of lyrical and abstract playing that references bop and the modern Chicago creative scene in sublime ways.
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Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey: Utter
(Relative Pitch)
After their 2016 tour of the US West Coast, husband and wife free improvising duo Ingrid Laubrock (tenor & soprano sax) and Tom Rainey (drums) entered a Brooklyn studio with a set of co-written compositions, which they weave together with free improv, relying on cues that can trigger a given composition at any time, adding a unique layer of communication to their exuberant playing.
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Lee, Peggy : Echo Painting
(Songlines)
Commissioned by Coastal Jazz and Blues and premiered at the 2016 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, cellist Peggy Lee's suite for ten players includes some of the most interesting improvisers on the Vancouver scene, the music multi-layered, texturally varied and melodically rich, with beautiful melodic passages, driving rhythm, and incendiary improv; outstanding!
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Loriot, Frantz : Reflections on an Introspective Path
(Neither/Nor Records)
French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot's first solo album takes the viola into unusual territory, using an acousmatic approach to create music and sounds with no visual reference by transforming the sound of the viola through preparations and remarkable extended techniques, layering and assembling his works to create concrete statements of movement.
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Marker (w/ Ken Vandermark): Wired For Sound
(Audiographic Records)
The debut from this Chicago band merging strong grooves with free playing, with 2 guitarists--Andrew Clinkman & Steve Marquette--plus Macie Stewart on keys & violin, Phil Sudderberg on drums, and Ken Vandermark on reeds, each of the 3 tracks dedicated to an artist: Belgian movie director Chantal Akerman; German choreographer Pina Bausch; and Anthony Braxton and Bernie Worrell.
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Mezei, Szilard Septet: Veres Pancel
(FMR)
Vojvodinian composer and violist Szilard Mezei formed this septet in 2005, his 3rd chamber group with a distinctly free jazz voice, citing influences Gyorgy Szabados, Anthony Braxton, Bela Bartok, Witold Lutoslawsky, Gyoryg Ligeti, Jimmy Giuffre, Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron, to which we would add Eric Dolphy, here in their second FMR album capturing a live concert in Serbia, 2018.
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Mitchell, Nicole : Maroon Cloud
(FPE Records)
An eight-part suite from Chicago flutist Nicole Mitchell, extending her series of dystopian futures and the need for resistance and change, presented in a drummer-less quartet with Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid, pianist Aruan Ortiz and vocalist Fay Victor, recorded live at National Sawdust in Brooklyn as part of John Zorn's 2017 Stone Commissioning Series.
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Mitzlaff, Urlich: Ten Sonic Miniatures about the "Scream" by Edvard Munch
(Creative Sources)
Using Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" as his muse, German cellist living in Portugal, Ulrich Mitzlaff, presents 10 acoustic miniatures from just over a minute to 4 1/2 minutes in length, including wildly interactive moments of delirium to darkly melodic bowed passages, using his impressive technique to create vivid depictions of Munch's work.
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Mochizuki, Harutaka : Through The Glass [CASSETTE]
(Armageddon Nova)
Multi-instrumentalist improviser Harutaka Mochizuki releases this solo album performing on saxophone, performing two extended improvisations that explore the instrument as a whole, producing unusual sounds from the physical and mechanical aspects of the horn alongside more traditional playing, using an expanded range of dynamics to build tension and interest.
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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Fred Marty / Carlos Santos: Jardin Carre
(Creative Sources)
French double bassist Fred Marty joins Creative Sources core performers, violist Ernesto Rodrigues, cellist Guilherme Rodrigues and electronic artist Carlos Santos for an extensive improvisation exploring both lyrical and pointillistic improvisation, themed loosely around a garden quartet or frame, the music detailed, active and formidably sophisticated.
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Rogers, Paul / Olaf Rupp / Frank Paul Schubert: Three Stories About Rain, Sunlight And The Hidden Soil
(Relative Pitch)
A unique merging of free improvisation and chamber jazz, the trio of UK bassist Paul Rogers with German guitarist Olaf Rupp and soprano saxophonist Frank Paul Schubert, using stunning technique in sensible ways as they present three extended works, energetic yet never frenetic, stretching their concepts through tight and enthralling dialog, a great achievement.
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Runcible Quintet, The: Four
(FMR)
London-based free improvisers and members of the London Improvisers Orchestra (LIO), this ensemble consists of soprano saxophonist Adrian Northover, flautist Neil Metcalfe, acoustic guitarist Daniel Thompson, double bassist John Edwards and Italian-born drummer Marcello Magliocci, in their second album on the FMR label, a spectacular live performance at I'klectik in 2017.
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Sewelson, Dave (w/ William Parker): Music For A Free World
(FMR)
West Coast baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson leads the accomplished quartet of Steve Swell on trombone, William Parker on bass, and Marvin "Bugalu" Smith on drums through six collective compositions, plus a reprise of Sewelson's earlier "Music for a Free World" composition, and his new composition "Bill" for guitarist/composer and friend Bill Horvitz.
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Spence, Alister / Satoko Fujii: Intelsat
(Alister Spence Music)
Continuing her monthly releases for her 60th birthday, Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii meets Australian keyboard and electronic artist Alister Spence for their second meeting, touring Japan and recording this spellbinding album merging bells, gongs, electronics, and acoustic piano, inside and out, in a passionate album that balances melodicism and sound.
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Sun Ra: The Early Albums Collection 1957-1963 [4 CDs]
(Enlightenment)
A 4-CD collection bringing together 7 full albums and early singles, more than five hours of music from the early part of Herman Blount's, aka Sun Ra's, career as a bandleader, tracing the development of his work from 1957 to 1963 as he introduced increasingly out forms of jazz through compositions like "Sunology", "Interplanetary Music", "We Travel the Spaceways", &c.
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van Hemmen, Flin (w/ Neufeld / Obsvik): Drums of Days
(Neither/Nor Records)
Debut album as a leader from drummer and pianist Flin van Hemmen, an evocative album of original compositions and improvisations recorded in a trio with Eyvind Opsvik on double bass and Todd Neufeld on acoustic guitar, with Tony Malaby on alto and soprano sax on one track; a beautifully cinematic and poetic album that allows for space and reflection.
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Vandermark / Kugel / Tokar: No-Exit Corner
(Not Two)
The second CD by the trio featuring tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Ken Vandermark, drummer Klaus Kugel, and bassist Mark Tokar, the band back at Krakow's Alchemia Club, bringing these three Chicago and European players together for a skronky, energetic romp of commanding playing alongside unorthodox approaches and powerfully creative intent.
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Yoshihide, Otomo / Paal Nilssen-Love: 19th of May, 2016
(PNL)
An intensively diverse and thrilling game of "cat and dog" between Norwegian percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love and Japanese guitarist Otomo Yoshihide, performing live at Dom Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia in 2016 for two extended improvisations that exemplify incredible technical skills, reflective and introspective dialog, and cathartic release; absolutely impressive.
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Zankel, Bobby & The Wonderful Sound 6: Celebrating William Parker at 65
(Not Two)
Celebrating bassist and composer William Parker's 65th birthday at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia in a band led by Bobby Zankel on alto saxophone, Muhammad Ali on drums, Dave Burrell on piano, Steve Swell on trombone, Diane Monroe on violin, and William Parker himself on bass, in a 4-part suite of beautifully turbulent and masterful free jazz.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Capece, Lucio / Marc Baron: My Trust In You
(erstwhile)
Two electroacoustic improvisers and composers--Lucio Capece on reeds, analog synths, effects, field recordings, drums machines, speakers in motion, and Marc Baron on field recordings and analog devices--developed these 6 extraordinary recordings that blend motion, perspective, sound and noise, and concrete references in a mystifying and mesmerizing journey in sound.
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Revert, Matthew / Vanessa Rossetto: Everyone Needs A Plan
(erstwhile)
The second collaboration between sound artist Vanessa Rossetto and writer and sound artist Matthew Revert is a monumental work that studies the evolution of communication through fragments of spoken words, and a rich tapestry of sound from acoustic and electronic instruments, field recordings, and perplexing and dramatic sources of sound.
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Compositional
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Dalibert, Melaine: Musique pour le lever du jour
(elsewhere)
Inspired by the work of Hungarian-born French media artist Vera Molnar, and by the vicissitudes of natural phenomena, French pianist and composer Melaine Dalibert developed algorithmic procedures to compose this work, translating to "Music for the Daybreak", as an illusory "endless piece" of meditative layered, resonant music in the mode of Morton Feldman.
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Nitsch, Hermann: Musik Der 135. Aktion, Kuba [2 CDs]
(Trost Records)
Controversial recordings from Herman Nitsch's "Orgies Mysteries Theater" as part of the Havana Biennial art exhibition in Cuba, 2012, using actors, blood, animal bodies and entrails, fruits, symbolic crucifixion, music, processions, and ritualistic gestures to enact a new form of Gesamtkunstwerk: pagan ceremonies that aim to a kind of collective catharsis.
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Voutchkova, Biliana / Michael Thieke: Blurred Music
(elsewhere)
Berlin-based violinist Biliana Voutchkova and German clarinetist Michael Thieke (Magic I.D., International Nothing) present a stunning achievement in blending compositional, pre-structured material with live improvisation, creating a blurring of virtually identical sections that create microtonal anomalies in timing, rhythm, timbre and motive, as heard in 3 amazing performances.
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The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
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Recent Reviews on The Squid's Ear
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![Joelle Leandre: A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET] (Not Two)](http://www.teuthida.com/productImages/misc4/25892.jpg "Joelle Leandre: A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET] (Not Two)")
Joelle Leandre:
A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET]
(Not Two)
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Markus Eichenberger & Daniel Studer:
Suspended
(hatOLOGY)
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Amy Denio:
The Big Embrace
(Spoot Music)
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Paul Dunmall / Philip Gibbs / Neil Metcalfe / Ashley John Long:
Seascapes
(FMR)
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We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and
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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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