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UPDATE
February 8, 2019
"But the most compelling thing to me about what I call "creative improvisation"
Is that it has the potential to actually change the world."
—Wadada Leo Smith
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Creative Artists
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• Kaoru Abe/Sabu Toyozumi
• Franziska Baumann/Udo Schindler
• Bradford/Modirzadeh/Miranda/Anderson
• Ian Brighton
• Marion Brown/Dave Burrell
• Das Rad (Archer/Robinson/Dinsdale)
• Hifiklub
• Tom Johnson
• Jones Jones (Larry Ochs/Mark Dresser/Vladimir Tarasov)
• Martin Kuchen/Rafal Mazur
• Kuzu (Dave Rempis/Tashi Dorji/Tyler Damon)
• Liudas Mockunas
• Simon Nabatov/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway
• Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere
• Shock Troops
• Wadada Smith Leo/Sabu Toyozumi
• Space Trio (Bratanov/Hajigrudev/Angelov)
• John Tilbury/Keith Rowe/Kjell Bjorgeengen
• Zwerv (Taubenfeld/Vicente/Lucifero/Zwerver/Chientaroli/ven der Weide/Hadow)
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Essential Labels
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Astral Spirits
Creative Sources
Discus
Edition Wandelweiser Records
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FMR
NoBusiness
Shhpuma
Sofa Music
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This weekend, from Friday February 8th through Sunday, February 10th,
we're offering 15% off all in-stock vinyl albums in our catalog. That includes vinyl releases
in our jazz, free improvisation, compositional, experimental, and rock categories, in formats that include
LPs, 7" records, and 10" records.
See All Vinyl Releases at Squidco
15% Discount ends Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 23:59 EST (GMT-4).
Prices shown are discounted price. While quantities last, sold out items will disappear from the store.
Customers must place orders using our shopping cart to receive discounted prices.
Sale items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Abe, Kaoru / Sabu Toyozumi: Banka [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
NoBusiness continues their essential 70's reissue series of renowned Japanese free improvisers, here in an LP and extended CD edition of the live duo of percussionist Sabu Toyozumi and saxophonist Kaoru Abe on alto, soprano & sopranino saxophones, the LP presenting their 1978 concert at Gaja, Hatsudai in Tokyo, the CD extended with a live set at Minor, Kichijoji the same year.
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Abe, Kaoru / Sabu Toyozumi: Mannyoka
(NoBusiness)
CD edition of the vinyl LP listed above.
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Baumann, Franziska / Udo Schindler: Blue Sonic Vibrations
(Creative Sources)
German saxophonist and leader of the Salon for Klang + Kunst started the Improx, or "The X for the Unknown and the Unheard" with Gunnar Geisse, here in the third edition of the series with Swiss free improvising vocalist Franziska Baumann, captured live at two performances in 2018 in Germany & Switzerland, for unusual, quick-witted and innovative interchanges.
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Bradford, Bobby / Hafez Modirzadeh / Roberto Miranda / Vijay Anderson: Live At The Blue Whale [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Cornetist Bobby Bradford leads this quartet with soprano saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh, also playing karna and khaen; bassist Roberto Miguel Miranda; and East Coast drummer Vijay Anderson, in a live concert at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles in 2017, a sophisticated avant jazz outing including a set of variations for Ornette Coleman, a great example of modern creative form.
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Brighton, Ian: Imaginings
(FMR)
Looking back and fondly imagining some of the locations and configuration that UK guitarist Ian Brighton played in the 70s, Brighton developed the pieces on this album, each compositions varying the personnel from life-long partners (Taylor, Wachsmann, Mattos) to musicians Brighton has performed with since his 2016 return to improvisation (Carrier, Beresford, Metcalfe).
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Brown, Marion / Dave Burrell: Live At The Black Musicians' Conference, 1981
(NoBusiness)
In 1981 Archie Shepp and Roman Wiggins coordinated the University of Massachusettes's week-long event of workshops, concerts & lectures focused on modern jazz, the opening concert the wonderfully sophisticated duo of alto saxophonist Marion Brown and pianist Dave Burrell peforming 7 pieces of compositions from each, plus two Strayhorn pieces, ending with "Lush Life"; essential.
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Jones Jones (Larry Ochs / Mark Dresser / Vladimir Tarasov): A Jones In Time Saves Nine [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
The 3rd album from the trio of Larry Ochs (Rova Saxophone Quartet) on tenor & sopranino saxophones, Downtown NY mainstay and West Coast migrant Mark Dresser on bass, and Ganelin Trio alumnus Vladimir Tarasov on drums and percussion, in four superb examples of collective improvisation captured live in two concerts in Berkeley and San Diego, CA in 2016.
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Kuchen, Martin / Rafal Mazur: Baza [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
A unique freely improvised sax and bass duo from Angles leader Martin Kuchen on alto and sopranino saxophones, and Rafal Mazur on acoustic bass guitar, recording live at BAZA Club in Krakow, Poland in 2017, as they perform the two part "Baza", initiating with mastery and determination, morphing to more meditative playing, and ending with impressive assertion.
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Kuzu (Dave Rempis / Tashi Dorji / Tyler Damon): Hiljaisuus [VINYL]
(Astral Spirits)
Kuzu is a hard-charging but patient trio that came together in the fall of 2017, after saxophonist Dave Rempis, a stalwart of the Chicago improvised music scene, worked with both Tashi Dorji (guitar) and Tyler Damon (drums) individually as part of a lengthy solo tour of the U.S.; this new trio is captured at Elastic Arts, in Chicago in an intense and dynamic live set.
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Mockunas, Liudas: Hydro 2
(NoBusiness)
The second volume of Lithuanian soprano and tenor saxophonist Liudas Mockunas's unusual album of water-based saxophone technique, augmenting the instrument by placing the bell of the sax into water, here in an epic live performance that uses both water and extreme technical skills and authoritative intent as he draws astoundingly diverse sounds from his instrument.
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Nabatov, Simon / Barry Guy / Gerry Hemingway : Luminous
(NoBusiness)
Twelve dialogs of burning, intuitive and astute free improvisation from three players steeped in the form--Simon Nabatov on piano, Barry Guy on double bass, and Gerry Hemingway on drums & marimba, performing live at LOFT in Cologne, Germany in 2015, an essential example of modern creative playing that surprises and enlightens with repeated listens.
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Shock Troops: Central Dada Time
(FMR)
Recorded in 1989 and only now released, this studio album includes Pat Thomas on keys & electronics in a sextet with guitar & bass, synth, turntables, electronic wind instruments, drum machines, samplers, &c., merging ea-improv approaches with disruptively odd asides, fragmented voices, and swelling interventions, making something otherworldly out of then-revelatory technology.
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Smith, Wadada Leo / Sabu Toyozumi: Burning Meditation
(NoBusiness)
"Burning" is an accurate description of the energetic, spiritual and enthusiastic duo of Japanese percussionist Sabu Toyozumi and NY trumpet legend Wadada Leo Smith, also performing on koto, flute, percussion and voice, caught live at C.S Akarenga in Yamaguchi City for 6 stunning dialogs, including one dedicated to late trumpeter Don Cherry.
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Smith, Wadada Leo / Sabu Toyozumi: Burning Meditation [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Space Trio (Bratanov / Hajigrudev / Angelov): Space Trio
(Creative Sources)
An album of free improvisation from the Bulgarian trio of Jivko Bratanov on piano, Vasil Hajigrudev on double bass, and Georgi Angelov on percussion, obliquely referencing the jazz tradition while steering from idiomatic tendencies, pushing themselves through dialog that emphasizes unusual sounds through technique, with a strong percussive element from all players.
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Tilbury, John / Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjorgeengen: Sissel
(Sofa Music)
AMM alumni, pianist John Tilbury and guitarist Keith Rowe, join with Norwegian performer/conceptualist Kjell Bjorgeengen, whose work is often an amalgamation of sound waves, moving images and lights; here Kjell suggested a painting by Nicolas Poussin as a focal point for the trio's improvisation at this performance in Stavanger, Norway.
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Zwerv (Taubenfeld / Vicente / Lucifero / Zwerver / Chientaroli / ven der Weide / Hadow): Music From Any Moment
(Creative Sources)
Guitarist Henk Zwerver leads this collective free improvising band in their second release, now extended to a septet with the addition of Salvoandrea Lucifero on trombone, joining Zwerver: Ziv Taubenfeld on bass clarinet, Luis Vicente on trumpet, Nico Chientaroli on piano, Raoul ven der Weide on double bass, objects, and George Hadow on drums.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Das Rad (Archer / Robinson / Dinsdale): Das Rad
(Discus)
Influenced by progressive rock, kosmiche, and fusion forms, the UK trio Das Rad of Nick Robinson on guitars & electronics, Martin Archer on sax, reeds, winds, keys and electronics, Steve Dinsdale on drums and percussion, and Julie Archer on voice, bringing 70s sounds to modern sensibilities and superb creative playing, a great achievement.
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Hifiklub: E Lisboa
(Shhpuma)
A collaborative French instrumental rock band led by and with compositions from the core quartet of Anthony Belguise (drums), Jean-Loup Faurat (guitar), Regis Laugier (bass) and Nico Morcillo (guitar), with a list of 22 international guests across 8 songs and instrumentals, including Rafael Toral, Maria Radich, Paulo Furtado, Carlos Zingaro, Rui Carvalho, &c.
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Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Theta Four
(Discus)
Declaring Terry Riley, Magma, Krautrock, and Sun Ra as influences, this is the fourth album from wind and keyboard player Martin Archer's Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, an augmented six-piece UK ensemble whose rock affinities also embrace improvisation and minimalism, a heady mix of virtuosic playing with melodic intention and extremely detailed tapestries of sound; dreamy and elegiac.
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Compositional
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Johnson, Tom : Spaces . An Hour For Piano
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Two works for solo piano from composer Tom Johnson and performed by Keiko Shichijo; "Spaces" was written after his teacher, Morton Feldman, helped Johnson elucidate his voice as a composer through a study of chords; "An Hour for Piano" was written in 1971 based on a series of short, improvisatory sketches written for modern dance, merged and expanded to exactly one hour.
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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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Jurg Frey:
120 Pieces of Sound
(elsewhere)
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Louis Moholo-Moholo's Five Blokes:
Uplift
(Ogun)
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N.O. Moore / John Edwards / Eddie Prevost:
Darkened, yet shone
(Matchless)
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MKM (Muller / Kahn / Moslang):
teplo_dom
(Mikroton)
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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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-Don Van Vliet
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