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UPDATE
September 27, 2024
"Improvisation is such a natural part of being alive and being human."
—Jason Stein
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Essential Artists
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• Das Rad
• Don Ellis (Byard/Carter/Persip; Bley/Peacock/Stone /Martinis)
• Satoko Fujii Quartet (w/ Tamura/Takeharu/Yoshida)
• Hubbub (Blondy/Denzler/Guionnet/Mariage/Perraud)
• Jason Hwang Kao
• Russ Lossing
• Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra
• Louis Moholo-Moholo
• Thurston Moore
• Seijiro Murayama/Jean-Luc Guionnet
• Camila Nebbia/Angelica Sanchez
• Akira Sakata/Rie Nakajima
• Jason Stein (Stein/Abrams/Cleaver/Boon)
• Judith Wegmann/Jens Ruland/Robert Torche
• Christian Wolfarth
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Essential Labels
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Blaser Music
Daydream Library Series
Discus
ESP
ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd
Ftarri
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Hiddenbell Records
Libra
Ogun
Relative Pitch
Tao Forms
True Sound Recordings
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This weekend, from Friday, September 27th through Sunday, September 29th,
all used CDs in our catalog are on sale at 20% off their listed price! Most items in our used collection
are lightly used copies that we used to catalog the new albums listed on our site, and unless otherwise noted,
are in near mint condition. So have a good look through our used CD category, where you'll find some great
albums selling at 20% off of their pre-sale price!
View Our List of Used CDs
20% Discounts end Sunday, September 29, 2024 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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Ellis, Don (Byard / Carter / Persip; Bley / Peacock / Stone /Martinis): How Time Passes To Essence, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Before his experimental, culturally absorbing large band work in the late 60s and 70s, trumpeter Don Ellis released these two excellent quartet albums featuring his own compositions, particularly the side-long work "Improvisational Suite 1", in bands with Jaki Byard, Ron Carter & Charlie Persip (How Time Passes) and with Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and either Gene Stone or Nick Martinis (Essence).
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Fujii, Satoko Quartet (w/ Tamura / Takeharu / Yoshida): Dog Days of Summer
(Libra)
One of Satoko Fujii's wildest groups, the quartet of Fujii on piano, Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, Hayakawa Takeharu (HAYAKAWA, Dr. Umezu Band) on bass and Magaibutsu label leader & Ruins drummer Tatsuya Yoshida present their first album since 2007, expanding their assertive approach to improv in an adventurous set that merges rock and jazz forms with lyricism and power.
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Hubbub (Blondy / Denzler / Guionnet / Mariage / Perraud): abb abb abb
(Relative Pitch)
With prior albums on For4Ears and Matchless, the French electroacoustic (with an emphasis on "acoustic") free improvising quartet Hubbub of Frédéric Blondy (piano), Bertrand Denzler (tenor sax), Jean-Luc Guionnet (alto sax), Jean-Sébastien Mariage (guitar), and Edward Peraud (percussion) present two extended, perfectly paced improvisations of stunning interplay and incredible technique.
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Hwang, Jason Kao: Soliloquies
(True Sound Recordings)
Honoring the courage of the survivors of atrocities experienced in China during World War II, including that of his own father, New York improvising violinist Jason Kao Hwang presents twelve solo pieces performed on the pizzicato violin, works that embrace the struggle of his antecedents with a narrative sense of presentation and extraordinary technique.
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Lossing, Russ: Inventions
(Blaser Music)
New York pianist Russ Lossing, known for his inventive work with his trio Three-Part Invention alongside bassist Mark Helias and trumpeter Ralph Alessi, steps into the spotlight alone on Inventions, a solo piano album that showcases his unique ability to weave quick-witted, spontaneous improvisations with beautifully introspective moments in this captivating set of live studio performances.
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Lowe, Allen And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 1 [2 CDs]
(ESP)
Allen Lowe's 2-volume 4-CD set evokes through original music the musical eras that Louis Armstrong lived through, from ragtime to early jazz, swing, bebop, avant garde jazz, Dada and rock & roll, a rollicking, perceptive and fun set of compositions with contributors including Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Frank Lacy, Lewis Porter, Elijah Schiffer, Matt Shipp, Ursula Oppens, &c.
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Lowe, Allen And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 2 [2 CDs]
(ESP)
Allen Lowe's 2-volume 4-CD set evokes through original music the musical eras that Louis Armstrong lived through, from ragtime to early jazz, swing, bebop, avant garde jazz, Dada and rock & roll, a rollicking, perceptive and fun set of compositions with contributors including Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Frank Lacy, Lewis Porter, Elijah Schiffer, Matt Shipp, Ursula Oppens, &c.
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Moholo-Moholo, Louis: Viva La Blac
(Ogun)
South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo's 2nd album as a leader with his sextet Viva La Black, newly remastered and including two extra tracks from the original LP, issued for the first time on CD drawing out their unique approach to British jazz through compositions from Keith Tippett, Chris McGregor, Tristan Honsinger, Mongezi Feza, Harry Miller, and Moholo-Moholo himself.
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Murayama, Seijiro / Jean-Luc Guionnet: Balcony Inside
(Ftarri)
Paris-based musician Seijiro Murayama (percussion, voice) and French alto sax and organ player Jean-Luc Guionnet continue their collaboration with this 2023 recording of a 50-minute performance at the Taborkirche church in Berlin, using the resonance of the space to expand Murayama's snare drum, cymbal and voice in tandem with Guionnet's improvisation on the pipe organ.
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Nebbia, Camila / Angelica Sanchez: In Another Land, Another Dream
(Relative Pitch)
An intimate duo at Brooklyn's IBeam performance venue in November 2023 between visiting Argentine-born, Berlin-based tenor saxophonist Camila Nebbia and New York pianist Angelica Sanchez, performing six freely improvised and sophisticated dialogs that highlight the implicit lyricism of each player and the finesse of their virtuosic skills in subtle expression.
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Sakata, Akira / Rie Nakajima: Roughly Random
(Ftarri)
Legendary Japanese free jazz saxophonist Akira Sakata joins with frequent collaborator, younger generation sound and installation artist Rie Nakajima, for a live concert at Ftarri's Tokyo venue in 2023, Sakata performing on alto sax, clarinet, bells, singing bowl and vocals, Nakajima on objects and motor, capturing two sets of unique detail and expressive restraint.
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Stein, Jason (Stein / Abrams / Cleaver / Boon): Anchors
(Tao Forms)
Chicago-based bass clarinetist-composer Jason Stein returns from a six-year hiatus as bandleader with a beautifully personal, nuanced, and expansive album, created with bassist Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society), drummer Gerald Cleaver, and guitarist and co-producer Boon, in a suite of seven Stein compositions ranging from meditative calm to gripping intensity.
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Stein, Jason (Stein / Abrams / Cleaver / Boon): Anchors [VINYL]
(Tao Forms)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Das Rad: Funfair
(Discus)
The UK improvising rock/prog band Das Rad in their seventh album, expanded from the original trio of guitarist & mellotron player Nick Robinson, woodwind & keys player Martin Archer and drummer & synth player Steve Dinsdale, to this quintet with bassist Jon Short and guitarist & vocalist Peter Rophone, evolving their expansive approach merging electronic, jazz and rock music.
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Moore, Thurston: Flow Critical Lucidity
(Daydream Library Series)
A diverse and interesting set of songs in Thurston Moore's ninth solo record, recorded in Europe & The UK with contributors including Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab and Deb Googe of My Bloody Valentine, many of the songs reminiscent of Sonic Youth but uniquely Moore through unpretentious communication that references topics including lucid dreaming, nature and the changing planet.
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Moore, Thurston: Flow Critical Lucidity [VINYL CREAM COLOR LP + 7'']
(Daydream Library Series)
Vinyl limited edition set with bonus 7" of the album listed above.
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Compositional
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Wegmann, Judith / Jens Ruland / Robert Torche: Kon.Takte
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Surrounding the realization of Karlheinz Stockhausen's ground-breaking work of electronic music and acoustic improvisation, Kontakte, performed by Judith Wegmann (piano) Jens Ruland (percussion) & Robert Torche (electronics), are Antoine Chessex's exploratory score Geschichte der Gewalt, applying improvisation to frequency and form, and the improvised prelude from all three: Spiegelungen.
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Wolfarth, Christian : 39 / Part IV - VI
(Hiddenbell Records)
An engaging album of solo percussion that start like a vortex of clocks ticking, and then draws the listener into an amazing journey of unique percussive expression, timbre, rhythm and subtle transitions, the second album in Swiss percussionist Christian Wolfarth's 39 series, presenting Parts IV - VI of his works exploring the relationships between 3, 9 & 39.
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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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Dunmall / Kinch / Cole / Mwamba / Kane / Drake:
Bright Light a Joyous Celebration
(Discus Music)
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Eva-Maria Houben:
echo fantasy II
(Ftarri Classical)
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Dorner / Rodrigues / Kim / Flinn:
Chess Music
(Creative Sources)
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Nick Dunston:
Colla Voce
(Out Of Your Head Records)
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Suspensao:
Frottage
(Creative Sources)
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Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp:
Magical Incantation
(Soul City Sounds)
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Eva-Maria Houben (Kei Kondo / Takahiro Kuroda):
His Master's Voice / Aus Den Fliegenden Blattern Eines Fahrenden Waldhornisten / Lose Verbunden Verbunden
(Ftarri Classical)
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Paul Paccione (Apartment House):
Distant Musics
(Another Timbre)
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John Butcher + 13:
Fluid Fixations
(Weight of Wax)
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Sam Newsome & Max Johnson:
Tubes
(Unbroken Sounds)
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Ernesto Rodrigues / Bruno Parrinha / Johannes von Buttlar:
Whispers and Reveries
(Creative Sources)
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Simon Nabatov Quartet featuring Ralph Alessi:
Lovely Music
(Clean Feed)
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Stay Current With Squidco
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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.
• You can ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.
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-Don Van Vliet
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