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UPDATE
June 27, 2019
"Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise...
But a way of life."
—Lester Bowie
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Creative Artists
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• Abraxas / John Zorn
• Derek Bailey/Han Bennink/Evan Parker
• Anthony Braxton (w/ Nels Cline, Greg Saunier, Taylor Ho Bynum)
• Bertrand Denzler
• Michel Doneda/Le Quan Ninh
• Trevor Dunn (w/ Chow/Choi/Kihlstedt/Dufalo/Zhurbin/Dharamraj)
• Electric Bird Noise
• Satoko Fujii/Ramon Lopez
• Hook, Line & Sinker (Tristan Honsinger/Antonio Borghini/Axel Dorner/Tobias Delius)
• ISM (Pat Thomas/Joel Grip/Antonin Gerbal)
• Hans Koch/Jacques Demierre
• Julian Lage/Gyan Riley
• Hannes Lingens
• Zeena Parkins/Wobbly
• John Zorn
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Essential Labels
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Firehouse 12 Records
Fou Records
Herbal International
Libra
Potlatch
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Relative Pitch
Silber
Tzadik
Umlaut Records
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Bailey, Derek / Han Bennink / Evan Parker: Topographie Parisienne [4 CDs]
(Fou Records)
Recorded in 1981 by audio engineer and label owner Jean-Marc Foussat, the trio of guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Evan Parker, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink are heard in an amazing evening of performance at 28 rue Dunois, in Paris, France, in duo and trio configurations, exploring material similar to Parker's "Topography of the Lungs"; essential.
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Braxton, Anthony (w/ Nels Cline, Greg Saunier, Taylor Ho Bynum): Quartet (New Haven) 2014 [4 CDs]
(Firehouse 12 Records)
A 4-CD box set documenting the meeting of a quartet featuring saxophonist, composer and conceptualist Anthony Braxton alongside improvising guitarist and Wilco star Nels Cline, drummer and Deerhoof founder Greg Saunier, and trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum, each CD an hour-long, wide-ranging set leaving behind genre imitations as they perform Braxton's colorful graphic score.
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Denzler, Bertrand : Arc
(Potlatch)
Created by Felicie Bazelaire, CoO is a string ensemble drawn from the French new music ensemble ONCEIM; CoO develops new repertoire for strings, collaborating with composers like Bertrand Denzler, who wrote this innovative composition "Arc" in two parts, a work applying unusual techniques to bowed strings, particularly lower bass tones, for fascinating results.
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Doneda, Michel / Le Quan Ninh: Thirty Ways To Avoid Talking
(Relative Pitch)
French free improvising soprano saxophonist Michel Doneda, using profoundly unusual techniques on the reed instrument, meets percussionist Le Quan Ninh, performing on "surrounded bass drum", a large drum affected by various objects across the skin, for 5 dialogs at Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, and then joined by noh theater drummer Shunichiro Hisada in Tokyo's Shushinkan Hall.
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Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence
(Libra)
Having played in trio settings before, pianist Satoko Fujii and Spanish drummer Ramon Lopez seized the opportunity to record as a duo in the studio in NY, bringing just two Fujii compositions to guide them, they began freely improvising, creating this stunning album of elegant interaction, peaceful yet detailed, intuitively beautiful and sophisticated music.
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Hook, Line & Sinker (Tristan Honsinger / Antonio Borghini / Axel Dorner / Tobias Delius): Fishy Business
(Relative Pitch)
A truly unique album of free improvisation and unusual narrative from the Berlin-based quartet of Tristan Honsinger on cello, Antonio Borghini on double bass, Axel Dorner on trumpet, and Tobias Delius on tenor saxophone, clarinet, a mix of Honsinger compositions and collective improv, since 2010 a working band combining music, movement and theater; masterfully idiosyncratic.
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ISM (Pat Thomas / Joel Grip / Antonin Gerbal): Metaphor
(Umlaut Records)
Performing at Knuttel House, in Tokyo, Japan in 2018, the wonderfully complex and trio of Pat Thomas on piano, Joel Grip on double bass, and Antonin Gerbal on drums, bridging traditional jazz piano trio with contemporary forms, in the first of a 2-part installment, each track named for a flower as they balance dense highly active playing with abstract lyricism.
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Koch, Hans / Jacques Demierre: Incunabulum
(Herbal International)
A unique pairing of reeds, piano and spinet captured live at Le Singe Club in Biel, Switzerland in 2018 between multi-reedist Hans Koch and keyboardist Jacques Demierre, a wild ride from frenetic interaction to introspective experimental, both using unusual techniques and Demierre playing inside his keyboards, a truly excellent and thrilling concert.
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Lage, Julian / Gyan Riley: The Book Beri'ah Vol 4: Chesed
(Tzadik)
Guitarists Julian Lage and Gyan Riley take on John Zorn's third book of Masada, "The Book Beri'ah", here in the fourth volume performing the rich melodic music in 10 compositions of passionate interplay, from languid passages to rapid interplay, their familiarity lending itself to exceptional extended runs and tight synchronized playing.
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Parkins, Zeena / Wobbly: Triplicates
(Relative Pitch)
Recording in electric harpist Zeena Parkin's office at Mills College in Oakland with Jon Leideker, aka Wobbly, performing on mobile phones, tablets, booper, and mixer, their output run through a series of simple listening devices, machines designed to sing along with the melodies they believe themselves to be hearing, though they are often wrong; singular and surprising!
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Zorn, John: The Hierophant
(Tzadik)
John Zorn composed this suite of compositions drawing inspiration from the mystic world of the Tarot and its wide range of impressions, emotions and inferences, from breathtaking activity to introspective elegance, performed as a piano trio by a spectacular group of Downtown NY performers: Brian Marsella on piano, Trevor dunn on bass, and Kenny Wollesen on drums.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Abraxas / John Zorn : The Book Beri'ah Vol 5: Gevurah
(Tzadik)
Blending a punk rock sensibility with Sephardic tribalism via a taste of North African Gnawa magic, Abraxas is one of the most primal and rocking ensembles in the Masada family, here taking on the 5th edition of Masada Book Three, "The Book Beri'ah", recording in Bill Laswell's studio for 9 joyfully exuberant and intensely executed interpretations of Zorn's compositions.
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Electric Bird Noise: Hearn-Roberts-Strong-Watts
(Silber)
Guitarist Electric Bird Noise, aka Brian Lea McKenzie, continues his string of slightly off-center rock albums, primarily instrumental work, this album including a muscular quartet with Jason Hearn on drums, Bradley Wayne Roberts on bass, Steve Strong on drums, plus an Alan Watts narration; 8 dramatic tracks using loops, effects, backward tracking and other aural trickery.
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Compositional
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Dunn, Trevor (w/ Chow / Choi / Kihlstedt / Dufalo / Zhurbin / Dharamraj): Nocturnes
(Tzadik)
Downtown bassist mainstay Trevor Dunn, a vital element of many Zorn projects, alongside his own improvisation and compositional work, in his first chamber music album: quartet and trio orchestrations with Trevor Dunn on contrabass, Carla Kihlstedt, Cornelius Dufallo or Jennifer Choi on violin, Vicky Chow on piano, Yves Dharamraj on cello, and Lev Zhurbin on viola.
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Lingens, Hannes: Pieces For Percussion [VINYL]
(Umlaut Records)
Compositions for percussion from Berlin drummer and accordionist Hannes Lingens (Musaeum Clausum, Antoine Beuger, Lucio Capece, &c), composed over six years, each using a restricted set of materials, instrument or instrument type, Lingens performing solo, and as a duo and quartet using overdubs, employing microphone techniques for detail and ambiance.
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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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Shock Troops:
Central Dada Time
(FMR)
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Szilard Mezei Septet:
Véres Páncél
(FMR)
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Mette Rasmussen and Chris Corsano:
A View of the Moon (From the Sun)
(Clean Feed)
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Satoko Fujii / Joe Fonda:
Mizu
(Long Song Records)
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