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Ruins: Burning Stone [REISSUE] (Magaibutsu Limited -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Tatsuya Yoshida's insanely complex and exhilarating rock project Ruins started around 1986, and bassist Ryuichi Masuda (also a member of Koenji Hyakkei) has been with him since the early days; this CD reissues the 1992 Shimmy Disc album, originally an LP, here with the CD bonus tracks. |
Eisenstadt, Harris: Recent Developments (Songlines -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock NY Composer and percussionist Harris Eisenstadt furthers his exploration into long-form composition and unusual instrumentation in his 20th release as a bandleader, with a spectacular improv ensemble including Nate Wooley, Jeb Bishop, Han Roberts, Anna Webber, &c. &c. |
Mitchell, Matt plays Tim Berne: Forage (Screwgun -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Pianist Matt Mitchell, a member of saxophonist Tim Berne's Snakeoil, releases a solo album of Berne compositions, taking the reedist's typically frenetic material into unexpected territory, revealing dark beauty and intensely introspective aspects to Berne's music. |
Trouble Kaze (Fujii / Agnel / Tamura / Pruvost / Lasserre / Orins): June (Helix Circum-Disc -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Drummer Peter Orins expands the Kaze quartet of trumpeters Natsuki Tamura and Christian Pruvost and pianist Satoko Fujii, with a second drummmer--Didier Lasserre--and a second pianist--Sophie Agnel--for a live recording of a 5-part suite of magnificently epic collective improv. |
Henry Cow: Vol. 1: Beginnings (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Part of the Henry Cow boxset, now available for individual purchase, compiled from live recordings, radio transcription, or early recordings, remastered and presented to give a complete look at the history of Henry Cow. |
Henry Cow: Vol. 2: 1974-5 (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Part of the Henry Cow boxset, now available for individual purchase, compiled from live recordings, radio transcription, or early recordings, remastered and presented to give a complete look at the history of Henry Cow. |
Henry Cow: Vol. 3: Hamburg (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Part of the Henry Cow boxset, now available for individual purchase, compiled from live recordings, radio transcription, or early recordings, remastered and presented to give a complete look at the history of Henry Cow. |
Henry Cow: Vol. 7: Later and Post-Virgin (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Part of the Henry Cow boxset, now available for individual purchase, compiled from live recordings, radio transcription, or early recordings, remastered and presented to give a complete look at the history of Henry Cow. |
Henry Cow: Vol. 8: Bremen (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Part of the Henry Cow boxset, now available for individual purchase, compiled from live recordings, radio transcription, or early recordings, remastered and presented to give a complete look at the history of Henry Cow. |
Henry Cow: Vol. 9: Late (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Part of the Henry Cow boxset, now available for individual purchase, compiled from live recordings, radio transcription, or early recordings, remastered and presented to give a complete look at the history of Henry Cow. |
Machinda, Yoshio: Tender Blues (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Japanese Steelpan player Yoshio Machida's 11th solo album, performed on the metal slit drum, made from a small gas tank tuned to the C scale over 2 octaves, which he takes into warm territories of rich overtones and melodic invention influenced by Kora, Gamelan, Kulintang and Myanmar musics. |
Sirom: I (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Silom is a Slovenian creative music trio using a variety of string, percussive, and melodic percussive instruments, focused on the acoustic aspects of complex evolving works that combine composed and improvised aspects to create rich music with ancient ethnic overtones. |
Zorn, John: The Garden Of Earthly Delights (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Composer John Zorn's Simulacrum ensemble of Trevor Dunn (bass), John Medeski (keyboards), Kenny Grohowski (drums), Matt Hollenberg (guitar), and Sara Serpa (voice) in their 6th album of heavy improv, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the passing of painter Hieronymus Bosch. |
Sarid, Daniel Trio: Leventuruos (OutNow Recordings -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Adventurous/Leventuruos is a good description of the articulate, sophisticated, and exciting trio work that Israeli pianist Daniel Sarid, double bassist Gilad Abro, and drummer Ziv Ravitz present, in 8 dynamic pieces that balance free, rapid and lyrical jazz. |
Tononi, Tiziano And Southbound: Trouble No More... All Men Are Brothers (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Italian drummer and percussionist Tiziano Tononi leads a large ensemble performing the music of American Rock Band The Allman Brothers, who Tononi cites as a major influence in his life for both their style, and for incorporating jazz, blues, southern rock and New Orleans cross-rhythms. |
Archer / Clark / Grew / Hunter: Felicity's Ultimatum (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The 2nd release in a new series of small groups drawn from members of the Discus Music family, where the group meets, writes, rehearses and records in one single session, here developing ten compositions from all four players edited into a continuous sequence of structure and improvisation, embracing melody, texture and pure abstraction. |
Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: 02 (Discus -- UK ) Price: $16.95 In Stock An absolutely impressive album blending advanced/progressive rock forms with improvisation, starting from collective improvisation and layering in the studio to create a sophisticated psychedelic music, the second album from this ensemble that is headed by Martin Archer (reeds & keys), Chris Bywater (keys & synth), and Steve Dinsdale (drums & percussion). |
Bica, Carlos & Azul (w/ Frank Mobus / Jim Black): More Than This (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock With a 20 year history, double bassist Carlos Bica's trio Azul with Frank Mobus and Jim Black have developed a romantic, lyrical style that balances unusual textures and agressive playing with melodic style in wonderfully natural ways, here in their 6th alluring album. |
Clarke, Zack (w/ Henry Fraser / Dre Hocevar): Random Acts of Order (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock NY pianist Zack Clarke initiates his album in the electronic realm, resolving to jazz trio work with Henry Fraser on double bass and drummer Dre Hocevar, in an album interspersed with electronics and free playing, an appealing blend of traditional and experimental approaches. |
Sanchez, Angelica Trio (w/ Michael Formanek / Tyshawn Sorey): Float the Edge (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Fiction, folklore and everyday sounds fuel the compositions of NY pianist Angelica Sanchez, with her trio of Michael Formanek on double bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums, the band explores concepts of lucid dreaming, backyard birds, novels, mythical creatures and ancient structures, in a magnificent album of inspired free improvisation. |
Attias, Michael Quartet (w/ Ortiz / Hebert / Hebert): Nerve Dance (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock New York alto saxophonist Michael Attias presents his new quartet with Aruan Ortiz on piano, John Hebert on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums, in his sixth album as a leader, a lyrical album dealing with the theory of elasticity and the concept of equality in music. |
Malaby, Tony / Mat Maneri / Daniel Levin: New Artifacts (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The unique orchestration of this trio, with Tony Malaby on sax, Mat Maneri on viola, and Daniel Levin on cello, givs a distinct character to the highly informed improvisations from these commanding players, who recorded this album at Three's Brewing in Brooklyn in 2015. |
Eisenstadt, Harris Canada Day (w/ Wooley / Bauder / Niggenkemper): On Parade in Parede (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A live recording of drummer/composer Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day band performing as a quartet with trumpeter Nate Wooley, saxophonist Matt Bauder, and bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, recorded at SUMP during their 2016 European tour, an exemplary set of free playing over a great set of original compositions, including a large work in 3 sections and 5 parts. |
Salamon, Samo Sextet (w/ Succi / Arguelles / Niggenkemper / Dani / Lillinger): The Colours Suite (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A live recording from Jazz Festival Ljubljana in 2016 from Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon leading a trans-national sextet with Julian Arguelles (sax), Achille Succi (bass clarinet), Roberto Dani (drums), Pascal Niggenkemper (bass), and Christian Lillinger (drums) through a series of complex harmonic and rhythmic compositions named for colors. |
Mazurek, Rob (w/ Takara / Granado / Rohrer / Somervell): Chants and Corners (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock With members of Sao Paulo Underground, Pharoah and The Underground, and Chicago Underground, cornetist/electroacoustic artist Rob Mazurek leads a quintet with Mauricio Takara (drums), Thomas Rohrer (winds), Philip Somervell (piano) and Guilherme Granado (keys) through a unexpected confluence of styles to create an otherworldly blend of spiritual music. |
Draksler, Kaja Octet (w/ Baars / Nielsdoottir / Polence / Rave / Dumitriu / Heyndels / Govaert): Gledalec [2 CDs] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Draksler's interest in poetry drives this 2-CD release, with a chamber octet of improvisers and orchestra players, with 2 vocalists, two reedists (inc. Ab Baars), violin, piano, double bass, drums & orchestral percussion, performing Draksler's compositions for the words of Pablo Neruda and Andriana Minou. |
Trespass Trio (Zanussi / Strid / Kuchen): The Spirit of Pitesti (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Trespass trio with Martin Kuchen on saxophone, Per Zanussi on double bass, and Raymond Strid on drums & percussion, tell us instrumental narrative through compassionate, impassioned and unorthodox writing and playing, about Romania's Pitesti Prison, where for 4 years around 1950 totalarian authorities practiced brainwashing experiments on the inmates. |
MIR 8 (Andrea Belfi / Werner Dafeldecker / Hilary Jeffery / Tim Wright): Perihelion [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Mir 8 brings electroacoustic artists Andrea Belfi (drums/percussion), Werner Dafeldecker (electroncis, bass), Hilary Jeffrey (trombone) and Tim Wright (computer & electronics) together for their debut album of four cinematic tracks following an abstract narrative through panoramic landscapes. |
Alforjs (Mestre Andree / Bernardo Alvares / Raphael Soares): Demons 1 (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A darkly ritualistic, scrabbly album of darkly ritualistic improvisation from the Portuguese trio of saxophonist Mestre Andre, also on electronics, percussion, mbira and voice, double bassist Bernardo Alvares and drummer/percussionist Raphael Soares. |
Gratkowski Quartet, Frank: Spectral Reflections (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock A live recording in 2001 at Germany's The Loft from saxophonist & clarinetist Frank Gratkowski and his quartet with Wolter Wierbos on trombone, Dieter Manderscheid on bass, and Gerry Hemingway on drums, a superb example of the saxophonist's stature in the free improvising community, and the outstanding players he associates with. |
Parker, Evan / Andrea Centazzo : Duets 71977 (Ictus -- Italy ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Bringing to light an excellent concert from 1977 in San Marcello, Portugal, and studio recordings at Ictus Studio, Pistoia, Italy from the same year, between UK free improvising master saxophonist Evan Parker on soprano & tenor, and Italian percussionist Andrea Centazzo on drums, percussion, and electronics. |
Parker, William / Raining On The Moon: Corn Meal Dance (Aum Fidelity -- Anaphoria Island ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Prolific bassist William Parker's incredible lyrical quartet Raining on the Moon with vocalist Leena Conquest on a set of Parker originals. |
Tiger Trio (Leandre / Melford / Mitchel): Unleashed (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Pianist Myra Melford joins frequent collaborators, double bassist Joelle Leandre and flutist Nicole Mitchell, in a live performance at Galerie Zurcher, in Paris in 2016, for a set of spontaneous improvisations with a warm chamber jazz feeling of masterful dialog. |
Zeitkratzer: Performs Songs From The Albums "Kraftwerk" And "Kraftwerk 2" (Zeitkratzer -- Germany ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The 20th anniversary of director Reinhold Friedl's Zeitkratzer ensemble, who have reinterpreted in surprising ways the music of a far-ranging and eclectic set of composers and performers, as they take on the innovative electronic rock band Kraftwerk in six interpretations from their first two albums. |
Spunk: Still Eating Ginger Bread For Breakfast (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Norway's unconventional improvising quartet SPUNK with Maja S. K. Ratkje, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Lene Grenager and Kristin Andersen are heard live at Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway in 2015, capturing these two sets of uniquely unexpected and jaw-dropping recordings from a band on the cutting edge of avant improvisation. |
Parker, Evan / John Russel / Ian Brighton / Phillip Wachsmann / Marcio Mattos / Trevor Taylor: Reunion: Live From Cafe Oto (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock London's Cafe Oto organized a reunion of String Thing, guitarist Ian Brighton's project with violinist Phillip Wachsmann, bassist Marcio Mattos, & Trevor Taylor on percussion and electronics, adding guitarist John Russell and saxophonist Evan Parker, here capturing an impressive night of improv, and Brighton's first public appearance in nearly 40 years. |
Dickey, Whit / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp: Vessel In Orbit (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock While working with Matthew Shipp on an Ivo Perelman album, drummer Whit Dickey and pianist Shipp agreed to record an album of their own and enlisted violist Mat Maneri to record this album of deep space-themed improvisations, collective music of heavy propulsion that bursts from impassioned exchange to convoluted clusters of sound. |
Almeida, Goncalo / Rodrigo Amado / Marco Franco: The Attic (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A masterful concert of freely improvised creative jazz performed live at SMUP, Parede, in Lisboa, Portugal in 2015 by the trio of saxophonist Rodrigo Amado, double bassist Goncalo Almeida, and drummer Marco Franco, in a great dialog of skill and control that simmers without frenetic excess, leaving room for unique textural and introspective moments. |
Rutherford, Paul / Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The 1st in a series of unreleased concerts from the 90s recorded in Japan by Chap-Chap Records, acquired by NoBusiness to bring them to light; this duo album brings the late and influential UK free improvising trombonist Paul Rutherford together with drummer Sabu Toyozumi for five far-ranging dialogs of both reflective and enthusiastical energetic playing. |
Oki, Itaru / Nobuyoshi Ino / Choi Sun Bae: Kami Fusen (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock An exciting and uniquely orchestrated free jazz trio concert recorded live at Cafe Amores, Hofu, Yamaguchi in Japan in 1996 from the trio of Itaru Oki on trumpet and bamboo flute, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, and Choi Sun Bae on trumpet, Ino providing often stunningly quick bass lines over which the otherwise rhythm-less band are afforded great flexibility. |
Okazaki, Miles: Trickster (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Intricate interplay in modern jazz from guitarist Miles Okazaki in a quartet with fellow New Yorkers Craig Taborn on piano, Anthony Tidd on bass, and Sean Rickman on drums--Tidd and Rickman his compatriots in Steve Coleman and Five Elements--performing Okazaki's playfully complex and innovative compositions that drive some serious grooves. |
En Corps (Eve Risser / Benjamin Duboc / Edward Perraud): Generation (Dark Tree Records -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The 2nd album from En Corps, the improvising trio of Eve Risser on piano, Benjamin Duboc on double bass, and Edward Perraud on drums, was recorded live at Artacts 16 festival in St Johann, Austria in 2016, performing two building works--"Des Corps" and "Des Ames" (The Bodies, The Souls)--which evolve from intricate quiet interplay into rich harmonic interaction. |
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. |
Kobi, Christian / Christian Muller: A Second Day (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An album of unusual reed improvisations using extended and unusual acoustic techniques and further extended with electronics, field recordings, and samples, from the Swiss duo of Kobi Christian on soprano sax and Christian Muller on bass clarinet, sampler & electronics. |
Revolutionary Ensemble, The: And Now... (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock |
Risser / Duboc / Perraud: En Corps (Dark Tree Records -- France ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Frequent collaborators bassist Benjamin Duboc and drummer Edward Perraud, known from The Fish, Nuts, Abdelhai Bennani Trio, &c, join with prepared and unprepared pianist Eve Risser for two extended, intense and excursive improvisations. |
Sabat, Marc : Harmony (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The fifth CD in the Canadian Composers Series is also the debut appearance on Another Timbre by the Jack Quartet, performing works by composer Marc Sabat--two string quartets and a violin/cello duo--all combining an exploration of the soundworld of Just Intonation with a strong underlying lyricism. |
Smith, Linda Catlin : Drifter [2 CDs] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $24.95 In Stock Ten pieces dating from 1995 to 2015 from Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith, performed by Quatuor Bozzini and Apartment House, the first in Another Timbre's Canadian Composer series, a 2-CD release focusing on Smith's "equal and simultaneous drive toward abstraction and lyricism" in slowly developing, lush and sophisticated compositions. |
Szlavnics, Chiyoko : During a Lifetime (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Three works from Canadian composer Chiyoko Szlavnics, two electroacoustic compositions incorporating sinewaves, one with a saxophone quartet and the other with two accordions, two flutes and two percussionists; and a string trio of long sustained tones and slow glissandi. |
Fujii, Satoko : Invisible Hand [2 CDs] (Cortez Sound -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock After bringing her band Kaze to the Cortez club in Mito, Japan, the owner asked pianist Satoko Fujii back to perform a solo show, captured here across two CDs showing her extensive technical skills and passionate approach to playing, in a mix of new work and new takes on previously recorded compositions. |
Fujii, Satoko Orchestra Tokyo + KAZE: Peace (Tribute To Kelly Churko) (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Pianist Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Tokyo + the band Kaze, bringing guests trumpeter Cristian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins alongside trumpeter Natsuki Tamura into a spectacular big band of great power but also subtle meditation, in four works that include a tribute to the late guitarist and Fujii collaborator Kelly Churko. |
JR3 (Olaf Rupp / Rudi Mahall / Jan Roder): Happy Jazz (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Berlin trio of Rudi Mahall on clarinet and bass clarinet, Olaf Rupp on electric and acoustic guitar and Jan Roder on double bass in an ironically packaged album of free improvisation of the highest standard, taking the listener on a journey of informed free jazz that references the past in thoroughly modern approaches to creative music. |
Marsella, Brian: Buer: The Book of Angels Volume 31 (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Brian Marsella, pianist from Banquet of the Spirits, Zion80 and The Flail, in a trio album taking on John Zorn's Masada compositions, The Book of Angels, with the actual Masada rhythm section of Trevor Dunn on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums, in 16 lyrical and effusive pieces focused through the eyes of piano masters from Satie to Pullen. |
Thollem / Mazurek: Blind Curves and Box Canyons (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Recorded at an exhibition of visual works by Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek in Texas, this was the first meeting with pianist Thollem McDonas, in an ardent session of explorative improvisation using electric and analog piano, sythn, samplers, cornet, voice, bells and effects; inquisitive and cathartic music of great drive. |
Apuh!: Freedom Of Peach (Palsrobot -- Sweden ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Great post-bop free playing from the Swedish trio Apuh! of Adrian Asling Sellius on saxophone, Hampus Ohman-Frolund on drums & percussion, and Mats Dimming on doublebass, recording in the studio in New York for 6 pieces that balance lyrical jazz with fully free improvisation, always captivating with adept playing and engaging approaches. |
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. |
Kaiser, Henry, Noyes, Charles K., & Park, Sang-Won: Invite The Spirit 20Th Anniversary Edition (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock |
Hubsch, Carl Ludwig: Rowetor 04 | Rowetor 03 (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Ensemble leader and tuba player Carl Ludwig Hubsch created this musical concept inspired by the guitar player Keith Rowe, exploring one static sound in the ensemble, maintaining it and in the same time interacting with utmost care and openness for any necessary change, in a 22-piece ensemble of exceptional players. |
Lussier, Rene / Robert Marcel Lepage / Quatuor Bozzini: Chants et danses ...with strings (Vol. III) (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Taking two of Montreal's most vital musicians, guitarist Rene Lussier and clarinetist Robert Lepage, and joining them with the far-ranging string quartet Le Quatuor Bozzini for a stunning album that merges chamber music, noise music, and improvisation without leaving behind melody, intention and direction; magnificent! |
Musicworks: #127 Spring 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Spring 2016 issue of Canada's premier music magazine, including a 10-track CD of musicians featured in this issue's magazine. Contents include: articles on Craig Aalders' el8dEra 3m; , Eighty-five scores celebrate Pauline Oliveros; Toronto label All-Set! Editions; Thin Edge New Music Collective; electronic composer John Mills-Cockell; and much more! |
Barbares (Bopp / Foussat / Petit / Sato): Debris d'orgueil (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two live recordings at Theatre au Clain, in Poitiers, France and at le Bistrot, in Bayonne, from the free improvising quartet of Christiane Bopp on trombone, Jean-Marc Foussat on synth & voice, Jean-Luc Petit on bass clarinet and sopranino sax, and Makoto Sato on drums, for submersive interchanges blending electronics and acoustics in remarkable ways. |
Braxton, Anthony: Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
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Burrell, Dave / David Murray: In Concert (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "This set by longtime collaborators Dave Burrell and David Murray (playing exclusively tenor sax here) was recorded at the Victoriaville Festival in Quebec in 1991. The live sound is good, the performances exceptional (even by their sta... |
Derome, Jean / Louis Sclavis Quartet: Un Moment De Bonheur (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "The album title, Moment de Bonheur, is rather trite, but the concert was marvelous and the recording preserves all of its intensity and charm. This was a first meeting between Jean Derome (flutes, alto sax) and Louis Sclavis (clarinets... |
Dick, Robert / John Wolf Brennan / Daniele Patumi : Aurealis (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "This trio allies the spirited lightness of the Italian scene with the pastoral feel of the Swiss. Italian bassist Daniele Patumi and Swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan already played together in Pago Libre, an ensemble sharing a lot of af... |
Doppelmoppel : Aventure Quebecoise (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
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Far East Side Band, the: Urban Archeology (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "Even for the avant-garde fan acquainted with the Far East Side Band's first CD, Caverns, Urban Archaeology cannot fail to surprise. The group's blend of Oriental and Occidental instruments and music forms provides quite a change of sce... |
Gebbia, Gianni / Terra Arsa: Il Libro Degli Eroi (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "When Gianni Gebbia performed with his trio Terra Arsa at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in May 1997, he was already well-established in the Italian new jazz scene. His style draws from Coltranian jazz, ... |
Goebbels, Heiner / Alfred 23 Harth: Live at Victoriaville (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Kaiser, Henry / Jim O'Rourke: Tomorrow Knows Where You Live (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Kovac, Boris: East Off Europe - Closing the Circle (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Merzbow / Pan Sonic: V (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Minafra, Pino : Canto Libero (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "Since the release of Sudori with his Sud Ensemble in 1995, Italian trumpeter Pino Minafra remained discreet as a leader, preferring to blend his voice among others in large-scale groups like the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Gianluigi T... |
Minafra, Pino Sud Ensemble : Sudori (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "Sudori is, simply put, an avant-jazz rollercoaster with blues, Dixieland, circus music, and free improvisation all tumbling in your stomach with strong Italian herbs and spices. Trumpeter Pino Minafra is accompanied by his Sud Ensemble... |
Minton, Phil Quartet: Mouthfull of Ecstasy (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Moore, Thurston / Tom Surgal / William Winant : Piece For Jetsun Dolma (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "In 1996, Thurston Moore was still mostly known for his work with the rock group Sonic Youth. In 1996, the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville was an established institution in the realm of serious experimental, ... |
Murray, Diedre / Fred Hopkins: Firestorm (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
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Papasoff, Charles: International Baritone Conspiracy (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "Canadian baritone saxophonist Charles Papasoff has, with this recording, pulled off the heretofore unimaginable: pulled together a sextet comprised strictly of baritone players from Europe and North America and commissioned each member... |
Rova: Resistance (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Tippett, Keith: Une Croix Dans L'Ocean (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock |
Burke, Rob / George Lewis / Paul Grabowsky / Mark Helias: Shift (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A meeting in NY's Lower East Village between four improvisors--Robert Burke on saxes, George Lewis on trombone & electronics, Paul Grabowsky on piano & snare drum, and Mark Helias on acoustic bass--playing a pre-composed work, blending 21st century composition with modern jazz sensibility, enhanced by Lewis' computer-based "shapeshifts". |
Carrier, Francois / Michel Lambert / Rafal Mazur: Oneness (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The well-traveled working group of Francois Carrier (alto saxophone, Chinese oboe), Michel Lambert (drums) and Rafal Mazur (acoustic bass guitar) performing live at Alchemia Club in Krakow, Poland in 2015 for an excellent example of collective free improvisation with distinctive and unconventional approaches to their dialog. |
Dunmall / Edwards / Noble / Sanders: Go Straight Around The Square (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The stellar quartet of Paul Dunmall on tenor and soprano saxophone, John Edwards on bass, Liam Noble on piano, and Mark Sanders on drums performing 2 extended improvisations balancing energetic playing with contemplative conversation, captured live at the Vortex, in London, England, in 2016. |
Gauden / Hanslip: And How The Who Can Think the What... (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock UK Tenor saxophonist Mark Hanslip and drummer Ed Gauden in their 3rd record together, here stripped down to a duo, inspired by a planned trio concert where the pianist was unable to perform; the resulting show worked so well that the two decided to take it to the studio, this album the result of impressive avant interchanges in 8 succinct tracks. |
Mezei, Szilard: Still Now (If You Still) (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock An exciting album crossing free improvisation with chamber approaches and extended techniques from Serbian violist Szilard Mezei performing in a trio with pianist Marina Dzukljev and drummer/percussionist Vasco Trilla, recording in Novi Sad, Serbia in 2017. |
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Brown, Marion: Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee (remastered)
New York Contemporary Five: Consequences Revisited
Giuffre, Jimmy 3 (w / Bley / Swallow): Graz Live 1961
Coltrane, John Quartet: Impressions Graz 1962
Ayler, Albert Quartets: Spirits To Ghosts Revisited (remastered)
Ayler, Albert Trio: 1964 Prophecy Revisted
Coltrane, John Quartet: My Favorite Things Graz 1962
Ayler, Albert Quartet With Don Cherry: European Recordings Autumn 1964 (Revisited) [2 CDs]
Bley, Paul Trio: Touching & Blood, Revisited
Ayler, Albert: Spirits Rejoice & Bells Revisited
Taylor, Cecil Mixed To Unit: Structures Revisited
Ayler, Albert: La Cave Live, Cleveland 1966 Revisited [2 CDs]
Coltrane, John Quartet: Newport, New York, Alabama, 1963, Revisited
Sun Ra Arkestra: Nothing is ... Completed & Revisited
Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time
Coleman, Ornette: New York Is Now & Love Call, Revisited
Ayler, Albert Quintet 1966: Berlin, Lorrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited [2 CDs]
Shepp, Archie: Blase And Yasmina Revisited
Parker, Charlie : Selections From The DIAL Recordings
Parker, Charlie : Selections From The SAVOY Recordings