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Jazz & Improvisation
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Beresford, Steve / Martin Kuchen / Stale Liavik Solberg: Three Babies
(Peira)
A live performance at UK's Cate Oto with Steve Beresford on piano and objects, Martin Kuchen on sopranino saxophone, and drummer/percussionist Stale Liavik Solberg, excellent and distinctive free improvisation.
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Chemical Composition: Excitement Within the Trojan Horse
(Chemical Composition)
The New York improvising trio Chemical Composition with pianist Constance Cooper, percussionist John Cacciatore, and electric guitarist Tom Desisto, free improvisation steeped in jazz traditions.
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Chemical Composition: Notes Are Rain, Timbre Is Snow
(Chemical Composition)
The NY free improvising trio Chemical Composition (pianist Constance Cooper; percussionist John Cacciatore; electric guitarist Tom Desisto) are joined by Jeffrey Lependors on shakuhachi, xiao, and bawu.
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Chemical Composition: Uttered Fast But Without Haste
(Chemical Composition)
The New York improvising trio Chemical Composition with pianist Constance Cooper, percussionist John Cacciatore, and electric guitarist Tom Desisto, free improvisation steeped in jazz traditions.
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Circuit: Taylor / Seagroat / Chatgigiannis: Illusion
(FMR)
The 5th release from the electronic and electroacoustic group Circuit, featuring Trevor Taylor and a changing set of collaborators, exploring improvisation with real time manipulation.
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Coleman, Steve & Five Elements: Functional Arrhythmias
(Pi Recordings)
Alto saxophonist Steve Coleman takes his long-standing M-Base band Five Elements ongoing study into patterns found in nature in an album of music reflecting the irrational rhythms found in healthy human heartbeat patterns.
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Cymerman, Jeremiah / Frantz Loriot: Seven Bridges
(Peira)
Radical clarinetist Jeremiah Cymerman and violinist Frantz Loriot present a 31 minute work entitled "Seven Bridges", an extended improvisation of great dynamics, technique and sound.
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Dunmall, Paul / Mark Sanders: Pipe & Drum
(FMR)
Two leading UK improvisers - Paul Dunmall and Mark Sanders - perform on bagpipe and drums, a rare combination taking both players into unexpected and exceptional improvisational territory.
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Frisell, Bill: Silent Comedy
(Tzadik)
A remarkable solo guitar CD from Bill Frisell, filled with complex harmonies, bizarre voicings, rich orchestral sonorities, intense screams, delicate phrasing, wild noises and an incredible simultaneity.
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Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra: SCHWEBEN Ay - but can ye ?
(Maya)
The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra commissioned bassist and composer Barry Guy to create this mostly graphic work that unifies composed and improvised passages focusing on small units within the larger structure.
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Goldberg / Cline / Eskelin / Sudduth / Smith: Unfold Ordinary Mind
(Bag)
Ben Goldberg uses his contra-alto clarinet to play bass in a quartet with Nels Cline (guitar), Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax), Rob Sudduth (tenor sax) and Ches Smith (drums), excellent West Coast modern jazz.
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Goldberg / Redman / Miles / Hoff / Smith / Amendola: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues
(Bag)
A swinging album mining earlier jazz forms from the modern jazz sextet of Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Joshua Redman on tenor sax, Ron Miles on trumpet, Devin Hoff on bass, and drummers Ches Smith and Scott Amendola.
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Johnson, Max Trio with Kirk Knuffle & Ziv Ravitz: Elevated Vegetation
(FMR)
The New York trio of trumpeter Kirk Knuffke, bassist Max Johnson and Ziv Ravitz recording mostly original compositions in the studio, modern improvisation blending melodic and free improvisation in excellent ways.
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Marsh, Tony / Paul Dunmall / Phill Gibbs: For The Last Time
(FMR)
The last recording of the trio of saxophonist and flutist Paul Dunmall, guitarist Phill Gibbs, and the late drummer Tony Marsh, a fitting tribute to the great drummer's long association with Dunmall and Gibbs.
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McGovern, Neil / Paul Dunmall: Intervention
(FMR)
Classical saxophonist Neil McGovern joins improvising legend Paul Dunmall to perform music based on Dunmall's book "60 Studies for Saxophone", with Matt London lending a 3rd voice for one track.
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Mengelberg / Lacy / Lewis / Gorter / Bennink: Change of Season [VINYL LP + CD]
(Soul Note)
In 1984 Dutch pianist Misha Mengleberg, drummer Han Bennink, and bassist Arjen Gorter joined with US saxophonist Steve Lacy and trombonist George Lewis in a tribute to the music of late pianist Herbie Nichols, reissued in a dual LP/CD package.
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Metcalfe, Neil / Guillaume Viltard / Daniel Thompson: Garden of Water and Light
(FMR)
The complete set from the live performance of Neil Metcalfe (flute), Guillaume Viltard (double bass) and Daniel Thompson (guitars), performing in the extraordinary space of St Leopards Shoreditch Church in Hackney, London.
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Ricart, Edward / Tim Daisy: Yiu Ja Ley
(Public Eyesore/eh?)
Duos between Chicago drummer Tim Daisy and D.C. guitarist Edward Ricart, blistering and unflagging duos showing incredible technique and extraordinary free jazz interactions.
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Sharp, Elliott: Momentum Anomaly
(New Atlantis)
Guitarist Elliott Sharp's remarkable solo performance piece "Momentum Anomaly" extends the series he began with "Velocity of Hue", "Quadrature" and both "Octal" books, presenting etudes showing the technical possibilities and manifestations of various tuning systems.
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Solborg, Mark Trio with Evan Paker & Herb Robertson: The Trees
(Ilk Music)
Danish guitarist and composer Mark Solborg invited the legendary British saxophonist and improviser Evan Parker to join his trio along with American trumpet player Herb Robertson for an unusual and unique meeting across borders and generations.
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Somnaphon: An Aligment of Various Things
(Bicephalic)
Assembling 13 tracks from obscure compilations released from 2011-2012 by the various monikers of 910 Noise artist August (September) Traeger, a wide-ranging and captivating set of approaches to sound & noise work.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Tazartes, Ghedalia: Voyage a l'Ombre [VINYL]
(Hot Releases)
Idiosyncratic ethnomusical experimenter Ghedalia Tazartes authorized this reissue of his 1997 Demosaurus CD of the same name, paring the album down to a lean release that sounds beautiful in the vinyl format.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Dog Faced Hermans: Humans Fly / Every Day Timebomb
(Loveletter Recordings)
Two albums released together from this early 90s avant rock band with Andy Moor (The Ex, Kletka Red), Colin McLean (David Thomas), Marion Coutts (Spaceheads) and Wilf Plum, amazingly energetic and articulate rock.
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Electric Bird Noise: Desert Jelly
(Silber Records)
Frequent Squidco in-store performer Electric Bird Noise returns defying expectation with an album of new wave dance & 1970s synth experiments, taking influence from bands like New Order, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, & Gary Numan
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Kiezkovsky, Dora Juarez: Cantos Para Una Diaspora
(Tzadik)
Vocalist Dora Juarez in her second Tzadik album, a collection of intriguing and beautiful songs tracing her lineage from her parent's roots in Eastern Europe and Spain, on to Argentina, Israel (where Dora was born) and finally to Mexico.
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Kletka Red: Hybrid
(Red Note)
Leonid Soybelman (Ne Zhdali), Andy Moor (The Ex), Joe Williamson and Tony Buck (The Necks) make up this avant rock band, using European folk and Rembetika themes to create an album of incredible melodic and rhythmic power.
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Mueller, Jon: Death Blues [VINYL]
(TAIGA)
Drummer/percussionist Jon Mueller takes on the subject of death in a dark blues record performed primarily by Mueller himself, adding hammered acoustic guitar and bold vocal statements.
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Compositional
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Coleman, Anthony: The End of Summer
(Tzadik)
Chamber compositions from Downtown NY pianist and composer Anthony Coleman performing with his ensemble "Survivors Breakfast", a large group of orchestral and improvisational colors.
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Zorn, John: Lemma
(Tzadik)
Three young virtuoso violinists perform two new major works by John Zorn - "Passagen" and "Ceremonial Magic" (reworked from his Rimbaud release) and a set of 12 miniatures for two violins, "Apophthegms".
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The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
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Recent Reviews
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Charles Gayle Trio:
Look Up
(ESP)
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Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans:
Mechanical Malfunction
(Thirsty Ear)
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Bishop / Blonk / Mallozzi / Rosaly:
At the Hideout
(Kontrans)
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Christoph Schiller / Lea Danzeisen:
47 Degrees 13' N 7 Degrees E
(Creative Sources)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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Ali, Rashied Quintet:
New Directions in Modern Music [VINYL]
(KLIMT) |
Carrier / Lambert / Thompson / Metcalfe / Viltard:
Shores and Ditches
(FMR) |
Cooper, Stephe:
Cloud Becomes Your Hand
(Canada Goose Tapes) |
Cymerman / Wooley / Evans / Bauder:
Sky Burial
(5049 Records) |
Evans, Peter / John Hebert / Kassa Overall:
Zebulon
(More Is More) |
Feldman, Morton:
Early Piano Pieces [2 CDs]
(Wergo) |
Hungry Cowboy (Jacob Wick):
Dance
(Prom Night Records) |
Jacobsen, Peter:
For Pete's Sake Vol. 1
(FMR) |
Jerman, Jeph:
Psaltery
(no label) |
Larsen, Stian / Jorn Erik Ahlsen:
Kook
(FMR) |
Machinefabriek:
Vergezichten [10" VINYL]
(Alien8 Recordings) |
Malcolm Quartet, Nick:
Glimmers
(FMR) |
Merzbow & Oren Ambarchi:
Cat's Squirrel [VINYL]
(Black Truffle) |
Minton, Phil + Audrey Chen:
By the Stream
(Sub Rosa) |
Minton, Phil + Audrey Chen + Guy Segers + Peter Jacquemyn + Teun Verbruggen:
Quintet
(Sub Rosa) |
Reudenbach, Michael:
szenen, standbilder; werke 1991-2009
(Edition Rz) |
RLW:
Fall Selliger Geister
(Dirter Productions) |
Spiegel, Laurie:
The Expanding Universe [VINYL]
(Unseen Worlds) |
Ullmann, Jakob:
fremde zeit addendum 4
(Edition Rz) |
Various Artists:
Traces Two [VINYL]
(Recollection GRM) |
Xenakis, Iannis:
GRM Works 1957-1962 [VINYL]
(Recollection GRM) |
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