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	Lopez Trio (Brandon Lopez / Steve Baczkowski / Gerald Cleaver): Matanzas Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 33010 Catalog Code: RPR1145 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
"Matanzas" translates to "Killings", an apt description of this fiercely dark and propulsive free improv album from the NY trio led by bassist Brandon Lopez with saxophonist Steve Baczkowski and drummer/percussionist Gerald Cleaver, drawing unexpected and often malevolent sound from their instruments, particularly on the extended "Dithyramb, Sodomy, Salt".
	Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm: In The Wilderness [VINYL] Label: Positive Elevation / 577 Records Product Code: 32822 Catalog Code: LP-PEREC-005 Country: USA		Price: $18.99 In Stock
Drawn from an experimental improv performance by drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Brandon Lopez at 577 Records' 2019 Forward Festival, electronic artist and producer Hprizm of the Antipop Consortium took those recording to reconstruct twelve works of illusory and often surreal music, from active beat-based electronica to hazy dreamlike ambience.
	Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm: In The Wilderness Label: Positive Elevation / 577 Records Product Code: 32821 Catalog Code: CD-PEREC-005 Country: USA		Price: $13.99 In Stock
Drawn from an experimental improv performance by drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Brandon Lopez at 577 Records' 2019 Forward Festival, electronic artist and producer Hprizm of the Antipop Consortium took those recording to reconstruct twelve works of illusory and often surreal music, from active beat-based electronica to hazy dreamlike ambience.
	Fujii, Satoko (w/ Leo Smith / Tamura / Laubrock / Schoenbeck / Mori / Lopez / Rainey / Corsano): Hyaku One Hundred Dreams Label: Libra Product Code: 32701 Catalog Code: 209-071 Country: Japan		Price: $16.95 In Stock
The 100th (!) album from pianist and composer Satoko Fuji, performed with and written for an incredible ensemble of improvisers: Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet, Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, Ingrid Laubrock on tenor saxophone, Sara Schoenbeck on bassoon, Ikue Mori on electronics, Brandon Lopez on bass, and both Tom Rainey and Chris Corsano on drums.
	Moten, Fred / Brandon Lopez / Gerald Cleaver: S/T Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 32483 Catalog Code: RPR1159 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Fred Moten, prolific poet, theorist, critic, English Professor and 2020 MacArthur Fellow, provides the insightful and incisive text fueling the improvisation of New York drummer Gerald Cleaver and contrabass player Brandon Lopez, the synergy of Moten's words reminding of Gil Scott-Heron or Amiri Baraka; issued on LP by Reading Group, this CD edition adds two tracks.
	Graham, Forbes (Forbes / Lopez / Lopez): Another Day, Another Vector Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 32254 Catalog Code: RPR1142 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
An unusual set of electroacoustic improvisations recorded at Firehouse 12 from a New York trio led by trumpeter Forbes Graham, also on laptop and drum machine, Cecelia Lopez on analog synth, and bassist Brandon Lopez, Graham mutating his trumpet through sound processing, complemented by Cecelia Lopez's synthetic punctuations, all grounded by Brandon Lopez' solid bass work.
	Baker, Jim / Brandon Lopez / Bill Harris: Dura Label: Amalgam Product Code: 32190 Catalog Code: AMA034 Country: USA		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Recorded while double bassist Brandon Lopez was in Chicago, frequent collaborators from two generations--keyboardist Jim Baker on piano and Arp Synth and drummer/percussionist Bill Harris--joined together to record this live-in-the-studio album of highly interactive, explorative, propulsive and often cathartic free improvisation.
	Dickey, Whit Quartet: Astral Long Form: Staircase In Space Label: Tao Forms Product Code: 31776 Catalog Code: TAO 009CD Country: USA		Price: $14.95 In Stock
His 2nd album as a leader on Tao Forms, drummer Whit Dickey expands on his previous trio album with Rob Brown on alto sax and Brandon Lopez on bass, adding Mat Maneri on viola, bringing together four collaborative New York players that share a long history, evident in the confident interaction, freedom and momentum this band shows on five conceptually linked Dickey compositions.
	TAK + Brandon Lopez: Empty And/Or Church of Plenty [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Tripticks Tapes Product Code: 31628 Catalog Code: TTT011 Country: USA		Price: $8.95 In Stock
Rich sound worlds or mysterious space and controlled chaos in this work commission by the TAK ensemble, the score devised partly in text and partly through instruction, giving directions for interpretation to the performers--Laura Cocks, Madison Greenstone, Marina Kifferstein, Charlotte Mundy, Ellery Trafford & Lopez himself--allowing each to become part composer, part improviser.
	Lopez, Brandon / Tom Rainey / Ingrid Laubrock: No Es La Playa Label: Intakt Product Code: 31480 Catalog Code: ITK376.2 Country: Switzerland		Price: $17.95 Out of Stock
Despite five years of performance in the NYC area, this is the debut album of the collective trio of Ingrid Laubrock on saxophones, Brandon Lopez on bass and Tom Rainey on drums, fueled by the near-telepathic rapport of Laubrock & Rainey and expanded by the ferocious and astute contributions of Lopez, avoiding histrionics through literate and impeccably controlled discourse.
	Lopez, Brandon Trio: Live at Roulette Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31004 Catalog Code: RPR1123 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Calling his music jazz and not jazz, bassist Brandon Lopez demands of his listeners to dance, as the quartet of Lopez, Steve Baczkowski on saxophones, Gerald Cleaver on percussion and Cecilia Lopez on synthesizer are heard in this energetic live concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, blurring free jazz with experimental sound that never loses its strong grooves.
	Lopez, Cecilia : Red (DB) Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31003 Catalog Code: RPR1133 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Argentinian sound artist based in NYC Cecilia Lopez engages fellow Brandon Lopez Trio double bassist Lopez and drummer Gerald Cleaver for a performance of improvisation, installation and architecture, using woven wire nets filled with instruments and hung from Roulette Intermedia's ceiling to act as a complex feedback organism with which the trio interacts.
	Jooklo Trio (Genta / Vanzan / Lopez): It Is What It Is Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29670 Catalog Code: RPR1119 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A raucous blast of free jazz, electrifyingly extending the Italian improv unit Jooklo Duo of drummer/percussionist David Vanzan and saxophonist Virginia Genta, here on amplified tenor & sopranino saxophones, with New York improviser Brandon Lopez on electric bass, burning six hair-raising pieces of aggressive free improv of exemplary relentlessness.
	Fisher, Colin Quartet: Living Midnight [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 28251 Catalog Code: AS107 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Toronto-area saxophonist Colin Fisher, best known for his group I Have Eaten The City, with his collective quartet of NY players Daniel Carter on tenor, alto & soprano saxophones + clarinet & flute, Brandon Lopez on upright bass, and Marc Edwards on drums & percussion, for three extended and exploratory improvisations of exemplary creative insight.
	Baczkowski / Lopez / Corsano: Old Smoke Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 27420 Catalog Code: RPR1087 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
This smoking album of free jazz leads the New York trio of Steve Baczkowski on saxophone, Brandon Lopez on bass, and Chris Corsano on drums to fiery playing as they burn up the stage at Hallwall, in Buffalo, New York in 2018, over seven concise collective conversations expressing both passion, restraint, and profoundly masterful skill.
	Gregorio, Guillermo / Brandon Lopez: 12 Episodes Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 26949 Catalog Code: RPR1080 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Known best for his Chicago trios, Argentinian born clarinetist Guillermo Gregorio joins forces with New York contrabassist Brandon Lopez for 12 "episodes" of free improvisation that never loses track of a jazz basis, both players using an arsenal of techniques, from circular breathing to extracting sound from the physical forms of their instruments.
	Lopez / Nelson / Nicodemou / Cleaver: The Industry Of Entropy Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 25319 Catalog Code: RPR1063 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A great example of Downtown New York modern improvisation that takes unexpected twists and turns, from the collective quartet of bassist Brandon Lopez, a frequent collaborator with Nate Wooley and Ivo Perelman, tenor saxophonist Matt Nelson ( tUnE-yArDs), vibraphonist Andria Nicodemou (Thread Ensemble, Taylor Ho Bynum), and Gerald Cleaver (Veil of Names, Uncle June, &c).
	Wooley, Nate: Knknighgh (Minimal Poetry for Aram Saroyan) Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 24458 Catalog Code: CF434 Country: Portugal		Price: $12.95 In Stock
Pronounced as "knife", this new project from NY trumpeter Nate Wooley brings together Chris Pitsiokos on alto sax, Brandon Lopez on bass, and Dre Hocevar on drums in a fresh take on the concepts of free jazz, using short material composed by Wooley and based on the poetry of Aram Saroyan, used in looping and repeating structures that never sound as such.