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![]() Barno / Grip / Lasserre: Snus (Ayler -- France ) Price: $14.95 ![]() In Stock A free trio bringing together Swedish improvisers Joel Grip and Niklas Barno with French drummer Didier Lasserre in an energetic and sophisticated set of recordings. |
![]() CINC: Polyphonic Poetry (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock 2006 recordings from this avant Serbian folk band singing in English, Serbian, French, German, Czech and Japanese, naive and intellectual approaches to songwriting. |
![]() Freedman, Lori: Bridge (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Bass clarinetist Freedman, with help from pianist Brigitte Poulin, interprets the works of modern composers including Giacinto Scelsi, Georges Aperghis, Monique Jean, &c. |
![]() Horkeskart: Live in Solitutde (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock "HORKESKART" acted as a conceptual & unique choir group from 2000 to 2006, based in Belgrade. |
![]() Kahn, Jason: Timelines Los Angeles (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() In Stock Jason Kahn brought Olivia Block, Mark Trayle, and Ulrich Krieger together to create this work for the 2008 Cal Arts Center for Experiments in Art, Information and Technology Festival. |
![]() Klaxon Gueule: Infininiment (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Improvisers Michel Cote, Bernard Falaise & Alexandre St-Onge return to Ambiances Magnetiques in an album of dark acoustic improvisations, with guests Jean Derome, Philippe Lauzier & Gordon Allen. |
![]() Miimo: Live at Super Deluxe (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Miimo are a Japanese dub & electronica group consisting of Yoshio Machida, Norihide Saji and Tatsu, whose tracks have appeared in documentaries and TV spots throughout Japan. |
![]() MusicWorks: #105 Winter 2009 (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() In Stock The great Canadian magazine of improv and compositional music, with articles on Joelle Leandre, Tom Ze, James Rolf, Nicole Lizee, plus a 15 track CD including those artists. |
![]() Rake-Star: Some Ra (Spool -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 ![]() In Stock Mining the spaceways with Sun Ra compositions and original compositions, this large band extends the ideas of the Arkestra while making room for modern like-minded players. |
![]() Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal (Impressus Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock The quartet of Cosottini, Melano, Pisani, Miano (EAQuartet Electroacoustic) in compositions referring to the 4 cardinal map points using graphic scores, games, open readings, &c. |
![]() Berthiaume, Antoine: Small Tease (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Guitarist Berthiaume steps away from composition and jazz to record an album of intricate instrumental guitar songs with folk influences, playing solo and in small ensembles. |
![]() Tabassian / Martel / Tabassian: Masafat (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Geographic improvisations from this trio of string and percussion players, with each track named by location and distance between Montreal and Chelsea, Ontario. |
![]() Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar Three (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() In Stock The 3rd issue from Elliott Sharp's compiled series of guitar work in the 21st century, demonstrating new sounds, processes, techniques, melodies, riffs and gestures from a who's-who of modern improvising guitarists, a must-have release for all guitar fans and players. |
![]() Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu: Shaman - Nous percons les oreilles (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeak, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming music into a secular incantation and a banquet of sound. |
![]() Melford, Myra's Be Bread: The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12 Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Pianist and composer Myra Melford's 2nd Be Bread release with Cuong Vu, Bend Goldberg, Brandon Ross, Stomu Takeishi and Matt Wilson, outstanding and distinctive acoustic jazz. |
![]() Nozen (Nisenson / Tanguay / Falaise / Mailloux): Live au Upstairs (Malasartes -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Nozen is a crossroads of contemporary jazz, musique actuelle and the musical traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, contrasting styles giving birth to a deep and spontaneous music. |
![]() Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand : Avis Aux Reacteurs (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Price: $15.95 ![]() In Stock Recorded live at Silence Sounds in Guelph Canada, the duo of Xavier Charles on clarinet and Eric Normand on electric bass & objects eschew idiom in favor of their unique natural language on their instruments, applying patient development of truly idiosyncratic and fascinating command through a single extended work punctuated in seven diverse passages. |
![]() Mazzarella, Nick Trio: Counterbalance [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock From 2008-16 until drummer Frank Rosaly moved to Amsterdam, alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella's Trio was an active part of Chicago's creative jazz scene; in early 2018 Rosaly returned for a visit and Mazzarella composed a suite of 6 new pieces to commemorate the trio's tenth anniversary, the exuberant result this excellent concert recorded at Co-Prosperity Sphere! |
![]() Sharp, Elliott / Sergio Sorrentino: Spilla' (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 ![]() In Stock 'Spilla' means 'to play' in the language of Neapolitan musicians, and playing here are NY guitarist and composer Elliott Sharp and Italian guitarist Sergio Sorrentino, presenting world premier recordings of 4 works recorded live in Vercelli, Italy: two improvisations and two graphic scores performed on electric guitar with incredible technique and passion. |
![]() Brotzmann, Peter / Lonberg-Holm, Fred: Memories Of A Tunicate (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock While both improvisers were in New York City for the 2019 Vision Festival, multi-reedist and European Free Improv legend Peter Brötzmann met Chicago cellist and electronics artist Fred Lonberg-Holm to record their 3rd album together, their 1st album in the studio a diverse set of incredible concentration, with Brötzmann performing on tenor saxophone, woodwind, and clarinet. |
![]() Pinkish Black & Yells at Eels: Vanishing Light... (Ayler -- France ) Price: $14.95 ![]() In Stock Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez merges his Yells at Eel project with bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer/percussionist Stefan Gonzalez, with Texas-based experimental rock band Pinkish Black--Daron Beck on keyboards and Jon Teague on drums & synthesizers--for a gripping and masterful hybrid of improvisation, dark synthetic rock and heavy moods; a riveting journey. |
![]() Smith, Damon: Whatever Is Not Stone Is Light (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() In Stock Taking his title from a poem by Octavio Paz with titles from translations by Lysander Kemp of other Octavio Paz poems, this solo album from double bassist Damon Smith is his definitive statement on the instrument: 23 tracks from 46 seconds to 5 minutes 50, developed over 15 years and displaying Smith's incredible technique and creative intent; incomparable. |
![]() Teubal, Emilio & La Balteuband: Un Monton de Notas (Not Yet Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() In Stock Argentinean pianist Emilio Teubal has lived for more than a decade in NYC, presenting his blend of jazz and Argentinian music, rhythmically and harmonically rich compositions. |
![]() Johannesen / Furu: The Eco Logic (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() In Stock Guitarist Kim Johannesen and clarinetist Svein Magus Furu in a set of works with interacting tonalities that rely almost completely on texture, tones, scraping, &c.. |