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The Squid's Ear Magazine
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Squidco & The Squid's Ear

UPDATE
November 13, 2026

"You can play right notes that sound wrong
And you can play wrong notes that sound right,
But it is in the end very important to mean what you play."
— Ellery Eskelin

 Essential Artists

• Bishu Chattopadhyay
• Miles Davis' 2nd Quintet
• Ecorchure (Baysse/Petit/Favriou)
• Ellery Eskelin
• Wolfgang Fuchs/Damon Smith/Jerome Bryerton
• George (Webber/Rossy/Magic/Hollenbeck)
• Alexander Hawkins (w/ Drake/Mitchell/Wright)
• Joe Hertenstein/Anthony Coleman/Jon Irabagon
• Santiago Lamisovski Trio
• James Lewis Brandon/Red Lily Quintet
• Remergency (Hirsh/Hollenberg/Sewelson)
• Teresa Riemann
• Udo Schindler/Nicola L. Hein/Nikolaus Neuser
• Matthew Shipp/William Parker
• Nate Wooley
• Zingaro/Rodrigues/Rodrigues

 Essential Labels

577 Records
ALAY
Balance Point Acoustics
Creative Sources
Discreet Archive

 ezz-thetics now
Intakt
Out Of Your Head Records
Squid Note Records
Tao Forms

 New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation
Chattopadhyay, Bishu: Fragments
(577 Records)

Bassist and vocalist Bishu Chattopadhyay leads a nine-piece ensemble featuring Rez Abbasi, Esteban Castro, Birsa Chatterjee, and Mir Naqibul Islam through nine compositions blending contemporary jazz, Indian musical traditions, free improvisation, and structured ensemble writing, reflecting themes of memory, migration, and cultural identity through shifting melodies and open-ended musical forms.
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Squidco Pick
 Davis', Miles 2nd Quintet: Reference: Live 1967 in Europe [3 CDs]
(ALAY)

Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet — Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams — captured during its 1967 European tour in Antwerp, Copenhagen, and Paris, presenting three CDs of adventurous post-bop improvisation, rhythmic elasticity, and collective interplay as the ensemble transforms familiar compositions into fluid, unpredictable performances.

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Ecorchure (Jeremy Baysse / Jean-Luc Petit / Fabrice Favriou) : Ecorchure
(Creative Sources)

Returning with their second self-titled album, recorded in Poitiers in 2024, the French improvising trio of Jérémy Baysse on electric guitar, Jean-Luc Petit on saxophones and contrabass clarinet, and Fabrice Favriou on drums present seven fiercely interactive pieces that move between abrasive intensity and delicate textural exploration, extending the group's distinctive fusion of free jazz, experimental rock, and spontaneous improvisation.
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Eskelin, Ellery: Across Breath, Voice, Silence (Solo)
(ezz-thetics now)

Tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin performs three extended improvisations at the Fire Lotus Temple in New York City, exploring the relationship between breath, expression, and silence through a deeply personal approach to solo performance, drawing on his interest in Zen practice to create a contemplative yet dynamically expressive music where subtle articulation, resonance, and spontaneous invention shape the unfolding sound.
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Fuchs, Wolfgang / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton: Now This Was Clear: Three October Meetings Live In Berlin & Chicago [2 CDs]
(Balance Point Acoustics)

A 2-CD set documenting two 2002 performances by Wolfgang Fuchs on reeds, Damon Smith on double bass, and Jerome Bryerton on percussion, recorded at Berlin's Total Music Meeting and Chicago's Empty Bottle, revealing a fiercely inventive trio whose free improvisations combine Fuchs' expressive clarinets, Smith's muscular arco and pizzicato, and Bryerton's restless, fragmented rhythmic textures.
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Squidco Pick
 George (Webber / Rossy / Magic / Hollenbeck): Looking For Consonance
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Drummer and composer John Hollenbeck leads GEORGE with Anna Webber on saxophone and flutes, Sarah Rossy on voice and synthesizer, and Chiquita Magic on synthesizers and voice, blending intricate rhythms, electronic textures, and adventurous vocal interplay in compositions exploring the tension between consonance and dissonance, stability and uncertainty, and the search for harmony.
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Squidco Pick
 George (Webber / Rossy / Magic / Hollenbeck): Looking For Consonance [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
Buy $23.95Listen
Hawkins, Alexander (w/ Drake / Mitchell / Wright): No Nation But Imagination
(Intakt)

British pianist Alexander Hawkins joins harpist Rhodri Davies, drummer Hamid Drake, flutist Nicole Mitchell, and turntablist Matthew Wright in an imaginative quintet blending acoustic improvisation with synthesizers, sampling, and electronic manipulation, transforming nine compositions and collective explorations into richly layered music shaped through spontaneous interaction and inventive studio post-production.
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Squidco Pick
 Hertenstein, Joe / Anthony Coleman / Jon Irabagon: Future Drone
(ezz-thetics now)

Drummer Joe Hertenstein joins Anthony Coleman on Hammond B3 organ and Jon Irabagon on tenor saxophone for a dynamic live performance at Vienna's Porgy & Bess, exploring four original compositions built on riffs, melodic fragments, and open-ended structures, with the trio transforming Hertenstein's material through adventurous collective improvisation, rhythmic interplay, and richly contrasting textures.
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Lamisovski, Santiago Trio : Perel
(ezz-thetics now)

Argentine bassist and composer Santiago Lamisovski makes his debut as a bandleader with Perel, joined by pianist Nataniel Edelman and drummer Fermín Merlo in seven original compositions that draw on the harmonic adventurousness of Herbie Nichols and Andrew Hill, blending lyrical modern jazz, rhythmic complexity, and spontaneous trio interplay developed through years of collaboration.
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Squidco Pick
 Lewis, James Brandon / Red Lily Quintet: Calling Antonin
(Tao Forms)

Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis leads his six-piece Red Lily ensemble in Calling Antonin, a tribute to Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, reimagining his American-period compositions through original works and variations that blend jazz improvisation with chamber music, featuring Kirk Knuffke, Melanie Dyer, Tomeka Reid, Joshua Abrams, and Chad Taylor in a richly melodic and rhythmically dynamic exploration of musical heritage.
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Squidco Pick
 Lewis, James Brandon / Red Lily Quintet: Calling Antonin [VINYL]
(Tao Forms)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Schindler, Udo / Nicola L. Hein / Nikolaus Neuser : The Waldberta Tapes [3 CDs]
(Creative Sources)

Recorded at Villa Waldberta in Germany in 2021, this three-CD set brings together Udo Schindler on bass clarinet, sopranino saxophone, and tuba, Nicola L. Hein on electric guitar and devices, and Nikolaus Neuser on trumpet, presenting two discs of intimate duo improvisations followed by a third of expansive trio interplay, exploring acoustic and electronic textures through spontaneous musical dialogue.
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Shipp, Matthew / William Parker: A Whole System Of
(Tao Forms)

Pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker reunite for their fourth duo album, drawing on four decades of collaboration to explore the expressive possibilities of free improvisation, combining Shipp's harmonically adventurous piano language with Parker's deeply resonant bass work in an intimate dialogue shaped by their shared history in the David S. Ware Quartet and beyond.
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Squidco Pick
 Zingaro, Carlos / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues : 'Pataphysique
(Creative Sources)

Portuguese improvisers Carlos Zíngaro on violin, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello perform six explorations of free improvisation in 'Pataphysique, recorded in Lisbon in 2025, drawing on their shared interest in extended techniques, microtonality, and timbral transformation to create an intimate and exploratory string trio dialogue.
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Squid Note Records Album Facsimilies w/ Download

Album Facsimiles are full-color, double-sided cardstock facsimile2 of the digital album on our own Squid Note Records, measuring 5" x 5" (12.7 x 12.7 cm), with a download code printed on the reverse. Upon purchase, we'll email you the download code and send the physical card by postal mail.

International Customers: These cards are sent in a plain 15x15cm envelope.

Squidco Pick
 Remergency (Hirsh / Hollenberg / Sewelson): Wave Benders [5x5 ALBUM FACSIMILE WITH DOWNLOAD]
(Squid Note Records)

Drummer Steve Hirsh, guitarist Matt Hollenberg, and baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson forge a volatile trio language that blends avant-rock intensity, free-jazz elasticity, and raw electric blues impulses, channeling tightly focused improvisations where ferocious energy, abrupt shifts, and deep mutual trust drive the music beyond genre boundaries into a space that feels both unruly and sharply intentional.
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Squidco Pick
 Chabala, Barry / Clara Byom: Bella's Ghost [5x5 ALBUM FACSIMILE WITH DOWNLOAD]
(Squid Note Records)

Blending acoustic guitars, clarinets, accordion, voice and found objects, Barry Chabala and Clara Byom craft a deeply intuitive duo session that moves between unedited studio improvs and expanded "extractions," weaving folk-inflected fragments, graphic score realizations and haunting textures into a raw yet lyrical free improv language shaped by trust, contrast and evolving interplay.
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Squidco Pick
 Levin, Daniel: At Dropa House [5x5 ALBUM FACSIMILE WITH DOWNLOAD]
(Squid Note Records)

Blending classical cello lineage with fearless experimentalism, Daniel Levin presents a solo performance recorded at Dropa House in Antwerp, exploring the instrument's full expressive range through extended techniques, resonant bow work, and theatrical gestures using paper, chair, and stage, creating a fluid dialogue between structured tone, abstract texture, and the physical presence of sound.
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Squidco Pick
 Perelman, Ivo / Damon Smith: Duologue: Core of Existence [5x5 ALBUM FACSIMILE WITH DOWNLOAD]
(Squid Note Records)

The sixth entry in Ivo Perelman's expanding Duologues series, and the sixth album in Squidco's digital label Squid Note Records, pairs his searching tenor saxophone with Damon Smith's commanding double bass, a freely improvised exchange of raw physical immediacy and deep listening, where intertwining lines, extended techniques and spontaneous form turn dialogue itself into the core of the music.
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Squidco Pick
 The Stateless Trio: In the Sunrise of Some Other World [5x5 ALBUM FACSIMILE WITH DOWNLOAD]
(Squid Note Records)

Developed through remote, spontaneously layered exchanges between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Minnesota, Rick Countryman's alto flute, replacing his customary alto saxophone, joins Richard Allan Bates' electric bass and effects and Steve Hirsh's reflective drumming in an organically connected improvisation of spacious textures, subtle rhythmic tension, and lyrical interaction.
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Squidco Pick
 Perelman, Ivo / Matthew Shipp: Duologues 7: Distillation [5x5 ALBUM FACSIMILE WITH DOWNLOAD]
(Squid Note Records)

Marking three decades of collaboration, tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp distill their remarkably intuitive improvisational language across two Park West Studios sessions recorded weeks apart, their spontaneous exchanges moving through melody, silence, density, rhythmic momentum and abrupt shifts of register with the immediacy of a conversation shaped by years of shared musical experience.
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The Squid's Ear

The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine,
featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.



Studer / Strinning / Weber: Cut (Creative Sources)
Studer / Strinning / Weber: Cut (Creative Sources)

Stephen Flinn / Sylvain Monchoce / Jung-Jae Kim: Quark (Creative Sources)
Stephen Flinn / Sylvain Monchoce / Jung-Jae Kim: Quark (Creative Sources)

Lazro / Leandre / Lovens: For Baritone Sax, Double Bass and Drumset (Relative Pitch)
Lazro / Leandre / Lovens: For Baritone Sax, Double Bass and Drumset (Relative Pitch)

Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter: Untitled (2) (Balance Point Acoustics)
Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter: Untitled (2) (Balance Point Acoustics)

Jason Kahn / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell / Caius Williams: Where The Stars (Editions)
Jason Kahn / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell / Caius Williams: Where The Stars (Editions)

Paul Lytton / Eddie Prevost / Nate Wooley / Seymour Wright: Parallels & Diagonals (Fataka)
Paul Lytton / Eddie Prevost / Nate Wooley / Seymour Wright: Parallels & Diagonals (Fataka)

Sunny Murray and Sabu Toyozumi: Sun's Blessings (NoBusiness)
Sunny Murray and Sabu Toyozumi: Sun's Blessings (NoBusiness)

Eva-Maria Houben (Nate Wooley): Chanting Ballads (Edition Wandelweiser)
Eva-Maria Houben (Nate Wooley): Chanting Ballads (Edition Wandelweiser)

Masayo Koketsu / Nava Dunkelman: Veins of Rain (Relative Pitch)
Masayo Koketsu / Nava Dunkelman: Veins of Rain (Relative Pitch)

Nicolas Gombert / James Weeks: G O M B E R T (Another Timbre)
Nicolas Gombert / James Weeks: G O M B E R T (Another Timbre)

Reuben / Hanslip / Lash / Hession: Quartetics (Bead Records)
Reuben / Hanslip / Lash / Hession: Quartetics (Bead Records)

Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp: Duologues 7: Distillation (Squid Note Records)
Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp: Duologues 7: Distillation (Squid Note Records)



 Stay Current With Squidco

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.





AMM (Prevost / Tilbury / Rowe):
Goodspeed Hall, University of Chicago, April 20, 1996 [VINYL]
(Matchlessless Records)

Adam Bohman:
Text Pieces + Compositions for Prepared Strings and Objects
(Krim Kram)

Bowman / Bruschini / Mulkerin:
Sedition
(Downtown Earth)


Stephan Crump (w/ Smith / Warren / Leon):
Passerine
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Stephan Crump (w/ Smith / Warren / Leon):
Passerine [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Floros Floridis / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Tomas Becket :
Morphological Changes
(Creative Sources)


Sofia Freire / Ernesto Rodrigues / Flak:
O Manifesto dos Passaros
(Creative Sources)

Kevin Good:
Cave Dwellers
(Editions Glomar)

Zheng Hao:
Breaks
(Krim Kram)


Julius Hemphill :
Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 5
(NoBusiness)

Kapotte Muziek:
Discon
(Krim Kram)

Kokota Mabaya (do Mar / Burago):
Live at Casa da Cultura de Setubal
(Creative Sources)


Janel Leppin (w/ Devra Hoff / Chad Taylor):
The Realist [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

MUC_SynergeticTrio (Schindler / Oberg / Geisse):
Poetry For An Album
(Creative Sources)

Miles Okazaki:
Boomtown
(Pi Recordings)


Punkt.Vrt.Plastik (Drasler / Eldh / Lillinger):
Kompress
(Intakt)

Marc Ribot (w/ Taylor / Krauss / Brandon Lewis / Settles / Greene / Steinberg):
Hurry Red Telephone
(Pi Recordings)

Ernesto Rodrigues / Chris Jonas / Irene Aranda / Guilherme Rodrigues / Kriton Beyer:
Nunatak
(Creative Sources)


Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Chris Heenan / Stephen Flinn :
Glow
(Creative Sources)

Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Jung-Jae Kim / Andreas Willers :
Fragments Of The Unseen
(Creative Sources)

Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Olaf Rupp / Roman Stolyar:
Lop Nur
(Creative Sources)


Ernesto Rodrigues / Joao Silva / Carlos Santos:
Jardin Semantique
(Creative Sources)

Udo Schindler / Harald Kimmig / Eric Zwang Eriksson :
Imprints Of Experiences
(Creative Sources)

Udo Schindler / Sebastian Gramss:
Pointilistisches Kaleidoskop [LowToneStudies]
(Creative Sources)


Irene Schweizer :
Prelude To A Kiss And More
(Intakt)

Brandon Seabrook (w/ Frisell / Carter / Gilmore):
Utility Modern
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Asaf Shchori / Yeonathan Shachar / Vasco Trilla:
Voosch
(Creative Sources)


Co Streiff / Russ Johnson Quartet (w/ Christian Weber / Gerry Hemingway):
Oracle
(Intakt)

Keith Tippett Group:
At The BBC 1969-70
(1960s Records)

Trio Imagination (Virelles / Workman / Cyrille):
Creative Inspirations
(Pi Recordings)


Trio Imagination (Virelles / Workman / Cyrille):
Creative Inspirations [VINYL]
(Pi Recordings)

Usurper:
The Big Two
(Krim Kram)

Tiago Varela / Monsieur Trinite:
An Imaginist Experiment At Welcome To Silkeborg's Lab
(Creative Sources)


Zalhietzli :
Etreinte
(Krim Kram)




The Squid Note Records Catalog
Out Now!
Duologues 7: Distillation
A new duo album from Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp!

Perelman Shipp Distillation


Ivo Perelman and Damon Smith: Duologue 6: Core of Existence

Ivo Perelman / Damon Smith — Duologue 6: Core of Existence
Searching tenor saxophone and commanding double bass in an intensely focused, freely improvised dialogue.

Listen / Buy

Remergency: Wave Benders

Remergency — Wave Benders
Avant-rock intensity meets free-jazz interplay in a dynamic trio setting.

Listen / Buy

Daniel Levin: At Dropa House

Daniel Levin — At Dropa House
Solo cello exploring extended techniques, theatrical gesture and resonant physicality.

Listen / Buy

Joel Futterman: Reflective

Joel Futterman — Reflective
Nineteen concise vignettes of sustain, staccato and shifting harmonic mirrors.

Listen / Buy

Joel Futterman: Absorb

Joel Futterman — Absorb
Solo piano shaped through deep-flowing narrative arcs and resonant detail.

Listen / Buy

Barry Chabala and Clara Byom: Bella's Ghost

Barry Chabala & Clara Byom — Bella's Ghost
Acoustic guitars, clarinets, accordion, voice and found objects in a raw yet lyrical free improvisation duo.

Listen / Buy

Upcoming — December 6th, Pre-order now!

Joel Futterman: Love Theme from Spartacus

Joel Futterman — Love Theme from Spartacus
Two expansive solo piano improvisations on Alex North's timeless theme, transforming its lyrical melody through spontaneous invention and harmonic exploration.

Pre-Order



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