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Attias, Michael (Attias / Leibson / Pavolka / Ferber / Hoffman): Quartet Music Vol. I: LuMiSong (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With an ear to detail, Michaël Attias spent a year mixing and refining these four tracks, recorded after a post-pandemic concert at Barbes in Brooklyn, bringing to light four intricately melodic compositions performed with Michael Attias on alto sax, Santiago Leibson on piano & Wurli, Matt Pavolka on bass, Mark Ferber on drums and Christopher Hoffman on cello. |
Expanse: Bailiwick (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock This session at Evil Clown Headquarters brings together a sextet featuring PEK, Michael Knoblach, Robin Amos, Bob Moores, Tony Leva, and Jonathan LaMaster, blending horns, strings, electronics, and percussion to create a richly textured improvisational journey, highlighting deep connections within the Boston improvisation scene and showcasing dynamic interactions shaped by both past collaborations and new encounters. |
Leap of Faith: Logical Consequences (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Originally planned as an Axioms session, this Leap of Faith performance features PEK, Glynis Lomon, Chris Alford, Albey onBass, Vance Provey, Jose Arroyo, and Michael Knoblach, who transformed a dynamic sextet improvisation into a rich exploration of sonorities, blending wind, strings, percussion, and electronics to create a spontaneous, evolving soundscape marked by deep listening and adaptability. |
Dixon, Bill w/ Archie Shepp, 7-Tette and Orchestra: Revisited [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Reissuing three essential album from trumpeter Bill Dixon's work in the 60's, first his 1962 album with saxophonist Archie Shepp in configurations of trio & quartet; then Dixon's septet album from 1964 in two compositions; and his orchestra album from 1967, showing the evolution of the trumpeter's work, approach to soloing, and his unique sense of orchestration. |
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". |
Sorey, Tyshawn (w/ Diehl / Ragahavan): The Susceptible Now [VINYL] (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Covering favorite compositions, drummer Tyshawn Sorey arranges works from artists recent and classic, including McCoy Tyner ("Peresina"), Joni Mitchell ("A Chair in the Sky"), Brad Mehldau ("Bealtine"), or Vividry ("Your Good Lies"), performed with double bassist Harish Raghavan and pianist Aaron Diehl and recorded in the studio after developing each piece in live performance at The Village Vanguard. |
McNeill, Michael (w/ Susan Alcorn / Dave Ballou / Shelly Purdy): Barcode Poetry (Infrasonic Press -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock After their 2022 tour, the quartet of Michael McNeill on piano, Susan Alcorn on pedal steel guitar, Dave Ballou on trumpet, and Shelly Purdy on vibraphone and percussion recorded seven studio improvisations composed by McNeill, using a compositional framework inspired by the black and white keys of the piano (the 'barcode') to fuel their poetic and expressive impulses. |
Sun Ra: Berkeley Lecture, 1971 [Used Item] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock In 1971 as Sun Ra's deal with ABC Impulse! introduced him and his Arkestra to a wider audience, Sun Ra, aka Herman Poole Blount, accepted a lectureship at University of California, Berkeley, teaching a class titled "The Black Man and the Cosmos" heard in this half hour lecture with a solo piano rendering of "Love in Outer Space," and a 16 minute wild Moog solo. |
Attias, Michael (Attias / Leibson / Pavolka / Ferber / Hoffman): Quartet Music Vol. I: LuMiSong [VINYL] [Used Item] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $14.40 In Stock With an ear to detail, Michaël Attias spent a year mixing and refining these four tracks, recorded after a post-pandemic concert at Barbes in Brooklyn, bringing to light four intricately melodic compositions performed with Michael Attias on alto sax, Santiago Leibson on piano & Wurli, Matt Pavolka on bass, Mark Ferber on drums and Christopher Hoffman on cello. |
Colon, Alfredo (Colon / Korten / Williams / Parks): Blood Burden (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Alfredo Colon's debut album presents an engaging set of enthusiastic works rooted in the blues tradition, featuring a cover of Delta blues singer Son House and performed with his Brooklyn quartet: Lex Korten (piano, Klavins Una Corda), Steve Williams (upright bass), and Connor Parks (drums), blending lyrical expression and balanced dynamics. |
Warren, Kenny (Warren / Hoffman / Ellman): Sweet World [VINYL] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $19.95 In Stock New York trumpeter Kenny Warren leads a trio with cellist Christopher Hoffman and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell through eighteen Warren compositions that draw on diverse musical elements from around the globe — without being 'world music' — crafting succinct, creatively engaging works marked by eclectic references, unconventional time signatures, and a free-flowing lyrical spirit. |
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. |
Dijkstra / McBride / Rosenthal + (Bishop / Prentky / Lowe): Porchbone [Used Item] (Driff Records -- USA ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Active since 2016, The "Bone" in PorchBone is heard in the three trombonists who join the trio of bassist Nate McBride, drummer Eric Rosenthal, and saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra, who composed 7 of the 8 pieces on this album (Duke Ellington is the 8th, and the inspiration for their sound along with Sun Ra), with trombonists Jeb Bishop, Michael Prentky & Bill Lowe. |
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. |
Baars, Girilal / Ernesto Rodrigues / Carlos Santos / Monsieur Trinite : Surrealistisk [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Three surreal improvisations with an hallucinatory edge, drawn into a dreamlike nature by the free vocals of Girilal Baars (Girilal Baars Trio, Äijä), from a 2024 concert at COSMOS in Lisbon, PT with Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, Carlos Santos on electronics and Monsieur Trinite on percussion; unconventional electroacoustic incantatory interactions. |
Axioms: Extensions To Infinity [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Axioms is based around the core trio of Boston multi-reedist, percussionist and composer David Peck, and Cecil Taylor associates Albey onBass (on bass) and poet Jane SpokenWord, here in a performance with collective core cellist & aquasonic performer Glynis Lomon, and guest improviser from New Orleans, Chris Alford on guitar, stomp box and percussion. |
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. |
Jackson, Tom / T.J. Borden: Parr's Ditch [Used Item] (Confront -- UK ) Price: $9.00 In Stock London clarinetist Tom Jackson, active in both free improvisation and contemporary classical music, meets with cellist Tyler J. Borden, who concentrates on the extremes of his instrument through unusual and extended techniques, interpret one of London's "lost rivers"--Parr's Ditch--in three extended, interpretative improvisations of powerful impressions. |
Hubback, Steve: The Last Free City [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Also known as Metal Moves, Welsh improvising drummer/percussionist and instrument-maker Steve Hubback creates metallic sculptures that he performs on alongside drums, gongs, bells & cymbals, this new album presenting three extended recording for sound sculpture and percussion, particularly the mesmerizing title track featuring a mobile sound sculpture made of aluminium. |
Gleaming Shard (Wang / Bryerton): Mirrors in Light Diamonds [Used Item] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Sculpted sonics through prepared guitars, electronics, synthetics, drums, gongs, metal and percussion, the Chicago duo Gleaming Shards of guitarist Da Wei Wang and drummer Jerome Bryerton, both veterans of improvisation, experimental and avant rock groups, evoke the album title and group name through shimmering and subtly shifting expanses of sound and punctuated movement. |
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. |
Feichtmair / Kolibri / Krist / Novotny / Proll / Winter / Winter: Adschi [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock A septet of German improvisers recording in Ulrichsberg, embracing both ea- and acoustic instrumentation that borders on free jazz but takes things a bit farther, with free vocals from Mara Kolibri adding unusual asides and narrative around highly intertwining sax, trombone, cello, electric guitar, percussion, glitch and electronics; unique and engaging. |
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. |
Rotor (Rodrigues / Torres / Santos): Impulses And Signals [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Seven studio improvisations from frequent collaborators Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, Nuno Torres on alto saxophone and Carlos Santos on digital electronics, quiet conversations of subtle and extended technique that adhere to the session title, emulating electronic impulses and signals through understated and impeccably controlled acoustic and electronic expression. |
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. |
Metal Chaos Ensemble: Insanity Is Contagious [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Metal Chaos Ensemble was formed in 2015 by reedist & percussionist David Peck and drummer Yuri Zbitnov as a working project to explore chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments with a rock sensibility; drummer Steve Niemitz now holds the drum chair, and the band is a prolific sextet with saxophonist Michael Caglione, trumpeter Bob Moores, synth player Eric Woods and guitarist Mike Gruen. |
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. |
Terrazas, Wilfrido / Kyle Motl: Seven Gifts [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Seven Gifts as an offering through seven improvisations between double bassist Kyle Motl (Peter Kuhn Trio, Kyle Motl Trio) and Mexican flutist Wilfrido Terrazas, transforming their instruments through texture and tone to draw imagistic and free flowing stories in each conversation, applying unique and evocative approaches to their dialogs. |
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." |
Warpeha, Zosha : Silver Dawn [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock A beautifully contemplative collection of vignettes performed on solo Hardanger d'amore, a sympathetic-stringed relative of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle, from Brooklyn improviser and composer Zosha Warpeha, in 13 works of thoughtfully spacious playing utilizing the resonance and rich texture of the Hardanger fiddle, seemingly suspending time despite beguiling momentum. |
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. |
Playfield: Magic Heart [Used Item] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock The 2nd studio album from Daniel Carter's collective Playfield, which started with outdoor performances to allow NYC's auditory ambience to infiltrate and orchestrate their sound; here the octet ensemble brings in field recordings of diverse outdoor elements including cicadas, ice-cream trucks, &c., along with electronic effects to expand their take on free-flowing electric jazz. |
Teiku (Harlow / Taylor / Shahid / Formanek / Leafar): Teiku [Used Item] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Teiku, a Talmudic acronym that roughly translates to "unanswered question", was co-founded by pianist Josh Harlow and percussionist Jonathan Barahal Taylor to explore each of their family's unique Passover vocal melodies through improvisation and sonic exploration, performed in a quintet with Art Ensemble/Sun Ra bassist Jaribu Shahid and reedists Peter Formanek & Rafael Leafar. |
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". |
Cunningham, Alex / Eli Wallace : The Terrible Habit Of Theatre [VINYL] (Storm Cellar / Personal Archives -- USA ) Price: $22.95 In Stock St. Louis violinist Alex Cunningham and Brooklyn pianist Eli Wallace debut as a duo with five extended improvisations, engaging in dynamic conversations that explore rapid melodic passages, complemented by textural piano preparations, creating diverse soundscapes ranging from intense energy to moments of thoughtful, unhurried interaction. |
Ughi, Federico (Ughi / Musson / Lane): Transoceanico (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock "Transoceanico" signifies the global reach of Rome, Italy-born improvising drummer Federico Ughi, celebrating 20 years since his first album recorded in London while residing there, leading to his current Brooklyn launchpad for many global tours and albums, this impressive LP realized in a superb free jazz trio with bassist Adam Lane and tenor saxophonist Rachel Musson. |
Thumbscrew (Halvorson / Fujiwara / Formanek: Wingbeats (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The eighth album from the Thumbscrew trio of Tomas Fujiwara on drums & vibraphone, Michael Formanek on double bass and Mary Halvorson on guitar, developed during the trio's three-week residency in Pittsburgh for the community-based City of Asylum project, each member contributing three compositions, along with Charles Mingus' "Orange was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk". |
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! |
Kira Kira (Fujii / Tamura / Spence / Yoshida): Kira Kira Live (Alister Spence Music -- Australia ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Picking up from their 2018 album Bright Force, the quartet of Libra label leaders Satoko Fujii on piano and Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, with Australian improviser Alister Spence on Fender Rhodes electric piano, and now with Magaibutsu/Ruins legend Tatsuya Yoshida on drums, are heard in two wildly powerful 2024 concerts at Koendori Classics in Tokyo and at Jazz Inn Lovely, Nagoya, with compositions from each member. |
Sentient Beings (O'Gallagher / Brackenbury / Pope / Bianco): Truth Is Not The Enemy [Used Item] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Four singular improvisors from the US and UK -- Faith Heleene Brackenbury on violin, John O'Gallagher on alto sax, Anthony Bianco on drums, and John Pope on bass -- are heard in this live performance of spiritually rich, intellectually deep and powerfully articulate collective free jazz, captured live in 2024 at The Vortex, in London, UK in two extended conversations. |
Pet The Tiger: Hail The Traveler (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Bay Area instrument inventor David Samas leads Pet The Tiger, a collective ensemble primarily of instrument inventors, augmented with original ceramic flutes and occasionally Samas' voice, the unique quality of their sound recalling Harry Partch or Harry Bertoia, here in four major works of multiple parts performed in a mixture of composed and improvised approaches; fascinating. |
Tungu: Successful Utilization of Elements (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A series of 19 wide-ranging duets between Sergey Senchuk, aka Tungu, who performs on voice, acoustic bass, field recording & sampling, and an impressive set of international improvisers, including Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Jaap Blonk (voice), Gunda Gottschalk (violin), Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Sainkho Namtchylak (voice), Xavier Charles (clarinet & processing), &c. |
Rodrigues / Gratkowski / Rodrigues / Griener: Unstable Molecules (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Bridging jazz and contemporary forms, this 2024 live recording of four improvisations at Berlin's Kuhlspot Social Club channels collective power with chamber jazz influences, showcasing the refined techniques and deep experience of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Frank Gratkowski on clarinets and alto saxophone, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Michael Griener on percussion. |
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 / Sa / Rocha / Rodrigues / Silva / Varela / Goncalves / Flak / Trindade: Mimesis (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Primarily an acoustic ensemble of nine improvisers led by Ernesto Rodrigues on viola — including saxophonist Joana Sá, percussionist Monsieur Trindade, guitarist Flak, and pianist Luisa Gonçalves — performs a live, extended improvisation of tightly controlled, deeply detailed conversation as part of the 2024 Creative Sources Cycle in Lisbon. |
Chemical Expansion League, The (Bohman / Lynch / Northover / Mengersen): Salute To The Rabid Raspberry (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock The UK-based Chemical Expansion League of Adam Bohman (prepared strings, voice), Adrian Northover (sax, theremin, wasp synth), Sue Lynch (sax, clarinet, flute), and Ulf Mengersen (bowed & prepared double bass) present thirteen mostly succinct and eccentric improvisations that oscillate between sanity and absurdity, punctuated by industrial elements, bent tones, and surreal soundscapes. |
Miller, Kevin / Dan Blake: At First Light (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock ... |
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. |
Lisbon String Trio & Carlos Santos: Cobra (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock The Lisbon String Trio — Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Miguel Mira (cello) and Alvaro Rosso(double bass) — collaborates with Carlos Santos (electronics, modular synth) to create a sophisticated, assertive set that enriches the trio's soundscape with nuanced electronic textures, building on the trio's nearly telepathic coordination and harmonic depth, blending physicality and subtle electronics to evoke mysterious, wave-like motifs and dynamic subtlety. |
Blythe, Arthur Quartet (Blythe / Booth / Abdullah / Reid): Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 2 (NoBusiness -- Poland ) Price: $16.95 In Stock One of alto saxophonist and composer Arthur Blythe's earliest recordings as a leader, this 1976 session at Sam & Bea Rivers' Studio Rivbea in New York City features four Blythe compositions performed by an exemplary quartet: Steve Reid on drums, frequent Blythe collaborator Muhammad Abdullah on congas, and long-time Sun Ra bassist Juini Booth. |
Futterman, Joel: Innervoice (NoBusiness -- Poland ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Joel Futterman delivers a coherent and expansive studio performance presented in three parts, seamlessly weaving beautiful melodic passages, rapid harmonic and rhythmic development, and a profound sense of jazz history that evokes the finest players while remaining distinctly and unmistakably his own — an absolutely masterful achievement. |
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). |
Davis, Kris Trio (w/ Hurst / Blake): Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A tribute to six extraordinary female pianists — Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, Sylvie Courvoisier & Renne Rosnes — through compositions from New York pianist Kris Davis and one by drummer Johnathan Blake, melodically rich and intricately challenging pieces as Davis stands shoulder to shoulder with those who inspired her. |
Perelman, Ivo / Nate Wooley: Polarity 2 (Burning Ambulance Music -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The second installment from New York saxophonist Ivo Perelman and trumpeter Nate Wooley demonstrates the strong affinity between the two players, highlighting their impressive mastery of their instruments with a creative drive and quick responsiveness that sparks unique dialogs, full of powerful and sometimes unconventional technique and expression; a truly gratifying and remarkable set of improvisations. |
Perelman, Ivo / Nate Wooley: Polarity 3 (Burning Ambulance Music -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Ten improvisations in the 3rd release of New York trumpeter Nate Wooley and tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman's Polarity series, their dialogs an incredible weaving of creative ideas and technical prowess that started in 2020 after recording a series of larger group albums, their affinity and cooperative approach to instrumental dialog exceptional and exemplary. |
Leap of Faith: Spooky Action at a Distance (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock An acoustic septet edition of the Leap of Faith, the core duet of David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, double reeds & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, joined by Michael Caglianone on saxophones, flute, clarinet, melodica & water bottle, John Fugarino on trumpet, slide trumpet & flugelhorn, Tom Swafford on violin, Kit Demos on bass, and Eric Rosenthal on drums. |
Lossing, Russ: Inventions (Blaser Music -- France ) Price: $14.95 In Stock New York pianist Russ Lossing, known for his inventive work with his trio Three-Part Invention alongside bassist Mark Helias and trumpeter Ralph Alessi, steps into the spotlight alone on Inventions, a solo piano album that showcases his unique ability to weave quick-witted, spontaneous improvisations with beautifully introspective moments in this captivating set of live studio performances. |
Taylor, Cecil Mixed To Unit: Structures Revisited [Used Item] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $8.00 In Stock Bringing together two essential and impeccably remastered 1960's Cecil Taylor albums — Cecil Taylor Unit Structures and Cecil Taylor Unit Mixed — presenting both traditional influences and Taylor's unique approaches to modern jazz, featuring two septets with musicians including Jimmy Lyons, Henry Grimes, Archies Shepp, Ted Curson, Andrew Cyrille, Roswell Rudd, Sunny Murray, &c. |
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. |
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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
Ayler, Albert Quintet 1966: Berlin, Lorrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited [2 CDs]
Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Coleman, Ornette: New York Is Now & Love Call, Revisited
Coleman, Ornette: Ornette At 12, Crisis & Man On The Moon, Revisited
Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time
Coltrane, John Quartet: Song Of Praise, Live New York 1965 Revisited
Shepp, Archie: Blase And Yasmina Revisited