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SQUIDCO/SQUID'S EAR NEWS

June 20, 2008

New music keeps streaming in, and this mailing has new releases from ESP including a Henry Grimes reissue, and Bruce Eisenbeil in TOTEM>; new Hat Arts including the reissue of News for Lulu; 3 new Clean Feed releases; Ganelin Trio Priority on DVD; Zoviet France offshoot Beehatch on Lens; Steve MacLean's frogs and bugs on Recommended Records; Matthew Shipp on Rogueart; The Thing's box set reissuing their first two albums; and two great 70s Sun Ra reissues on Art Yard.

On the site we've added the ability to create Wish Lists, where you can set aside items that you're interested in buying. Wish Lists are a great way to keep track of new and old releases, and to explore our site and remember what you found interesting there. Best, you can mail your Wish List to someone else to ask them to select items for you!

Next week look for new Tzadiks, Elephant 9 on Rune Grammofon, a Mats Gustafsson LP, a Ken Vandermark DVD, 2 new AUM Fidelity titles, and 3 new Intakt titles!

Last, at the end of this mailing are 24 new reviews on The Squid's Ear.

Improvisation:
$16.95 Buy	Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: American Agonistes (Leo)
	Aardvark's 5th CD on Leo as conductor and composer Mark Harvey takes on the struggle for the soul of our constitutional democracy amid world tension and conflict.

$16.95 Buy	Actis Band: Cina! (Leo)
	Actis Band's 3rd Leo release presents 10 original compositions by Carlo Actis Dato, exploring musical worlds with no borders or visas, with a look at China, "the future!"

$15.95 Buy	Adasiewicz, Jason : Rolldown (482 Music)
	Brilliantly oblique postbop post-bop material using unconventional melodic and harmonic directions from vibraphonist Adasiewicz's four year old working band.

$15.95 Buy	Angles: Every Woman is a Tree (Clean Feed)
	Scandinavian Alto saxophonist Martin Kuchen in a sextet with Magnus Broo and Mats Aleklint playing Kuchen originals, free jazz with a post-bop twist.

$13.95 Buy	Blue Shift: Pressure Corner (Smeraldina-Rima)
	Blue Shift is described as a violin trasher from Providence, and this is an unusual solo violin album that applies a variety of twisted approaches to the strings.

$14.95 Buy	Cohn, Steve : Iro Iro (Red Toucan)
	Pianist Cohn brought this ensemble together to explore new sounds in improvised chamber ensembles, finding the right voices with Kevin Norton, Tomas Ulrich, and Masahiko Kono.

$15.95 Buy	Curado, Paulo - O Lugar da Desordem: The Bird, the Breeze, and Mr Filiano (Clean Feed)
	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.

$13.95 Buy	Grimes Trio, Henry : The Call (ESP)
	Digital remaster of this important ESP release, Henry Grimes debut on the label with Perry Robinson and Tom Price, an adventurous 60's free jazz outing.

$13.95 Buy	Haynes, Stephen / Bynum, Taylor Ho : Double Trio (Engine)
	The Double Trio by Stephen Haynes and Taylor Ho Bynum in a live recording at the Jazz Standard from the Festival of New Trumpet Music in September 2006.

$13.95 Buy	Jones Quartet, Jessica : Word (Newartists)
	Saxophonist Jessica Jones with family members Tony Jones on sax, Levi Jones on bass and Candace Jones on vocals, with guests Lou Grassi, Ken Filiano, Kenny Wollesen, &c.

$19.95 Buy	Karayorgis / McBride / Newton: Betwixt (Hatology)
	Vandermark cohort and Pandelis Karayorgis with Nate McBride and Curt Newmon (aka MI3) is a mix of original compositions and pieces by Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, Monk, Wayne Shorter, &c.

$15.95 Buy	Katz Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, Darrell : The Same Thing (Cadence Jazz Records (CIMP))
	The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra with Fred Ho in a tribute to Ray Charles and Willie Dixon, Complemented by the provocative commentary of Paula Tatarunis.

$16.95 Buy	Leandre / Tramontana: E'vero (Leo)
	A concert recording from Munich, 1997, of these two virtuoso players, creating nine improvised pieces each of totally different character.

$16.95 Buy	Leandre, Joelle / Norton, Kevin: Winter In New York - 2006 (Leo)
	Bassist and improviser Joelle Leandre met inventive composer-percussionist Kevin Norton at The Stone in NYC in December, 2006 for this impressive duo recording.

$13.95 Buy	Logan Quartet, The Giuseppi : Quartet (ESP)
	Multi-wind player and pakistani oboist Giuseppe Logan's incredible 1964 release with his quartet of pianist Don Pullen, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Milford Graves.

$14.95 Buy	Mezei Ensemble, Szilard: Nad / Reed (Red Toucan)
	Mezei Szilard in large ensemble compositions that blend contemporary classical music, Eastern and Hungarian traditional and folk music, and American jazz traditions.

$15.95 Buy	Papajo (Hubweber / Lovens / Edwards): Simple Game (Cadence Jazz Records (CIMP))
	A live concert at Loft, Cologne, Germany in 2006 from these stalwarts of the European Free Improv scene: Paul Lovens, Paul Hubweber, and John Edwards.

$16.95 Buy	Perelman, Ivo Duo Featuring Borah Bergman: Geometry (Leo)
	A meeting in Brooklyn in 1996 of these two monsters of avant-jazz as saxophonist Perelman and pianist Bergman tackle these difficult and passionate pieces.

$15.95 Buy	Shipp, Matthew: Un Piano (RogueArt)
	Solo piano works from Matthew Shipp recorded in 2007 in NYC, 12 tracks that show the breadth style, range, technique from one of our greatest modern players.

$14.95 Buy	Smith, Warren : Natural/Cultural Forces (Engine)
	Improvised music from Warren Smith, Tom Abbs, Andrew Lamb and Mark Taylor inspired by natural forces & powerful images that have left an impression on Smith.

$15.95 Buy	Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra: On Jupiter (Art Yard)
	Recorded around the time of Sleeping Beauty, this album features the same funky approach to grooves and swinging electric trance, a focal point of Sun Ra's 70's catalog

$15.95 Buy	Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra: Sleeping Beauty (Art Yard)
	An extremely soulful electric album from Sun Ran and the Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra, a groove driven and funky swirling masterpiece from the late 70's.

$16.95 Buy	Sun Ra w/Arkestra: Universe Sent Me - Lost Reel Collection Volume 5 (Transparency)
	Two lost Sun Ra and the Arkestra recordings, the first from 1972 in NYC at The Seaport Museum in 1972, and a 1973 recording from Paris France.

$49.95 Buy	The Thing: Now & Forever Box Set (Smalltown Supersound)
	Box set of the first Thing album (Gustafsson, Haker Flaten, Nilssen-Love) plus their album with Joe McPhee ("She Knows"), a DVD live with Thurston Moore, and a new album, "Gluttony"!

$13.95 Buy	TOTEM>: Solar Forge (ESP)
	Excellent improvisational interaction from rapid scrabbly to lowercase exchange from guitarist Bruce Einsenbeil, bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Andrew Drury.

$15.95 Buy	Wallenstein, Barry: Euphoria Ripens (Cadence Jazz Records (CIMP))
	Barry Wallenstein's distinctive and hip poetry read over a band with Daniel Carter, Adam Birnbaum, Steve Carlin, Vincent Chancey, and Bob Cunningham.

$16.95 Buy	Watts, Heath / Pell, Dan: Breathe If You Can (Leo)
	The duo of saxophonist Heath Watts and drummer Dan Pell in music where Watts calls his method of playing and composition NODOT (Non-Objective Dynamically Ordered Tones).

$19.95 Buy	Zorn / Lewis / Frisell: News for Lulu (Hatology)
	24-bit digital remaster with bonus material of this essential Downtown NY trio recorded in 1987, taking on late 50's hard bop songbooks with brilliant respect.

Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:
$15.59 Buy	Barreto, Jorge Lima : Zul Zelub (Clean Feed)
	Legendary performer, writer and political situationist Lima Barreto (Telectu) in an electroacoustic work based around the piano and using short wave radio and CD players.

$13.95 Buy	Beehatch: Beehatch (Lens Records)
	The collaboration of Phil Western (Download) and Mark Spybey (Zoviet France), an excellent album of dynamic sonic environments, twisted grooves, and electroacoustic mystery.

$18.95 Buy	Cassetteboy: Carry On Breathing (Barry's Bootlegs)
	Prime plunderphonic work from England's Cassetteboy who create complex commentary from contradictory media statements, married with musical interludes and overlays.

$15.95 Buy	MacLean, Steve: Frog Bug Guitar Computer (Recommended Records)
	Beautiful studio works created by Steve MacLean (Dr. Nerve) using guitar and field recordings from the water's edge of frogs, bugs, birds, and pond ambiance.

Rock/RIO/Prog:
$13.95 Buy	Holy Modal Rounders, The : Indian War Whoop (ESP)
	Holy Modal Rounders' 1967 release is a bizarre set of psychedelic guitar and fiddle pieces and songs about the adventures of 2 vagabonds named Jimmy and Crash.

$13.95 Buy	Holy Modal Rounders, The : Live in 1965 (ESP)
	This 1965 recording of the highly regarded cult band Holy Modal Rounders appeared in the 90's, shedding new light on the way this seminal folk band performed live.

$12.95 Buy	Pahl, Frank : Songs of War and Peace (Acidsoxx Musicks)
	Guitarist Pahl alone and in groups from duos to quartets, inc. 2 tracks with Eugene Chadbourne, tackles the country in a series of political songs and instrumentals about war and peace.

Compositional:
$18.95 Buy	Bach, Johann Sebastian: Goldberg-Variationen - Swiss Chamber Soloists Vol. 1 (NEOS Music)
	First recording of the version for string trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, taking into account the Urtext of the New Bach Edition, Bärenreiter 1977.

$12.95 Buy	Little Big Bang Theory: Elementary (Acidsoxx Musicks)
	Frank Pahl's little band creates music using children's toys, deceptive and well informed pieces that combines simple and sophisticated concepts and executes them with plastic.

$79.95 Buy	Oosterlynck, Baudouin: 1975-1978 4CD BOX (METAPHON)
	4 CDs of Belgium Oosterlynck's recordings of prepared piano, voice and objects, mostly unreleased, in a beautiful limited hardboard linen box with a 78 page booklet.

$22.95 Buy	Satie, Erik / Svoboda, Mike: Phonométrie (Wergo)
	Mike Svoboda revisits Satie's fascination with the phenomenology of sound ('phonometrics') by cleverly arranging some of Satie's miniatures juxtposed to his original compositions.

$18.95 Buy	Xenakis, Iannis: Music For Keyboard Instruments (NEOS Music)
	This is the first recording of Xenakis' music for keyboard instruments, realised by computer as the piece is technically unplayable by human hands!

DVD:
$23.95 Buy	Ganelin Trio Priority: Live at the Lithuanian National Philharmony Vilnius 2005 [DVD] (Nemu Records)
	The Ganelin Trio Priority filmed live at The Lithuanian National Philharmony Vilnius in 2005, 3 extended pieces of incredibly flexible and interactive improvisation.

$24.95 Buy	Jahn, Ebba: Arts Interplay (FILMPALS)
	Ebba Jahn's DVD of jazz and art, with paintings by Jeff Schlanger and music from Barre Phillips, Roy Campbell, Guneter Christmann, &c.

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