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Abrams, Muhal Richard : SoundDance (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A double CD of pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, the first in duo with saxophonist Fred Anderson, and the second with trombonist George Lewis, also on laptop, celebrating Abram's 80th birthday! |
Alessi, Ralph and This Against That: Wiry Strong (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Bridging mainstream jazz with avant approaches, trumpeter Alessi leads his "This Against That" group with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, bassist Drew Gress, pianist Andy Milne, drummer Mark Ferber, and Tim Berne co-producing. |
Angeli, Paolo & Takumi Fukushima: Itsunomanika (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Sardinian guitarist Paolo Angeli teams up with After Dinner/Volapuk violinist and singer Takumi Fukushima for a complex, unusual, and wonderfully embraceable work recorded live in Bologna. |
Atmospheres Without Oxygen (Dunmall / Gibbs / Stevens / Taylor): 4 Live In Oxford (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Live recording from Oxford Improv Club in 2010 opposite Red Square with Paul Dunmall on saxophones, Phil Gibbs on electric guitar and electronics, Nik Stevens on double bass and Trevor Taylor electronic percussion. |
BassDrumBone: The Other Parade (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The remarkable trio of basist Mark Helias, drummer Gerry Hemingway and trombonist Ray Anderson in a release that brings modern language to traditional jazz, blues, and Louisiana rhythms. |
Chevillon, Bruno / Berne, Tim: Old and Unwise (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock American saxophonist Tim Berne and French double-bassist Bruno Chevillon in the studio after 3 live gigs in Portugal, improvising freely while exploring sound and spinning tales in the moment. |
Courvoisier, Sylvie / Mark Feldman: Hotel Du Nord (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock The 2nd Intakt release of pianist Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman's quartet with Gerry Hemingway and Thomas Morgan, expressive, flexible and subtle jazz at its finest. |
Deep Joy Trio: Live in Austria (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Long time associates since their Mujician days, saxophonist Paul Dunmall, bassist Paul Rogers and drummer Tony Levin are recorded live in Austria for two extended and deeply joyful improvisations. |
Dessen, Michael Trio: Forget the Pixel (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock California trombonist Michael Dessen's trio with drummer Dan Weiss & bassist Chris Tordini in a cycle of 7 pieces integrating grooves, colors and textures in intricate compositions yielding adventurous improvisations. |
di Scipio, Agostino : Horbare Okosysteme: Live elektronic compositions 1993-2005 (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Live electronic compositions from 1993-2005 by composer Agostino Di Scipio, using acoustic instruments and digital sound processing to create unusual and previously unheard sound worlds. |
Ducret, Marc: Tower, vol. 1 (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Marc Ducret's Tower Project, music composed as a rendering of Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Ada", the first of 4 albums, here in a quintet with Kasper Tranberg, Matthias Mahler, Fred Gastard & Peter Bruun. |
Fernandez, Agusti & Joan Saura: Vents (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock A recording from the long-standing collaboration between pianist Fernandez and live sampling artist Saura, compatriots from many groupings, but who have never previously recorded as a duo. |
Leandre / Mitchell / Van Der Schyff: Before After (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Live recordings from Roundhouse Community Center in Vancouver of the intense and enchanting dialog of bassist Leandres, flautist Nicole Mitchell, and percussionist Dylan van der Schyff. |
Leandre, Joelle / Phillip Greenlief: That Overt Desire of Object (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Relative Pitch Records debuts with the excellent duo of bassist Joelle Leandre and Bay Area woodwind improviser Phil Greenlief in 11 variations for contrabass and woodwinds. |
Levin, Daniel: Inner Landscape (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The "Inner Landscape" of cellist Daniel Levin's playing in a 6-part solo release of pure improvisation as Levin finds his music in real time through spontaneous play and surprise. |
Lundbom, Jon & Big Five Chord With Irabagon / Murray / Elliott / Fischer + Kanelos: Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The fourth release from NY guitarist Lundbom's Big Five Chord, wide ranging jazz tunes with two saxes (Irabagon and Murray) in a band with great technical and melodic power! |
Lundbom, Jon & Big Five Chord: Big Five Chord (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The first recording by guitarist Jon Lunbom's Big Five Chord with bassist Moppa Elliott, saxophonists Jon Irabagon and Dominic Lalli, and drummer Justin Walke, superb 21st century jazz. |
Lundbom, Jon and Big Five Chord: Accomplish Jazz (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Jon Lundbom's Big Five Chord took three years off before this album to develop the "Bryand and the Haggards" alter-ego, returning with this intense genre-shipping and virtuosic album. |
Pride, Mike From Bacteria To Boys: hang (Funhole -- USA ) Price: $6.95 In Stock A radical trio of musicians approach Mike Pride's newest compositional strategies based on cellular movement, snowballing momentum and the most focused and concrete of improvisations. |
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Goncalves /...: suspensao [2 CDs] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock A large group under the direction of violinist Ernesto Rodrigues (also on harp, metronome & objects) in 4 extended improvisations of great suspense and tension through sound and silence. |
Somnaphon: fire mind wisdom (ACK Recordings -- USA ) Price: $8.95 In Stock Acoustic guitars, voices, digeridoo, bagpipes, cello and an array of machines swirl together, in and out of unison and/or cacophony to produce an elaborate and breathtaking journey for the listener. |
Tudor, David: Music for Piano (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $28.95 In Stock 2-CD set with recordings by the legendary 20th century avantgarde pianist performing compositions by (and with) John Cage, plus Sylvano Bussotti, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff. |
Ullmann, Jakob: A Catalouge of Sounds (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Ullman's composition of subtle gradations in sound performed very softly forcing the ear to notice the smallest variations, as realized by the string trio Ensemble Oriol Berline. |
Various Artists: 20 Jahre Inventionen II (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Volume 2 documenting the Berlin festival "Inventionen", a retrospective sampler with recordings of works by: Westerkamp, Sciarrino, Cage, Namtchylak, Jones, Scelsi, Fujita, Driscoll. |
Various Artists: Inventionen '98 - 50 Jahre Musique Concrete (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $28.95 In Stock An excellent compilation of modern Musique Concrete featuring compositions by Chin, Kosk, Cee, Donato, Minard, Mitterer, Dhomont, Karlsson, and Wishart. |
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. |
Prevost, Eddie / Alan Wilkinson: So Are We, So Are We (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock |
Dixon, Bill: Envoi (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The late trumpeter Bill Dixon's final performance at the 2011 Victo Festival, performing with and directing an incredible group including Taylor Ho Bynum, Rob Mazurek, Stephen Haynes, Graham Haynes, &c. &c. |
Bosetti, Alessandro / Chris Abrahams: We Who Had Left (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Necks pianist Chris Abrahams teams up with electronic artist and sound poet Alessandro Bosetti for 6 introspective and mysterious tracks that mix Necks-like playing with ambient electronics and curious monologs, plus one waltz. |
Scarcity Of Tanks: Vulgar Defender (Total Life Society Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock New York/Ohio skronkers Scarcity of Tanks with Jim Sauter of Borbetomagus plus Kid Millions in a hard free rock free improv blast. |
Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver): An Air of Unreality [VINYL] (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock A live performance at Judson Church in Manhattan as part of the 20th Vision Festival from the NY/France free improvising trio of Joelle Leandre on double bass, Mat Maneri on viola, and Gerald Cleaver on drums and percussion, two tracks of steadily building, incredibly compatible dialog. |
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
Bourne / Davis / Kane: The Money Notes (Foghorn Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A series of miniatures from the trio of pianist Bourne, drummer Davis and bassist Kane, intensely focused works ranging from lovely to slightly disturbed while never failing to impress. |
Kahn / Millioud / Wiget / Weber: sin asunto (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Inspired by Albert Ayler's work for strings, Jason Kahn wrote this graphical score for amplified percussion, Vincent Millioud on violin, Bo Wiget on cello, and Christian Weber on contrabass. |
Rose, Simon: Schmetterling (Not Two -- Great Britain ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock London Improvisers Orchestra saxophonist Simon Rose in a solo album of improvisations recorded in the hall of a Berlin psychiatric hospital noted for its extraordinary acoustic properties. |
Somnaphon / Mr. Stonecipher / Food World: Hayagriva (private label -- USA ) Price: $4.95 In Stock A 5 minute video of a horse-headed suit lost in a sonic world eerily devised by 910 Noise artists Somnaphon, Mr. Stonecipher, and Food World; a brief but disturbing visual and auditory reflection. |
Schonberg, Arnold: Works For Piano (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Pi-hsien Chen performs Arnold Schonbgergs, a small part of his oeuvre, yet significant in that they reflect the evolution and development of this great composer's compositional powers. |
Various Artists: 20 Jahre Inventionen VI (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $13.95 In Stock New Pricing April 2019: Recordings from the Berlin Inventionen Festivals for New Music 2005 and 2006 featuring compositions by Edgar Barroso ("ODD"); Mario Verandi ("Comme un jeu des images"); Paul Wilson ("Trhough the Rain"); Ricardo Climent ("Wallwoodpeckers"); Vladimir Djambazov ("The Secret Life of a Snare Drum"); and Ludger Brummer ("Glasharle"). |
DJ Sniff: EP (Evan Parker) (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Turntable musician DJ Sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) in a strange take on Evan Parker as an homage and investigation into his work over the decades, as explained in Sniff's insightful essay in the booklet. |
Smith, Wadada Leo Organic: Heart's Reflection [2 CDs] (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $23.95 Out of Stock An incredible double CD from trumpeter Leo Smith's Organic with Michael Gregory, Pheeroan AkLaff, Angelica Sanchez, Skuli Sverrisson, Brandon Ross, &c &c... incredible electric and acoustic jazz from the legendary improviser and innovator! |
Dynamite Club: It's Deeper Than Most People Actually Think (Funhole Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A cross of Tokyo and NY rock scenes, Dynamite Club is led by vocalist Kentaro Saito and drummer Mike Pride, in their 2nd release with help from Nate Wooley, Aaron Ali Shaikh, &c. |
Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Price: $10.00 In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |