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UPDATE
October 4, 2024
"We have to listen to each other,
We listen to ourselves,
And we listen moment to moment."
—Joel Futterman
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Essential Artists
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• Arashi With Takeo Moriyama
• Steve Baczkowski
• Tim Berne/Michael Formanek
• Kim Cass (w/ Mitchell/Sorey/Cocks/Dotson)
• Kris Davis Trio (w/ Hurst/Blake)
• Fictional Souvenirs (Thomas/Butcher/Solberg)
• Stephen Flinn/Bryan Eubanks
• Joel Futterman
• Leo Genovese
• Laura Jurd/Paul Dunmall
• Matt Mitchell (w/ Tordini/Weiss)
• ONCEIM
• Jessica Pavone
• Reid/Kitamura/Bynum/Morris
• Sentient Beings (O'Gallagher/Brackenbury/Pope/Bianco)
• Elliott Sharp
• Steve Swell's Imbued With Light
• Jamison Williams
• Katsura Yamauchi/Jason Kahn
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Discus
Ftarri
Mahakala Music
Pi Recordings
Public Eyesore
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Pyroclastic Records
Relative Pitch
Silkheart
Trost Records
zOaR Records
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Arashi w/ Takeo Moriyama: Tokuzo
(Trost Records)
The trio of Japanese saxophone legend Akira Sakata with the Scandinavian rhythm section of Johan Berthling on double bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, plus a second drummer with Takeo Moriyama (Yosuke Yamashita Trio), perform six wildly exciting improvisations, Sakata's vocalizations at times pushing the band as they are heard live in this 2019 recording at Tokuzo in Nagoya, Japan.
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Arashi With Takeo Moriyama: Tokuzo [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Trost Records)
Vinyl 2-LP version of the CD listed above.
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Baczkowski, Steve: Cheap Fabric
(Relative Pitch)
Recording on a vintage reel-to-reel tape deck in his own warehouse living room during a lunar eclipse, saxophonist Steve Baczkowski (Brandon Lopez Trio, Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit, Ensemble MIA) captures thirteen explorations on tenor and baritone saxophones, plus a homemade wind instrument, for an intimately challenging album of outrageous technique and overtones.
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Berne, Tim / Michael Formanek: Parlour Games
(Relative Pitch)
With an extensive discography of collaboration together in a wealth of groupings, New York bassist Formanek and alto saxophonist Tim Berne are heard in this 1991 live duo performance at The Parlour in Providence, Rhode Island, a powerfully confident concert of informed dialogs captured seven years before their only other duo album from 1998, Ornery People.
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Cass, Kim (w/ Mitchell / Sorey / Cocks / Dotson): Levs
(Pi Recordings)
Performing the unique compositions of Brooklyn-based bassist & composer Kim Cass with the technically superb quintet of Matt Mitchell on piano & synthesizer, Tyshawn Sorey on drums, Laura Cocks on flutes and Adam Dotson on euphonium, Cass' intricate and unconventional works, influenced by 20th century contemporary classical, are complex structures that require precision and wit; impressive!
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Davis, Kris Trio (w/ Hurst / Blake): Run the Gauntlet
(Pyroclastic Records)
A tribute to six extraordinary female pianists — Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, Sylvie Courvoisier & Renne Rosnes — through compositions from New York pianist Kris Davis and one by drummer Johnathan Blake, melodically rich and intricately challenging pieces as Davis stands shoulder to shoulder with those who inspired her.
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Fictional Souvenirs (Thomas / Butcher / Solberg): Volatile Object
(Trost Records)
Following their 2019 Astral Spirits album Fictional Souvenirs , the trio of Pat Thomas on piano & electronics, John Butcher on saxophones and Stale Liavik Solberg on drums take that album's title as their trio's moniker, releasing this exceptional second album of four insightful collective conversations captured live at Cafe Oto, in London in 2023.
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Futterman, Joel: Forever
(Mahakala Music)
In two extended movements and a conclusion, free-improvising pianist Joel Futterman’s Forever reflects both the rich history of jazz and his own personal journey through deeply focused expression, his music flowing like a powerful river — at times turbulent, at times serene — yet always in motion, guiding listeners on an expansive and captivating journey.
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Genovese, Leo: Forward
(577 Records)
Argentinian pianist based in NY Leo Genovese, a frequent collaborator on 577 releases and a Grammy Award winner for solo improvisation, is heard in his solo debut on 577 in two extended free improvisations, building from quiet introspection into unbridled exuberance, technically fascinating structures of great momentum, captured live at the 2024 Forward Festival in Brooklyn, NY.
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Jurd, Laura / Paul Dunmall: Fanfares And Freedom
(Discus)
Paul Dunmall brings his quartet of Liam Noble (piano), Caius Williams (bass) and Miles Levi (drums) together with Laura Jurd's brass quintet of Jurd (trumpet), Chris Batchelor (trumpet), Alex Paxton (trombone), Raphael Clarkson (trombone) and Oren Marshall (tuba) for a live performance at The Vortex in London, written by Jurd as a commission from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
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Mitchell, Matt (w/ Tordini / Weiss): Zealous Angles
(Pi Recordings)
The debut album of NY composer & pianist Matt Mitchell's long-running trio with bassist Chris Tordiniand and drummer Dan Weiss, an adventurous and accomplished group that brings an optimistic buoyancy to Mitchell's complex compositions, exploring multiple asynchronous cycles using polyrhythm and polymeter through multiple lines that the players have freedom to choose and improvise around.
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Onceim (Orchestre de Nouvelles Creations, Experimentations et Improvisations Musicales: Laminaire
(Relative Pitch)
ONCEIM is the French ensemble of over 30 distinguished musicians directed by Frédéric Blondy, drawing on jazz, free improv, experimental and contemporary music as they evolve impressively detailed works from subtle restraint to controlled swells, heard in live performances from 2018 at Eglise Saint-Merry in Paris and at La Muse en Circuit in 2020, plus a 3rd studio session from 2020.
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Pavone, Jessica: What Happens Has Become Now
(Relative Pitch)
Her 5th solo viola album finds NY improviser & composer Jessica Pavone extending her exploration of music based on the pitches of the open strings, accentuating the natural sympathetic resonances of the instrument and expanded through the use of electronic effects to create a virtual duo, on one track performing on a Ken Butler hand-crafted hybrid instrument, the Sword Viola.
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Reid / Kitamura / Bynum / Morris: Geometry of Phenomena
(Relative Pitch)
The next angle from the collective Geometry group of Tomeka Reid on cello, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet & flugelhorn, Kyoko Kitamura on voice, and Joe Morris on guitar, exploring their "Geometry" first of "Caves", then "Distance", "Trees", and now "Phenomena", through highly attuned exploration of sonic complexities and intersecting approaches to their respective instruments.
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Sentient Beings (O'Gallagher / Brackenbury / Pope / Bianco): Truth Is Not The Enemy
(Discus)
Four singular improvisors from the US and UK -- Faith Heleene Brackenbury on violin, John O'Gallagher on alto sax, Anthony Bianco on drums, and John Pope on bass -- are heard in this live performance of spiritually rich, intellectually deep and powerfully articulate collective free jazz, captured live in 2024 at The Vortex, in London, UK in two extended conversations.
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Swell's, Steve Imbued With Light: Hommage a Galina Ustvolskaya
(Silkheart)
Continuing his series of hommages to classical composers, New York trombonist Steve Swell assembles his sextet to improvise under the influence of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006), whose truly unique "out of the box" approach to structuring sound brings force and intensity to Swell's compositions, yielding inspired performances from all musicians.
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Williams, Jamison: The Lesser Key of Solomon-Bael
(Relative Pitch)
Appropriately recorded at Le Sauvage Cathedral in France, the region name dating to the legend of a wild woman who only ate raw meat, had a double row of teeth, lived under a rocky promontory and was buried by a landslide, as baritone saxophonist Jamison Williams darkly burns in an extended improvisation of outside technique while referencing the Lemegeton, a 17th century book of magic.
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Yamauchi, Katsura / Jason Kahn: Time Between
(Ftarri)
Two itinerant and unique performers in solo and small group configurations--Japanese saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi, who has recorded & performed with Voice Crack, Tatsuya Nakatani, Otomo Yoshihide, &c. &c., and Swiss electroacoustic improviser Jason Kahn--meet during Kahn's 2023 visit to Japan, recording these perceptively subtle duos live at HALL, in Oita and at IAF SHOP, in Hakata.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Flinn, Stephen / Bryan Eubanks : Stephen Flinn / Bryan Eubanks
(Public Eyesore)
A live performance of acoustic improvisation augmented by electronics between Stephen Flinn and Bryan Eubanks, Flinn bringing percussion and gongs to the stage while Eubanks performs on saxophone and electronics, over a 30 minute dialog they coax out unusual cries, squeals and utterance of confident sonic force evolved through improvisational restraint; compelling and mysterious.
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Compositional
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Sharp, Elliott: Mandocello
(zOaR Records)
A tour-de-force exposition of the mandocello, acoustic and electronic, an instrument evolving out of the 18th century mandalone into a louder instrument intended to take the bass role in mandolin ensembles, which Sharp demonstrates through strings that ring with powerful resonance as he performs original compositions with references to Derek Bailey, Kinshi Tsuruta, and Harry Partch.
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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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Silvan Schmid / Tom Wheatley / Eddie Prevost:
The Wandering One - High Laver Levitation Volume 2
(Matchless Recordings)
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Henry Kaiser:
The Lost Chord
(Metalanguage)
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Nomi Epstein:
Shades
(Another Timbre)
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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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Stay Current With Squidco
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We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and
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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.
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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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