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June 9, 2023

"To improvise well,
You have to forget everything;
So to compose well,
You have to forget everything too."
—Sylvie Courvoisier

Essential Artists

• Chefkirk/Crank Sturgeon
• Dominic Coles
• Brent Cordero/Peter Kerlin
• Sylvie Courvoisier/Cory Smythe
• Giovanni Di Domenico/Silvia Tarozzi/Emmanuel Holterbach
• Paul Dunmall
• Paul Dunmall/Olie Brice
• Julius Eastman
• Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
• Euphotic (Bryan Day/Tom Djll/Cheryl E. Leonard)
• Jurg Frey/Quatuor Bozzini/Konus Quartett
• Jurg Frey/Reinier van Houdt
• Glass Triangle (Zeena Parkins/Rasmussen/Sawyer)
• Rodrigues/Rodrigues/Torres/Serries
• Rudy Royston
• Sun Ra
• Werckmeister (Eichenberger/Hubsch/Zoubek/Nillesen)
• John Zorn (Lage/Marsella/Roeder/Smith)
• John Zorn (w/ Lage/Roeder/Wollesen)

Squid Bubbles

Essential Labels

Astral Spirits
Confront
Creative Sources
elsewhere
FMR
Frozen Reeds
Greenleaf Music
Love Earth Music

Modern Harmonic
Public Eyesore
Pyroclastic Records
Relative Pitch
Spiritmuse Records
Tripticks Tapes
Tzadik

Squidco Spring Hat Sale

This weekend ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd has authorized us to reduce the price of 29 albums in their 1000 and 1100 series by $10 each. That's 29 single CD albums at $8.95 or $9.95 (double CDs)!

The full list of albums on sale is shown below this weekend's new releases. Twenty-nine albums at an exceptional price gives our customers a chance to fill in their collection of these important and extraordinary albums of creative improvisation, composition, and the merging of both. A number of these albums have never been on sale before, so take a close look soon as some titles are limited in quantity, and this sale ends Thursday, June 22nd!

Click Here to shop the Summer Hat Sale

In 2019 Switzerland's Hat Hut label initiated their latest line, ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd, releasing new albums of improvisation and contemporary compositional music, and mixtures of the same.

In-stock items only. Sold out items will disappear from store. Orders must be placed through our shopping cart. Price shown is discounted price. Sale ends Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. While quantities last. Discounted items will not receive Squidco Reward Points.

Jazz & Improvisation

Cordero, Brent / Peter Kerlin: A Sublime Madness [VINYL]
(Astral Spirits)

A new collaboration between keyboardist Brent Cordero and bassist Peter Kerlin, a gorgeous blurring of jazz, rock and Terry Riley-esque composition in a swirling collection of original work and a cover of Eddie Harris' "Freedom Jazz Dance", performed in a core trio with drummer Ryan Sawyer and prestigious guests including Daniel Carter, Jessica Pavone, James Brandon Lewis, &c.

Squidco Pick

$19.95

Courvoisier, Sylvie / Cory Smythe: The Rite of Spring - Spectre d'un songe
(Pyroclastic Records)

Having presented a solo version of Stravinksy's The Rite of Spring at Opera Bastille in Paris with avant-flamenco dancer Israel Galván, Courvoisier developed a new work for two pianos performed with Cory Smythe, merging composition & improvisation as they invoke impressions of The Rite in tandem with Stravinksy-like reharmonizations of previous Courvoisier works.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Dunmall, Paul / Olie Brice: The Laughing Stone
(Confront)

Taking their song titles from Basil Bunting's 1966 poem "Briggflatts", a mixed freeverse work with a changing rhyme scheme that is noted for its use of sound through word play to move its listeners, an apt analogy to the masterful and sophisticated dialog between double bassist Olie Brice and multi-reedist Paul Dunmall, Dunmall performing on alto & tenor saxophones, flute & clarinet.

$13.95

Dunmall, Paul: Meditations For Clarinets
(FMR)

Known best for his extraordinary saxophone playing, UK reedist and wind player Paul Dunmall also is a first-rate clarinetist, one of the most challenging of the single reed instruments, heard here in four extended improvisations captured in the studio, performing with contemplative thoughtfulness and prodigious technique on four members of the clarinet family: C, A, Eb and Bb.

$14.95

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Spirit Gatherer - Tribute to Don Cherry
(Spiritmuse Records)

A tribute to jazz trumpeter & composer Don Cherry--a spiritual world traveler and influential free jazz trumpeter--performed by Chicago's equally spiritual Ethnic Heritage Ensemble led by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar with Corey Wilkes, Alex Harding, Dwight Trible, and the son of Don Cherry, David Ornette Cherry; sadly also an unexpected tribute to David Ornette's sudden passing in 2022.

$15.95

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Spirit Gatherer - Tribute to Don Cherry (DELUXE EDITION) [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Spiritmuse Records)

Vinyl double LP release of the CD listed above.

$44.95

Euphotic (Bryan Day / Tom Djll / Cheryl E. Leonard): Isopleths
(Public Eyesore)

A fascinating trio of West Coast sonic explorers exploring the isopleth, the zone of seawater that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur, from improvising trumpeter Tom Djll employing electronics with his horn, Bryan Day on invented instruments, and Cheryl Leonard using natural objects including driftwood, feathers, marsh reeds, penguin bones, &c.

$12.95

Glass Triangle (Zeena Parkins / Rasmussen / Sawyer): Blue and Sun-lights
(Relative Pitch)

Recorded after a three-day series of concerts at New York City's venue The Stone, the trio of Zeena Parkins on electric harp & objects, Mette Rasmussen on saxophone, objects & voice and Ryan Sawyer on drums & objects brought their dynamic and far-ranging approach to collective free improv into Brooklyn's Figure 8 studio to capture these 10 extraordinary recordings.

Squidco Pick

$13.95

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / Serries: Brecht
(Creative Sources)

Referring to the city Brecht in Belgium, this concert at the Kapel Oude Klooster took place during a tour by the Lisbon free improvising trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello and Nuno Torres on alto saxophone, joined by Dirk Serries on archtop guitar (New Wave of Jazz, Vidna Obama) for this impressively interactive 3-part improvisation.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Royston, Rudy: Day
(Greenleaf Music)

The second album from drummer Rudy Royston's chamber-like ensemble Flatbed Buggy, featuring John Ellis on woodwinds, Gary Versace on accordion, Hank Roberts on cello, and Joe Martin on bass, in a concept album of the typical ups and downs, joys and sadness, gratitude and dreads a typical day would bring, ultimately culminating in a celebration of life and healing.

$13.95

Sun Ra: Space Is The Place [2 CDs + BLURAY + DVD + BOOKLET]
(Modern Harmonic)

Digitally restoring and expanding on Sun Ra's 1972 soundtrack for the film of the same name, in a solid box set with two audio CDs, a DVD and BluRay + bonus featuures of the original film, along with a previously unreleased album recorded at the same soundtrack sessions, The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny, and a booklet with notes from multiple Afrofuturism scholars.

Squidco Pick

$48.95

Werckmeister (Markus Eichenberger / Carl Ludwig Hubsch / Philip Zoubek / Etienne Nillesen): Two Movements
(Creative Sources)

An exceptional quartet of electroacoustic improvisers captured in concert at MUG Einstein Kultur in Munich, organized by the non-profit Offene Haken e.V. - Freunde der improvisierten Musik (Friends of improvised music), from Markus Eichenberger on clarinet, Carl Ludwig Hubsch on tuba, Philip Zoubek on synthesizer and Etienne Nillesen on extended snare drum.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Zorn, John (Lage / Marsella / Roeder / Smith): Multiplicities II
(Tzadik)

A collection of twenty musical aphorisms inspired by the writings and thought of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), following Zorn's first Multiplicities volume performed by his electric jazz ensemble Chaos Magick, here in Volume 2 energetically performed by his acoustic Incerto ensemble of Brian Marsella on piano, Ches Smith on drums, Julian Lage on guitar & Jorge Roeder on bass.

Squidco Pick

$17�5

Zorn, John (w/ Lage / Roeder / Wollesen): New Masada Quartet, Volume Two
(Tzadik)

LOWER PRICE! Taking on another set of compositions from John Zorn's Masada Songbook, the New and electrified Masada quartet of Kenny Wollesen on drums, Julian Lage on guitar, Jorge Roeder on bass and Zorn himself on alto saxophone releases their second volume, seven melodically rich and intricate works that lead to incredible, often burning soloing and group interchange.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Experimental/Electronic

Chefkirk / Crank Sturgeon : Nice To Err With You (2 CDs)
(Love Earth Music)

Bringing together two aberrant sound artist--Chefkirk, aka Roger Smith, based in Oregon; and Crank Sturgeon, aka Matt Anderson currently based in Massachusetts--for two CDs of rhythmic mayhem layered and punctuated with electronics and mutilated sounds from objects & voice, with beats that feign steadiness but derail in amusing and embraceable ways; weird fun!

Squidco Pick

$13.95

Coles, Dominic: Alphabets
(Tripticks Tapes)

A study of language through the repetition of fragmented sound, demonstrating how repetition brings alienation of meaning, Cole creating a synthetic alphabet within an unsignified musical context of electronic responses, repeated until the listener loses contact or reference to the original word; a challenging series of transformations rewarding to the engaged listener.

$9.95

Compositional

Di Domenico, Giovanni / Silvia Tarozzi / Emmanuel Holterbach: L'Occhio Del Vedere
(elsewhere)

During an artistic residency at the GMEA in Albi, France, composer & pianist Giovanni Di Domenico recorded with the trio of violinist Silvia Tarozzi and percussionist Emmannuel Holterbach performing on a large frame drum, completing the piece into this mysteriously insinuating and lovely triptych where sparse melodies emerge & submerge into a multidimensional expanse.

Squidco Pick

$13.95

Eastman, Julius: Femenine [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Frozen Reeds)

The premiere of late composer Julius Eastman's work for an eclectically orchestrated chamber ensemble, presented in 1974 at Composers Forum in Albany, NY, a uniquely joyful and absorbing work rendered in this original inspired performance that continues to bring interest to Eastman's work, now remastered by Jim O'Rourke and released in a deluxe double LP gatefold edition.

$44.95

Frey, Jurg / Quatuor Bozzini / Konus Quartett : Continuite, Fragilite, Resonance
(elsewhere)

Continuity, Fragility, Resonance is an extended compositions by Jürg Frey orchestrated for an octet of a string quartet and a saxophone quartet, here recorded after the 2021 premier of the work in a 2022 3-day recording session in Bern, Switzlerland in the presence of the composer at the Auditorium of Zentrum Paul Klee; gorgeous and delicate.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Frey, Jurg / Reinier van Houdt: Lieues d'Ombres (3CDs)
(elsewhere)

Translating to League of Shadows, Swiss composer Jürg Frey's sublime twilight compositions for solo piano are performed by Dutch pianist Reinier van Houdt, presenting seven of Frey's works written from 1984-2018, including one previously unreleased composition, in all 20 movements spread over 3 CDs ranging in time from 1:47 to 40:34, a significant addition to both musician's oeuvres.

$28.95

Squidco Summer Hat Sale

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Ayler, Albert: La Cave Live, Cleveland 1966 Revisited [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Never-before released recordings of tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler's 1966 band recording in his home town of Cleveland at club La Cave, recorded over two nights in a superb sextet with brother Donald on trumpet, Frank Wright on tenor sax, Michel Samson on violin, Clyde Shy on double bass and Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums, performing Ayler's compositions and Don Cherry's "D.C.".

$9.95

Ayler, Albert Quartet With Don Cherry: European Recordings Autumn 1964 (Revisited) [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Essential radio and live recordings from saxophonist Albert Ayler's European tour in 1964 with Don Cherry on cornet, Gary Peacock on double bass and Sunny Murray on drums, a quintessential grouping for Ayler's compositions, here in outstanding renditions of classic works including "Spirits", "Ghosts", "Vibrations", "Mothers", "Childrens", plus Don Cherry's "Infant Happiness".

Squidco Pick

$9.95

Ayler, Albert Quintet: At Slugs' Saloon 1966, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Combining the two Italian ESP/BASE LPs from 1982 and the 1995 ESP reissues, this spectacular concert with perhaps Ayler's most essential band--Ayler on tenor sax, Donald Ayler on trumpet, Michel Samson on violin, Lewis Worrell on double bass and Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums--is fully remastered to bring out more details from the complete, ecstatic 1966 concert.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Ayler, Albert Quintet 1966: Berlin, Lorrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler's 1966 quintet brought a unique orchestration to his music, heard in these live performances in Berlin, Lörrach, Paris & Stockholm in November of 1966, four concerts presented chronologically as performed with the exemplary playing of brother Donald Ayler on trumpet, Michel Samson on violin, William Folwell on bass, and Beaver Harris on drums.

Squidco Pick

$9.95

Brown, Marion: Why Not? Porto Novo! Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Reissuing two essential albums from saxophonist Marion Brown--Why Not? (ESP, 1968) and Porto Novo (Polydor, 1969)--the first recorded in NY in a quartet with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Sirone and drummer Rashied Ali, the second recorded in The Netherlands in a trio with Han Bennink on drums and Maarten Van Regteren Altena on double bass; essential.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Cherry, Don : Where Is Brooklyn? & Eternal Rhythm Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Reissuing two albums showing trumpeter Don Cherry's musical evolution through the 1960s, recorded two years apart--Where is Brooklyn from NY in 1966, and Eternal Rhythm recorded in Germany in 1968--demonstrating the development of his style from Ornette-influenced free jazz into music influenced by Northern Indian music and the percussion of Southeast Asia.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Coleman, Ornette: New York Is Now & Love Call, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

An overlooked chapter in Ornette Coleman's recording career, these two Blue Note albums recorded in NY in 1968 and issued in '68 & '71 feature the innovative alto saxophonist joined by West Coast tenor saxophonist recently moved to NYC, Dewey Redman, and Coltrane sidemen, drummer Elvin Jones & bassist Jimmy Garrison, for two sessions of inventive and accomplished free jazz.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Coltrane, John: Favorites Live (Naima / My Favorite Things 1963 / A Love Supreme 1965) Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Well-recorded performances of Coltrane's most noted works--"Naima", "My Favorite Things" and "A Love Supreme"--in superb concerts from Berlin in 1963 and Antibes in 1965 with his classic quartet of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones, revealing the expansion and freedom these compositions receive through the flexibility of live performance.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Coltrane, John Quartet: Song Of Praise, Live New York 1965 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Recorded during an extended stay at the Half Note in NYC from saxophonist John Coltrane's Quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner, double bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones, originally recorded for radio broadcast, here reissued and resequenced to demonstrate Coltrane's evolution in presentation & performance, while also mapping a future to his music.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Davis, Miles Quintets: Stockholm 1967 & 1969 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Two live recordings from Miles Davis in the 1960s, first from Stockholm in 1967 with the classic 60s quintet of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams; then two years later also in Stockholm with the "Lost Quintet" of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, pushing new directions with tracks including "Bitches Brew".

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann / Andreas Kunz): For John Cage [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

First performed in 1982, Morton Feldmans' monumental composition for piano and violin dedicated to peer John Cage creates a distinctive environment of instrumental interaction where patterns are subtly varied in a virtual suspension of time as the music drifts and reflects, beautifully rendered in this 2021 recording by pianist Judith Wegmann and violinist Andreas Kunz.

Squidco Pick

$9.95

Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann): Triadic Memories [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

The second of four connected solo piano works by Morton Feldman, Triadic Memories is about that reality, the acoustic space created by the piano's strings and soundboard, as Feldman attempted to expand the temporal frame of his music, heard here in Judith Wegmann's 2019 recording, where thThe second of four connected solo piano works by Morton Feldman, Triadic Memories is about the acoustic space created by the piano's strings and soundboard, as Feldman worked to expand the temporal frame of his music, heard her in Judith Wegmann's 2019 studio recording where that space is revealed by a magnificent Bosendorfer 280VC piano.at space is revealed by a magnificent Bosendorfer 280VC piano.

Squidco Pick

$9.95

Fox, Christopher: Hieroglyphs
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Three works from English composer Christopher Fox performed by the five-member Ensemble SEV, with two renderings of his work "This is the Wind" along with three duos, each combining two of a set of six "Paralogos", a solo work for violin--"Planes and Folds"--and the title piece "Hieroglyph" about decoding the incomprehensibility of unfamiliar music.

$8.95

Fraser, Nick Quartet: If There Were No Opposites
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

First recording in 2012 as a trio with saxophonist Tony Malaby as a guest, 9 years later Toronto drummer Nick Fraser's quartet with Malaby as a permanent member, Rob Clutton on double bass and Andrew Downing on cello show their long collaboration's strength in a set of improvisations plus compositions for Decidedly Jazz Danceworks and the DJD production, Juliet & Romeo.

$8.95

Harriott, Joe Quintet: Free Form & Abstract Revisited [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Two essential early 60s release from famed UK saxophonist Joe Harriott, an innovator bringing free jazz concepts to the British audience with his quintet of Shake Kane on trumpet & flugelhorn, Pat Smythe on piano, Coleridge Goode on double bass and Phil Seaman on drums, referencing the new forms of jazz from US artists like Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman.

Squidco Pick

$9.95

Hope, Cat: Decibel
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

A diverse set of works from Australian composer Cat Hope, employing acoustic instrumentation--strings, keys, flutes, reeds & percussion--along with electronics and field recordings, in chamber configurations from duos to quintets, performed by the Western Australia Decibel new music ensemble for which Hope is both director and a performer.

$8.95

Houle, Francois / Marco von Orelli: Make That Flight
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Canadian improvising clarinetist François Houle and Swiss trumpeter Marco von Orelli are heard live at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club, in Basel, Switzerland, 2020 for eleven dialogs reminiscent of the work of John Carter and Bobby Bradford, though uniquely in their own modern language of chamber-oriented jazz through original compositions from both artists.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Koch, Hans / Paul Lovens: Nephlokokkygia 1992
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

1992 live performances demonstrating masterful freedom in improvisation, recorded while on their first tour as a duo after working together in larger ensembles, from Hans Koch on clarinet, bass clarinet and tenor & soprano saxophones, and Paul Lovens on drums, cymbals, gongs & musical saw, in four live improvisations from Bulgaria presented in the order recorded.

$8.95

Kunz, Christopher / Florian Fischer: Die Unwucht
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

The Die Unwucht (The Imbalance) duo of saxophonist Christopher Kunz and drummer Florian Fische was formed to explore jazz tradition while looking for ways to break down restrictive boundaries and create their own forms of expression, achieving a great balance and equality in Kunz' lyrical playing with a Getz/Desmond sound against Fische's active interactions.

$8.95

Lovens, Paul / Florian Stoffner: Tetratne
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Captured live in Ljubljana during the 2019 "Sound Disobedience Festival", European Free Improv legendary drummer Paul Lovens co-composed this work with Swiss guitarist Florian Stoffner, "Tetra" referring to structures of 4, as in their 4-part improvisation with each player using all 4 limbs in a remarkable dialog of time, tone, technique, and nearly telepathic intention.

$8.95

New York Contemporary Five: Copenhagen 1963, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Originally released in 1964 on The Sonet label as Volumes 1 & 2, this CD remasters this exceptional 1963 concert of original material and pieces by Ornette & Monk, complete in sequence as performed at Jazzhaus Montmarte in Copenhagen with Archie Shepp on tenor saxophone, Don Cherry on cornet, John Tchicai on alto saxophone, Don Moore on double bass and J.C. Moses on drums.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Parker, Charlie: Be Bop Live [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Remarkably remastered recordings of Charlie Parker's quintets from 1945-49, performing live at Carnegie Hall, Royal Roost, & Town Hall with configurations of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, Red Rodney, Don Byas, Al Haig, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Kenny Clarke, Tommy Potter & Curley Russell, allowing us to re-live the consistent brilliance of the leader and his sidemen.

Squidco Pick

$9.95

Russell, George: Ezz-thetics & The Stratus Seekers, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Essential to any collection charting the transition from Birth of the Cool era jazz to the modern explosion of harmonic and compositional forms, are pianist George Russell's two most essential albums from 1961 & 1962--Ezz-thetics and The Stratus Seekers--in a sextet & septet including Eric Dolphy, Don Elliss, Steve Swallow, &c., remastered to reveal their vital clarity.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Sanna, Claudio: Compositori Sardi Contemporanei [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

An astonishingly diverse album of solo piano works performed by pianist and composer Claudio Sanna, performing works from eight Sardinian composers including his own, weaving improvisation, acousmatic & musique concrete elements, turntablism, electronics, inside piano playing, chalk-board writing and more into lyrical and experimental pieces that flow together exquisitely.

Squidco Pick

$9.95

Sun Ra Arkestra: Nothing is ... Completed & Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Reissuing and remastering Sun Ra's 1966 Arkestra album Nothing Is, the complete live recording from St. Lawrence University in NY with a classic ensemble including saxophonists Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick & John Gilmore, bassist Ronnie Boykins, drummer Cliffor Jarvis, &c., an incredible concert with an exemplary set of Sun Ra compositions and performances.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Changing approaches to his music with new quartet of Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, Alan Silva on double bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums, pianist Cecil Taylor's incredible 1966 concert in Paris presented four extended compositions, here remastered and reissued with a track from a compilation LP--"With (Exit)"--extending his quartet with Bill Dixon on trumpet and Henry Grimes on double bass.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Thing, The (Gustafsson / McPhee / Haker Flaten / Nilssen-Love): She Knows...
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Named for a Don Cherry composition included on this album, the core trio of The Thing--Mats Gustafsson on reeds, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums--is joined by saxophonist and pocket trumpter Joe McPhee, recording classic free jazz and harmolodic pieces by Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer, Frank Lowe, & Joe McPhee.

$8.95

Von Orelli, Marco: The Unasked Answer
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

A remarkable album of solo trumpet improvisation of incredible and creative technique, performed on trumpet, cornet, piccolo trumpet and slide trumpet, from Swiss trumpeter Marco von Orelli, the album title referencing a work by Charles Ives for offstage string ensemble, woodwind quartet and, most significantly for this album, solo trumpet.

$8.95

Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time & Spring, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Remastering & reissuing drummer Anthony Williams first two albums: Life Time was recorded for Blue Note shortly after joining the Miles Davis Quintet, employing two bassists--Richard Davis and Gary Peacock--along with mentor Sam Rivers and Davis alumni Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter; Spring reflects the new freedom of 60s jazz in a quintet with both Wayne Shorter & Sam Rivers.

$8.95

The Squid's Ear

The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.

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Aspyrian: To Explore (Vol. 1) (Hidden Threads)	AUTORHTYHM: Songs for the Nervous System (thanatosis produktion)	Ilia Belorukov: Someone Has Always Come (Sublime Retreat)
Blonk / Smith / Moses: Rune Kitchen (Balance Point Acoustics)	Bucher / Tan / Countryman: Old Drains New Stains (FMR)	Edoardo Cammisa : io_u,E (Sublime Retreat)
Constellation Ensemble: Dove Morde La Teranta (FMR)	Carlo Costa / John McCowen: Pianissimo Etc [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tripticks Tapes)	The Dead Mauriacs : Le Parc, rapport d'observations (Sublime Retreat)
Deli Kuvveti: In the Summer Dusk (Sublime Retreat)	Bruno Duplant: Paysages Sans Age III (Sublime Retreat)	Sylvian Guerineau / Jean Rougier: Pensees (Creative Sources)
Hex and Doravideo: Multi (Wetware)	Interstellar Nau (Rick Countryman / Garbriel Lauber / Itzam Cano / Juan Castanon): 4tet (FMR)	Jeanne Lee / Gunter Hampel / Michel Waisvisz / Freddy Gosseye / Sven-Ake Johansson: Scheisse '71 [VINYL] (Black Truffle)
MUC_ChamberArtTrio (Schindler / Geisse / Gramms): Dachao Polyphonic (FMR)	Matthias Muller / Pawel Doskocz / Emilio Gordoa: Aural Accidentals [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tripticks Tapes)	Liam Noble / Geoff Simkins: Lucky Teeth (FMR)
Markus Reineke / Jukka-Pekka Kervinen: Einhegung (Creative Sources)	Research (Dvorak / Weston / Brown / Serle): Laws of Motion (FMR)	Schindler / Eric Zwang Eriksson / Sebastiano Tramontana: Canto Senza (FMR)
Udo Schindler / Peter Jacquemyn / Georg Karger: Hybride Synergetics [LowToneStudies] (FMR)	Germaine Sijstermans : Betula [2 CDs] (elsewhere)	Germaine Sijstermans / Koen Nutters / Reinier van Houdt : Circles, Reeds, and Memories (elsewhere)
Tamarisk: Plays A Word For Wind [CASSETTE] (Astral Editions)	Biggi Vinkeloe / Mark Weaver / Damon Smith: Desert Sweets (Balance Point Acoustics)

Squidco, 332 Shipyard Blvd., Wilmington, NC 28412

Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003. In 2010 we moved to Wilmington, NC, giving regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of more than 10,000 items, which includes hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for you to visit by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region please email us to set up a time to stop by and say hello, we'd love to play some music for you!

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