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![]() Phillips, Barre / Motoharu Yoshizawa: Oh My, Those Boys! [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two bass players--European free improv legend Barre Phillips and Japanese master Motoharu Yoshizawa--met at Cafe Amores in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1994, with Phillips on an amplified acoustic upright and Yoshizawa using an electric vertical 5-string bass of his own design, as the two weave and merge their unique sounds and approaches in a brilliant concert. |
![]() Piotrowicz, Robert / Lukas Jincka: Samoobrona [VINYL] (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Helmut Kajzar's theatrical play with themes of physicality and death with sound performed on synthesizers and electronics, in it's 4th recording including stage directions in the narrative (in Polish) with an insert providing English translations of a selection of dialog. |
![]() Plan B (Joe Mcphee / James Keepnews / David Berger): From Outer Space [VINYL with DOWNLOAD] (Roaratorio -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Spinning an unusual story, the trio of saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, guitarist and laptop artist James Keepnews, and drummer David Berger envision the first encounter between alien life and a delegation of earthlings, while giving a nod to jazz's original man from another planet, Sun Ra, with a side-long suite dedicated to him. |
![]() Plan Kruutntoone / Reinier van Houdt : Pas Maar Op, Want Deze Tas Is Van Zorro (En Zorro Houdt Van Mij)[VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Plan Kruutntoone joins forces with avant-garde pianist Reinier van Houdt for a conceptual narrative blurring improvised music, compositional and rock forms, with a narrative based around Zorro and Rosa, geography (and Spielberg) and Brodski, or in their terms: composed and deranged music and lyrics (and other words) on guitars, basses, drums and a piano. |
![]() Plan Kruutntoone: Wat Doen De Handen [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fifth album from Amsterdam avant rock band Plan Kruutntoone led by Hans Visser on guitar, banjo & voice, and drummer/percussionist Chris MŸller, is a diverse set of recording that bring a sense of isolation and introspection, including spoken word pieces with Samuel Beckett text fragments, and a string quartet composed by Hans Visser; unique and singular. |
![]() Postmarks (Boris Hauf / D Bayne / Martin Siewert): National Parks [Vinyl] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Austria ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The duo of saxophonist Boris Hauf and pianist D Bayne team up with guitarist Martin Siewert in this collection of tracks inspired by different U.S. national parks and their representation in iconic posters. |
![]() Pupillo, Massimo / Alexandre Babel / Caspar Brotzmann: Live At Candy Bomber Studios, Vol.1 [VINYL] (KARLRECORDS -- Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The insanely powerful work of this new trio--bass player Massimo Pupillo (Zu, Laniakea), drummer Alexandre Babel (Sudden Infant) and Caspar Brotzmann on guitar--captured live at Candy Bomber Studios, in Berlin for two monumental free improvisations of raw energy that blend noise rock, drone, and improvisation into something uniquely fearsome and wonderful. |
![]() RED trio: Rebento [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock After records with John Butcher and Nate Wooley, the Red Trio of Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano), Hernani Faustino (bass) and Gabriel Ferrandini (drums and percussion) return to their trio roots for an album of superb free improvisation. |
![]() RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata: RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata [VINYL RSD] (Bam Balam Records -- France ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A Record Store Day 2020 LP of the collaboration between Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto and French/British multi-instrumentalis RG Rough, using guitar drones, electronics, concrete sounds and percussion to create a sonic junble, occasionally soothed by a near-lullaby, only to be subsumed by a cascade of strings or fades into a repetitive minimal piano figure. |
![]() ROIL (Chris Abrahams / Mike Majkowski / James Waples): Raft Of The Meadows [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Free improvisation using the jazz idiom as a jumping off point from the trio of pianist Chris Abrahams (The Necks), bassist Mike Majkowski, and drummer James Waples, superb technical playing with a melodic intent and excellent pacing. |
![]() Radical Empathy Trio: Reality and Other Imaginary Places [VINYL] (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recorded during Thollem's 2017 residency at Brooklyn's multi-discipline center Pioneer Works, the trio of Nels Cline on electric guitar and Michael Wimberly on drums apply treatments, alterations and processes to acoustic-electro improv, their unusual approach often inviting the listener to discover organization under a wonderful commotion of sound. |
![]() Radulescu, Horatiu: Clepsydra / Astray [VINYL] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Romanian-French composer Horatiu Radulescu with 2 works from 1983: "Clepsydra" for 16 Sound Icons played on a sideway piano, and the 1984 work "Astray" for 6 saxophones and Sound Icons. |
![]() Raia, Antonio : Asylum [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Naples tenor saxophonist Antonio Raia's album of solo saxophone improvisations employs a mix of traditional and unusual techniques in 12 concise pieces that fragment "scraps" of melody into a diverse ruminating streams, recorded at the city's Filangeri Asylum by sound artist Renato Fiorito, using ten microphones to capture the unique qualities of the space. |
![]() Ravenstine, Allen : Waiting For The Bomb [VINYL] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Many years after Pere Ubu and his work as a pilot, one of the world's most unique synth players, Allen Ravenstine, releases an album of composed works, 18 discrete hybrid miniature sound worlds that blend acoustic, real-world and synthetic sounds in unorthodox ways that elusively twist conventional approaches with unexpected elements and narrative twists. |
![]() Reid, Tomeka / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Eight Pieces for Two Cellos [VINYL] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $21.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two Chicago improvising cellists--Tomeka Reid & Fred Lonberg-Holm--explore the repertoire for cello music in jazz, presenting works by Fred Katz ("Pluck It"), Sam Jones ("In Walked Ray"), Ron Carter ("Rally") and Harry Babsin ("Monti-Cello"), adding 3 new, original works by Fred Lonberg-Holm and a piece by Tomeka Reid paying homage to bassist Charles Mingus & violinist Billy Bang. |
![]() Rempis, Dave / Avreeayl Ra: Bennu [VINYL] (Aerophonic -- USA ) Price: $19.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first recorded document of longtime collaborators performing as a duo, Dave Rempis (alto & tenor saxophones) and Avreeayl Ra (drums & percussion), in a thoughtfully building and muscular sax/drum pairing of both meditative and joyful free playing, captured at Constellation in Chicago after months where both players were unable to perform in person; exceptional! |
![]() Riley, Howard : 10.11.12 [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $20.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Five original compositions and a great rendering of "Lush Life" from British pianist Howard Riley performing solo at the Jazz Jungtys Festival in Kaunas, 2012, brilliant and focused playing showing his masterful skills deeply steeped in tradition and freedom. |
![]() Roadworks (Gallio / Streuli): As If You Were Here / Glassware [2 LPS + CD + DOWNLOAD] (Percaso -- Switzerland ) Price: $39.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A deluxe 2 album release: "Glassware" on CD was composed by Swiss saxophonist Christoph Gallio for a commission by the Art Council Of The Canton Aargau, performed with Raphael Loher (piano), Ernst Thoma (synth), Dominique Girod (bass), and Nicolas Stocker (drums); then reworked into something creatively experimental in the 2 LP "As If You Were Here"; engaging and spellbinding! |
![]() Roigk, Stefan : Suffering For The Promised [VINYL] (Fragment Factory -- Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Multi-disciplinary artist living in Berlin, Stefan Roigk developed "Suffering For The Promised" over a 14 year period, composing this large work of acousmatic music as an atmospherically intense yet utterly fragile piece, combining concrete sounds, field recordings and devotional vocal fragments in an eclectic and highly intimate composition of great depth and detail. |
![]() Roman Radkovic Collective: Televize [VINYL] (Mappa -- Slovokia ) Price: $21.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A Slovokian experimental group with rock roots and a somewhat DaDa approach to unusual song forms using perplexing repetitions and interventions, led by guitarist and vocalist Roman Radkovič with Josef Novák on keyboard, Jiří Šíla on accordion, Zdeněk Řihošek on harmonica & double bass Zdeněk Caha on drums & voice, and Miloš Šandera on percussion. |
![]() Roots Magic (Pololla / De Fabritiis / Tedeschi / Spera): Take Root Among The Stars [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Mining the area between the blues and creative jazz with pieces by Charles Tyler, Ornette Coleman, Phil Cohran and Sun Ra, this is the 3rd album from the Italian quartet of Alberto Popolla on clarinets, Errico De Fabritiis on saxophones, Gianfranco Tedeschi on double bass, and Fabrizio Spera on drums & percussion, joined by Eugenio Colombo on flute and Francesco Lo Cascio on vibes. |
![]() Rosenfled, Marina: Teenage Lontano [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two large scale choral compositions recorded at New York City's Park Avenue Armory and at South London Gallery: ""Teenage Lontano" re-envisions composer Gyorgy Ligeti's 1960s orchestral work, using an immersive sound environment and the collective voices of an ensemble of teenagers; in "roygbiv&b" a teen ensemble in London riff off of mis-hearings of the acronym "ROYGBIV". |
![]() Rutherford, Paul / Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The 1st in a series of unreleased concerts from the 90s recorded in Japan by Chap-Chap Records, acquired by NoBusiness to bring them to light; this duo album brings the late and influential UK free improvising trombonist Paul Rutherford together with drummer Sabu Toyozumi for five far-ranging dialogs of both reflective and enthusiastical energetic playing. |
![]() Sakata, Akira / Takeo Moriyama: Mitochondria [VINYL 2 LPs] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $38.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An absolutely intense sax & drum duo recorded in Chiba Prefecture, Japan at Kashiwa Church in 1986 between free improvising saxophonist Akira Sakata and drummer Takeo Moriyama, two influential performers whose work began in the Yosuke Yamashita Trio in the early 70's, here in concentrated form for 18 improvisations, including a burning version of Albert Ayler's "Ghosts". |
![]() Samartzis, Philip / Eugene Ughetti: Array [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A 3-part performance work exploring the effects of powerful climate forces affecting the poles of our planet, as Philip Samartzis and Eugene Ughetti use recordings of radar & scientific instrumentation used in upper atmospheric research along with custom built instruments, producing a unique series of textures, rhythmic cycles, resonances, and timbral phenomena. |
![]() Sanguedolce, Lorenzo & Michael Bisio: Live at the Yippie [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Part of a performance by tenor saxophonist Lorenzo Sanguedolce and bassist Michael Bisio, two extended and adventurous jazz works composed by Sanguedolc. |
![]() Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part I) [VINYL - SLIGHTLY DAMAGED] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $18.99 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dinged Sleeve corners from rough postal handling |
![]() Satoh, Masahiko / Sabu Toyozumi: The Aiki [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Working together often over decades, free improvising drummer Sabu Toyozumi and composer/improvising pianist Masahiko Satoh are heard here in a 1997 duo concert at C S Aka-Renga, in Yamaguchi City, Japan, for an engaging concert of energetic interaction, emphasizing Satoh's percussive approach to the keys and Sabu's inherent melodicism in his approach to drumming. |
![]() Scherchen, Hermann: Orchesterproben Ludwig Van Beethoven 6. Sinfonie [VINYL] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An historical recording of Hermann Scherchen directing the RTSI Orchestra in a rehearsal of Beethoven's 6th Symphony, 1964, one of the works Scherchen is most associated with. |
![]() Schlippenbach Quartet (Schlippenbach / Parker / Silva / Lovens): Anticlockwise [VINYL] (Cien Fuegos -- Austria ) Price: $34.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Reissuing pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's 1983 FMP album with his quartet of Evan Parker on soprano & tenor saxophones, Alan Silva on double bass and Paul Lovens on drums & percussion, a fertile period for the group, as heard in the probing and incisive free jazz through two extended improvisations captured live at the Quartier Latin in Berlin, Germany in 1982. |
![]() Schlippenbach, Alexander von / Aki Takase: Live At Cafe Amores [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Legendary free jazz pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, founder of Globe Unity Orchestra and Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, met masterful Japanese pianist Aki Takase in 1995 for a live concert at Cafe Amores, in Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan, for a concert of intricate interplay and uniquely creative approaches, taking on work by Mingus, Monk, and even Frank Zappa. |
![]() Schlippenbach, Alexander von : Globe Unity [VINYL] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Wild, nearly unprecedented and an exhilarating direction in European Free Improvisation heard in the 1st recordings from 1966 of pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's Globe Unity band, a 14-piece ensemble that included young saxophonists Peter Brötzmann, Gerd Dudek & Kris Wanders, bassist Peter Kowald, bass clarinetist Willem Breuker, trumpeter Manfred Schoof, &c. |
![]() Schmickler, Marcus: Sky Dice / Mapping the Studio [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Editions Mego -- Austria ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two major works designed for multi-channel sound projections from electronic composer Marcus Schmickler: "Sky Dice / Mapping the Studio", a work for ARP 2500, Publison DHM89B, Publison Infernal Machine and Computer, premiered at Donaueschinger Tage fur Neue Musik in 2018; "Fortuna Ribbon" a 6-part work based on spatial hearing and auditory otoacoustic distortions. |
![]() Schnee (Christof Kurzmann / Burkhard Stangl) : Cher [VINYL] (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fourth album in 20 years from the Schnee duo of guitarist Burkhard Stangl (efzeg, Polwechsel) and Christof Kurzmann performing on lloop, voice and "ruber bands", creating music for films that have not yet been created through intensely moody electroacoustic environments, Kurzmann's voice sometimes guiding the narrative of their visionary sound. |
![]() Shelton, Skeeter / Hamid Drake: Sclupperbep [VINYL] (Two Rooms Records -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock After meeting in Detroit when tenor saxophonist & flutist Skeeter Shelton subbed for a sick player in a duo concert with drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake, the two found a bond through Shelton's father, Ajaramu Shelton, who had been one of Drake's mentor at Chicago's AACM; the concert was so successful that this recording was immediately planned, based around many of Shelton's themes. |
![]() Shipp, Matthew : The Reward [VINYL 2 LPs] (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock One of the most distinctive and introspective voices on the piano in modern improvised music, New York pianist Matthew Shipp presents a solo suite in four movements, each movement a side of this magnificently produced double LP, released to coincide with his 60th birthday, including liner notes from late poet and collaborator Steve Dalichinsky; a wonderful gift for 2020. |
![]() Shippy, Mark / Alex Cunningham : Ghost Note [VINYL] (Personal Archives -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first recorded collaboration between guitarist Mark Shippy (U.S. Maple) and improvising violinist Alex Cunningham (Apathist!, Claire Rousay, Cunningham/Cameron/Smith), together taking their instruments into strangely tumultuous and often quickly shifting territory; sometimes ethereal, sometimes cantankerous, always captivating. |
![]() Shiroishi, Patrick: Hidemi [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (American Dreams Records -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A meditation on the life of Japanese-Americans after living in California's concentration camps during World War II, performed by Patrick Shiroishi through layering of c melody saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone and voice, reflecting on his own grandfathers's seemingly unbearable experience through patience and dignity. |
![]() Silva, Susana Santos: All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing [VINYL] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Aside from her exceptional trumpet work in free improvisation settings, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos, currently based in Stockholm, is also an electro-acoustic composer, these six compelling compositions merging field recordings--particularly birds, waters and yes, a phone--along with her trumpet playing and Irish flute, the album title a reference to John Cage's book Silence. |
![]() Snik: Metasediment Rock [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock SNIK IS led by trombonist Kristoffer Kompen and bassist Ole Morten Vagan, who provide the compositions for their quartet with saxophonist Kristoffer Berre Alberts and drummer Erik Nylander, in an album that ranges from meditative free playing to hard swinging bop oriented jazz. |
![]() Sontag Shogun: LTFI EP [VINYL 10-inch EP] (Palaver Press -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Sontag Shogun is the trio of pianist Ian Temple and sound artists Jesse Perlstein and Jeremy Young, setting the piano against intricately designed sonic textures and cut-ups of choral voice and acoustic guitar, as well as processed field recordings, here in a 10" 4 track EP. |
![]() Sorey, Tyshawn : Pillars IV [VINYL 2 LPs 180g with DOWNLOAD] (Firehouse 12 Records -- USA ) Price: $39.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Vinyl edition with a unique 4-part, 4th "Pillar": Tyshawn Sorey in an amazing and ambitious work "Pillars", assembling an ensemble of virtuosic NY performers (Joe Morris, Todd Neufeld, Ben Gerstein, Stephen Hayes, Zach Rowden, Carl Test, Mark Helias) as he references Tibetan rituals, Stockhausen, and Anthony Braxton, and much more. |
![]() Space Quartet (Toral / Antunes / Morao / Torres): Freedom of Tomorrow [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first quartet album for electronic improviser Rafael Toral's Space Quartet is a live album from Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto in Coimbra, performed with Hugo Antunes on double bass, Nuno Morao on drums & percussion, Nuno Torres on alto saxophone & electronic instrument, with Toral using acoustic & electronic feedback to bring the classic jazz quartet lineup into new spaces. |
![]() Starlite Motel (Alberts / Saft / Haker-Flaten / Nilssen): Awosting Falls [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Scandinavian and American musicians join together to form this quartet, with Kristoffer Berre Alberts on saxes, Jamie Saft on organ and keys, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten on electric bass, and Gard Nilssen on drums & electronics, for an album of spacey and groove oriented jazz. |
![]() Steamboat Switzerland (Blume / Pliakas / Niggli): Terrifying Sunset [VINYL] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $27.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Contemporary German painter Albert Oehlen invited Steamboat Switzerland — Lucas Niggli on drums; Marino Pliakas on electric bass; Dominik Blum on drums& voice — to create music for his solo exhibition Tramonto Spaventoso at the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles, these extended compositions that connect to Oehlen's work the result, from dark ea-improv to hardcore Hammond free jazz. |
![]() Steidle, Oli & The Killing Popes (Steidle / Mobus / Nicholls / Downes / Donkin): Ego Pills [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Rapid fire playing and a wicked humor fuels drummer Olie Steidle's album with guitarist Frank Mobus, keyboardists Kit Downes and Dan Nicholls, and bassist Phil Donkin, mashing together electro-jazz, art rock, hardcore and club music into upbeat and twisted music, building up to a narrative "Speed Junky on Funny Human Darts"; insanely embraceable and stunning. |
![]() Stein's, Jason Locksmith Isidore: After Caroline [VINYL] (Northern Spy -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The fourth release from Chicago bass clarinetist Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore, a trio with Jason Roebke on bass and New York drummer Mike Pride, playing modern creative jazz with a twisted melodic sense through Stein's original compositions, alongside one collective comoposition and John Coltrane's "26-2", a great example of 21st century jazz. |
![]() Steve Swell Quintet (Swell / Moondoc / Burrell / W. Parker / Cleaver): Soul Travelers [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A great set of Downtown NY players led by trombonist Steve Swell, with Jemeel Moondoc on alto sax, Dave Burrell on piano, William Parker on double bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, a heartfelt and masterfully soulful album of excellent modern jazz in a limited LP. |
![]() Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Prophet [YELLOW VINYL] (Modern Harmonic -- USA / Canada ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Perhaps the only recordings on the Sequential Circuits "Prophet" analog synthesizer by Sun Ra, starting with an extended solo performance that bridges jazz tradition and future spacewaves, followed by full Arkestra performances on a set of concepts around "The Prophet", with both Marshall Allen and John Gilmore at the helm above a cosmically percussive heavy ensemble. |
![]() Sun Ra & His Astro-Ihnfinity Arkestra: Sun Embassy [VINYL WITH DOWNLOAD] (Roaratorio -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recordings from Sun Studios made between 1968-1969 with Astro-Ihnfinity Arkestra including Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Daddy Davis, Ray Thompson, Danny Davis, &c. in nine tracks, six of which have never been heard before in any form, plus remasters on 1950s classics "Sunology" and "Ancient Aiethiopia", plus an early rendition of "Why Go To The Moon". |
![]() Sun Ra And His Outer Space Arkestra: A Fire Side Chat With Lucifer [VINYL] (Modern Harmonic -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock This 1983 Saturn Research LP presents two sides of the Sun Ra Arkestra, the first side with the 80's classics "Nuclear War" along with "Retrospect" and "Makeup"; the second side presenting the extended and more experimental "A Fireside Chat with Lucifer", a 20 minute well balanced, open framework that allows for both melodic soloing and extended free exchanges. |
![]() Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab: Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt [VINYL] (STRUT -- E.U. ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The last installment in Strut's Sun Ra reissue series is also the first time that Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt album has been reissued, bringing to light these studio recordings between the Arkestra and Egyptian drummer Salah Ragab, recorded during Ra's 1983 Egyptian tour, and featuring two Ragab compostions from his Cairo Jazz Band. |
![]() Sun Ra Arkestra Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen: Live At Babylon [VINYL 2 LPs LTD AUDIOPHILE w/ M.A. Signature] (In and Out -- Germany ) Price: $42.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The Sun Ra Arkestra configured as the 14-piece Centennial Dream Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen are heard in an ecstatic live concert at Istanbul's Babylon music club in 2014, released as a double LP audiophile edition, with performances of Sun Ra classics including "Astro Black", "Saturn", "Discipline 27B", and "Satellites Are Spinning". |
![]() Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling [2 LPS] (STRUT / Artyard -- UK & US ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The first new Sun Ra Arkestra album in twenty years, recorded in Philadelphia under the direction of saxophonist Marshall Allan, with long-standing Arkestra members including Danny Ray Thompson, Michael Ray, Vincent Chancey, Knoel Scott, Cecil Brooks, Atakatune, Elson Nascimento and Tyler Mitchel, with new material and new renderings of classic Ra compositions. |
![]() Sun Ra and His Arkestra: I Struck a Match on the Moon / Dreamsville [7-inch VINYL] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recorded during the The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra sessions in 1961 after moving the Arkestra to the Philadelphia/NY area from his original Chicago base, these two ballads are sung by Ricky Murray, "I Struck a Match..." written by Sun Ra and very much an Arkestra tune, while "Dreamsville" is a Livingston-Mancini-Evans tune that receives Ra's big band treatment. |
![]() Sun Ra: Discipline 27-II [VINYL] (STRUT / Artyard -- USA ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The 2nd volume in Sun Ra's "Discipline" series was recorded during the same sessions as 1972's Impulse release "Space Is the Place", with Sun Ra on electronic keyboards and Moog, and a large band including Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Danny Davis, Akh Tal Ebah, June Tyson, &c. |
![]() Sun Ra: Ra To The Rescue [TRANSLUCENT GREEN VINYL] (Modern Harmonic -- USA ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A well-balanced early 80s album in it's first reissue from Sun Ra with a 16-piece Arkestra, recording at Squat Theater in New York City, 1982 for a mix of Ra original numbers and songs including "Children of the Sun" and "Cosmo-Party Blues", plus a wild Sun Ra solo synthesizer improv, blues and traditional jazz numbers, and a layered percussion jam. |
![]() Surplus 1980: Pigeon Obstacle Course [VINYL + 7''] (Surplus Industries -- Czech Republic ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Created out of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and drummer/percussionist Moe Staiano's Mute Socialite, this 7-piece improvising rock band turns rock on it's side in mostly instrumental, energetically complex and twisted rock pieces with acerbic social narrative, the band employing three drummers, bass & two guitars, piano and trumpet from Darren Johnston. |
![]() Survival Unit III (McPhee / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang): The Art of Flight: For Alvin Fielder [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fully acoustic set of creative free improvisation from the Survival Unit III trio of Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Joe McPhee on tenor saxophone & pocket trumpet and Michael Zerang on percussion, performing at the 2018 The Instigation Festival in New Orleans in a set of concerts that also was drummer Alvin Fielder's last concert, to whom this album is dedicated. |
![]() Suzuki, Akio: Zeitstudie [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $32.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Referring to "Study Time", Zeitstudie presents two works each for two instruments developed by sound artist Akio Suzuki and recorded in Germany in 1984: the ANALAPOS, an echo instrument used to project the performer's voice across a coil spring; and the "De Koolmees" glass harmonica, 5 glass tubes in a metal frame that are struck or rubbed to create unique sounds. |
![]() Svendsen, Christian Meaas : Avin [VINYL LP] (Nakama Records -- Norway ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Known more for his double bass work, Christian Meaas Svendsen releases a stunningly beautiful album of unusually orchestrated pop songs with an 8-piece band of Nordic improvisers and performers, a dramatic album of tension and release which, despite lyrics in Norwegian, draws all listeners in through inventive and innovative musical structures. |
![]() Takagi, Mototeru / Kim Dae Hwan / Choi Sun Bae: Seishin - Seido [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A free jazz trio session from 1995 at Cafe Amores, in Hofu City, Japan from the trio of late tenor saxophonist Mototeru Takagi with Korean improvisers, late percussionist Kim Dae Hwan and Choi Sun Bae on trumpet, performing five thoughtful and expressive conversations with an often Ayler-esque flavor; inventive playing from lyrical charges to pointillistic interaction. |
![]() Takagi, Mototeru Quartet: Live At Little John, Yokohama 1999 [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Three reed & wind players and a drummer, from Japanese saxophonist Mototeru Takagi's collective free improvising quartet with fellow saxophonist Susumu Kongo, Nao Takeuchi on tenor sax plus flute & bass clarinet, and drummer Shota Koyama, recorded live in 1999 at Little John in Yokohama, Japan for three well-paced conversations of weaving winds and rhythmic intervention. |
![]() Takahashi, Yuji / Sabu Toyozumi: The Quietly Clouds And A Wild Crane [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Better known for his work in avant compositional forms, both his own and as an interpreter of Xenakis and Toru Takemitsu, pianist Yuji Takahashi joined Japanese free jazz legendary percussionist Sabu Toyozumi in 1998 for this fully improvised live concert at C・S・Aka Renga, in Yamaguchi City, Japan, released in a collaboration with the Chap Chap label. |
![]() Takayanagi, Masayuki / New Direction: Station '70: Call in Question / Live Independence [VINYL 3 LP BOX] (Black Editions -- USA ) Price: $63.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Reissuing and remastering the two PSF albums from Japanese improvising guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi's New Directions group of bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa, saxophonist Mototeru Takagi and drummer Sabu Toyozumi, plus a previously unreleased side-long "Mass Projection" recording, presented in a deluxe 3 LP box set with images by Yuji Itsumi and liner notes in English and Japanese. |
![]() Takayanagi, Masayuki JoJo / Nobuyoshi Ino / Masabumi PUU Kikuchi: Live At Jazz Inn Lovely 1990 [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A 1990 concert at Jazz Inn Lovely, in Nagoya, Japan in configurations of duos and trios, from free improvising legends Masayuki Takayanagi on guitar, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, and Masabumi Kikuchi on piano, with a 16 page booklet of photos from private collections and a detailed essay from Kohjiro Tanaka in English & Japanese providing background on the performance. |
![]() Talp, Linnea: Arch Of Motion [VINYL] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performed with Stockholm musicians including pianist Alexander Zethson, wind player Martin Küchen and trombonist Mats Äleklint, organist Linnéa Talp explores the areas of sound that emulate breathing, push/pull or back & forth motion, in eight beautifully paced recordings led by the organ's rich and microtonal vibrations & timbre and imbued by the contributor's subtle additions. |
![]() Tapscott, Horace / The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra / Great Vocie of UGMAA: Live At Lacma, 1998 [VINYL] (Dark Tree Records -- France ) Price: $27.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Formed in 1961 with the goal of preserving, developing and performing African-American music, pianist Horace Tapscott is heard in this well-recorded concert from 1998, his last public performance, at LACMA in Los Angeles with a 20 piece orchestra including sax, trombone, a 12 member chorus, three bassists, and 3 percussionists; a significant addition to Tapscott's catalog. |
![]() Tarasov, Vladimir / Liudas Mockunas / Eugenijus Kanevicius: Intuitus [VINYL 2 LPs] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $34.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recorded at drummer Vladimir Tarasov's home studio, saxophonist Liudas Mockunas stands out in superb solos on soprano & tenor saxes, clarinet and bass clarinet, while Kanevicisu & Tarasov support on bass and an array of percussive devices including cimbalom and hunting horn. |
![]() The Nu Band: Live in Paris [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Nu Band with trumpeter Roy Campbell, saxophonist Mark Whitecage, bassist Joe Fonda, and Lou Grassi, in their 5th album after 10 years together, performing live in Paris. |
![]() Thing, The (Gustafsson / Haker Flaten / Nilssen-Love + McPhee): Again [VINYL] (The Thing Records -- Austria ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The Thing "again" as Gustafsson on saxophones, Haker Flaten on electric and acoustic bass, and Nilssen-Love on drums & percussion present 3 extended blues-based, Ayler-inflected free jazz pieces, with Gustafsson's powerfully emotional playing over Haker-Flaten and Nilssen-Love's powerful polyrhythmic foundations; Joe McPhee joins for one track taking on a Frank Lowe piece. |
![]() Thing, The: Garage [VINYL] (The Thing Records -- Norway ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Heavy free jazz in the 3rd release from the trio of Mats Gustafsson on tenor and baritone sax, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten on bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, covering an eclectic set of punk and free jazz titles including covers of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Sonics, White Stripes, Norman Howard and Brotzmann; thick and sick free improvisation. |
![]() Thing, The: Mono [VINYL 2 LPs] (The Thing Records -- Austria ) Price: $28.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Skronky improv from the trio of Mats Gustafsson (sax), Ingebrigt Haker Flaten (electric bass) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) in this 180gm vinyl issue of their 2011 Smalltown Superjazz release, recorded in monaural sound for straight-to-your-brain free jazz! |
![]() Thing, The: Shake [VINYL 2 LPs] (The Thing Records -- Austria ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Wild free jazz grooves, another monster of an album from the trio of reedist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love with guests Anna Hogberg on alto sax and Goran Kajfes on cornet; intense, passionate, and precise. |
![]() Thing, The: Viking [VINYL 7-Inch] (The Thing Records -- Norway ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A 2 song EP from The Thing--Mats Gustaffson (sax), Ingebrigt Haker Flaten (bass) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums)--reprising their "MONO" release, the title track a Bob Weston remix of that hard-hitting number; and "Bruremarsj" an abstract take on a traditional Norwegian wedding march. |
![]() Thollem / Oliveros / Cline: Molecular Affinity [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (Roaratorio -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The 3rd recorded trio collaboration of pianist Thollem McDonas and guitarist Nels Cline, each changing the 3rd partner, this time with legendary accordionist, conceptualist and electronic artist Pauline Oliveros in a set of beautifully intertwining conversations. |
![]() Thollem / Parker / Cline: Gowanus Sessions II [VINYL] (ESP -- USA ) Price: $25.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Free collective improvisation with an electronic edge from the trio of Nels Cline, double bassist William Parker and pianist Thollem McDonas, following up on their 2012 "Gowanus Session I" recorded in the same studio space, here expanding on the 1st session's shorter works with two large and evolving improvisations that balance reflective moments with intensive playing. |
![]() Thomas, Pat / Dominic Lash / Tony Orrell: BleySchool [VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $20.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing the deceptively simple and memorable melodies of pianist Paul Bley, the trio of Pat Thomas on piano, Dominic Lash on double bass, and Tony Orrell on drums & percussion pay homage to the late pianist through his own work, plus compositions from Cara Bley, Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington, and one collective improvisation; a sensitive and lyrical modern jazz album. |
![]() Thomas, Pat: The Elephant Clock of Al Jazari [VINYL] (Otoroku -- UK ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Inspired by the automatic water clock invented by Iraq inventor, engineer, and father of robotics, Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari built in the 12th century, pianist Pat Thomas recorded these four exceptional improvisations of powerful solo piano with an unusual and inventive twist live at London's Cafe Oto in 2015. |
![]() Thumbscrew (Fujiwara / Halvorson / Formanek): Never Is Enough [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $38.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recorded at the same time and influenced by the recording of their 2020 album The Anthony Braxton Project, the NY Thumbscrew trio of Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Michael Formanek on double bass & electric bass present 9 original compositions, three pieces from each of the musicians, of melodically inclined forward thinking, creative jazz. |
![]() Thumbscrew: Multicolored Midnight [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $37.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The seventh album from the exceptional free improvising jazz trio Thumbscrew of Michael Formanek on double bass & electronics, Tomas Fujiwara on drums & vibraphone and Mary Halvorson on guitar, with compositions from all members as they refine and expand on their communal interplay fueled by the great chemistry forged over their near decade of recording and performing. |
![]() Tiger Hatchery : Breathing In The Walls [VINYL] (ESP -- USA ) Price: $25.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Raucous and determined free jazz from Chicago's power-jazz trio Tiger Hatchery of Michael Forbes on saxophones, Andrew Scott Young on basses, and Ben Billington on drums, in their fifth album blending noise-rock and intelligent aggression with traditionally unorthodox approaches, keeping their pieces short and stinging as they find order in controlled cacophony. |
![]() Toop, David / Peter Cusack / Steve Beresford / Terry Day: Alterations [VINYL] (Sub Rosa -- Belgium ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock 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. |
![]() Torn, David / Tim Berne / Ches Smith: Sun Of Goldfinger [VINYL] (ECM -- Germany ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The fourth ECM album from NY Saxophonist Tim Berne and drummer Ches Smith, here in a trio with textural guitarist David Torn in three extended compositions merging jazz, rock and ambient forms, the middle track augmented with the Scorchio String Quartet and Craig Taborn, as they ebb and flow intense energy, fascinating compositional turns, and superb playing. |
![]() Toyozumi / Countryman / Tan: Chasing The Sun [VINYL] (ChapChap Records -- Philippines ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two lives sets at Tago Jazz Cafe in the Philippines in 2018 from the trio of master percussionist Sabu Toyozumi on drums, American ex-pat Rick Countryman on alto saxophone, and Simon Tan on acoustic bass, this their 3rd album of solid free improvisation of extended and masterful discourse, unusual percussive devices, and powerful rhythmic foundation. |
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Steve Swell Quintet (Swell / Moondoc / Burrell / W. Parker / Cleaver): Soul Travelers [VINYL + DOWNL
Universal Indians w/ Joe McPhee: Skullduggery [VINYL 2 LPs]
Gjerstad, Frode / Kent Carter / John Stevens: Detail-90 [VINYL]
Mahall, Rudi / Alexander von Schlippenbach: So Far
Mela, Francisco / Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Toyozumi / Countryman / Tan: Chasing The Sun [VINYL]
Frith, Fred And Helen Mirra: Kwangsi - quail [VINYL]
Sorey, Tyshawn : Pillars IV [VINYL 2 LPs 180g with DOWNLOAD]
Berman / Lytton / Roebke: Trio Discrepancies [VINYL]
Tsahar, Assif / William Parker / Hamid Drake: In Between The Tumbling A Stillness [VINYL]
Survival Unit III (McPhee / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang): The Art of Flight: For Alvin Fielder [VINYL + DO
Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse [VINYL]
Oyauchi / Deku Duo: Now's The Time? [VINYL]
Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter [VINYL]
Honsinger's, Tristan Hopscotch: Cloud Reading Society [VINYL]
Evans, Peter Ensemble (w/ Swift / Stabinsky / Lorenzo): Horizons [VINYL]
Schlippenbach Quartet (Schlippenbach / Parker / Silva / Lovens): Anticlockwise [VINYL]
Kirchner, Quin: The Shadows and The Light [VINYL 2 LPs]
Bynum, Taylor Ho : Enter the Plustet [VINYL]