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SQUIDCO Email Update + Distribution Price Sale, March 6, 2026

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Essential Artists

• Albert Ayler Quintet
• Adam Bohman/Gen Ken
• Rob Brown/Daniel Levin
• John Bruschini
• Daniel Carter/Steve Hirsh
• Tore Elgaroy/Henry Kaiser
• Leap Of Faith
• Ava Mendoza/Dave Sewelson
• Parminter (Rovira/Santa/Rodenas/Campobasso)
• Perturbations
• Brandon Seabrook (Seabrook/Fraser/Dicker/Stemeseder)
• Dave Sewelson (w/ Steve Swell/William Parker/Marvin Bugalu Smith)
• Steve Swell/Ellen Christi
• Turbulence
• Andrew Weathers
• Mike Westbrook
• Kenny Wheeler Sextet

Essential Labels

ALAY
Bru Note
Editions Glomar
Evil Clown
False Walls
Mahakala Music

New Noise
Pyroclastic Records
Silkheart
The Bodily Press
Tribe Tapes

Distribution Price Sale

Squidco Distribution Price Sale !

This weekend, we're offering a special sale on 100 items reduced to our distribution price — bringing you substantial savings on each. Many of these works have never been discounted before, featuring albums primarily from our catalog of Jazz & Improvised Music. Don't miss this unique opportunity to explore and own these remarkable albums at unbeatable prices — Many of the items in this sale are limited or last copies, so hurry! This sale ends Sunday, March 8th at midnight.

Click Here to see the list of Sale Items!

Orders must be placed through our shopping cart, prices shown are the discounted price. In-stock items only, items will disappear from the store if they sell out. Sale items are not eligible for reward points. Sale ends Sunday, March 8th, 2026 at 23:59 EST, GMT-5.

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Ayler, Albert Quintet: Copenhagen, Bordeaux 1966 & Newport 1967 Live First Release
(ALAY)

Previously unreleased recordings from the Albert Ayler Quintet — captured in Copenhagen and Bordeaux during the 1966 Newport in Europe tour and at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1967 — present Ayler with Donald Ayler, Michel Samson, Bill Folwell, and Beaver Harris/Milford Graves in fiercely expressive performances, newly restored and mastered from rediscovered tapes.

Squidco Pick

$17.95

Brown, Rob / Daniel Levin: Watching And Listening
(Mahakala Music)

A deeply attentive duo of alto saxophonist Rob Brown and cellist Daniel Levin exploring an open language of gestural improvisation, where pitch often yields to texture, motion, and sonic interaction, the pair's long-standing musical trust guiding a fluid exchange that shifts from delicate, exploratory passages to energized bursts of intertwined strings, reeds and curious asides.

$14.95

Bruschini, John: Portals
(Bru Note)

Recorded solo at Bruschini's Bru Note Studio in NYC (Jan-Feb 2008), this intimate set invites the listener into a "raw state" process of real-time composition, where construction/deconstruction cycles steer the guitar from groove and grit into textural free improv, revealing fresh techniques as motifs mutate, collapse, and re-form.

$13.95

Carter, Daniel / Steve Hirsh: Convocation
(Mahakala Music)

Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter — performing on saxophones, flute, trumpet, and piano — joins drummer Steve Hirsh for a patient and deeply attentive duo session, their freely unfolding improvisations balancing Carter's lyrical horn explorations with Hirsh's fluid rhythmic pulse, creating a spacious, quietly swinging dialog that moves between meditation and intuitive co-creation.

$14.95

Leap Of Faith: Probabilistic Notions
(Evil Clown)

The Leap Of Faith Orchestra sextet — core duo David Peck and Glynis Lomon with brass regulars John Fugarino and Bob Moores, bassist Scott Samenfeld, drummer Jared Seabrook, and Joel Simches on real-time signal processing — navigates a sweeping long-form free improv marked by deep ensemble rapport, extensive instrumental doubling, and a vast array of acoustic and electronic timbres that continuously transform across a broad, vividly articulated sonic palette.

$12.95

Mendoza, Ava / Dave Sewelson : Of It But Not Is It
(Mahakala Music)

A spirited duo between guitarist Ava Mendoza and baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson, moving fluidly between free improv, soulful grooves, and song-based pieces — including compositions by William Parker — with Mendoza's blues-tinged electric guitar and Sewelson's gritty saxophone and vocals creating a raw, expressive dialog that shifts from earthy lyricism to fiercely charged abstraction.

$14.95

Parminter (Rovira / Santa / Rodenas / Campobasso): Hiperborea
(Silkheart)

Barcelona quartet Parminter — bass clarinetist Nana Rovira, keyboardist Ivan Santa, bassist Carlos Rodenas, and drummer Alessandro Campobasso — deliver melodic, rhythmically agile free jazz that balances lyrical themes with eruptive improvisation, their bass clarinet and electric keyboard tandem shaping a vibrant sound colored by progressive jazz-rock textures and diverse influences.

$17.95

Perturbations: Disruptions
(Evil Clown)

Perturbations, pairing David Peck with engineer and electronic manipulator Joel Simches, presents its 10th set with a three-horn frontline of David Peck, Michael Caglianone, and John Fugarino, unfolding a spacious yet volatile free improv where frequent doubling across reeds, brass, percussion, and electronics meets Simches' real-time signal processing with textural disruption and transformation.

$12.95

Seabrook, Brandon (Seabrook / Fraser / Dicker / Stemeseder): Hellbent Daydream
(Pyroclastic Records)

An unconventional quartet led by guitarist and banjo player Brandon Seabrook with Henry Fraser on bass, Erica Dicker on violin, and Elias Stemeseder on piano & synth presenting Seabrook's mercurial compositions where chamber lyricism, folk inflection, and avant energy collide, blending cinematic textures with ferocious interplay and surreal narrative drive.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Sewelson, Dave (w/ Steve Swell / William Parker / Marvin Bugalu Smith): More Music for a Free World
(Mahakala Music)

BACK IN STOCK - LIMITED COPIES: Baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson leads this collective quartet of New York associated players Steve Swell on trombone, William Parker on bass, abd Marvin Bugalu Smith on drums, a masterful example of modern creative jazz with a strongly lyrical attitude, through two extended improvisations and ending with a shorter "Reflections"; exemplary free jazz.

Squidco Pick

$12.95

Swell, Steve / Ellen Christi: Songs From the Poetry Box [Book + CD]
(The Bodily Press)

A multidisciplinary project from trombonist and poet Steve Swell and vocalist/sound designer Ellen Christi, pairing a book of Swell's poems with a CD of performances by a stellar ensemble including Roy Campbell, Sam Newsome, William Parker, AJ Federico, and Tom Bruno, blending spoken word, improvisation, and textural sound design into a meditation on experience, spirituality, and creative expression.

$19.95

Turbulence: Recipes For Prediction
(Evil Clown)

Turbulence — the horn-driven offshoot of the Leap Of Faith Orchestra led by PEK — convenes a trio of brass and reeds with John Fugarino and Bob Moores, powered by bassist Scott Samenfeld, drummer Jared Seabrook, for a dynamically shifting free improv that channels their Art Ensemble-inspired model into intricate counterpoint, dense textural layering, and expansive acoustic-electronic interplay.

$12.95

Westbrook, Mike: The Piano In The Room And The Blues
(ALAY)

Recorded on a Steinway in the gallery of Falmouth Arts Centre, pianist Mike Westbrook delivers an introspective solo exploration of the blues, revisiting its forms — eight, twelve, sixteen, and extended bar structures — through spontaneous variations that blur improvisation and instant composition, blending traditional feeling with modern harmonic invention and the ambient sounds around him.

$17.95

Wheeler, Kenny Sextet: What Was
(False Walls)

Produced by Evan Parker and drawn from a shelved 1995 studio date, this first full release of the Kenny Wheeler Sextet captures the flugelhorn master at 65 balancing post-bop sophistication with open-ended improvisation alongside Ray Warleigh, Stan Sulzmann, John Parricelli, Chris Laurence and Tony Levin, in harmonically rich compositions that favor nuance, collective trust, and deeply lyricism.

Squidco Pick

$17.95

Experimental/Electronic

Bohman, Adam / Gen Ken: Improvised Music
(Tribe Tapes)

A trans-continental mail collaboration between sound artists Adam Bohman and Gen Ken Montgomery, channeling their respective roots in experimental acoustic improvisation and sound art into a single continuous electroacoustic dialogue, blending tactile textures, violin, off-kilter spoken word and electronics in a fluid, open-ended exploration of experimental sound.

$13.95

Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Elgaroy, Tore / Henry Kaiser: The Sound of the Stars
(New Noise)

Uniting Norwegian guitarist Tore Elgarøy with American experimentalist Henry Kaiser, this collaborative set unfolds as a cosmic free improv dialogue of layered textures, electric shimmer, and exploratory interplay, blending ambient atmospheres with rock-tinged abstraction in a fluid, intuitive exchange that highlights both players' distinct voices and shared appetite for sonic adventure.

Squidco Pick

$11.95

Composed & Contemporary

Bruschini, John: Cecil Ensorcelled
(Bru Note)

Solo guitarist John Bruschini channels lessons from his tenure with Cecil Taylor into a series of sculptural improvisations that deconstruct and reconstruct melodic and harmonic ideas, presenting a reflective and adventurous exploration of the guitar's expressive possibilities shaped by an avant-garde lineage.

Squidco Pick

$13.95

Books & Magazines

Weathers, Andrew: Attempts: a collection of text and graphic scores [BOOK]
(Editions Glomar)

A 32-page, perfect-bound set of Weathers' 2019-2026 text and graphic scores — Fluxus-leaning activations, precise instruction pieces, and map-like prompts — distilling his place- and duration-focused intermedia practice into performance catalysts that reward free-improv-minded musicians, ensembles, and curious readers.

$15.95

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Jean-Luc Guionnet: L'Epaisseur De L'Air Live (Potlatch)

Jean-Luc Guionnet: L'Epaisseur De L'Air Live (Potlatch)

Laura Cetilia: Gorgeous Nothings (elsewhere)

Laura Cetilia: Gorgeous Nothings (elsewhere)

Pierre Favre / Sergio Armaroli / Andrea Centazzo / Francesca Gemmo: The Art of Sound(s) (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Pierre Favre / Sergio Armaroli / Andrea Centazzo / Francesca Gemmo: The Art of Sound(s) (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Jung-Jae Kim (Kim / Lee / Song / Kim): Shamanism (Relative Pitch)

Jung-Jae Kim (Kim / Lee / Song / Kim): Shamanism (Relative Pitch)

Angles 11: Tell Them It's The Sound Of Freedom (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Angles 11: Tell Them It's The Sound Of Freedom (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Larry Stabbins / Keith Tippett / Louis Moholo-Moholo: Live In Foggia (Ogun)

Larry Stabbins / Keith Tippett / Louis Moholo-Moholo: Live In Foggia (Ogun)

Camila Nebbia / Kit Downes / Andrew Lisle: Exhaust (Relative Pitch)

Camila Nebbia / Kit Downes / Andrew Lisle: Exhaust (Relative Pitch)

Henry Threadgilll: Listen Ship (Pi Recordings)

Henry Threadgilll: Listen Ship (Pi Recordings)

Natsuki Tamura and Satoko Fujii: Ki (Libra Records)

Natsuki Tamura and Satoko Fujii: Ki (Libra Records)

Remergency (Hirsh / Hollenberg / Sewelson): Wave Benders (Squid Note Records)

Remergency (Hirsh / Hollenberg / Sewelson): Wave Benders (Squid Note Records)

Michael Pisaro-Liu: Within (2) / Appearance (2) (Confront)

Michael Pisaro-Liu: Within (2) / Appearance (2) (Confront)

Alexander Hawkins / Taylor Ho Bynum: A Near Permanent State Of Wonder (RogueArt)

Alexander Hawkins / Taylor Ho Bynum: A Near Permanent State Of Wonder (RogueArt)

Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003. In 2010, we moved to Wilmington, NC, providing regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of over 9,000 items, including hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for visits by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region, please email us to set up a time — we'd love to play some music for you!

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