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SQUIDCO Email Update, February 4, 2022

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UPDATE
February 4, 2022

"Music is much bigger than bebop changes.
I don't feel like being trapped in those halls of harmony.
Cause I want to go across the grain sometimes."
—Julius Hemphill


   Creative Artists

• Tim Berne
• Aaron Burnett
• Center For Whatever
• Scott Clark
• Andrew Cyrille/William Parker/Enrico Rava
• John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble
• Garfo (Tinoco/Almeida/Fragoso/Sousa)
• Inlay Ensemble (Price/Bishop/St Jacques)
• Jon Doe One (d'Hoine/De Backer)
• Lebik/Edwards/Lovens
• Rob Mazurek
• Roscoe Mitchell
• Eli Neuman-Hammond
• Nobuka (Michel van Collenburg)
• The OGJB Quartet
• William Parker (Parker/Cleaver/Mendoza)
• Jessica Pavone
• Toby Roundell
• Chris Speed
• John Zorn New Masada Quartet
• John Zorn & Bill Laswell
Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

577 Records
Aum Fidelity
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Edition Wandelweiser Records
esc.rec.
Huvudbry Recordings
Intakt

     
Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Out Of Your Head Records
Relative Pitch
RogueArt
Tum
Tzadik
Wide Hive
    





   Jazz & Improvisation

Berne, Tim: Broken Shadows
(Intakt)

Named after an Ornette Coleman composition from his album of the same name, alto saxophonist Tim Berne leads his duel-saxophone quartet with Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and the rhythm section from The Bad Plus, drummer Dave King and bassist Reid Anderson, through twelve melodic free jazz works honoring the legacy of Coleman, Redman, Haden & Hemphill.
 
Squidco Pick
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Burnett, Aaron: Correspondence
(Relative Pitch)

Known for his ensemble The Big Machine with Peter Evans, Carlos Homs, &c., NYC saxophonist Aaron Burnett steps out for a solo album of intense improvisatory exploration, demonstrating his background in classical saxophone studies that fuels an ardent intensity in personal expression, a tremendous balance between technique and passion.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Clark, Scott: This Darkness [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Leveraging the rhythms of his Native American ancestry through deep tom drums, along with percussion focusing around clarion bells, Richmond, VA drummer/percussionist Scott Clark (Scott Clark 4tet, SCUO) brings his listener on a darkly diverse journey through six superb solo drum improvisations, laid out with resolute patience in an epic rhythmic journey.
 
Squidco Pick
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Cyrille, Andrew / William Parker / Enrico Rava: 2 Blues For Cecil
(Tum)

Focusing on two collective improvisations for pianist Cecil Taylor, three renowned improvisers who worked with Taylor in his groups and ensembles--drummer Andrew Cyrille, double bassist William Parker and flugelhornist Enrico Rava--each bring original compositions alongside one jazz standard to this well-balanced album of consummate, creative jazz.
 
Squidco Pick
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Dikeman, John / Pat Thomas / John Edwards / Steve Noble: Volume 1
(577 Records)

The first of two planned volumes from the quartet of John Dikeman on tenor saxophone, Pat Thomas on piano, John Edwards on bass and Steve Noble on drums, bringing the American saxophonist working throughout Europe together with this nearly telepathic collaborative grouping of UK frequent collaborators, captured in concert at Cafe OTO in 2019 for two absorbing improvisations.
 
Squidco Pick
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Garfo (Tinoco / Almeida / Fragoso / Sousa): Garfo
(Clean Feed)

Translating to "Fork", Garfo is a modern Portuguese jazz quartet led by tenor saxophonist Bernardo Tinoco, with João Almeida on trumpet, João Fragoso on double bass and João Sousa on drums, all 4 contributing compositions to their lyrically sophisticated music, effortlessly using complex structure and time signatures to propel first-rate free improvisation.
   
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Inlay Ensemble (Price / Bishop / St Jacques): Songs for Habitual People
(Creative Sources)

Led by Sydney, Australia double bassist and composer Elsen Price, the Inlay Ensemble with violist Carl St. Jacque and violinist Susie Bishop merges contemporary composed and improvisational styles in an album with each piece reflecting a distinct mood based off a single motif, creating unique perspectives that the ensemble develops through improvisation.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Lebik / Edwards / Lovens: Lepomis Gibbosus
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Captured at the 2015 Lublin Jazz Festival, the collective trio of Gerard Lebik on tenor saxophone, John Edwards on double bass and Paul Lovens on drums performed a seamless extended improvisation that was divided by index in post-production as parts A through D, but which should be listened to in a single sitting to appreciate their sublime interplay.
   
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Mazurek, Rob: All Distances Inform
(RogueArt)

Analogized to a form of poetry known as the Projective Verse, Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek propels clarion exclamation and contemplation on the piccolo trumpet through eleven improvisations utilizing the natural resonance of each room that he performs in, captured in True Stereo through dual microphones resulting in this remarkable solo album.
   
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Mitchell, Roscoe: Dots / Pieces For Percussion And Woodwinds [VINYL]
(Wide Hive)

Using his own percussion array, particularly bells and ringing objects, and a variety of woodwinds focused around the saxophone family, AACM legend Roscoe Mitchell recorded these 19 compositions at his home studio during the pandemic lockdowns, creating fascinatingly introspective, atmospheric and resonant environments over which he distinctively overdubs his saxophone.
   
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OGJB Quartet, The: Ode To O
(Tum)

The second release from the New York-based OGJB Quartet of Oliver Lake on alto saxophone, Graham Haynes on cornet & electronics, Joe Fonda on double bass and Barry Altschul on drums & percussion, an exceptional band of masterful and legendary improvisers each contributing compositions for the album along with two collective improvisations; solid and superb.
 
Squidco Pick
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Parker, William (Parker / Cleaver / Mendoza): Mayan Space Station
(Aum Fidelity)

New York free jazz master bassist and composer in his first electric guitar trio album as a leader, performed with the innovatively inventive and solid rhythms of Gerald Cleaver on drums and the blazing deep blues work Ava Mendoza on electric guitar, presented as part of Parker's Tone World chronicle of instrumental suites, here following Sun Ra's Space Way.
 
Squidco Pick
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Pavone, Jessica : When No One Around You is There but Nowhere to be Found
(Relative Pitch)

Extending her interest in new forms for the solo viola, augmented by effects and voice, New York composer and improviser Jessica Pavone's fourth solo album of composed viola pieces is the result of years of concentrated long tone practice and an interest in repetition, song form and sympathetic vibration, a uniquely, sometimes quirky, and compelling album.
   
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Speed, Chris: Light Line
(Intakt)

An absolutely impressive album of solo clarinet improvisations from reedist Chris Speed, known well for his saxophone work, here he displays inventive and implicitly lyrical approaches to this challenging reed instrument through great discipline, tone & technical skill as he presents succinct works inspired by John Coltrane, Julius Hemphill, Eric Dolphy and Paul Motion, &c.
   
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Zorn, John / Bill Laswell: The Cleansing
(Tzadik)

A series of duo improvisation between long-time Downtown NY collaborators, alto saxophonist John Zorn and electric bassist Bill Laswell, recorded in the studio during pandemic lockdown and the first return for Zorn to the saxophone after 15 months, in a uniquely thoughtful set of recordings named for artists including Brion Gysin, W.S. Burroughs, Alejandro Jodorowsky, &c.
   
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Zorn, John: New Masada Quartet
(Tzadik)

John Zorn remakes his Masada Quartet with the new quartet of Kenny Wollesen on drums, Julian Lage on guitar, Jorge Roeder on bass, and the leader and composer himself on alto saxophone, the band having honed the elements of the Masada Songbook through live performance in NYC since 2019, here captured in Bill Laswell's studio in 2021 for 8 lyrically ecstatic recordings.
 
Squidco Pick
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   Experimental/Electronic

Center For Whatever: Boogie Spiderland [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Huvudbry Recordings)

The first collaboration between Brooklyn-based experimental improvising drummer Hampus Ohman-Frolund (Apuh!) and guitarist John Lindaman (True Love Always), blurring rock forms and experimental electronics into a hybrid space rock that takes unexpected twists and turns, with the goal to produce compelling psychedelic inspired sound; headphones recommended!
   
     Buy      $7.95      Listen          

 
Jon Doe One (d'Hoine / De Backer): Sol Invictus [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
(esc.rec.)

An album celebrating the unconquerable sun, imagined through rhythm, reeds, bass and sonic landscape, composed by Antwerp double bassist Hannes d'Hoine with multi-reedist Hanne De Backer on bass clarinet & baritone saxophone, slowly unfolding in light and dark tones and steady momentum, neither ambient nor excessive but richly building arrangements through which light emerges.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Nobuka (Michel van Collenburg): Reiko [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD & BOOKLET]
(esc.rec.)

The pre-apocalyptic intertwining story of a woman named Reiko, living in a city scarred by climate change and burdened with the imminent threat of viruses, wandering the streets haunted by demons, abstractly envisioned in sound through stunningly effective electronics, field recordings, and developed in parts with Michel Banabila and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek).
 
Squidco Pick
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   Compositional

Neuman-Hammond, Eli: Carnival's Quarrel With Lent
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Two renditions of two sound works from Massachusetts composer currently based in NYC, Eli Neuman-Hammond, both pieces using slide whistles in scores for multiple performers, captured in the open air in Ridgewood, NY, Washington Square Park, and in Marblehead, MA, each performance a minimal configuration that varies the fingerings or breathwork of the performers.
   
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Roundell, Toby : Meditations On The Great O Antiphons [MP3 CD]
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

A collaboration with German soprano vocalist Irene Kurka from London-born composer currently working in China, Toby Charles Roundell, seven works for unaccompanied solo voice, who have worked for several years exploring psalms, antiphons and books from the minor prophets, in seven contemplative works of spiritual, resonant vocal progressions.
   
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 Stay Current With Squidco

We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and we don't like to rush a release to our homepage. That said, the following releases have already been stocked at Squidco, and are able to be ordered. In most cases we have images, often have samples, and some basic description of each release.

• You can see the newest additions to our catalog in our Just In Stock Section.

• You can see the latest fully cataloged items in our store by using our New Releases section.

• You can see Recently Restocked items on this page.

• You can ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.


 


Center For Whatever:
Ensorcelled [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Huvudbry Recordings)

Nick Dunston:
Atlantic Extraction [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Silke Eberhard Trio:
Being The Up And Down
(Intakt)


Wendy Eisenberg :
Bloodletting [2 CDs]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

EUPHORIUM_freakestra:
Dal Ngai
(Euphorium)

Eventless Plot:
Anisixia
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)


Fish Wool (feat. Susana Santos Silva / Yedo GIbons / Vasco Trilla):
Live in Cerkno
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Anna Gadt / Zbigniew Chojnacki / Krzysztof Gradziuk:
Renaissance Gesualdo [2 CDs]
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Frank Gratkowski / Elisabeth Harnik:
Bullungga
(Klanggalerie)


Huvudbry :
Piggelin-rundan [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Huvudbry Recordings)

Carlo Inderhees :
8 Stimmen1
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Jorge's Orbe (Marti / Arrizabalaga / Amakawa):
Playas
(Creative Sources)


David Leon:
Aire De Agua
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Ligia Liberatori / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Davide Piersanti:
Radical Flowers
(Creative Sources)

Rob Mazurek Quartet (w/ Davis / Haker Flaten / Taylor):
Father's Wing
(RogueArt)


Michael and Peter Formanek:
Dyads
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Fredrik Rasten :
Four Parallel Rivers
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Emmanuelle Waeckere :
A Direction Out There, Readwalking (With) Thoreau [2 CDS]
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)


atsuya Yoshida / Dairo Suga:
Root
(Doubtmusic)


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