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Leap Of Faith: Probabilistic Notions
Leap Of Faith:
Probabilistic Notions

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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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.

Perturbations: Disruptions
Perturbations:
Disruptions

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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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.

Turbulence: Recipes For Prediction
Turbulence:
Recipes For Prediction

(Evil Clown -- USA )


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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.

Weathers, Andrew: Attempts: a collection of text and graphic scores [BOOK]
Weathers, Andrew:
Attempts: a collection of text and graphic scores [BOOK]

(Editions Glomar -- USA )


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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.

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

(ALAY -- Switzerland )


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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.

Brown, Rob / Daniel Levin: Watching And Listening
Brown, Rob / Daniel Levin:
Watching And Listening

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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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.

Mehead: One Good Eye [REISSUE]
Mehead:
One Good Eye [REISSUE]

(Taut Recordings -- UK )


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"Originally released in late 1991, Mehead's sole album, was recorded at RMS Studios in Crystal Palace, London, and issued just a few months before the quartet's demise. This second edition of One Good Eye, has been remastered by enginee...

Mendoza, Ava / Dave Sewelson : Of It But Not Is It
Mendoza, Ava / Dave Sewelson :
Of It But Not Is It

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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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.

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

(Pyroclastic Records -- USA )


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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.

Swell, Steve / Ellen Christi: Songs From the Poetry Box [Book + CD]
Swell, Steve / Ellen Christi:
Songs From the Poetry Box [Book + CD]

(The Bodily Press -- USA )


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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.

Westbrook, Mike: The Piano In The Room And The Blues
Westbrook, Mike:
The Piano In The Room And The Blues

(ALAY -- Switzerland )


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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.



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

Mendoza, Ava / Dave Sewelson : Of It But Not Is It

Westbrook, Mike: The Piano In The Room And The Blues

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

Brown, Rob / Daniel Levin: Watching And Listening

Mehead: One Good Eye [REISSUE]

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