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UPDATE
March 26, 2021
"Much as we digest our own personal influences in an unconscious way,
I think the music will probably evolve however it goes,
Organically."
—Alexander Hawkins
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Creative Artists
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• John Coltrane Quartet
• Devouring the Guilt (Gerrit Hatcher/Bill Harris/Eli Namay)
• Mark Feldman
• Joel Futterman
• Joel Futterman/Ike Levin (w/ guest Benjamin Tomassetti)
• E. Gibbs Jason
• Petra Haden (w/ John Zorn/Jesse Harris feat. the Julian Lage Trio)
• Gerrit Hatcher/Rob Magill/Patrick Shiroishi
• Alexander Hawkins feat/ Evan Parker + Riot Ensemble
• Jeph Jerman
• Sana Nagano (w/ Apflebaum/Matsuno/Filiano/Herternstein)
• Silvan Schmid
• Sun Ra and His Arkestra
• Aki Takase /Christian Weber/Michael Griener
• Yuma Uesaka/Cat Toren/Colin Hinton
• John Zorn Gnosis Quartet
• John Zorn (Frisell/Riley/Lage)
• John Zorn (Gosling/Hashimoto/Roeder/Smith)
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Essential Labels
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577
Charles Lester Music
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Creation Music
ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd
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Intakt
Kettle Hole Records
Orbit577
Tsss Tapes
Tzadik
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Coltrane, John Quartet: Newport, New York, Alabama, 1963, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Two quartets performing two live concerts from 1963 led by John Coltrane on tenor & soprano saxophones, the first at the Newport Jazz Festival with McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on double bass and Roy Haynes on drums, the second at Birdland with Elvin Jones on the drums, plus 2 studio recordings with that quartet at Van Gelder Studio in the same year.
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Devouring the Guilt (Gerrit Hatcher / Bill Harris / Eli Namay): Prison Planet
(Kettle Hole Records)
The Chicago collective trio of tenor saxophonist Gerrit Hatcher, Lebanese bassist Eli Namay and drummer/percussionist Bill Harris are captured live at Chicago's The Whistler in the summer of 2019 for two extended and exploratory improvisations, showing both technical mastery and a curiosity for new modes of expression through inspired and intuitive conversation.
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Feldman, Mark: Sounding Point
(Intakt)
Including six of his own compositions, a work by Sylvie Courvoiser and Ornette Coleman's "Peace Warrior", New York violin virtuoso Mark Feldman's new solo album, recorded in the studio in Brooklyn, is a touchpoint to his skills and creative imagination today, 26 years after his first solo album, displaying a profound ability to engage and inspire his listeners.
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Futterman, Joel / Ike Levin (w/ guest Benjamin Tomassetti): Enigma
(Charles Lester Music)
2005 freely improvised studio recordings from the duo of Ike Levin on tenor saxophone & bass clarinet and Joel Futterman on piano and, surprisingly, on soprano sax in duo with Levin, along with three trio recordings adding alto saxophonist Benjamin Tomassetti (who also engineered the session), all music collectively created "in the moment".
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Futterman, Joel: Transition One
(Creation Music)
A remarkable tour de force of solo piano improvisation on this self-released album from Virginia-based but New York-associated pianist Joel Futterman, recording in the studio in 2009 for a three-part series of exploratory and profoundly masterful improvisations, captivating with intense and technical passages that yield to lyrically beautiful and expansive playing.
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Gibbs, E. Jason: Wolves of Heaven
(Orbit577)
Working in a Derek Bailey vein of solo guitar improvisation, Portland, Maine improviser E. Jason Gibbs presents 14 performances on the acoustic guitar, cohesive pieces of confident development that reference not only the London improviser, but also shades of Americana and a unique voice and set of strategies uniquely his own.
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Hatcher, Gerrit / Rob Magill / Patrick Shiroishi: Triplet Fawns
(Kettle Hole Records)
Chicago saxophonist and Kettle Hole label leader Gerrit Hatcher joins with West Coast saxophonists Rob Magill (Weird Cry Records, Dreamcolour) and Japanese saxophonist based in Los Angeles Patrick Shiroishi, for five collective free improvisations of informed saxophone interaction; three approaches to the horn that complement and contrast in fascinating ways.
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Hawkins, Alexander feat/ Evan Parker + Riot Ensemble: Togetherness Music
(Intakt)
Pianist Alexander Hawkins' six movement composition is realized by the UK Riot Ensemble, known primarily for their work with notated contemporary music, adding Evan Parker's incredible soprano sax soloing, and filtered through Matthew Wright's live electronic processing, resulting in this amazing hybrid masterwork that bridges modern 21st Century forms.
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Nagano, Sana (w/ Apflebaum / Matsuno / Filiano / Herternstein): Smashing Humans [VINYL]
(577)
The debut of a new electric jazz quintet from NY violinist Sana Nagano, with Peter Appfelbaum on tenor saxophone & megaphone, Keisuke Matsuno on electric guitar, Ken Filiano on acoustic bass & effects, and Joe Hertenstein on drums, an inventive and energetic album of joyful urgency and tremendous group dynamic, fueled by Nagano's exuberant and lyrical compositions.
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Schmid, Silvan: Augmented Space
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Swiss trumpeter Silvan Schmid (Silvan Schmid Quintett, London Improvisers Orchestra, Floor Poodle, &c) in a solo album of remarkable technique, pacing and intention, using traditional brass elements like rips, smears, half-valved notes and portamento, along with murmurs, pops & percussive evocations of indescribable origination, at times augmented via amplification.
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Sun Ra and His Arkestra: I Struck a Match on the Moon / Dreamsville [7-inch VINYL]
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)
Recorded during the The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra sessions in 1961 after moving the Arkestra to the Philadelphia/NY area from his original Chicago base, these two ballads are sung by Ricky Murray, "I Struck a Match..." written by Sun Ra and very much an Arkestra tune, while "Dreamsville" is a Livingston-Mancini-Evans tune that receives Ra's big band treatment.
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Takase, Aki / Christian Weber / Michael Griener: Auge
(Intakt)
Bringing an innate lyricism to free improvisation in the piano trio format, albeit a thoroughly modern take on that format where all performers are equal and active participants, from Aki Takase on piano, Christian Weber on bass, and Michael Griener on drums, performing five Takase originals, one from Griener & Takase, and 8 collective works.
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Uesaka, Yuma / Cat Toren / Colin Hinton: Ocelot
(577)
The Brooklyn trio of Yuma Uesaka on tenor saxophone & clarinets, Cat Toren on piano & synthesizer, and Colin Hinton on drums, percussion, gongs, glockenspiel, & vibraphone, in a sophisticated album of modern creative improvisation with a lyrical attitude and a confidently introspective approach, all three players contributing original compositions to this debut album.
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Zorn, John (Gosling / Hashimoto / Roeder / Smith): Heaven and Earth Magick
(Tzadik)
Zorn's compositions on this album bridge the worlds of contemporary compositional and fully improvised jazz, Zorn conducting a quartet with Stephen Gosling's piano and Sae Hashimoto's vibraphone parts fully notated, while drummer Ches Smith and bassist Jorge Roeder provide an improvisational rhythm section, bringing to life these dynamic and lyrical works.
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Zorn, John: Gnosis: The Inner Light
(Tzadik)
John Zorn's Gnostic Quartet of Bill Frisell on guitar, Carol Emanuel on harp, John Medeski on organ, piano & Fender Rhodes, and Kenny Wollesen on vibraphone perform Zorn's melodic compositions dedicated to one of Zorn's earliest mentors, Ennio Morricone, through nine compositions of "beautiful harmonies, a driving rhythmic pulse and stunning lyricism."
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Experimental/Electronic
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Jerman, Jeph: Popular Fictions [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)
Two side-long compositions from audio explorer Jeph Jerman, assembled using recordings of objects including "mouth, stone, wood, glass, metal, paper, plastic, radio" plus field recordings made through the spring and summer of 2020 in and around Cottonwood, AZ, joined with audio contributions from Doug Theriault, Chris Reider, Julie Schubert, &c.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Haden, Petra (w/ John Zorn / Jesse Harris feat. the Julian Lage Trio): Songs For Petra [VINYL]
(Tzadik)
The songwriting team of John Zorn and Jesse Harris, who worked together on Zorn's The Song Project, wrote these beautiful melodies & lyrics that merge elements of rock and jazz for singer Petra Haden, performed in a quintet with Jesse Harris on acoustic guitar, keys & background vocals, Kenny Wollesen on drums, percussion, Julian Lage on guitar, and Jorge Roeder on bass.
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Compositional
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Zorn, John: Teresa de Avila
(Tzadik)
The third and final CD in composer John Zorn's trilogy inspired by historic figures of Christian mysticism, following works for Francesco d'Assisi and Julian of Norwich, these 10 pieces are conducted by Zorn and written specifically for the acoustic guitar trio of Bill Frisell, Julian Lage and Gyan Riley; an album of breathtaking character and inspired playing.
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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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Morton Feldman (Judith Wegmann):
Triadic Memories
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Peter Brotzmann / Fred Lonberg-Holm:
Memories Of A Tunicate
(Relative Pitch)
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Albert Ayler Quartet with Don Cherry:
European Recordings Autumn 1964 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Phill Niblock:
Music for Organs
(Matiere Memoire)
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