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Braxton, Anthony : Solo Willisau (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock New Braxton compositions and one standard performed live at Switzerland's Willisau Jazz Festival, 2007 |
Brown, Chris / Fred Frith: Cutter Heads (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock |
Cosa Brava (Frith / Kihlstedt / Parkins): The Letter (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and improvisation quartet formed in March 2008 by multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith, with members Carla Kihlstedt, Zeena Parkins, Shahzad Ismaily, William Winant, &c. |
Crispell, Marilyn / Gerry Hemingway: Affinities (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Braxton Quartet alumni pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Gerry Hemingway in an album bringing the duo back together to express the evolution of their respective music, and the affinity of their work. |
Hassler, Hans: Wie Die Zeit Hinter Mir Her (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Swiss accordionist Hans Hassler stands above the (small) crowd of improvising accordionist in the breadth of his career, his ability to balance both lyrical, abstract, serious, and humorous aspects in his approach to the instrument, a true original in intent and ability to engage his listeners, in 15 original and diverse compositions recorded in 2017. |
Mahall / Dorner / Roder / Jennessen: Die Enttauschung - 5 (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock This Berlin based quartet play a collective jazz of uncommon strategy and amazing prowess on 17 tracks of economical and brilliant playing - recommended! |
Schlippenbach Trio: Gold Is Where You Find It (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock After 35 years of recording together the Schlippenbach trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lovens continues its intensive collaborative work with this new studio album of original compositions. |
Schlippenbach, Alexander Von: Schlippenbach Plays Monk (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Modern improv and Bebop innvoative legends combine in this solo album from European pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach peforming the music of Thelonious Monk, 20 of the pianist's favorite works including several rarely performed pieces. |
Berne's, Tim Snakeoil (Ducret / Mitchell / Noriega / Smith): The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Starting in 2012 as a quartet with Oscar Noriega (reeds), Matt Mitchell (piano), and Ches Smith (drums/vibes), then expanded with guitar, saxophonist Tim Berne's Snakeoil now moves to the Swiss Intakt label, swapping guitarists for Marc Ducret, and releasing this fantastically intricate album of Berne compositions + 1 Hemphill piece, launching points for extraordinary soloing! |
Ortiz, Aruan / Andrew Cyrille / Mauricio Herrera : Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Cuban pianist Aruán Ortiz reflects on his upbringing in Santiago de Cuba, evoking the cascades of daily sound and rhythm he heard there, through compositions performed with the trio of fellow Cuban Mauricio Herrera on percussion & marimbula, and drummer Andrew Cyrille, Emeline Michel and Marlene Ramirez-Cancio providing vocals on the powerful opening invocation. |
Talmor, Ohad Newsreel Sextet: Long Forms (Intakt -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock The core members of NY saxophonist Ohad Talmor's Newsreel Sextet are Jacob Sacks (piano), Miles Okazaki (guitars) and Dan Weiss (drums) along with Matt Pavolka on acoustic bass and Shane Endsley on trumpet, performing Talmor's adventurous modern jazz compositions, merging jazz, North Indian traditional and contemporary compositional forms in lyrically embraceable ways. |
Hawkins, Alexander / Tomeka Reid : Shards & Constellations (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock With intricate interplay and textural passages, Chicago improvising cellist Tomeka Reid and UK pianist Alexander Hawkins present their first collaboration, an exciting set of rapid interchanges of pointillistic playing and introspective playfullness, 9 collective dialogs alongside Leroy Jenkin's piece for "Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short)". |
Lewis, James Brandon / Chad Taylor: Live in Willisau (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock After their 2018 Off Label release Radiant Imprints, the dynamic pairing of James Brandon Lewis on tenor sax and drummer Chad Taylor, also on Mbira, are heard live at the Jazz Festival Willisau in 2019 for an exciting concert where the two present and reference pieces by Coltrane, Mal Waldron, Duke Ellington, & Dewey Redman, alongside original work from each; superb! |
OM (Urs Leimgruber / Christy Doran / Bobby Burri / Fredy Studer) : It's About Time (Intakt -- USA ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Extremely active from 1972-82, then reformed in 2008, and now entering a new phase of their improvisational journey, the OM quartet of Urs Leimgruber on saxophones, Christy Doran on electric guitar, Bobby Burri on double bass, and Fredy Studer on drums & percussion extend their transformative approach to free improv through what they refer to as "ElectroAcoustiCore". |
Courvoisier, Sylvie Trio (Courvoisier / Gress / Wollesen): Free Hoops (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock With tracks dedicated to friends, family and musicians including Claude Thornhill & John Zorn, the 3rd album from The Sylvie Courvoisier trio with Drew Gress on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums & "Wollesonics", is an exuberantly sophisticated album of slyly complex jazz compositions that both happily swing and leave room for creative exploration; extraordinary! |
Schlippenbach, Alexander von : Piano Solo: Slow Pieces for Aki (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock A graceful and beautiful set of 21 improvisations composed by German pianist and European Free Improv legend Alexander von Schlippenbach for Japanese pianist and von Schlippenbach's spouse Aki Takase, emphasizing a lyrical and passionate deceleration of his profound technical skills to ring lyrically and even romantically as he expresses Takase's musical portrait. |
Laubrock, Ingrid: Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (Music For Chamber Orchestra And Small Ensemble) [2 CDs] (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 In Stock The 2nd orchestral album from saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, two very different but complementary sets of compositions using electronics in mostly acoustic settings: the 1st with the larger EOS Chamber Orchestra and guests including Cory Smythe, Tom Rainey, & Sam Pluta; the 2nd a smaller group of Laubrock, Smythe & Pluta + guests Adam Motlock, Josh Modney, and Zeena Parkins. |
Gisler, Dave Trio (w / Bossard / Friedli) + Jaimie Branch: Zurich Concert (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock A rollicking album of electric & acoustic jazz from guitarist Dave Gisler's trio with Raffaele Bossard on bass and Lionel Friedli on drums, with guest Jamie Branch on trumpet, recorded live at unerhort!-Festival, in Zurich, Switzerland in 2019, performing all Gisler compositions of ebullient drive pushing all 4 to exultant and impressive soloing. |
Frith, Fred / Ikue Mori: A Mountain Doesn't Know it's Tall (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Having worked together for 40 years starting in the 80's in the Downtown NY scene, guitarist Fred Frith and electronic artist Ikue Mori recorded this album in Germany, using studio time left after recording the music for a radio play by Werner Penzel, using that work as an influence for these exceptional improvisations on home made instruments, toys and electronics. |
Hawkins, Alexander feat/ Evan Parker + Riot Ensemble: Togetherness Music (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Pianist Alexander Hawkins' six movement composition is realized by the UK Riot Ensemble, known primarily for their work with notated contemporary music, adding Evan Parker's incredible soprano sax soloing, and filtered through Matthew Wright's live electronic processing, resulting in this amazing hybrid masterwork that bridges modern 21st Century forms. |
Takase, Aki / Christian Weber / Michael Griener: Auge (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Bringing an innate lyricism to free improvisation in the piano trio format, albeit a thoroughly modern take on that format where all performers are equal and active participants, from Aki Takase on piano, Christian Weber on bass, and Michael Griener on drums, performing five Takase originals, one from Griener & Takase, and 8 collective works. |
Berne, Tim: Broken Shadows (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Named after an Ornette Coleman composition from his album of the same name, alto saxophonist Tim Berne leads his duel-saxophone quartet with Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and the rhythm section from The Bad Plus, drummer Dave King and bassist Reid Anderson, through twelve melodic free jazz works honoring the legacy of Coleman, Redman, Haden & Hemphill. |
Borderlands Trio (Crump / Davis / McPherson): Wandersphere [2 CDs] (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock An exemplary collective piano trio from Stephan Crump on acoustic bass, Kris Davis on piano and Eric McPherson on drums, their 2nd album as Borderlands Trio, recording in the studio for four exceptional, extended improvisations with an innate sense of lyricism and free flowing exchange of confident interaction, developing elegantly warm grooves and melodic progressions; beautiful. |
Eberhard, Silke Trio: Being The Up And Down (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock The 4th album from saxophonist & bass clarinetist Silke Ebherard with her long-running powerhouse trio of Jan Roder on bass and Kay Lübke on drums, presenting all Eberhard compositions showing her strong writing voice under the influence of jazz greats like Dolphy, Mingus and Coleman, through nine well-balanced pieces from bluesy introspection to burning freedom. |
Formanek, Michael: Imperfect Measures (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Two decades after his last solo album, Michael Formanek returned to the studio to record these nine solo bass improvisations, each a profound spontaneous composition realizing structures and melodic development that incorporate journeys from abstraction into logical narrative territory as we follow the muse of a one of modern jazz' greatest bassists. |
Frith, Fred Trio: Road [2 CDs] (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock Taking his Bay Area trio with bassist Jason Hoopes and drummer Jordan Glenn on the "Road", guitarist and improviser Fred Frith first presents the trio itself in a wonderfully diverse extended set at the Week-End Fest in Koln, Germany; then invites trumpeter Susana Santos Silva at Old Cabell Hall in University of Virginia; and then saxophonist Lotte Anker at Altes Kino in Ebersberg, Germany. |
Lewis, James Brandon Quartet: Code of Being (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock With a clarity in both improvising and in composing, NY tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis' second album with the rock solid quartet of Aruan Ortiz on piano, Brad Jones on bass and Chad Taylor on drums further explores his concepts of Molecular systematic music through powerfully solid compositions that lead to both lyrical and ardent soloing; exceptional. |
London Jazz Composer's Orchestra: Zurich Concerts (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock This 1995 double CD presents the London Jazz Composer's Orchestra 1987 performances at Rote Fabrik, in Zurich, Switzerland and at the 1988 Taktlos-Festival, in a large ensemble that included Barre Philips, Dave Holland, Paul Lytton, Tony Oxley, Howard Riley, Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Trevor Watts, Paul Rutherford, Radu Malfatti, Jon Corbett, Phillip Wachsmann, &c. |
Niesicer, Angelika / Alexander Hawkins : Soul In Plain Sight (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock After a series of performances in Europe in 2020, the duo of German saxophonist Angelika Niescier (Angelika Niescier sublim) and British pianist Alexander Hawkins recorded this passionately charged and intimate duo at the Loft in Koln, Germany, finding the two in a high-speed dance of weaving notes and ardent expression, a brilliant set from two virtuoso players. |
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik (Kaja Draksler / Petter Eldh / Christian Lillinger): Somit (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Perhaps one of the most complex piano trios active, Punkt.vrt.Plastik--Kaja Draksler on two different upright pianos, Petter Eldh on bass and Christian Lillinger on drums--explore unusual rhythmic approaches to jazz in exciting exchanges that fracture melody with rapidly veering impulse, always pulling back to reveal the mastery of their inventive playing. |
Rainey, Tom Obbligato: Untucked in Hannover (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock A collection of jazz standards performed with a modern approach to free playing, updating these essential melodies for the 21st century while adhering to their original warmth, from drummer Tom Rainey's exceptional New York Obligatto band of Ingrid Laubrock on saxophones, Ralph Alessi on trumpet, Drew Gress on bass, and Jacob Sacks on piano. |
Schweizer, Irene / Hamid Drake: Celebration (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Having performed together a number of times in festivals both in Europe and Chicago, the duo of drummer Hamid Drake and pianist Irene Schweizer reveals the familiarity and confidence their history brings to their improvisations, both in intense exchanges and playful melodic passages, as heard in this exemplary 2019 concert at Jazzgallery, in Nickelsdorf, Austria. |
Speed, Chris: Light Line (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock An absolutely impressive album of solo clarinet improvisations from reedist Chris Speed, known well for his saxophone work, here he displays inventive and implicitly lyrical approaches to this challenging reed instrument through great discipline, tone & technical skill as he presents succinct works inspired by John Coltrane, Julius Hemphill, Eric Dolphy and Paul Motion, &c. |
Talmor, Ohad Trio (w/ Dan Weiss / Miles Okazaki): Mise en place (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Informed by the traditions of creative jazz; an interest in unusual time signatures; the music of Hinudstani and Brazil; through drummer Dan Weiss the influence of Indian Classical music; through Steve Coleman and Five Element compatriot, guitarist Miles Ozaki, an urban electric edge; making for an album both technically interesting and musically absolutely rewarding. |
Berne, Tim / Gregg Belisle-Chi: Mars (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Succinct interpretations of compositions by New York saxophonist and composer Tim Berne, performed by Berne himself in a duo with guitarist Gregg Belisle-Chi, whose collaborations with Berne and his recent album Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne show Belisle-Chi to be the most capably informed player to accompany Berne in these thoughtful renderings. |
Lopez, Brandon / Tom Rainey / Ingrid Laubrock: No Es La Playa (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Despite five years of performance in the NYC area, this is the debut album of the collective trio of Ingrid Laubrock on saxophones, Brandon Lopez on bass and Tom Rainey on drums, fueled by the near-telepathic rapport of Laubrock & Rainey and expanded by the ferocious and astute contributions of Lopez, avoiding histrionics through literate and impeccably controlled discourse. |
Ziegele's, Omri Where's Africa: That Hat (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock One of Swiss saxophonist Omri Ziegele smaller group formations with Yves Theiler on electric keyboards and Dario Sisera on drums & percussion, in a lyrical set of compositions yielding strong soloing over solid grooves and warm moods, highlighting Ziegele's remarkably fluid playing; it's nearly jazz/rock fusion, but at heart it's a solid jazz album. |
Hawkins, Alexander Mirror Canon: Break A Vase (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Another wonderfully ambitious and superbly executed album from pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins, with nods to Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill and even Johann Sebastian Bach, expanding his core trio of bassist Neil Charles and drummer Stephen Davis with saxophonist & clarinetist Shabaka Hutchings, guitarist Otto Fischer and drummer Richard Olatunde Baker. |
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik (Draksler / Eldh / Lillinger): Zurich Concert (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock An absolutely avant piano trio of masterful playing that pushes the envelope on melodic, harmonic and rhythmic interaction, from Christian Lillinger on drums & percussion, Kaja Draksler on piano and Petter Eldh on bass, performing live at the 2021 Unheard Of Festival at Rote Fabrik, in Zurich, Switzerland for 13 concise and energetic collective improvisations. |
Gisler, Dave Trio (w/ Jaimie Branch / David Murray): See You Out There (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Expanding on his live album "Zurich Concert" with trumpeter Jaimie Branch, Swiss guitarist Dave Gisler's trio with Raffaele Bossard on bass and Lionel Friedli on drums release this studio album with Branch returning, and adding New York tenor saxophonist David Murray for a mix of demanding jazz and introspective improv environments, a beautifully balanced album of avant jazz. |
Laubrock, Ingrid / Andy Milne: Fragile (Intakt -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Following her duo albums on Intakt with pianists Aki Takase and Kris Davis, New York saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock collaborates with pianist Andy Milne (Dapp Theory, M-Base Collective) for ten beautifully empathetic, delicate and sophisticated dialogs, Laubrock performing on tenor & soprano saxophones and Milne at times using preparations. |
Lisbeth Quartett (Greve / Schmiedel / Muellbauer / Baumgartner): Release (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Founded in 2008, the Berlin-based Lisbeth Quartett under the direction of saxophonist and composer Charlotte Greve with core members Manuel Schmiedel on piano, Marc Muellbauer on bass and Moritz Baumgartner on drums, present nine lyrically cultured and beautifully fluid pieces through Greve's clever and sophisticated compositions of creative modern jazz. |
Murray, David (w/ Brad Jones / Hamid Drake): Seriana Promethea (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock A new piano-less trio led by a modern giant of jazz--saxophonist David Murray--who composed the lyrically upbeat and swinging compositions for this Brave New World Trio with bassist Brad Jones and drummer Hamid Drake, two incredible and innovative players who expand each piece with enthusiastic playing of free and inventive approaches to Murray's music. |
Sommer, Gunter Baby / The Lucaciu 3: Karawane (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock The Lucaciu 3--Antonio Lucaciu (sax), Simon Lucaciu (piano) and Rober Lucaciu (bass)--are joined at Studio Loft in Koln, Germany by legendary Euro Free Jazz drummer Gunter Baby Sommer to record this exceptionally joyful and sophisticated album of creative jazz, with distinctive compositions from band members, alongside text from Hugo Ball and an adaptation of a Béla Bartók motiv. |
Niggli, Lucas / Matthias Loibner: Still Storm (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $16.95 In Stock A series of sixteen succinctly expansive, dramatic and moody collective improvisations, evocative music of rich melodic and rhythmic foundation that coax inspired tempests from misty lands and seas, at the intersection of Austrian Hurdy Gurdy master Matthias Loibner and Zurich-based West Kamerun drummer Lucas Niggli; absolutely impressive and beguiling. |
Ydivide, Clemens Kuratle: Lumumba (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Ydivide is Swiss drummer Clemens Kuratle's multi-national quintet with Dee Byrne on alto saxophone, Elliot Galvin on piano & electronics, Chris Guilfoyle on guitar and Lukas Traxel on bass, a dynamic young band performing Kuratle's structured compositions allowing for energetic and enthusiastic soloing amidst collective group work and lyrically introspective moments. |
Berne, Tim / Matt Mitchell: One More, Please (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Leveraging more than a decade of collaboration, New York saxophonist Tim Berne and pianist Matt Mitchell present an intimate live concert in Montreal at Club Soda, performing mostly Berne compositions and one by Julius Hemphill ("Number 2") in a thoughtful and innately lyrical set of seemingly telepathic dialogs interpreting Berne's intricate and innovative works. |
Buechi / Hellmuller / Jerjen: Moon Trail (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 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. |
Draksler, Kaja / Susana Santos Silva: Grow (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock A series of spontaneous converstations captured live at the 2021 Copenhagen Jazz Festival at KoncertKirken, the second duo album between trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and pianist Kaja Draksler, using extraordinary and extended techniques to create lovely rolling textures or spacious sonic environments, passing between moods and approaches in natural and captivating ways. |
Feldman, Mark: Sounding Point (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Including six of his own compositions, a work by Sylvie Courvoiser and Ornette Coleman's "Peace Warrior", New York violin virtuoso Mark Feldman's new solo album, recorded in the studio in Brooklyn, is a touchpoint to his skills and creative imagination today, 26 years after his first solo album, displaying a profound ability to engage and inspire his listeners. |
Irniger, Christoph Trio (w / Raffaele Bossard / Ziv Ravitz): Open City (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Swiss saxophonist & composerChristoph Irniger extends his long-running trio of bassist Raffaele Bossard and drummer Ziv Ravitz with Brooklyn alto saxophonist Loren Stillmand and German trombonist Nils Wogram, combining arrangement and improvisation in the jazz tradition, performed with inventive clarity and a strong regard for melody, making this an upbeat and creative album of modern jazz. |
Turkoz, Saadet / Elliott Sharp : Kumuska (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Distilling their larger group work on albums "Kumuska" and "Marmara Sea" to the duo of creative New York bass clarinetist & guitarist Elliott Sharp, and Bosporus vocalist Saadet Turkoz, whose free improvisation is influenced by European, Indian, Asian, jazz & blues forms, in an album of 9 songs about the familiar focused through a world view. |
Wickihalder, Jurg: Narziss And Echo (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Manuel Perovic arranges the story of Narcissus and Echo, as told by Ovid for saxophonist Jurg Wickihalder and a theatrical band including Michael Jaeger, Damian Zangger, Chris Wiesendanger, &c. |
Leandre, Joelle: Zurich Concert (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A tour-de-force solo concert from the masterful improvising French double bassist Joëlle Léandre, performing at Kunstraum Walcheturm in Zurich in 2022, mostly performed through an astounding bowing exposition, accompanied at times by her worldless vocal improvising, the five parts of this concert evoking passion, power, and a lifetime of profound expression. |
Jim & The Schrimps (Jim Black / Asger Nissen / Julius Gawlik / Felix Henkelhausen): Ain't No Saint (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock "Jim" is US drummer & composer Jim Black working in Berlin, and The Shrimps are the trio of bassist Felix Henkelhausen and the two-sax front line of Germans, Asger Nissen on alto and Julius Gawlik on tenor, finding a rapport and common approach to free improv, they formed to perform & record Black's assertive compositions influenced by the tradition of Black American jazz. |
Cyrille, Andrew: Music Delivery / Percussion (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A leading statesman of free jazz drumming, Andrew Cyrille's approach is influenced by both the Blue Note era and the groundbreaking work he participated in with Cecil Taylor or Trio3, still going strongÊand perceptively wise as heard on these eleven succinct studio solo performances, featuring favored percussive instruments adding melodic elements to these solid rhythmic vignettes. |
Irniger, Christoph Pilgrim: Ghost Cat (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 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. |
Ziegele, Omri Tomorrow Trio (w / Bennink / Weber): All Those Yesterdays (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Using hard bop as his jumping off point, Swiss saxophonist Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio with Christian Weber on bass and Han Bennink on drums--musicians who have toured and performed together over years--went into the studio hot off of a 13 day tour to record these 6 Ziegele original compositions, lyrically balanced with room for exemplary soloing and group interplay. |
Laubrock, Ingrid / Kris Davis: Blood Moon (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock German saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and Vancouver pianist Kris Davis, both living and working in NY, and having worked together in a variety of groups including Laubrock's Anti-House, a trio with drummer Tyshawn Sorey, Tom Rainey's Obligatto, &c. &c., concentrate their sophisticated playing with this duo album of 7 original compositions and 2 free improvisations. |
Weber, Katharina: In Marta's Garden (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Magnificent and succinct compositions merging contemporary and improvised approaches in powerfully elegant ways from Swiss pianist Katharina Weber, performing solo in the studio in 2022, presenting seventeen original compositions and two by György Kurtág, including pieces dedicated to Kurtág and Marta Kurtág, along with dedications to Heinz Holliger, Roland Moser, Gertrud Schneider, &c. |
Virelles, David (Virelles / Street / McPherson): Carta (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Recording at the Rudy van Gelder Studio, this is Cuban pianist David Virelles' debut on Intakt with his trio of bassist Ben Street and drummer Eric McPherson, performing eight Virelles compositions and his arrangement of a piece by Enrique Bonne Castillo; a joyful contemporary piano trio of great technical skill and passionate performance beautifully captured. |
Stemeseder, Elias / Christian Lillinger (+ Peter Evans / Russell Hall / DoYeon Kim / Brandon Seabrook): Umbra (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock The other shaded region to their 2022 Penumbra album, keyboardist Stemeseder and drummer Christian Lillinger explore "utopias in sound production" through acoustic and electronic composition, creating evolving melodies and sonic tapestries in performance with Peter Evans on Piccolo trumpet, Russell Hall on bass, DoYeon Kim on Gayageum and Brandon Seabrook on banjo & guitar. |
Ortiz, Aruan Trio (w/ Brad Jones / John Betsch) : Serranias (Sketchbook For Piano Trio) (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Celebrating 20 years since his recording debut as a leader and his own 50th birthday, Cuban-born, New York-based pianist Aruán Ortiz presents his 6th album on Intakt in a trio with bassist Brad Jones and drummer John Betsch, opening with a Gillespie/Parker number then taking us on a spectacular journey through contemporary jazz influenced by Afro-Cuban/Haitian traditions. |
OM (Urs Leimgruber / Christy Doran / Bobby Burri / Fredy Studer): 50 (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Formed in 1972 and releasing their first album in 1975, the enduring quartet OM of Urs Leimgruber on soprano saxophone, Christy Doran on electric guitar, Bobby Burri on double bass and Fredy Studer on drums & percussion, celebrate 50 years of intense genre-blurring creative jazz leveraging rock music's energy with this exhilarating album of structured collective improv. |
Hawkins, Alexander Trio (w/ Neil Charles / Stephen Davis): Carnival Celestial (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Unique approaches to the piano trio format, alerted to the listener by merging synthetics and samples into the opening, bubbling carnival-esque "Rapture", then settling into more recognizable yet innovative approaches to creative, modern jazz through Hawkin's fascinating compositions, electronics drifting in and out at times but generally adhering to great, modern jazz. |
Berne, Tim Trio: Oceans and (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A new trio setting from New York alto saxophonist Tim Berne with accordionist & multi-instrumentalist Aurora Nealand and long-time associate, cellist Hank Roberts, a warmly orchestrated band that allows fluid and relaxed approaches to their playing, Berne's compositions evoking exquisite tonal color and diverse conversations from pacific to tempestuous. |
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. |
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. |
Formanek, Michael Quartet (Smith / Davis / Malaby): As Things Do (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Michael Formanek's compositions run a wide range of styles and approaches to creative modern jazz, from flowing lyrical melodies to tense agitation in rapid runs, all anchored by Formanek's powerful bass and rendered with his Elusion Quartet of Tony Malaby on tenor & soprano sax, Kris Davis on piano and Ches Smith on drums & vibes; inventive jazz that continuously surprises. |
Kruttli, Marie: Transparence (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Swiss pianist, composer and producer Marie Kruttli, who splits her time between Switzerland and Berlin, steps away from her trio with bassist Lukas Traxel and drummer Jonathan Barber for a sophisticated solo album of original composition and improvisations, in thirteen succinct, emotional and introspectively elegant works. |
Niggli, Lucas Sound of Serendipity Tentet: Play! (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Surprises abound with Lucas Niggli's approach to improvised composition, using 40 playing cards that his ten-piece ensemble interpret, drawing on inspired performers from improvised, experimental and contemporary classical music, their game performed over three rounds, allowing an incredibly diverse set of approaches to reveal themselves on each unique track. |
Parker, Evan / Matthew Wright Trance Map + Peter Evans / Mark Nauseef: Etching the Ether (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Evan Parker and Matthew Wright are the core of Trance Map, the soprano saxophonist and live electronics duo expanding on their original 2011 concept with Trance Map+, adding guest musicians to their unique approach to electroacoustic improvisation, here in an exceptional quartet configuration with Peter Evans on trumpet & piccolo trumpet, and Mark Nauseff on percussion. |
Bauder, Matt: Day in Pictures (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A brilliant NY quintet led by reedist Matt Bauder, with trumpeter Nate Wooley, pianist Angelica Sanxhez, bassist Jason Ajemian & dummer Tomas Fujiwara, an album dedicated to Donald Walden, Bill Dixon & Fred Anderson. |
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock On the 30th anniversary of the Victo Festival Anthony Braxton took to the stage for a magnificent solo performance on the alto sax, performing 8 spontaneous compositions and an 8+ minute version of "Body and Soul", seamlessly crossing lyrical and complex approaches to the horn using his unique intervallic, trimbral and diagrammatic language, a stunning and embraceable accomplishment. |
Brousseloux, Augustin / Jean-Marc Foussat / Quentin Rollet : Qui A Vu Ce Mystere... (Improvising Beings -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two large works of improvisation using electric guitar, synth and alto saxophone from the trio of Augustin Brousseloux, Jean-Marc Foussat, and Quentin Rollet, complex and evolving works with a psychedelic edge, blending experimental, rock and jazz into something truly unique. |
Chadbourne, Eugene: Country All The Way (Chadula -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A mix of songs and instrumentals, with 11 country classic covers, recorded in the studio and on tour from 2017-2018 in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Bulgaria, and the UK including one track from Cafe Oto, in the company of Titus Waldenfels (guitar), Thilo Kuhn (keys), Schroeder (drums), Gary Cherwonka (pedal steel) and Steven De Bruyn (harmonica). |
Cooper, Lindsay : Rarities Volumes 1 & 2 (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $22.95 Out of Stock An absolutely essential extension to the late Lindsay Cooper's discography, 2 CDs collecting rare works from projects and groups including recordings with Alfred Harth, Phil Minton, Robert Wyatt, David Thomas, Connie Bauer, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, &c. &c. |
GULFH of Berlin (Ullmann / Gschlossol / Fink / Leipnitz / Haves): GULFH of Berlin (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The core quartet of Gulfh of Berlin — Gebhard Ullmann on tenor saxophone & bass clarinet, Gerhard Gschlossl on trombone & sousaphone, Johannes Fink on double bass & cello and Jan Leipnitz on drums & objects — are heard in the studio with guest Michael Haves providing live sound processing, expanding the sound of Gulfh's innovative sound-sculpting avant jazz |
Koch / Rohrer / Gianfratti: aico (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The trio of Hans Koch on clarone and soprano sax, Thomas Rohrer on rabeca, soprano and c-melody sax, and Antonio Panda Gianfratti on percussion; open-ended and active improvisation. |
Maguire, Phil / Tim Olive: Invoer (845 Audio -- Japan ) Price: $10.95 In Stock Stymied by Covid-19, the planned May 2020 tour of sound artists Tim Olive and Phil Maguire was cancelled, motivating each to create four 10-minute solo pieces which were then overlayed to create four "distant duo" pieces, merging Olive's textured home-made electronics and Maguire's reductive approach to audio simplicity and spare sonic environments. |
Mayas', Magda Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour): Confluence (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composed by pianist Magda Mayas for an octet of superb avant improvisers including Rhodri Davies, Zeena Parkins, Michael Thieke, Angharad Davies, &c. and performed live at the 2019 Music Unlimited 33, in Wels, Austria, this extended work uses a graphic score to interpret 12 photographs taken over an hour observing the merging waters of the Rhone and the Arve rivers. |
Niggenkemper, Pascal: Sound Within Sound | Wuppertal Diary [2 CDs] (Fitschgetau -- Germany ) Price: $20.95 Out of Stock Adventurous double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper was artist in residence at Wuppertal in the fall of 2017, presenting concerts with a diverse set of masterful improvisers from Europe and the US, excerpts of which are meticulously programmed in this 2-CD collection, organized by artistic endeavor and intent, from the spacious/introspective to wildly lively encounters; recommended. |
Schirmer, Brode Unit (w/ Jan Roder / Matthias Broede): Berlin, Germany (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Led by bass clarinetist Tobias Schirmer and harmonica player Matthias Broede, also on piano, with Jan Roder on bass and drummer Bernd Oezsevim, this German quartet blends contemporary jazz through four original Brode compositions and two collective improvisations, performed with melodic intent and tight, quick interaction as recorded live at Tito's Zentrifuge in Berlin. |
Schwarm 13: At Studioboerne45 (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Schwarm, or "Swarm", 13 is a German ensemble performing instant compositions, directed by clarinetist Rudi Debrunner and saxophonist Max Stehle, who also provides conceptions for the band, which is comprised of reeds, guitar, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, double bass, and voice, presenting (appropriately) 13 improvisations captured live at Studioboerne45. |
Street Tentacle (Chan / Wang / Bryerton): Preserves (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Assertively probing like a squid raging out of the sea, Street Tentacle is the trio of Chicago tenor saxophonist Jeff Chan, guitarist Da Wei Wang also on electronics, and drummer Jerome Bryerton on drums, cymbals, gongs, bowed metal & assorted percussion, in five assertive improvisations of an everything including the kitchen sink style; daunting and domineering! |
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Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Lewis, James Brandon Quartet: Code of Being
XT (Seymour Wright / Paul Abbot): Pah'
Weston, Veryan / Trevor Watts: Dialogues with Ornette!
Laubrock, Ingrid: Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (Music For Chamber Orchestra And Small Ensemble) [2 CDs
Formanek, Michael Very Practical Trio (w/ Tim Berne / Mary Halvorson): Even Better
Parker, Evan / Matthew Wright Trance Map + Peter Evans / Mark Nauseef: Etching the Ether
Berne, Tim Trio: Oceans and
Leandre, Joelle: Zurich Concert
Berne, Tim / Matt Mitchell: One More, Please
Formanek, Michael Quartet (Smith / Davis / Malaby): As Things Do
Berne, Tim / Gregg Belisle-Chi: Mars
Frith, Fred : All Is Always Now (Live at the Stone) [3 CDs]
Cyrille, Andrew: Music Delivery / Percussion
Eberhard, Silke Trio: Being Inn
Eberhard, Silke Trio: Being The Up And Down
Chadbourne, Eugene: Country All The Way
Stemeseder, Elias / Christian Lillinger (+ Peter Evans / Russell Hall / DoYeon Kim / Brandon Seabroo
Brousseloux, Augustin / Jean-Marc Foussat / Quentin Rollet : Qui A Vu Ce Mystere...
Jim & The Schrimps (Jim Black / Asger Nissen / Julius Gawlik / Felix Henkelhausen): Ain't No Saint