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![]() Dessen, Michael Trio: Resonating Abstractions (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock West Coast trombonist and electronic artist Michael Dessen's electroacoustic trio with bassist Christopher Tordini and drummer Dan Weiss, balancing detailed compositions and radically open improvisation that equally embraces groove-based improv and soundscape. |
![]() Goldberg / Redman / Miles / Hoff / Smith / Amendola: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues (Bag -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A swinging album mining earlier jazz forms from the modern jazz sextet of Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Joshua Redman on tenor sax, Ron Miles on trumpet, Devin Hoff on bass, and drummers Ches Smith and Scott Amendola. |
![]() Golia, Vinny & Urs Leimgruber: Empiricism in the West (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two amazing wind players - saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Vinny Golia and saxophonist Urs Leimgruber - in a series of free improvising duos pushing their instruments into unusual and captivating territories. |
![]() Leandre, Joelle / Phillip Greenlief: That Overt Desire of Object (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Relative Pitch Records debuts with the excellent duo of bassist Joelle Leandre and Bay Area woodwind improviser Phil Greenlief in 11 variations for contrabass and woodwinds. |
![]() Maier, Giovanni: The Talking Bass (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composer and double bassist Giovanni Maier creates the illusion of being everywhere at once while he plays alongside members of his quartet (Parrini, Calabrese & Amendola) as his instrument "talks" to theirs in this beautiful album. |
![]() Robair, Gino: Solo Drums with Ebow (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Percussionist Robair placed an Ebow over a street-sweeper blade or a short length of guitar string, and then placed those on the head of a snare drum or floor tom, recording without effects to allow natural rhythms and harmonic modulation to come forth. |
![]() Sult: Bark (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock San Francisco' Jacob Heule (known for his work with Ettrick & Barn Owl) and Tony Dryer join Euro improvisers Havard Skaset and Guro Skumsnes Moe for seven free improvisations using extended techniques and unusual approaches to their instruments. |
![]() Ton Trio II (Shelton / Brown / Vittum): On and On (Singlespeed Music -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Oakland-based Ton Trio II featuring Aram Shelton on alto saxophone, Scott Brown on bass, and Alex Vittum on drums, perform avant sophisticated jazz weaving through melody, rhythm, and texture while allowing for spacious improvisations. |
![]() Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
![]() Novak, Ryan: Balloon Proportions (RY/NO Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Multi-instrumentalist improviser Novak, who has worked with Tim Daisy and Tatsuya Nakatani, in an eclectic and complex solo release of colliding genres. |
![]() Rova: Bingo (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Rova Saxophone Quartet performing compositions by Lindsay Cooper, Fred Frith, Barry Guy, and Larry Ochs, live in the studio in 1996. |
![]() Shiurba, John: Triplicate (Spool -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composer John Shiurba with an impressive West Coast octet including vocalists Lara Bruckmann & Morgan Guberman, trumpeter Tom Djll, drummer Gino Robair, and bassist Matthew Sperry, &c. conducting them through five twisted compositions. |
![]() Charuest, Yves / Agusti Fernandez / Nicolas Caloia / Peter Valsamis : Stir (Tour de Bras -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Montreal free improvising trio Still of Nicolas Caloia on bass, Peter Valsamis on drums, and Yves Charuest on saxophone is joined in the studio by visiting Spanish pianist Agusti Fernandez for a superb set of detailed and energetic free jazz, 6 pieces titled "(un fold)" I - VI, making an album of first rate and exciting collective music. |
![]() Templeton, Gavin: Asterperious Special (Nine Winds -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock A sophisticated modern jazz album from alto saxophonist Gavie Templeton, music based on his grandfather's experience as an Air Corps navigator in WWII, performed in a quartet with pianist Gary Fukushima, bassist Darek Oles, and drummer Joe Labarbera. |
![]() TSIGOTI: Read Between The Lines...Think Outside Them (Post Consumer -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock The TSIGOTI quarter brings together Italians Jacopo Andreini on guitar, Andrea Caprara on drums, and Piero Spitilli on bass with California pianist Thollem McDonas for critical avant punk with a technically brilliant flair. |
![]() Farhadian, Thea: Tectonic Shifts (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Farhadian is an American composer and performer with a base in San Francisco and one in Berlin. Her work often is about connecting solo violin and interactive electronics. Combining her classical background as violist (Berkeley Symphon... |
![]() Blonk, Jaap / Makagami Koichi / Paul Dutton / Phil Minton / David Moss: Five Men Singing (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Kuhn, Peter Trio (Kuhn / Motl / Hubbard): Intention (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Clarinetist and bass clarinetist Peter Kuhn defines his "intentions" with his trio of bassist Kyle Motl and drummer Nathan Hubbard, recording in the studio in 2017 for an album of determined, informed and demanding free improvisation, a reflection of Kuhn's life and his direction to create superb modern jazz music with power, release, and inventive joy. |
![]() Kuhn, Peter (w/ Cline/ Clucas / Sewelson / Walton): Dependent Origination (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Multi-reedist Peter Kuhn returned to the San Diego scene in 2013, forming the Dependent Origination band with a core of drummer Alex Cline and saxophonist Dave Sewelson, referencing the Buddhist concept of interdependent co-arising; 4 years later this album adding Dan Clucas (cornet) & Scott Walton (bass) represents the current state of this excellent collective band. |
![]() Karayorgis, Pandelis Trio (w/ Damon Smith / Eric Rosenthal): Cliff (Driff Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Contrasting his concurrent piano trio album with Nate McBride and Luther Gray, "Pools", "Cliff" is a first encounter between Boston-area pianist and composer Pandelis Karayorgis and drummer Eric Rosenthal with double bassist Damon Smith, recently migrated from the West Coast, as the three present a concentrative album of collective improvisation revealing three masterful players. |
![]() Surplus 1980 Collectiv Ensembl With G.W. Sok : Forget All This (Music a la Coque -- Italy ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Surplus 1980 Collectiv Ensembl takes the current members of drummer Moe! Staiano's Surplus 1980 along with associated musicians, including Kyle Bruckmann, John Shiurba, Vicky Grossi, Paul Costuros, &c, with vocals from Dutch vocalist G.W. Sok (The Ex), in an album of avant post-punk rock, sophisticated but determined and pointed music, an unusual hybrid of impressive styles. |
![]() Ackley, Bruce / Fred Frith / Henry Kaiser / Aram Shelton: Unexpected Twins (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Born out of Eugene Chadbourne's Twins band concepts from the 70s, which included over time saxophonist Bruce Ackley, and guitarists Henry Kaiser, and Fred Frith; fast forward to 2018 as Ackley & Frith return to the concept with Henry Kaiser and saxophonist Aram Shelton to revisit the original approach through pieces by those artists plus Steve Lacy, Eugene Chadbourne, and John Zorn. |
![]() Chadbourne, Eugene / Henry Kaiser: Wind Crystals: Guitar Duets By Wadada Leo Smith (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Long-time collaborators, guitarists Henry Kaiser and Eugene Chadbourne perform the compositions of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, starting with their recording from 1977 of his "Wind Crystals", then improvising over 5 other Smith compositions, ending the album with an updated, 2017 version of "Wind Crystals"; an excellent refresh and retrospective from two incredible improvisers. |
![]() Giuffre, Jimmy 3 (w / Bley / Swallow): Graz Live 1961 (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock After introducing his new trio with pianist Paul Bley and double bassist Steve Swallow in two 1961 albums on Verve, clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre embarked on a tour of Europe, this recently discovered, well-recorded concert in Graf, Austria the perfect example of his unique concepts yielding intensely focused, harmonically challenging, rhythmically abstract, and exquisite chamber jazz. |
![]() Shirosihi / Golia / Fujioka / Cline: Borasisi (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two drums and two saxophones merge to create this epic 2-part free jazz trek - "Right Eye Sun" and "Left Eye Moon", the album title taken from a sun deity in Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Cat's Cradle", who mated with the moon; this pairing is realized by West Coast masterful musicians Patrick Shiroishi & Vinny Golia (sax) and Dylan Fujioka and Alex Cline (drums & percussion). |
![]() Monopiece / Jaap Blonk (Corde / Robidoux / Russell): S/T (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An absurdly paced and spectacular album of electronic improvisation, percussion and voice, as the West Coast improvising trio Monopiece of Nathan Corder on electronics, Matt Robidoux on guitar, and Timothy Russell on percussion meet legendary improvising vocalist and electronics artist Jaap Blonk, recording at The Center for Contemporary Music, at Mills College. |
![]() Blonk, Jaap / Damon Smith: Hugo Ball: Sechs Laut- Und Klanggedichte 1916 (Six Sound Poems, 1916) [CASSETTE] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $0.00 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Three free improvisations for voice & double bass + improvisations on Hugo Ball's Six Sound Poems from the duo of free improvising vocalist Jaap Blonk and double bassist Damon Smith. |
![]() Flying Luttenbachers, The: Imminent Death (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The ever-shifting lineup of jazz/no-wave/avant/aberrant improvisers The Flying Luttenbachers, anchored by drummer Weasel Walters, brings multi-reedist Matt Nelson, two guitarists (Brandon Seabrook & Henry Kaiser), bassist Tim Dahl and Brad Laner on synth for an aggressively informed and excitingly unpredictable album of superb playing and possibly bad intention; recommended! |
![]() Cramp, Dominic / Mike Khoury / Philip Greenlief / Gino Robair: Compassion & Evidence (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live at Temescal Art Center in Oakland, CA as part of their Babylon 2018 evening, the quartet of Gino Robair (electronics), Phillip Greenlief (tenor sax and clarinet), Mike Khoury (viola) and Dominic Cramp, aka Lord Tang (lyra) improvise in 2 short and 2 extended electroacoustic conversations of detailed restraint, unique pointillism and unforseen atmospheres. |
![]() Wong, Theresa / Frantz Loriot: Live at Zoom In (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording at the magnificent cathedral at Berner Münster in Switzerland during the 2017 Zoom In Festival, the improvising string duo of violist Frantz Loriot and cellist Theresa Wong, also on voice, performed this extended work of creative string interaction, energetic and idiosyncratic and wonderfully expressive, enhanced by the natural resonance of the space. |
![]() Toned (Corder / Suarez / Weeks): The Private Sector (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Schizophrenically skronky improv of ea-cutups and semi-maniacal segments that resolve to near-stillness from the West Coast TONED trio of Nathan Corder on electronics, Leo Suarez on drums, and Tom Weeks on sax, using a nonlinear and nonhierarchical organizational process and multiple layers of compositional feedback loops to create unpredictably bizarre and overtly fun music. |
![]() Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth). |
![]() Parker, Charlie : Selections From The DIAL Recordings (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first of two volumes in celebration of legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker's 100th birthday, here remastering his landmark recordings for the Dial label on the US West Coast between 1946-47, performing with jazz greats including Miles Davis, Lucky Thompson, Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Red Calender, JJ Johson, Max Roach, &c. for some of Parker's best known and essential compositions. |
![]() Rivers, Sam Trio feat Dave Holland / Barry Altschul: Ricochet (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Captured live in San Francisco in 1978, the lastest in the NoBusiness Sam Rivers Archive series finds the masterful wind player in peak form with the trio of Dave Holland on bass & cello, and Barry Altschul on drums, Rivers on tenor & soprano sax, flute & piano, in the 52 minute free jazz epic "Ricochet", a high-energy work of diverse mood and character; superb! |
![]() Fielder, Alvin / Damon Smith: Song For Chico [CASSETTE] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Free improvisations and a few fascinating covers of work by Cecil Taylor, Chico Hamilton, and Johnny Dyani from the duo of double bassist Damon Smith and legendary drummer Alvin Fielder, showing intense and unusual approaches in great rhythmic dialog. |
![]() Futterman, Joel / Ike Levin Duo: The Present Gift (IML Music -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A meeting in the studio in 2001 between frequent collaborators, pianist Joel Futterman, also performing on curved soprano saxophone & wooden Indian flute, and Chicago tenor saxophonist Ike Levin, also on bass clarinet and Brazilian Kalimba, beautifully capturing the extraordinary conversation of strongly articulated dialog between the two improvisers; impressive! |
![]() Powerdove: Bitter Banquet (fo'c'sle -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Keyboardist Annie Lewandowski (London Improvisers Orchestra, Fred Frith, Samech) composed this song cycle about ancient Greek figures in collaboration with David Yearsley, Theresa Wong and Russell Greenberg, poetic pieces contrasting traditional use of instruments with subtle experimental approaches in a unique and fascinating set of compositional strategies. |
![]() Cymerman, Jeremiah / Charlie Looker: A Horizon Made of Canvas (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of ominous duos on the dark side from NY improviser Jeremiah Cymerman on clarinets & pedals, and Charlie Looker (Extra Life, Psalm Zero) on guitars & piano, each of the five pieces exploring murky caverns of warmly bleak environments rendered through Looker's deep piano & guitar work, perforated by cracks of light through Cymerman's riffs & exclamations. |
![]() Hatcher, Gerrit / Rob Magill / Patrick Shiroishi: Triplet Fawns (Kettle Hole Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Chicago saxophonist and Kettle Hole label leader Gerrit Hatcher joins with West Coast saxophonists Rob Magill (Weird Cry Records, Dreamcolour) and Japanese saxophonist based in Los Angeles Patrick Shiroishi, for five collective free improvisations of informed saxophone interaction; three approaches to the horn that complement and contrast in fascinating ways. |
![]() Feichtmair, Tanja / Damon Smith / Gino Robair: The Shrilling of Frogs (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Discovered in a box of recordings in BPA's possession, this recording from 2003 restores a stimulating freely improvised studio encounter between then-West Coast frequent collaborators, double bassist Damon Smith and percussionist Gino Robair, in a trio with Austrian alto saxophonist & bass clarinetist Tanja Feichtmair, mastered to pristine quality by Weasel Walter. |
![]() Mitchell, Roscoe / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter: A Railroad Spike Forms The Voice (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first meeting between Art Ensemble of Chicago saxophone legend Roscoe Mitchell and the long running improvisational trio of Sandy Ewen (guitar), Damon Smith (double bass) and Weasel Walter (drums), in an epic 72-minute recording captured live at Duende in Oakland, CA in 2014, an amazing display contrasting control & chaos, form and deconstruction; exemplary! |
![]() Noyes, Charles K. : Crimes In High Places, Part 1 (zOaR Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Known as a percussionist, Bay Area improviser Charles K. Noyes' first part of his Crimes In High Places is performed on electric & resonator guitars plus amplified guqin, expanding on the innovations of Derek Bailey in free-form non-idiomatic playing as he works to create a personal language on the instrument, presenting a dark and creatively foreboding vision. |
![]() Bradford, Bobby / Tom Heasley / Ken Rosser: Varistar (Full Bleed Music -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock 1999 recordings from the trio of cornetist Bobby Bradford, Tuba player Tom Heasley and guitarist Ken Rosser, bridging chamber and free jazz with a unique orchestration. |
![]() Kaiser, Henry / John Oswald / Paul Plimley: At One Time - Improvisations for Cecil Taylor (Metalanguage -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock In tribute to late free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, the West Coast/Vancouver trio of guitarist Henry Kaiser, alto saxophonist John Oswald and vibraphonist Paul Plimley explore the intention of Taylor's singular style in six anagrammatically titled improvisations, with Chicago violinist Tracy Silverman joining for the massive "Oceans Felons Salad", and Scott Amendola joing for "fir loom". |
![]() Novak, Rebecca / Danny Kamins / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton: Groundwater Recharge (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Explorative improvisation, from mysteriously quiet moments to scrabbling and determined conversation, configured as trios and quintets by Rebecca Novak on piano, cornet, radio & glassware, Danny Kamins on baritone saxophone, Sandy Ewen on guitar, Damon Smith on double bass and Jerome Bryerton on percussion, all bringing unique moments through extended techniques, objects & radio. |
![]() Rova Saxophone Quartet: The Circumference of Reason (ESP Disk -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four decades into their project, the SF Bay Area saxophone quartet ROVA of Bruce Ackley (soprano & tenor), Steve Adams (alto & sopranino), Larry Ochs (tenor) and Jon Raskin (baritone) continue expanding their magnificent repertoire with original compositions, collective improvisations, and a piece from Glenn Spearman (Cecil Taylor, Double Trio) arranged by Larry Ochs. |
![]() Richards, Steph / Joshua White: Zephyr (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring the sonic and visual territory of water, centering on concepts of metamorphoses and breathing underwater, pianist Joshua White and trumpeter & flugelhorn player Steph Richards also employ resonating water vessels and percussion as they present three fluid and introspectively fathomed works in multiple movements: "Sacred Sea"; "Sequoia"; and "Northern Lights". |
![]() Wong, Theresa: Venice Is a Fish (Euphorbia Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Five pieces composed as a diary manifest in song from Bay Area cellist and singer Theresa Wong, reflecting on her time in Venice through labyrinthine melodic and rhythmic pathways, adding piano and the Japanese 5-string tonkori instrument to add exotic flavor to each eclectic song, blurring genres as Wong's impressions and expression lets each song lead where it must. |
![]() Golden, Barbara: Not Dead Yet [CD] (fo'c'sle -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bay Area experimental music scene legend and multi-disciplinary artist Barabara Golden celebrates her 80th birthday presents works created between 1980-2020, including performances by Robert Ashley, Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, WIGband with Johanna Poethig, George Lewis, William Winant, Mary Oliver and texts by Melody Sumner Carnahan. |
![]() Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: w/ Hafez Modirzadeh (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock One of a series of pianist Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions, this unique duo configuration with NY saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh uses a sonic palette of eight re-tuned pitches for piano and saxophone in an attempt to expand harmonic empathy, bringing Eastern pitch relationships to Western improvisation through a series of extraordinary solo and duo recordings. |
![]() Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: Thollem + Karl Berger, Thollem + Michael Snow (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock One of a series of pianist Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions, a 25-album series of concerts from around the globe, performing concerts in varying configurations with 70 musicians, here with two collaborations: in Kingston, NY with the great vibraphonist Karl Berger for 3 improvisations, and in Toronto with pianist Michael Snow for an extended piano duo. |
![]() Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: w/ Avreeayl Ra & Matt Lux / Sunken Cages (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock As part of Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions concert series, the pianist met Chicago legendary drummer Avreeayl Ra and and highly active improvising bassist Matthew Lux for this exceptional concert of two extended improvisations, followed by 8 duo studio improvisations as "Sunken Cages" recorded in Philadelphia with electroacoustic drummer Ravish Momin. |
![]() Houben, Eva-Maria : John Muir Trails (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four compositions depicting the John Muir Trails, a high-quality set of biking trails near Madison and Milwaukee two hours from Chicago, composed by Eva-Maria Houben and performed by the West Coast percussion duo DesoDuo of Katie Eikam and Kevin Good, portraying the trails through bowed cymbals, marimba & vibraphone along with field recordings from the outdoor ambiance. |
![]() Kaiser, Henry / Rome Yamilov: The Lenoir Investigation (Little Village -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Little Village Foundation run by keyboardist Jim Pugh assembled this band through Indian blues harmonica player & singer Aki Kumar, who brought drummer June Core and guitarist Rome Yamilov, deciding to make the release a "crazy guitar album" by adding Henry Kaiser; along with vocalist Lisa Leuschnet they hit the mark in an exuberantly diverse set of blues performing the music of J.B. Lenoir. |
![]() Ellis, Lisle / Cauley / Robinson / Ruthier / Ochs / McPhee / Spearman: Elevations (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Elevations is one of the very rare albums on which bassist Lisle Ellis assumes leadership. It was recorded in a San Francisco studio in June 1993. At the core of the instrumentation is Ellis' quartet, which includes Christopher Cauley a... |
![]() Goldberg, Ben (Goldberg / Ellis / Dunn / Sarin / Schott / Ochs): Eight Phrases For Jefferson Rubin (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Recorded in studio in November 1996, Ben Goldberg's project Eight Phrases for Jefferson Rubin was his second composition for sextet (after Twelve Minor, released by Avant in 1998). Rubin, who died tragically at the age of 35, was one o... |
![]() Kaiser, Henry / Mari Kimura / Jim O'Rourke / John Oswald : Acoustics (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "This weird little album was made by a quartet of improvisers from all ends of the improvisational planet, who came together in 1993 for a recording date. Edited by Oswald in Toronto, the result can be found here. With two guitarists (K... |
![]() Masaoka Orchestra: What Is the Difference Between Stripping and Playing the Violin? (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "What Is the Difference Between Stripping and Playing the Violin? contains two compositions by West Coast avant-garde artist Miya Masaoka. Although an accomplished koto player, Masaoka does not play on this CD: her hands are full conduc... |
![]() Plimley, Paul Trio: Safe-Crackers (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Vancouver pianist Paul Plimley and his comrades, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Scott Amendola, have issued a tough little gem of a recording in Safe-Crackers. Plimley's pianism ranges in voice from fierce avant-garde improvisation to... |
![]() Rova: Ptow!! (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The West Coast Rova Saxophone quartet in a 7 track studio album from 1995, from Jon Raskin on alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone, Steve Adams on alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, Bruce Ackley on soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone and Larry Ochs on tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone. |
![]() Renzoku (Kondo / Kaiser / Goodman / Oswald): Jump (Metalanguage -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $9.85 ![]() ![]() 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. |
![]() Alexander, Sarah Ruth / Damon Smith: God Made My Soul an Ornament (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock An unusual duo of double bass, voice, hammered dulcimer, recorder, slide whistle, and various objects, recorded in 2019 between bassist Damon Smith and Sarah Ruth Alexander, freely improvising through nine pieces that show the breadth of creative imagination and powerful technical skills of each; curiously compelling, unpredictable and marvelously diverse. |
![]() Flinn, Stephen: Red Bell (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock An immersive album of solo percussion, slowly sculpted through bowed cymbals, tension across drum heads, resonance and extraneous percussive elements, from New York-based experimental percussionist, composer & improviser, each piece unfolding a meditative yet substantial story built of powerful elements, creating mysterious and often daunting soundscapes. |
![]() Greenlief, Phillip : Barbedwire: 37 Graphic Scores For Trio Volume One (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four trios perform selections from composer and reedist Phillip Greenlief's BARBEDWIRE - 37 Graphic Scores For Trio, featuring John Bischoff, Kyle Bruckmann, Mark Clifford, Evelyn Davis, Tim Decillis, Gabby Fluke Mogul, Jane Rigler, and Tim Perkis, each composition a unique sonic sculpture, creating a diverse set of unique recordings realized by consummate performers. |
![]() Jerkagram / Martin Escalante : Parkour (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock Ater a concert in Los Angeles with Martin Escalante on the same bill, the twin brothers, guitarist Derek Gaines and drummer Brent Gaines, asked the extreme saxophonist to join them in the creation of a new, cathartic form of improvisation, filled with angst and dramatic release, ending with an extended journey in sound and squawk; a gripping album of gritty improv. |
![]() Treesearch: Know More Knowledge (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock West Coast/San Diego violinist Keir GoGwilt and bassist Kyle Motl are Treesearch, improvising on contrabass and violin with warm strength and expression, using a mix of traditional and creative approaches to their instruments as they bridge jazz and modern compositional approaches to create their own unique approach to free improvisation. |
![]() Clucas, Dan / Kyle Motl / Nathan Hubbard: Daydream and Halting (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collective West Coast trio from double bassist Kyle Motl (Treesearch) with cornetist Dan Clucas, also on violin and moxeno (an Andean wind instrument) and drummer Nathan Hubbard, imbued with a spiritual and natural chamber jazz feeling, their improvisations influenced by concepts of daydreams, incandescence and zephyrs; a beautiful and open-minded album. |
![]() Thollem: Obstacle Illusion (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Taken from concerts during Thollem's 3-month European tour, at Centro d'Arte dell'Università di Padova; AngelicA at Teatro San Leonardo in Bologna; and Rassegna di Nuova Musica 39, performing on acoustic pianos or a Korg Wavestate, showing his technically impressive, creative drive over a diverse set of approaches to solo piano improvisation. |
![]() Jones Jones (feat. Larry Ochs / Vladimir Tarasov / Mark Dresser): Just Justice (ESP -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The eccentrically named group "Jones Jones" is the trio of Lithuanian drummer Vladimir Tarasov, NY/West Coast bassist Mark Dresser and Rova Saxophone Quartet saxophonist Larry Ochs, since 2008 expressing humor and vexation at the world in sometimes meditative and sometimes explosive collective free improvisation, here in their 4th outstanding album and their 1st in the studio. |
![]() Motl, Kyle / Patrick Shiroishi: Apparitions [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Notice Recordings -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second album on Notice Recordings for West Coast free improvising saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi is a duo with San Diego-based double bassist Kyle Motl, in an exceptionally well-balanced example of powerful expression from both players, free blowing and turbulent exchanges offset by experimental introspective passages in four extended and excellent improvisations. |
![]() Magill, Rob: Blues Etudes (Kettle Hole Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of reed and wind improvisations, including two pieces with electronics, from Southern California composer and improviser Rob Magill, each of the 9 tracks on this album focusing on a different instrument: alto saxophone, soprano saxpohone, clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, bass recorder, sheng and tenor saxophone, plus a multi-instrumental "misc". |
![]() Reeder, Kory / Apartment House: Codex Vivere (Another Timbre -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautifully unfolding story in connected works forming a codex from Texas composer and Wandelweiser artist Kory Reeder, a long form work performed by the UK Apartment House Ensemble in a septet of strings, winds and piano, each section creating a loose narrative ark through several notational strategies envisioned with characters, scenes, diversions, and digressions. |
![]() Nakatani, Tatsuya / Kris Tiner: Dagny (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extended improvisation in two parts at Dagny's Coffe Company in Bakersfield, CA: first a solo performance by Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani in a sweeping sonic manifestation of bowed gongs, cymbals, bass drums and objects, which then continues as a duo with trumpeter Kris Tiner for an exhilaratingly peak of adept brass excitement ending in a pensive reflection. |
![]() Nakatani, Tatsuya / Kyle Motl: Quicksand (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Innovative Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani met with bassist Kyle Motl (Peter Kuhn Trio) at Nakatani Kobo Studio, in New Mexico to record these two extended improvisations, the 1st creating an aural environment through ringing metal and bowed contrabass, the 2nd a set of agitated and disruptive interactions through incredible technical skill and expressive dialog. |
![]() Ball, Hugo (Jaap Blonk / Bart van der Putten / Pieter Meurs / Damon Smith): Six sound Poems 1989 & 2013 [2 CDs] (Balance Point Acoustics / kontrans -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dedicated to Dada legend Hugo Ball, founder of the Cabaret Voltaire, through modern interpretations of six sound poems written by Ball in 1916, performed at BIMHUIS in 1989 by the trio of Jaap Blonk (voice), Bart van der Putten (saxophone) and Pieter Meurs (double bass); and in 2013 at radio station KUHF by the duo of Jaap Blonk and Damon Smith on double bass. |
![]() Blonk, Jaap / Damon Smith: Hugo Ball: Sechs Laut- Und Klanggedichte 1916 (Six Sound Poems, 1916) [CASSETTE] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three free improvisations for voice & double bass + improvisations on Hugo Ball's Six Sound Poems from the duo of free improvising vocalist Jaap Blonk and double bassist Damon Smith. |
![]() Bruckmann / Djll / Heule / Nishi-Smith: Brittle Feebling (Humbler -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $9.36 ![]() ![]() In Stock The title gives a sense of the unusual acoustic improvisation this West Coast collective perform, along with their description "prickles and bleats, an abrasive delicacy; fricative rasp and withheld breath seethe together in a discomfiting cuddle" — from Kyle Bruckmann on oboe & English horn, Tom Djll on trumpet, Jacob Felix Heule on floor tom, and Kanoko Nishi-Smith on koto. |
![]() Bruckmann, Kyle: Triptych (Tautological) (Carrier Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performing on oboe, English horn and live electronics, West Coast double-reedist Kyle Bruckmann presents three extended solo works of deep electroacoustic binding, each dedicated to a writer, artist or musician: "A Spurious Autobiography for John Barth (2015)"; "An Extruded Introversion for Blixa Bargeld (2016)"; and "A Fuzzy Monolith for James Turrell (2015)". |
![]() Estamos Trio: People's Historia (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Taking song titles from the Arawak language, the Estamos Trio of Thollem McDonas (piano), Milo Tamez (drums) and Carmina Escobar (voice & electronics) brings together artists from the Mexican/U.S. border, creating beautiful creative works. |
![]() Estamos Trio (McDonas / Escobar / Tamez): Dire Warning (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Highlighting issues between the US & Mexican borders, Thollem McDonas' Estamos Trio presents their 2nd album, here with Carmina Escobar (vocals, electronics, guitarron), Milo Tamez (percussion, found objects, electronics) and Thollem (keyboard, vocals, clay pot) in a work commissioned by and recorded at the 2018 "Casa Tomada" (House Taken Over) in Santa Fe for SITE. |
![]() Gonzalez, Dennis Ataraxia Trio+2 (w / Phelps / Lakpriya + Derek Rogers / Jess Garland): Nights Enter (Ayler Records -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Unlike anything in trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez's discography, this album was developed from Moog recordings by Derek Rogers, whose shifting tonalities and colors led Gonzalez to a Jon Hassel-influenced approach, adding a rhythmic basis of tabla and djembe from Jagath Lakpriya and sitar-inspired harp from Jess Garland, underpinned by the rich bass work of Drew Phelps. |
![]() Gratkowski, Frank / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton: The Voice Imitator (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock German reeidst Frank Gratkowski in a trio with West Coast percussionist Jerome Bryerton and bassist Damon Smith, in an album of free music that blends the sensibilities of free improv with contemporary compositional music. |
![]() Surplus 1980: Pigeon Obstacle Course (Surplus Industries -- Czech Republic ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Created out of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and drummer/percussionist Moe Staiano's Mute Socialite, this 7-piece improvising rock band turns rock on it's side in mostly instrumental, energetically complex and twisted rock pieces with acerbic social narrative, the band employing three drummers, bass & two guitars, piano and trumpet from Darren Johnston. |
![]() Mines, Kelsey: Look Like (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first complete solo release from Seattle, Washington bassist and vocalist Kelsey Mines, active in both classical music as a member of Yakima Symphony, Symphony Tacoma and the Paramount Orchestra, and as an improviser, here presenting a series of improvised solo-duets that explore how listening to our on-going internal dialogue helps us conjure honest, outward expressions. |
![]() Wong, Theresa: Practicing Sands (fo'c'sle -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of instrumental pieces and songs from Chinese-American composer, cellist, and vocalist Theresa Wong, inspired by the sounds of the natural world and a personal sense of "sonic genetic memory", her works merging composition and improvisation, the album recorded by Wong herself using specific microphone placement to bring out the warmth of her instrument and voice. |
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