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![]() Lamb, Catherine: Parallaxis Forma (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two works for voice and chamber orchestra performed by the UK Explore Ensemble under the direction of Nicholas Moroz, and a multi-tracked vocal work by Lotte Betts-Dean, rich and understated works of rich harmonics and atmospheric overtones composed by Catherine Lamb, placing phonetic vocals in space and ambiance, eschewing words for tone, texture and motion; mesmerizing. |
![]() Lamb, Catherine / Kristofer Svensson: Translucent Harmonies - two duos for violin and viola, performed by andPlay (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The New York-based andPlay duo of violinist Maya Bennardo and violist Hannah Levinson perform two extended works commissioned for their performance series, Translucent Harmonies: first an acoustic rendering of Catherine Lamb's "Prisma Interius VIII (Melodic Duo)"; then Kristofer Svensson's work of contrasts, surprises, modulations, and transformations. |
![]() Longhand (Tony Wilson / Peder Long) with special guests Jesse and Josh Zubot: Plays Long (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Vancouver mainstay, guitarist and composer Tony Wilson leads Longhnad, performing the energetically twising and turning, genre-spanning music of composer and saxophonist Peder Long, a mentor to Wilson while studying at Malaspina College, in a band with Vancouver collaborators Russell Sholberg (bass), Skey Brooks (drums), Jesse Zubot (violin) and Joshua Zubot (violin). |
![]() Sick Boss (JP Carter/ Zubot / Lee / Schmidt / Meger / Gaucher): Businessless (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A wild improvising band from Vancouver in their 3rd release of episodic compositions based around instrumental rock forms, six "sick" and wide-ranging pieces that blend rock, jazz, chamber music and inventive forms in magnificent way, from JP Carter on trumpet, Joshua Zubot on violin, Peggy Lee on cello, Cole Schmidt on guitar, James Meger on bass, synths and Dan Gaucher on drums. |
![]() Zubot, Josh Strings: Strings (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut of Vancouver & Montreal violinist Joshua Zubot's string ensemble with fellow violinists Jesse Zubot & Meredith Bates, cellist Peggy Lee and acoustic bassist James Meger, performing ten Zubot compositions informed by his involvement in diverse musical styles, each allowing room for improvisation as he takes the string ensemble into unique and unorthodox territory. |
![]() Rupp / Kneer / Fischerlehner : Puna (Klanggalerie -- Germany ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A new improvising trio from Berlin by Meinrad Kneer on double bass, Rudi Fischerlehner on drums & percussion and Olaf Rupp on electric guitar, an energetic project that borrows from free jazz with electroacoustic elements and clamorous intersections from Fischerlehner, as the trio runs the gamut from nearly chaotic interaction to deep contemplation in four diverse movements. |
![]() Brown, Marion: Gesprachsfetzen & In Sommerhausen (Moosicus -- Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Working with German jazz and "third stream" musician, vibraphonist & composer Gunter Hampel, New York alto saxophonist Marion Brown is heard in two live recordings from 1968 & 1969 in Munchen, Germany and Wurzburg, in quintet and sextet configurations with superb supporting musicians including Steve McCall (drums), Ambrose Jackson (trumpet), Daniel Laloux (bass) and Jeanne Lee (voice). |
![]() Clark, Scott: Dawn & Dusk (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A stunningly beautiful suite from Richmond, VA drummer and composer Scott Clark, poetic songs rendered by Laura Ann Singh in a sextet with Bob Miller on trumpet, flugelhorn, J.C. Kuhl on bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, Michael McNeill on piano and Adam Hopkins on bass, in four sublimely passionately compositions presented in studio recording and live versions. |
![]() Fujiwara, Tomas (Fujiwara / Reid / Brennan): Pith (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawing on the same trio heard on his RogueArt release, 7 Poets Trio, Boston-born Brooklyn-based composer and drummer Fujiwara presents a set of six sophisticated works along with one collective improvisation, utilizing the unique orchestration of vibraphonist Patricia Brennan and cellist Tomeka Reid to create a diverse set of highly rewarding recordings. |
![]() Pavone, Jessica: Clamor (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a septet of women improvisers and contemporary performers, composer and violinist Jessica Pavone's long-form collective improv compositions are titled after innovations made by women throughout history to circumvent obstructions to their freedoms, revealed through string and bassoon orchestration that balances harmony, dissonance, drone and disruptive experimentation. |
![]() Cutler, Chris: Compositions And Collaborations 1972-2022: In A Box [10 CD / DVD / BOOKLET BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $74.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An amazing collection and reflection on the work of percussionist, composer and connector Chris Cutler of Henry Cow fame and founder of the highly influential Recommended Records label and distribution service, through 10 CDs, 1 DVD and two books of documentation, artwork, photographs, published and unpublished texts in a sturdy box, with over five hours of unreleased materials. |
![]() Frith, Fred / Sudhu Tewari / Cenk Ergn: Lock Me Up, Lock Me Down (Carrier Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded thirteen years before this release and rediscovered during pandemic lockdowns, the improvising and extremely open-minded trio of Fred Frith on electric guitar, Sudhu Tewari on percussion (or as credited, "recuperated junk") and Cenk Ergun on electronics recorded these seven superb improvisations in the studio at Expression College for Digital Arts, in Emeryville, CA. |
![]() Bonney, Alex / Paul Dunmall / Mark Sanders: The Beholder's Share (Bead -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Joining long-time UK improvising collaborators, saxophonist Paul Dunmall and drummer Mark Sanders is London performer and engineer Alex Bonney performing on trumpet, modular synthesizer and laptop, the trio recording in the studio for three conversations of lyrically inclined electro-acoustic improv, Bonney's synthetics adding an alien aspect to sophisticated dialog. |
![]() Pollak, Andreas / Johan Graden: Terror Of Positivity (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The Swedish duo of percussionist Andreas Pollak and prepared pianist Johan Graden (Adam & Alma) in an album of references and innuendo, clandestine and furtive sounds that evoke great mystery and drama in beautifully shaped sound; evocative music that deceives to emerge from the electronic realm while in actuality coming from all acoustic sources. |
![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Miguel Mira / Nuno Torres / Eduardo Chagas / Antonio Chaparreiro / Rodrigo Pinheiro / Carlos Santos / Jose Oliveira : Jadis La Pluie Etait Bleue (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The second volume of the project heard in the previous Creative Sources album, "Suspensao", here in a 9-piece electroacoust ensemble with viola, cello, doublebass, alto sax, trombone, piano, electric guitar, computer and percussion, suspenseful lowercase music that unfolds in mysterious, beautiful and rewarding ways. |
![]() Lepage, Robert Marcel: Le lait maternel (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A superb instrumental exploration of the American musical language - jazz, folk, gospel, rock, bluegrass, orchestral, electronic, minimalism and post-modernism, with improvised parts played by Jean Derome, Jacques Seguin, Guillaume Bourque and Yanik Cloutier. |
![]() Globe Unity Orchestra: Globe Unity - 50 Years (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Fifty years after pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach joined the Manfred Schoof Quintet with the Peter Brotzmann Trio and named it the Globe Unity Orchestra, the ensemble is larger and stronger than ever, here celebrating the milestone in a band of 18 of the globe's most impressive improvisers, recorded live in a commanding concert at Jazzfest Berlin 2016. |
![]() ZYFT (Felixbrodt / Taubenfeld / Zwerver): Triangle Moments (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The sophomore release for the acoustic free improvising Amsterdam trio of Ziv Taubenfeld on bass clarinet, Henk Zwerver on guitar, and Maya Felixbrodt on viola, upping the intensity in a set of abstract improvisations of an active nature using unorthodox and extended techniques; upbeat and often exciting collective discourse that leads to great moments of individual expression. |
![]() Suspensao: Teufelmuzik (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Portugal's suspenseful reductionist improvising ensemble, blending acoustic and electronic instruments in delicately detailed motion, heard in this live recording at SMUP in Parede from Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Nuno Torres (sax), Bruno Parrinha (bass clarinet), Luisa Goncalves (piano), Flak (electric gutiar), Joao Madeira (bass), Carlos Santos (analog synth) and Jose Oliveira (percussion). |
![]() Suspensao: Serendipity (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fortuitous 2015 concert from the lowercase chamber/ea-improv octet Suspensão, captured live at Ler Devagar Bookstore in Lisbon from Ernesto Rodrigues (viola & harp), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Nuno Torres (alto sax), Eduardo Chagas (trombone), Antonio Chaparreiro (guitar), Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano & melodica), Miguel Mira (bass), Carlos Santos (electronics) and Jose Oliveira (percussion). |
![]() Suspensao: Frottage (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Configured as an electroacoustic chamber nonet led by Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, with two saxophones, bass clarinet, piano, electric guitar, double bass, electronics & percussion, in two live, highly concentrative and subtly detailed improvisations performed in 2023 at O'Culto da Ajuda, during Ciclo Indeterminação na Música do Séc. XXI. |
![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Nuno Torres / Guilherme Rodrigues / Eric Bauer / Stephen Flinn: Letters to Milena (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing the book Letters to Milena (Briefe an Milena) by Franz Kafka of his intense love affair with Czech journalist & writer Milena Jesenská, through four lettered parts of a subtly sophisticated set of improvisations by Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Nuno Torres (alto sax), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Eric Bauer (electronics) and Stephen Flinn (percussion). |
![]() Okura / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Buder: Your Dramatic Joy (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Father and son string improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello join with Berlin improvisers Fumio Okura (Ensemble 222) on violin and Hannes Buder on guitar for six collective chamber free improvisations using extraordinary technique and focus, creating parallel and converging conversations that build and recede in vigorous momentum. |
![]() Kim / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Cholet: Taedong (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Emulating the Korean river Taedong through it's undulating flows, uproar, flux and treachery in eleven succinct chamber-oriented improvisations from the quartet of South Korean tenor saxophonist Jung-Jae Kim, French-born South Korean-based drummer Quentin Cholet, with the Portuguese father/son duo of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello. |
![]() Claman / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Tallone: Three Shadows (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Berlin recordings from the lowercase chamber improvising string quartet of New Zealand violinist Sarah Claman, Portuguese violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist son based in Berlin, Guilherme Rodrigues, with Swiss sound artist Caroline Cecilia Tallone on electroacoustic hurdy gurdy & amplified objects, exploring three shadow aspects of "Umbra", "Penumbra" and "Antumbra". |
![]() Bechegas / Rodrigues / Rodrigues: Secrets Under Trees (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording at Berlin-Wedding's performance space Werkhalle Wiesenburg in the summer of 2023, the free improvising chamber trio of violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues meet with Portuguese flutist Carlos Bechegas, bringing contemporary classical technique to an extended and energetically tempestuous improvisation and a sprightly "Time Between". |
![]() Voltaic Trio (Guerrreiro / Nuno / Valinho): 290421 (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Burning electric improvisation that draws from rock, metal, jazz and free improv by the Lisbon trio of Luis Guerreiro on trumpet, electronics, Jorge Nuno on electric guitar and Joao Valinho on drums, recording in the studio for an extended and unremitting collective improvisation that roars with galvanic, dramatic strength; terrifying! |
![]() Sousa, Pedro Alves / Rodrigo Pinheiro / Gabriel Ferrandini : Cloud At Rest (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An exemplary album of thoughtful free improv from the trio of tenor saxophonist Pedro Alves Sousa with 2/3's of Red Trio--pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini--recorded after a five day residency at the Goethe-Institut Lisbon, the band finding new approaches to playing to distance themselves from the typically fast & energetic music they are often associated with. |
![]() Pinheiro, Rodrigo / Pedro Carneiro: Kinetic Etudes (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Six permutations on motion from the Kinetic duo of Portuguese pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro (Red Trio) and Pedro Carneiro performing on marimba with quarter tone extension, the duo emerging from "shadows and resonance" and ending with "inertia and collision", as they explore the interactions of keys and percussion in improvisations executed with the precision of composed music. |
![]() No Nation Trio (Nuno / Faustino / Valinho): Habitation (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Presenting concentrative and contemplative free improvisation from the Portuguese trio of Jorge Nuno on acoustic guitar, Hernâni Faustino on double bass and João Valinho on drums & percussion, recording in the studio for a 4-part and cohevise set of improvisation through muscular plucking, rich bowing, abstracted string progressions and mysterious drums & percussion; fascinating. |
![]() Made Of Bones (Fonesca / Clemente / Dias / Sousa): Handgun (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Having collaborated over 15 years in bands including Slow is Possible and Cat in a Bag, the Portuguese quartet of Duarte Fonseca on drums, Joao Clemente on guitar, Nuno Santos Dias on Waldorf Zarenbourg electric piano and Ricardo Sousa on double bass, borrow from electric 70's jazz, rock and experimental forms through 10 diverse and intriguing concepts tinged with a dark wit. |
![]() Lencastre, Jose Nau Quartet + Pedro Carneiro: Thoughts Are Things (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Saxophonist José Lencastre's Nau Quartet of Lencastre on alto & tenor, Hernani Faustino on double bass, Rodrigo Pinheiro on piano and João Lencastre on drums are joined by Pedro Carneiro on marimba for four extended improvisations that balance melodic intentions with urgent force, the additional percussive elements motivating the band from edgy soloing to introspective contemplation. |
![]() Lencastre, Jose / Hernani Faustino / Vasco Furtado : Vento (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A remarkable trio of active players on the Lisbon free improv scene -- José Lencastre (alto sax), Hernâni Faustino (double bass) and Vasco Furtado (drums) -- and the debut release for the Phonogram Unit label, in six collective improvisations recorded in the studio, evenly proportioned between boppish free jazz and abstract, almost chamber sonic expression; beautiful. |
![]() Lencastre, Jose / Hernani Faustino / Vasco Furtado : Forces In Motion (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The second trio release from alto saxophonist Jose Lencastre, Hernâni Faustino (Red Trio) here on electric bass and drummer Vasco Furtado, three Portuguese improvisers whose continued work together adds strength to their collective improvisation, heard in five pieces recorded live in the warm space of the Espírito Santo Church in Caldas da Rainha in Western Portugal. |
![]() Lencastre, Jose (Lencastre / Zingaro / Lai / Almeida / Sousa): Common Ground (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An exquisite album of chamber-oriented free improvisation that naturally merges contemporary and jazz forms while underpinned by swinging grooves, each player expressing passion and abstraction to create unique sonic combinations, from Jose Lencastre on alto saxophone, Carlos Zingaro on violin, Clara Lai on piano, Goncalo Almeida on double bass and Joao Sousa on drums. |
![]() Lencastre, Jose (Genovese / Gress / Branco): Safe In Your Own World (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A first time meeting between drummer João Lencastre and bassist Drew Gress, and an extension of the long association between Lencastre and pianist Leo Genovese, recorded during a short tour as a trio, inviting guitarist Pedro Branco for this studio date to add energetic urgency to Lencastre's melodically charged compositions, yielding great soloing and interplay. |
![]() Lai, Clara (Lai / Reviriego / Roca): Corpos (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut album from pianist Clara Lai's Barcelona-based trio with Alex Reviriego on double bass and Oriol Roca on drums, Lai's background in classical and jazz improvisation felt in the precision of her playing as the trio explores collective construction and structural improvisation, coaxing active and contemplative moments among uniquely experimental approaches. |
![]() Hyper.object: Inter .independence (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Formed in 2019 by Red Trio members Rodrigo Pinheiro on piano and Hernani Faustino on double bass plus core Creative Sources electronic musician Carlos Santos, with Joao Almeida on trumpet and Joao Valinho on drums, the "inter.independence" referencing an experimental approach to collective improv through independent layers that interact to create unexpected intersections. |
![]() Furtado, Vasco / Salome Amend / Luise Volkmann: Aforismos (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock After a first meeting at an improvised music festival, the trio of Portuguese drummer Vasco Furtad, Wuppertal-based drummer/vibraphonist Salome Amend and German alto saxophonist Luise Volkmann agreed to meet again in the studio to record these five collective improvisations, focused on sparse yet active textures influenced by melodic implications. |
![]() Furioso, Felice / Jorge Nuno / Felipe Zenicola : Sameer (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Focused on unusual rhythms at the intersections of electrified bass and guitars, the trio of Italian improviser Felice Furioso on drums & percussion, Portuguese electric guitarist Jorge Nuno and Brazilian electric bassist Felipe Zenicola (Chinese Cookie Poets) turn in seven generally growling and aggressively paced works under the umbrella of experienced prejudice. |
![]() Faustino, Hernani: Twelve Bass Tunes (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock As described, twelve solo improvisations from Portuguese double bassist Hernani Faustino, known for Red Trio, Jose Lencastre Nau Quartet, innumerable Creative Sources ensembles, &c., here displaying his muscular yet lyrical approach to the big strings through plucking, bowing and instrument emanations, paced to value expression over exhibitionism; beautiful. |
![]() Amba, Zoh / Chris Corsano / Bill Orcutt: The Flower School (Palilalia -- USA ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An enthusiastic and well-balanced studio recording in San Francisco from the trio of Zoh Amba on tenor saxophone, Chris Corsano on drums and Bill Orcutt on electric guitar, following Amba & Corsano's duo tour of the West Coast; this is a first meeting between Amba & Orcutt, who perform as a duo on two tracks, including a guitar duo with Amba on acoustic. |
![]() Melford's, Myra Fire And Water Quintet: Hear The Light Singing (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Drawing inspiration from the same set of Cy Twombly drawings as her previous release, For The Love Of Fire And Water, and with nearly the same ensemble — Myra Melford on piano, Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on tenor saxophones, Tomeka Reid on cello and here Lesley Mok on drums — Melford presents five brightly original and sophisticated compositions. |
![]() Prevost, Eddie / NO Moore / Henry Kaiser / Binker Golding / Olie Brice: The Secret Handshake with Danger Volume Two (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 2nd volume of the UK/US West Coast quintet of legendary AMM drummer Eddie Prévost, guitarist Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore on "guitarisism", Blinker Golding on saxophone and Olie Brice on double bass, merging free jazz and free improvisation in a rollicking album of electric jazz recorded in London, adding two more exhilarating "Doors" of quick shifting improv. |
![]() Butcher / Prevost: High Laver Levitations Vol 1: Unearthed (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Long-time collaborators and iconoclastic improvisers, drummer Eddie Prévost and saxophonist John Butcher, met at All Hallows Church, in High Laver, Essex in 2023, using the natural ambience of the space to capture these three improvisations, Prévost playing primarily on a drum kit and both in a more jazz-oriented sax and drum duo, extended by both players' exceptional technique. |
![]() Charbin / Prevost: The Cry of a Dove Announcing Rain (Two Afternoon Concerts at Cafe OTO) (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two unfolding, extended sets from a 2022 concert at Cafe OTO by AMM legendary percussionist Eddie Prévost and French pianist based in London, Marjolain Charbin, the pianist playing inside and out her of instrument augmented by objects, Prévost creating sonic environments through cymbal bowing and scraping, as the duo evolve into high motion and withdraw into suspenseful beauty. |
![]() Feldman, Morton: Piano Three Hands, Intermission 5, Vertical Thoughts 2, Extensions 3, Four Instruments, Intermission 5, Piano Piece 1956 A + B, Intersection 3, Instruments 1 (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A collection of Feldman compositions primarily for piano as recorded by his earliest interpreters: Cornelius Cardew, John Tilbury, David Tutor, Cantilene Chamber Players, and Feldman himself. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Tarwid, Grzegorz Trio ( w/ Mucha / Karch): Flowers (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Lyrically upbeat and expressive piano trio compositions from Polish pianist Grzegorz Tarwid and his trio with double bassist Max Mucha and drummer Albert Karch, all active performers on the Polish and European free jazz secene, here in six works of diverse moods that start with Latin tinges and seamlessly work through playful and pointillistic pieces to end in a tranquil "Sleep". |
![]() Rothenberg, Ned (w / Courvoisier / Halvorson / Fujiwara): Crossings Four (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Crossing styles, generations and approaches to improvisations, multi-reedist and composer Ned Rothenberg's quartet of Rothenberg on clarinets & alto sax, Sylvie Courvoisier on piano, Mary Halvorson on guitar & effects and Tomas Fujiwara on drums perform five Rothenberg compositions and one by Rothenberg & Courvoisier, of spectacular timbral, rhythmic and melodic intersections. |
![]() Ortiz, Aruan (Ortiz / Byron / akLaff + St. Louis, Dhar, Gant): Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Reflecting on the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream", pianist Aruan Ortiz is influenced by King's concepts of form and structure, assembling an incredible quintet including Don Byron on reeds, Pheeroan akLaff on drums, Yves Dhar & Lester St. Lousi on cello and narration by Mtume Gant, for a 7-song cycle musically depicting the turbulence of the time. |
![]() Nabatov, Simon 3+2 (w/ Huhn / Philip Zoubek / Stefan Schonegg / Mahnig): Verbs (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Joining pianist Simon Nabatov's trio with bassist Stefan Schönegg and drummer Dominik Mahnig are Leondhard Huhn on saxophone & clarinet and Philip Zoubek on synthesizer, this Cologne-based 3+2 quintet expanding Nabatov's space as the group performs six collective improvisations interpreting a series of semantics signal that influence tempo, pitch, tone and timbre; extraordinary. |
![]() Mercury (Caloia / Freedman): Skin (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock From the fertile Montreal improv scene, the long-collaborating Mercury duo of double bassist Nicolas Caloia and clarinetist Lori Freedman on b-flat and bass clarinets are heard in eight rugged dialogs captured live as they seemingly flay the body through visceral dialog with titles including "Eyeball-Eyelid"; "Teeth-Tongue-Throat-Lip"; or "Ass-Brain". |
![]() Innanen / Pasborg / Piromalli: Can You Hear It? (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Upbeat retro-future jazz with a bit of an acerbic wit, from the organ trio of Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen, Danish drummer Stefan Pasborg and French Hammond organ player Cédric Piromalli, in nine diverse pieces from funky swing to lush balladry, with Canadian improviser Lori Freedman providing sharply inquisitive narrative on two pieces. |
![]() Hauser, Fritz / Pedro Carneiro: Pas de Deux (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A first encounter between Swiss drummer Fritz Hauser and Portuguese marimba master Pedro Carneiro, the title translating roughly to "step of two", implying a dance heard in elusively minimal yet highly active interactions between the two, each progressively numbered work borrowing from improvisational and contemporary approaches; fascinatingly sophisticated and often joyful work. |
![]() Greenlief, Phillip / Scott Amendola: Stay with it (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Their first duo album, Collect My Thoughts released in 1995 on Nine Winds, these live improvisations captured at Berkeley's The Shinebox in 2017 show the two West Coast collaborators--Phillip Greenlief on alto & tenor saxophones plus clarinet, and drummer/percussionist Scott Amendola--'staying with it' in an energetic set of five informed dialogs. |
![]() Gantar, Miha: Amsterdam [5 CD BOX SET] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second box set from Slovenia-born pianist Miha Gantar, named for his adopted city of Amsterdam, through five CDs presenting the many aspects of chamber-oriented, refined jazz that he composes and improvises around, with one CD each of trio and quartet settings, a CD of duos with Michael Moore, an extended solo improvisation, and a dual piano work. |
![]() Edelman, Nataniel Trio (feat. Michael Formanek / Michael Attias): Un Ruido de Agua (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A piano sax and bass trio led by Argentinian pianist Nataniel Edelman with Michael Formanek on bass and Michael Attias on alto sax, recording in the studio in Berlin for a mix of five Edelman compositions, one by Attias, and four collective improvisations, recorded in a single day for a consistently lyrical, flowing set of elegantly informed, magnificent playing. |
![]() Dyberg, Mia Trio (w / Thomsen / Forchhammer): Timestretch (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Danish alto saxophonist Mia Dyberg's Trio with drummer Simon Forchhammer and Norwegian double bassist living in Denmark, Asger Thomsen, following their 2018 William S. Burroughs-inspired Clean Feed release with a solid collection of original compostions and solo improvisations from Dyberg; a well-balanced and diverse set of creative jazz expression. |
![]() Calcanhar (Mortagua / Azevedo): Jump (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The project name chosen by the duo of Portuguese improvisers, saxophonist Joao Mortagua and pianist Carlos Azevedo, translates to "heel", which they explain "represents the footprint we leave behind as we navigate a constantly evolving musical path", heard in 14 succinct improvisations that balance implicitly lyrical dialog with unconventional and often mischievous technique. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Eclectic Maybe Band: Bars Without Measures (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Creating structured works from real time improvisations, Guy Seger's (Univers Zero) large ensemble of absolutely impressive players breaks down to smaller grouping to record the layers of each piece, which Seger then uses as raw material for each finished piece, as elements of rock, jazz, composed, and experimental forms merge into accomplished and engaging compositions. |
![]() Dunmalll, Paul (Dunmall / Kinch / Cole / Mwamba / Kane / Drake): Bright Light A Joyous Celebration (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recalling his Sun Quartet album, UK saxophonist Paul Dunmall's new sextet pivots off the jubilant rhythm section of drummer Hamid Drake, double bassist Dave Kane and vibraphonist Corey Mwamba, with three saxophonists--Dunmall on tenor & c-soprano saxophones, Xhosa Cole on tenor and Soweto Kinch on alto & tenor saxophones--in a truly joyful bright celebration of free flowing jazz. |
![]() Evans, Bill (Evans, Hall, Peacock, Motian, Israels, Bunker): Duos With Jim Hall & Trios '64 & '65, Revisited [2 CDs] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three configurations of sophisticated duos & trios from four remastered albums recorded between 1962 and 1966 by pianist Bill Evans: first in duos with guitarist Jim Hall (Undercurrent); then with his trio of bassist Gary Peacock & Paul Motian (Trio 64); then with bassist Chuck Israels & drummer Larry Bunker (Trio 65); and last full circle to 1966, again with Jim Hall (Intermodulation). |
![]() Ayler, Albert (incl. Milford Graves, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray, &c): More Lost Performances, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Remastering previously unavailable and vital performances from three configurations of saxophonist Albert Ayler's bands, including their 1967 Newport Festival concert with Milford Graves, their performance at John Coltrane's 1967 Funeral at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in NYC, and an incredible 1962 concert with Cecil Taylor's group with Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray in Copenhagen. |
![]() Williams, Mars / Vasco Trilla: Critical Mass (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second release from the duo of Spanish percussionist Vasco Trilla and Chicago reedist Mars Williams, the latter performing both on reeds and on toy instruments, each using extraordinary and extended technique to create exotically energetic conversations and beautifully meditative environments, in five creative, playful and impressively informed dialogs. |
![]() Swell, Steve: Dances with Questions [3-CD SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $32.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded during the 2019 Kraków Jazz Autumn Festival, NY trombonist Steve Swell leads a series of small groups and a large ensemble, recording at Radio Kraków and at Alchemia with some of Europe's most active improvisers: Gebhard Ullmannm, Elisabeth Harnik, Niklas Barno, Paal Nilssen-Love, Jon Rune Strom, Carlos Zingaro, Mikolaj Trzaska, Signe Emmeluth, Hanne de Backer, Elisabeth Coudoux, & Per Ake Holmlander. |
![]() Leandre, Joelle / Vinicius Cajado: Storm Dance (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Six "Dances" of a deeply turbulent nature as legendary French bassist Joëlle Léandre meets Brazilian bassist Vinicius Cajado for a 2022 live concert in Vienna at Alte Schmiede, both employing massively powerful techniques, Léandre vocalizing at times to push their dialog into tempestuous territory; at times darkly explosive but illuminated by incredible creative intent. |
![]() Harnik, Elisabeth / Zlatko Kaucic: One Foot in the Air (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An exciting and often unorthodox concert of free improvisation between Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik and Slovenian drummer/percussionist Zlatko Kaucic, captured live in 2022 at the Kulturhalle in Eggersdorf, Austria for a diverse 5-movement freely improvised and very open-minded work, with both performing inside and outside of their instruments, and literally, underneath the piano. |
![]() Suter, Sheldon: Berceuses & Nocturnes (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Percussionist Sheldon Suter steps out from groups including Musique Brute, Big Bold Back Bone, Marco von Orelli 6 or Jurg Wickihalder Orchestra for a seductive album of solo percussion, using zithers, portable turntables, a shruti box and harmonica in immersive works intermixing six pulsing and serene lullabies with five ominous nocturnal environments. |
![]() Remondino, Nicolas / Ocra Rosa: Each Falling Stick Is A Necessary Gesture, Every Sonic Action Being Perfectly Voluntary And With Its Own Dignity (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Italian percussionist, sound artist, improviser and composer Nicholas Remondino expresses the sentiment of the 18 recordings on this solo album of prepared drum improvisations through a single sentence, each piece flowing into the next through unusual punctuation, gestures and intersections, as the listener is carried along curious landscapes of extraordinary technique. |
![]() Chrysakis, Thanos / Chris Cundy / Peer Schlechta / Ove Volquartz: Archangel (Aural Terrains -- UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The follow-up to Music for Two Organs and Two Bass Clarinets, combining the collective work of clarinetists Chris Cundy, (bass clarinets, soprano ocarina) & Ove Volquartz (bass clarinets), Thanos Chrysakis (chamber organ & voice) and Peer Schlechta (pipe organ), recorded in the natural resonance of the Neustadter Kirche church in Hofgeismar, Germany. |
![]() Amendola, Scott / Henry Kaiser / Michael Manring: Haunted by Eternity [2 CDs] + Trouble with the Treble (Agren / Colby / Kaiser) (Fractal -- USA ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The West Coast power trio of Scott Amendola on drums & live electronics, Henry Kaiser on guitar and Michael Manring on bass are heard in this double album of 15 assertive tracks that balance heavy electronics and effects with intense soloing amidst unusual "soundtracks for quite a number of films that do not exist in our homeworld version of the Earth's infinite timelines." |
![]() Merce, Sergio: Traslasierra (expanded landscape) (Hitorri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautiful album of expanded landscapes performed on electronically modified Electronic Wind Instrument, field recordings, virtual instruments and synthesizer from Argentinian sound artist Sergio Merce, his characteristically patient pacing and use of space creating dramatic and beautiful sonic environments that hint at warm narratives in a seductive excursion. |
![]() Monteiro, Alfredo Costa: Abstand (Hitorri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Contrasting motion and static notes, Portuguese sound artist living in Barcelona, Alfredo Costa Monteiro uses a combination of two wind instruments--accordion and melodica--and the harmonic differences between their natural textures to create beautiful ebbs and swells of consonance and dissonance, applying feedback tuned to one or the other instrument to create subtle beat frequencies. |
![]() Sakata, Akira / Toshimaru Nakamura / Raiga Hayashi: Kinjo no Tabibito (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A wild live improvisation at Apollo, in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo from legendary Japanese reedist Akira Sakata on alto sax and clarinet, Raiga Hayashi on drums, and Toshimaru Nakamura on no-input mixing board, the latter adding unusual electronic elements to otherwise characteristically energetic free jazz from the Tokyo scene, making this a wonderfully unique album. |
![]() Vukosavljevic, Ivan: Slow Roads (elsewhere -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Eight compositions for solo 1/4 comma meantone organ by Serbian composer Ivan Vukosavljevic and performed by organists Tineke Steenbrink, Francesca Ajossa, Jan Hage, Lise Morrison, recorded in 2022 on five different historic organs, dating from the early 16th to mid-17th centuries, captured in medieval churches located in the countryside of northern Netherlands. |
![]() Schouten / Courtois / Doronzo / Janssen: VOSTOK: Remote Islands (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Inspired by Judith Schalansky's book "Atlas of Remote Islands: 50 islands I never set foot in and never will", the debut of the chamber improvising trio of Fie Schouten on clarinet & basset horn, Vincent Courtois on cello and Guus Janssen on piano, organ, harmonium & harpsichord reflect on these pristine and untouched areas of the earth in sublimely sophisticated conversation. |
![]() Buck, Tony / Mark Nauseef: Mongrels (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using a wide assortment of guitars (electric, baritone, arch top acoustic, bass) + monochord, waterphone & zulu bells, Necks drummer and multi-instrumentalist Tony Buck joins with percussionist Mark Nauseef performing on bells and gongs for seven exotic improvisations rich in overtones, microtonal movement, ringing harmonics and hybrid motion. |
![]() Blum, John / David Murray / Chad Taylor: The Recursive Tree (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An assertive album of collective free jazz from three masterful NYC players — John Blum (piano), David Murray (tenor sax) and Chad Taylor (drums) — recording in the studio for eight high-octane improvisations inspired by the mathematical and natural concept of recursion, comparing nature's expansive growth with the growth of jazz through the incremental expansion of ideas and influences. |
![]() Wright, Jack: What Is What (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Improviser, influencer and world traveler performing with exceptional players in interesting situations, saxophonist Jack Wright is heard in four solo improvisations that support the description of his wide vocabulary on the horn: "leaping pitches, punchy, precise timing, sharp and intrusive multiphonics, surprising gaps of silence, and obscene animalistic sounds". |
![]() Omawi (Warelis / Gvaert / De Joode): Waive (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The band name Omawi is a conglomerate of this Dutch trio's name, appropriate for the nearly telepathic interaction of pianist Marta Waleris, drummer Onno Govaert and double bassist Wilbert de Joode, captured in their first live performance after the pandemic lockdown at Zaal100, in Amsterdam, their enthusiasm and pent-up expression clearly evident in five extraordinary improvisations. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Zankel, Bobby & Wonderful Sound 8: A Change Of Destiny (Mahakala Music -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Written in response to the excavation of slave quarters on the site of George Washington's President's House, Philadelphia saxophonist and former Cecil Taylor sideman Bobby Zankel presents a 6-section suite performed with Philly luminaries Jaleel Shaw (sax), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Diane Monroe (violin), Ruth Naomi Floyd (voice), Sumi Tonooka (piano), Lee Smith (bass) and Pheeroan AkLaff (drums). |
![]() Fowler, Chad / George Cartwright / Christopher Parker / Kelley Hurt / Luke Stewart / Steve Hirsh / ZA: Miserere (Mahakala Music -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A septet bridging generations of improvisers from Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, DC, Minnesota, and NY, from Chad Fowler (sax & flute), George Cartwright (sax & guitar), Christopher Parker (piano), Kelley Hurt (voice), Luke Stewart (bass), Steve Hirsh (drums), and guest tenor saxophonist Zoh Amba, in four works reflecting our turbulent times, plus a tribute to Davey Williams. |
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Brown, Marion: Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee (remastered)
New York Contemporary Five: Consequences Revisited
Ayler, Albert Quartets: Spirits To Ghosts Revisited (remastered)
Giuffre, Jimmy 3 (w / Bley / Swallow): Graz Live 1961
Coltrane, John Quartet: Impressions Graz 1962
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]
Taylor, Cecil Mixed To Unit: Structures Revisited
Bley, Paul Trio: Touching & Blood, Revisited
Ayler, Albert: Spirits Rejoice & Bells Revisited
Ayler, Albert: La Cave Live, Cleveland 1966 Revisited [2 CDs]
Sun Ra Arkestra: Nothing is ... Completed & Revisited
Coltrane, John Quartet: Newport, New York, Alabama, 1963, Revisited
Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Ayler, Albert Quintet 1966: Berlin, Lorrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited [2 CDs]
Coleman, Ornette: Ornette At 12, Crisis & Man On The Moon, Revisited
Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time
Coleman, Ornette: New York Is Now & Love Call, Revisited
Coltrane, John Quartet: Song Of Praise, Live New York 1965 Revisited