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Anker, Lotte / Rodrigo Pinheiro / Hernani Faustino: Birthmark (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Recordings from Lisbon of Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker with pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro and double bassist Hernani Faustino, both from Red Trio; dynamic improvisation with a sense of restraint and beautiful fluidity. |
Chemical Composition: Uttered Fast But Without Haste (Chemical Composition -- USA ) Price: $10.36 In Stock The New York improvising trio Chemical Composition with pianist Constance Cooper, percussionist John Cacciatore, and electric guitarist Tom Desisto, free improvisation steeped in jazz traditions. |
Coleman, Steve & Five Elements: Functional Arrhythmias (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Alto saxophonist Steve Coleman takes his long-standing M-Base band Five Elements ongoing study into patterns found in nature in an album of music reflecting the irrational rhythms found in healthy human heartbeat patterns. |
Cotinaud, Francois Klangfarben Ensemble : Monologue de Schoenberg [CD + DVD] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $23.95 In Stock Poet Francois Cotinaud presents a tribute to Arnold Schoenberg and John Cage through the acting of Francoise Purnode and nine musicians involved in soundpainting, with a CD and a DVD of the performance plus interviews & insight into the work. |
Cymerman / Wooley / Evans / Bauder: Sky Burial (5049 Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock The first recording of composer Jeremiah Cymerman's Amplified Quartet featuring trumpeters Nate Wooley & Peter Evans and saxophonist Matt Bauder, recorded during a three day residency at Brooklyn's Roulette in the summer of 2012. |
Goldberg / Redman / Miles / Hoff / Smith / Amendola: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues (Bag -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A swinging album mining earlier jazz forms from the modern jazz sextet of Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Joshua Redman on tenor sax, Ron Miles on trumpet, Devin Hoff on bass, and drummers Ches Smith and Scott Amendola. |
Jauniaux, Catherine / eRikm: Pantoneon / Mal des Ardents [2 CDs] (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Improvising artists Catherine Jauniaux on voice, bird call, cupule, cazoo and eRikm on turntables, electronics, live sampling, architect lamp recorded these 17 pieces for the radio show A L'improviste by Anne Montaron for France Culture Radio. |
Leichtmann, Hanno: Minimal Studies (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Berlin sound artist Hanno Leichtmann's modern version of minimal music with strong connections to dub, ambient and club music, recorded with the help of Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet), Sabine Ercklentz (trumpet), and Alex Stolze (violin). |
Made to Break (Daisy / Hoff / Kurzmann / Vandermark): Provoke (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The result of a three day series of concerts by Ken Vandermark's new project with electronicist Christoff Kurzmann, electric bassist Devin Hoff and drummer Tim Daisy, taking new directions by following the principles of "modular organization". |
Metzger, Matthieu: SelfCooking (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A member of the French ONJ (Orchestre National de Jazz), saxophonist Metzger also works with a variety of real-time transformation music software; this is an excellent review of his compositions and his unique voice in modern improvisation. |
Reudenbach, Michael: szenen, standbilder; werke 1991-2009 [2 CDS] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $28.95 In Stock German composer Michael Reudenbach's works and studies from 1991-2009 are presented in a six-panel digipack with a 22-page booklet of images and photos, and notes in German and English. |
Ullmann, Jakob: fremde zeit addendum 4 (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock An extract from Berlin composer Jakob Ullman's 2012 3-CD box set on Edition Rz, presenting "solo III for organ" (1992/1993), an hour long work of tone and tension performed by Hans-Peter Schulz at the Big Organ in Abteikirche Neresheim. |
Wheeler, Kenny: Dream Sequence (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The flugelhornist in 1995-2003 recordings from solo to sextet distilled from an epic series of visits to Gateway Studio over a period of seven years. |
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal (Impressus Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of 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 |
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. |
Wisseltangcamatta, The: Movements (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Live recordings at LOFT in Cologne, Germany from the trio of George Wissel on prepared saxophone, Achim Tang on doublebass, and Simon Camatta on drums & percussion, performing seven "Movements" that use prodigious technique with reserve and direction, revealing the structure of their work as the pieces build and recede in fascinating ways. |
Davis, Kris (Maneri / Laubrock / Dunn / Rainey): Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The sixth album as a leader from the Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based pianist Davis, composing for the inspired working group of Mat Maneri (viola), Ingrid Laubrock (sax), Trevor Dunn (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums & glockenspiel). |
Cote, Michel F.: (juste) Claudette (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Unusual electronic improv that moves from light to dark with great grooves and unusual turns, from the core of Klaxon Gueule with Jesse Levine on organ. |
Metheny, Pat: Tap: The Book Of Angels Vol. 20 (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The 20th volume of the Book of Angels series is led by virtuoso guitarist Pet Metheny as he creatively plays John Zorn's compositions with a large assortment of instruments and electronics. |
Cappozzo, Jean-Luc & Geraldine Keller: Air Prints (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The duo of Jean-Luc Cappozzo on trumpet, horns and objects, and Geraldine Keller on voice flute & objects in an album of tones and tongues, an unusual set of adventurous free improvisation. |
Merce, Sergio: Microtonal Saxophone (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Using an alto saxophone where the original mechanisms have been replaced with water, gas & compressed air taps, saxophonist Sergio Merce can microtonally move the tuning of any note and create multiphonics, allowing him to play several sonic layers while using circular breathing. |
Cote, Michel F. (w/ Derome / Guilbeault / Tetreault): Bruire: Chants Rupestres (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Jean Derome (sax, vocals), Normand Guilbeault (double bass), Michel F. Cote (drums, vocals) and Martin Tetreault (turntables) in a release that is ageless and archaic. |
Cappozzo / Perraud: Suspension (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Drummer Cappozzo and trumpeter Perraud met at Tours "La Chapelle at St. Anne" in 2009 to record this strong album of extended improvisation merging conventional and extended techniques. |
Caloia, Nicolas : Les Bonnes Histoires (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Bridging contemporary and improvised music, Montreal double bassist Nicolas Caloia wrote these pieces for textured and impossible rhythms; blending pieces by Nancarrow and Grand Master Flash; and manipulating poems by Genevieve Letarte; with supporting improv from Jean Derome & Lori Freedman. |
Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth). |
Metzger, Matthieu: SelfCooking [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $12.00 In Stock A member of the French ONJ (Orchestre National de Jazz), saxophonist Metzger also works with a variety of real-time transformation music software; this is an excellent review of his compositions and his unique voice in modern improvisation. |
What Is Music / Volume 1: Liquid Metal Dreaming (MusicNow -- Great Britain ) Price: $7.95 In Stock
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Punkappella: Wake Up [7-inch VINYL] (Front Rock -- USA ) Price: $7.95 In Stock A 7" 6 song release of Mike Pride's "punk" vocal troupe Punkappella, with Dusan Hedl, Bojan Tmoazic, Rick Klaus Theis, and Jessica Pavone on vocals; double sided sleeve contains lyrics for these unusual vocal vignettes. |