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Swell's, Steve Systems For Total Immersion: Hommage A Luciano Berio

Label: Silkheart
Product Code: 31094
Catalog Code: SHCD-164
Country: USA

Price: $15.95

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After Bartok and Messiaen, trombonist & composer Steve Swell takes his sextet with Marty Ehrlich (winds), Sam Newsome (sax), Jim Pugliese (marimba), Ellen Christi (voice) and Gerald Cleaver (drums) into an exploration of Italian composer Luciano Berio with a diverse set of works reflecting Berio's vast curiosity and ovouer; a spectacular collection from a fantastic band.

Sharp, Elliot / Orchestra Carbon: Radiolaria

Label: zOaR Records
Product Code: 30652
Catalog Code: ZCD 022
Country: USA

Price: $8.95

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An algorithmic composition for Elliott Sharp's Orchestra Carbon modeled on biological paradigms of growth and reproduction, recorded at Tonic in 2001 with a large ensemble of instrumentalists including Ned Rothenberg, Steve Swell, Jim Pugliese, Andy Laster, &c. and programmers and sampler performers including David Weinstein, R. Luke Dubois, and Zeena Parkins.

Harnik, Elisabeth / Steve Swell: Tonotopic Organizations

Label: Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Product Code: 29800
Catalog Code: 24 | 2020
Country: Poland

Price: $15.95

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The title referring to the spatial arrangement where sounds of different frequency are processed in the brain, New York trombonist Steve Swell and Austrian Elisabeth Harnik performing inside and out of the piano, are captured live at Martinsschlossl, in Vienna, Austria in 2019 for 8 free improvisations of immense creative drive and ebullient rapport.

Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Expanded Ensemble, The: Soundpath

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 29790
Catalog Code: CF556CD
Country: Portugal

Price: $14.95

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AACM legend Muhal Richard Abrams was commissioned by Philadelphia saxophonist Bobby Zankel to compose for Zankel's large ensemble Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, this monumental piece premiered in 2012, but only in 2018 was a 2nd performance possible, conducted by Marty Ehrlich and receiving 2 standing ovations, the band recording this studio version the next day at Drexel University.

Williams, Mars Presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4: Chicago vs. NYC [VINYL]

Label: Astral Spirits / Soul What Records
Product Code: 29788
Catalog Code: AS154LP/SWR008_LP
Country: USA

Price: $18.95

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This year's An Ayler Xmas, the 4th in the series from saxophonist Mars Williams, expands to a double CD with recordings from two bands: Josh Berman, Jim Baker, Kent Kessler, Brian Sandstrom & Steve Hunt (Chicago); and Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, Chris Corsano, Nels Cline & Fred Lonberg-Holm (NYC); in incredible free jazz mashups and bash-ups of Holiday favorites.

Williams, Mars Presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4: Chicago vs. NYC [2 CDs]

Label: Astral Spirits / Soul What Records
Product Code: 29787
Catalog Code: AS154CD/SWR008_CD
Country: USA

Price: $17.95

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This year's An Ayler Xmas, the 4th in the series from saxophonist Mars Williams, expands to a double CD with recordings from two bands: Josh Berman, Jim Baker, Kent Kessler, Brian Sandstrom & Steve Hunt (Chicago); and Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, Chris Corsano, Nels Cline & Fred Lonberg-Holm (NYC); in incredible free jazz mashups and bash-ups of Holiday favorites.

Gjerstad, Frode / Fred Lonberg Holm / Steve Swell / William Parker: Tales From

Label: Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Product Code: 29563
Catalog Code: FSR 18 | 2020
Country: Poland

Price: $15.95

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After a tour through upstate New York State with Chicago cellist and electronic artist Fred Lonberg-Holm, saxophonist Frode Gjerstad headed to New York City for a planned trio recording which evolved into this informed quartet with Steve Swell on trombone and William Parker on bass, tuba, cornet & flutes, an outstanding example of Transatlanic collective improvisation.

Swell, Steve (w / Cyrille / Hwang / Bart / Lonberg-Holm / Boston): The Center Will Hold featuring Andrew Cyrille

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 29377
Catalog Code: MW1006-2
Country: Poland

Price: $15.95

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An essential asset of the NY Downtown scene since the 70s, trombonist Steve Swell leads and composes for an exemplary and uniquely orchestrated sextet bridging generations: Jason Kao Hwang on violin, viola & electronics, Ariel Bart on harmonica, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello & electronics, Robert Boston on piano & organ, and Andrew Cyrille on drums & percussion.

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".

Sewelson, Dave (w/ Steve Swell / William Parker / Marvin Bugalu Smith): More Music for a Free World

Label: Mahakala Music
Product Code: 28678
Catalog Code: MAHA20-002
Country: USA

Price: $9.95

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Baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson leads this collective quartet of New York associated players Steve Swell on trombone, William Parker on bass, abd Marvin Bugalu Smith on drums, a masterful example of modern creative jazz with a strongly lyrical attitude, through two extended improvisations and ending with a shorter "Reflections"; exemplary free jazz.

Swell, Steve Quintet Soul Travelers w/ special guest Leena Conquest: Astonishments

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 28633
Catalog Code: ROG-0091
Country: France

Price: $15.95

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The follow-up to trombonist Steve Swell's Soul Travelers album with his quintet of saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, pianist Dave Burrell, bassist William Parker, and drummer Gerald Cleaver, performing Swell's compositions, four instrumental pieces and two textual songs originally commissioned for Tom Buckner's Interpretation Series, with voice from Leena Conquest.

Swell, Steve / Robert Boston / Michael Vatcher: Brain In A Dish

Label: NoBusiness
Product Code: 28271
Catalog Code: NBCD 121
Country: Lithuania

Price: $15.95

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Trombonist Steve Swell stands out in this trio of collective improvisation, recorded in the studio in Brooklyn with pianist Robert Boston, also on organ, and drummer Michael Vatcher, in a set of eleven outstanding dialogs that range from highly energetic to deeply introspective, with quirky and unusual technique from Vatcher and Swell adding unique qualities to their collective "brain".

Dunmall / Swell / Owston / Sanders: So Perhaps

Label: FMR
Product Code: 28062
Catalog Code: 545-0719
Country: UK

Price: $14.95

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British saxophonist Paul Dunmall and American trombonist Steve Swell in a quartet with master drummer Mark Sanders and emerging UK bassist James Owston took the stage at Jubilee Center Birmingham, UK in 2019 for this dynamic album of collective improvisation, in a staggering concert of powerful technique and upbeat, ultimately swinging free jazz.

Lowe, Allen: An Avant Garde of Our Own: Disconnected Works 1980-2018 [8 CD BOX SET]

Label: ESP
Product Code: 27439
Catalog Code: ESPDISK 5034CD
Country: USA

Price: $69.96

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Issuing career-spanning work from saxophonist, guitarist, composer, and music historian Allen Lowe: 4 CDs of previously unreleased material, and four CDs of thematically arranged material previously available, with collaborators including Julius Hemphill, Marc Ribot, Matthew Shipp, Don Byron, Ben Goldberg, Roswell Rudd, Steve Swell, Bobby Zankel, Lou Grassi, &c. &c!

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: $13.95

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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.

Mateen, Sabir (w/ Steve Swell / Matt Lavelle / Matthew Heyner / Michael Thompson): Prophecies Come To Pass [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

Label: 577 Records
Product Code: 25369
Catalog Code: 5777
Country: USA

Price: $18.99

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Saxophonist Sabir Mateen's NY based Shapes, Textures, and Sound Ensemble with Steve Swell on trombone, Matt Lavelle on trumpet, Matthew Heyner on bass and Michael T.A. Thompson on drums, run though a gamut of post-bop and collective, creative jazz forms with energy, incredible dexterity, and tremendous group interplay, a great example of the modern spirit of jazz.

Chicago Plan, The (Swell / Ullmann / Lonberg-Holdm / Zerang): The Chicago Plan

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 23096
Catalog Code: CF396CD
Country: Portugal

Price: $14.95

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Bringing together the core of the Gebhard Ullmann / Steve Swell Quartet in sax and trombone with Chicago mainstay improvisers Fred Longberg-Holm on cello & electronics and Michael Zerang on drums for an album that embraces free jazz, world rhythms, and experimental sound.

Swell, Steve: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Improviser

Label: Swell Records
Product Code: 22597
Catalog Code: SDS 001
Country: USA

Price: $14.95

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A diverse and engrossing solo album from NY-based, global travelling trombonist Steve Swell, showing vast creative and technical skills through unusual techniques that balance with inventive and lyrical approaches to the horn, a tour-de-force of modern playing.

Brooklyn Express, The (Fonda / Tononi / Cavallanti / Swell / Robertson): No Time Left!

Label: Long Song Records
Product Code: 21938
Catalog Code: LSRCD139/2016
Country: Italy

Price: $14.95

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Long time collaborators, Italian saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti and drummer Tiziano Tononi, travelled to NYC to record with friends new and old, the results of which are this dynamic free jazz album recorded with Steve Swell (trombone), Herb Robertson (cornet) and Joe Fonda (bass).

Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)

Label: Relative Pitch
Product Code: 19066
Catalog Code: RPR 1026
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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A series of exceptional compositions by saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc plus one by Alice Coltrane, performed in a variety of group settings, from duos to quintet, with sidemen Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, and Newman Taylor Baker.

Platform 1: Takes Off

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 16357
Catalog Code: CF255
Country: Portugal

Price: $13.95

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A first and exceptional release from the Platform 1 quintet of Chicago reedist Ken Vandermark, NY trombonist Steve Swell, European trumpeter Magnus Broo, Canadian ex-pat bassist Joe Williamson, and Amsterdamn based drummer Michael Vatcher.

Tsahar, Assif and the Zoanthropic Orchestra: Embracing the Void

Label: Hopscotch Records
Product Code: 11913
Catalog Code: HOP 09
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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Tsahar's 60-minute suite with his NY heavyweights Zoanthropic Orchestra is a sort of self-portrait in sound, drawing on auditory memories from his childhood on.

Swell, Steve presents: Planet Dream

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 11752
Catalog Code: CF148
Country: Portugal

Price: $13.95

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The trio of Steve Swell, Daniel Levin and Rob Brown in music of a "social contract" enabling highly creative music, with no rigid boundaries, collective and empathic.

Dixon Orchestra, Bill: 17 Musicians In Search of a Sound: Darfur

Label: Aum Fidelity
Product Code: 09869
Catalog Code: AUM 046CD
Country: USA

Price: $14.95

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Legendary trumpeter, composer and educator Bill Dixon in a 17 piece orchestra playing original compositions live at the 12th Vision Festival in New York City.

Diplomats, The : We Are Not Obstinate Islands

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 06451
Catalog Code: CF061
Country: Portugal

Price: $13.95

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