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AIMToronto Orchestra: Year of the Boar (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock AIMTorotono Orchestra under the direction of Kyle Brenders was formed in 2007 to perform the music of Anthony Braxton, here in their first studio album of original compositions for their own sophisticated repertoire. |
Bang, Billy Survival Ensemble: Black Man's Blues / New York Collage [2 CDs] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $25.95 In Stock Never before released material from 1977 of Billy Bang's seminal NY loft band, Survival Ensemble: 2 CDs and a 40 page booklet of essays, images and flyers - essential! |
Barnyard Drama: Memories and a List of Things to Do (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Drummer and electronic artist Jean Martin joins forces with amazing vocalist Christine Duncan for an album of rhythmic soundscapes and free vocal improvisation. |
Brown, Rob: Unknown Skies (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $13.50 Out of Stock The NY trio of alto saxophonist Rob Brown, pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Nasheet Waits performing at the Sons d'Hiver Festival in 2010, insprired and powerful group interplay. |
Eisenstadt, Harris: September Trio (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Drummer Eisenstadt's September trio with pianist Angelica Sanchez and saxophonist Ellery Eskelin in a release of thoughtful, creative, meaningful and lovely music. |
EMJO (European Jazz Movement Orchestra): EMJO Live in Coimbra (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A fresh, enthusiastic and very pertinent vision of the big band model from this large orchestra with a diverse and uniquely European spirit, but globally identifiable as excellent jazz. |
Fire! With Jim O'Rourke: Unreleased? (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werlin are joined by Jim O'Rourke to add a driving guitar & electronic layer to the "hypnotic jazz psychedelia and sonic mayhem" of Fire! |
Gould, Bill / Jared Blum: The Talking Book (Koolarrow Records -- USA ) Price: $9.95 Out of Stock Gigante Sounds's Jared Blum and Faith No More bassist Bill Gould collaborate on this album of dark drones and grainy guitar, a tense and eerie album of dark beauty. |
Heberer, Thomas Clarino: Klippe (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock German born, NY based trumpeter Heberer's trio with clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst and bassist Pascal Niggenkemper performing Heberer's "cliff" works blending composition and improvisation. |
Indigo Trio + Michel Edelin: The Ethiopian Princess Meets The Tantric Priest (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Two creative flautists come together when Michel Edilin joins Nicole Mitchell's Indigo Trio with Harrison Bankhead and Hamid Drake for an album of excellent and tantric improvisation. |
Kanon (Aki Takase, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Axel Dorner): Beauty Is The Thing (Doubtmusic -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The trio of pianist Aki Takase, guitarist/daxophonist Kazuhisa Uchihashi, and trumpeter Axel Dorner in an exploration of informed and exquisite dialog in acoustic and electric improvisation. |
Lingam: Musiche Per un Film Immaginario (Recommended Records -- Italy ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock |
Parker, Evan & Matthew Wright: Trance Map (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Evan Parker met live sampling/electronic artist Matthew Wright in the studio to create these layered studio compositions, a unique approach for this hard-core free improvising saxophonist. |
Rampersaud / Shaw / Neal / Martin / Krakawiac: Halcyon Science130410 (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Intelligent and inspired compositions by saxophonist Evan Shaw and trumpeter Nicole Rampersaud performed with Jean Martin (drums and laptop), Wes Neal (double bass), and Tomasz Krakowiak (percussion). |
SFE - Simon Fell Ensemble: Positions and Descriptions (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 with an ensemble including Tim Berne, Joe Morris, Rhodri Davies, Jim Denley, Alex Ward & Steve Beresford, this amazing work is organized in traditional movements using a very modern and free language. |
Spanish Donkey, The (Morris / Saft / Pride): XYX (Northern Spy -- USA ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock An odyssey in dark and stunning improvisation from the New York trio of Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, & Mike Pride, an exploration of sonic space that could only come out of the NY Downtown. |
Various Artists: Freedom of the City Festival 2005 [2 CDs] (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Most of the performances from the one-day event Freedom of the City festival in 2005, London including Lol Coxhill, Steve Beresford, London Improvisers Orchestra, &c. &c. |
Zorn, John: Enigmata (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Twelve bizarre compositional miniatures for the blazing duo of Marc Ribot and Trevor Dunn, combining classical 12-tone lyricism with rock intensity and improvisational madness. |
Barbara Chaffe (Flutes); David Abel (Vln); David Shea (Turntables): Zorn: Elegy - Blue, Yellow, Pink, Black (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Originally released in Japan in 1992, "Elegy", one of Zorn's most important compositions, creates a mysterious world of erotic perversion. |
Linson, Adam Systems Quartet (Dorner / Mahall / Linson / Lytton): Figures And Grounds (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Bassist and electronic artist Adam Linson brought this group together to explore new contexts at the intersection of jazz and computer music using real-time processing and interactive electronics. |
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. |
MusicWorks: #110 Summer 2011 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Summer 2011 issue of Canada's premiere music magazine and CD, with articles and tracks from Gregory Oh, Grimes, Doldrums, The Vegetable Orchestra, Terri Hron, Miguel Azguime, Rachel Wadham, &c. |
Savoldelli, Boris: Biocosmopolitan (MoonJune -- USA ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock Vocalist Savoldelli in an exquisitely-crafted album of overdubbed vocal work, with help from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bassist Jimmy Haslip; elaborite harmonies, interlocking rhythms, exultant influences. |
London Improvisers Orchestra: Lio Leo Leon (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The complete performance at the 2010 Freedom of the City festival by the 38-member LIO with guest Wadada Leo Smith and conductions by Alison Blunt, Steve Beresford, Philipp Wachsmann, Caroline Kraabel, and Dave Tucker. |
Leandre, Joelle: Solo: Conversations With Franck Medioni [BOOK + CD + DVD] (Kadima Triptych -- Israel ) Price: $39.95 In Stock Frank Medioni interviewed bassist Joelle Leandre over two years at her home in Paris to create the narrative of this book; also included is a CD and DVD of two solo performances in Piednu and Guelph. |
Savoldelli, Boris: Biocosmopolitan [Used Item] (MoonJune -- USA ) Price: $11.70 In Stock Vocalist Savoldelli in an exquisitely-crafted album of overdubbed vocal work, with help from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bassist Jimmy Haslip; elaborite harmonies, interlocking rhythms, exultant influences. |
Various Artists: Freedom of the City 2002 - small groups [2 CDs] (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $19.50 Out of Stock Highlights from small group recordings from the 2002 Freedom of the City festival featuring artists such as Trevor Watts, Veryan Weston, Lol Coxhill and more in various arrangements. |
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. |