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![]() Fields, Scott Ensemble: The Songs of Steve Dalachinsky [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Irish guitarist and composer Scott Fields has worked with the poems of late New York writer Steve Dalachinsky over the years, here bringing together an ensemble of improvisers, electronic and contemporary classical performers to set a suite of six poems by Dalachinsky sung by soprano Barbara Schachtner, with interludes between each weaving them into a larger and satisfying opus. |
![]() Dykstra, Jordan: Stressings [Used Item] (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $7.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring diverse landscapes and moments of extreme behavior changes through a single acoustic viola, composed and performed by Jordan Dykstra, in four pieces that vary his approach to the instrument through overlapping tones, drones, extended techniques and rolling cycles, performed in California at the California Institute of the Arts and at the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana. |
![]() Foussat / Parrenin / Rollet: Haut-Coeur [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Emphasizing the electronic aspect of ea-improv, the trio of Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, voice & toys, Emmanuelle Parrenin on hurdy-gurdy & voice and Quentin Rollet on alto and sopranino saxophones & small electronics, are heard in an immersive performance at Allumes du Jazz, in Le Mans, France in 2023, for a superb concert of unrestricted free improvisation. |
![]() Evans-Weiler, Morgan: Correspondences [Used Item] (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $7.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third release in Editions Verde's series "Seeing the Forest in a Tree" are three iterations of interpretations realized by Joseph Clayton Mills, Fraufraulein, and the duo Sarah Hughes and Patrick Farmer, who were invited to interact with Morgan Evans-Weiler's score intended to be interpreted as both sound and sculpture, presented in three unique sets of recordings. |
![]() Widdershins (Coleman / Ederer / Malone / Mills / Gold / Hill / Kordik): Widdershins [Used Item] (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock To celebrate drummer/percussionist Eddie Prévost's 80th birthday, Café Oto hosted four concerts once a week in June, 2022, each a differing configuration from Prévost's history; this third concert presents combinations of improvisers from Prévost's weekly workshop series through diverse groupings from trio to septet. |
![]() Dykstra, Jordan: A Known Unknown [CDr w/ Score Booklet] [Used Item] (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fascinating conceptual work on CD and printed score that attempts to sonically represent celestial events through guided improvisations, providing the performers an abstract of the main musical ideas and options on how to execute them, exploring microtonal sounds, harmonic interactions and sound as moments within physical boundaries, here in a studio realization in Zurich. |
![]() Caines, Ron / Martin Archer Axis: Blutopia [Used Item] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fourth collaboration between composer & saxophonist Ron Caines and arranger & saxophonist Martin Archer, recorded in Brighton between 2022 & 2023 with a cast of UK luminary improvisers--Charlotte Keefe, Chris Sharkey, Graham Clark, Gus Garside and Johnny Hunter--chosen for their applicability to each piece, in configurations from solo to full octet ensemble. |
![]() Baraque a Free: Silex [Used Item] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Formed as a collective in 2016, Baraque à Free brings together young free improvisers from Toulouse, France, who leverage influences from jazz, contemporary and rock forms, creating passages that include harmonious tranquillity, noisy spaces, rhythmic rage, math rock, and hints of orchestral chamber music; a positive album of musical statement and emotional release. |
![]() Sommer, Gunter Baby / Raymond MacDonald: Sounds, Songs & Other Noises [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Following their 2007 Clean Feed release Delphinius and Lyra the duo of Gunter Baby Sommer and Raymond MacDonald reach deeper into their collective creative conversation for sixteen succinct improvisations--confident, boisterous or introspective--including a 5-part series of "Miniatures", performed on alto & soprano saxophones, drums and an eclectic set of percussive devices. |
![]() One Small Step (Janne Eraker / Vegar Vardal / Roger Arntzen): Gol Variations [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A truly unique improvisational setting between three Norwegian artists--inspired tap dancer JanneEraker, fiddle player and vocalist Vegar Vardal and double bassist Roger Arntzen--finding an exuberant excitement through the percussion of body movement, strange and slippery vocalizations and two emphatic strings; virtually indescribable and absolutely enthralling. |
![]() Lopes, Luis Abyss Mirrors: Echoisms [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Citing references including Sun Ra, electric Miles, Ornette, Wadada Leo Smith, Stockhausen & Gabriel Prokofiev, guitarist Luis Lopes's Abyss Mirrors brings together artists drawing on European & Brazilian performers from Clean Feed, Shhpuma and Creative Sources for these evolving and often ecstatic collective, experimental improvisations; unpredictably edgy and exciting! |
![]() Selva, The (Jacinto / Almeida / Morao): Camarao-Girafa [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An absorbing album of electronic jazz and improvisation from the Portuguese string and percussion trio of Ricardo Jacinto on cello, electronics & harmonium, Goncalo Almeida on double bass & electronics and Nuno Morao on drums & percussion, exploring unique and innately lyrical intersections of chamber improv, ea-improv and compositional forms. |
![]() Funambulists, The (Tibor Takacs Faki / Laslo Lenkes / Goran Grubisic): The Funambulists [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An energetic trio of Serbian free improvisers from Tibor Takacs Faki on reeds, Laslo Lenkes on guitar and Goran Grubisic on drums, Tibor Takacs Faki and Goran Grubisic both part of the rock band Wooden Ambulance, that energy translating into their indefatigable approach to collective improvisation, just keeping a lid on their rambunctious interaction. |
![]() Constellation Ensemble: Dove Morde La Teranta [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing the traditional dance of Salento named for the tarantula, this Italian 9-piece improvising ensemble spent several days developing the unique orchestration, melodies and themes of these eight pieces, recorded after the OSIMU festival held in Taviano, using an acousmatic recording device to optimize the details of their insightful and often biting conversations. |
![]() Aspyrian (Porter / Gillen / Parkinson): To Explore (Vol. 1) [Used Item] (Hidden Threads -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A compelling and lyrical debut from the London-based trio Aspyrian of Robin Porter on tenor & soprano saxophones, Jack Gillen on guitar and Matt Parkinson on drums, the band name from Old English translating to "To search, explore, trace, discover, explain", which the band does with ebullient dexterity through seven original compositions from Porter and Parkinson. |
![]() Tromans, Doctor Steve: The Way [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A member of the Paul Dunmall Quintet and Ed Gauden's Crux, Birmingham UK pianist, composer and band leader Steve Tromans presents an album of original work, lyrical and introspective pieces improvised in the studio as a response to the duress of the global pandemic, motivated to record on a great piano in the great Sansom Studio based on recent life experiences. |
![]() Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi): At Grnd Zero [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock BLACK LINE THRU BAR CODE |
![]() Myers, David Lee: Partikelrauschen [Used Item] (pulsewidth -- USA ) Price: $20.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referring to the music on this album from New York feedback and electronic pioneer David Lee Myers as "firmly rooted in the electronic music of the 1950s-1960s", over nine tracks we are taken on an otherworldly journey of detailed particulate electronic adventures, sometimes swooping, vertiginous, monstrous and unpredictable, each track captured live in Myer's Pulsewidth studio. |
![]() Villard, Fabrice / Pierre-Stephane Meuge: Musique Logique [Used Item] (nunc. -- France ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock 25 pieces for solo saxophone in a tribute to and following the logical number games of minimalist composer Tom Johnson, composed by clarinetist and ensemble Dedalus member Farbrice Villard under the inspiration of Johnson's collection Rational Melodies, and performed by the extraordinary French clarinetist Pierre-Stephane Meuge (Counterpoise). |
![]() Comte, Richard / Sebastien Lespinasse: Traverser Noir [Used Item] (nunc. -- France ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Translating to "Cross Black", French guitarist Richard Comte provides a set of four diverse soundtracks, from deep turbulent darkness and sonic decay to crisply ringing guitar resonance, over which sound poet Sébastien Lespinasse intones with solemn import his dark words of imagery and observation. |
![]() Comte, Richard / Julien Pontvianne: Sunken Music [Used Item] (nunc. -- France ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The long-standing duet of guitarist Richard Comte and tenor saxophonist Julen Pontvianne (Onze Hours Onze) is a conversation of introspective and resonant repetition around silence, tonal decay, slow call and response and submerged themes, here symbolically immersed as they explore four sunken islands from around the world: Vordonis; Lohachara; Semionovski and Elugelab. |
![]() Diaphane (Loriot / Costa / Hubsch / Loher): Paris [Used Item] (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live album at the Cafe de Paris in 2019, and the recording debut of the international quartet Diaphane of Frantz Loriot on viola, Raphael Loher on piano, Carl Ludwig Hübsch on tuba and Carlo Costa on percussion, heard here in an extended and fully free improvisation using unusual techniques and objects to extend the pallet of their acoustic instruments. |
![]() Good, Zachary / Ben Roidl-Ward : arb [Used Item] (Carrier Records -- USA ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Focusing on the harmonic interaction, delicate nuances and harmonic functionality of closely related tones, Chicago instrumentalists Zachary Good on clarinet and Ben Roidl-Ward on bassoon recorded these six works of acoustical and phenomenological events using the interplay between coinciding clarinet and bassoon notes, creating illusory and haunting tonal works. |
![]() Green, Jaki Shelton : The River Speaks of Thirst [Used Item] (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collection of poems written by and read by ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina and the first African American and third woman to hold the title--Jaki Shelton GreenÐ-presenting 11 texts with experimental sound work arranged by Shirlette Ammons, a fascinating set of observations and an insightful selection of "political statement, cultural commentary, and an aesthetic milestone". |
![]() Green, Jaki Shelton: I Want to Undie You [CD EP] [Used Item] (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A CD EP from North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, the first African American and third woman to receive the appointment, persenting her work "I Want to Undie You" expressing her sorrow at the unexpected death of her daughter Imani and a celebration of her life, with audio arrangements by Alec Ferrel, plus versions of the text and music only. |
![]() Irniger, Christoph Pilgrim: Ghost Cat [Used Item] (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Zurich tenor saxophonist & composer Christoph Irniger in his fourth album on the Intakt label with his creative and cooperative band Pilgrim of Stefan Aeby on piano, Dave Gisler on guitar, Raffaele Bossard on bass and Michael Stulz on drums, performing Irninger's lyrical and thoughtful compositions, along with one from bassist Raffaele Bossard. |
![]() Buechi / Hellmuller / Jerjen: Moon Trail [Used Item] (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $14.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss vocalist Sarah Buechi leads a new trio with Franz Hellmüller on guitar and Rafael Jerjen on bass, putting a uniquely expressive touch to a mix of original Buechi songs, standards including "I Thought About You" and "Moon River", and traditional song, the intimate and adept playing of Hellmüller and Jerjen enveloping the trio with a warm glow. |
![]() Johnson, Max: Hermit Music [Used Item] (Unbroken Sounds -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extraordinary set of solo double bass improvisations captured in the warm Booklyn Conveyor Recording Studio, Johnson showing his strength with his fingers on the large strings or a bow in his hand, in five turbulent and superb solos under reflection of personal struggles and the strain of pandemic, bringing a new sense of self and determination to his playing. |
![]() Houle, Francois / Joe Sorbara: Hush [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock With masterful technique and remarkable creative drive, the Canadian duo of clarinetist François Houle and Joe Sorbara explore unorthodox sound worlds through microtones, pad percussives, circular breathing to stretch phrasing, Houle taking apart his instrument to affect tone and pitch, and Sorbara using idiosyncratic percussive instruments including "back porch piano guts". |
![]() Hope, Cat: Decibel [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A diverse set of works from Australian composer Cat Hope, employing acoustic instrumentation--strings, keys, flutes, reeds & percussion--along with electronics and field recordings, in chamber configurations from duos to quintets, performed by the Western Australia Decibel new music ensemble for which Hope is both director and a performer. |
![]() Magill, Rob: Blues Etudes [Used Item] (Kettle Hole Records -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of reed and wind improvisations, including two pieces with electronics, from Southern California composer and improviser Rob Magill, each of the 9 tracks on this album focusing on a different instrument: alto saxophone, soprano saxpohone, clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, bass recorder, sheng and tenor saxophone, plus a multi-instrumental "misc". |
![]() Malecki, Artur & The Creature Trio (w/ Chmiel / Aftyka): Widoki [Used Item] (Fundacja Sluchaj! -- Poland ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Widoki, Polish for Views, is the debut album of the free improvising trio of Artur Malecki on drums, Michal Aftyka on double bass & electric bass and Przemylaw Chmiel on tenor & soprano saxophones, performing seven compositions from drummer Malecki and one collective improvisation, a strong and wide-ranging set of recordings from a band with a fresh perspective on creative jazz. |
![]() Hippie Diktat: Gran Sasso [Used Item] (nunc. -- France ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Stripping down their performance matter to its most minimal expression, their work developed since 2011 as they've toured the European alternative scene, the Hippie Diktat trio of Richard Comte on electric baritone guitar, Julien Chamla on drums and Antoine Viard on amplified baritone saxophone work an energetic and heavy set of Steve Reich-ian grooves. |
![]() Harris, Bill: Blinking Glue [Used Item] (Amalgam -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extension of his prior solo record, ONOMAT, Chicago drummer & percussionist Bill Harris also uses a prepared floor tom and feedback in this unedited 25 minute live performance at Music Garage in Illinois, notated for six track section as he explores unique rhythmic concepts augmented with encompassing environmental sonics and unusual disruptive elements. |
![]() Johnson, Evan: L' Art De Toucher [Used Item] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Five works from US composer often based in Amsterdam, Evan Johnson, in solo, duo and trio settings including a triptych titled "L'art de toucher" in three configurations, demonstrating his unique approach to writing using disparate musical influences from modern to Baroque, mated to anarchic experimentalism and a Wandelweiser sensibility; fascinating! |
![]() McIntosh, Andrew: A Moonbeam Is Just A Filtered Sunbeam [Used Item] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Intended to be played continuously without a break, composer and violinist Andrew McIntosh's long-form composition features field recordings of pine woods in his home state of California in performance with violin, viola, piano, wine glasses, slate and electronics, an ethereal work combining improvisation, open tunings, just intonation and sympathetic resonance. |
![]() Schindler, Udo / Eric Zang Eriksson: Blow & Swirl [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Udo Schindler follows his duo album with drummer Eric Zwang-Eriksson @ Salon fur Klang+Kuns, Poetry?? Ein Wurfelwurf with this recording at BASIS_Sound_Space at MUCCA - Munich Center of Community Arts in Munich, Schindler on sopranino & tenor saxophones and the deep TUBAX, interacting with Eriksson's rapid-fire and uniquely voiced drum & percussion work. |
![]() LAMIEE . / Drolo Ensemble: The Deafening Moment Of The Whistle After The Noise [Used Item] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A truly fascinating and seamless hybrid of improvised and composed music, alongside an exploration of feedback and "its acoustic double, a harmonic noise", from the merging of two projects--LAMIEE and Dròlo Ensemble--plus Italian poli-instrumentalists Nicholas Remondino and Andrea Giordano (OTONN), yielding wonderfully complex and enveloping sound worlds. |
![]() Landaeus Trio (Nilsson / Landaeus / Aman): A Crisis Of Perception [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Active collaborators for six years at the time of this recording, this is the first time Swedish improvisers Cornelia Nilsson on drums, Johnny Aman on double bass and Mathias Landaeus on piano & keys have recorded together as a trio, performing seven engagingly lyrical compositions from leader Landaeus, on several tracks adding an unusual edge through the use of synths. |
![]() Silva, Andre B.: Mt. Meru [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Known for his The Rite of Trio, guitarist Andre B. Silva releases his 2nd solo album featuring compositions in a chamber jazz mode, including long passages of composed music that open into improvisation, performed with Jose Soares on saxophone, Raquel Reis on cello, Sophie Bernado on basson, Paulo Bernardino on bass clarinet, Andre Carvalho on double bass & Ricardo Coelho on drums & vibes. |
![]() Ronn, Christian / Bob Bellerue : Intoku Inversions [Used Item] (Anarchy Moon Recordings/Nishe -- USA ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Beautiful long-form drones and harmonic interactions develop and are then shaken up with sonic deformations and collisions, returning to beautiful environments and then reversed once again, from the duo of sonic explorers Bob Bellerue and Christian Ronn, recording in Copenhagen using organs, electronics, winds, and feedback to create these wonderfully alien domains. |
![]() Bennington, James Colour And Sound: Everlasting Belle [Used Item] (ThatSwan! -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A tribute to legendary audio engineer George Belle (1948-2019) who worked with a who's who including Horace Tapscott, Jimmy Smith, Gene Rodenberry, &c., in a set of compositions from Mal Waldron, Albert Heath, Herbie Nichols plus original work from leader James Bennigton, saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi, saxophonist James Cook, and group improvisations. |
![]() PLASMA 8 (Reuter / Krennerich): Porphyr [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Active since 2008, the PLASMA 8 duo of German pianist & vocalist Thomas Reuter and saxophonist Andreas Krennerich explore the geological deposits of porphyr, a hard igneous rock containing crystals, through free improvisation, expressed here in 20 concise interactions of piano keys & strings, soprano & baritone saxophones plus unusual vocal utterance. |
![]() Pesce, Vito / Walter Forestiere: Anthropolitan Chorale [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A modern soundscape in three acts from Italian improvisers, drummer Walter Forestier (Death Roars, Angelo Mastronardi Trio) and guitarist Vito Pesce (Minus Tree, Pastel, Squieti), their 2nd album a dialog shifting between pensive introspection and aggressive evocation, a full range of expression that builds and releases suspense as the two unfold their narrative. |
![]() Papenheim, Torsten: Hellerau [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A percussive "Natchtprogramm" and a tonal "Syntax" from composer Torsten Papenheim, recorded in the studio in Cologne and Berlin, the former performed with trombonist Matthias Much, double bassist Achim Tang and pianist Philip Zoubek; the latter with Johannest Trondle (violincello) & Axel Haller (electric bass), then with Elena Kakaliagou (french horn) & Evi Filippou (percussion). |
![]() Perepelycia, Alexis: Esos Fantasmas [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Argentinian sound artist Alexis Perepelycia explores his influences in an extended sonic work, drawing on his roots in the sounds of garage, punk, metal, industrial music into his work in academia, using abstract references of assertive and acousmatic sound with powerful electronic emphasis as he seeks his ghosts amidst references like Russolo, Stockhausen, &c. |
![]() Rekon With Friends (Alga / Espvall / Billstrom / Vallgren / Jordansson / Ullen / Lloyd): Rekon With Friends [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The core Rekon trio of multi-instrumentalist and wind player Daniel Borgegård Älgå, guitarist Leif Jordansson and drummer Perry Vallgren are joined by guests, cellist Helena Espvall, bassist Niklas Billstrom, trumpeter Mike Lloyd and pianist Lisa Ullen, for four lyrical and experimentally inclined improvisations, a beautiful balance of diverse approaches to modern jazz. |
![]() Shepard, Craig: Broken Silence [Used Item] (Music For Contemplation, Inc. -- Austria ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The music to composer Craig Shepards performance work that presents listeners with text drawn from court testimony in the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, here concentrating on the quiet long tones generated by wind instruments and ebow strings, where pure tones pass between the musicians to build a pulsating chord that then drops away tone by tone. |
![]() IKB: Limosa Limosa [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock IKB, a ten-piece reductionist electroacoustic ensemble of strings, reeds, guitar, computer, percussion, piano, drums & objects, continues their exploration of exotic animal species with this 2020 live performance at O'Culto da Ajuda in Lisbon, Portugal, detailing the long-billed shore bird Limosa through intricate, restrained and remarkable expression. |
![]() IKB: Rhinocerus [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock One of Portugal's most interesting large scale lowercase ensembles led by violist Ernesto Rodrigues, with frequent Creative Sources collaborators including Nuno Torres on alto sax, Carlos Santos on electronics, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Miguel Mira on bass, 14 musicians move with subtlety in a tapestry of electroacoustic resonance and mystique. |
![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Stephan Bleier : Anamorphose [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A confluence of strings from the trio of Portuguese improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, performing in Berlin with double bassist Stephan Bleier, the title referring to a gradual ascending progression formed through small changes, an apt analogy for the illusory and shape-shifting approach their 5-part improvisations lead. |
![]() Rodrigues / Carvalho / Rodrigues / Valinho: Eclipse [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Emulating a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse in two evolving improvised chamber works that take the quartet of Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Mariana Carvalho on piano, Joao Valinho on percussion and Ernesto Rodrigues (switching from viola to harp & deploying electronics) through mysterious soundwork that move from darkness to light in detailed and subtle ways. |
![]() Rodrigues / Parrinha / Hencleeday / Valinho: Flat Music [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two extended acoustic improvisations of reductionist approaches recorded in the studio in Parede, Portugal in 2021 from the quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet, Andre Hencleeday on piano and Joao Valinho on percussion, guided by a poem from Rodrigues as they slowly and exquisitly explore a "Closed Window" and an "Open Window". |
![]() Omegatre (Colafiglio / Romano / Cicala): Terre Rare [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Since 2005 Italian guitarist Tommaso Colafiglio has led the Omegatre trio, composing and arranging all works on this album with drummer & percussionist Leo Cicala, peformed with Paolo Romano on double bass and electric bass, presenting seven electric jazz compositions that flow with the sophistication and grace each brings through years of collaborative and independent evolution. |
![]() Lila Bazooka (Sophie Bernado / Celine Grangey): Arashiyama [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The French duo of bassoonist Sophie Bernado and sound artist Céline Grangey expand on the rich timbre of Bernado's bassoon, starting solo in beautiful etude improvisations only to have Grangey's sound designs expand around her playing, developing rich environments through electronics, field recording & voice, a beautiful intersection of experimental, composed and improvised music. |
![]() Tanguay, Pierre / Tom Walsh: Midi tapant [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The duo of Pierre Tanguay on drums and percussion and Tom Walsh on trombone in a release of minimalist construction that blends composition and improvisation. |
![]() Grimal, Alexandra: Refuge [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. Recorded using the natural resonance from the base of a stone double spiral staircase in the Castle of Chambord, France, improvising soprano saxophonist Alexandra Grimal explores her own personal language and the affect the ambience brings to her adept playing, through beautifully melodic lines, long arpeggiations, or short bursts of penetrating utterance. |
![]() Warelis, Marta: A Grain of Earth [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. Working inside and out of the piano and sometime evoking wild sounds that seem to have no relationship to the instrument, Polish-born and Amsterdam-based pianist Marta Warelis explores the concepts of realities beyond our perception, and a thought that we are a part of a big organism where everything goes endlessly bigger and smaller in scale of size, time and speed. |
![]() Garcia, Violeta : FOBIA [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. The second album from Argentinian cellist, composer and improviser Violeta Garcia, exploring the amplified, prepared, expanded and extended violoncello through 15 succinct solo expositions in an album that she describes as a "very hyper-sensitive monster", using unconventional, extended and sometimes terrifying technique amidst powerful creative expression. |
![]() Graham, Forbes (Forbes / Lopez / Lopez): Another Day, Another Vector [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. An unusual set of electroacoustic improvisations recorded at Firehouse 12 from a New York trio led by trumpeter Forbes Graham, also on laptop and drum machine, Cecelia Lopez on analog synth, and bassist Brandon Lopez, Graham mutating his trumpet through sound processing, complemented by Cecelia Lopez's synthetic punctuations, all grounded by Brandon Lopez' solid bass work. |
![]() Lipscomb, Jon: Conscious Without Function [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. Swedish guitar improviser Jon Lipscomb (LOPLOP, Swedish Fix) takes his listeners on a rugged trip across the strings, using distortion, tremolo and rapid-fire technique as he mines territories between free improv, noise and rock, his nimble mind stopping to explore areas of interest then cascading into new, turbulent environments; frightfully powerful. |
![]() Fluke - Mogul, Gabby: Love Songs [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. An album of raw and emotional "love songs", 17 unique solo violin improvisations and vocal utterance as the New York improviser runs her bow with passionate openness and intimacy through raspy edges, ardent plucking, introspective aching, and moments of beauty, all displayed through immense technique and powerful control over her instrument. |
![]() Vertical Squirrels (Daniel Fischlin / Ajay Heble / Lewis Melville / Ted Warren / Dong-Won Kim / Gary Diggins): Le gouffre / The Chasm: Live from Silence, Guelph (Ontario) [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An exceptional album of widely-embracing collective improvisation recorded during Vertical Squirrel's 2019-20 residency at Silence as part of the You Are I Am series, the core quartet of Daniel Fischlin on guitars, monotron, flute & percussion, Ajay Heble on piano, Lewis Melville on bass & percussion and Ted Warren on drums & percussion are joined by cornetist and world instrumentalist Gary Diggins and vocalist & percussionist Dong-Won Kim. |
![]() Kasten-Krause, Tristan / Jessica Pavone: Images of One [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. |
![]() Nevai, Nandor / Peter Evans / Steve B / Ron Stabinsky: Trigesisextet for Brass + Gospel Power Walls [Used Item] (Psykomanteum -- USA ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two large-scale compositions from "Through-Composer of Brutal Classical" Nandor Nevai, scored for 35 brass players and a vocalist, accomplished through 10 layers of Peter Evans (trumpet, piccolo trumpet), 9 of Steve B (tenor trombone), 7 of Ron Stabinsky (bass trombone) and 10 of Nevai himself on tenor trombone & voice; plus "Gospel Power Walls" for a chorus of 5 (bad) people. |
![]() Hinds, Killick / Francesca Remigi: Empowered Kind [Used Item] (Habitable & H(i)nds(i)ght Records -- USA ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The duo of guitarist Killick Hinds on stringed instruments, bells & electronics, and Italian/NY drummer Francesca Remigi on acoustic & electronic drums, percussion, and credited with Delene Porter for performing on "symbiote"; an "eclectic, ecstatic and exploratory duo strives for sonic research and for breaking the barriers of the conventional process of music making." |
![]() Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV [Used Item] (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO HOLE PUNCHED THO BAR CODE |
![]() Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part II) [Used Item] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second of two volumes of studio improvisations between Brooklyn trumpeter & flugelhorn player Michael Sarian and keyboardist Matthew Putman, recorded in Sarin's home studio during the 2020 pandemic, allowing freedom in exploration as they sought out cadences, rhythms and melodies, this 2nd volume presenting the most interesting of their investigations. |
![]() Agnas, Kasper: Grain Live [Used Item] (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three live guitar improvisations from Swedish guitarist Kasper Agnas performing at Stockholm's New Music and Intermedia Art venue Fylkingen, each piece uniquely approached, starting with a lap guitar dulcimer-like approach of rapid rhythmic attacks, to a warm sound world using mallets on the guitar neck, and finally a work of decaying chords that evolve in complexity, strength and skew. |
![]() Bennington, Jimmy Colour And Sound: Church Bells - Live at Green Mill [Used Item] (Cadence -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live concert on a Sunday afternoon in 2017 at Green Mill in Chicago from the lyrically informed post-bop quintet Jimmy Bennington Colour And Sound, led by drummer Bennington with Fred Jackson, Jr. on alto saxophone & soprano saxophone, Artie Black on tenor saxophone, Dustin Laurenzi on tenor saxophone and Mike Harmon on bass. |
![]() Cappozzo, Cecile Quintet (Cappozzo / Cappozzo / Bellanger / Grente / Ziemniak): Hymne d'Automne [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The core trio of Cécile Cappozzo (piano), Patrice Grente (double bass) and Etienne Ziemniak (drums) release their second Ayler album, expanded to a quintet with Jean-Luc Cappozzo on trumpet and Guillaume Bellanger on saxophone, performing six works connected like a suite that flow beautifully through Cappozzo's warm compositions, including a piece dedicated to Carla Bley. |
![]() Gargaud, Guillaume / Jukka Kaariainen: Radial [Used Item] (Plus Timbre -- Greece ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first encounter in 2022 between two free improvising guitarists--Guillaume Gargaud, a French composer and improviser playing a 6 string guitar, and Finnish experimental improv guitarist Jukka Kaariainen playing a 12 string--in a 5-part set of dialogs recorded in Helsinki, finding common ground from linear rhythms and high energy playing employing a large dynamical scale. |
![]() Werckmeister (Markus Eichenberger / Carl Ludwig Hubsch / Philip Zoubek / Etienne Nillesen): Two Movements [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An exceptional quartet of electroacoustic improvisers captured in concert at MUG Einstein Kultur in Munich, organized by the non-profit Offene Haken e.V. - Freunde der improvisierten Musik (Friends of improvised music), from Markus Eichenberger on clarinet, Carl Ludwig Hubsch on tuba, Philip Zoubek on synthesizer and Etienne Nillesen on extended snare drum. |
![]() Beuger, Antoine / Anastassis Philippakopoulos: Floating By [Used Item] (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Wandelweiser founder and composer Antoine Beuguer and French composer Anastassis Philippakopoulos in a work for voice (Philippakopoulos) and breath (Beuguer), employing spaces of silence against utterance and sibilant expression, a patiently developing work that floats by in deceptively simple ways, captivating through each articulation that seems perfectly placed. |
![]() Denzler, Bertrand (Beliah / Heilbron / Majkowski / Shirey): Low Strings [Used Item] (Confront -- UK ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Following an exploration of the double bass in his 2018 Confront release Basse Seul, Swiss-French composer and saxophonist Bertrand Denzler again jumps into the deep end again with a quartet of accomplished double basssists--Sebastien Beliah, Jon Heilbron, Mike Majkowski, Derek Shirley--for two extended works of encompassing low-register tones. |
![]() Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand: Balises [VINYL - DAMAGED] [Used Item] (Tour de Bras / Ramble -- Canada ) Price: $14.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sleeve dinged from post |
![]() Smythe, Cory (w/ Jernberg / Modney / Reid / Evans / Elk / Muncy / Laubrock / Leon / Cox / Crump ): Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Used Item] (Pyroclastic Records -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock After working with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, pianist Corey Smythe assmebled this incredible ensemble that includes Peter Evans (trumpet), Ingrid Laubrock (sax), Stephan Crump (bass), Tomeka Reid (cello), &c., performing works influenced by the Kern/Harbach standard "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", which Smythe then interprets abstractly in 7 solo renderings. |
![]() Brulez les meubles (Beaudoin / Normand / Derome / Hollenbeck): Tardif [Used Item] (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Quebec project Brulez Les Meubles (Burn the Furniture) was conceived by long-time friends and contemporary jazz fans, bassist Eric Normand and guitarist Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonniere, each collaboration inviting other musicians to join their warm & relaxed approach to modern jazz, here with Jean Derome on saxophone & flute and John Hollenbeck on drums. |
![]() Moffett, Joe: Stress Positions [Used Item] (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The title referencing police tactics used to subdue a suspect, the 2nd solo album from NY trumpeter Joe Moffett finds the imporoviser approaching the instrument with atypical technique and a sense of sonic power in five engrossing works of technical prowess and creative imagination, producing "mangled, oscillating, chittering noises, a collision of muscle, bone, and metal". |
![]() Kasten-Krause, Tristan / Jessica Pavone: Images of One [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. |
![]() Brulez les meubles (Beaudoin / Normand / Derome / Hollenbeck): L'appel du vide [Used Item] (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a common passion for the jazz guitar, from Jim Hall to Bill Frisell, from Rene Thomas to Brandon Ross, the core duo of Canadian improvisers, guitarist Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonniere and bassist Éric Normand, are joined by drummer Tom Jacques for a set of original compositions plus a Paul Bley piece, one by Gilles Vigneault, and two collective improvisations. |
![]() Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Madeira: Cosmos [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. "Although the primacy of small string ensembles for superior musical expression has been confirmed since at least the 18th Century, th... |
![]() Ming Bau Set (feat Gerry Hemingway / Vera Baumann / Florestan Berset): Yakut's Gallop [Used Item] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Meeting regularly since 2018, these three Luzern, Switzerland improvisers have developed a shared language of collective creative improv, the best known of the three being drummer & percussionist Gerry Hemingway working with two younger generation musicians, acoustic & electric guitarist Florestan Berset and vocalist Vera Baumann, here in their first wonderfully paced album. |
![]() Feldman, Mark / Katinka Kleijn: Sine Nomine [Used Item] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Blurring free improvisation and compositional strategies in this encounter at the "First Meeting Series" at FAB Music Studio Chicago between New York violinist Mark Feldman and Chicago cellist Katinka Kleijn, a remarkable concert in two parts showing imaginative skills of phenomenal technical expertise and experience, instant compositions of the highest order. |
![]() Guerineau, Sylvain / Fred Marty: Parodies [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A statesman of the French free improvisation scene, Sylvain Guerineau, who has performed with Sunny Murray, Joëlle Léandre and more recently as part of a trio with Didier Lasserre and Paul Rogers, joins with next-generation double bassist Fred Marty integrating advanced techniques into lyrical contexts, for five satisfying improvisations, the last a reference to Sonny Rollins. |
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