The Squid's Ear Magazine
London & UK improvisation and related


 
Dunmall, Paul: Awakening Expectations
Dunmall, Paul:
Awakening Expectations

(FMR -- UK )


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Two unique and adventurous takes on collective free improvisation led by Paul Dunmall and recorded in the studio, using the group that appears on his first Paul Dunmall Presents series in January 2020: Dunmall on tenor sax, John O'Gallagher on alto sax, Percy Pursglove on trumpet, Elliott Sansom on piano, Chris Mapp on electric bass and Miles Levin on drums.

Dunmall, Paul / Percy Pursglove / Olie Brice / Jeff Williams: Palindromes
Dunmall, Paul / Percy Pursglove / Olie Brice / Jeff Williams:
Palindromes

(West Hill Records -- UK )


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Capturing their 2nd gig together, double bassist Olie Brice and trumpeter Percy Pursglove invited two prominent improvisers who had never played together before — drummer Jeff Williams and tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall — to join them for a 2020 concert at Cafe Oto in London, presented into two palindromic-ally named and profound improvisations: "Tattarratta" 1 & 2.

Gouvea / Northover / Mattos: Cajula
Gouvea / Northover / Mattos:
Cajula

(FMR -- UK )


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Representing some of the London scene's most innovative and creative improvisers, with years of work together as a trio and as M.A.M.--saxophonist Andrian Northover (Remote Viewers), cellist Marcio Mattos (Stellari String Quartet, Tony Oxley's Celebration Orchestra) and vocalist Marilza Gouvea--are heard here in 2 studio recordings and 3 live recordings at Iklectic.

Guy, Barry : Irvin's Comet [VINYL]
Guy, Barry :
Irvin's Comet [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


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One of London's most significant and prominent free improvising double bassists, from Spontaneous Music Ensemble to London Jazz Composers Orchestra and innumerable projects with some of the globe's finest improvisers, entered the studio in 2019 to record this exceptional and diverse solo album of advanced forms and remarkably creative imagination.

Hall, Rob / Chick Lyall: Upward Fall
Hall, Rob / Chick Lyall:
Upward Fall

(FMR -- UK )


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A set of lyrical, thoughtful and sometimes whimsical works from the Scottish-based duo of Rob Hall & Chick Lyall (Green Room Trio), who have been developing their musical language since 2003, drawing from a wide range of genres from Baroque chamber music to free jazz and folk idioms, their lack of boundaries lending itself to a uniquely diverse and embraceable music.

Kordik / Lucas / Prevost: High Laver Reflections
Kordik / Lucas / Prevost:
High Laver Reflections

(Matchless / Earshot -- UK )


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The Earshots duo of Daniel Kordik on modular synthesizer and Edward Lucas on trombone reprise their meeting a year earlier with free improvising percussionist and AMM legend Eddie Prévost, drawn by the natural resonance of the All Saints Church in Essex, England, recording these electroacoustic improvisations of astonishing sonic properties and astounding technique.

Lash, Dominic Quartet (w / Carmona / Tejero / Ward): Limulus
Lash, Dominic Quartet (w / Carmona / Tejero / Ward):
Limulus

(Spoonhunt -- UK )


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Honing their conversation in their third release as a band, British double bassist Dominic Lash's Quartet with Javier Carmona on drums & percussion, Ricardo Tejero on alto saxophone and Alex Ward on electric guitar are heard live at Cafe OTO in London, Lash providing all compositions and arrangements over six wide-ranging, edgy and innovative improvisations; outstanding!

Leith, Oliver / George Barton / Siwan Rhys : Good Day Good Day Bad Day Bad Day
Leith, Oliver / George Barton / Siwan Rhys :
Good Day Good Day Bad Day Bad Day

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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UK composer Oliver Leith presents a work in 8 movements for piano, keys and percussion performed by Siwan Rhys (keys) and George Barton, an invocation of everyday life through a personal and often idiosyncratic orchestration reflective of personal ritual & habits; our good and our irrational, often contradictory impetus, portrayed through quirky and embraceable episodes.

Locals, The (Thomas, Ward / Thomas / Lash / Hasson-Davis): The Locals Play The Music Of Anthony Brax
Locals, The (Thomas, Ward / Thomas / Lash / Hasson-Davis):
The Locals Play The Music Of Anthony Braxton

(Discus -- UK )


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An upbeat and energetic performance at the Konfrontation Festival, Ulrichsberg in 2006, featuring six early compositions by Anthony Braxton, arranged by pianist Pat Thomas and performed by the quintet of superb improvisers and interpreters Alex Ward on clarinet, Evan Thomas on electric guitar, Dominic Lash on electric bass, and Darren Hasson-Davis on drums.

Mayas', Magda Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour): Con
Mayas', Magda Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour):
Confluence

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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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.

Orchestra Entropy: Rituals
Orchestra Entropy:
Rituals

(Discus -- UK )


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An extended work for 10 improvisers using a composite composition of graphic scores, open notations, and two trio sub-pieces titled "skelf" (electric guitar, double bass and drums) and "antiphon" (violin, viola and double bass), all directed by UK saxophonist Matt London in an ensemble with reeds, winds, brass, strings, electric guitar, and Mark Sanders on drums.

Orfeo 5 (Blezard / Bourne / Jafrate with Prince / Oliver / Kane): In The Green Castle
Orfeo 5 (Blezard / Bourne / Jafrate with Prince / Oliver / Kane):
In The Green Castle

(Discus -- UK )


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Orfeo 5 are Shaun Blezard on electronics, Keith Jafrate on saxophone, Matt Bourne on keyboards & cello, Tamlin Cook on guitar, Mary Oliver presenting spoken word, and Simon Prince on saxophone & flutes, blending jazz, improv, folk, dub, sound art and electronica to create evolving, improvised narrative music that create a sense of place and journey.

Oxley, Tony: February Papers
Oxley, Tony:
February Papers

(Discus -- UK )


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Reissuing percussionist and electronic innovator Tony Oxley's 1977 Incus album, collecting works from Oxley's evolving approaches, including a quartet with bassist Barry Guy and violinists David Bourne & Philipp Wachsmann; a trio with Barry Guy and Ian Brighton on electric guitar; and solo pieces including a piece for Evan Parker emulating his sound through electronics.

Rowe, Keith: Absence
Rowe, Keith:
Absence

(erstwhile -- USA )


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It was during this recording at the 2015 "zoom in" festival in Bern, Switzerland that AMM guitarist and improviser Keith Rowe made the decision to cease performing solo, affected by Parkinson's Disease, this being his final recording as he performed on lapstick guitar, Boss RC-3, Boss PS-3, six band EQ, Sony ICF-SW22 and Roberts R984 radios, 2 contact mics & a metal strip.

Seen, The: For Sake Of Joy Of Study Of Oneself Together
Seen, The:
For Sake Of Joy Of Study Of Oneself Together

(Confront -- UK )


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Inspired by a work by John Stevens from 1991, Mark Wastell developed this work merging narration and improvisation by transcribing the text from Steven's performance, preseanted here by an electroacoustic ensemble including Phil Durrant, Dominic Lash, Bertrand Denzler, Jennifer Allum &c, yielding an enveloping and fascinatingly mysterious piece presented in two versions.

Somersaults (Olie Brice / Tobias Delius / Mark Sanders): Numerology of Birdsong
Somersaults (Olie Brice / Tobias Delius / Mark Sanders):
Numerology of Birdsong

(West Hill Records -- USA )


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Having supported Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker, Mikolaj Trzaska, Ken Vandermark, &c., the UK rhythm section of Olie Brice on double bass and Mark Sanders on drums joined forces for their own Somersaults trio with tenor saxophonist Tobias Delius (ICP), this second album an example of their buoyant, optimistically playful and melodically charged free improvisation.

Tippett, Keith: The Monk Watches The Eagle
Tippett, Keith:
The Monk Watches The Eagle

(Discus -- UK )


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As though an elegy for the departed pianist and composer, Keith Tippett does not perform on this work, which was commissioned for the 2004 Norwich and Norfolk Festival, but conducts an ensemble that includes Julie Tippetts on voice, a saxophone octet that includes long-time collaborator Paul Dunmall, and the polyphonic choir of the BBC Singers; an exquisite and stirring work.

Triofolio (Chris Cundy / Paul K. Scott / Saul Scott): Ordinary Evidence
Triofolio (Chris Cundy / Paul K. Scott / Saul Scott):
Ordinary Evidence

(FMR -- UK )


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Performing a set of UK bass clarinetist Chris Cundy's compositions, along with one collective improvisation, TrioFolio is complemented with the father/son team of double bassist Paul K. Scott and drummer Saul Scott, exploring the borders between classic modern jazz and free forms of improvisation, all heard in the lower instrumental spectrum through rich lyrical jazz.

Tromans, Doctor Steve: The Way
Tromans, Doctor Steve:
The Way

(FMR -- UK )


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A member of the Paul Dunmall Quintet and Ed Gauden's Crux, Birmingham UK pianist, composer and band leader Steve Tromans presents an album of original work, lyrical and introspective pieces improvised in the studio as a response to the duress of the global pandemic, motivated to record on a great piano in the great Sansom Studio based on recent life experiences.

Ward, Alex Item 4: Where We Were
Ward, Alex Item 4:
Where We Were

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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UK guitarist Alex Ward's quartet featuring his compositions for improvisers, performed with a set of younger players on London's free improv scene--Charlotte Keeffe on trumpet & flugelhorn, Otto Willberg on double bass, and Andrew Lisle on drums--heard here in two intricately exciting 2018 concerts in London at Set Dalston Lane and at Cafe Oto Project Space.

Weeks, James : Summer
Weeks, James :
Summer

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Five chamber works from UK composer James Week performed by Explore Ensemble, developing works extending the poetic idea of a piece as an imaginary or remembered space by exploring combinations of instruments such as the mixed instrumental duos, the use of slow-moving or static background harmonics, and intimate instrumental idioms based on long, breath-length sounds.

Wolfarth, Christian / Jason Kahn: Percussion / Voice
Wolfarth, Christian / Jason Kahn:
Percussion / Voice

(Confront -- UK )


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An absorbing album of percussion and voice from the working duo of Christian Wolfarth on drums and percussion, and Jason Kahn on voice, for two extended improvisations of cathartic vocal expression and assertive rhythmic and reflective percussive accompaniment, balancing eccentric and mesmerizing sound in gripping and compelling ways.

Butcher, John / Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand: How Does This Happen?
Butcher, John / Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand:
How Does This Happen?

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


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The Montreal free improvising, experimenting duo "Not The Music" of bassist Eric Norman & bass clarinetist Philippe Lauzier invited UK saxophonist John Butcher for concerts in Ottawa and Montreal, recording the two impressive 5-part series heard on this album--"en consequence" (consequently) and "par irruption" (by bursting), of masterful and profoundly pensive prowess.

Colonna, Marco / Alexander Hawkins: Dolphy Underlined
Colonna, Marco / Alexander Hawkins:
Dolphy Underlined

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


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A set of Eric Dolphy compositions and one Colonna composition in the style of Dolphy and a Dolphy-esque take on Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child", from pianist Alexander Hawkins and Marco Colonna on clarinet, bass clarinet & sopranino saxophones, recorded live in Rome in 2020 for a spirited and tender hommage to one of the great and most singular figures in jazz history.

Dunmall / Owston / Jozwiak / Iragabon: Awoto
Dunmall / Owston / Jozwiak / Iragabon:
Awoto

(FMR -- UK )


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New York saxophonist Jon Irabagon, performing on alto and Swanee saxophone, joins alto & tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall for a burning live performance at Sanson Studios in Birmingham in a quartet with bassist James Owston and drummer Tymek Jozwiak, the saxophones weaving and climbing over the powerful and adept rhythm section; formidable!

Dunmall / Shipp / Edwards / Sanders: Live in London
Dunmall / Shipp / Edwards / Sanders:
Live in London

(FMR -- UK )


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Two extended examples of free improvisation from UK stalwarts, tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall, bassist John Edwards, and drummer Mark Sanders, joined by New York pianist Matthew Shipp, all captured live at Cafe Oto in 2010; set one is an unflagging example of energetic collective improv, set two more introspective yet vital and demanding; a superb concert!

Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Ensemble (w/ Sainkho Namtchylak): Fixing the Fluctuating Idea
Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Ensemble (w/ Sainkho Namtchylak):
Fixing the Fluctuating Idea

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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Evan Parker's Electroacoustic Ensemble, merging reeds, strings and percussion with live signal processing to create something indescribably transformative is further amplified with the addition of free improvising vocalist and Tuvan throat singer Sainkho Namtchylak, adding an unearthly layer of interaction and transmogrification to this incredible 1996 FIMAV performance.

Prevost, Eddie Band (w/ Hawkins / Gold / Mattos): Bean Soup and Bouquets
Prevost, Eddie Band (w/ Hawkins / Gold / Mattos):
Bean Soup and Bouquets

(Matchless -- UK )


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Their 1st album released in 1977 on Spotlite Records label, the free jazz quartet led by PrŽvost on drums, Geoff Hawkins on tenor saxophone, Gerry Gold on trumpet & flugelhorn, and Marcio Mattos on double bass, released two live albums on the Matchless label before disbanding; this live album from Cata OTO in London in 2020 reunites the band for a solid concert 42 years after.

Watts, Trevor Quartet The (Veryan Weston / John Edwards / Marc Sanders): The Real Intention - Cafe O
Watts, Trevor Quartet The (Veryan Weston / John Edwards / Marc Sanders):
The Real Intention - Cafe OTO concert

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


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Drawing from four of the most active and prominent improvisers on the UK free improv scene, saxophonist Trevor Watts leads his quartet with pianist Veryan Weston, bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders through four free spirited, exhilarating and comprehensive collective conversations captured live at Cafe Oto in London in 2019.

Dunmall, Paul Quintet (w / Saunders / Foote / Owston / Bashford): Yes Tomorrow
Dunmall, Paul Quintet (w / Saunders / Foote / Owston / Bashford):
Yes Tomorrow

(Discus -- UK )


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An exhilarating departure from saxophonist Paul Dunmall's Coltrane-esque approach to free improvisation with this electrified quintet of Steven Saunders on guitar, Richard Foote on trombone, James Owston on bass and Jim Bashford on drums, playing with upbeat urgency through a set of Dunmall compositions, often letting Saunder's riffs take the foreground around a first-rate set of solos.

Tippetts, Julie / Martin Archer: Illusion [2 CDs]
Tippetts, Julie / Martin Archer:
Illusion [2 CDs]

(Discus -- UK )


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Their first album after a 6-year break, the collaboration of vocalist Julie Tippetts and multi-reedist & electronic artist Martin Archer is heard in two distinct presentations: a large and stunningly complex suite with an ensemble of acoustic and electronic artists; and a sequence of 13 separate and contrasting songs, performed by various small groups drawn from the JTMA Ensemble.

Dunmall, Paul / Phillip Gibbs / Andrew Ball / Neil Metcalfe / Hilary Jeffery: Newsagents
Dunmall, Paul / Phillip Gibbs / Andrew Ball / Neil Metcalfe / Hilary Jeffery:
Newsagents

(FMR -- UK )


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Reissuing the limited 2003 release on saxophonist Paul Dunmall's DUNS label, this wonderfully sophisticated concert at Victoria Rooms in Bristols featured collaborators and jazz luminaries Philip Gibbs on guitar, Neil Metcalfe on flute, Andrew Ball on piano & celesta and Hilary Jeffrey on trombone, a quintet of tempered intensity and incredibly expressive power.

Transmap+ (Evan Parker / Matt Wright / Robert Jarvis): Grounded Abstraction
Transmap+ (Evan Parker / Matt Wright / Robert Jarvis):
Grounded Abstraction

(FMR -- UK )


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A 2022 concert of acoustic and electroacoustic interaction at The Jazz Centre UK from the Trans Map duo of Evan Parker on soprano saxophone and Matthew Wright on laptop processing, the "+" in Transmap+ being trombonist Robert Jarvis, a versatile collaborator since London Improvisers Orchestra and here a 3rd voice expanding their spectacular open collective free improv.

Davies, Rhodri: For Simon H. Fell
Davies, Rhodri:
For Simon H. Fell

(Amgen Records -- UK )


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Influenced by bassist Simon H. Fell since first hearing him in 1994 in a quartet with Peter Brotzmann, harpist Rhodri Davies approached Fell to work together, enjoying 20 years of collaborations in many group settings; in 2020 Simon H. Fell became seriously ill and passed in June of that year, this extended improvisation being Rhodri Davies' heartfelt tribute to the great improviser.

Davies, Rhodri: Dwa Dni
Davies, Rhodri:
Dwa Dni

(Amgen Records -- UK )


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Two recording sessions yielding 15 recordings of solo harp improvisations in Rhodri Davies' fifth release on his Amgen imprint, beautifully intricate works from exuberant to introspective, with titles borrowed from the works of Lisa Jarnot, Ed Luker, Nathaniel Mackey, Redell Olsen, Sun Ra, Nisha Ramayya, Sarah Riggs and Leslie Scalapino, and cover art by Jean-Luc Guionnet.

Davies, Rhodri / Nikos Velitotis: Hotel Art Head [BOOK]
Davies, Rhodri / Nikos Velitotis:
Hotel Art Head [BOOK]

(gwasg amgen -- UK )


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A curious book of images from artists including Rhodri Davies, John Butcher, Angharad Davies, Richard Dawson, &c. photographed in a location familiar to a touring musician--a budget hotel room--pictured laying on the bed with each artist's head covered by that room's hotel wall painting, from typically insipid to perplexingly unexpected.

XT (Wright / Abbott): Deorlaf X [VINYL]
XT (Wright / Abbott):
Deorlaf X [VINYL]

(Otoroku -- UK )


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An unusual sax and drum duo from saxophonist Seymour Wright and percussionist Paul Abbott, taking recordings from a dozen years of their work together and assembling, mixing and re-recording them into these two impressive works of "mutated multiphonics and triggered percussion" offset with periods of reflection; startling, unexpected, amusing, awe inspiring.

Wastell, Mark: Cello-intern Solos
Wastell, Mark:
Cello-intern Solos

(Confront -- UK )


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Beginning in February 2022 on the 1st Saturday of the month Mark Wastell would bring his cello to the Hundred Years Gallery in London with the grace of gallery owners Graham MacKeachan and Montse Gallego and play, not as a performance, not as a rehearsal, just to play and record his improvisations as he expands his reach on the instrument, heard here in 17 fascinating excerpts.

Taylor, Cecil / Tony Oxley: Birdland / Neuburg 2011
Taylor, Cecil / Tony Oxley:
Birdland / Neuburg 2011

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


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Performing in the intimacy of the Birdland Jazz Club in 2011, New York innovative pianist Cecil Taylor met with London free jazz legendary percussionist and long-time associate in The Feel Trio, Tony Oxley, Taylor's rapid often percussive approach to the keys pairing with Oxley's percussive work, and both invoking lyrical beauty from the other.

Frey, Jurg + Apartment House: Borderland Melodies
Frey, Jurg + Apartment House:
Borderland Melodies

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Three chamber works in single and multiple movements by minimalist composer Jurg Frey, exploring time & duration, form & shape and a balance of material, performed by a core quartet from the UK ensemble Apartment House, orchestrated for clarinet and bass clarinet, violin and cello, the final work adding piano, viola and percussion in a septet reworking of a 2014 composition.

Guy, Barry and Friends: Krakow 2018 [5 CD BOX SET]
Guy, Barry and Friends:
Krakow 2018 [5 CD BOX SET]

(Not Two -- Poland )


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Two days of concerts in 2018 at Alchemia Club, in Krakow, Poland and a recording at Radio Krakow the next day from English composer, band leader and a bass player Barry Guy, in varying configurations at Alchemia of duos & trios with some of Europe & The UK's leading improvisers, culminating in an 11-piece ensemble at Radio Krakow performing the large work "For To End Yet Again".

Harrison, Bryn: A Coiled Form
Harrison, Bryn:
A Coiled Form

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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A remarkable, intense and startlingly virtuosic solo performance from Berlin violinist Sarah Saviet in a long-form extension of an originally 15-minute work commissioned by Saviet of UK composer Bryn Harrison, developed together to allow the score to be variable in length through performer choices to re-sequence the events and repetition of the composition.

Iddon, Martin: Naiads
Iddon, Martin:
Naiads

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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With titles taken from different kinds of water nymphs in Greek mythology, composer Mark Iddon's four-part work is a hauntingly beautiful set of compositions of seeming siren calls and rich percussion, realized by an octet configuration of the UK ensemble Apartment House, with two pianists (Philip Thomas and Mark Knoop), three strings, clarinet, flute and percussion.

London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Krakow 2020 [6 CD BOX SET]
London Jazz Composers Orchestra:
Krakow 2020 [6 CD BOX SET]

(Not Two -- Poland )


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To celebrate its 50th year since bassist Barry Guy assembled the London Jazz Orchestra for its first 1970 performance on BBC Radio, the now multinational band convened in Poland in 2020 for a series of concerts at Alchemia Club and Manggha Hall in configurations of duos to quintets, culminating in a full ensemble performance of two magnificently powerful works: "Flow" and "Harmos-Krakow".

Browne, Mark: Genial Decay
Browne, Mark:
Genial Decay

(Confront -- Great Britain )


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Using sopranino, sorano and decayed tenor saxophone, Mark Brown recorded these unusual improvisations, generating a huge variety of sounds and tones, and then constructing those recordings into this curious and captivating 40 minute work.

Bugge, Maja : No Exit
Bugge, Maja :
No Exit

(Discus -- UK )


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Recorded in Britain's longest tunnel--the Standedge Canal Tunnel--during the Marsden Jazz Festival 2017, Norwegian cellist and composer Maja Bugge's solo album uses the natural resonance of the tunnel as an accompaniment to her expressive playing, recorded at a concert that blended composed work with improvisations that respond to the tunnel's unique resonant properties.

Davies, Angharad / Rie Nakajima / Alice Purton: Dethick
Davies, Angharad / Rie Nakajima / Alice Purton:
Dethick

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Three free improvising women--Angharad Davies, Rie Nakajima, and Alice Purton--met in the church in the tiny hamlet of Dethick, near Matlock, Derbyshire, over the course of two days developing the ten pieces of this album using an impressive set of stringed and percussive instruments, objects, and mysterious sources to create these fascinating sonic evocations.

Davies, Rhodri : Transversal Time
Davies, Rhodri :
Transversal Time

(Confront -- UK )


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Assigning different times systems--standard time, decimal and hex time--to different musicians, harpist Rhodri Davies develops an electroacoustic improvisational environment of unusual perception and sensation, performed live in Cardiff in 2018 with Ryoko Akama, Sara Hughes, Sofia Jernberg, Pia Palme, Andre Parkinson, Lucy Railton, Pat Thomas, & Dafne Vicente.

Denyer, Frank: Music for Shakuhachi
Denyer, Frank:
Music for Shakuhachi

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Unprecedented music for Shakuhachi by Frank Denyer (releases on Tzadik, Mode) with Yoshikazu Iwamoto on shakuhachi and Paul Hiley joining Denyer on percussion.

Denyer, Frank: The Fish That Became The Sun (Songs Of The Dispossessed)
Denyer, Frank:
The Fish That Became The Sun (Songs Of The Dispossessed)

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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A uniquely epic work in 14 parts by composer Frank Denyer, with a large ensemble of 40 musicians, many playing specially built instruments made from discarded materials, with other instrumentation including sitar, mandolin and hammered dulcimer, 4 male vocalists, 4 female vocalists, 4 players of adapted organ pipes, crumhorns, bowed wine glasses, 3 double basses, a contrabassoon, &c. &c.

Dunmall / Sanders  / Edwards: Mind Out
Dunmall / Sanders / Edwards:
Mind Out

(FMR -- Great Britain )


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The trio of saxophonist Paul Dunmall, drummer Mark Sanders, and guitarist Barry Edwards performing live at the University of West England in the fall of 2007.

Eastley, Max / Fergus Kelly / Mark Wastell: The Map Is Not The Territory
Eastley, Max / Fergus Kelly / Mark Wastell:
The Map Is Not The Territory

(Confront -- UK )


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The 8th release on Confront's Core series of factory-pressed CDs brings together improvisers Max Eastley, Fergus Kelly and Mark Wastell, employing electroacoustic devices, invented instruments, metal percussion, a piano frame and tam tam to create a rich and mysterious sound world, darkly hopeful emanations in a nighttime traversal across unknown lands.

Frostlake: Ice & Bone
Frostlake:
Ice & Bone

(Discus -- UK )


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The second album from multi-instrumentalist Frostlake (Jan Todd, also of Orchestra of The Upper Atmosphere), hallucinatory songs of layered vocals accompanied by the creative bass of Terry Todd, for rich atmospheres with warm instrumentation augmented by field recordings; absorbing music that draws its listeners into their beautiful, psychedelic dream states.

Inclusion Principle (Perez / Archer): The Leaf Factory Fallback
Inclusion Principle (Perez / Archer):
The Leaf Factory Fallback

(Discus -- UK )


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The duo of Herve Perez (Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, AXIS) and Discus label leader Martin Archer, both saxophonists and sound artists using a collection of software instruments, organs, computer instruments and field recordings in a live-in-the-studio recording of remarkable electroacoustic performance, blurring free jazz and abstract sound in fascinating ways.

Long, Ashley John: PSI
Long, Ashley John:
PSI

(FMR -- UK )


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Virtuoso UK bassist Ashley John Long presents a startling array of approaches and techniques on the double bass over 11 improvisations, from concise shorter presentations to expansive displays of skill, excitement or introspection, all with an ear to captivating his listener.

Lynch, Sue / Dawid Frydryk / Dave Fowler / John Edwards: Dial
Lynch, Sue / Dawid Frydryk / Dave Fowler / John Edwards:
Dial

(FMR -- UK )


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A great example of British collective free jazz captured live at Iklectic in London in 2019 for two extended and wide-ranging performances--"Dial Tone I" & II--from the quartet of Sue Lynch (Remote Viewers, The Horse Improvised Music Club), Polish trumpeter based in London Dawid Frydryk, drummer Dave Fowler (Maggie Nichols) and the ever-active John Edwards on bass.

Maguire, Phil  / James L. Malone: Working Title
Maguire, Phil / James L. Malone:
Working Title

(Confront -- UK )


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Phil Maguire (Verz label) exchanges abstract electronics from a variety of lo-fi devices with glitch and aberrant guitarist James L. Malone, a London improviser who has worked with Eddie Prevost, Phil Durrant, Steve Beresford and Adam Bohman, as the two trade strange sonic disruptions, avoiding pandemonium, instead using noise in pointed discourse.

Metcalfe, Neil / Guillaume Viltard / Daniel Thompson: Garden of Water and Light
Metcalfe, Neil / Guillaume Viltard / Daniel Thompson:
Garden of Water and Light

(FMR -- Great Britain )


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The complete set from the live performance of Neil Metcalfe (flute), Guillaume Viltard (double bass) and Daniel Thompson (guitars), performing in the extraordinary space of St Leopards Shoreditch Church in Hackney, London.

Minton, Phil / Dieb13: With, Without
Minton, Phil / Dieb13:
With, Without

(Klanggalerie -- Germany )


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Combining concerts from a number of festivals and venues between 2009 & 2017, this album presents the best of the collaboration between London free improvising vocalist Phil Minton and Austrian turntablist and experimenter Dieb13, each of them masterfully unleashed in overwhelmingly creative, outlandish, sometimes frightening/sometimes uproarious, truly unique music.

Noble, Steve / Daniel Thompson: Sunday Afternoon (Live At The Hundred Years Gallery)
Noble, Steve / Daniel Thompson:
Sunday Afternoon (Live At The Hundred Years Gallery)

(Confront -- Great Britain )


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A recording of two London based improvisers of different generations communing in the resonant surroundings of the 100 Years Gallery, with drummer Noble creating glittering bell and gong like tones over which guitar Thompson hangs fractured harmonics and strange bending chords.

 
Oceans of Silver & Blood:
Oceans of Silver & Blood

(Confront -- Great Britain )


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The debut release of the duo of Joachim Nordwall on modular synth and Mark Wastell on tam tam performing two tonal drones that blends rich cymbal sonics entwined with dark, slowly evolving synthetics.

Prevost, Eddie / Alan Wilkinson / Joe Williamson: Along Came Joe
Prevost, Eddie / Alan Wilkinson / Joe Williamson:
Along Came Joe

(Matchless -- Great Britain )


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Ry-om (Ikeshiro / Shelton): III
Ry-om (Ikeshiro / Shelton):
III

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Ry-om is a london-based duo creating improvised experimental electronic music, noise and acoustic soundscapes using laptops, guitars, feedback loops, synths, instrumental samples and vocals.

Schlippenbach, Alexander Von & Eddie Prevost: Blackheath
Schlippenbach, Alexander Von & Eddie Prevost:
Blackheath

(Matchless -- Great Britain )


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Pianist von Schlippenbach and drummer Eddie Prevost on an album of two solo works each, and then together for a piece inspired by Thelonius Monk.

Seeded Plain: Bryan Day & Jay Kremer: entry codes
Seeded Plain: Bryan Day & Jay Kremer:
entry codes

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Seeded Plain is the duo of Bryan Day and Jay Kreimer, who create homemade instruments and use them to create far-ranging improvisations with a unique set of timbres and percussive elements.

Smart, Shirley / James Arben: Entanglement: 9 Improvised Dialogues
Smart, Shirley / James Arben:
Entanglement: 9 Improvised Dialogues

(FMR -- UK )


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UK sax and wind player James Arben and cellist Shirley Smart explore the possibilities of chamber-oriented free improvisation through a series of dialogues of harmonic, rhythmic and timbral tension and resolution, created from bold experimental playing techniques and melodic discourse that draws on influences from jazz to Middle Eastern, folk and contemporary music.

Thornton, Giles Jazz Orchestra: Be In Today
Thornton, Giles Jazz Orchestra:
Be In Today

(FMR -- UK )


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A large band project from UK composer, arranger and conductor Giles Thornton, directing 29 musicians through original works and reinterpretations of ballads like Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You", in a blend of acoustic and electronic musicians that avoids overt fusion overtones while keeping the music melodic with the occasional exotica flair.

Urpeth, Peter / Maggie Nicols: Other Worlds
Urpeth, Peter / Maggie Nicols:
Other Worlds

(FMR -- UK )


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Originally developed for the soundtrack to Sean Martin and Louise Milnes 2011 documentary, "A Boat Retold", vocalist Maggie Nichols and pianist Peter Urpeth revisited the material for album release, creating this wonderful pair of extemporaneous, otherworldly narratives.

Archer, Martin : Anthropology Band [2 CDs]
Archer, Martin :
Anthropology Band [2 CDs]

(Discus -- UK )


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Inspired by the music of 70's Miles Davis electric work, composer and saxophonist Martin Archer presents 15 compositions performed in two parallel sessions over two CDs, the first in a septet that includes Corey Mwamba, Pat Thomas and Dave Sturt, and the second an extended ensemble with brass and wind sections, each bringing distinctive life to these inspired compositions.

Chant, Tom / John Edwards / Eddie Prevost: All Change
Chant, Tom / John Edwards / Eddie Prevost:
All Change

(Matchless -- Great Britain )


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Recorded in concert at The Network Theatre, Waterloo in London, 2012, the trio of Tom Chant on saxophone, John Edwards on bass and Eddie Prevost on drums present a tour de force of modern free jazz with great technical and conversational power.

Chaton, Anne James / Andy Moor: Le Journaliste
Chaton, Anne James / Andy Moor:
Le Journaliste

(Unsounds -- The Netherlands )


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Part of a series of 100 portraits in sound iniated by Anne James Chaton, a journey into the texts and columns of newspapaper and radio broadcasts of a single journalist.

Contest of Pleasures, The (Butcher / Charles / Dorner): Alibi Days
Contest of Pleasures, The (Butcher / Charles / Dorner):
Alibi Days

(Potlatch -- France )


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Recordings of improvisations from different rooms with unique resonant properties, manipulated and organized into 5 compositions mixing musique concrete and e-a improv.

Davies, Rhodri / John Butcher: Routing Lynn
Davies, Rhodri / John Butcher:
Routing Lynn

(Ftarri -- Japan )


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Chris Watson recorded John Butcher on acoustic & amplified sax and Rhodri Davies on acoustic & electric harp in Routing Lynn in Northumberland, then joined them live at a festival in Gateshead where the duo played alongside Watson's reworked recordings.

Dunmall, Paul / Jon Irabagon / Mark Sanders / Jim Bashford: The Rain Sessions
Dunmall, Paul / Jon Irabagon / Mark Sanders / Jim Bashford:
The Rain Sessions

(FMR -- UK )


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Dedicated to Cecil Taylor and taking advantage of NY saxophonist Irabagon's UK visit, this album presents four drum duets "time two", as two tenor saxophonists--Paul Dunmall and Jon Irabagon--meet two lyrical drummers--Mark Sanders and Jim Bashford--following Dunmall long-standing interest in drum and sax duets, the results this ebullient and remarkable album.

Dunmall, Paul / Liam Noble / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: The Feeling Principle
Dunmall, Paul / Liam Noble / John Edwards / Mark Sanders:
The Feeling Principle

(FMR -- UK )


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Representing some of the finest of UK free improvisers, the quartet of John Edwards on bass, Mark Sanders on drums, Liam Noble on piano, and Paul Dunmall on tenor & alto saxophones are recorded in the studio in Birmingham for three extended improvisations of commanding technique, creative drive and wide dynamics; the power of free jazz in the hands of masters.

Gluck, Bob: Something Quiet
Gluck, Bob:
Something Quiet

(FMR -- Great Britain )


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Pianist Bob Gluck in a trio with Joe Giardullo on soprano saxophone and Christopher Dean Sullivan on bass, a delicate album that belies the "quiet" in its title.

IST (Davies / Fell / Wastell) + John Butcher / Phil Durrant: A More Attractive Way [5 CD BOX SET + 2
IST (Davies / Fell / Wastell) + John Butcher / Phil Durrant:
A More Attractive Way [5 CD BOX SET + 20 page booklet]

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $44.95    




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A comprehensive album of live performances from IST (Rhodri Davies: harp, preparations; Simon H. Fell: double bass, preparations; Mark Wastell: violoncello, preparations) between 1996 and 2000, beginning with their concert at Club Orange in London and including concerts in London, Billericay, Norwich and Cambridge, with a 20 page booklet of photos and text from the band & collaborators.

Keune / Lash / Noble: And Now
Keune / Lash / Noble:
And Now

(FMR -- UK )


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A searing album in the European Free Jazz tradition from the trio of Stefan Keune on tenor sax, Dominic Lash on double bass, and Steve Noble on drums, performing live at Cafe Oto in London in 2020 for an explosive set that at times catches its breath, but which always returns to their assertive and astounding displays, ultimately ending with a unique introspection; magnificent.

Bailey, Derek / Charlie Morrow & Friends: New York 1982 [VINYL]
Bailey, Derek / Charlie Morrow & Friends:
New York 1982 [VINYL]

(Recital -- USA )


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Recorded in 1982 during a series of extraordinary free improv concerts by guitarist Derek Bailey and trumpeter Charlie Marrow, performing in configurations from solo to full septet with performers from NY's "New Wilderness" collective: percussionist Glen Velez, saxophonist & sound poet Steve McCaffery, trumpeter Carol E. Tuynman, saxophonist Patricia Burgess and trumpeter Michael Snow.

Toop, David / Peter Cusack / Steve Beresford / Terry Day: Alterations [VINYL]
Toop, David / Peter Cusack / Steve Beresford / Terry Day:
Alterations [VINYL]

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


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Formed in 1977, the freely improvising group of David Toop, Peter Cusack, Terry Day & Steve Beresford approached their performances with an extensive collection of instruments spread across the floor, allowing a vast range of expression both conventional and bewildering, collective and combative, as the group reveled in a concept of "production friction", here in never-released live recordings.

Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Rhodri Davies: Dyslexic Harp (Deciphered In The Dark)
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Rhodri Davies:
Dyslexic Harp (Deciphered In The Dark)

(Amgen Records -- UK )


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Recording in Brussels, Rhodri Davies performs a composition for pedal harp written for and dedicated to him by composer and saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, using liberal periods of space that creates hanging anticipation amidst beautiful moments of fragmented string sequence and percussive response using the frame of the harp, leaving the listener in a state of fascinated expectancy.

Davies, Rhodri: Over Shadows
Davies, Rhodri:
Over Shadows

(Amgen Records -- UK )


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An extended solo titled for author Redell Olsen's book secure portable space (Reality Street), performed on Lever harp and EBows by UK electroacoustic improviser Rhodri Davies, recorded at Old School, Bracon Ash, in Norfolk in 2004 by Graham Halliwell and edited by Benedict Drew and John Wall, creating a richly evolving work of haunting plateaus and valleys.

Dagg, Henry / Evan Parker: Then Through Now
Dagg, Henry / Evan Parker:
Then Through Now

(False Walls -- UK )


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Dublin sound inventor Henry Dagg joins soprano saxophonist Evan Parker for a live concert in Canterbury: fourteen vignettes of electro-acoustic interaction using Dagg's "Stage Cage"--valve test-oscillators, ring modulators, frequency shifter, chromatic zither, and a variable tape delay system--to both generate sound and to transform Parker's improvisations in incredible ways.

McPhee, Joe / John Edwards: Tell Me How Long Has Trane Been Gone (for James Baldwin And John Coltran
McPhee, Joe / John Edwards:
Tell Me How Long Has Trane Been Gone (for James Baldwin And John Coltrane)

(Klanggalerie -- Austria )


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The incredible first meeting between legendary saxophonist Joe McPhee and double bassist John Edwards is this performance at the 2019 Artacts festival in Austria, a powerfully reflective free jazz concert with McPhee speaking & preaching about the loss of giants John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and James Baldwin, as they stand upon their shoulders through free music.

Wilkinson / Prevost / Moore / Edwards + Catchpole: Do Disturb (Concerts at Cafe OTO)
Wilkinson / Prevost / Moore / Edwards + Catchpole:
Do Disturb (Concerts at Cafe OTO)

(Matchless -- UK )


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Capturing two exceptional concerts at London's Cafe OTO in 2021 & 2022, in the launch of a new quartet expanding the longstanding trio of NO Moore on electric guitar, John Edwards on double bass and Eddie Prévost on drums, with Alan Wilkinson on baritone & alto saxophones, and for one performance on each night, tenor saxophonist Nathaniel Catchpole joining.



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