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August 11, 2023

"Keep searching for that sound you hear in your head
Until it becomes a reality."
—Bill Evans

Essential Artists

• BERG (Keller/Rodrigues/Okuda/Rodrigues)
• John Butcher/Dominic Lash/Emil Karsen
• Valentin Ceccaldi (w/ Ziemniak/Ottervanger/Lopes)
• Bill Dixon w/Archie Shepp, 7-Tette and Orchestra
• Doortri
• Paul Dunmall Quartet
• Jordan Dykstra
• Jordan Dykstra/Brian McOmber
• Bill Evans Trio
• Sandy Ewen/Jason Nazary
• MAW (Meadows/Ackerley/Wallace)
• Joe Melnicove
(feat. George Ganzone/Ben Street/Billy Hart)
• Nicols/Kraabel/Hug
• Margaux Oswald/Jesper Zeuthen
• Serries/Taylor/Van Wyck
• Subterrene
• Suspensao
(Rodrigues/Torres/Parrinha/Goncalves/Flak/Madeira/Santos/Oliveira)
• Swell/Tokar/Kugel
• Tatsuya Yoshida x Satoshi Mishoiba

Essential Labels

577 Records
Bead
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Editions Verde
ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd

Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Magaibutsu Limited
Notice Recordings
Poverty Electronics
zOaR Records

Jazz & Improvisation

BERG (Keller / Rodrigues / Okuda / Rodrigues): Mesozoic
(Creative Sources)

Berlin studio recordings from the free improvising quartet of Beat Keller on feedbacker electric guitar, Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, Rieko Okuda on piano and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello; four string players invoking the reptilian Mesozoic age through unusual approaches to their instruments, extending the palette of each while creating unexpected percussive elements.

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Butcher, John / Dominic Lash / Emil Karsen: Here and Now
(Bead)

Impeccably recorded in the studio, the long-running and varied collaborations of saxophonist John Butcher, double bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Emil Karlsen come together for the first time as a trio, recording eight succinct improvisations of remarkable technique and nearly telepathic dialog, allowing space for each player to display their masterful skill.

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Ceccaldi, Valentin (w/ Ziemniak / Ottervanger / Lopes): Bonbon Flamme
(Clean Feed)

A wild, fun, inventive and musically impressive ride from French cellist Valentin Ceccaldi quartet with Etienne Ziemniak on drums, Fulco Ottervanger on piano & keyboards and Luis Lopes on guitar, a unique set of jazz, psychedelic and almost circus music, where the listener is never quite certain what's around the corner but constantly amazed at what they hear.

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Dixon, Bill w/ Archie Shepp, 7-Tette and Orchestra: Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Reissuing three essential album from trumpeter Bill Dixon's work in the 60's, first his 1962 album with saxophonist Archie Shepp in configurations of trio & quartet; then Dixon's septet album from 1964 in two compositions; and his orchestra album from 1967, showing the evolution of the trumpeter's work, approach to soloing, and his unique sense of orchestration.

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Doortri: PFAS OFF
(zOaR Records)

Referencing their influences as The Pop Group, This Heat, Naked City, and Eric Dolphy, this collective trio from Vicenza, Italy features Tiziano Pellizzari on reeds & electronics, Geoffrey Copplestone on noise & vocals and Giampaolo Mattiello on percussion, in an insightful and sometimes socially charged, sometimes simply quirky mix of free jazz, noise and narrative vocals.

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Dunmall, Paul Quartet : World Without
(577 Records)

Seeking to organize a group of musicians driven by an underlying pulse and a central energy, going beyond the abstract improvisations he has been familiar with for years, saxophonist Paul Dunmall assembled Steven Saunders on guitar, Dave Kane on bass and Miles Levin on drums, achieving these impressive improvisations, captured in the studio in Birmingham.

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Evans, Bill Trio: At The Village Vanguard 1961, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Reissuing and remastering two seminal albums on the Riverside label from pianist and composer Bill Evan's trio with double bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian — Sunday At The Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby — yielding jazz standards and helping define the modern jazz trio through impressive technical underpinnings and lyrical sophistication.

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Ewen, Sandy / Jason Nazary: A Beaded Gesture [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Notice Recordings)

Recording at the Chamber of Commerce in Brooklyn in 2021, the duo of Sandy Ewen on prepared guitar and Jason Nazary on drums & percussion take a nearly pugilistic approach to their improvisations, building aggressive sections of intense pummeling, then slipping back to catch their breath before the next round, each filled with curious elements and energetic determination.

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MAW (Meadows / Ackerley / Wallace): Live Recordings [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Notice Recordings)

Releasing their first studio work in 2020, this album presents the first two live concerts in Brooklyn and Saugerties for the ea-improv trio MAW of Frank Meadows on upright bass, Jessica Ackerley on electric guitar and Eli Wallace on prepared piano & synth, in two 2-part improvisations: the darkly heavy "Mise-en-Place" and the brighter experiments of "Opus 40".

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Melnicove, Joe (feat. George Ganzone / Ben Street / Billy Hart): You Is You
(577 Records)

Jazz flutist and composer Joe Melnicove, Israeli-born and living in NYC, is joined by his mentor George Garzone on tenor & soprano saxophones, Ben Street on bass and Billy Hart on drums, with Jerry Bergonzi joining on piano for one piece, as the band performs a set of lyrical and upbeat Melnicove original compositions along with one from Garzone and one from Liana Catalano-Garzone.

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Nicols / Kraabel / Hug: On Dizziness
(Creative Sources)

A 2022 live performance at The Vortex in London from the trio of Maggie Nicols on voice, Caroline Kraabel on alto saxophone & voice and Charlotte Hug on viola & voice, reuniting the partnership from their 2002 Emanem album, Transitions, each track taking its titles from an observational poem by Jenny Xie, rendered in expressive, mostly wordless vocalization.

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Oswald, Margaux / Jesper Zeuthen: Magnetite
(Clean Feed)

Also part of the working group Zeuthen / Østergaard-Nielsen / Nordberg / Oswald, legendary Danish saxophonist Jesper Zeuthen of Blue Sun and pianist Margaux Oswald are heard in this 2022 performance at Koncertkirken in Copenhagen for three extended and discerning dialogs of powerfully passionate interplay and startlingly beautiful plateaus of peaceful discourse.

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Serries / Taylor / Van Wyck: Le Sud
(Creative Sources)

Focused mostly on introspective yet propulsive improvised interaction of concentrative listening, punctuated by moments of explosive exchanges, the trio of Dirk Serries on archtop guitar, Benedict Taylor on viola and Friso Van Wyck on drums & percussion are heard live in an engaging concert at Koffie and Ambacht's Le Sud, in Rotterdam in 2022.

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Suspensao (Rodrigues / Torres / Parrinha / Goncalves / Flak / Madeira / Santos / Oliveira): Impromptu
(Creative Sources)

The Suspensao octet are heard in this live performance at SMUP, in Parede, Portugal in 2023, blending primarily acoustic instruments with electric guitar and analog synth, using a reductionist approach to highly concentrative free improvisation, their long-running collective history allowing an impressive level of articulation and control through the integration of diverse voices.

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Swell / Tokar / Kugel: For The People Of The Open Heart
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

A meeting in Dortmund, Germany between the working trio of three masterful improvisers--New York trombonist Steve Swell, also on flute; Ukrainian double bassist Mark Tokar; and German drummer Klaus Kugel--recording 6 collective, spontaneous improvisations and Swell's "Child's Play", extending the concepts of the bass, drum and trombone trio.

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Experimental/Electronic

Subterrene: The Same Rivers
(Poverty Electronics)

Subterrene, aka Grant Stewart, continues his prolific sonic journey through six discrete sound works, deep river immersions of slowly evolving and dovetailing drones of rich, resonant synthetics employing great control and concentration, invoking rich harmonics that shift and subsume in aqueous clouds, each track succinctly exploring new terrains.

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Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Yoshida, Tatsuya x Satoshi Mishoiba: Moonlight Sonata
(Magaibutsu Limited)

A live performance at Koenji Jirokichi that draws on the works of Sergei Prokofiev, Bela Bartok, Manuel de Falla and Ludwig van Beethoven, from drummer Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei) and pianist Satoshi Mishiba (Kinniku Shoujotai, Tokusatsu), part of Yoshida's "Piano 10th Game" series, as the two layer and spectacularly interweave melodies and tight percussive work.

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Compositional

Dykstra, Jordan / Brian McOmber: Blow the Man Down (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(Editions Verde)

A powerful set of succint compositions, themes and sea shanties for the soundtrack for Danielle Krudy and Bridget Savage Cole's film Blow the Man Down , scored through the collaboration of composers Jordan Dykstra, who also performs on viola, piano, prepared piano, vibraphone & percussion, and Brian Mcomber, who also performs on keyboards and percussion.

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Dykstra, Jordan: Stressings
(Editions Verde)

Exploring diverse landscapes and moments of extreme behavior changes through a single acoustic viola, composed and performed by Jordan Dykstra, in four pieces that vary his approach to the instrument through overlapping tones, drones, extended techniques and rolling cycles, performed in California at the California Institute of the Arts and at the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana.

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Allemano / Oberg / Bauer / Fischerlehner: Sog (Creative Sources)	da Rocha / Rodrigues / Levin / Madeira: Hoya (Creative Sources)	Jordan Dykstra: 14 Horse Bells (Editions Verde)
Morgan Evans-Weiler : Correspondences (Editions Verde)	Michael Pisaro-Liu / Julia Holter: Tombstones: Live in Brooklyn (Editions Verde)	Rodrigues / Lonberg-Holm / Flak / Madeira / Oliveira: The Giving Tree Moving On (Creative Sources)
Rodrigues / Madeira / Faustino: No Strings Attached (Creative Sources)	Rodrigues / Parrinha / Flak / Santos: Die Zwitscher-Maschine (Creative Sources)	Rodrigues / Parrinha / McDonas / Flak / Oliveira: The Fleeting Nature Of Time (Creative Sources)
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / von Schlippenbach / Kellers: Conundrum (Creative Sources)	Rodrigues / Stoffner / Parrinha / Madeira: Altered Egos (Creative Sources)	Rodrigues / Wassermann / Rodrigues: L'Age De L'Oreille (Creative Sources)
Schindler / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres: Conspiratorial And Fulminate Things Happen [2 CDs] (Creative Sources)

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