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Zorn, John: Madrigals (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Composer John Zorn presents two books of "Madrigals" scored for six acappella female voices, rich and seductive compositions intertwining voices in beautiful, electrifying and riveting ways through 10 works inspired by the 19th century British poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley. |
Electric Bird Noise: The Silber Sessions (Silber Media -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A collection of southeast darkwave & post rock band Electric Bird Noise (Brian Lea McKenzie) from 2000-2010, cinematic, richly eclectic, and absorbing instrumental music. |
Eventless Plot: Schemata [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes -- Italy ) Price: $8.95 In Stock The Thessaloniki trio Vasilis Liolios, Aris Giatas and Yiannis Tsirikoglou, aka Eventless Plot, pays great attention to sonic details through experimental sound and sonic expression, here in a two-part work performed on percussion, analog modular synth, tapes/Revox A-77, field recordings, electromagnetic mic & objects, joined by double bassist Antonis Argyriou for the 2nd part. |
Brown, Rob Quartet (Brown / Swell / Lightcap / Taylor): Oblongata (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Having met in William Parker's Little Huey Orchestra, long-time collaborators Rob Brown (saxophone & flute) and Steve Swell (trombone), along with Brown's longest improvising partner, double bassist Chris Lightcap, join with drummer Chad Taylor for an exemplary album of modern creative jazz through five Brown compositions and 4 collective improvisations. |
Sewelson, Dave / Stephen Moses / Jochem Van Dijk / Steve Holtje: Orca Uprising (MECHABENZAITEN -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock As the availability of venues for free improv have dwindled through New York City, an emerging new "loft scene" has developed, one of them named simply Aron's Place, the home of Aron Namenwirth, whose 2023 series hosted the solid, free-wheeling quartet of Dave Sewelson on baritone saxophone, Stephen Moses on drums, Jochem van Dijk on electric bass and Steve Holtje on electric keyboard. |
Blegvad, Peter : Go Figure (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Peter Blegvad expands his trio with Henry Cow alumni, drummer Chris Cutler and bassist John Greaves, this time with Karen Mantler on keys and chordal instruments, and Bob Drake on guitar, voice and percussion, reworking songs from his solo career and work with Slapp Happy, alongside new numbers of classic Blegvad wordplay, wit, depth and humor; like the label, Recommended! |
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. |
Mancini Project, The: Views of Mancini (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Simon H. Fell, Steve Noble, Pat Thomas and Han Bennink performing the works of Mancini scored for a jazz piano trio, plus 'sound manipulation artist' and prerecorded tapes. |
Roebke, Jason: Four Spheres (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Brilliantly unusual approaches to jazz scores from Chicago bassist Jason Roebke in a quartet with legendary saxophonist and clarinetist Edward Wilkerson Jr., pianist Mabel Kwan and drummer Marcus Evans, all four also performing on metronome, and Roebke providing low-fi cassette interruptions, a fascinating merging of jazz forms and methods of making the music stop. |
Frey, Jurg / Apartment House: String Trio (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Reworking a piece for string trio originally commissioned by the Concertgebouw Brugge and premiered by the Goeyvaerts Trio as part of the 2019 SLOW Festival, this new version expands on the original composition to bring elegant calmness and clarity to the work, performed by UK's Apartment House members Mira Benjamin on violin, Bridget Carey on viola and Anton Lukoszevieze on cello. |
Okura / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Buder: Your Dramatic Joy (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Father and son string improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello join with Berlin improvisers Fumio Okura (Ensemble 222) on violin and Hannes Buder on guitar for six collective chamber free improvisations using extraordinary technique and focus, creating parallel and converging conversations that build and recede in vigorous momentum. |
Kim / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Cholet: Taedong (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Emulating the Korean river Taedong through it's undulating flows, uproar, flux and treachery in eleven succinct chamber-oriented improvisations from the quartet of South Korean tenor saxophonist Jung-Jae Kim, French-born South Korean-based drummer Quentin Cholet, with the Portuguese father/son duo of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello. |
Claman / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Tallone: Three Shadows (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Berlin recordings from the lowercase chamber improvising string quartet of New Zealand violinist Sarah Claman, Portuguese violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist son based in Berlin, Guilherme Rodrigues, with Swiss sound artist Caroline Cecilia Tallone on electroacoustic hurdy gurdy & amplified objects, exploring three shadow aspects of "Umbra", "Penumbra" and "Antumbra". |
Made Of Bones (Fonesca / Clemente / Dias / Sousa): Handgun (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Having collaborated over 15 years in bands including Slow is Possible and Cat in a Bag, the Portuguese quartet of Duarte Fonseca on drums, Joao Clemente on guitar, Nuno Santos Dias on Waldorf Zarenbourg electric piano and Ricardo Sousa on double bass, borrow from electric 70's jazz, rock and experimental forms through 10 diverse and intriguing concepts tinged with a dark wit. |
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tutankhamun [VINYL] (Org Music -- USA ) Price: $29.95 In Stock Reissuing and remastering this exceptional 1969 album from avant-garde jazz pioneers Art Ensemble of Chicago as Lester Bowie (trumpets, horns & bass drum), Joseph Jarman saxophones, reeds, winds keys), Roscoe Mitchell (saxophones, reeds, winds, sirens, bells & whistle), and Malachi Favors (bass, banjo & sitar), adding two bonus tracks: "Tthinitthedalen" Parts 1 & 2. |
Trespass Trio feat. Susana Santos Silva (w / Zanussi / Strid / Kuchen): Live in Oslo (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Joining the long-running Trespass Trio of Per Zanussi on double bass, Martin Küchen on baritone & sopranino saxophone and Raymond Strid on drums for their performance at the 2018 Blow Out Festival in Oslo was Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva, performing Küchen compositions and a unique group take on Charlie Parker's "Koko", in a concert of both ardent and exuberant improvisation. |
Rothenberg, Ned (w / Courvoisier / Halvorson / Fujiwara): Crossings Four (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Crossing styles, generations and approaches to improvisations, multi-reedist and composer Ned Rothenberg's quartet of Rothenberg on clarinets & alto sax, Sylvie Courvoisier on piano, Mary Halvorson on guitar & effects and Tomas Fujiwara on drums perform five Rothenberg compositions and one by Rothenberg & Courvoisier, of spectacular timbral, rhythmic and melodic intersections. |
Ortiz, Aruan (Ortiz / Byron / akLaff + St. Louis, Dhar, Gant): Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Reflecting on the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream", pianist Aruan Ortiz is influenced by King's concepts of form and structure, assembling an incredible quintet including Don Byron on reeds, Pheeroan akLaff on drums, Yves Dhar & Lester St. Lousi on cello and narration by Mtume Gant, for a 7-song cycle musically depicting the turbulence of the time. |
Ayler, Albert (incl. Milford Graves, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray, &c): More Lost Performances, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Remastering previously unavailable and vital performances from three configurations of saxophonist Albert Ayler's bands, including their 1967 Newport Festival concert with Milford Graves, their performance at John Coltrane's 1967 Funeral at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in NYC, and an incredible 1962 concert with Cecil Taylor's group with Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray in Copenhagen. |
Chrysakis, Thanos / Chris Cundy / Peer Schlechta / Ove Volquartz: Archangel (Aural Terrains -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock The follow-up to Music for Two Organs and Two Bass Clarinets, combining the collective work of clarinetists Chris Cundy, (bass clarinets, soprano ocarina) & Ove Volquartz (bass clarinets), Thanos Chrysakis (chamber organ & voice) and Peer Schlechta (pipe organ), recorded in the natural resonance of the Neustadter Kirche church in Hofgeismar, Germany. |
Chrysakis, Thanos / Chris Cundy / Peer Schlechta / Ove Volquartz: Archangel [Used Item] (Aural Terrains -- UK ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $8.80 In Stock The follow-up to Music for Two Organs and Two Bass Clarinets, combining the collective work of clarinetists Chris Cundy, (bass clarinets, soprano ocarina) & Ove Volquartz (bass clarinets), Thanos Chrysakis (chamber organ & voice) and Peer Schlechta (pipe organ), recorded in the natural resonance of the Neustadter Kirche church in Hofgeismar, Germany. |
Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom [COLORED VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $25.95 In Stock The debut for UK saxophonist John Butcher on 577 Records is this exemplary 2021 live recording at Cafe OTO in London by the quartet of Butcher on tenor and soprano saxophones, Pat Thomas on piano, Dominic Lash on double bass and Steve Noble on drums, four of the UK's leading free improvisers demonstrating their prodigious abilities in concentrated conversation. |
Schouten / Courtois / Doronzo / Janssen: VOSTOK: Remote Islands (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Inspired by Judith Schalansky's book "Atlas of Remote Islands: 50 islands I never set foot in and never will", the debut of the chamber improvising trio of Fie Schouten on clarinet & basset horn, Vincent Courtois on cello and Guus Janssen on piano, organ, harmonium & harpsichord reflect on these pristine and untouched areas of the earth in sublimely sophisticated conversation. |
Tabbal, Tani Quartet (w/ McPhee / Bisio / Siegel): Intentional (Mahakala Music -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Drummer with some of the most significant of free jazz icons--Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, &c.--Tani Tabbal's own trio with fellow New Yorkers Michael Bisio on bass and Adam Siegel on alto sax are joined by Joe McPhee on tenor sax, with compositions from each of Tabbal, Bisio and Joe McPhee, plus four collective improvisations. |
Zorn, John (Medeski / Marsella / Hollenberg / Grohowski): Parrhesiastes (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 In Stock The fifth album from John Zorn's Chaos Magic Ensemble of Brian Marsella on Fender Rhodes Piano, John Medeski on organ, Kenny Grochowski on drums and Matt Hollenberg on guitar, in three free flowing works that display Zorn's perceptive merging and the band's enormous skill, contrasting lyrical electric jazz with turbulent rock forms and disciplined contemporary structure. |
Graves, Mel: Ear Shot: The Music of Mel Graves (Mutable -- USA ) Price: $1.00 Out of Stock |
Eriksen, Espen Trio With Andy Sheppard: As Good As It Gets (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $16.95 In Stock UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard joins again with pianist Espen Eriksen's Trio of drummer Andreas Bye and bassist Lars Tormod Jenset, for a lyrical set of seven richly melodic original compositions, the trio's 7th release together since 2010 and marking 16 years together as a group, evident from their confident communication and seemingly effortless interaction. |
Eriksen, Espen Trio With Andy Sheppard: As Good As It Gets [VINYL] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $31.95 Out of Stock UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard joins again with pianist Espen Eriksen's Trio of drummer Andreas Bye and bassist Lars Tormod Jenset, for a lyrical set of seven richly melodic original compositions, the trio's 7th release together since 2010 and marking 16 years together as a group, evident from their confident communication and seemingly effortless interaction. |
Elka Bong: Elektro Locution [VINYL] (Love Earth Music -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Elka Bong is the experimental sound art duo of Al Margolis and Walter Wright, here joined by guests Andrea Pensado on voice and electronics and Steve Davis on electronics, Margolis performing on synth, electric guitar & objects, and Weiss on Board Weevil and drum kit, in a mix of improvisation, extended technique, cacophony and indeterminacy. |
Eriksen, Espen Trio w/ Andy Sheppard: In The Mountains [VINYL 2 LPs] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $36.95 Out of Stock The first live album from pianist Espen Eriksen's Trio with bassist Lars Tormod Jenset and drummer Andreas Bye, expanded to a quartet with UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard, performing at Nasjonal jazzscene in Victoria, Oslo in 2018 & 2020, at an intimate concert at Propeller Music Division in Oslo 2020, and at Era Jazzu/Czas Komedy, Poznan Poland in 2021. |
Lucier, Alvin: Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. II [VINYL] (Black Truffle -- Australia ) Price: $33.95 In Stock The Swiss-based Ever Present Orchestra, dedicated to the presentation of later works by composer Alvin Lucier written for this orchestra and centered on pieces for the electric guitar, in two works of differing characteristics: "Arrigoni Bridge" for 3 lap steel electric guitars + violin, sax & cello; and "Flips" for two guitars, bass and glockenspiel. |
Branch, Jamie / Isaiah Collier / Gilles Coronado / Tim Daisy: Stembells (The Bridge Sessions -- USA ) Price: $17.95 In Stock As part of the transatlantic network The Bridge connecting creative musicians for performance, the quartet of Jaimie Branch on trumpet, synthesizer & electronics, Isaiah Collier on soprano & tenor saxophones, Gilles Coronado on electric guitar and Tim Daisy on drums, recorded this wildly building live performance after a 2022 tour across Chicago and the Midwest. |
Delta Saxophone Quartet: Late Music (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Marking their 40th anniversary with this 8th album, London's lyrically sophisticated Delta Saxophone Quartet in varying sax configurations of Christian Forshaw, Graeme Blevins, Howard McGill, Kathryn McGuiness, Andy Tweed, Tim Holmes and Chris Caldwell, reflect on their history in a diverse set of pieces including covers of Joy Division, David Bowie, The Durutti Column, &c. |
Dunmall / Brackenbury / Brice / Bianco: Prema (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Part of a series at Birmingham, UK's East Jazz Club by saxophonist Paul Dunmall with some of the UK's finest improvisers, here in a quartet of two string players—Olie Brice on bass and Faith Brackenbury on violin—plus long-time collaborator Tony Bianco on drums, the title Prema referring to divine love or higher love, as heard in this tremendous, extended performances. |
Heinemann, Jakob: Opacity (Kashe Editions -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The debut as a leader for Chicago double bassist and composer Jakob Heinemann, in a series of peacefully sophisticate, through-composed compositions of acoustic orchestration with subtle field recording & object accents from Heinemann, each piece leaving room for improvisation, performed in a quartet with Ishmael Ali on cello, Jeff Kimmel on clarinet and Molly Jones on flutes. |
Interstellar Nao Quartet (Countryman / Castanon / Cano / Lauber): Odisea (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A wild odyssey in collective free jazz referencing the 16th century trade ships "La Nao de la China" from four players improvising in the studio in Mexico City for three extended, energetic exchanges of acoustic and electric excitement, from Philippine-based alto saxophonist Rick Countryman, Jalisco guitarist Juan Castanon, and Mexican bassist & drummer Itzam Cano & Gabriel Lauber. |
Evangelista, Karl (feat. Alex Hawkins / Tatsu Aoki / Michael Zerang): What Else Is There? (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Meeting in the studio in Chicago, the quartet of Oakland guitarist Karl Evangelista, UK pianist Alexander Hawkins, midwestern bassist Tatsu Aoki and Chicago drummer Michael Zerang combine Evangelista's open-ended compositions with a series of dialogic free improvisations around the concepts of music and family, instrumentally answering the question posed by the album's title. |
Orins, Peter (Orins / Pruvost / Dang / Pym): Dead Dead Gang (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A musical work composed by French drummer Peter Orins inspired by Alan Moore's 2016 novel Jerusalem crossing geographical and temporal space, recorded during a residency with the Muzzix collective at La Malterie in Lill and performed with Maryline Pruvost on voice & indian harmonium, Barbara Dang on piano, and Gordon Pym on electronics & amplified objects. |
Leap Of Faith: The Origin Of Mass (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The second album of collective free improvisation from Leap of Faith expanded by Chinese musicians, from the core duo of multi-reedist David Peck and cellist Glynis Lomon, here with Chinese improviser, Boston-based Beijing guzheng player Jiaxin Wan, alongside trumpeter Bob Moores, for two exotic improvisations of patiently evolving global elements. |
McLean, Jackie: Let Freedom Ring To Destination...Out! - Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Remastering and reissuing two vital Blue Note albums from alto saxophonist Jackie McLean: 1963's Let Freedom Ring in a quartet with Walter Davis (piano), Herbie Lewis (double bass) & Billy Higgins (drums); then 1964's Destination... Out! in a quintet with Grachan Moncur III (trombone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Larry Ridley (double bass) and Roy Haynes (drums). |
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $5.00 In Stock Recorded and mixed on analog tape, MOPDtK combines historical jazz lineage and the 21st century perspective of MOPDtK's members (Jon Irabagon; Ron Stabinsky; Moppa Elliott; Kevin Shea), with each piece dedicated to an individual who influenced their compositional process. |
Gentile, Kate (w/ Mitchell / Casss / Viner): Find Letter X [3 CDs] (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $25.95 In Stock Three CDs in a beautifully constructed fold-out cross with liner notes and recording data from NY drummer Kate Gentile, in a set of 41 studio recordings with her working band of Matt Mitchell on piano & keys, Kim Cass on acoustic & electric bass and Jeremy Viner on reeds, each disc exploring a distinct yet connected approach to her fascinating compositions and group interaction. |
Sakata, Akira / Entasis: Live In Europe 2022 [2 CDs] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Three live performances in Greece, Italy and Brussels from saxophonist & multi-reedist Akira Sakata and his long-standing duo partner as Entasis — pianist Giovanni di Domenico — and based on location, with Giotis Damianidis on electric guitar, Petros Damianidis on double bass, and Stephanos Chytiris, Balazs Pandi or Aleksandar Skoric on drums. |
Kaze (Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura / Christian Pruvost / Peter Orins): Unwritten (Circum-Libra / Libra -- Japan/France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock The Kaze quartet of trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, pianist Satoko Fujii, trumpeter & flugelhorn player Christian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins, continues its avant-embracing and uniquely voiced project with this live performance at Lille, France, an episodic and spontaneously diverse set of three collective improvisations of intuitive, adventurous interaction. |
Tamarisk (Carter / Menestres / Weathers): House of the People, Property is Theft (Editions Glomar -- USA ) Price: $9.95 In Stock The Tamarisk trio of bassist David Menestres, guitarist Andrew Weathers and vocalist Christina Carter (Charalambides) are heard live at Casa del Popolo, in Montreal and at PIT, in Brooklyn, New York, joined in Brooklyn by flutist Laura Cocks, each performance an extended journey between assertive, cathartic improvisation and introspective rumination. |
Impetus Group (Serries / Webster / Verbruggen / Verhoeven / Jackson)): Density Dots (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Their impetus motivated by the 60's & 70's London improv scene, epitomized by Derek Bailey's Company group, guitarist Dirk Serries leads this assemblage of quick-witted improviser as they challenge each other through pointillistic and sublime passages; from Tom Jackson (clarinet), Colin Webster (sax), Martina Verhoeven (piano), Dirk Serries (guitar) & Teun Verbruggen (drums). |
Cassiber: The Cassiber Box redux [6 CDs, 1 DVD and Book] (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $64.95 In Stock Reissuing the 2013 box set of the 1980s UK/Euro improvising rock band Cassiber, including their 4 remastered studio albums + 2 additional CDs, a 2 hour DVD, and a 32-page color book, revealing an amazing band merging experimental rock, fringe jazz, punk, pop, plunderphonics, improvisation, & musique concrete with an energetic and complex form of studio composition - superb! |
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / von Buttlar: Leipzig [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $9.60 In Stock Named for the Leipzig, Poland location in which this live concert was recorded, the acoustic free improvising quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Nuno Torres on alto saxophone, and Johannes von Buttlar on percussion, explore extended ranges and approaches to their instrument in these building and detailed dialogs. |
Laubrock, Ingrid (w/ Jon Irabagon / Zeena Parkins / Tom Rainey): Monochromes (Intakt -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Saxophonist & composer Ingrid Laubrock's quartet with Jon Irabagon on sopranino sax, Zeena Parkins on electric harp and Tom Rainey on drums, in a work of conventional and graphic notation with text instructions, accompanied by fixed media tape pieces (monochromes), from Nate Wooley, Adam Matlock, Tom Rainey, and by JD Allen, David Breskin & Ingrid Laubrock manipulating Harry Bertoia sculptures. |
Lewis, James Brandon Quartet : Transfiguration (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock With a rare ability to play hard-hitting jazz while maintaining a lyrical sense to his compositions, tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis' new studio album from his quartet of Aruan Ortiz on piano, Brad Jones on bass and Chad Taylor on drums is the fourth album from this working band, demonstrating their strong group affinity that invokes impressive soloing from all four. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Dirk Serries / Joao Madeira / Jose Oliveira : Dripping (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock One of the core Creative Sources trios of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, João Madeira on double bass and Jose Oliveira on percussion, is extended to a quartet with Netherland's New Wave of Jazz/Vidna Obmama archtop guitarist Dirk Serries, presenting the 9-part "Dripping" series of free chamber-oriented lowercase improvisation. |
Rodrigues / Parrinha / Flak / Levine: Quadruple Quadrature Questions (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock While theremin & synth specialist Andrew Levine was on a 2023 tour of Portugal he met with a core trio of Creative Sources improvisers--Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & Crackle Box, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet & objects, Flak on electric guitar & effects--meeting in Flak's countryside studio for one detailed, extensive improvisation and 6 short works of differing sonic characters and colour. |
Rodrigues / Lonberg-Holm / Hencleeday / Oliveira: Uncommon Statement (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Two unique string players--Lisbon's Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Chicago's Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello--with pianist Andre Hencleeday and percussionist Jose Oliveira, in an exhilarating concert of dynamic free improvisation captured live in 2023 at Lisboa Incomum in Lisbon, presented as two "Statements", an apt description of their confident and declarative interplay. |
Dorner / Rodrigues / Kim / Flinn: Chess Music (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A profoundly patient extended improvisation referencing the pensive and strategic decisions made in a game of chess, creating a dynamic interplay of sounds through unconvential technique in this live recording at Werkhalle Wiesenburg, Berlin from the quartet of trumpeter Axel Dorner, cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, tenor saxophonist Jung-Jae Kim and percussionist Stephen Flinn. |
dis/con/sent (Petzold / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Bauer): Munchen (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A double opus of improvised String Quartets in four movements each, using impressive technique and exquisite pacing in this live recording captured at the Offene Ohren, in Munich, Germany, 2023 by Dietrich Petzold on violin, tenor violin, clavichord & bowed metal, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello and Matthias Bauer on double bass. |
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. |
NRG Ensemble (directed by Mars Williams): Hold That Thought (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The 1st of three archival albums from saxophonist Mars Williams' vaults, this 1996 concert in Utrecht with the NRG Ensemble--the band that Williams' carried forward after Hal Russell's passing in 1992--in an unrestrained concert of original material from Williams and fellow saxophonist Ken Vandermark, with Kent Kessler on bass, Steve Hunt on drums, and Brian Sandstrom on bass, guitar & trumpet. |
Easter Quartet, The (Weissenfels / Filliano / Grassi / Capp): Light End (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock From subtle dynamics to invigorating free exchanges, the collective improvising band Easter Quartet brings together New York luminaries Ken Filiano on bass with two drummer/percussionists--Lou Grassi and Todd Capp--and Leipzig, German pianist Simone Weissenfels, performing in the studio for three extended, forcefully confident, evolving improvisations. |
Quatuor Bozzini: Jurg Frey: String Quartet No. 4 (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The third string quartet that Swiss composer Jürg Frey has written for the Montreal string quartet Quatuor Bozzini of Alissa Cheung on violin, Clemens Merkel on violin, Stephanie Bozzini on viola and Isabelle Bozzini on cello, a beautiful work in five movements of illusory motion, slowly evolving through furtive and seemingly feigned momentum. |
Tragic Assembly + Tatsuya Nakatani : Live at the Artscenter (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The NC Tragic Assembly free improvising trio of Charles Chace on guitar, Crowmeat Bob on reeds and Phil Venable on upright bass are joined for this 2022 concert at Carrboro, NC's ArtCenter by improvising percussion powerhouse Tatsuya Nakatani, adding sonic expansion and rhythmic punctuation to this trio's typically drum free configuration, heard in four striking improvisations. |
Leap of Faith: Quest for Uncertainty (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock Joining the Boston free improvising duo of David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice--the core duo of Leap of Faith Orchestra--are Bonnie Kane on tenor sax, flute & electronics, and John Loggia on drums and percussion, capturing the extended title track and a brief, "possible outcome" as a summation. |
Mingus, Charles: Presents Charles Mingus To Pre Bird, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Three sides of Charles Mingus in this remastered reissue set: the 1961 Candid album Mingus Presents Mingus with the classic quartet of Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond; then the Mercury release Pre-Bird from the same year, in ensembles performing the music of or influenced by Duke Ellington, along with the ambitious and brilliant through-composed work, "Half Mast Inhibition". |
Lokkegaard, Niels Lyhne / Quatuor Bozzini: Colliding Bubbles (Important Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Copenhagen composer Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard's long form work refers to units of compositional structure in systems of instruments, each a "bubble" that interacts and collides creating fluctuations, ruptures and tension release in an hypnotic sonic tapestry, performed by Montreal's Quatuor Bozzini on violins, viola, cellos and harmonica; mesmerizing. |
Void Patrol (Sharp / Stetson / Martin / MacDonald): Live @ Victo (Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A wild and adventurous concert and one of the highlights of the 39th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville from the electric improvising quartet of Elliott Sharp on electric guitar & electronics, Colin Stetson on bass, alto & tenor saxophones, Billy Martin on drums & percussion and Payton Macdonald on marimba, vibraphone & African xylophone. |
Evans, Peter Being & Becoming (Evans / Ross / Jozwiak / Ode): Ars Memoria (More Is More -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The second album from New York trumpeter Peter Evan's band Being and Becoming stretches out his concepts in five extended works that dovetails superb contemporary jazz — integrating extended techniques and solid vibraphone work — with beautifully rich and explorative passages, masterfully performed with Joel Ross (vibes), Nick Jozwiak (bass) and Michael Shekwoaga (drums). |
Evans, Peter Being & Becoming (Evans / Ross / Jozwiak / Ode): Ars Memoria [VINYL 180gm + DOWNLOAD] (More Is More -- USA ) Price: $23.95 In Stock The second album from New York trumpeter Peter Evan's band Being and Becoming stretches out his concepts in five extended works that dovetails superb contemporary jazz — integrating extended techniques and solid vibraphone work — with beautifully rich and explorative passages, masterfully performed with Joel Ross (vibes), Nick Jozwiak (bass) and Michael Shekwoaga (drums). |
IKZ (Chris Dammann / Kevin Davis / John Niekrasz / Toby Summerfield): I Saw The Cryptic Problem Of My Generation Destroyed (Amalgam -- USA ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Four improvisations that start as dense and scrabbly electroacoustic improv and then transport into beautiful sonic interaction from the Chicago collaborative quartet of Chris Dammann (Scott Clark) on double bass, Kevin Davis (Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore) on cello, John Niekrasz (Poor School, The Naked Future) on drums and Toby Summerfield (Larval, Algernon, Scott Clark) on guitar. |
Rempis / Karayorgis / Heinemann / Harris: Truss (Driff Records & Aerophonics -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Three label leaders come together for this extraordinary 2023 concert at Elastic Arts in Chicago--Aerophonic's Dave Rempis on alto, tenor & baritone saxophones; Driff Records' Pandelis Karayorgis on piano; Amalgam Records' Bill Harris on drums--along with bassist Jakob Heinmann, this exceptional free jazz performance cementing the bond between Boston and Chicago with a hope for more! |
Nanimo (Area / Torres / Sarramian / Gris): Hapax [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $9.60 In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. |
Pride, Mike: I Hate Work [Used Item] (Rarenoise Records -- UK ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $2.40 In Stock A warmly lyrical, mostly instrumental album of modern jazz that surprisingly takes it's title from legendary punk band MDC, and its songs from their 1982 debut album Millions of Dead Cops, led by NY drummer Mike Pride and performed with Jamie Saft (keys), Brad Jones (bass), Mick Bar (guitars) and on a few songs, vocalists JG Thirlwell (Foetus), Sam Mickens (The Dead Science) and Dave Dictor from MDC itself. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Andre Hencleeday / Carlos Santos: Infinite Series [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $9.60 In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. |
Delta Saxophone Quartet: Late Music [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $7.20 In Stock Marking their 40th anniversary with this 8th album, London's lyrically sophisticated Delta Saxophone Quartet in varying sax configurations of Christian Forshaw, Graeme Blevins, Howard McGill, Kathryn McGuiness, Andy Tweed, Tim Holmes and Chris Caldwell, reflect on their history in a diverse set of pieces including covers of Joy Division, David Bowie, The Durutti Column, &c. |
Granberg, Magnus (w/ Miki Maruta / Ko Ishikawa / Toshimaru Nakamura): Come Down To Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth -- Revised Version For Sho, Koto, Prepared Piano And Electronic (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "November 9, 2019 was first day of Ftarri Festival 2019 Week One, held at Sonorium, Tokyo. The closing group that day was a quartet headed by Magnus Granberg (who had come to Japan for the first time). The other members were Toshimaru N... |
Rahma Quartet (Rasha Ragab / Christoph Nicolaus / Werner Dafeldecker / Lucio Capece) : "Mercy Is Called Down By Mercy To The Last" Live (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 In Stock "Performed live on the 16th of November 2022 at Stadtgarten Koln / Europaisches Zentrum fur Jazz und aktuelle Musik, Cologne, Germany, as part of the series "In Between Spaces," curated by Thomas Glasser and organized by Zentrum fur Akt... |
Rodrigues / Parrinha / Flak / Levine: Quadruple Quadrature Questions [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $9.60 In Stock While theremin & synth specialist Andrew Levine was on a 2023 tour of Portugal he met with a core trio of Creative Sources improvisers--Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & Crackle Box, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet & objects, Flak on electric guitar & effects--meeting in Flak's countryside studio for one detailed, extensive improvisation and 6 short works of differing sonic characters and colour. |
Ruhl, Joris: Feuilles [Used Item] (Umlaut Records -- France ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $8.00 In Stock Clarinetist Xavier Charles, accordionist Jonas Kocher and percussionist Toma Gouband join French improviser Joris Ruhl for this extended improvisation of multiphonics, textures and timbres, evolving from subtle harmonics into vast waves of sound, pausing to punctuate with pointillist interaction, then expanding into dramatic waves of sound before carefully fading away; sublime. |
Axioms: Abstract Intensions [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $4.00 In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
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Expanse: Reach (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Perhaps the most synthetic of Evil Clown releases, Expanse represents space and restraint, this the 8th album from the Boston improvising collective of David Peck on reeds, winds, synths and percussion, Robin Amos on synths, Michael Knoblach on percussion (including egg beater, humpty dumpty toy, and teething rings) and Joel Simches providing real-time processing; inexplicably interesting. |
Leap Of Faith: Cosmic String Loop [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $4.00 In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
Leap Of Faith: Emergent Spacetime (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The core of the Boston improvising collective Leap of Faith Orchestra are the duo of cellist Glynis Lomon and reedist and multi-instrumentalist David Peck, here joined by Eric Woods on analog synth and new collective member Jared Seabrook on drums & percussion, for two examples of Peck's broad palette concept yielding evolving transformations through free playing |
Leap Of Faith: Time And Symmetry Entwined [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $4.00 In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
Perturbations: Deviations Of A System [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $4.00 In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
Simulacrum (Peck / onBass / Moores / Simches): Semblance [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco 20% Used Sale! Price was Price: $4.00 In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
Perelman, Ivo Quartet (w/ Shipp / Helias / Rainey): Water Music (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock After shattering the mouthpiece he had used for years, tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman searched for a replacement, choosing the same mouthpiece used by Paul Desmond, provoking a shift in style to more melodic lines, as heard in this studio album performed with the exemplary quartet of pianist Matthew Shipp, double bassist Mark Helias and drummer Tom Rainey. |
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