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![]() Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab: Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt (STRUT -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() 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. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Ericson, Sture / Pat Thomas / Raymond Strid: Bagman Live at Cafe Oto (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first trio collaboration between London pianist and innovator Pat Thomas and Swedish improvisers, Sture Ericson on saxophones, and Raymond Strid on drums, performing live at Cafe OTO in London in 2019 for four improvised soundscapes about the fictional character "Bagman", using extended and prodigious technique with both disruptive and melodic intentions. |
![]() Venable, Phil : Bassworks, Vol 1 (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three muscular and inventive solo improvisations on the acoustic upright bass from North Carolina bassist and composer Phil Venable, a member of Tragic Assembly and The Phil Venable - Paul Swest Duo, recorded in the studio in 2022, the three "Basswork" parts are mostly demonstrating his strong walking and plucking skills, at times applying objects to his strings. |
![]() Tragic Assembly: Instability (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The trio of North Carolina Triangle free jazz players Crowmeat Bob on bass clarinet, clarinet, alto & tenor saxophones, Phil Venable on upright bass, and Charles Chance on drums, Venable and Chance known from The Paul Swest band, here in a studio album of seven collective free improvisations using open and often abstract approaches to melody and rhythm. |
![]() Koketsu, Masayo: Fukiya (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An extended monologue on the alto saxophone from Tokyo-based Masayo Koketsu (Carrier/Koketsu/Fuwa/Itani), driven by an innate sense of timing to introduce assertive utterances, growls, throttling and intense interaction offset with long pauses, digressive asides and reflective moments, a remarkable album of modern free jazz in the Japanese tradition. |
![]() Kitamura / Ho Bynum / Reid / Morris: Geometry of Trees (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The Geometry quartet of Tomeka Reid on cello, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet, Kyoko Kitamura on voice, and Joe Morris on guitar in their sophomore release of subtly ferocious acoustic improvisation, acute and obtuse angularity through both highly interactive playing and spacious sprawls that merge melody and pointillist styles, expanded through Kitamura's imagistic vocals; outstanding. |
![]() Child of Illusion (Pitsiokos / Santos Silva / Zetterberg): Khimaira (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 3-headed monster Khimaira--a lion head in front, a goat head at its back and a snake head at its tail--is rendered by the transatlantic trio of NY saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and Swedish bassist Torbjourn Zetterberg, using profound technique, snarling interaction and contemplative patience to coax the beast in masterful interplay. |
![]() Stemeseder, Elias: Piano Solo (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A solo album from Austrian-born, NY-based pianist Elias Stemeseder, a member of the Jim Black Trio and Dre Hocevar, here presenting 14 original compositions, succinct works of inventive structures and insightful improvisation along with a traditional Austrian tune "foeggslia'l", an album revealing great skill, quick wit, and a complex mind that yields delightfully intrepid discovery. |
![]() Fujiyama, Yuko / Graham Haynes / Ikue Mori: Quiet Passion (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautiful trio album of compositions from pianist Yuko Fujiyama and presented in a mix of solo pieces and duets & trios with cornetist Graham Haynes and electronic improviser Ikue Mori, for a subtle set of elegant improvisations balancing spacious moments with responsively relaxed interplay rich with anticipation, punctuated with two poems by Shutaro Tankikawa. |
![]() Ughi, Federico: ULERS Two (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Percussionist, drummer and improviser Federico Ughi performed this live recording in Brooklyn, 2001 using field recordings captured in Rome on a journey from Piazza S. Cosimato, Trastevere to Via Alberico, Borgo Pio, using those recordings, live sampling and live editing along with drum and percussion techniques to create a unique journey in sound. |
![]() Dalachinsky, Steve / Federico Ughi: I Thought It Was The End Of The World And Then The End Of The World Happened Again (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Reflecting on the tragic events of 9/11, New York poet Steve Dalachinsky and drummer Federico Ughi performing also on sampler and voice, present seven poems about vulnerability, powerlessness and fear, accompanied by Ughi's deep drumming and sonic approach to his kit and samples, a profound example of Dalachinsky's insightful choice of words and images. |
![]() Ughi, Federico / Daniel Carter: Astonishment (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recently discovered last copies of this album, presenting the very first time that Federico Ughi and Daniel Carter played together, recorded in Queens, NY around 2001, the drummer also performing on live sampling and voice, and the multi-instrumentalist Carter on saxophones, trumpet, flute and clarinet; an essential element in their now long history of collaboration. |
![]() Warble (Brad Henkel / Miako Klein): Swarm (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Focused on the unusual physical properties of their instruments as tubes and air chambers capable of remarkable palette of sounds, overtones, thumps and inexplicable manifestations, Berlin-based trumpeter Brad Henkel and recorder player Miako Klein present two extended conversation of intensely compatible and wildly controlled, extended approaches to improvisation. |
![]() Rollet, Quentin / Xavier Mussat: Debordements (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Soundscapes, drones, disruptive aberrations, textures and perplexingly absorbing interactions btween French guitarist and sound artist Xavier Mussat and saxophonist Quentin Rollett (Red Krayloa, Nurse with Wound), performing live at Instants Chavires, in Montreuil, France in 2020 for eight diverse and unusual improvisations. |
![]() OORT: Meridian (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Each track of the Meridian, or Eastern desert land's traditional noon-time middle of the day, represents various stages, chronologically understood, of the day of an ανθρωπός (human), represented through deep double bass, drums, objects and electronics from Turin, Italy improvisers Michele Anelli and Nicholas Remondino. |
![]() Kaluza, Anna / Jan Roder: Am Frankfurter Tor (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Collaborating since 2004, Berlin alto saxophonist Anna Kaluza and double bassist Jan Roda--a member of Kaluza's Quartet with trombonist Christof Thewes and drummer Kay Lübke--in a studio album of duo improvisations, documenting their live performances in the same configuration since 2020 through ten succinct dialogs of informed affinity. |
![]() Irarrazabal, Amanda / Miriam Den Boer Salmon: Fauces (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using double bass, violin and objects to affect their instruments, Amsterdam violinist Miriam Den Boer Salmón and Chilean double bassist Amanda Irarrazabal present ten succinct sonic landscapes through fully free improvisation, their interactions building and scraping, intersecting and interacting in fascinating and frightening ways. |
![]() Renzoku (Kondo / Kaiser / Goodman / Oswald): Jump (Metalanguage -- USA ) Price: $10.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Revealing 40 years of collaborations between late trumpeter Toshinori Kondo and West Coast guitarist Henry Kaiser, in configurations of duos between Kondo & Kaiser--most notably a beautiful and extended 2016 improvisation--then earlier duos from 1978, a 1980 trio with pianist Greg Goodman, a 1979 trio with saxophonist John Oswald, ending with a wonderfully idiosyncratic 2020 duo. |
![]() Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Led by tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, this 12-piece ensemble of pointed and ecstatic free jazz and spoken word are heard at the 2019 Sons D'Hiver Festival in Paris, 2019, their sound influenced by chamber elements and sharpened through insightful and demanding observations and the influence of Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones). |
![]() Carter, Daniel / Parker, William / Ughi, Federico: The Dream (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock This album was developed to present Daniel Carter, typically a wind/reed/trumpeter player, on an album that included his piano playing, which then advanced by adding the goal of both Carter and long-time collaborator, drummer Federico Ughi, to record with bassist William Parker, who rounds out this excellent trio on bass, tuba and shakuhachi. |
![]() Rivers, Sam Trio: Archive Series. Volume 6 - Caldera (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Continuing NoBusiness' archive series of late reed & wind player Sam Rivers, this wild and sophisticated concert from 2002 was recorded at the Freeport-McMoRan Theatre in New Orlean's Contemporary Arts Center, by the long-standing Sam Rivers Trio with Doug Matthews on upright & electric bass and bass clarinet, and Anthony Cole on tenor sax & piano. |
![]() Brown, Rob / Juan Pablo Carletti: Fertile Garden (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two extended dialogs between New York City saxophonist Rob Brown and Argentinian-born NY-based drummer Juan Pablo Carletti, a member of the Rob Brown Quartet and associate with Tony Malaby, Daniel Levin, &c., here in energetic exchanges that bring out the depth of experience and skill from Brown and the quick-witted response from the younger generation drummer. |
![]() Lazro, Daunik / Jouk Minor / Thierry Madiot / David Chiesa / Louis-Michel Marion: Sonoris Causa (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This single extended performance brings together a collective of improvisers playing low range instruments in order to build an acoustic sonic sculpture, from the quintet of Daunik Lazro on baritone saxophone, Jouk Minor on contrabass sarrusophone, Thierry Madiot on bass trombone & telescopic tubes, and both David Chiesa and Louis-Michel Marion on 5-string double bass. |
![]() Riley, Howard / Keith Tippett: Journal Four (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Having collaborated as a duo first at Goldsmiths College in 1981, UK pianists Howard Riley and Keith Tippett met for this spectacular 2016 concert as part of The Steinway Spirio Two-Piano Festival in Soho, London, each bringing decades of experience as lyrical and inventive players, together complementing each other in merging disparate forms from Joplin to Debussy to Mujician. |
![]() Russell, John / John Butcher / Dominic Lash: But everything now left before it arrived (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live performance at the 2010 GIO Fest III in Glasgow, UK, from three of the UK's leading free improvisers--late guitarist John Russell, John Butcher on saxophones and Dominic Lash on double bass--a superb concert in five improvisations of incredible technical skill through both energetic and restrained passages, a brilliant example reminding us of the loss of the great guitarist. |
![]() Lacy, Steve / Andrea Centazzo: Clangs [VINYL] (Ictus -- Italy ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Reissuing the first release on the Ictus Records label run by percussionist Andrea Centazzo, this 1976 album was the culmination of two weeks of touring through Italy with saxophonist Steve Lacy, presented as a set of improvised free duets investigating timbral relationships, the fragmentation of melody, and abrasive, provocative noise. |
![]() Taylor, Cecil : Music From Two Continents feat Stanko, Rava, Frank Wright, Lyons, Borca, Barker, Hampel (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A truly wild concert of free jazz from Cecil Taylor's transatlantic orchestra, captured live at the 1984 Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw, Poland, bringing together impressive improvisers from the US--William Parker, John Tchicai, Jimmy Lyons, Karen Borca, Frank Wright, & Henry Martinez--with European Free Jazz leaders Tomasz Stank, Enrico Rava, Conrd Bauer & Günter Hampel. |
![]() Blaser, Samuel / Oscar Stranoy / Luciano Berio: Ensemble Songs & Sarah Maria Sun : Folk Songs (Blaser Music -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The project and ensemble "Songs" brings together Swiss trombonist & composer Samuel Blaser and pianist & composer Oscar Strasnoy, taking the instrumentation and concept of Lucio Berio's Folksongs and expanding it into Blaser's "Worksongs", a set of songs around Mississippi Delta blues, and Strasnoy's "Chanzuns Popularas Rumanchas" based on the traditional music of the Canton of Grisons. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Carter, Daniel / Matthew Shipp / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver : Welcome Adventure! Vol. 2 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 2nd of two studio albums from the quartet of Daniel Carter on saxophone & flute, Matthew Shipp on piano, William Parker on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, recordings from the same sessions as the 1st volume with five shorter works, as the long-time collaborators and friends show their nearly telepathic rapport in adventurous and masterful modern jazz. |
![]() Vandermark's, Ken Marker: McPhee Marker [VINYL EP] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A 12-inch 45rpm EP from Chicago Ken Vandermark's band Marker with guest Joe McPhee on tenor saxophone, performing the Parliament Funkadelic track "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" and DNA's "Egomaniac's Kiss", with Vandermark on tenor & baritone saxophones plus guitarists Andrew Clinkman & Steve Marquette, keyboardist Macie Stewart and drummer Phil Sudderberg. |
![]() Brotzmann, Peter Chicago Tentet: Ultraman vs. Alien Metron [SINGLE SIDED VINYL] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $27.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded during the 2002 studio sessions that yielded the albums A Short Visit to Nowhere and Broken English, this unreleased recording of a Mars Williams composition is issued as a 1-sided LP with the stellar lineup of Brötzmann with Williams, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, Mats Gustafsson and Joe McPhee. |
![]() Judge Schreber's Avian Choir: Bleed [VINYL] (Cort -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Saxophonist and composer Crowmeat Bob's ensemble, Judge Schreber's Avian Choir, is a project name he's used to present his large ensemble pieces involving composition, improvisation, and conduction, here in a conducted collaboration with 15 bowed string players, a heavy metal rhythm section and Bob's own overdubs on reeds and guitar. |
![]() Gorilla Mask (Van Huffel / Fidezius / Fischerlehner): Brain Drain [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 4th album from German saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's Gorilla Mask, the 3rd on Clean Feed, is another powerful blending of jazz and rock forms in restless and profoundly determined music, energetic but intelligently structured, with great riffs and melodic grooves from Roland Fidezius (electric bass) and Rudi Fischerlehner (drums and percussion). |
![]() Davis, Miles Quintets: Stockholm 1967 & 1969 Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two live recordings from Miles Davis in the 1960s, first from Stockholm in 1967 with the classic 60s quintet of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams; then two years later also in Stockholm with the "Lost Quintet" of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, pushing new directions with tracks including "Bitches Brew". |
![]() Cherry, Don : Where Is Brooklyn? & Eternal Rhythm Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Reissuing two albums showing trumpeter Don Cherry's musical evolution through the 1960s, recorded two years apart--Where is Brooklyn from NY in 1966, and Eternal Rhythm recorded in Germany in 1968--demonstrating the development of his style from Ornette-influenced free jazz into music influenced by Northern Indian music and the percussion of Southeast Asia. |
![]() 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. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Escalante, Martin / Tete Leguia / Weasel Walter: Katyusha (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An aggressive album of ballistic free improvisation recorded live at Seizures Palace, in Brooklyn in 2021 from the trio of Martin Escalante on saxophone, Tete Leguia on bass guitar and Weasel Walter on drums, three tracks of sax multiphonics, altissimo shrieks and subtones, bass feedback, magnetic field disruption, found objects, and distortion and high impact drumming. |
![]() Flying Luttenbachers, The (Walter / Dahl / Battistoni / Nelson / Ospovat): Terror Iridescence (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Perhaps the darkest and most experimental album from the Flying Luttenbachers, the 4th from the NYC-based version of Weasel Walter on guitars & drums+bagpipe chanter & electronics, Tim Dahl on bass, Katie Battistoni on guitar, Matt Nelson on sax & live electronics and Sam Ospovat on drums, in two extended, terrific collective improvisations. |
![]() Ensemble SuperMusique: Sonne l'image (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The collective ensemble Supermusique featuring key performers from Montréal's musique actuelle scene, including Jean Derome, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Joane Hetu, Danielle Palardy, &c. perform "Sounding the Image", three animated scores composed through the creation of moving images and rendered live in a remarkable concert at Amphiteatre de Gesu, in Montreal in 2019. |
![]() Erica Dicker / Dennis Sullivan: Blood Luxury [CASSETTE w/ DOWNOAD] (Tubapede -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Delicate abrasions and corruption of their instruments from the NY duo of Erica Dicker (Till by Turning) on violin and Dennis Sullivan (Radical 2), 9 works of improvised soundscape and avant-raw chamber music through prepared strings, tapes, looped feedback, resonant metals, modified snares and liberally bowed surfaces, richly constrained and luxuriously blood-curdling. |
![]() Windemo & Strid / Warnheim & Ingves: Split Series Vol. 1 (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two very different but openly creative improvising duos on a split CD, initiating the Swedish label and concert organizer FRIMS's split recording series: first 4 improvisations from legendary free improvisers Raymond Strid on drums & percussion and guitarist Mattias Windemo; then an extended dialog from new generation players Marcus Warnheim on alto saxophone and Karin Ivgves on piano. |
![]() Kuchen, Martin: Utopia (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Ultimately it's Martin KŸchen's saxophone improvisations that lead these sensitively moody environments built around multi-tracked tapes of ambiance from snare, speaker, radio and tambora (a 2-headed drum) used unusually to create subtle and spacious drone environments over which KŸchen performs, hauntingly, emotionally and beautifully captivating his listeners. |
![]() Hellgren, My / Peter Soderberg: Plucked and Bowed (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The literal album title belies the subtle interplay between Swedish improvisers, cellist My Hellgren and Peter Söderberg, the latter known for his work on classical lute but here on guitar, oud and theorbo (a long-necked lute that adds additional bass notes), recording an extended, warmly beautiful and intricate acoustic dialog of gentle tension and masterful skill. |
![]() Forkelid / Carlsson / Hielm: Can't Hide [Vinyl] (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $21.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first release on the Swedish label Association For Free Improvised Music (FRIM) is the trio of Gustaf Hielm (Mats/Morgan Band) on bass, Elin Forkelid (Anna Högberg Attack!) on saxophones and Erik Carlsson (Swedish Azz, Skogen) on drums, a free-blowing session of heavy collective playing in the European Free Jazz tradition for two extended "Question" & "Answer" sessions. |
![]() Bennett, David / Vilhem Bromander: Within Reach Of Eventuality (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock David Bennet & Vilhelm Bromander is a Stockholm-based duo exploring microtonal soundscapes and timbral relations, focused on subtle relations between sounds using texture, intonation and timbre, beating, common partials and difference tones, creating sonic landscapes often based on triggering psychoacoustic phenomena, here following a semi-open score in a four part work. |
![]() Zorn, John Simulacrum: Spinoza (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock John Zorn composes for, conducts and plays saxophone with his Simulacrum group with Kenny Grohowski on drums, Matt Hollenberg on guitar and John Medeski on organ & electric piano, a scorching band that combines Downtown NY jazz and metal forms as they explore the life and thoughts of Dutch 17th century Age of Enlightenment philosopher Baruch Spinoza. |
![]() Hydra Ensemble (Almeida / Hitz / Gregov / Zuydervelt): Voltas (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Featuring cellists Nina Hitz and Lucija Gregov, double bassist Goncalo Almeida and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) on electronics, recording in Old Church, in Rotterdam Charlois for six pensive improvisations, a collective conversation of concurrently layered, minimalist melodic and textural lines expanded with drones, evoking the mythical Greek multi-headed monster. |
![]() Hetu, Joane : Tags (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four compositions written between 2000-2019 from Joane Hétu: a duo between bassist Nicolas Caloia & bass clarinetist/vocalist Lori Freedman; a work with Hétu & Jean Derome plus the Quaturo Bozzini string and Quasar saxophone quartets; a composition for 20 electric guitars; and one movement from "Préoccupant, c'est Préoccupant performed by Ensemble Supermusique. |
![]() Ensemble SuperMusique: Commutation (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Ensemble Supermusique, Montreal's premiere open-minded improvising ensemble, here led by saxophonist & vocalist Joane Hetu and conducted by percussionist Danielle Palardy Roger, present a live concert of graphic scores dating back to 1920, with works from Fred Frith (Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire), Luigi Russolo, Maxime Daigneault, Emilie Girard-Charest & Anestis Logothetis. |
![]() Ceccarelli, Isaiah: Toute Clarte m'est Obscure (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A profound contemporary work integrating improvisation into composed forms from Montreal composer and percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli and performed by an ensemble of 16 Musique Actuelle improvisers and performers, beautifully balanced between diverse instrumental passages and texts inspired by different poetical and musical forms of the past; sublime. |
![]() Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 1 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock New generation New York tenor saxophonist Zoe Amba, a Tennessee transplant whose spirit is illuminated with free styles that harken back to Ayler, recording in the studio with a trio of luminary players--William Parker on bass and Francisco Mela on drums--performing three Amba compositions, one featuring Amba on flute; the CD edition contains one bonus improvisation. |
![]() Rosenfeld, Marina: Index [CD + BOOK] (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A series of live recordings and related materials that trace the development of turntable artist Marina Rosenfeld's tactile approach to experimental sound, using dub plates--vinyl albums she has had pressed to develop a personal library of sound for performance--here in six improvisations accompanied by a 24-page book with a discussion between Rosenfeld and Lawrence English. |
![]() Mayas, Magda / Tina Douglas: Objects Of Interest [CD + BOOK] (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Following the visual scores of multi-disciplinary artist Tina Douglas, pianist Magda Mayas uses objects and preparations on piano, clavinet & rhodes keyboards to expand on Douglas' sculptural and tactile scores, exposing the fragility or imperfections in each, allowing one melody, chord or noise to become the focus of Maya's aural rendering and interpretations. |
![]() Salamon, Samo / New Freequestra: Free Distance, Vol. 2: Poems are Opening [2 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock With titles for the album and all compositions from a poem by US poet E.E. Cummings, guitarist Samo Salamon developed these structured improvisations during the pandemic, inviting a set of masterful improvisers including Martin Küchen, Luis Vicente, Vasco Trilla, Emanuele Parrini, &c. &c. to contribute to these magnificent long distance collective improvisations. |
![]() Vicente, Luis / Seppe Gebruers / Onno Govaert: Room With No Name (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A set of dramatic improvisations of incredible technical skill and creative drive from the working trio of Luis Vicente on trumpet, Seppe Gebruers on unprepared piano and Onno Govaert on drums, unedited improvisations presented as played, "composed by an interaction between the musicians and instruments, a nameless room, audience, microphones and you." |
![]() Various Artists (Bauer, Casserley, Florodos, De Joode, Kujala, Narvesen, Taramontana, Schiaffini, Wachsmann): SoundScapes Festival # 3 - Munich 2021 Schwere Reiter [2 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock 14 musicians from 9 different countries in various collaborative groupings performing acoustic & electronic free improvisations, the focus on soundscape and limited to 15 minute performances, developed by saxophonist Harri Sjöström in 2013 as "SoundScapes Festivals" and presented in Helsinki and now in Munich as part of the art-project "Aspects of Free Improvisation 2021". |
![]() Melford's, Myra Fire And Water Quintet: For The Love Of Fire And Water (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Few quintets deserve the designation of super-group more than pianist Myra Melford's quintet with Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on tenor & soprano saxophones, Tomeka Reid on cello and Susie Ibarra on drums & percussion, performing Melford's wonderfully inventive 10-part composition. |
![]() Hartsaw, Paul / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton: Precipitation of a Decision / The Ride On The 8 Of Infinity [2 CDs] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two distinct session, the first CD presenting free improv trio perfomances in St. Louis, MO between Paul Hartsaw on soprano & tenor saxophones, Damon Smith on double bass and Jerome Bryerton on percussion, the 2nd CD finding Hartsaw and Smith in the studio in Oakland CA for a more experimental session, Smith adding laptop & field recordings and both employing extended techniques. |
![]() Gordoa / Malfon / Edwards / Narvesen : Substantial Myths (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Vibraphonist Emilio Gordoa leads this superb quartet with Don Malfon on alto & baritone saxophones, John Edwards on double bass and Dag Magnus Narvesen on drums, in an incredible live performance at the 2019 Alte Gerberei Artacts Festival in Austria, a captivating set of creative techniques yielding well-controlled passages of both intense activity and unique introspection. |
![]() Oxley, Tony: Unreleased (1974 to 2016) (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second in Discus Music's "Unreleased" series selected from percussionist and electronics legend Tony Oxley personal collection, here in three configurations: a quintet with Barry Guy, Dave Holdsworth, Howard Riley and Paul Rutherford; a quintet with Howard Riley, Larry Stabbins, Phillip Wachsmann and Hugh Metcalfe; and a duo with Stefan Hoekler. |
![]() Paulo, Joao / Paulo Curado / Bruno Pedroso: As Sete Ilhas De Lisboa (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 2003 release of the Lisbon improvising trio of Bruno Pedroso on drums, Joao Paulo on piano and Paulo Curado on saxophone, merging jazz and world styles from Lisbon, America, Arabic and Jewish forms with lyrical strength, clear communication and an experimental attitude between the three players, a great example of the Portuguese free improvising scene. |
![]() Wunschmusik (Wunsch / Steyer / Cavenati): Muss Atonal Eigentlich Witzig Sein? (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock German vocalist Birgit Wunsch leads this improvising trio with Edith Steyer on clarinet & saxophone and Alberto Cavenati on guitar, using abstract and atonal melodies in a chamber improvised setting for freely improvised voice, text and sound, crossing a sense of pop music with non-idiomatic improvisation of great technical and creative intent. |
![]() Tolimieri / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Stepanov: Inner Lines (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Six "Segments" A to F of powerful restraint and extended technique, recorded at Ausland in Berlin, Germany from the free improvising quartet of Quentin Tolimieri on piano, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello and Fyodor Stepanov on double bass, the close associations between the Rodrigues' and Tolimieri & Stepanov evident through their shared aesthetic. |
![]() SteDaJoDa (Studer / Scheib / Weber / Schmitz): Schwebend (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live recording of free improvisation recorded at Theater im Viertel, in Saarbrucken, Germany in 2021 from the SteDaJoDa quartet of Daniel Studer on double bass, Stefan Scheib on double bass, Daniel Weber on drums and Johannes Schmitz on guitar, the dark double bass foundation and floating ("Schwebend") percussion work balanced by Schmitz' blues oriented electric. |
![]() Rose / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Kneer: Birds and Humans (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording in Berlin in 2021, the quartet of English saxophonist Simon Rose, here on baritone sax and German double bassist and Evil Rabbit label leader Meinrad Kneer join with Creative Sources father/son string improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello for seven delicately commanding, chamber-oriented free improvisations. |
![]() Rekon With Friends (Alga / Espvall / Billstrom / Vallgren / Jordansson / Ullen / Lloyd): Rekon With Friends (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The core Rekon trio of multi-instrumentalist and wind player Daniel Borgegård Älgå, guitarist Leif Jordansson and drummer Perry Vallgren are joined by guests, cellist Helena Espvall, bassist Niklas Billstrom, trumpeter Mike Lloyd and pianist Lisa Ullen, for four lyrical and experimentally inclined improvisations, a beautiful balance of diverse approaches to modern jazz. |
![]() Marion, Louis-Michel / Francoise Toullec: Apocalyptic Garden (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A strangely agitated garden sculpted from melody, dissonance and instrumental abberation through profound technique and unusual approaches to their instrument, by French double bassist Louis-Michel Marion and pianist Françoise Toullec, bringing a sense of wonder and turbulent environment through a shared passion balancing ominous space with astute activity. |
![]() Houben / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Santos: Falling into wide spaces (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four improvisations recorded iteratively during the pandemic and assembled into this exquisitely subtle two-part composition with Eva Maria Houben's piano & organ recorded in Berlin in 2020, Guilherme Rodrigues's cello recorded in Berlin and Ernesto Rodrigues's zither recorded in Lisbon in 2021, merged with nocturnal recordings from Carlos Santos captured in Spain & Portugal. |
![]() Gestalder / Marion: Marges (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording at Studio CCAM Scene Nationale de Vandaeuvre-les-Nancy in France, the freely improvising duo of contemporary saxophonist Violaine Gestalder and double bassist Louis-Michel Marion approach the five improvisations on Marges with an ear to patient sonic interaction through extended and unusual techniques on their instruments. |
![]() Villavecchia, Liba Trio: Zaidin (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing Thomas Chapin, Ornette Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell & Evan Parker, Spanish saxophonist Liba Villavechia's trio with drummer/percussionsit Vasco Trilla and double bassist Alex Reviriego explore the "tentacles that stem from the great Jazz octopus" through five Villavecchia compositions, one collective improv, and Thomas Chapin's "Bypass". |
![]() Silva, Andre B.: Mt. Meru (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Known for his The Rite of Trio, guitarist Andre B. Silva releases his 2nd solo album featuring compositions in a chamber jazz mode, including long passages of composed music that open into improvisation, performed with Jose Soares on saxophone, Raquel Reis on cello, Sophie Bernado on basson, Paulo Bernardino on bass clarinet, Andre Carvalho on double bass & Ricardo Coelho on drums & vibes. |
![]() Sassetti, Bernardo Trio: Culturgest, 2007 (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A recently discovered 2007 live concert from Portuguese pianist & composer Bernardo Sassetti's Trio with Carlos Barretto on double bass and Alexandre Frazao on drums, celebrating the trio's then 10th anniversary in a performance at Grande Auditório da Culturgeste in Lisbon, an excellent example of the great skill and dexterity of this much-missed pianist and trio's work. |
![]() Pospieszalski, Marek : Polish Composers Of The 20th Century [2 CDs] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Featuring some of Poland's most interesting improvisers and contemporary players and led by wind & reedist Marek Pospieszalski, this 8-piece ensemble use the compositions of Krauze, Kotonski, Baird, Rudzinksi, Stachowski, Sikorsi, &c. as the inspiration and influence for sophisticated arrangements & improvisations merging concepts of jazz, contemporary composition & sound art. |
![]() Mazam (Mortagua / Azevedo / Angelo / Costa): Pilgrimage (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using simple motives to guide remarkably complex and lyric collective improvisations clearly in the jazz tradition, the Portuguese quartet of João Mortágua on alto & soprano saxophones, Carlos Azevedo on piano, Miguel Angelo on double bass and Mário Costa on drums approach their music with concise expression and a clear exuberance for the music they create. |
![]() Fernandes, Mane : Enter The sQUIGG (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A unique album of oddly metered yet highly rhythmic jazz from guitarist and composer Mané Fernandes, a member of Pedro Alves Melo Omniae Large Ensemble, but more importantly, part of a scene he refers to as Post-Beat Aesthetics, merging electronic and synthetic elements into jazz form, a serious and diverting direction for creative improv and studio play. |
![]() Carvalhais, Hugo (w/ Parisien / Mockunas / Almeida / Pinto / Costa): Ascetica (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Beautifully lyrical compositions filled with a sense of wonder and mystery in the 4th Clean Feed release from double bassist and composer Hugo Carvalhais, improvising in a sextet with Emile Parisien on soprano saxophone, Liudas Mockunas on tenor saxophone & clarinet, Fabio Almeida on alto saxophone & flute, Gabriel Pinto on piano & keys and Mario Costa on drums. |
![]() Carolino, Sergio: Below 0 (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Known from the TGB trio and work with Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese deep brass player Sergio Carolino turns from his typical tuba for a solo album on a new instrument of his own invention--the lusophone--a standing tuba based on the Jazzophon, a trumpet in the shape of a saxophone, here built from parts of frontal bell tubas and demonstrated in an impressive, extended improvisation. |
![]() Lanz, Joke / Dieb13 : Musical Education (Klanggalerie -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Price Reduction: A startling and energetically exciting collision of cleverly eclectic sound sources when Swiss turntablist and sound artist Joke Lanz met Austrian improviser and turntablist Dieb13 (Dieter Kovacic) for this amazing 2020 concert at GrillX in Vienna, using three turntables to create an incredible collage of sounds from the humorous to the awe inspiring. |
![]() Perelman, Ivo Quartet: Magic Dust [2 CDs] (Mahakala Music -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four extended collective improvisations of implicit lyricism and transcendent power from Brazilian-born New York-based tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, recording in the studio with his quartet of frequent collaborator and masterful bassist William Parker, also performing on shakuhachi, along with pianist Christopher Parker and drummer Chad Anderson. |
![]() Futterman, Joel / Steve Hirsh: Warp & Weft [2 CDs] (Mahakala Music -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock With exceptionally quick spontaneity and astute anticipation, free improvising pianist Joel Futterman and drummer Steve Hirsh engage in a series of extended dialogs across two CDs of "Warp" & "Weft" in multiple parts, pushing each other in both technical and expressive interaction, weaving complex interplay with startling ease and creative intention. |
![]() Ouat (Simon Sieger / Joel Grip / Michael Griener): Elastic Bricks [VINYL] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Setting out to explore a standard song format for modern times through the instrumental piano jazz format, the French/German trio of basist Joel Grip, drummer Michael Griener and pianist Simon Sieger present a set of six Grip compositions along with two Sieger/Grip and one Sieger piece, all sophisticated, creative and lyrically infused modern jazz. |
![]() Honsinger's, Tristan Hopscotch: Cloud Reading Society [VINYL] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An idiosyncratic and wonderfully wild improvisational music theater group revolving around composer & cellist Tristan Honsinger, using spoken word and song through eclectic and active free improvisation including strings, reeds, trumpet, toy piano, tap dance, bass & drums, a truly unique and joyfully quirky album that fulfills Honsinger's goal of uniting music, theater & poetry. |
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