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Daniel, Ted w/ Energy : Live at Ali's Alley [VINYL 2 LPs] (Ujamaa Records -- USA ) Price: $37.95 In Stock Originally named The Third World Energy Ensemble, Ted Daniels' Loft-era ensemble eventually became simply "Energy", and this 1978 recording at Ali's Alley in NYC of the 23-piece ensemble shows both Daniel's skill as a band leader & improviser, and as a document of the urgent free jazz scene of the time; ensemble includes Byard Lancaster, Joseph Bowie, Sam Furnace, &c. &c. |
Dorner, Axel / Allemano, Lina: Aphelia (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Bringing together two exceptional trumpeters approaching their instruments in innovative ways--Berlin trumpeter Axel Dorner and Toronto trumpeter Lina Alleman--in duos and virtual ensembles, each of the eight improvisations titled for lesser-known, smaller celestial bodies, the album title referring to the furthest distance an object achieves while orbiting the sun. |
Vergara, Benjamin: The Impossibility Of A Single Sound (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A "subterranean homage to trumpet players of the caliber of Don Cherry, Bill Dixon, Miles Davis, Lester Bowie, Tomasz Stanko, Wadada Leo Smith, Jaimie Branch and Chet Baker", in six improvisations of unusual technique and creative concept from Chilean trumpeter Benjamin Vergarda, known for his work with Fred Frith, Keefe Jackson, &c, and director of the Festival of Experimental Music Relincha. |
Tiner, Kris / Tatsuya Nakatani: The Magic Room (Epigraph Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Continuing their collaboration from the trio of Nakatani / Tiner / Drake and the duo album Dagny on Nakatani-Kobo, trumpeter Kris Tiner (Empty Cage Quartet) and percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani are heard in a recording from the top floor of the historic Woolworth's building in downtown Bakersfield, CA, adding a beautiful layer of resonance to their deceptively contemplative dialogs. |
Nevai, Nandor: The Walls Of Song (Psykomanteum -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A through-composed album of "Popular Brass & Military Songcraft" from composer, drummer and vocalist Nandor Nevai, in 9 original songs of cinematic vocals to the duo of bass trombones and a tonal percussion configuration including pedal timpani; and the world premiere of a previously unrecorded Krzysztof Penderecki instrumental conducted by Ron Stabinsky. |
Hwan, Kim Dae / Choi Sun Bae: Korean Fantasy (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $16.95 In Stock A live concert from 1999 at Aspirante, Hofu City, Yamaguchi, Japan between Korean improvisers Choi Sun Bae on trumpet & harmonica and Kim Dae Hwan on drums, both members of Kang Tae Hwan trio in their first duo, performing three dialogs with Hwan playing traditional Korean drums in a "one beat" style while Choi Sun Bae plays both electric and acoustic trumpet, including an extended solo section. |
Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride: Pulverize The Sound (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The trio of trumpeter Peter Evans, electric bassist Tim Dahl, and drummer/percussionist Mike Pride have played together since 2010, crossing the boundaries of improvisation, composition and rock in dynamic genre-defying music intended to be played loud. |
Forsgren, Joakim / Andreas Hiroui Larsson featuring David Lackner: Vending Machine (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Sound and visual installation artists Joakim Forsgren and Andreas Hiroui Larsson use a multiplicity of approaches, both rhythmic and abstract, and a vast set of instruments (flutes, bass, drum machines, saxophone, maracas, sythesizer, &c) and objects (kitchenware, nails in a box, aluminum foil, &c) to create a universe of quirky and embraceable song-like structures. |
Kellers, Willi Quartet: Life In A Black Box (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Grid Mesh drummer Willi Kellers Quartet with the dual saxophone lineup of Paul Dunmall and Frank Paul Schubert and bassist Clayton Thomas (BassX3, Ames Room) performing live at Black box/CUBA, in Muenster, DE; powerful and innovative improv. |
Vogel, Sabine / Chris Abrahams / Landscape Quartet: The Berlin Series No. 4 (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A split CD from Berlin-based flautist and composer Sabine Vogel: a composition using recordings made at various exterior locations as part of her work with Landscape Quartet; and a recording of a live improvisation as part of the 2012 NOW now festival in Sydney. |
Frith, Fred / Susana Santos Silva: Laying Demons To Rest (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock An evocative album of sublime improvisation between guitarist Fred Frith and trumpeter Susana Santo Silva, recorded live for France Musique/Radio France at Motoco, Mulhouse as part of Festival Météo in 2021, the two inspiring remarkable force and assertive direction in a darkly spirited conversation of deep introspection and cathartic exorcism; magnificent! |
Trespass Trio feat. Susana Santos Silva (w / Zanussi / Strid / Kuchen): Live in Oslo (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Joining the long-running Trespass Trio of Per Zanussi on double bass, Martin Küchen on baritone & sopranino saxophone and Raymond Strid on drums for their performance at the 2018 Blow Out Festival in Oslo was Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva, performing Küchen compositions and a unique group take on Charlie Parker's "Koko", in a concert of both ardent and exuberant improvisation. |
Crossland / Frangenheim: Basic Tracks Baltimore New York (Concepts of Doing -- Germany ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Nearly a decade after their first duo collaboration, Ape Green on the Creative Sources label, Wuppertal-born and Berlin-based double bassist Alexander Frangenheim joins again with Baltimore-based trombonist Patrick Crossland for two live performances of wildly creative interaction: first at the 2022 Livewire 12 Festival, then at The Record Shop in Brooklyn. |
Vergara, Benjamin / Amanda Irarrazabal: Ultimo Sosiego (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock Influenced by the landscapes and sonic profiles of Chile's extreme southern territory, Chilean trumpeter Benjamin Vergara (Relincha Festival of Experimental Music) and double bassist Amanda Irarrazabal alliterate and reflect through a series of four improvisations coaxing texture and melody in their dialogs through tremendous technique and concentration. |
Henkel, Brad: Croon (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Stunningly transformative techniques on the solo trumpet from NY and Berlin-based brass improviser Brad Henkel, recording in a Berlin studio for eight diverse acoustic pieces that mostly sound like anything but a trumpet, merging throat singing on one track, or squalling through tubes with intent control on another; reference Jacob Wick, Axel Dorner, Natsuki Tamura. |
Shipp, Matthew / Steve Swell: Space Cube Jazz (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The first duo recordings from fellow New York jazz musicians, trombonist Steve Swell and pianist Matthew Shipp, having brushed shoulders together with Whit Dickey, Dom Minasai, Jemeel Moondoc, Allen Lowe &c., they bring a wealth of familiar knowledge and language to their binary concentration, through twelve concise dialogs themed around the dark expanse of space; masterful and intimate. |
Vuoto Bersagli (Carlo Mascolo / Giacomo Mongelli / Pino Montecalvo): Vuoto Bersagli (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A unique approach to improvisation, the Italian trio of Carlo Mascolo on trombone & no-input trombone, Giacomo Mongelli on drums & objects and Pino Montecalvo on trombone & toy junk, use a "Blind Instant Composition" approach to their live studio improvisations, where the players are unable to see each other, forcing close listening & response to their quirky and fascinating conversations. |
Harnik, Elisabeth / Steve Swell: Welcome to the Troposphere (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An explorative album of collective free improvisation from the transatlantic duo of German pianist Elisabeth Harnik and New York trombonist Steve Swell, following up on their 2020 album Tonotopic Organisation, this 2022 live concert at Offene Ohren, in Munich brings listeners current to both improvisers immense creative drive, masterful skill, and their mutual, exuberant rapport. |
Djll / Perkins: Kinda (Artifact Recordings -- USA ) Price: $9.95 Out of Stock Expanding on their 2007 release Kinda Green, the decades-long collaboration of SF Bay Area improvisors Tom Djll on trumpet & electronics and Tim Perkis on "coding" and electronics presents six unusual spontaneous compositions of live trumpet, electronics and real-time manipulation, release by the Ubu, Incorporated project supporting experimental and electronic music. |
Duthoit, Isabelle / Franz Hautzinger: Dans le Morvan (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock French free vocalist Isabelle Duthoit and world traveling improviser and Zeitkratzer trumpeter Franz Hautzinger continue their collaborations at GMEA Centre National de Creation Musicale, in Albi, France to record these 11 unusual duos, using outrageous technique and inexplicable intent to create aberrant accompaniments to your most subtle and frightening dreams. |
Lin, Hui-Chun / Davide Piersanti : A Gash into Normality [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. |
Smith, Wadada Leo / Joe Morris: Earth's Frequencies (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Delicately forceful, the live concert at Real Art Ways, in Hartford, Connecticut as part of the ImprovisatioNOW concert series, is a perfect encounter between two legendary New York improvisers--trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and guitarist Joe Morris--capturing five dialogs of impressive technique and creative expression, including references to Monk and Ma Rainey. |
Houben, Eva-Maria (Kei Kondo / Takahiro Kuroda): His Master's Voice / Aus Den Fliegenden Blattern Eines Fahrenden Waldhornisten / Lose Verbunden (Ftarri Clasical -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock One of two albums capturing a May 15th, 2023 concert in Tokyo by composer Takahiro Kuroda at the Ftarri performance space, titled "Square of Thoughts Vol. 2: Eva-Maria Houben and Horn + x", this album presenting two Houben works for solo horn performed by virtuoso horn player Kei Kondo, and one solo piano piece performed by Kuroda on upright piano. |
Houben, Eva-Maria (Takahiro Kuroda / Kei Kondo): Echo Fantasy II (Ftarri Clasical -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The second of two albums capturing a May 15th, 2023 concert in Tokyo by composer & pianist Takahiro Kuroda at the Ftarri performance space, titled "Square of Thoughts Vol. 2: Eva-Maria Houben and Horn + x", this album presenting a 2018 Houben composition for horn and piano titled "Echo Fantasy II", performed by virtuoso horn player Kei Kondo and Takahiro Kuroda on upright piano. |
Mazurek, Rob: Milan (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Milan is the latest spellbinding stop-off on an intrepid solo voyage, with interdisciplinary abstractivist Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Chicago Underground Duo, Sao Paulo Underground and Black Cube SP) dropping anchor in the ... |
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Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride: Pulverize The Sound
Smith, Wadada Leo: The Emerald Duets [5 CD BOX SET]
Lytton, Paul / Nate Wooley: Known / Unknown
Frith, Fred / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody
Chicago Underground Quartet: Good Days
McPhee, Joe : Alone Together: The Solo Ensemble Recordings 1974 & 1979
Houle, Francois / Marco von Orelli: Make That Flight
Knuffke, Kirk / Ben Goldberg: Uncompahgre
Silva, Susana Santos : All The Rivers | Live At Panteao Nacional
Thollem / Mazurek: Blind Curves and Box Canyons
Smith, Wadada Leo: Trumpet [3 CDs]
Vicente, Luis / Vasco Trilla: Made of Mist
Trespass Trio feat. Susana Santos Silva (w / Zanussi / Strid / Kuchen): Live in Oslo
Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part I)
Allbee, Liz: Rille
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare
Vicente, Luis / Vasco Trilla: A Brighter Side Of Darkness
Smith, Wadada Leo / Joe Morris: Earth's Frequencies
von Orelli, Marco / Sheldon Suter: Draw From The Source
Richards, Stephanie : Full Moon