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Carter, Daniel / Leo Genovese / William Parker / Francisco Mela: Shine Hear Volume 2 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock Inspired by a poem Daniel Carter wrote about the transience and motion of modern life, the quartet of Daniel Carter on saxophone, Leo Genovese on piano, William Parker on bass, Gralla & Shakuhachi and Francisco Mela on drums & voice, turn in an ecstatic album of exotic collective improvisation in this second of two volumes from an excellent studio session. |
Fennesz: Venice 20 (20th Anniversary Edition) (Touch -- UK ) Price: $18.95 In Stock 20th anniversary reissue of Fennesz's 2004 release Venice, as a deluxe version remastered by Denis Blackham, with new and extra tracks not on the previous CD or vinyl versions, in a DVD-format with a booklet of texts by Fennesz, Denis Blackham, and Jon Wozencroft, photographs from the 2004 sessions, and David Sylvian's original handwritten lyrics for "Transit." |
Hirsh / Swell / Clouse / Parker: Out On A Limb (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Brooklyn Saxophonist and Park West Studios founder is the common thread to this quartet with Steve Hirsh on drums, Steve Swell on trombone and William Parker on bass, all frequent collaborators in innumerable projects, here in three extended improvisations beautifully recorded, showing the wealth of experience each has alone and in collective expression. |
[ism] (Pat Thomas / Joel Grip / Aontonin Gerbal): Maua [VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $20.00 In Stock Recordings from the Berlin club Au Topsi Pohl where the [ism] piano trio of Pat Thomas on piano, Joel Grip on double bass and Antonin Gerbal on drums played 4 nights in a row, May 18-21, 2022, Thomas performing on a Bösendorfer grand piano, creating an omnipresent and precise sound that drove the band to great heights of interactive, warmly diverse playing. |
Parker's, Evan Transatlantic Trance Map: Marconi's Drift (False Walls -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Bringing together two groups of spectacular improvisers versed in free and electroacoustic improvisation for a live transatlantic performance, one group of seven musicians primarily from The UK & Europe performing from The Hot Tin venue in Faversham, Kent, UK, the other group of six musicians performing from Roulette, New York City, for this stunningly impressive group improvisation. |
Rempis / Adasiewicz / Abrams / Damon: Propulsion (Aerophonic -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The debut of the Chicago quartet of Dave Rempis on alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, Jason Adasiewicz on vibes, Joshua Abrams on bass and Tyler Damon on drums, recorded after a year of performances to develop their propulsive and expansive force, as heard in this concert at Elastic Arts, which was also the last of the weekly Thursday night series Rempis curated for 21 years. |
Deschepper, Philippe / Noel Akchote: MMXXIV AD (Ayler -- France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Having worked together as sidemen in various bands but never together as a duo, Ayler Records brought electric guitarists Noel Akchote and Philippe Deschepper together to record in the studio in Zurich, choosing an informed selection of jazz repertoire that includes works by each performer, and compositions from Paul Motian, Henri Texier, Steve Swallow and Ornette Coleman. |
Brant, Cody / Carl Kruger: Smoke Detail (Chocolate Monk -- UK ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Developed using recordings made in Oregon and in North Carolina from West Coast sound and multimedia artists Cody Brand and Carl Kruger, Brant expanding Kruger's initial tracks with his own rhythmic additions and sonic embellishments to create twelve compositions with a recommended use of "reflective open-road journeys", noted as "Reality-dream boundary: blurred". |
Hubback, Steve: The Last Free City (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Also known as Metal Moves, Welsh improvising drummer/percussionist and instrument-maker Steve Hubback creates metallic sculptures that he performs on alongside drums, gongs, bells & cymbals, this new album presenting three extended recording for sound sculpture and percussion, particularly the mesmerizing title track featuring a mobile sound sculpture made of aluminium. |
Davies, Rhodri / Pierre Gerard: la montagne change le paysage (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A fascinating free improvising string duo of textures and sonic interaction from UK harpist Rhodri Davies and Belgian guitarist Pierre Gerard, Davies performing on pedal harp and Gerard on acoustic guitar, though the results feel downright electronic through masterful control of their instruments, eliciting sustain, pitch & amplitude changes as they weave unique and compelling tapestries. |
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Cristian Alvear / Juan Sebastian Lach : One for One (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock This album of resonant electronics with spacious pacing is beautifully rendered by Mexican electronic artist and composer Juan Sebastian Lach, who performs on computer, and Chilean electric guitarist Cristian Alvear, presenting a 2015 composition by French composer, saxophonist, and organist Jean-Luc Guionnet titled "One for One for any pitched instrument and electronics." |
Haco: Another Souvenir: Solo Live in 2002 (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock After Dinner vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Haco undertook her first North American tour in 2002, bringing with her an irregularly tuned electric mandolin, two samplers, a mini-drum synth and her "Howling [tea]Pot" feedback instrument, here in seven uniquely Haco performances of sonic instrumentals and song, performed at Mama Gaia's in Cambridge. |
Murayama, Seijiro / Jean-Luc Guionnet: Balcony Inside (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Paris-based musician Seijiro Murayama (percussion, voice) and French alto sax and organ player Jean-Luc Guionnet continue their collaboration with this 2023 recording of a 50-minute performance at the Taborkirche church in Berlin, using the resonance of the space to expand Murayama's snare drum, cymbal and voice in tandem with Guionnet's improvisation on the pipe organ. |
Noyes, Lee / Barry Chabala: The Lightgiver (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A 4-part series of collaborative improvisations between US guitarist Barry Chabala and Canadian-born, Sweden-based electroacoustic improviser Lee Noyes, Chabala performing on acoustic & electric guitars and objects, Noyes on piano & percussion, and both on prepared piano, for elegantly diaphanous interactions that employ a score influenced by The I Ching and Albert Camus. |
Sakata, Akira / Rie Nakajima: Roughly Random (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Legendary Japanese free jazz saxophonist Akira Sakata joins with frequent collaborator, younger generation sound and installation artist Rie Nakajima, for a live concert at Ftarri's Tokyo venue in 2023, Sakata performing on alto sax, clarinet, bells, singing bowl and vocals, Nakajima on objects and motor, capturing two sets of unique detail and expressive restraint. |
Yamauchi, Katsura / Jason Kahn: Time Between (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Two itinerant and unique performers in solo and small group configurations--Japanese saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi, who has recorded & performed with Voice Crack, Tatsuya Nakatani, Otomo Yoshihide, &c. &c., and Swiss electroacoustic improviser Jason Kahn--meet during Kahn's 2023 visit to Japan, recording these perceptively subtle duos live at HALL, in Oita and at IAF SHOP, in Hakata. |
Merce, Sergio: Prosa (Hitorri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Buenos Aires sound artist & saxophonist Sergio Merce presents his third album on the Hitorri label, in two pieces recorded between 2023-24: "Segundo Paisaje", an organized composition using wind synthesizer, virtual instruments & field recordings; and "Glissotar" using a new wind instrument designed for extreme glissando effects, joined with wind synth & electronics. |
Ironing & Juice Machine: S/T (Hymns -- USA ) Price: $9.95 In Stock The Ironing project of Gainesville, Florida turntable and electronic artist joins with the Virginia-based Juice Machine duo of Roger Smith and late experimental musician Heather Chessman, both on electronics, tapes & sampler, for six unusual constructions of strange grooves over which concrete and obscure sounds swim about with a sense of wonder and humor. |
Cleaver, Gerald: The Process [VINYL] (Positive Elevation / 577 Records -- USA ) Price: $20.00 In Stock Taking his cues from the electronic music of his Detroit roots, free jazz drummer Gerald Cleaver presents an album of synthetic rhythms and sonic landscapes, each piece composed in detailed arrangements of compelling and adventurous structures, from propulsive grooves to sinuous soundscapes, a surprising and exciting twist showing Cleaver's strong compositional skills. |
Expanse: Gamut (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The ninth set from the Boston collective group Expanse led by Evil Clown label leader David Peck, combining improvisers with both a post-jazz and post-rock aesthetic, here as an electroacoustic septet with an extended and unusual percussion set, as performed by David Peck, DNA Girl, Eric Dahlman, DNA Girl, Count Robot, Tim Mungenast, and Michael Knoblach. |
Fite, Niklas / Gunter Christmann: Insisting (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two string improvisers in an insistent dialog of quick-witted playing using every inch of their instruments under impressive technique, between Polish-born German cellist Günter Christmann, whose legacy hails from early European Free Jazz groups including Rudiger Carl Inc, and younger generation Finnish guitarist Niklas Fite, whose playing reminds of John Russell or Derek Bailey. |
Missing Heads (Kazuhie / Mitsuru / Yoshida): Astral Traveler (Magaibutsu Limited -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 In Stock With two guitarists split between the left and right sides of the head--Kazuhide Yamaji and Mitsuru Tabata, also on vocals--in a trio aTwo guitarists split between the left and right sides of the head--Kazuhide Yamaji and Mitsuru Tabata, also on vocals--in a trio with Ruins drummer and Magaibutsu label-leader Tatsuya Yoshida, for a an energetic album of mostly instrumental post-prog "no-wave" improvisations, nine wild tracks captured live from four 2024 concerts in Japan.with Ruins drummer and Magaibutsu label-leader Tatsuya Yoshida, for a an energetic album of mostly instrumental post-prog "no-wave" improvisations, nine wild tracks captured live from four 2024 concerts in Japan. |
Nichunimu: Calados (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock At the forefront of Chile's experimental improv scene, the Nichunimu trio of Benjamin Vergara on trumpet, Nicolas Carrasco on synthesizer and Matias Mardones on percussion are both lyrical in a style that adheres to traditional jazz of a relaxed unrushed intention, but warped through unusual rhythmic approaches and odd punctuations from synthetics and radio. |
SORBD (Steyer / Dyberg / Okuda / Robler / Borges): Wild Peacock In Transit (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Each of the 5 members of this band bring a composition to this 2022 live recording at Kuhlspot Social Club in Berlin, along with four collective improvisations, in the impressive debut of the acronym-named band SORBD, signifying Edith Steyer on Bb clarinet, Mia Dyberg on alto saxophone, Rieko Okuda on piano, Isabel Rossler on bass, and Sofia Borges on drums & percussion. |
Hubbub (Blondy / Denzler / Guionnet / Mariage / Perraud): abb abb abb (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With prior albums on For4Ears and Matchless, the French electroacoustic (with an emphasis on "acoustic") free improvising quartet Hubbub of Frédéric Blondy (piano), Bertrand Denzler (tenor sax), Jean-Luc Guionnet (alto sax), Jean-Sébastien Mariage (guitar), and Edward Peraud (percussion) present two extended, perfectly paced improvisations of stunning interplay and incredible technique. |
Pavone, Jessica: What Happens Has Become Now (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Her 5th solo viola album finds NY improviser & composer Jessica Pavone extending her exploration of music based on the pitches of the open strings, accentuating the natural sympathetic resonances of the instrument and expanded through the use of electronic effects to create a virtual duo, on one track performing on a Ken Butler hand-crafted hybrid instrument, the Sword Viola. |
Reid / Kitamura / Bynum / Morris: Geometry of Phenomena (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The next angle from the collective Geometry group of Tomeka Reid on cello, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet & flugelhorn, Kyoko Kitamura on voice, and Joe Morris on guitar, exploring their "Geometry" first of "Caves", then "Distance", "Trees", and now "Phenomena", through highly attuned exploration of sonic complexities and intersecting approaches to their respective instruments. |
Butcher, John / Florian Stoffner / Chris Corsano: The Glass Changes Shape (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A remarkable concert in 2023 at The Loft in Cologne, Germany, a superb example of collective free improvisation using extraordinary and masterful technique between UK saxophonist John Butcher, Swiss guitarist Florian Stoffner and NY drummer Chris Corsano, also performing on half clarinet; nine conversations of sophisticated and astute communication. |
Rose, Jon / Mark Dresser: Band Width (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two phenomenal string players improvising remotely across two continents using SonoBus real-time streaming software: former Downtown NY pioneering double bassist Mark Dresser, now located in San Diego, and Australian violinist Jon Rose positioned between the Australian deserts at Alice Springs, presenting eight recordings from their animated and inspired intertwining. |
Berne, Tim / Michael Formanek: Parlour Games (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With an extensive discography of collaboration together in a wealth of groupings, New York bassist Formanek and alto saxophonist Tim Berne are heard in this 1991 live duo performance at The Parlour in Providence, Rhode Island, a powerfully confident concert of informed dialogs captured seven years before their only other duo album from 1998, Ornery People. |
Nebbia, Camila / Angelica Sanchez: In Another Land, Another Dream (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An intimate duo at Brooklyn's IBeam performance venue in November 2023 between visiting Argentine-born, Berlin-based tenor saxophonist Camila Nebbia and New York pianist Angelica Sanchez, performing six freely improvised and sophisticated dialogs that highlight the implicit lyricism of each player and the finesse of their virtuosic skills in subtle expression. |
Lacy, Steve: The Classic Albums [4 CDs] (Enlightenment -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A 4-CD box set collecting 8 albums under Steve Lacy's name from 1957 to 1965, with sidement including Don Cherry, Mal Waldron, Kent Carter, Carla Bley, Louis Moholo, &c: Soprano Sax; Reflections; The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy; Evidence; Disposability; Jazz Realities; Sortie;The Forest and the Zoo. |
ONCEIM (Orchestre de Nouvelles Creations, Experimentations et Improvisations Musicales: Laminaire (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock ONCEIM is the French ensemble of over 30 distinguished musicians directed by Frédéric Blondy, drawing on jazz, free improv, experimental and contemporary music as they evolve impressively detailed works from subtle restraint to controlled swells, heard in live performances from 2018 at Eglise Saint-Merry in Paris and at La Muse en Circuit in 2020, plus a 3rd studio session from 2020. |
Baczkowski, Steve: Cheap Fabric (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Recording on a vintage reel-to-reel tape deck in his own warehouse living room during a lunar eclipse, saxophonist Steve Baczkowski (Brandon Lopez Trio, Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit, Ensemble MIA) captures thirteen explorations on tenor and baritone saxophones, plus a homemade wind instrument, for an intimately challenging album of outrageous technique and overtones. |
Lauro, Audrey: Prose Metallique (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock "Using 'everyday' objects to prepare the instrument in a simple way structures this " Prose Metallique ", in which each piece offers a poetic approach to language and textual references. Recorded in one day, these close-miked solo piece... |
Williams, Jamison: The Lesser Key of Solomon-Bael (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Appropriately recorded at Le Sauvage Cathedral in France, the region name dating to the legend of a wild woman who only ate raw meat, had a double row of teeth, lived under a rocky promontory and was buried by a landslide, as baritone saxophonist Jamison Williams darkly burns in an extended improvisation of outside technique while referencing the Lemegeton, a 17th century book of magic. |
Leap of Faith: Spooky Action at a Distance (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock An acoustic septet edition of the Leap of Faith, the core duet of David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, double reeds & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, joined by Michael Caglianone on saxophones, flute, clarinet, melodica & water bottle, John Fugarino on trumpet, slide trumpet & flugelhorn, Tom Swafford on violin, Kit Demos on bass, and Eric Rosenthal on drums. |
Wolfarth, Christian : 39 / Part IV - VI (Hiddenbell Records -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An engaging album of solo percussion that start like a vortex of clocks ticking, and then draws the listener into an amazing journey of unique percussive expression, timbre, rhythm and subtle transitions, the second album in Swiss percussionist Christian Wolfarth's 39 series, presenting Parts IV - VI of his works exploring the relationships between 3, 9 & 39. |
Lossing, Russ: Inventions (Blaser Music -- France ) Price: $14.95 In Stock New York pianist Russ Lossing, known for his inventive work with his trio Three-Part Invention alongside bassist Mark Helias and trumpeter Ralph Alessi, steps into the spotlight alone on Inventions, a solo piano album that showcases his unique ability to weave quick-witted, spontaneous improvisations with beautifully introspective moments in this captivating set of live studio performances. |
Das Rad: Funfair (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The UK improvising rock/prog band Das Rad in their seventh album, expanded from the original trio of guitarist & mellotron player Nick Robinson, woodwind & keys player Martin Archer and drummer & synth player Steve Dinsdale, to this quintet with bassist Jon Short and guitarist & vocalist Peter Rophone, evolving their expansive approach merging electronic, jazz and rock music. |
Jurd, Laura / Paul Dunmall: Fanfares And Freedom (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Paul Dunmall brings his quartet of Liam Noble (piano), Caius Williams (bass) and Miles Levi (drums) together with Laura Jurd's brass quintet of Jurd (trumpet), Chris Batchelor (trumpet), Alex Paxton (trombone), Raphael Clarkson (trombone) and Oren Marshall (tuba) for a live performance at The Vortex in London, written by Jurd as a commission from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. |
Sentient Beings (O'Gallagher / Brackenbury / Pope / Bianco): Truth Is Not The Enemy (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Four singular improvisors from the US and UK -- Faith Heleene Brackenbury on violin, John O'Gallagher on alto sax, Anthony Bianco on drums, and John Pope on bass -- are heard in this live performance of spiritually rich, intellectually deep and powerfully articulate collective free jazz, captured live in 2024 at The Vortex, in London, UK in two extended conversations. |
Moore, Thurston: Flow Critical Lucidity [VINYL CREAM COLOR LP + 7''] (Daydream Library Series -- UK ) Price: $34.95 In Stock A diverse and interesting set of songs in Thurston Moore's ninth solo record, recorded in Europe & The UK with contributors including Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab and Deb Googe of My Bloody Valentine, many of the songs reminiscent of Sonic Youth but uniquely Moore through unpretentious communication that references topics including lucid dreaming, nature and the changing planet. |
Lowe, Allen And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 1 [2 CDs] (ESP -- USA ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Allen Lowe's 2-volume 4-CD set evokes through original music the musical eras that Louis Armstrong lived through, from ragtime to early jazz, swing, bebop, avant garde jazz, Dada and rock & roll, a rollicking, perceptive and fun set of compositions with contributors including Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Frank Lacy, Lewis Porter, Elijah Schiffer, Matt Shipp, Ursula Oppens, &c. |
Lowe, Allen And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 2 [2 CDs] (ESP -- USA ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Allen Lowe's 2-volume 4-CD set evokes through original music the musical eras that Louis Armstrong lived through, from ragtime to early jazz, swing, bebop, avant garde jazz, Dada and rock & roll, a rollicking, perceptive and fun set of compositions with contributors including Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Frank Lacy, Lewis Porter, Elijah Schiffer, Matt Shipp, Ursula Oppens, &c. |
Stein, Jason (Stein / Abrams / Cleaver / Boon): Anchors (Tao Forms -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Chicago-based bass clarinetist-composer Jason Stein returns from a six-year hiatus as bandleader with a beautifully personal, nuanced, and expansive album, created with bassist Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society), drummer Gerald Cleaver, and guitarist and co-producer Boon, in a suite of seven Stein compositions ranging from meditative calm to gripping intensity. |
Stein, Jason (Stein / Abrams / Cleaver / Boon): Anchors [VINYL] (Tao Forms -- USA ) Price: $26.95 In Stock Chicago-based bass clarinetist-composer Jason Stein returns from a six-year hiatus as bandleader with a beautifully personal, nuanced, and expansive album, created with bassist Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society), drummer Gerald Cleaver, and guitarist and co-producer Boon, in a suite of seven Stein compositions ranging from meditative calm to gripping intensity. |
Hwang, Jason Kao: Soliloquies (True Sound Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Honoring the courage of the survivors of atrocities experienced in China during World War II, including that of his own father, New York improvising violinist Jason Kao Hwang presents twelve solo pieces performed on the pizzicato violin, works that embrace the struggle of his antecedents with a narrative sense of presentation and extraordinary technique. |
Moholo-Moholo, Louis: Viva La Blac (Ogun -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo's 2nd album as a leader with his sextet Viva La Black, newly remastered and including two extra tracks from the original LP, issued for the first time on CD drawing out their unique approach to British jazz through compositions from Keith Tippett, Chris McGregor, Tristan Honsinger, Mongezi Feza, Harry Miller, and Moholo-Moholo himself. |
Swell's, Steve Imbued With Light: Hommage a Galina Ustvolskaya (Silkheart -- USA ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Continuing his series of hommages to classical composers, New York trombonist Steve Swell assembles his sextet to improvise under the influence of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006), whose truly unique "out of the box" approach to structuring sound brings force and intensity to Swell's compositions, yielding inspired performances from all musicians. |
Wegmann, Judith / Jens Ruland / Robert Torche: Kon.Takte (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Surrounding the realization of Karlheinz Stockhausen's ground-breaking work of electronic music and acoustic improvisation, Kontakte, performed by Judith Wegmann (piano) Jens Ruland (percussion) & Robert Torche (electronics), are Antoine Chessex's exploratory score Geschichte der Gewalt, applying improvisation to frequency and form, and the improvised prelude from all three: Spiegelungen. |
Ellis, Don (Byard / Carter / Persip; Bley / Peacock / Stone /Martinis): How Time Passes To Essence, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Before his experimental, culturally absorbing large band work in the late 60s and 70s, trumpeter Don Ellis released these two excellent quartet albums featuring his own compositions, particularly the side-long work "Improvisational Suite 1", in bands with Jaki Byard, Ron Carter & Charlie Persip (How Time Passes) and with Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and either Gene Stone or Nick Martinis (Essence). |
Genovese, Leo: Forward (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock Argentinian pianist based in NY Leo Genovese, a frequent collaborator on 577 releases and a Grammy Award winner for solo improvisation, is heard in his solo debut on 577 in two extended free improvisations, building from quiet introspection into unbridled exuberance, technically fascinating structures of great momentum, captured live at the 2024 Forward Festival in Brooklyn, NY. |
Sentient Beings (O'Gallagher / Brackenbury / Pope / Bianco): Truth Is Not The Enemy [Used Item] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Four singular improvisors from the US and UK -- Faith Heleene Brackenbury on violin, John O'Gallagher on alto sax, Anthony Bianco on drums, and John Pope on bass -- are heard in this live performance of spiritually rich, intellectually deep and powerfully articulate collective free jazz, captured live in 2024 at The Vortex, in London, UK in two extended conversations. |
Brant, Cody / Carl Kruger: Smoke Detail [Used Item] (Chocolate Monk -- UK ) Price: $7.00 In Stock Developed using recordings made in Oregon and in North Carolina from West Coast sound and multimedia artists Cody Brand and Carl Kruger, Brant expanding Kruger's initial tracks with his own rhythmic additions and sonic embellishments to create twelve compositions with a recommended use of "reflective open-road journeys", noted as "Reality-dream boundary: blurred". |
Deschepper, Philippe / Noel Akchote: MMXXIV AD [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Having worked together as sidemen in various bands but never together as a duo, Ayler Records brought electric guitarists Noel Akchote and Philippe Deschepper together to record in the studio in Zurich, choosing an informed selection of jazz repertoire that includes works by each performer, and compositions from Paul Motian, Henri Texier, Steve Swallow and Ornette Coleman. |
Fite, Niklas / Gunter Christmann: Insisting [Used Item] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Two string improvisers in an insistent dialog of quick-witted playing using every inch of their instruments under impressive technique, between Polish-born German cellist Günter Christmann, whose legacy hails from early European Free Jazz groups including Rudiger Carl Inc, and younger generation Finnish guitarist Niklas Fite, whose playing reminds of John Russell or Derek Bailey. |
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Cristian Alvear / Juan Sebastian Lach : One for One [Used Item] (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $10.00 In Stock This album of resonant electronics with spacious pacing is beautifully rendered by Mexican electronic artist and composer Juan Sebastian Lach, who performs on computer, and Chilean electric guitarist Cristian Alvear, presenting a 2015 composition by French composer, saxophonist, and organist Jean-Luc Guionnet titled "One for One for any pitched instrument and electronics." |
Hirsh / Swell / Clouse / Parker: Out On A Limb [Used Item] (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Brooklyn Saxophonist and Park West Studios founder is the common thread to this quartet with Steve Hirsh on drums, Steve Swell on trombone and William Parker on bass, all frequent collaborators in innumerable projects, here in three extended improvisations beautifully recorded, showing the wealth of experience each has alone and in collective expression. |
Hubback, Steve: The Last Free City [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Also known as Metal Moves, Welsh improvising drummer/percussionist and instrument-maker Steve Hubback creates metallic sculptures that he performs on alongside drums, gongs, bells & cymbals, this new album presenting three extended recording for sound sculpture and percussion, particularly the mesmerizing title track featuring a mobile sound sculpture made of aluminium. |
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