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Sleeping in Vilna (Ladd / Robinson / Randall / Rothbrust): Why Waste Time (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An all-improvised transnational collaboration recorded in the studio and live at Les Instants Chavires in France, between Mike Ladd (vocals/synthi), Carol Robinson (clarinets/voice), Dave Randall (guitar) and Dirk Rothbrust (drum/percussion). |
Blanc, Michel : Le Miroir des Ondes (Ayler -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Percussionist Michel Blanc's astounding 12-part work was composed around news events that occurred between 1972-89, in a tour-de-force of music drawing from improvised music, RIO oriented rock, and concrete sound; with Marc Ducret, Annabelle Playe, Anne Gimenez, & Antonin Rayon. |
Correction: Two Nights in April (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Two live dates from Crescendo and Glenn Miller Cafe in Sweden from the trio of Sebastian Bergstrom on piano, Joachim Nyberg on bass, and Emil Astrand-Melin on drums. |
Grimal, Alexandra: Andromeda (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Saxophonist Alexandra Grimal in a quartet with guitarist Todd Neufeld, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, a weaving and interstellar odyssey inspired by the night sky of the MacDowell Colony. |
Trion, Gyldene : Live at Glenn Miller Cafe (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The Swedish trio of Jonas Kullhammar on sax, Torbjorn Zetterberg on bass and Daniel Fredriksson drums live at Glenn Miller Cafe in 2007 in a mix of originals and standards. |
Feza, Mongezi / Rosengren Quartet, Bernt: Free Jam [2 CDs] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $23.95 In Stock Double disc of South-African trumpeter Mongezi Feza, who worked with Robert Wyatt, Henry Cow, &c, from 1972 recordings in an amazing group of Swedish improvisers. |
Cappozzo, Cecile Quintet (Cappozzo / Cappozzo / Bellanger / Grente / Ziemniak): Hymne d'Automne (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The core trio of Cécile Cappozzo (piano), Patrice Grente (double bass) and Etienne Ziemniak (drums) release their second Ayler album, expanded to a quintet with Jean-Luc Cappozzo on trumpet and Guillaume Bellanger on saxophone, performing six works connected like a suite that flow beautifully through Cappozzo's warm compositions, including a piece dedicated to Carla Bley. |
Fields, Scott Ensemble: Barclay (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Guitarist and composer Scott Fields presents the 3rd installment of his Beckett Trilogy, based on the writings of Irish novelist and poet Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906-1989), whose ironic black comedies Fields characterizes musically in instrumental compositions performed by his quartet with cellist Scott Roller, drummer Domnik Mahnig, and saxophonist Matthias Schubert. |
Pinkish Black & Yells at Eels: Vanishing Light... (Ayler -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez merges his Yells at Eel project with bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer/percussionist Stefan Gonzalez, with Texas-based experimental rock band Pinkish Black--Daron Beck on keyboards and Jon Teague on drums & synthesizers--for a gripping and masterful hybrid of improvisation, dark synthetic rock and heavy moods; a riveting journey. |
Ikui Doki (Bernado / Mayot / Rinaudo): Ikui Doki [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Winners of the Jazz Migration and tour JMF 2018, the chamber jazz trio of Sophie Bernado (bassoon), Hugues Mayot (saxophone & clarinet) and Rafaelle Rinaudo (harp & effects) share their passion for creative music that embraces composition and improvisation, springboarding off composers like Debussy while transferring warmth and vision into free jazz; magnificent. |
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. |
Lila Bazooka (Sophie Bernado / Celine Grangey): Arashiyama [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $10.00 In Stock The French duo of bassoonist Sophie Bernado and sound artist Céline Grangey expand on the rich timbre of Bernado's bassoon, starting solo in beautiful etude improvisations only to have Grangey's sound designs expand around her playing, developing rich environments through electronics, field recording & voice, a beautiful intersection of experimental, composed and improvised music. |
Anderson, Fortner: Solitary Pleasures (&Records -- Canada ) Price: $11.50 In Stock The 35 poems found on Fortner Anderson's "Solitary Pleasures", performed with Michel F Cote, Sam Shalabi and Alexandre St-Onge, speak of the obsessions, phantasies and encounters of Anderson's life. |
Drake, Bob: The Gardens of Beastley Manor (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Bob Drake takes his listeners on a 22 piece instrumental journey through a "Beastley" garden of confident melodic foundation anBob Drake takes his listeners on a 22 piece instrumental journey through a "Beastley" garden of confident melodic foundation and experimental forays, captured by day and night, a tour de force of conception and execution. |
Expanse: Vacuum Energy (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock In May of 2021 Evil Clown label leader, multi-reedist and percussionist David Peck re-opened his performance space to fully vaccinated musicians, inviting Michael Caglianone on saxophones, Michael Knoblach on percussion, including rattlesnake drums, baskets of rocks, shakers, &c., recording this extended, rich, ruminative and introspective improvisation. |
Extended Pianos (Fox / Griswold / Pateras): Switch On A Dime (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Extended Pianos employ stochastic improvisations, live analogue processing, feedback experiments, atmospheric tape composition, and ultra-physical episodic structures to manipulate prepared piano performances in real time, creating an exceptional and engrossing work. |
Fewell, Garrison / Gianni Mimmo: Flawless Dust (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Italian soprano saxophonist Gianni Mimmo meets Boston guitarist Garrison Fewell for 10 freely improvised duets of strong dialog balancing technical and lyrical skills with an ebullient intensity and warm spirit, engaging the listener in their joyful dialog. |
Fish, The (Guionnet / Duboc / Pearraud): Moon Fish (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The long-running trio of alto saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet and drummer Edward Perraud (Hubbub) and bassist Benjamin Duboc in a studio album of intense and expressive free jazz in the Albert Ayler tradition. |
Gadt, Anna / Zbigniew Chojnacki / Krzysztof Gradziuk: Renaissance Gesualdo [2 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $19.95 In Stock An epic journey in free vocal improvised music from the trio of vocalist Anna Gadt with Zbigniew Chojnacki on accordion & live electronics and Krzysztof Gradziuk on drums, performing live in the studio in Nieport, Poland, with arrangements, deconstructions and original music by Anna Gadt, along with the theme from "Monumentum pro Gesualdo" by Igor Stravinski. |
Gauguet, Bertrand: Shiro (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock French alto saxophonist Bertrand Gauguet uses acoustic techniques and microtonal approaches to the reed instrument, presenting 4 tracks of acoustic-only playing, and 4 with amplifiers and guitar feedback, creating cogitative sonic environments of remarkable patience and pure and intersection tonal and timbral harmonics; remarkable work. |
Grimes Trio, Henry : The Call [VINYL] (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $25.95 Out of Stock After work supporting Lee Morgan, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Steve Lacy, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, &c., free jazz bassist Henry Grimes recorded this great example of his skills as a composer and leader, in a trio with Tom Price on drums and Perry Robinson, here in a definitive vinyl LP reissue of this exemplary album. |
Moon, The : Good And Evil (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock The studio debut of drummer Federico Ughi and electric guitarist Adam Caine's project The Moon, a touring band crossing jazz based free improvisation with rock elements in free-flowing and driving music highlight the technical and melodic skills of both players. |
Resnik, Cene Quartet: From the Sky (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Slovenian saxophonist Cene Resnik in a trio with violinist Emanuele Parrini, double bassist Giovanni Maier and drummer Aljosa Jeric and Resnik in a unique dialog of free improvisation using the jazz language influenced as much by Buddhism as it is by Archie Shepp. |
Surak, Jeff: Eris I Dysnomia [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Eh? -- USA ) Price: $7.95 Out of Stock Washington DC-area sound artist and Zeromoon label-leader Jeff Surak, creating audio environments since the 80's home taping days, in a set of sound recordings of electro-acoustic drones, tape generated musique concrete, "plus a heavy dose of weirdness"; five tracks of diverse approaches to sonic experimentation, particularly the epic "Parasite Lost". |
Triofolio (Chris Cundy / Paul K. Scott / Saul Scott): Ordinary Evidence (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Performing a set of UK bass clarinetist Chris Cundy's compositions, along with one collective improvisation, TrioFolio is complemented with the father/son team of double bassist Paul K. Scott and drummer Saul Scott, exploring the borders between classic modern jazz and free forms of improvisation, all heard in the lower instrumental spectrum through rich lyrical jazz. |
Ughi, Federico: Songs For Four Cities (Skycap Records -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A collection of compositions from drummer/composer Federico Ughi dedicated to the four cities where he's lived: Rome, London, Montreal and New York, performed in a quartet with Darius Jones (sax), Eri Yamamoto (piano) and Ed Schuller (bass). |
Wallin, Per Henrik & Sven-Ake Johansson: 1974 - 2004 [4 CD BOX] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $39.95 In Stock Unique release of a 4-CD box including rare recordings of Swedish pioneers of free jazz and improvised music, as well as a 28-page booklet with extensive writings and photos, letters and drawings by the artists. |
Electric Bird Noise: The Silber Sessions (Silber Media -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A collection of southeast darkwave & post rock band Electric Bird Noise (Brian Lea McKenzie) from 2000-2010, cinematic, richly eclectic, and absorbing instrumental music. |
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. |
Ducret, Marc: Tower, Vol. 3 (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Guitarist Marc Ducret's sextet performs comments on the music previously played in the other albums of the Tower series, either as rewritten fragments or developments of excerpts or patterns. |
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Akchote / Halvorson / Frisell: Loving Highsmith [2 CDs]
Leandre, Joelle 10: Can You Hear Me?
Leandre, Joelle: At Souillac en Jazz
Bruun's, Peter All Too Human (w/ Tranberg / Ducret / Toldam): Vernacular Avant-garde
XT (Seymour Wright / Paul Abbot): Pah'
Ducret, Marc: Tower-Bridge [2 CDs]
Lazro, Daunik / Jean-Luc Cappozzo / Didier Lasserre: Garden(s)
Grimal, Alexandra / Benjamin Duboc / Valentin Ceccaldi: Bambu
Ducret, Marc: Lady M
Fewell, Garrison / Gianni Mimmo: Flawless Dust
Bardeau / Couratier / Lecinte / Lemaire: Quaturo Machaut
Killing Spree (Metzger / Daniel / Galichet): Boko Boko Tour
Daniel, Sylvain / Gregoire Galichet / Matthieu Metzger: Killing Spree
Fields, Scott & Jeffrey Lependorf: Everything is in the instructions
Ducret, Marc: Tower, vol. 1
Gonzalez, Dennis Yells at Eels: Resurrection and Life
Murcia, Sarah: Never Mind The Future
Moondoc Tentet, Jemeel / Jus Grew Orchestra: Live at the Vision Festival 2001
Exploding Customer: Live at Tampere Jazz Happening
Ducret, Marc: Tower, Vol. 3