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Braxton, Anthony: Phonomanie VIII (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $54.95 Out of Stock |
Duboc, Benjamin: Primare Cantus (Ayler -- France ) Price: $43.95 In Stock A 3 CD set from bassist Benjamin Duboc: a solo disc of low register improv; plus 2 discs in duo and trio settings with Didier Lasserre, Sylvain Guerineau, Jean-Luc Petit, Pascal Battus, Sophie Agnel & Christian Pruvost. |
Kriwet, Ferdinand: Hortexte - Radiotexts [3 VINYL LP BOX SET] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $68.95 In Stock Six radio texts by multimedia artist and poet Ferdinand Kriwet in a beautifully designed 3 LP picture discs luxury box with a 20 page 12"x12" book of text and images. |
Lyons, Jimmy: The Box Set (Ayler -- France ) Price: $79.95 Out of Stock Jan Strom, whose devotion to Lyons previously resulted in a 120-page sessionography, has strategically selected material that amounts to five previously unreleased discs of solo and small-group sessions with alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, covering a broad range of dates and groups, each in enough detail to stand on its own, along with a fact-packed 60-page booklet. |
Necks, The: The Necks Box [8 CD BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $79.95 Out of Stock Formed in Australia the late 1980s by Chris Abrahams, Tony Buck and Lloyd Swanton, the Necks play post-jazz, post-rock, post-everything, slowly morphing improvised music, here in a limited numbered box set presenting 8 of their CDs from the UK Recommended Records label. |
Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit: Erta Ale [3 CD BOX SET] (PNL -- Norway ) Price: $34.95 Out of Stock Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit of some of Norway's brightest young improvisers in a solid 3-CD box set recorded live during their 2014 tour, performing Nilssen-Love's compositions that focus on interaction, free improvisation, sound, dynamics and energy. |
Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit: Erta Ale [4 LP BOX SET] (PNL -- Norway ) Price: $59.95 Out of Stock Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit of some of Norway's brightest young improvisers in a 4 LP box set with a bonus CD & flexi disc, recorded live during their 2014 tour, performing Nilssen-Love's compositions that focus on interaction, free improvisation, sound, dynamics and energy. |
Smith, Wadada Leo: Kabell Years 1971-1979 (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $45.95 Out of Stock From 1971-1979 Wadada Leo Smith released four albums on his own, privately pressed label Kabell, now remastered and coupled with over two hours of unreleased bonus tracks. |
This Heat: Out of Cold Storage Box Set (6 CDs) (This Is/Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $79.95 In Stock |
Ullmann, Jakob: fremde zeit addendum [3 CDs] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $38.95 In Stock A 3 CD box with new recordings of composer Jakob Ullmann's works, recorded between 2008-2011, including "disappearing musics for six players (more or less)", "komposition fur streichquartett 2", &c. |
Zorn, John: The Song Project Vinyl Singles Edition (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $55.95 Out of Stock In celebration of his 60th Birthday, Zorn asked his most acclaimed vocal collaborators to write lyrics to select compositions from his vast musical catalog, peformed by an all-star band of Zorn regulars, presented in a beautiful box set of 7" records and a 32-page book. |
Parker, William: For Those Who Are, Still [3 CD BOX] (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock A 3 CD box set of new and previously unissued long-form works from world-renowned composer-bassist William Parker, 10 compositions with musicians including Hamid Drake, Cooper-Moore, Charles Gayle, Rob Brown, Mike Reed, Klaas Hekman, NFM Symphony Orchestra + Choir, &c. |
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. |
Parker, William Quartet: Sound Unity (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock |
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. |
Hooker, William: Light (1975 - 1989) [4 CD Box Set] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $48.95 Out of Stock A 4-CD set from NY drummer William Hooker documenting his early years between 1975-89 in 2 early LPs from his label Reality Unit Concepts, plus 2 never-issued sessions from '88 & '89; with David S. Ware, David Murray, Jemeel Moondoc, Roy Campbell Jr., Booker T. Williams, &c. &c. |
Pateras, Anthony: Collected Works 2002-2012 [5 CD BOX] (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $64.95 Out of Stock Electroacoustic composer and performer Anthony Pateras in a beautiful 5-CD box set documenting a broad variety of works from ensembles to solo work, an excellent overview of one of Australia's most vital composers and performers. |
Riley, Howard : Constant Change 1976-2016 [5 CDs] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $49.95 In Stock Pianist Howard Riley in a 5 CD box of absolutely impressive solo piano never before released on CD, including festival recordings in Paris & Debrecen, a 1987 cassette-only release, and three new albums from 2014, 15 & 16 titled as "Longer Story" "One", "Two" & "Three"; esssential! |
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. |
Wooley, Nate: The Complete Syllables Music [4 CD Box Set] (Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock Composer, improviser, and trumpet player Nate Wooley continues to cement his place as an American iconoclast by releasing the complete recordings of his revolutionary solo [Syllables] compositions as a deluxe 4 CD set consisting of two reissues of out-of-print early works: 8 [Syllables] (2013) and 9 [Syllables] (2014) as well as the premiere recording of his 150 minute epic For Kenneth Gaburo. |
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. |
Drake, Bob: Antiquities [6-CD BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $44.95 In Stock Collecting multi-instrumentalist & vocalist Bob Drake's albums Little Black Train, The Skull Mailbox and Other Horrors, XIII Songs and a Thing, The Shunned Country, and Bob's Drive-In in a solid box set, with a bonus CD, a specially curated collection of outtakes and oddities from this amazing avant-rocker, a member of Thinking Plague, 5uu's, Hail and The Science Group. |
Klaxon Gueule: Ceci n'est pas [3 CDs] (Sono Sordo -- Canada ) Price: $24.95 Out of Stock Translating to "this is not", the experimental Montreal trio of Michel F. Cote, Alexandre St-Onge and Bernard Falaise have for 20 years experimented in sound, bridging rock, experimental and improvised forms, here in a 3-CD retrospective of studio works from the last 16 years with collaborators Jean Derome, Ellwood Epps, Sam Shalabi, Philippe Lauzier, and Christof Migone. |
Dixon, Bill: Odyssey (Solo Works) [6 CD BOX SET] (Archive Edition -- USA ) Price: $99.95 Out of Stock This 2001 limited 6-CD box set of late trumpeter Bill Dixon's solo work in 5 CDs plus 1 CD of Dixon speaking, including two 32-page booklets containing essays, interviews, & writings, plus reproductions of 13 Dixon paintings, along with 3 inserts; an essential example of Dixon's incredible creative output, the final copies of which were recently discovered and available one last time. |
Gjerstad, Frode / Hamid Drake / William Parker: [4-CD BOX SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $25.00 In Stock 4 essential albums from the trio of Frode Gjerstad on saxophones and reeds, William Parker on double bass, and Hamid Drake on drums; CD 1 presents "Ultima" originally released in 1997 on Cadence Jazz; CD 2 presents "Remember To Forget" from 1998 on Circulasione Totale; CD 3 "The Other Side" from 2006 on Ayler Records; and CD 4 "On Reade Street" from 2008 on FMR. |
Leandre, Joelle : A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $99.95 Out of Stock A thorough overview of bassist and vocalist Joelle Leandre's recent work in a boxed set of 8 CDs and a 16 page booklet of essays, photos and credits, each CD bringing a unique grouping from Les Diaboliques to duos with Mat Maneri, Fred Frith, Lauren Newton, & Jean-Luc Cappozzo, plus one solo disc and a quartet with Zlatko Kaucic, Evan Parker and Augusti Fernandez; magnificent. |
Parker, William: Voices Fall From The Sky [3 CD BOX SET] (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $27.95 Out of Stock William Parker developed these works presented in three complementary albums titled "Voices Fall From The Sky", "Songs", and "Essence", bringing together new compositions with long unavailable or new versions of previous pieces, performed in various configurations from solo to large ensemble, the songs reflecting freedom, compassion, anti-oppression, anti-violence, a love of nature, spirit and creation; essential elements in Parker's optimistic oeuvre. |
Blegvad, Peter : Bandbox [6 CD BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $79.95 In Stock Starting with Blegvad's "Downtime" LP, this box traces the evolution of the Peter Blegvad Trio into a quintet with Karen Mantler and Bob Drake, released in a solid box with a double CD of alternate versions, unreleased material and live performances, plus a 72 page book of photographs, memorabilia, drawings, documents and recollections; the ultimate reissue! |
Pisaro, Michael : Nature Denatured and Found Again [5 CD Box Set] (Gravity Wave -- USA ) Price: $64.95 Out of Stock A 5 CD box set of compositions written by Michael Pisaro-Liu using field recordings captured along the Grosse Muhl River in Austria during the 2011-15 Flussaufwartstreiben project, now accompanying performances made along that river by Antoine Beuger (flute), Jurg Frey (clarinet), Marcus Kaiser (cello), Radu Malfatti (trombone), Andre Moller (guitar), and Kathryn Pisaro (oboe). |
Kaucic, Zlatko (w/ Evan Parker, Agusti Fernandez, Rafal Mazur, Lotte Anger, Artun Majewski, Phil Minton, Johannes Bauer): Diversity [5 CD BOX SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $64.95 In Stock Slovenian percussionist Zlatko Kaucic reinforces the title of his "Diversity" box set over 5 CDs in a variety of solo, duo, trio and quartet setting, including some of the UK & Europe's finest improvisers--Evan Parker, Agusti Fernandez, Lotte Anker, Artur Majewski, Rafal Mazur, Phil Minton, and Johannes Bauer--an excellent example of his wide-ranging work as an improviser. |
Guy's, Barry Blue Shroud Band: Odes and Meditations for Cecil Taylor [5 CD BOX] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $33.00 Out of Stock Barry Guy's Blue Shroud Band is the bassist's ensemble performing in a variety of configurations, capable of executing his sophisticated compositions that pay hommage or reflect larger subjects, here in 5 CDs of performances at Alchemia Club and on Radio Krakow in Poland, approaching the work of late pianist Cecil Taylor through multi-part Odes, Meditations, and even some "Strange Loops". |
Pateras, Anthony: Collected Works Vol. II (2005-2018)(5 CDS) (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $64.95 Out of Stock The second volume in composer and audio explorer Anthony Pateras' "Collected Works" series, a sturdy 5 CD box set assembling 26 collaborations and solo works that bridge experimental and contemporary compositional work investigating electro-acoustic orchestration, temporal hallucination and sound phenomena, a remarkably diverse and fascinating collection. |
DKV Trio / Joe McPhee : The Fire Each Time [6 CD BOX] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $37.00 Out of Stock A 6-CD boxset of recordings from the DKV Trio of Hamid Drake (drums), Kent Kessler (bass), and Ken Vandermark (reeds), plus guest Joe McPhee, the box dedicated to James Baldwin, recorded during the quartet's 2017 tour in Europe, and at shows in Chicago and Milwaukee that year, documenting six concerts with performances including Joe McPhee's "Nation Time". |
Faust: The Wumme Years (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $60.95 Out of Stock The most important and influential of German RIO band Faust's first albums in a sturdy 5-CD box with a booklet including interviews with band members, a memoir by Peter Blegvad, and interviews with Uwe Nettlebeck and Kurt Graupner; CDs include 'So Far', 'The Faust Tapes' & '71 Minutes' plus a BBC Sessions + classic radio sessions and "substantial extra material". |
Cooper-Moore, The Sessions: Mad King Edmund [3 CD TIN IN A CLOTH BAG] (Split Rock Records -- USA ) Price: $26.95 Out of Stock After a NY session for a Giuseppe Logan album, guitarist Ed Pettersen and pianist & instrument builder Cooper-Moore recorded their own acoustic quartet with Cooper-Moore on piano, then headed to Nashville to record acoustic and electric improv sets, then finally this gospel set with "Reverend Eddie Bones", all presented on 3 CDs in a keepsake tin in a printed cloth bag. |
Guy, Barry : Blue Horizon. Barry Guy@70 (Live At The Ad Libitum Festival 2017) [3 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $39.95 Out of Stock Three astonishing concerts on 3 consecutive nights at the Ad Libitum Festival 2017 in Warsaw, Poland from British bassist Barry Guy in 3 configurations: 1st in a duo with Spanish pianist Agusti Fernandez; 2nd in a trio with US pianist Marilyn Crispell and British drummer Paul Lytton; and 3rd in a double bass duo with French bassist Joelle Leandre. |
Leandre, Joelle: Strings Garden [3 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $39.95 Out of Stock Three concerts from 2016 & 2017 of different string duos anchored by Leandre's double bass, starting at rue Victor Masse 75009 in Paris in a double bass duo with Bernard Santacruz; then a bass and cello duo at Le Triton Les Lilas, France with Gaspar Claus; and completing the set, a performances at DZIK, in Warszaw, Poland with violinist and violist Theo Ceccaldi. |
Quintet, The (Neumann / Andresen / Opsvik / Gutvik / Nilssen-Love): Events 1998-1999 [5 CDs] (PNL -- Norway ) Price: $54.95 Out of Stock A 5 CD box set that tells the story of The Quintet, which brought two of the most important proponents of Norwegian free jazz in the 60s and 70s--saxophonist Carl Magnus Neumann and bassist Bjornar Andresen--together with younger generation drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, bassist Eivind Opsvik, and guitarist Ketil Gutvik, reissuing their 1999 album and adding 4 studio and live sessions. |
Feldman, Morton (Philip Thomas): Piano [5 CD BOX SET] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $44.95 In Stock Containing the majority of minimalist composer Morton Feldman's compositions for solo piano, 3 CDs of short works and 2 for the magnificent "For Bunita Marcus" and "Triadic Memories", performed by one of the foremost interpreters of Feldman's work, Philip Thomas, and presented in a sturdy 5-CD box set with a 52 page booklet of notes from the performer and artwork. |
Braxton, Anthony: 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (Limited Edition) [4-Cd Set] (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $54.95 Out of Stock Saxophonist Braxton in a limited 4 CD set of live concerts with his quartet performing standards from the American Songbook, plus pieces by Monk, McLean, Coltrane, &c. |
Formanex w/ AMM / Christian Wolff / Keith Rowe / Ralf Wehowsky / John Tilbury / Phill Niblock / ONsemble / Seth Cluett / Radu Malfatti / Michael Pisaro / Julien Ottavi / Kasper T. Toeplitz : 20 Years Of Experimental Music [10 CDS] (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $99.95 In Stock Their first release in 2000 performing Cornelius Cardew's "Treatise", for 20 years the Formanex quartet of sound artists, conceptualists and experimenters Anthony Taillard, Christophe Havard, Emmanuel Leduc, and Julien Ottavi are heard here in collaborations with Keith Rowe, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Ralf Wehowsky, Seth Cluett, Michael Pisaro, Radu Malfatti, &c. |
Vandermark, Ken w/ Butcher / Drake / Kessler / McPhee / Mori / Noble / Prevost / Rasmussen / Tilbury / Wooley: Unexpected Alchemy [7-CD BOX] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $40.00 In Stock Recorded during Ken Vandermark's residency titled "The Unexpectable", in Krakow in 2017 at Klub Alchemia, plus concerts at Hevre and Black Box in Germany, with duos, trios and quartets in a variety of configurations with artists including Ken Vandermark, Nate Wooley, Ikue Mori, John Butcher, Kent Kessler, Steve Noble, Mette Rasmussen, Eddie Prevost, Joe McPhee &c. |
ZNR: The ZNRarchive Box [4 CDs] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $45.95 Out of Stock ZNR, the French trio of Hector Zazou, Joseph Racaille, and Patrick Portella, in a deluxe box set combining both of the official ZNR releases, "Barricades III" and "Traite de Mechanique Populaire" along with 2 CDs of additional released and unreleased material and a book of memories, histories, reflections, photographs, documents, interviews and other memorabilia. |
Henry Cow: The Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow [17 CDs, 1 DVD, 250pg Book] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $89.95 Out of Stock The ultimate Henry Cow collection bringing together all of the 40th anniversary releases of this influential and innovative band, with all the remastered studio CDs, live CDs, Bonus CD, DVDs and booklets from each prior box, plus an additional 60 page booklet of band commentaries, pictures and other documents prepared specifically for this release, all in a sturdy & handsome box. |
Various Artists (Guy / Leandre / Mazur / Nilssen-Love / Kaucic / Fernandez / Gustafsson / Vandermark / Trzaska / Brotzmann / Ste Swell / Holmlander / Homburger): Not Two... But Twenty [5 CDs in Wooden Box] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $40.00 In Stock Not Two Records celebrates their 20th Anniversary with a festival in Wlen, Poland, inviting 13 of the finest European & US improvisers--Guy, Leandre, Mazur, Nilssen-Love, Kaucic, Fernandez, Gustafsson, Vandermark, Trzaska, Brotzmann, Swell, Holmlander, & Homburg--performing in configurations from duo to quintet, released in a limited 5-CD wooden box set. |
Tippett, Keith: Musician Supreme [4 CD BOX SET] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $34.95 In Stock Collecting 4 albums with pianist Keith Tippetts: The Bern Concert, a 1993 live duo with Howard Riley; Linückea, a 2000 studio album with The Kreutzer String Quartet plus a narrated work; The Dartington Trio of Keith Tippett, Julie Tippetts & Paul Dunmall live in 2003; and The Dartington Trio Live at The Priory at the Southend International Jazz Festival. |
Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe / Four Men Only (Joos / Eichhorn / Zimmer / Buhler / Thellman): Complete Recordings [3-CD BOX SET] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $44.95 Out of Stock From 1968-73 the German Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe of Herbert Joos on flugelhorn, Wilfried Eichhorn on sax & winds, Helmuth Zimmer on piano & percussion, Klaus Bühler on double bass, Rudi Theilmann on drums, and Wolfgang Czelusta on trombone, and then Four Men Only after Bühler left, were a force in the European Free Jazz scene, here in a 3-CD box collecting their works. |
Sun Ra: Egypt 1971 [4 CDs] (STRUT -- UK & US ) Price: $24.95 Out of Stock Originally released in 3 LPs as Live in Egypt on Thoth Intergalactic and then as the Saturn albums Dark Myth Equation Visitation, Nidhamu & Horizon, this set reissues and expands the 1971 Sun Ra tour recordings: The Mena House Hotel in Giza; a concert at Hartmut Geerken's in Heliopolis; a live Cairo TV channel broadcast; and a concert at Cairo's the Ballon Theatre. |
Parker, William: Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World (Volumes 1-10) [10 CD BOX SET] (Centering Records -- USA ) Price: $79.95 In Stock A 10-album collection in a solid box set of vocal and instrumental suites recorded expressly for this set between late 2018 and early 2020, with women's voices at its core (both on voice & other instruments), taking a vast view of music from around the globe through free improvisation and re-imagined sonic collage, performed by groupings of extraordinary performers. |
Leandre, Joelle: Beauty / Resistance [3 CD BOX] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $34.95 In Stock Live concert recordings at Alchemia club in Krakow captured during the Krakow Jazz Autumn Festival 2019 while double bassist Joëlle Léandre held residence, 3 CDs presenting first a quartet with Zlatko Kaucic on drums & percussion, Mateusz Rybicki on clarinets and Zbigniew Kozera on bass, then one disc in a duo with Zlatko Kaucic and another with guitarist Rafal Mazure. |
Smith, Wadada Leo / Bill Laswell / Milford Graves: Sacred Ceremonies [3 CDs] (Tum -- Finland ) Price: $54.95 Out of Stock The 2nd of two 3-CD sets released as trumpeter Wadada Leo nears his 80th birthday, these albums were recorded in 2015 & 2016 in bassist Bill Laswell's studio, the first presenting the duo of Smith and late drummer Milford Graves, the second a duo with Laswell, those discs leading to the expansive and outstanding full trio of Smith, Laswell & Graves on the final disc. |
Smith, Wadada Leo: Trumpet [3 CDs] (Tum -- Finland ) Price: $54.95 In Stock Pure Wadada Leo Smith in a 3-CD box set of solo recordings from 2016 captured at and using the natural resonance of the St. Mary's Church in the town of Pohja, on the Southern Coast of Finland, presenting fourteen new compositions, including four extended multi-part works, as Smith demonstrates his incredible authority, investigative spirit and spiritual approach to the horn. |
Frith, Fred: Crossing Borders (Volume 2 Of The Fred Records Story, 2001-2020) [BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $74.95 Out of Stock The second of three sturdy box sets from innovative guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith, here with 8 CDs from the Recommended Records label plus a bonus CD, a thick booklet of artwork, photographs & extensive notes from Frith; albums included are Live in Japan, Speechless, Prints, Step Across the Border, Impur 2, Art of Memory II, Skeleton Crew, Helter Skelter. |
Frith, Fred: Rocking The Boat (Volume 1 Of The Fred Records Story, 2001-2020) [BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $74.95 Out of Stock The first of three sturdy box sets from innovative guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith, here with 8 CDs from the Recommended Records label plus a bonus CD, a thick booklet of artwork, photographs & extensive notes from Frith; albums included are Guitar Solos, Gravity, Cheap at Half the Price, Killing Time, Impur , Middle of the Moment, Keep the Dog; Dropera. |
Frith, Fred: Stepping Out (Volume 3 Of The Fred Records Story, 2001-2020) [BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $74.95 Out of Stock The third of three sturdy box sets from innovative guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith, here with 8 CDs from the Recommended Records label plus a bonus CD, a thick booklet of artwork, photographs & extensive notes from Frith; albums included are Technology of Tears, Propaganda, Allies, Accidental, The Previous Evening, Happy End Problem, Nowhere, Sideshow, Field Days; Inimitable (previously unreleased). |
Bothen, Christer: Ambrosia [3 CD BOX SET] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $29.95 In Stock Swedish contrabass clarinetist Christ Bothen in six extended works, the first and third disks a series of solo works using incredible technique and concentration, the 2nd disc a large work in an ensemble with fellow deep reedists Hans Koch & Per Texas Johansson, double bassist Vilhelm Bromander, pianists Kristine Scholz & Tisha Mukarji, and a spectral narrative from Sofia Jernberg. |
Futterman, Joel: Creation Series [5CD BOX SET] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $49.95 In Stock Five major works in a Creation Series concept from pianist Joel Futterman, each disc presenting from 2 to 4 parts in an ambitious and accomplished set of solo improvisations that start simply with monophonics and evolve into increasingly complex and inspired works of incredible creative control; a masterful release reflecting a lifetime of innovation and inventiveness. |
Cage, John / Apartment House: Number Pieces [4-CD BOX SET] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $49.95 In Stock A 4-disc box-set with a 44-page booklet of extensive notes, presenting John Cage's Number Pieces which he wrote in the last five years of his life, adapted for mid-size ensembles and performed by the London-based ensemble Apartment House, compositions 'Five' to 'Fourteen' along with alternative versions of three of the pieces; significant and essential. |
Perelman, Ivo (Duos w/ Burrell / Crispell / Ortiz / Parks / Courvoisie / Fernandez / Taborn / Sanchez / Iyer): Brass And Ivory Tales [9-CD BOX SET] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $104.95 In Stock Referring to the brass saxophone and the piano's ivory keys, Brazilian saxophonist based in New York City Ivo Perelman celebrates his 60th birthday with this 9-CD set of diverse approaches to sax & piano duos, performed with some of world's finest improvising pianists: Dave Burrell, Marilyn Crispell, Aaron Parks, Augusti Fernandez, Craig Taborn, Angelica Sanchez and Vijay Iyer. |
Trevor-Briscoe, Tim / Szilard Mezei / Nicola Guazzaloca: Before Then [4 CDs] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $44.95 In Stock A collection of four concerts, each presented on a single CD, from the chamber-oriented and technically superb trio of Tim Trevor-Briscoe on alto saxophone & clarinet, Szilard Mezei on viola and Nicola Guazzaloca on piano, captured at at Korzo Zenehaz in Hungary; Cultural Centre of Vojvodina in Novi Sad Serbi; Regional Creative Atelier in Serbia; and Harom Hollo in Budapest. |
Femme / Sunk Heaven / Jeph Jerman / Somnoroase Pasarele: 7 & 7 : VOL. 1 [VINYL 2 7-inch BOX] (SpleenCoffin -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The 1st in SpleenCoffin's double-7" series, each featuring exclusive material and packaged in reclaimed 7" audio reel boxes, this volume featuring audio tracks by French synth duo FEMME; NYC's Sunk Heaven; a piece composed from a group recording of Jeph Jerman, Tim Barnes, Bill Hutson & Ten Byrnes; and a work from Romanian audio artist SOMNOROASE PĂSĂRELE. |
Takayanagi, Masayuki / New Direction: Station '70: Call in Question / Live Independence [VINYL 3 LP BOX] (Black Editions -- USA ) Price: $63.95 Out of Stock Reissuing and remastering the two PSF albums from Japanese improvising guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi's New Directions group of bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa, saxophonist Mototeru Takagi and drummer Sabu Toyozumi, plus a previously unreleased side-long "Mass Projection" recording, presented in a deluxe 3 LP box set with images by Yuji Itsumi and liner notes in English and Japanese. |
Dingman, Chris : The Peace Project [5-CD BOX] (Inner Arts Initiative -- USA ) Price: $69.95 In Stock Vibraphonist Chris Dingman set up his vibraphones next to the bedroom where his father was under hospice care from a rare heart ailment, setting an atmosphere of calm and compassion to help soothe, heal, and carry him through his final challenges, released here as a 5-CD set of 5 hours of ethereal sounds through poignant melodies, swirling textures, and undulating pedal tones. |
Gantar, Miha: Introducing [5 CD Box] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Harvest Sale Price was Price: $11.97 In Stock An introduction to Amsterdam-based, Slovenian pianist & composer Miha Gantar in a specially priced 5-CD box, performing his diverse and sophisticated compositions in a variety of configurations from solo, duo, trio, quartet & large ensemble, with notable participants including Gerry Hemingway, Christian Lillinger and Axel Dorner; liner notes by Nate Wooley. |
Smith, Wadada Leo: String Quartets Nos. 1-12 [7-CD BOXSET] (Tum -- Finland ) Price: $119.95 In Stock Since 1965 Wadada Leo Smith has developed string quartets influenced by a diverse set of composers including Ornette Coleman, Claude Debussy, Howlin' Wolf, Scott Joplin, Olly Wilson, &c. heard here in 12 Quartets from 3 major periods of his work, compositions exploring the African-American experience, with scores that leave room for interpretation and expression from his players. |
Ayler, Albert: Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings [4 CDs] (Anagram Music -- E.U. ) Price: $49.95 Out of Stock Four months before his death, saxophonist Albert Ayler's power as a free jazz innovator is heard in these two complete concerts of definitive Ayler compositions, performing in France at The Fondation Maeght with the quartet of Allen Blariman on drums, Mary Parks on soprano saxophone & vocals, and Steve Tintweiss on double bass, with pianist Call Cobbs joining for the 2nd night; essential. |
Rose, Jon: Rosin [3 CDs + 1 Data Disk + Book] (Recommended Records -- USA ) Price: $29.95 In Stock A 3 CD box set with a booklet and bow hair marking violinist/conceptualist Jon Rose's 60th birthday, all previously unreleased works ranging from radio documentary and radio fiction to virtuoso performances using acoustic violin and his hyperstring interactive bow system. |
Guy, Barry and Friends: Krakow 2018 [5 CD BOX SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $25.00 In Stock Two days of concerts in 2018 at Alchemia Club, in Krakow, Poland and a recording at Radio Krakow the next day from English composer, band leader and a bass player Barry Guy, in varying configurations at Alchemia of duos & trios with some of Europe & The UK's leading improvisers, culminating in an 11-piece ensemble at Radio Krakow performing the large work "For To End Yet Again". |
London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Krakow 2020 [6 CD BOX SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $59.95 In Stock To celebrate its 50th year since bassist Barry Guy assembled the London Jazz Orchestra for its first 1970 performance on BBC Radio, the now multinational band convened in Poland in 2020 for a series of concerts at Alchemia Club and Manggha Hall in configurations of duos to quintets, culminating in a full ensemble performance of two magnificently powerful works: "Flow" and "Harmos-Krakow". |
Henry Cow: Box 2: The Road: Volumes 6-10 with DVD (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $84.95 Out of Stock Henry Cow's early years on the road, live recordings masterfully restored by Bob Drake, including the only known video of Henry Cow in Switzerland - amazing and essential! |
IST (Davies / Fell / Wastell) + John Butcher / Phil Durrant: A More Attractive Way [5 CD BOX SET + 20 page booklet] (Confront -- UK ) Price: $44.95 In Stock A comprehensive album of live performances from IST (Rhodri Davies: harp, preparations; Simon H. Fell: double bass, preparations; Mark Wastell: violoncello, preparations) between 1996 and 2000, beginning with their concert at Club Orange in London and including concerts in London, Billericay, Norwich and Cambridge, with a 20 page booklet of photos and text from the band & collaborators. |
Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: 2004-2012 [4 CD Box] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $39.95 Out of Stock A specially priced box set bringing together 4 CDs from the Ambiances Jazz Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: "10 compositions", "The Feeling of Jazz", "Danse a l'Anvers", and "Wow!". |
Kettlitz, Friedrich : Rabolgs Bergwand [4 CDs] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Price: $24.95 In Stock Having collaborated with EUPHORIUM_freakestra and Gunter Baby Sommer, narrator and actor Friedrich Kettlitz presents a 4-CD set of sound poetry using a language that pretends to be German but expands upon his native tongue, his deep voice carrying innuendo, humor, seriousness and articulate expression that fascinates regardless of the listener's own language. |
Braxton, Anthony: 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 [DVD] (Firehouse 12 Records -- USA ) Price: $109.95 Out of Stock Braxton's 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 is a nine-CD-plus-one-DVD box set documenting what Time Out New York called "last Spring's epochal run" at New York's Iridium Jazz Club with his 12+1tet. |
Niggenkemper, Pascal: Bloc [BOX SET] (Subran Music -- France ) Price: $59.95 In Stock A 6-CD box set in a magnetic snap case compiling double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper's musical journey between the years 2017-2022, in a variety of creative approaches improvising in acoustic and electroacoustic settings, from solo work through collaborations in trio, quartet and large ensembles; an absolutely magnificent presentation of his diverse work. |
Sun Ra: Space Is The Place [2 CDs + BLURAY + DVD + BOOKLET] (Modern Harmonic -- USA ) Price: $48.95 Out of Stock Digitally restoring and expanding on Sun Ra's 1972 soundtrack for the film of the same name, in a solid box set with two audio CDs, a DVD and BluRay + bonus featuures of the original film, along with a previously unreleased album recorded at the same soundtrack sessions, The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny, and a booklet with notes from multiple Afrofuturism scholars. |
Eastman, Julius: The N*gger Series (Box Version) [VINYL 2 LPs] (Blume -- Italy ) Price: $68.95 Out of Stock Reissuing Blume record's 2018 double album of New York avant composer Julius Eastman's "N****r Series" "Evil N****r" (1979) "Gay Guerilla" (1980) and "Crazy N****r", now in a deluxe wooden box set edition with a 12-page booklet with the original liner notes by Mary Jane Leach and Bradford Bailey, a new 2500 word essay by Bailey, as well as unseen pictures and a poster. |
Peters, Steve: Chamber Music [CD BOX + USB] (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $69.95 In Stock A series of sound installations derived from a single recording made in the empty spaces in which they are later presented, with no people present during the recording including the composer, filtered to isolate and amplify certain of the room's resonant frequencies, creating a series of drones which are the only sound materials used; no musical instruments are involved. |
Fauna (Simon Rose / Paul Stapleton): Fauna (pfmentum -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock British saxophonist Simon Rose uses extended and evocative techniques in this exceptional set of duos with Paul Stapleton, who plays a Bonsai Sound Sculpture, an assemblage of unusual electronic and acoustic components allowing a wide range of expression. |
Lyons, Jimmy : Push Pull [2 CDs] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Originally issued on the Hat Hut label as a 3-LP set, this 1978 recording of Cecil Taylor compatriot, saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, performing live at Collective for Living Cinema in New York in a unique band with Karen Borca (bassoon), Munner Bernard Fennel (cello) and Roger Blank (drums). |
Smith, Wadada Leo Organic: Heart's Reflection [2 CDs] (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $23.95 Out of Stock An incredible double CD from trumpeter Leo Smith's Organic with Michael Gregory, Pheeroan AkLaff, Angelica Sanchez, Skuli Sverrisson, Brandon Ross, &c &c... incredible electric and acoustic jazz from the legendary improviser and innovator! |
Third Coast Ensemble: Wrecks (RogueArt -- Austria ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Merging France's Nautilis Ensemble with musicians from Chicago created this large improvising orchestra, here in a new suite composed by Rob Mazurek and dedicated to Great Lake Michigan and the devestation of thousands of shipwrecks over many centuries, using historical data, first hand accounts of shipwrecks off both shores, magical realism and steampunk aesthetics. |
Wooley, Nate / Mutual Aid Music: Four Experiments [4 CD BOX SET] (Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA ) Price: $27.95 In Stock Engaging an expanded version of the ensemble from his Mutual Aid Music, trumpeter Nate Wooley provides scores for his players in various configuration that challenge concepts of group composition, instrumental sound and resonance, idealized tones and the human voice, the development of melody and harmony in compositions, &c.; performers include Wooley, Seymore Wright, John McCowen, Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Cory Smythe, Luke Stewart, Eric Wubbels, &c. |
DDK Trio (Jacques Demierre / Axel Dorner / Jonas Kocher): A Right to Silence [3 CDs] (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $32.95 In Stock The trio of pianist Jacques Demierre, trumpeter Axel Dorner and accordionist Jonas Kocher recorded these live improvisations at Theatre Le Colombier in Les Cabannes, France, each performer then assembling a complete album selecting from the fourteen recordings, unique to each performer's aesthetic selection, sequencing and length, creating three distinct yet deeply attached albums. |
Archetti, Luigi: Null IV-VII [4 CD BOX] (Die Schachtel -- Italy ) Price: $25.95 Out of Stock Sound artist Luigi Archetti has developed his Null series over several years, here presenting his second Box set of 4 CDs, the word "null" (German for "zero") a metaphor for a state of pausing and anticipatory waiting, as the sound evolves slowly using static tones and drones and the transitions between, generated from e-guitars in unique tunings. |
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Feldman, Morton (Philip Thomas): Piano [5 CD BOX SET]
Lyons, Jimmy : Push Pull [2 CDs]
Guy, Barry and Friends: Krakow 2018 [5 CD BOX SET]
Various Artists (Guy / Leandre / Mazur / Nilssen-Love / Kaucic / Fernandez / Gustafsson / Vandermark
Tippett, Keith: Musician Supreme [4 CD BOX SET]
London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Krakow 2020 [6 CD BOX SET]
Leandre, Joelle: Beauty / Resistance [3 CD BOX]
Cage, John / Apartment House: Number Pieces [4-CD BOX SET]
Gjerstad, Frode / Hamid Drake / William Parker: [4-CD BOX SET]
Swell, Steve: Dances with Questions [3-CD SET]
Braxton, Anthony: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022
Gallio, Christoph / Dominic Lash / Mark Sanders : Live At Cafe Oto London
Perelman, Ivo (Duos w/ Burrell / Crispell / Ortiz / Parks / Courvoisie / Fernandez / Taborn / Sanche
Vandermark, Ken w/ Butcher / Drake / Kessler / McPhee / Mori / Noble / Prevost / Rasmussen / Tilbury
Parker, William: Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World (Volumes 1-10) [10 CD BOX SET]
Ullmann, Jakob: fremde zeit addendum [3 CDs]
Smith, Wadada Leo: Trumpet [3 CDs]
Riley, Howard : Constant Change 1976-2016 [5 CDs]
Smith, Wadada Leo: String Quartets Nos. 1-12 [7-CD BOXSET]
Leandre, Joelle: Lifetime Rebel [4 CDs + DVD + BOOKLET]