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July 14, 2023

"I think it is in collaboration
That the nature of the art is revealed."
—Steve Lacy

Essential Artists

• Anthropology Band
• bBb (Martin Kuchen/Ola Rubin)
• Carter/Genovese/Parker/Mela
• Andrea Centazzo
• Doneda/Frangenheim/Turner
• Julius Eastman
• Karl Evangelista's Apura
(w/ Wong/Scampavia/Mezzacappa/Andrew Cyrille)
• Morton Feldman/Apartment House
• Drew Gardner
• Alexander Hawkins Trio (w/ Neil Charles/Stephen Davis)
• Henry Kaiser
• Steve Lacy
• Steve Lacy
• Machinefabriek w/ Monika Bugajny
• MUC_ChamberArtTrio (Schindler/Geisse/Gramms)
• Officer!
• Aruan Ortiz Trio (w/ Brad Jones/John Betsch)
• Rova Saxophone Quartet w/ Andrea Centazzo
• Vasco Trilla/Ra Kalam Bob Moses
• David Virelles (Virelles/Street/McPherson)

Essential Labels

577 Records
Another Timbre
Astral Spirits
Blume
Concepts of Doing
Discus
FMR

Ictus
Intakt
Klanggalerie
Machinefabriek
Metalanguage
Relative Pitch

Jazz & Improvisation

Anthropology Band: Scald - Live 2022 [3 CDS]
(Discus)

Recording at London's Cafe OTO, and at the 2022 Newcastle Festival Of Jazz And Improvised Music, saxophonist and composer Martin Archer's exceptional 8-piece line up of his exuberant avant-electric jazz band blurring lines between 70's Miles and AACM abstractions, is heard across three CDs of fiery soloing, contemplative transitions, and spectacular group interplay.

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bBb (Martin Kuchen / Ola Rubin): Animal Quotes
(Relative Pitch)

Quirky in a masterful display of instrumental skill from the Swedish duo of soprano saxophonist Martin Küchen and trombonist Ola Rubin (Swedish Fix, Lazy Rude Monk), using every inch of their instruments along with mutes, percussion and percussive emanations, creating a virtual menagerie of animalistic sounds alongside dexterous lines.

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Carter, Daniel / Leo Genovese / William Parker / Francisco Mela: Shine Hear, Vol. 1
(577 Records)

Inspired by a poem Carter wrote about New York's interminable motion, the quartet of Daniel Carter on saxophone, Leo Genovese on piano, William Parker on bass, Gralla & Shakuhachi and Francisco Mela on drums & voice, turn in an ecstatic album of exotic collective improvisation in this first of two planned volumes from an excellent studio session.

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Centazzo, Andrea: U.S.A. Concerts [VINYL]
(Ictus)

Five concerts from percussionist and Ictus label leader Andrea Centazzo's 1978 US tour, performing in a duo with percussionist Alex Cline; in a trio with LaDonna Smith (violin) and Davey Williams (guitar); and in a quintet with John Zorn (saxophone), Tom Cora (cello), Toshinori Kondo (trumpet), Eugene Chadbourne (guitar) and Polly Bradfield (violin).

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Doneda / Frangenheim / Turner: NAIL in Ulrichsberg
(Concepts of Doing)

Working together many years in various formations--saxophonist Michel Doneda & drummer Roger Turner with John Russell; bassist Alexander Frangenheim & Turner in quartets with Pat Thomas or Phil Wachsman; Doneda & Frangenheim's own duo--this concert at Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg recorded during their European tour shows their incredible compatibility and seemingly telepathic conversations.

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Evangelista's, Karl Apura (w/ Wong / Scampavia / Mezzacappa / Andrew Cyrille): Ngayon
(Astral Spirits)

Ngayon, the Filipino tagalog word for "Now" or "Today", effectively describes the immediacy of the second release from Bay Area guitarist and composer Karl Evangelista and his exceptional Apura band, performing five sophisticated original works.

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Gardner, Drew: The Return [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)

A previously unreleased archival recording of drummer Drew Gardner's 1995 Bay Area quintet with a stellar set of free jazz collaborators--John Tchicai on tenor & soprano saxophones, Marco Eneidi on alto saxophone, Roberto De Haven on alto saxophone and Vytas Nagisetty on bass, beautifully recorded in the studio in Oakland, CA by Myles Boisen; exceptional!

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Hawkins, Alexander Trio (w/ Neil Charles / Stephen Davis): Carnival Celestial
(Intakt)

Unique approaches to the piano trio format, alerted to the listener by merging synthetics and samples into the opening, bubbling carnival-esque "Rapture", then settling into more recognizable yet innovative approaches to creative, modern jazz through Hawkin's fascinating compositions, electronics drifting in and out at times but generally adhering to great, modern jazz.

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Kaiser, Henry: Mahalo Nui
(Metalanguage)

Ten exceptional solo improvisations performed live without overdubbing on electric & acoustic guitars, using effects to expand the expressive capabilities of each guitar, as Henry Kaiser endeavors to sound like more than a single musician, inspired by improvisers like Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor or Derek Bailey, each improv providing a dedication or influence.

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Lacy, Steve: The Ictus Archives, Volume 1 [VINYL]
(Ictus)

Drawn from the same period around 1976 which produced legendary free jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy's albums Clangs and Trio Live, the collected recordings in the two volumes of Ictus Record's Archives series were recorded while touring Italy with percussionist Andrea Centazzo, this first volume presenting a concert in Udine with Lacy performing solo and in duos with Centazzo.

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Lacy, Steve: The Ictus Archives, Volume 2 [VINYL]
(Ictus)

Drawn from the same period around 1976 which produced legendary free jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy's albums Clangs and Trio Live, the collected recordings in the two volumes of Ictus Record's Archives series were recorded while touring Italy with percussionist Andrea Centazzo, this 2nd volume from a concert in Udine presenting duos with Centazzo and a trio with bassist Kent Carter.

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MUC_ChamberArtTrio (Schindler / Geisse / Gramms): Dachao Polyphonic
(FMR)

A remarkable concert as part of reedist Udo Schindler's LowToneStudies, referred to as "acoustronic" for the transformational aspects of each instrumentalist's playing, deceivingly electronic sounding despite being fully acoustic, captured live at Kulturschranne Dachau from the trio of Schindler, Gunnar Geisse on laptop guitar and Sebastian Gramss on double bass.

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Ortiz, Aruan Trio (w/ Brad Jones / John Betsch) : Serranias (Sketchbook For Piano Trio)
(Intakt)

Celebrating 20 years since his recording debut as a leader and his own 50th birthday, Cuban-born, New York-based pianist Aruán Ortiz presents his 6th album on Intakt in a trio with bassist Brad Jones and drummer John Betsch, opening with a Gillespie/Parker number then taking us on a spectacular journey through contemporary jazz influenced by Afro-Cuban/Haitian traditions.

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Rova Saxophone Quartet w/ Andrea Centazzo: The Bay [VINYL]
(Ictus)

Having just formed the prior year, the San Francisco Bay Area saxophone quartet Rova of Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt, and Bruce Ackley met with Italian percussionist Andrea Centazzo during his 1978 US tour, recording this exceptional album demonstrating creative approaches to thematic and structural jazz forms, particularly the nearly side-long "Trobar Clus".

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Vasco Trilla / Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Singing Icons [DOUBLE CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)

Recording in the studio in Barcelona, the duo of two drummer/percussionists, New York-born Ra Kalam Bob Moses and Spain's Vasco Trilla, present a stunning collection of diverse and inspired improvisations using a vast collection of instruments including native flute, congas, dumbek, melodica, metallic instruments, timpani, flat bells, clock chimes, vibrators and magnetic tape.

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Virelles, David (Virelles / Street / McPherson): Carta
(Intakt)

Recording at the Rudy van Gelder Studio, this is Cuban pianist David Virelles' debut on Intakt with his trio of bassist Ben Street and drummer Eric McPherson, performing eight Virelles compositions and his arrangement of a piece by Enrique Bonne Castillo; a joyful contemporary piano trio of great technical skill and passionate performance beautifully captured.

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Experimental/Electronic

Machinefabriek w/ Monika Bugajny: Recytle
(Machinefabriek)

After working with clarinetist Monika Bugajny on his + album, composer & electronic artist Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, joined again with Bugajny for a set of eight reconstructions of classical works from Debussy, Messiaen, Brahms, Stravinsky, &c., each reinterpreted work cleverly composed from Bugajny's recording of the original composition.

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Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Officer!: Bandagen
(Klanggalerie)

After The Work and his involvement with This Heat, guitarist Mick Hobbs formed Officer!, a shape-shifting RIO band that presented Hobb's unique, amusing and incisive songs, releasing three proper albums and, in 1989, a cassette on the Swiss label No Records that is here reissued, half of the album written for a stage play called Bandagen by Grazia Pergoletti.

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Compositional

Eastman, Julius: The N*gger Series (Box Version) [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Blume)

Reissuing Blume record's 2018 double album of New York avant composer Julius Eastman's "N****r Series" "Evil N****r" (1979) "Gay Guerilla" (1980) and "Crazy N****r", now in a deluxe wooden box set edition with a 12-page booklet with the original liner notes by Mary Jane Leach and Bradford Bailey, a new 2500 word essay by Bailey, as well as unseen pictures and a poster.

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Feldman, Morton / Apartment House: Violin and String Quartet [2 CDs]
(Another Timbre)

One of New York School minimalist composer Morton Feldman's later works, this extended composition spread across two CDs invokes waves of beautifully suspended, weaving strings from four violinists and cello, performed by the UK Apartment House ensemble violinists Mira Benjamin, Chihiro Ono, Amalia Young & Bridget Carey and cellist Anton Lukoszevieze.

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