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Spaces Unfolding + Pierre Alexandre Tremblay: Shadow Figures (Bead -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Performing together as Spaces Unfolding since 2021, the trio of Neil Metcalfe on flute, Philipp Wachsmann on violin, and Emil Karlsen on drums expands their initial focus on acoustic exploration, as heard on this debut album, with the addition of Pierre Alexandre Tremblay on electronics, blending acoustic and electronic elements to reflect on the evolving influence of technology in their sound. |
Blaser, Samuel / Marc Ducret / Peter Bruun: Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground [VINYL 10-inch] (Blaser Music -- France ) Price: $24.95 In Stock Recorded during their UK tour at Steve Winwood Studio, the Samuel Blaser Trio's with guitarist Marc Ducret and drummer Peter Bruun's 2nd official release is a limited edition 10-inch blue vinyl, featuring a haunting interpretation of Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" along with original compositions by Blaser and Ducret, ending with a dynamic collective "Jam". |
Floridis, Floros / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Ulf Mengersen: Xafnikes Synantiseis [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Legendary Greek bass clarinetist and improviser Floros Floridis, also performing on clarinet, and German double bassist Ulf Mengersen of the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra and Ensemble MIA, meet the ever-creative duo of violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues for this 6-part active studio improvisation whose title aptly translates to "Unexpected Encounters". |
Fite, Niklas / Gunter Christmann: Insisting [Used Item] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Two string improvisers in an insistent dialog of quick-witted playing using every inch of their instruments under impressive technique, between Polish-born German cellist Günter Christmann, whose legacy hails from early European Free Jazz groups including Rudiger Carl Inc, and younger generation Finnish guitarist Niklas Fite, whose playing reminds of John Russell or Derek Bailey. |
Camarasa / Foussat / Maffiolo: Seuil de Feu [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Three improvisations recorded in concert at Impromptu, in Bordeaux, France and at Cameleon, in Toulouse, between Xavier Camarasa (MILESDAVISQUINTET!) on Fender Rhodes and Jean on Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, voice & toys, with Marc Maffiolo joining on baritone saxophone for one piece at Cameleon; rich interactions of incredible texture & detail and unforeseen twists & turns. |
Bica, Carlos: 11:11 [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Assembling a new band from younger generation Portuguese improvisers — Jose Soares on alto saxophone, Eduardo Cardinho on vibraphone, and Gonçalo Neto on guitar & banjo — double bassist Carlos Bica presents original compositions along with work from Neto and collective arrangements from the ensemble, in a lyrical yet experimentally inclined album of modern jazz. |
Deschepper, Philippe / Noel Akchote: MMXXIV AD [Used Item] (Ayler -- France ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Having worked together as sidemen in various bands but never together as a duo, Ayler Records brought electric guitarists Noel Akchote and Philippe Deschepper together to record in the studio in Zurich, choosing an informed selection of jazz repertoire that includes works by each performer, and compositions from Paul Motian, Henri Texier, Steve Swallow and Ornette Coleman. |
Klein / Rosaly / Warelis: Tendresse [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Since 2020 this trio of Amsterdam-based improvisers have worked together to develop a unique free improvisational language, fueled by but not contained to jazz forms, as heard in this debut album recorded in 2022 between three ex-patriots residing in Amsterdam: German bass & contrabass clarinetist Tobias Klein, Polish pianist Marta Warelis and Chicago drummer Frank Rosaly. |
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Cristian Alvear / Juan Sebastian Lach : One for One [Used Item] (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $10.00 In Stock This album of resonant electronics with spacious pacing is beautifully rendered by Mexican electronic artist and composer Juan Sebastian Lach, who performs on computer, and Chilean electric guitarist Cristian Alvear, presenting a 2015 composition by French composer, saxophonist, and organist Jean-Luc Guionnet titled "One for One for any pitched instrument and electronics." |
Goncalves, Luisa: Under your Breath - Solo Piano Works II [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Portuguese pianist Luísa Gonçalves' second volume of solo improvisations extends her 2020 album Unno with eight new, lyrical works of succint and focused compositions that bring both her classical and improvisation skills to the foreground through beautifully structured and elegant works, ending with a lovely homage to "Bill Evans" that seemingly hangs in space. |
Gibson, Yedo: Conic Tube [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Born in São Paulo, Brazil and working in Amsterdam and Lisbon, and also part of the London Improvisers Orchestra, Yedo Gibson unleashes an album of solo improvisation on the soprano and tenor saxophones, his "conic tubes" which he uses to express the potential to change environment and energy through technically impressive, expressive playing. |
Garcia, Miguel A. / Ruben Gil: Craiceann [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Created as part of an artist-in-residence programme of Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao in 2024, Miguel A. Garc’a creates seven intricate compositions using the raw sound and rhythmic material provide by Ruben Gil, with additional material on one track from Fernando Carvalho, in a well-paced album of awe-inspiring moments of beauty and propulsive motion. |
Foussat, Jean-Marc / Guy-Frank Pellerin / Eugenio Sanna : Escale [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Four electroacoustic improvisations recorded in Italy between Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, piano, toys & voice, Guy-Franck Pellerin on saxophones & percussion, and Eugenio Sanna on amplified guitar, metal strips balloons, cellophane & voices, an album of unconventional orchestration and approach that fascinates in its unusual sonic journey. |
Foucher, Anne / Jean-Marc Foussat: Chair Ca [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Four journeys in passionately rich sound merging synthetics, acousmatic sources, field recordings and acoustic violin from the duo of Anne Foucher, who has worked with the Acousmaki collective, on violin and electronics, and Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, piano, toys and voice, captured live in 2022 at rue Floreal, in Montpellier and at rue de Genac, in Bignac, France. |
Schindler / Willers / Eriksson: Cassiber Complex [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 In Stock An extended improvisation captured in 2023 at ASIS_Klangraum in MUCCA & dasvinzenz (Munich) from the trio of long-time collaborators Eric Zwang Eriksson on drums and Udo Schindler on bass clarinet, cornet & Tubax (an Eb contrabass saxophone) with guitarist Andreas Willers of Grid Mesh, for an evolving and exploratory work of deep reflection and extreme catharsis. |
Salvo, Sofia: ROTAROTA [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Berlin-based, Buenos Aires-born saxophonist Sofia Savlo takes listeners on a tour of eight improvisations performed on the low pitched baritone saxophone, using great control & tone augmented by multiphonics and extended techniques, "rotating" through unusual approaches while engaging listeners through expressive narratives, including emulating a drunken revery. |
Rodrigues, Guilherme / Ben Bennett / Ernesto Rodrigues: This Full Mouth [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock An extraordinary meeting in Berlin, where Portuguese cellist Guilherme Rodrigues resides, with Creative Sources label leader and long-time collaborator as a father/son duo, violist Ernesto Rodrigues, joining as a trio with US percussionist Ben Bennett, known for his work with Michael Foster and Jack Wright, for an incredibly well-balanced album of unorthodox technique and creative expresion. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Luisa Goncalves / Flak / Bruno Parrinha / Miguel Mira: Nocturne [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock The title an apt description of this dreamlike improvisation guided by the piano of Luisa Gonçalves, in a quintet with Flak on acoustic guitar & ebow, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet, Miguel Mira on cello and Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, the latter adding crepuscular bird calls and whispers to this nuanced nocturnal meditation of dark ambiance and furtive encounters. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Dirk Serries / Joao Madeira / Jose Oliveira : Dripping [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock One of the core Creative Sources trios of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, João Madeira on double bass and Jose Oliveira on percussion, is extended to a quartet with Netherland's New Wave of Jazz/Vidna Obmama archtop guitarist Dirk Serries, presenting the 9-part "Dripping" series of free chamber-oriented lowercase improvisation. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Carlos Bechegas / Joao Madeira / Monsieur Trinite: Free to Open [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock On the active and experimental side of Creative Sources' acoustic configurations organized by label leader and violist Ernesto Rodrigues, this energetic chamber quartet with Carlos Bechegas on piccolo, flute & alto flute, Joao Madeira on double bass and Monsieur Trinite on percussion, explore the three-part title work through rapid action and highly textured reflection. |
Rave, Ada: In Search Of A Real World [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock A collection of sonic poems & images that are inspired by her search for a 'real world' — more tangible and less virtual — presented by Argentinian saxophonist based in Amsterdam, Ada Rave, performing on tenor, soprano & sopranino saxophones with differing preparations for each improvisation, while also being influenced by the native music of the Mapuche people and Argentinian folk music. |
Piotrowicz, Kamil / Erik Kimestad / Simon Albertsen: The President [Used Item] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $11.00 In Stock The first album from the trio of Denmark-based pianist Kamil Piotrowicz, a classically trained improviser of exceptional technical and creative power, with Copenhagen trumpeter Erik Kimestad and Norwegian drummer based in Copenhagen Simon Albertsen (Espen Berg Trio), for thirteen wonderfully intricate and exuberant pieces developed in the studio. |
Move (Gibson / Zenicola / Valinho): Free Baile - Live In Shenzen [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Move is the Lisbon-based trio of two Brazilian improvisers -- saxophonist Yedo Gibson (Eke, Naked Wolf) and electric bassist Felipe Zenicola (New Brazilian Funk, Chinese Cookie Poets) -- with Portuguese drummer João Valinho (Rodrigo Amado Refraction Quartet, Fashion Eternal), here caught live in a thrilling edge-of-your-seat concert at at B10Live in Shenzhen, China. |
Mimosa, Eric / Christian Vasseur: Les Sans-Ombre [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Duo guitar improvisations performed on archtop acoustic guitars from French guitarists Christian Vasseur and Eric Mimosa, nine improvisations recorded in the studio in Mons en Baroeul, France using impressive technique in a well-matched duo of virtuosic playing and wildly creative ideas that run the gamut from extremely energetic discussion to spacious observation. |
TriJJo (Jung-Jae Kim / Joel Haag / Henrik Wartel): Conversations with Snow [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock The Swedish trio of South Korean tenor saxophonist Jung-Jae Kim, Joel Haag on guitar and Henrik Wartel on drums, recording in the studio for a mix of five original compositions from Jung-Jae Kim, often based around a motive or idea which is developed and expanded upon by each member of the trio, and five collective improvisation borrowing from a variety of styles. |
Symbolist (Flinn / Rodrigues / Carroll): The Age Of Bronze [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Improvising collaborators, percussionist Stephen Flinn and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues join with Irish improviser and composer Roy Carroll, a member of Splitter Orchestra and who works with the amplification and signal processing of diverse objects, here the trio performing an extended improvisation of exotic and transformative sonic interaction through unusual, encompassing soundscapes of exotic and transformative sonic interaction. |
Sparkling Sessions: Copenhagen [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $10.00 In Stock The French/Danish band Sparkling Sessions merge free improvisation and experimental music styles, borrowing from outsider jazz and electronic music, with collaborations from well-known musicians including trumpeter Jac Berrocal or synth player Vincent Epplay, here in a collection of performances at the Sparkling Sound Festival in Copenhagen in 2022. |
Skerebotte Fatta / Olgierd Dokalski / Dominik Mokrzewski: Molting [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock A trio concept album from Polish free jazz players, trumpeter Olgierd Dokalski, drummer Dominik Mokrzewski and electric guitarist & alto saxophonist Jan Malkoswki, across seven pieces developing their sometimes wild collective improvisations, taking listeners from an "Egg" through "Larva", "Caterpillar", "Nymph", "Grub", "Pupa", tied together through a final Ayler-inspired "Imago". |
Sery, Christelle / Jerome Descamps: Te Ti'ama [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Translating to freedom, Te Ti'ama is the duo of French trombonist Jérôme Descamps and guitarist Christelle Séry, heard in eleven succinct improvisations that create a unique vocabulary of both active and spacious dialog, from pointillistic energy to introspective rumination, both improvisers favoring peculiar sonic events and techniques for moments of humor and awe. |
Schindler, Udo / Michel Wintsch: Tout L'ame Resumee [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Drawing on a sound poem from French poet Stéphane Malarmé published in 1875, pianist Michel Wintsch and multi-reedist Udo Schindler on bass clarinet and alto saxophone tubax (a modified contrabass saxophone) perform five expressive and assertive improvisations with titles "borrowed from Stéphane Malarmé, who sees his texts as instruments." |
Yannatou, Savina / Julius Gabriel / Agusti Fernandez / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez: In the Light Of The Current Myth [Used Item] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $11.00 In Stock During double bassist Barry Guy's time in Porto Portugal with the Blue Shroud Band, he also took time to join in the studio with a quintet of like-minded improvisors — Savina Yannatou on vocals, Julius Gabriel on tenor & baritone saxophones, Agusti Fernandez on piano, and Ramon Lopez on drums — to record this exceptional collective improv session. |
Zurria, Manuel: Fame di Vento [3 CDs] [Used Item] (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $21.00 In Stock A triple CD and 24-page booklet of recordings from Italian flutist and composer Manuel Zurria performing works by luminary composers including Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, Tashi Wada, Jürg Frey, Laurence Crane, &c., with an homage to Italian conceptual artist Alighiero Boetti, each CD punctuated with Preludes and Postludes performed with guest saxophonist Gianni Gebbia. |
Hevleticus (Samuel Blaser / Daniel Humair / Heiri Kanzig): Our Way [Used Item] (Blaser Music -- Switzerland ) Price: $10.00 In Stock A trio of all-star European jazz performers from three generations — drummer Daniel Humair (85), bass player Heiri Kanzig (66) and trombonist Samuel Blaser (42) — in their second album after 2020's album 1291, for a mixture of original compositions and standards including Monk's "Jackie-ing" & "Bemsha Swing", Ellington's "Creole Love Song" & "Tiger Rag". |
Elephant9 with Terje Rypdal: Catching Fire [VINYL 2 LPs] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $39.95 In Stock Recorded live in Oslo, the Norwegian jazz-rock trio Elephant9 of Torstein Lofthus (drums), Nikolai Haengsle (bass) and Stale Storlokken (keys) join with legendary guitarist Terje Rypdal, channeling the intensity of bands like King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra as they blend and evolve layered psychedelia with angular improvisation for a raw, electric fusion experience. |
Elephant9 with Terje Rypdal: Catching Fire (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Recorded live in Oslo, the Norwegian jazz-rock trio Elephant9 of Torstein Lofthus (drums), Nikolai Haengsle (bass) and Stale Storlokken (keys) join with legendary guitarist Terje Rypdal, channeling the intensity of bands like King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra as they blend and evolve layered psychedelia with angular improvisation for a raw, electric fusion experience. |
Dorner, Axel / Oliver Schwerdt / Julian Sartorius: Jul Fuel (Euphorium -- Germany ) Price: $17.95 In Stock The title refers to the dynamic addition of drummer and percussionist Julian Sartorius, whose energy injects 'jet fuel' into this bassless, windless trio's live 2021 performance at naTo in Leipzig, Germany, with Euphorium label leader Oliver Schwerdt igniting the grand piano and Axel Dörner's thrillingly unconventional slide trumpet playing adding to the burn & mdash; exceptional! |
Vasseur / Serries: Floating Similarities (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock French guitarist Christian Vasseur, known for his explorative approach and use of unique instruments like the archlute and electric 10-string lap-steel guitar, joins Dirk Serries (A New Wave of Jazz, Vidna Obmana), who employs an archtop guitar with bow and objects in this live-recorded album at Kapel Oude Klooster in Belgium, featuring seven chamber-like duets that weave resonant, tension-filled acoustic textures with surreal and exotic elements. |
Schindler, Udo / Rieko Okuda / Eric Zwang Eriksson: Disturbed Terrains [2 CDs] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 Out of Stock ""... it's not about cleaning the music from the non-music or trying to destroy all disturbing noises, but to perceive the music as such, which exists in the midst of the noise of life. The more open the ear is to everything audible, th... |
Hunter Underwater (Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Kohn / Lin): Archipelago (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock In their second release, the Hunter Underwater quartet of four cellists — Guilherme Rodrigues (Portugal), Gábor Hartyáni (Budapest), Guido Kohn (Buenos Aires), and Hui-Chun Lin (Taiwan) — record at Berlin's Zentrifuge, creating sound sculptures and landscapes with layered harmonics and dynamic interplay through composition and improvisation. |
Garcia, Miguel A. / Fernando Carvalho: Siamese (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Developed as part of the 2024 artist-in-residence program at Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao, this series of nine electroacoustic compositions by Miguel A. García and Fernando Carvalho blends rhythms, synthesizers, and Carvalho's field recordings, all manipulated and transformed by García into distinct sonic worlds, each unveiling or making curious mysteriously fascinating sources. |
Rodrigues / Torres / Hencleeday / Santos: Synopsis (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Recorded live during the Creative Sources Cycle at Lisbon's Cossoul on May 2, 2024, this collaboration brings together Ernesto Rodrigues (viola, crackle box), Nuno Torres (alto saxophone), Andre Hencleeday (piano), and Carlos Santos (modular synth) in a delicate journey of reductionist improvisation, blending acoustic and electronic textures to craft an intricate, lower-case performance of subtle sonic dialogues and dynamic restraint. |
Parker / Costa / Ernstring: Pulsar (NoBusiness -- Poland ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Rotterdam-based collaborators, alto saxophonist Hugo Costa and drummer Philipp Ernsting, invite legendary bassist William Parker to join them in a Netherlands studio for threeimprovisations that emphasize emotional spontaneity and raw intensity, creating music that finds beauty in exploration and a transformative journey through expressive conversation. |
Attic, The / Eve Risser (Amado / Almeida / Govaert / Risser): La Grande Crue (NoBusiness -- Poland ) Price: $16.95 In Stock The title translating to The Great Flood, French Pianist Eve Risser joins the trio of Rodrigo Amado on tenor saxophone, Goncalo Almeida on double bass, Onno Govaert on drums, aka The Attic, for a collective interpretation in four parts of a vividly descriptive prose piece titled "ANGLE" by Portuguese essayist, poet, writer, novelist Nuno Júdice (1949-2024). |
Sanna, Claudio: Compositori Sardi Contemporanei II [2 CDs] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 In Stock The second volume in pianist and composer Claudio Sanna exploration of composers, improviser and experimenters from Sardinia, in a wonderfully diverse set of works and performances from Sanna himself, Anna Zeriotto (double bass), Federico Nicoletta (piano), Leoardo Zunica (piano), Sandro Mungianu (live electronics), and Paolo Pastorino (live electronics). |
Fox, Christopher : Music For Piano [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock Six compositions for solo piano written by English composer Christopher Fox between 1991 and 2015, performed by Netherlands pianist John Snijders at Abbey Road Studios in London, each work uniquely approached in both writing and performance, each a concept or style that brings something unique to Fox's music while still retaining his voice and character in composition. |
Polwechsel / Klaus Lang: Unseen [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock The innovative acoustic free improvising ensemble Polwechsel, bridging contemporary music and free improvisation in ways that sound deceptively electroacoustic and comprised of Michael Moser on cello, Werner Dafeldecker on double bass, and Martin Brandlmayr & Burkhard Beins on cymbals & percussion, are joined by Klaus Lang performing on the church organ of St. Lambrecht's Abbey. |
Haubensak, Edu / Tomas Korber: Works For Guitar & Percussion by Buck-Wolfarth [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock Active since 2010, the German/Swiss duo of classical guitarist Christian Buck and improviser Christian Wolfarth occupies a space between music and sound art, as they perform two works each by Ed Haubensak and Tomas Korber, pieces that make use of time, microharmonies, multiphonics, unusual tuning systems, interference patterns, and other conceptual approaches to music. |
Wegmann, Judith: Le Souffle Du Temps II - Reflexion [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock Through preparations, computers, contact microphones, gongs, feedback and other tools, Swiss pianist, composer & improviser Judith Wegmann's work transform the sound of the piano into an otherworldly instrument, set against more traditional acoustic pieces of a reflective nature, together creating a conceptual set of ten pieces in a uniquely flexible approach. |
Hope, Cat / Erkki Veltheim: Works For Travelled Pianos [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock As part of her Colonial Piano Project, Australian pianist Gabriella Smart commissioned and performs "Kaps Freed" by Cat Hope, a contemplation of composer Percy Grainger's Free Music ideals, with Stuart James on electronics; and the alliterative "Two New Proposals for an Overland Telegraph Line ..." by Erkki Veltheim, inspired by the 1st piano to arrive in Alice Springs, AU. |
Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin and George Lewis: S/T [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock The innovative string trio of Daniel Studer on double bass, Harald Kimmig on violin, and Alfred Zimmerlin on cello, develop focused environments of timbre, texture, dynamic and space, seemingly abstract yet incredibly concentrative and virtuosic interaction, here joined by Chicago trombonist and electronics artist George Lewis adding a 4th profound layer to their incredible conversation. |
Studer, Daniel (w/ Kimmig / Loriot / Zimmerlin / Zoubek): Extended: For Strings & Piano [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock A live album at Kunstraum Walcheturm from Swiss double bassist Daniel Studer's quintet of strings and piano, with Harald Kimmig on violin, Frantz Loriot on viola, Alfred Zimmerlin on violoncello, and Philip Zoubek on piano, performing an inventive set of Studer compositions extending string improvisation to extremes through unorthodox structures and techniques. |
Lossing, Russ Trio: Ways [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock An essential part of the New York jazz scene since the mid-80s, pianist Russ Lossing's compositions employ concept and space in unique and personal ways, as heard in these 8 original works performed with his trio of long-time collaborators, double bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Billy Mintz, for an album of highly evolved and lyrically sophisticated music. |
Koglmann, Franz Septet (w / Clark / Arcari / D'Agaro / Turkovic / Pasztor / Herbert): Fruits Of Solitude [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock With a superb septet of improvisers also versed in contemporary music, trumpeter Franz Koglmann presents sophisticated compositions that interject the concept of "solitude" in the three-part title track, alongside Koglmann compositions and Jimmy Giuffre's "Finger Snapper", using striking orchestration of trumpet, sax, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, french horn, cello and double bass. |
Kleeb, Hildegard / Roland Dahinden / Alexandre Babel: Lines [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock The long-running duo since 1987 of spouses, pianist Hildegard Kleeb and trombonist Roland Dahinden, are joined by Swiss-born/ Berlin-based percussionist & vibraphonist Alexandre Babel for an album of interweaving and contrasting instrumental lines, blurring the boundaries between contemporary music and improvisation through exceptional mastery and dialog. |
von Orelli, Marco / Tommy Meier / Luca Sisera / Sheldon Suter: Lotus Crash [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock Trumpeter Marco von Orelli's piano-less quartet with Tommy Meier on tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, Luca Sisera on double bass, and Sheldon Suter on drums is caught live at Theater am Gleis, in Winterthur, Switzerland in 2018, and at Boudoir au Revoir, the same year, performing von Orelli's compellingly clever compositions, plus one each from Adam lane and Tommy Meier. |
Inoue, Satoko: Presents Jo Kondo's New Works For Piano [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock The second album of piano works from Japanese composer Jo Kondo performed by pianist Satoko Inoue--a noted interpreter of solo works by Feldman, Ferrari, and Cage--here presenting all of Kondo's works for solo piano written from 2001 to 2012, alongside two early works from 1975, exploring a wealth of harmonic, rhythmic, and conceptual ideas from a diversity of projects. |
Wolfarth, Christian : 39 / Part IV - VI (Hiddenbell Records -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An engaging album of solo percussion that start like a vortex of clocks ticking, and then draws the listener into an amazing journey of unique percussive expression, timbre, rhythm and subtle transitions, the second album in Swiss percussionist Christian Wolfarth's 39 series, presenting Parts IV - VI of his works exploring the relationships between 3, 9 & 39. |
AALY Trio (Gustafsson / Nordeson / Janson): Sustain (Silkheart -- USA ) Price: $16.95 In Stock AALY Trio, named as a reference to Albert Ayler, is Mats Gustafsson (winds), Kjell Nordeson (bass), and Peter Janson (drums), who began their journey in Sweden in the 1980s, drawing significant influence from Chicago's creative scene in the 90s, and reuniting now with the same incendiary energy and deep rapport, captured in 11 composed and collective works. |
Rose, Jon / Mark Dresser: Band Width (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two phenomenal string players improvising remotely across two continents using SonoBus real-time streaming software: former Downtown NY pioneering double bassist Mark Dresser, now located in San Diego, and Australian violinist Jon Rose positioned between the Australian deserts at Alice Springs, presenting eight recordings from their animated and inspired intertwining. |
Williams, Jamison: The Lesser Key of Solomon-Bael (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Appropriately recorded at Le Sauvage Cathedral in France, the region name dating to the legend of a wild woman who only ate raw meat, had a double row of teeth, lived under a rocky promontory and was buried by a landslide, as baritone saxophonist Jamison Williams darkly burns in an extended improvisation of outside technique while referencing the Lemegeton, a 17th century book of magic. |
Lauro, Audrey: Prose Metallique (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Versed in jazz and contemporary composed music, Belgian alto saxophonist Audrey Lauro embarks on a solo journey with seven saxophone improvisations, using 'everyday objects' to prepare her instrument and close-microphone placement to create an intimate sound space, exploring 'the area where voice and instrument converge'. |
Butcher, John / Florian Stoffner / Chris Corsano: The Glass Changes Shape (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A remarkable concert in 2023 at The Loft in Cologne, Germany, a superb example of collective free improvisation using extraordinary and masterful technique between UK saxophonist John Butcher, Swiss guitarist Florian Stoffner and NY drummer Chris Corsano, also performing on half clarinet; nine conversations of sophisticated and astute communication. |
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Cristian Alvear / Juan Sebastian Lach : One for One (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock This album of resonant electronics with spacious pacing is beautifully rendered by Mexican electronic artist and composer Juan Sebastian Lach, who performs on computer, and Chilean electric guitarist Cristian Alvear, presenting a 2015 composition by French composer, saxophonist, and organist Jean-Luc Guionnet titled "One for One for any pitched instrument and electronics." |
AMM (Prevost / Tilbury): Aura (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Recorded in Turkey in 2016, this extended improvisation features a core duo from later AMM configurations — percussionist Eddie Prévost and pianist John Tilbury, who also performs on harpsichord — captured in the exceptional acoustics of The Sibelius Museum concert hall where the intimate setting elicits profound, beautifully recorded dialogue between these two masterful performers. |
Kanngiesser / Prevost / Wright: Splendid Nettle (High Laver Levitations Volume 3) (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock The third volume in the High Laver Levitations series that started with the duo of John Butcher and Eddie Prévost, continued with Silvan Schmid, Tom Wheatley & Prévost, now presents Ute Kanngiesser on cello, Seymour Wright on alto sax, and Eddie Prévost on drum kit, recording two extended improvisations that explore the resonant acoustics of All Saints Church in High Laver, Essex. |
Wegmann, Judith / Jens Ruland / Robert Torche: Kon.Takte (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Surrounding the realization of Karlheinz Stockhausen's ground-breaking work of electronic music and acoustic improvisation, Kontakte, performed by Judith Wegmann (piano) Jens Ruland (percussion) & Robert Torche (electronics), are Antoine Chessex's exploratory score Geschichte der Gewalt, applying improvisation to frequency and form, and the improvised prelude from all three: Spiegelungen. |
Flinn, Stephen / Bryan Eubanks : Stephen Flinn / Bryan Eubanks (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A live performance of acoustic improvisation augmented by electronics between Stephen Flinn and Bryan Eubanks, Flinn bringing percussion and gongs to the stage while Eubanks performs on saxophone and electronics, over a 30 minute dialog they coax out unusual cries, squeals and utterance of confident sonic force evolved through improvisational restraint; compelling and mysterious. |
Fite, Niklas / Gunter Christmann: Insisting (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two string improvisers in an insistent dialog of quick-witted playing using every inch of their instruments under impressive technique, between Polish-born German cellist Günter Christmann, whose legacy hails from early European Free Jazz groups including Rudiger Carl Inc, and younger generation Finnish guitarist Niklas Fite, whose playing reminds of John Russell or Derek Bailey. |
ONCEIM (Orchestre de Nouvelles Creations, Experimentations et Improvisations Musicales: Laminaire (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock ONCEIM is the French ensemble of over 30 distinguished musicians directed by Frédéric Blondy, drawing on jazz, free improv, experimental and contemporary music as they evolve impressively detailed works from subtle restraint to controlled swells, heard in live performances from 2018 at Eglise Saint-Merry in Paris and at La Muse en Circuit in 2020, plus a 3rd studio session from 2020. |
Hubbub (Blondy / Denzler / Guionnet / Mariage / Perraud): abb abb abb (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With prior albums on For4Ears and Matchless, the French electroacoustic (with an emphasis on "acoustic") free improvising quartet Hubbub of Frédéric Blondy (piano), Bertrand Denzler (tenor sax), Jean-Luc Guionnet (alto sax), Jean-Sébastien Mariage (guitar), and Edward Peraud (percussion) present two extended, perfectly paced improvisations of stunning interplay and incredible technique. |
SORBD (Steyer / Dyberg / Okuda / Robler / Borges): Wild Peacock In Transit (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Each of the 5 members of this band bring a composition to this 2022 live recording at Kuhlspot Social Club in Berlin, along with four collective improvisations, in the impressive debut of the acronym-named band SORBD, signifying Edith Steyer on Bb clarinet, Mia Dyberg on alto saxophone, Rieko Okuda on piano, Isabel Rossler on bass, and Sofia Borges on drums & percussion. |
Lacy, Steve: The Classic Albums [4 CDs] (Enlightenment -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A 4-CD box set collecting 8 albums under Steve Lacy's name from 1957 to 1965, with sidement including Don Cherry, Mal Waldron, Kent Carter, Carla Bley, Louis Moholo, &c: Soprano Sax; Reflections; The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy; Evidence; Disposability; Jazz Realities; Sortie;The Forest and the Zoo. |
Merce, Sergio: Prosa (Hitorri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Buenos Aires sound artist & saxophonist Sergio Merce presents his third album on the Hitorri label, in two pieces recorded between 2023-24: "Segundo Paisaje", an organized composition using wind synthesizer, virtual instruments & field recordings; and "Glissotar" using a new wind instrument designed for extreme glissando effects, joined with wind synth & electronics. |
Yamauchi, Katsura / Jason Kahn: Time Between (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Two itinerant and unique performers in solo and small group configurations--Japanese saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi, who has recorded & performed with Voice Crack, Tatsuya Nakatani, Otomo Yoshihide, &c. &c., and Swiss electroacoustic improviser Jason Kahn--meet during Kahn's 2023 visit to Japan, recording these perceptively subtle duos live at HALL, in Oita and at IAF SHOP, in Hakata. |
Davies, Rhodri / Pierre Gerard: la montagne change le paysage (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A fascinating free improvising string duo of textures and sonic interaction from UK harpist Rhodri Davies and Belgian guitarist Pierre Gerard, Davies performing on pedal harp and Gerard on acoustic guitar, though the results feel downright electronic through masterful control of their instruments, eliciting sustain, pitch & amplitude changes as they weave unique and compelling tapestries. |
Murayama, Seijiro / Jean-Luc Guionnet: Balcony Inside (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Paris-based musician Seijiro Murayama (percussion, voice) and French alto sax and organ player Jean-Luc Guionnet continue their collaboration with this 2023 recording of a 50-minute performance at the Taborkirche church in Berlin, using the resonance of the space to expand Murayama's snare drum, cymbal and voice in tandem with Guionnet's improvisation on the pipe organ. |
Deschepper, Philippe / Noel Akchote: MMXXIV AD (Ayler -- France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Having worked together as sidemen in various bands but never together as a duo, Ayler Records brought electric guitarists Noel Akchote and Philippe Deschepper together to record in the studio in Zurich, choosing an informed selection of jazz repertoire that includes works by each performer, and compositions from Paul Motian, Henri Texier, Steve Swallow and Ornette Coleman. |
Stemeseder / Lillinger Quartet w/ Peter Evans & Russell Hall: Umbra II (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Austrian pianist Elias Stemeseder and German percussionist Christian Lillinger expand their partnership into a quartet with brilliant New York trumpeter Peter Evans and double bassist Russell Hall, in this all-acoustic follow-up to their 2023 album Umbra in 13 avant jazz compositions, inventively lyrical and unpredictably impressive, recorded in the warmth of the Van Gelder studios. |
Dunmall, Paul / Tobias Delius / Olie Brice / Mark Sanders: No Better Than The Butcher Bird (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock With two reeds--Paul Dunmall on tenor & soprano saxophones & clarinet, and tenor saxophonist & clarinetist Tobias Delius--and the masterful rhythm section of Olie Brice on double bass and Mark Sanders on drums, this superb collective quartet leverages the long relationships between players, particularly the trio of Sanders/Brice/Delius and Dunmall & Sanders' extensive work together. |
Bradford, Bobby / Frode Gjerstad / William Roper / Alex Cline : Frice (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Featuring distinctively voiced collective free improvisation, this transatlantic quartet recording on the West Coast brings together legendary musicians Frode Gjerstad on alto saxophone and clarinet, and Bobby Bradford on cornet, alongside contemporary classical and improvising tuba virtuoso William Roper and drummer Alex Cline, delivering five dynamic improvisations with remarkable direction. |
Perelman, Ivo / Aruan Ortiz / Ramon Lopez: Ephemeral Shapes (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An energetic set of collective studio improvisations between three transatlatic travelers — Brazilian-born / New York-based tenor saxophonist Ivo Perlman, Cuban-born / Brooklyn-based pianist Aruán Ortiz and Spanish-born / French-based drummer Ramon Lopez — recording in Barcelona for eight substantial conversations of vivacious and expressive free jazz. |
Fictional Souvenirs (Thomas / Butcher / Solberg): Volatile Object (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Following their 2019 Astral Spirits album Fictional Souvenirs , the trio of Pat Thomas on piano & electronics, John Butcher on saxophones and Stale Liavik Solberg on drums take that album's title as their trio's moniker, releasing this exceptional second album of four insightful collective conversations captured live at Cafe Oto, in London in 2023. |
Arashi With Takeo Moriyama: Tokuzo [VINYL 2 LPs] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $41.95 In Stock The trio of Japanese saxophone legend Akira Sakata with the Scandinavian rhythm section of Johan Berthling on double bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, plus a second drummer with Takeo Moriyama (Yosuke Yamashita Trio), perform six wildly exciting improvisations, Sakata's vocalizations at times pushing the band as they are heard live in this 2019 recording at Tokuzo in Nagoya, Japan. |
Arashi With Takeo Moriyama: Tokuzo (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 In Stock The trio of Japanese saxophone legend Akira Sakata with the Scandinavian rhythm section of Johan Berthling on double bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, plus a second drummer with Takeo Moriyama (Yosuke Yamashita Trio), perform six wildly exciting improvisations, Sakata's vocalizations at times pushing the band as they are heard live in this 2019 recording at Tokuzo in Nagoya, Japan. |
Fennesz: Venice 20 (20th Anniversary Edition) (Touch -- UK ) Price: $18.95 In Stock 20th anniversary reissue of Fennesz's 2004 release Venice, as a deluxe version remastered by Denis Blackham, with new and extra tracks not on the previous CD or vinyl versions, in a DVD-format with a booklet of texts by Fennesz, Denis Blackham, and Jon Wozencroft, photographs from the 2004 sessions, and David Sylvian's original handwritten lyrics for "Transit." |
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Ayler, Albert: Summertime To Spiritual Unity, Revisited
Thing, The (Gustafsson / McPhee / Haker Flaten / Nilssen-Love): She Knows...
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Rivers, Sam Trio: Archive Series. Volume 6 - Caldera
Shipp, Matthew : Invisible Light, Live Sao Paulo
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Van Hove, Fred / Roger Turner: The Corner
Koch, Hans / Paul Lovens: Nephlokokkygia 1992
Big Bad Brotzmann Quintet: Bambule!
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Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
Lossing, Russ Trio: Ways
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