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SQUIDCO/SQUID'S EAR NEWS

May 9, 2008

Another fine set of releases, most notably a cluster of Clean Feeds; three great releases on Emanem including Phil Minton's latest donut; 2 new ones from Fred Frith (& John Zorn) on Recommended Records; 2 on Ayler including a trio with William Parker; and Fieldwork on Pi Records. We've also added a few new items to our used CD section, and other items found in our "Just In" section.

At the end of this mailing are 15 new reviews on The Squid's Ear.

Improvisation:
$14.95 Buy	Berne, Tim: Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (Winter & Winter)
	Tim Berne's tribute to his former teacher Julius Hemphill (World Saxophone Quartet) in a septet including Herb Robertson, Mark Dresser, Joey Baron, &c. (in stock for the first time)

$14.95 Buy	Berne's Caos Totale, Tim : Nice View (Winter & Winter)
	Berne's 2nd JMT release with his Caos Totale group with Steve Swell, Herb Robertson, Mark Dresser, Bobby Previte and Marc Ducret in 3 Berne compositions.(in stock for the first time)

$21.95 Buy	By Any Means: Live at Crescendo (Ayler)
	William Parker's amazing, gutsy jazz trio with Charles Gayle on alto sax and Rashied Ali on drums, live in 2007 at the Club Crescendo, Sweden.

$18.95 Buy	Caetitu (Gibson / Weston / Mattos / Blume): Caetitu (Emanem)
	Live recordings from LOFT in Cologne, 2007 of this quartet of collective improvisers including Brazilian saxophonist Yedo Gibson and pianist Veryan Weston.

$15.95 Buy	Coleman, Ornette : The Art of the Improvisers (Water)
	Remastered reissue of this underrated Atlantic album recorded from '59-'61, essentially variations of his quartet including Jimmy Garrison and Scott Lafaro.

$15.95 Buy	Coleman, Ornette : Twins (Water)
	Originally recorded in '59 and not released until '71, these recordings of his Quartet include tracks with Eric Dolphy and Freddie Hubbard and an early version of "Free Jazz".

$13.95 Buy	Cosottini, Miro / Miano, Tonino: The Curvature of Pace (Impressus Records)
	The first release on the pianist and composer Tonino Miano's new Impressus label is a like-minded, far ranging and imaginitive duo with trumper Mirio Costonnin.

$15.95 Buy	Dessen Trio, Michael : Between Shadow and Space (Clean Feed)
	Trombonist Michael Dessen in a trio of works drawing inspiration from Pablo Neruda's "Ars Poetica", with the computer used as a 4th voice in several tracks.

$13.95 Buy	Fieldwork: Door (Pi Recordings)
	The NY trio of Steve Lehman, Vijay Iyer and new drummer Tyshawn Sorey in their 3rd Pi release, with wide influences from M-Base, Ornette Coleman, Art Ensemble, &c.

$15.95 Buy	Frith, Fred / Zorn, John: The Art of Memory II (Recommended Records)
	Idiosyncratic improvisation with a strange set of tools from two master musicians, fascinating recordings from 1983-85 in the blossoming downtown NY scene.

$15.95 Buy	Fujii, Satoko: Indication (Libra)
	Pianist Satoko Fujii in eight solo compositions and a traditional Japanese folk song, recorded in New York City, 1996 and remastered in 2004.

$15.95 Buy	Knuffke Quartet, Kirk : Big Wig (Clean Feed)
	Trumpter Kirk Knuffke's New York working band with Reuben Radding, Jeff Davis and Brian Drye showing influences of Lester Bowie, Lacy, &c. in free swinging compositions.

$15.95 Buy	Lopes, Luis : Humanization 4tet (Clean Feed)
	Debut recording for Portugese guitarist Luis Lopes' Humanization 4Tet with Rodrigo Amado on tenor sax, exciting free-form jazz with a powerful rhythm section.

$18.95 Buy	Minton, Phil: No Doughnuts in Hand - 37 Solo Vocal Improvisations (Emanem)
	Minton's 3rd release in his doughnut reduction series, solo vocal work in Minton's unique and inimitable style that he hopes will cheer you up in these troubled times.

$15.95 Buy	Sandell, Sten / Stahl, Mattias: Grann Musik (Neighbour Music) (Clean Feed)
	The piano and vibraphone duo of Sten Sandell and Mattias Stahl in improvisations that borrow from both Sun Ra and contemporary classical such as Cage, Cowell, Xenakis, &c.

$12.95 Buy	Secret Chiefs 3: Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9 (Tzadik)
	Book 9 of Zorn's Book of Angels, arrangements of Masada compositions by mad alchemist Trey Spruance (Secret Chiefs 3) drawing upon an astonishing array of musical styles.

$15.95 Buy	Sharp, Elliott / Fields, Scott: Scharfefelder (Clean Feed)
	The 3rd Clean Feed Guitar Series brings Elliott Sharp and Scott Fields together for a mixture or conventional notation, graphic notation, and structures for improvisation.

$18.95 Buy	Spontaneous Music Ensemble & Orchestra: Trio & Triangle (Emanem)
	Reissue of John Stevens' 1982 SME + SMO album using musicians positioned in triangular configurations; and 2 tracks from a live trio recording of a 1978 concert in Newcastle.

$17.95 Buy	Tone Dialing: Rigop Me (Evil Rabbit)
	The trio of Jorrit Dijkstra, Paul Pallesen and Steve Heather, combining elements of free improvisation, minimalism, and the aesthetics of glitch electronics.

$15.95 Buy	Trion, Gyldene : Live at Glenn Miller Café (Ayler)
	The Swedish trio of Jonas Kullhammar on sax, Torbjörn Zetterberg on bass and Daniel Fredriksson drums live at Glenn Miller Cafe in 2007 in a mix of originals and standards.

$15.95 Buy	Zingaro / Regef / DeJoode String Trio: Spectrum (Clean Feed)
	Portuguese violinist Carlos "Zíngaro" in a string trio work committed to reinventing chamber music through improvisation that bridges contemporary classical music.

Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:
$14.95 Buy	Chop Shop: Oxide (23Five)
	Sound artist Chop Shop (Scott Konzelmann) working with the happy accidents of water damaged oxide (cassette tapes) and their affect on his leaden drone music.

$16.95 Buy	Deupree, Taylor : Northern (12K)
	12K & Deupree remastered and extended his Northern release using new technology to modify and remix many of the pices for more clarity and spaciousness.

$15.95 Buy	Haino, Keiji / Akita, Masami: Kikuri - Pulverized Purple (Victo)
	Avant noise guitarist Haino Keiji and experimental sound artist Masami Akita (Merzbow) in a powerful and varied live set at the Victoriaville, May 2007.

$14.95 Buy	Murray, Brendan: Commonwealth (23Five)
	Meticulous audio work of slowly shifting drones using subtle harmonics from heavily processed guitar and analog synthetics, a sincere tribute to classic minimalism.

$21.95 Buy	Nadja / Baker, Aidan / Buckareff, Leah: Trinity (Die Stadt)
	Limited edition CD from Nadja, with one group track and one piece each from Nadja members Aidan Baker & Leah Buckareff, released with a live performance in Bremen, 2008.

$23.95 Buy	Tietchens, Asmus: AUS FREUDE AM ELEND (Die Stadt)
	The 11th release in Die Stadt's reissue series of Asmus Tietchens albums from 1980-91, this based on the human voice as a primary sound source.

Rock/RIO/Prog:
$17.95 Buy	Basho, Robbie: Bonn Ist Supreme (Bo Weavil Recordings)
	Live solo guitar from Robbie Basho performing in Germany, 1980, including 'Redwood Ramble,' 'California Raga', &c, part of Bo Weavil's wooden guitar series.

$15.95 Buy	Frith, Fred: Technology of Tears (Recommended Records)
	Fred's '88 SST release, one of his finest instrumental releases, with Tenko, John Zorn, Christian Marclay in an intense mix of melodic, rhythmic and technological brilliance.

$10.95 Buy	Jandek: Glasgow Friday (Corwood Industries)

Compositional:
$17.95 Buy	Cage, John: Thirty Pieces for Five Orchestras - Music For Piano (Hungaroton Classic)
	This 1987 release presents two large works from John Cage, "Thirty Pieces For Five Orchestras (1981)" and "Music For Piano Nos 4-19., 21-84." (1952-56).

$17.95 Buy	Reich, Steve : Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices & Organ (Hungaroton Classic)
	Three early works from Steve Reich written in 1973 and 1985, performed the Amadinda Percussion Group.

Vinyl:
$21.95 Buy	Liles & Fovea Hex, Andrew: Gone Every Evening 7" (Die Stadt)
	Limited edition 7" single featuring two collaborative pieces by Andrew Liles & Fovea Hex, with Fabrizio Palumbo as special guest, unsettling and strange songs.

$109.95 Buy	My Cat Is An Alien / Mats Gustafsson: Cosmic Debris, Vol.IV (Opax)
	The 4th volume in the "Cosmic Debris" series of split art LPs with MCIAA, this time with Swedish radical saxophonist Mats Gustafsson on tenor & slide sax with electronics.

$15.95 Buy	Various Artists: The Best LP [VINYL] (RRR)
	RRR collection of noise and power electronics from new artists including Cathode Terror Secretion, Halfings, &c., each LP uniquely covered adn with 10 inserts.

Book:
$13.95 Buy	Jarry, Alfred: Exploits And Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician
	Jarry's anarchic and absurdist novel, which fueled the imagination of Soft Machine, Duchamp, &c. in a '96 repress that is now back in print.

$13.95 Buy	Jarry, Alfred: The Supermale Book
	An absurd and informed book about a man's physical potential for love, fueled with concepts like Perpetual Motion Food, wonderfully bending and abusing the literary forms of the day.

DVD:
$33.95 Buy	Magma: Mythes et Legendes, Volume 4 (Seventh)
	Fourth DVD volume capturing the best of Magma's retrospective performances at Paris' Le Triton club in May 2005 to showcase the band's 35 years of work.

THE SQUID'S EAR

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