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Zwerver / Janssen / Lumley : What's Up (Henk Zwerver -- The Netherlands ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A set of trio improvisations on acoustic strings and drums from the Dutch trio of Henk Zwerver on acoustic guitar, Wim Janssen on drums and Aaron Lumley on double bass, performing live at Zaal 100, in Amsterdam in 2021 as the trio expand their sound through superb technique, their music balanced between energetic scurries and introspective contemplation. |
Amado, Rodrigo / This Is Our Language Quartet: Let The Free Be Men [VINYL] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $24.95 In Stock Referencing Ornette Coleman in the group name, Portuguese tenor saxophonist engages three US free jazz players--legendary saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, double bassist Kent Kessler and drummer Chris Corsano--for this 2017 concert at Jazzhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, capturing four exemplary, at times explosive, and always tightly interactive collective improvisations. |
Bennington, Jimmy Colour And Sound: Church Bells - Live at Green Mill (Cadence -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A live concert on a Sunday afternoon in 2017 at Green Mill in Chicago from the lyrically informed post-bop quintet Jimmy Bennington Colour And Sound, led by drummer Bennington with Fred Jackson, Jr. on alto saxophone & soprano saxophone, Artie Black on tenor saxophone, Dustin Laurenzi on tenor saxophone and Mike Harmon on bass. |
Berndt, John: New Logic For Old Saxophones (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Using extended techniques, Baltimore-based saxophonist John Berndt--director of Multiphonic Choir ensemble, a member of the Red Room collective and curator of their experimental performance series, and creator of the "Relabi" style of arrhythmic pulse--presents 15 succinct improvisations pushing his reed instruments to their outer edges in astonishing ways. |
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. |
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. |
Fire!: Defeat [VINYL] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $28.95 In Stock An optimistic definition of "Defeat" through the exultantly dark and expressive work of Fire!, here as the quintet of Mats Gustafsson on flute, baritone sax & live electronics, Johan Berthling on electric bass, Andreas Werliin on drums, Goran Kajfes on quartertone trumpet and Mats Aleklint on trombone & sousaphone, in five works of richly creative and modern improv. |
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). |
Hautzinger, Franz / Mazen Kerbaj: Abu Tarek (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An album of extended and unusual techniques between German trumpeter Franz Hautzinger and Beirut trumpeter Mazen Kerbaj, opening with only the errata of their instruments through breath and thump, slowly adding identifiable brass sounds contrasted with rich utterance and elusively electronic-sounding output, always maintaining a solid and fascinating dialog |
Judge Schreber's Avian Choir: Bleed [VINYL] (Cort -- USA ) Price: $17.96 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. |
London Jazz Composer's Orchestra: Zurich Concerts (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock This 1995 double CD presents the London Jazz Composer's Orchestra 1987 performances at Rote Fabrik, in Zurich, Switzerland and at the 1988 Taktlos-Festival, in a large ensemble that included Barre Philips, Dave Holland, Paul Lytton, Tony Oxley, Howard Riley, Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Trevor Watts, Paul Rutherford, Radu Malfatti, Jon Corbett, Phillip Wachsmann, &c. |
Parker, Evan: Saxophone Solos [VINYL] (Otoroku -- UK ) Price: $26.95 Out of Stock Virtually unprecedented for the time, Evan Parker's 1976 solo soprano saxophone album captures Parker's prowess and unusual harmonic approach to the saxophone in a 1975 concert at the Unity Theatre in London and in the FMP studio the same year, using the instrument in startling ways as he captivates his listeners through a unique revelation of logic, drama and staggering skill. |
Ranaldo, Lee / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balazs Pandi: Churning of the Ocean [VINYL] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $24.95 In Stock Dark, often unsettling and rich in detail and innuendo, bassist Marc Urselli brings together this quartet with Lee Ranaldo on guitar, pedals & bells, Jim Jarmusch on guitars, pedals & synth, and Balazs Pandi on drums for their second album of sublimely tension-filled improvisation, patiently building to stealthy momentum and retreating back into night. |
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. |
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. |
Zorn, John: Les Maudits (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock An outrageous interpretation of Alfred Jarry's fictional character Ubu performed with with the International Contemporary Ensemble and core Downtown New York performers Ikue Mori, Ches Smith and Zorn himself, using Zorn's quick cut approach to composition; presented along with a work inspired by French poet Charles Baudelaire and an elegy to painter Paul Gauguin. |
Zorn, John (Lage / Frisell / Riley): Virtue (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Following up "Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi" with the three acoustic guitars of Bill Frisell, Gyan Riley and Julian Lage, "Virtue" is inspired by Julian of Norwich, one of the founders of Christian mysticism, portrayed through twelve succinct Zorn compositions of beautifully lyrical contrapuntal interplay and transcendental reflection. |
Garcia, Violeta : FOBIA [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $7.20 In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. The second album from Argentinian cellist, composer and improviser Violeta Garcia, exploring the amplified, prepared, expanded and extended violoncello through 15 succinct solo expositions in an album that she describes as a "very hyper-sensitive monster", using unconventional, extended and sometimes terrifying technique amidst powerful creative expression. |
Carter, Daniel / Matthew Shipp: Dark Matrix (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A meeting in the studio of long-time friends and collaborators, pianist Matthew Shipp and Daniel Carter performing on alto, tenor & soprano saxes, clarinet & trumpet, having played together in many groupings this is only their first duo recording, in a thoughtful set of free improvisations with an innate lyricism and beautiful sense of pacing; masterful and evolved. |
Dahlgren, Chris & Lexicon: Mystic Maze (Jazzwerkstatt -- Germany ) Price: $16.45 Out of Stock 12 compositions from bassist Dahlgren in a quintet including Gebhard Ullman performing works using a compositional matrix system and narrative from critiques written against Bela Bartok. |
Ughi, Federico: Songs For Four Cities (Skycap Records -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A collection of compositions from drummer/composer Federico Ughi dedicated to the four cities where he's lived: Rome, London, Montreal and New York, performed in a quartet with Darius Jones (sax), Eri Yamamoto (piano) and Ed Schuller (bass). |
Brotzmann / Van Hove / Bennink: Outspan No 2 [VINYL] (Cien Fuegos -- Austria ) Price: $35.95 In Stock Recorded a month after Outspan No 1, this album was captured live at 1974 Ost-West-Festival in Nurnberg, Germany from the legendary, masterfully amusing and absolutely serious trio of Peter Brötzmann on alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, Fred Van Hove on piano, Han Bennink on drums, clarinet, homemade junk, everything, anything. |
Guionnet / La Casa / Samartzis / Warburton: Parking (Collection Paris) (Swarming -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two improvisations by saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet & violinist Dan Warburton recorded in Paris & Melbourne parking garages 14 years apart, registering the behavior and characteristics of environmental and instrumental sound within these unique spaces, edited by Eric La Casa and Philip Samartzis as a 4-channel master by synchronizing two sets of independent stereo recordings. |
Oxley, Tony / Stefan Holker: The New World [Used Item] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A meeting between two percussive collaborators from legendary UK improviser Tony Oxley and long-time collaborator and member of Oxley's Celebration Orchestra, Stefan Holker, the latter on acoustic percussion while Oxley performs in his inimitable style of close miking and effecting percussive objects, as the pair perform six Oxley compositions of tightly ringing, energetic activity. |
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Ayler, Albert: La Cave Live, Cleveland 1966 Revisited [2 CDs]
Sun Ra Arkestra: Nothing is ... Completed & Revisited
Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time
Coleman, Ornette: New York Is Now & Love Call, Revisited
Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Coltrane, John Quartet: Song Of Praise, Live New York 1965 Revisited
New York Contemporary Five: Copenhagen 1963, Revisited
Coltrane, John: Chasin The Trane, Revisited
Cherry, Don : Where Is Brooklyn? & Eternal Rhythm Revisited
Ayler, Albert Quintet: At Slugs' Saloon 1966, Revisited
Coleman, Ornette: Ornette At 12, Crisis & Man On The Moon, Revisited
Cherry, Don: Complete Communion & Symphony For Improvisers, Revisited
Harriott, Joe Quintet: Free Form & Abstract Revisited [2 CDs]
Russell, George: Ezz-thetics & The Stratus Seekers, Revisited
Davis, Miles Quintets: Stockholm 1967 & 1969 Revisited
Ayler, Albert Quintet: Lost Performances 1966, Revisited
Ayler, Albert: Summertime To Spiritual Unity, Revisited
Coltrane, John: Favorites Live (Naima / My Favorite Things 1963 / A Love Supreme 1965) Revisited
Bley, Paul Trios: Play Annette Peacock, Revisited
Smith, Wadada Leo / Henry Kaiser / Alex Varty: Pacifica Koral Reef