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UPDATE
February 10, 2023
"Improvised music means for me
No preconceived architecture."
—Keith Tippett
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Essential Artists
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• Marc Ducret (w/Martinez/Helary/Bopp/Ducret)
• Guillaume Gargaud /Jukka Kaariainen
• George (Hollenbeck/Webber/Nealand/Magic)
• Machinefabriek
• Miriodor
• Mujician (Tippett/Levin/Dunmall/Rogers)
• Jim O'Rourke/Giovanni Di Domenico
• Miharu Ogura
• Quatuor Bozzini
• Guilherme Rodrigues/Dirk Serries
• Michael Sarian/Matthew Putman
• Alister Spence/Tony Buck
• Spontaneous Music Ensemble
• Luke Stewart's Silt Trio
• Daniel Teruggi
• Thumbscrew
• Juanma Trujillo/Kenneth Jimenez/Gerald Cleaver
• Luis Vicente 4tet (Vicente/Dikeman/Stewart/Goevart)
• Alex Ward Item 4
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Alister Spence Music
Clean Feed
Collection QB
Creative Sources
Cuneiform
Die Schachtel
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Emanem
Machinefabriek
Out Of Your Head Records
Plus Timbre
Recollection GRM
thanatosis produktion
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Ducret, Marc (w/ Martinez / Helary / Bopp / Ducret): Palm Sweat: Marc Ducret Plays the Music of Tim Berne
(Out Of Your Head Records)
A frequent collaborator with NY saxophonist and composer Tim Berne, French guitarist Marc Ducret takes on Berne's compositions, at times in multiple interpretations of the same work or by merging pieces together, performed with the superb support of trumpeter Fabrice Martinez, flutist Sylvaine Helary, trombonist Christiane Bopp and Ducret's son, cellist Bruno Ducret.
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Gargaud, Guillaume / Jukka Kaariainen: Radial
(Plus Timbre)
The first encounter in 2022 between two free improvising guitarists--Guillaume Gargaud, a French composer and improviser playing a 6 string guitar, and Finnish experimental improv guitarist Jukka Kaariainen playing a 12 string--in a 5-part set of dialogs recorded in Helsinki, finding common ground from linear rhythms and high energy playing employing a large dynamical scale.
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George (Hollenbeck / Webber / Nealand / Magic): Letters to George
(Out Of Your Head Records)
Derived from the name Georgios and its dual meaning of earth and work, drummer & composer John Hollenbeck (Claudia Quintet) developed these lyrical and sometimes pop-inspired compositions, along with arrangements of Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang" and Cyril Tawney's "Grey Funnel Line", performed with Anna Weber on sax & flute, Aurora Nealand on voice, keys & sax, and Chiquita Magic on keys & voice.
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Mujician (Tippett / Levin / Dunmall / Rogers): 10 10 10
(Cuneiform)
Their name a combination of magic and music, "Mujician" formed in the UK in 1988 as the quartet of Keith Tippett on piano, Tony Levin on drums, Paul Dunmall on sax & winds and Paul Rogers on bass, this extraordinary 2010 recording of two extended improvisations at the University of Bristol was the band's last, before the passing of drummer Levin and pianist Tippett.
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Rodrigues, Guilherme / Dirk Serries: The Sage Flower
(Creative Sources)
Eleven detailed improvised conversations between Portuguese cellist living in Berlin Guilherme Rodrigues and Belgian guitarist Dirk Serries, employing powerful and unusual techniques on their instruments in dialogs that run the gamut from quiet or abstract interaction to rapid outbursts of challenging intercourse that mesh and diverge in unexpected ways.
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Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part II)
(577 Records)
The second of two volumes of studio improvisations between Brooklyn trumpeter & flugelhorn player Michael Sarian and keyboardist Matthew Putman, recorded in Sarin's home studio during the 2020 pandemic, allowing freedom in exploration as they sought out cadences, rhythms and melodies, this 2nd volume presenting the most interesting of their investigations.
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Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part II) [VINYL CLEAR]
(577 Records)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Spence, Alister / Tony Buck: Mythographer
(Alister Spence Music)
Stepping away from the Australian trio The Necks, drummer/percussionist Tony Buck meets pianist Alister Spence in the studio for seven distinct dialogs of "submerged rhythm, oblique extended forms, entwined interplay, and sound for its own sake", Spence at times using preparations on his strings, as both listen and respond deeply through a congenial approach to playing.
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Spontaneous Music Ensemble: A New Distance
(Emanem)
Two of the last performances by the SME which then comprised John Stevens (percussion and pocket trumpet), Roger Smith (guitar) and John Butcher (soprano and tenor saxophones) in concerts at Conway Hall for the 3rd Annual LMC Festival, in London, 1994 and at The Red Rose, in London, UK, in January, 1994, along with 5 studio tracks recorded in London, 1993.
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Stewart's, Luke Silt Trio: The Bottom
(Cuneiform)
The introduction of a new trio bringing together Washington D.C. bassist Luke Stewart (Heroes Are Gang Leaders) with D.C. area tenor saxophonist Brian Settles and Chicago/NY drummer Chad Taylor, in an album carefully sequenced like a live performance, a journey through free improv, funky roots, world music, ending with a reference to La Monte Young's Dream House.
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Thumbscrew: Multicolored Midnight [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
(Cuneiform)
The seventh album from the exceptional free improvising jazz trio Thumbscrew of Michael Formanek on double bass & electronics, Tomas Fujiwara on drums & vibraphone and Mary Halvorson on guitar, with compositions from all members as they refine and expand on their communal interplay fueled by the great chemistry forged over their near decade of recording and performing.
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Trujillo, Juanma / Kenneth Jimenez / Gerald Cleaver: Contour
(Clean Feed)
Recording in Brooklyn, the trio led by Venezuelan guitarist Juanma Trujillo, with Costa Rican bassist Kenneth Jimenez and New York drummer Gerald Cleaver, merge avant jazz, heavy rock grooves with a Sonny Sharrock flavor, and abstract almost chamber jazz, a fascinating combination of contrasts that keeps the boundaries of their contours flexible and masterfully unpredictable.
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Vicente, Luis 4tet (Vicente / Dikeman / Stewart / Goevart): House In The Valley
(Clean Feed)
A well-balanced and often scorching performance at Igreja do Espírito Santo in Portugal from trumpeter Luis Vicente, presented as two long improvisations each comprised of two works inspired by childhood times in a rural environment and by everyday life at home during pandemic, performed with the outstanding quartet of saxophonist John Dikeman, bassist Luke Stewart and drummer Onno Goevart.
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Ward, Alex Item 4: Furthered
(577 Records)
An assertive album of compositional jazz from clarinetist & guitarist Alex Ward's Item 4 with London improvisers Charlotte Keeffe on trumpet & flugelhorn, Otto Willberg on double bass and Andrew Lisle on drums, a dynamic album that elicits exciting solos from all players around unusual structures that surprise in quick turns and changes of mood; inspiring!
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Experimental/Electronic
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Machinefabriek : +
(Machinefabriek)
Trying to strike a balance between composition and the challenges of being a young parent, Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, created a series of short tracks that could be developed quickly with invited collaborators, a concept that worked so well that in little time he found 52 enthusiastic and diverse musicians to develop the expanse of this impressive collection.
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O'Rourke, Jim / Giovanni Di Domenico: Immanent in Nervous Activity [VINYL]
(Die Schachtel)
The collaboration between electroacoustic artist Jim O'Rourke and Giovanni Di Domenico continues with this composition, a second chapter to the duo's 2015 album, Arco, here in two extended parts performed by the composers and Eiko Ishibashi on flute and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto on snare drum, starting with rolling piano figures and emerging into expansive electronic textures.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Miriodor: Elements
(Cuneiform)
The inventive Canadian electric improvising band releases their 10th studio album, continuing as the trio of guitarist Bernard Falaise, keyboardist Pascal Globensky and drummer/percussionist Remi Leclerc, presenting six masterfully lyrical pieces that take unusual twists and turns, adding unexpected "elements" to each pieces in clever, playful and inspired ways.
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Compositional
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Ogura, Miharu: Ogura Plays Stockhausen [2 CDS + DOWNLOAD]
(thanatosis produktion)
A double CD of Japanese pianist Miharu Ogura's performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstücke I-XI for solopiano, recorded at the MONOPIANO festival in 2021, bringing to a pinnacle her fascination with Stockhausen's unique approach to this set of compositions, captured in her second live performance after a concert in Tokyo in the same year.
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Quatuor Bozzini: Eliane Radigue : Occam Delta XV
(Collection QB)
Translating her concepts from the electronic realm into acoustic, composer Eliane Radigue used an oral compositional process with the Montreal string quartet Quatuor Bozzini, for whom this work is dedicated, allowing each performance a uniqueness through sustained tones, microbeats and emerging harmonies, creating a profoundly meditative and rich work.
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Teruggi, Daniel: Sphaera [VINYL]
(Recollection GRM)
Italian electroacoustic composer and former directed of the French GMR studio Daniel Teruggi is heard in four major and spectacular acousmatic works from the 1980s into the 2000s: "Space of Mind (2004)" in four movements; "Birds (2006)" in five moments; "Transmutations (2009)" in five movements; and the earlier "Terra" exploring the four fundamental substances.
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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 on The Squid's Ear
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Michael Foster:
The Industrious Tongue Of Michael Foster
(Relative Pitch)
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Miles Davis Quintet:
2nd Session 1956 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Jeff Arnal / Curt Cloninger:
Drum Major Instinct
(Mahakala Music)
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Bootstrappers (Elliott Sharp / Melvin Gibbs / Don McKenzie):
Xenolith
(Klanggalerie)
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Jon Rose & Chris Abrahams:
Peggy
(ReR Megacorp)
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Sage J Harlow:
Variations Without A Theme (Drones Ongs)
(Edition Wandelweiser)
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Musson / Moore / Brice / Prevost:
Under the Sun
(Matchless)
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Thumbscrew:
Multicolored Midnight
(Cuneiform)
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Tamio Shiraishi:
Moon
(Relative Pitch)
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Tatsuya Nakatani / Shawn Hansan / Michael Stover / Jeff Harshbarger:
Kansas City Ship
(Nakatani-Kobo)
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John Lely:
Meander Selection
(Another Timbre)
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Craig Shepard:
Trumpet City
(Inexhaustible Editions)
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