June 2015 |
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![]() Blaser, Samuel: Spring Rain (Whirlwind -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser pays tribute to clarinetist and composer Jimmy Giuffre, in a quartet with Russ Lossing on piano & keys, Drew Gress on double bass, and Gerald Cleaver on drums, merging Giuffre's lyrical forms to create new and innovative compositions. |
![]() Distel, Herbert: Travelogue (Hatology -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An electroacoustic composition from Herbert Distel, a "Travelogue" of field recordings organized into two long works that present hallucinatory sound with an illusive rhythmic component, structured into a long journey with a departure, journey and arrival. |
![]() Morris, Joe : Solos - Bimhuis (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Live recordings from guitarist Joe Morris, performing solo at Bimhuis in Amsterdam in two Octobers from 2013 to 2014, showing remarkable technical and creative skills while captivating his audience with accessible progressions and story-telling; masterful! |
![]() Musicworks: #122 Summer 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock On the cover, Allison Camerson. Inside: Dave Burrell's Unsung Songbook; Peter Ablinger's Art of Time; Sabrina Schroeder's Stircrazer; plus reviews of recordings and events, label profiles, essays, &c. &c. |
![]() Rempis Percussion Quartet, The (w/ Haker-Flaten / Rosaly / Daisy): Cash And Carry (Aerophonic -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock After 10 years together, the Rempis Percussion Quartet led by saxophonist Dave Rempist, Frank Rosaly, Tim Daisy on drums and percussion, and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten on bass, recorded this concert at Chicago's Hungry Brain for a superlative album of rhythmically simmering free improv. |
![]() Rollerball: Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause (Silber -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Odd beats, strange solos, a reggae feel here, an avant-garde jazz angularity there, from Rollerball, a goth-tinged pop band with vocalist Mae Starr leading the quintet through catchy melodies with unexpected twists and turns. |
![]() Small Life Form: One (Silber -- USA ) Price: $3.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock Label leader Brian John Mitchell in his first Small Life Form release, seven instrumental drone pieces ranging from contemplative to noisy and disturbed, designed so they may all be listened to simultaneously while looped. |
![]() Sousa / Berthling / Ferrandini: Casa Futuro (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $11.16 ![]() ![]() In Stock With members from Fire!, Red Trio, Amado Motion Trio, &c., the trio of Pedro Sousa (sax), Johan Berthling (bass) and GabrielFerrandini (drums) push the envelope in free improvisation that is energetic, argumentative, restless, and ultimately extremely intelligent. |
![]() Thollem / Wimberly / Cline: Radical Empathy (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A trio of collective-improvisers recording in NYC's East Village in 2015 for exceptionally sympathetic dialog, instigated by electric keyboard improvisor Thollem McDonas, with Nels Cline on guitar and Charles Gayle cohort Michael Wimberly on drums; Fred Frith liner notes! |
![]() Threadgill, Henry & Zooid: In for a Penny, In for a Pound [2 CDs] (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Henry Threadgill's new epic work in four movements written specifically to feature each of the musicians in Zooid: "Ceroepic" for Elliott Kavee (drums), "Dosepic" for Christopher Hoffman (cello), "Tresepic" for Jose Davila (trombone & tuba), and "Unoepic" for Liberty Ellman (guitar). |
![]() Land of Marigold (Joshua Zubot & Ellwood Epps): Creosote (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Montreal duo of trumpeter Ellwood Epps and Josh Zubot on violin and low octave violin for 9 upbeat, technically superb and intricate instant improvisations, what they refer to as "foot-tapping for ghosts, seeing the northern lights from underwater". |
![]() Eskelin, Ellery: Solo Live At Snugs (Hatology -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Ellery Eskelin performing solo on tenor saxophone at 61 Local in Brooklyn, NY, four original compositions, personal and distinctive improvisation like listening to tales from a well seasoned and adept traveler. |
![]() University of Errors: Jet Propelled Photographs [Used Item] (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $7.20 ![]() ![]() In Stock Small promo drill in top right of jewel tray, otherwise like new. "University of Errors is led by guitarist, vocalist, and pataphysical icon Daevid Allen. Daevid was one of the founding members of The Soft Machine (and later the founder ... |
![]() Van Duynhoven, Fred : Bellbird [Used Item] (P.J.J. -- The Netherlands ) Price: $6.30 ![]() ![]() In Stock
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![]() 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. |