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Soldier, Dave / William Hooker: Lewitt Etudes

Label: Mahakala Music
Product Code: 32486
Catalog Code: MAHA-036
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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Inspired by the graphic wall drawings of American artist and sculptor Sol Lewitt, designed as graphic scores for flexibility in improvisation, violinist Dave Soldier and drummer William Hooker assembled this impressive ensemble to present 9 etudes, performed with Rebecca Cherry, Kirk Knuffke, Ayumi Ishito, Hans Tammen, Alex Greene, Luke Stewart, and Ken Filiano.


Robinson / Whitecage / Filiano / Grassi: Live @ VisionFest20

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 32220
Catalog Code: MW-2 1023-2
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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Dedicated to the memory of reed & wind players Perry Robinson and Mark Whitecage, both of whom have passed since they took part in this tremendous 2015 live recording recorded at the 20th VisionFest in NYC, in a quartet with bassist Ken Filiano and drummer Lou Grassi for three collective free improvisations, particularly the extended first piece dedicated to late trumpeter Roy Campbell.


WeFreeStrings (Burnham / Laster / Waterman / Filiano): Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage

Label: ESP
Product Code: 31784
Catalog Code: ESPDISK 5073CD
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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Formed in 2011, this 2nd album from WeFreeStrings led by violist and composer Meland Dyer is at its core the trio of Dyer, violinist Gwen Laster and bassist Ken Filiano, expanded on two of the four pieces with cellist Alex Waterman, violinist Charles Burnham and drummer Michael Wimberly, in an impressive collection of exquisite string interactions influenced by social issues.


Nagano, Sana (w/ Apflebaum / Matsuno / Filiano / Herternstein): Smashing Humans [VINYL]

Label: 577 Records
Product Code: 30205
Catalog Code: 5855_LP
Country: USA
 
Price: $18.99



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The debut of a new electric jazz quintet from NY violinist Sana Nagano, with Peter Appfelbaum on tenor saxophone & megaphone, Keisuke Matsuno on electric guitar, Ken Filiano on acoustic bass & effects, and Joe Hertenstein on drums, an inventive and energetic album of joyful urgency and tremendous group dynamic, fueled by Nagano's exuberant and lyrical compositions.


Lisbon Improvisation Players (Amado / Filiano / Salero / Adams): Motion

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 29983
Catalog Code: CF025
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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A precursor to his Motion Trio, this is a 2002 studio recording led by saxophonist Rodrigo Amado performing on baritone & tenor saxophones, with US West Coast saxophonist Steve Adams on soprano & tenor saxophones, Acacio Salero on drums, plus New York bassist Ken Filiano, improvising over six works that show the depth and mastery of each individually and collectively.


Nagano, Sana (w/ Apflebaum / Matsuno / Filiano / Herternstein): Smashing Humans

Label: 577 Records
Product Code: 29814
Catalog Code: 5855_CD
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.99



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The debut of a new electric jazz quintet from NY violinist Sana Nagano, with Peter Appfelbaum on tenor saxophone & megaphone, Keisuke Matsuno on electric guitar, Ken Filiano on acoustic bass & effects, and Joe Hertenstein on drums, an inventive and energetic album of joyful urgency and tremendous group dynamic, fueled by Nagano's exuberant and lyrical compositions.


Hwang, Jason Kao / Andrew Drury / Ken Filiano: Human Rites Trio

Label: True Sound Recordings
Product Code: 29347
Catalog Code: TSO3
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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Longtime bandmates Ken Filiano (bass) and Andrew Drury (drums) join violinist Jason Kao Hwang for 6 original compositions, each a progression of gestures, songs, movements and locations that bring the musicians into a state of discovery and compassion, completed during the COVID-19 pandemic and honoring healthcare workers and those tragically lost to the disease.


Gluck, Bob (Wolper / Azmeh / Filiano / Tabbal): Early Morning Star

Label: FMR
Product Code: 29198
Catalog Code: 569-0120
Country: UK
 
Price: $14.95



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NY pianist & composer Bob Gluck's band with Gluck on piano, Andrea Wolper on voice, Kinan Azmeh on clarinet, Ken Filiano on bass, and Tani Tabbal on drums, blends passionate songs of social justice with captivating improvisational interplay, balancing a love of beautiful melody and sonic innovation, powerful rhythms, and exhilarating interactions between players.


Hwang, Jason Kao (Filiano / Drury / Hwang / Forbes / Swell): Sing House [Used Item]

Label: Euonymus Records
Product Code: 28996
Catalog Code: EU 03
Country: USA
 
Price: $10.95



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Focusing on melody, rhythm, harmony, and texture, violinist/composer Jason Kao Hwang's Sing House employs a perceptive and swinging blend of Western and Eastern influences as his impressive band with Andrew Drury on drums, Ken Filiano on bass, Chris Forbes on piano, and Steve Swell on trombone present four lyrical, propulsive and wonderfully embraceable "songs".


Lerner, Marilyn / Ken Filiano / Lou Grassi: Intention

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 28325
Catalog Code: MW995-2
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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Marilyn Lerner (piano), Ken Filiano (bass & effects) and Lou Grassi (drums & percussion) extend their trio work after their previous two NoBusiness releases with this album of profound collective improvisation, blending lyrical and abstract work in energetic but never frenetic conversation, in a range of mood performed with incredible technical and inventive skill.


Fictive Five, The (Ochs / Wooley / Filiano / Niggenkemper / Eisenstadt): Anything Is Possible

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 27345
Catalog Code: CF514
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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A tour-de-force of modern creative jazz from the quintet of Larry Ochs on tenor & sopranino saxophones, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass & effects, Pascal Niggenkemper on bass & effects, and Harris Eisenstadt on drums, the familiar history of the musicians and the staggering skill of each bearing out the album's title, in 2 collective and 3 Ochs compositions.


Hwang, Jason Kao (Filiano / Drury / Hwang / Forbes / Swell): Sing House

Label: Euonymus Records
Product Code: 27163
Catalog Code: EU 03
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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Focusing on melody, rhythm, harmony, and texture, violinist/composer Jason Kao Hwang's Sing House employs a perceptive and swinging blend of Western and Eastern influences as his impressive band with Andrew Drury on drums, Ken Filiano on bass, Chris Forbes on piano, and Steve Swell on trombone present four lyrical, propulsive and wonderfully embraceable "songs".


Hwang, Jason Kao (Bynum / Daley / Drury / Filiano / Li / Swell / Guowei): Blood

Label: True Sound Recordings
Product Code: 27162
Catalog Code: TS01
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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Composer & violinist Jason Kao Hwang wrote "Blood" as he meditated upon the traumas of war retained within the body as unspoken vibrations that reverberate across community and generations, performed in an incredible east/west octet with Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Joseph Daley (tuba), Andrew Drury (drums), Ken Filiano (bass), Sun Li (pipa), Steve Swell (trombone), & Wang Guowei (erh).


Implicate Order, The : At Seixal

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 25814
Catalog Code: CF001
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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The very first album from Portugal's impressive Clean Feed Records is this live album at Auditorio do Forum Cultural do Seixal from the trio of Steve Swell on trombone, Ken Filiano on bass and Lou Grassi on drums, joined by Paulo Curado on alto sax and Rodrigo Amado on baritone sax, a significant concert merging free players from two nations with profound influence on jazz music.


Braxton, Anthony: Trillium J [4 CDs + Blu Ray]

Label: New Braxton House
Product Code: 21981
Catalog Code: NBH906
Country: USA
 
Price: $79.95



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Newly Distributed in 2021: A multimedia box set of Anthony Braxton's opera work "Trillium J", containing live performance video on Blu-ray disc of a 2014 performance at Roulette in NY, and studio recording on 4-CD set, with 12 vocalists, 12 instrumental soloists and a full orchestra.


Gauci, Stephen / Kirk Knuffke / Ken Filiano: Chasing Tales

Label: Relative Pitch
Product Code: 19064
Catalog Code: RPR1023
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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The NY trio of saxophonist Stephen Gauci, cornetist Kirk Knuffke and bassist Ken Filiano in a set of group improvisations plus compositions from each player, great melodic and interactive playing from three exceptional players.


Grossman, Richard: Where The Sky Ended

Label: Hatology
Product Code: 18473
Catalog Code: Hatology541
Country: Switzerland
 
Price: $16.95



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Pianist Richard Grossman in a trio with double bassist Ken Filiano and percussionist Alex Cline, playing freely improvised jazz in a live setting.


Nechustan, Alon: Ritual Fire

Label: Between the lines
Product Code: 17953
Catalog Code: BTLCHR 71234
Country: Germany
 
Price: $10.95



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Pianist Nechusthan leads his powerful trio of bassist Ken Filiano & drummer Bob Meyers, plus clarinet legend Harold Rubin, in a Jackson Pollack-influenced action suite, 10 pieces of free improvisation following a larger structured process.


Braxton, Anthony and the Tri-Centric Orchestra: Trillium E [4 CDs]

Label: New Braxton House
Product Code: 15271
Catalog Code: NBH901
Country: USA
 
Price: $59.95



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Newly Distributed in 2021: Trillium E is the first-ever studio recording of an Anthony Braxton opera, a deluxe 4-disc set of this surreal and witty installment in Braxton's ongoing Trillium cycle, and includes a booklet with libretto, photos, and critical essays.


Bynum Sextet, Taylor Ho: Apparent Distance

Label: Firehouse 12 Records
Product Code: 15264
Catalog Code: FH12-04-01-014
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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The first recording of Ho Bynum's new sextet, with guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara, augmented by bassist Ken Filiano, saxophonist Jim Hobbs, and tubist/bass trombonist Bill Lowe, in a 4-part suite.


Golia Quartet, Vinny: Take Your Time

Label: Relative Pitch
Product Code: 15154
Catalog Code: RPR1003
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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The third recording from this group of long-time collaborators, with Golia on soprano, alto and tenor sax, Bobby Bradford on cornet, Ken Filiano on bass and Alex Cline on drums in a set of Golia original compositions.


Dixon, Bill: Envoi

Label: Les Disques Victo
Product Code: 14517
Catalog Code: VICCD120
Country: Canada
 
Price: $15.95



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The late trumpeter Bill Dixon's final performance at the 2011 Victo Festival, performing with and directing an incredible group including Taylor Ho Bynum, Rob Mazurek, Stephen Haynes, Graham Haynes, &c. &c.


Dixon, Bill: Tapestries for Small Orchestra

Label: Firehouse 12 Records
Product Code: 12356
Catalog Code: FH12-04-03-008
Country: USA
 
Price: $33.95



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Double CD and DVD release of Bill Dixon's amazing small orchestra with Taylor Ho Bynum, Rob Mazurek, Michel Cote, Warren Smith, Ken Filiano, Stephen Haynes, &c.


Adams, Steve Trio: Surface Tension

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 10897
Catalog Code: CF131
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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Multi-reed and wind player Steve Adams, a member of Rova Saxophone Quartet, in 2000 recordings from San Francisco with his trio of Ken Filiano and Scott Amendola.


McAuley, Jim: The Ultimate Frog

Label: Drip Audio
Product Code: 10793
Catalog Code: DA00406
Country: Canada
 
Price: $18.95



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Guitarist and string player Jim McAuley's "The Ultimate Frog" is a double album made up of duets with artists Leroy Jenkins, Nels Cline, Ken Filiano, and Alex Cline.


Curado, Paulo - O Lugar da Desordem: The Bird, the Breeze, and Mr Filiano

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 09930
Catalog Code: CF113
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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Alto saxophonist and flutist Paulo Curado with New York bassist Ken Filiano and Bruno Pedroso on drums, a nuanced work from a lyrical and free power jazz trio.


Neto Quartet, Alipio C.: The Perfume Comes Before The Flower

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 08825
Catalog Code: CF093
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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Lisbon saxophonist and composer Alípio Neto in exciting free and hard bop sessions with New Yorkers Herb Robertson, Michael Thompson, and Ken Filiano.


Amado / Zingaro / Ulrich / Filiano: Surface: for Alto, Baritone, and Strings

Label: European Echoes
Product Code: 08578
Catalog Code: 2
Country: Italy
 
Price: $16.95



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Filiano, Ken / Adams, Steve: The Other Side of This

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 06448
Catalog Code: CF058
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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