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UPDATE
March 31, 2023
"The definition for improvisation to me is
Composing, organizing,
Varying and performing
Simultaneously."
—Andrew Cyrille
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Essential Artists
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• Albert Ayler
• Bergman/Robinson/Swell/Sage
• Andrew Cyrille
• Feldman/Rempis/Daisy
• Gargaud/Grente/Waziniak
• J.J. Gregg
• Christoph Irniger Pilgrim
• Ayumi Ishito
• Tristan Kasten-Krause/Jessica Pavone
• Kaze with Fujii/Tamura/Pruvost/Orins & Ikue Mori
• King Ubu Orchestru 2021
• Stefania Ladisa Strutture (w/ Adrian Northover/Marcello Magliocchi)
• David Myers Lee
• Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Joe Morris
• Perturbations (Peck/Simches)
• Archie Shepp
• Susana Silva Santos
• Marianne Svasek
• Steve Swell's Fire Into Music ( w/ Moondoc/Parker/Drake)
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Aerophonic
Circum-Libra
Evil Clown
ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd
FMR
Intakt
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IntangibleCat
Mahakala Music
pulsewidth
Relative Pitch
RogueArt
thanatosis produktion
Torf Records
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Ayler, Albert: Summertime To Spiritual Unity - Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Remastering and reissuing two tracks--"Summertime" and "C.T"--from saxophonist Albert Ayler's 1964 Fontana album My Name Is Albert Ayler with basssist Nils-Henning Orsted Pedersen, drummer Ronnie Gardiner and pianist Nils Bronsted; and his classic and passionate 1965 ESP Disk release Spiritual Unity with double bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Sunny Murray.
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Bergman / Robinson / Swell / Sage: Quartets/Trios/Duos
(Mahakala Music)
Sheltered in place during the pandemic, trombonist Steve Swell occupied his time listening to recordings forgotten or never released, seizing on these excellent studio session from 2007 organized with drummer Ray Sage, performed in duo, trio and quartet configurations with clarinetist Perry Robinson and pianist Borah Bergman, demonstrating that in bad circumstance, good can appear.
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Cyrille, Andrew: Music Delivery / Percussion
(Intakt)
A leading statesman of free jazz drumming, Andrew Cyrille's approach is influenced by both the Blue Note era and the groundbreaking work he participated in with Cecil Taylor or Trio3, still going strong and perceptively wise as heard on these eleven succinct studio solo performances, featuring favored percussive instruments adding melodic elements to these solid rhythmic vignettes.
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Feldman / Rempis / Daisy: SIROCCO
(Aerophonic)
Welcoming third improvisers into the long-standing duo, Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Tim Daisy invite New York/Chicago violinist Mark Feldman to perform at Elastic Arts, in Chicago, heard in two extended improvisations, superb examples of masterful technique and profound dialog.
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Gargaud, Guillaume / Patrice Grente / Thierry Waziniak: OMUSUE
(Torf Records)
Bringing vast experience in free improv and contemporary creative settings, the French trio of Guillaume Gargaud on acoustic guitar, Patrice Grente on double bass and Thierry Waziniak on drums present seven unique collective conversations named by permutation, recorded in the studio to bring the nuance of their playing to the foreground.
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Gregg, J.J.: Opening Up
(IntangibleCat)
Referencing the "queen of morning ragas" Raag Bhairavi, Oregon-based sitar player and experimental musician J.J. Gregg performed these three improvisations immediately following a group meditation, each raga providing a distinct mood to take their listeners on a journey to complement their state of mind, weaving themes of inspiration and experience.
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Irniger, Christoph Pilgrim: Ghost Cat
(Intakt)
Zurich tenor saxophonist & composer Christoph Irniger in his fourth album on the Intakt label with his creative and cooperative band Pilgrim of Stefan Aeby on piano, Dave Gisler on guitar, Raffaele Bossard on bass and Michael Stulz on drums, performing Irninger's lyrical and thoughtful compositions, along with one from bassist Raffaele Bossard.
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Ishito, Ayumi: The Spacemen Vol. 2
(577 Records)
Somewhere between Acid Mothers, 70s Miles or Sun Ra's Arkestra, NY-based Japanese saxophonist Ayumi Ishito's second Spacemen volume with Theo Woodward on synth & vocals, Nebula and the Velvet Queen on theremin, Jake Strauss on guitar & bass and Steven Bartishev on drums, lives up to it's cosmic moniker through exploratory improv blurring jazz, electronica and psych.
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Kaze with Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura / Christian Pruvost / Peter Orins & Ikue Mori: Crustal Movement
(Circum-Libra)
The cooperative Japanese/French quartet Kaze of pianist Satoko Fujii, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, trumpeter Christian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins are expanded for a second time with New York electronic artist Ikue Mori, embracing pandemic restrictions by creating this album through file exchange, adding complex layers of profound interaction to the virtual improvisations.
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King Ubu Orchestru 2021: Roi
(FMR)
Originally formed in 1985, this free improv ensemble continues in a new rendition of the Örchestrü, with original members Mark Charig (cornet), Paul Lytton (percussion), Alfred Zimmerlin (cello) and Phillipp Wachsmann (violin) joined by new members including Axel Dorner (trumpet), Phil Minton (voice), and Melvyn Poore (tuba), for two exceptional examples of advanced collective and cooperative improvisation.
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Ladisa, Stefania Strutture (w/ Adrian Northover / Marcello Magliocchi): Dal'Introspezione All'Interazione
(FMR)
Two live performances at Sala Castello di Sannicandro di Bari and at Sala Auditorium Accademia Cinema Ragazzi in Bari, Italy from violinist & violist Stefania Ladisa's trio Strutture with drummer Marcello Magliocchi and saxophonist Adrian Northover (LIO, Remote Viewers, Runcible), using the resonance of the performances spaces in spacious free interaction.
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Perelman, Ivo / Matthew Shipp / Joe Morris : Shamanism
(Mahakala Music)
Adding guitarist Joe Morris to the long-standing collaboration of tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp directs the New York trio into a fascinatingly unique direction, Morris' often pointillistic style bringing out quick responses and conglomerates of ideas, balanced by hauntingly lyrical and suspended moments; an evokative album of spirited improvisation.
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Perturbations (Peck / Simches): Agitation
(Evil Clown)
Recording as a new group in the vast network of Evil Clown organizations, label leader David Peck on reeds, winds, percussion and digital works stations collaborates with engineer and live processing artist Joel Simches, who create the "perturbations" on this extended improvised work through a vast array of delays, reverbs, audio warps and rotary ensembles.
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Shepp, Archie: Four For Trane To Live At Newport - Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Influenced by and working with John Coltrane, saxophonist and composer Archie Shepp paid tribute to 'Trane with his 1965 Impulse! album Four for Trane, here remastered and joined with tracks from the live album John Coltrane/Archie Shepp: New Thing At Newport, accompanied on each by acclaimed free jazz players including Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Reggie Workman, Barre Phillips, Joe Chambers, &c.
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Svasek, Marianne : Marwa
(thanatosis produktion)
A beautiful and contemplative performance of "Raga Marwa", a a hexatonic Indian raga and the eponymous raga of the "Marva thaat", peformed by Dutch-Czech master vocalist Marianne Svašek, and recorded in Stockholm, with Svašek and Swedish bass player Vilhelm Bromander both performing on the tanpura, a long-necked plucked string instrument used to create a sonic canvas behind the raga.
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Swell's, Steve Fire Into Music ( w/ Moondoc / Parker / Drake): For Jemeel: Fire From The Road [3 CDs]
(RogueArt)
A triple CD of extended and magnificent performances between 2004 & 2005 from the quartet of Steve Swell on trombone, William Parker on double bass, Hamid Drake on drums and Jemeel Moondoc on alto saxophone, to whom this album is dedicated; two concerts in Texas and one at the Guelph Jazz Festival, with compositions from Swell and Moondoc plus collective improvisations.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Myers, David Lee: Frontier
(pulsewidth)
A live set of electronic recordings from New York sound explorer David Lee Myers, aka Arcane Device, using modular synths under masterful control to create coherent excursions into territories both terrestrial and cosmic, each piece carefully evolving without histrionics or overt noise through warmly vivid and uniquely diverse works of sound.
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Silva, Susana Santos: All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing
(thanatosis produktion)
Aside from her exceptional trumpet work in free improvisation settings, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos, currently based in Stockholm, is also an electro-acoustic composer, these six compelling compositions merging field recordings--particularly birds, waters and yes, a phone--along with her trumpet playing and Irish flute, the album title a reference to John Cage's book Silence.
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Silva, Susana Santos: All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing [VINYL]
(thanatosis produktion)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Compositional
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Kasten-Krause, Tristan / Jessica Pavone: Images of One
(Relative Pitch)
Violist Jessica Pavone and double bassist Tristan Kasten-Krause found they shared a similar aesthetic in sound and sonic structure while working together in other ensembles, their debut developed over two seasons of experimentation with string interactions of consonance and dissonance using distinct timbres and textures, heard in four patiently unfolding compositions.
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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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Devenir Ensemble:
Resonances Manifestes
(Creative Sources)
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Francisco Mela feat. Cooper-Moore and William Parker:
Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 2
(577 Records)
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Mark Wastell:
Cello-Intern Solos
(Confront)
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Disorder At The Border w/ Tobias Delius (D'Agaro / Maier / Kaucic):
Kataklisma
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Joe Morris & Jeremy Brown:
Magnitude
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Blue Reality Quartet:
Ella's Island
(Mahakala Music)
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Michel Banabila:
Singles (2020-2022)
(Tapu Records)
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Rhodri Davies:
Over Shadows
(Amgen)
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Fred Moten / Brandon Lopez / Gerald Cleaver:
(Relative Pitch)
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Tim Parkinson:
An Album
(Another Timbre)
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Samuel Leipold / Jurg Bucher / Luca Lo Bianco:
Ostro
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records, Ltd)
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Street Tentacle (Chan / Wang / Bryerton):
Preserves
(Balance Point Acoustics)
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