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![]() Rose, Jon: State of Play [2 CDs] (Recommended Records -- Australia ) Price: $16.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock An expansive double album from Australian violinist and mad genius Jon Rose, in solo, duo and odd orchestral settings, including tracks with Jim Denley, Clayton Thomas, Robbie Avenaim, &c.; a project with a 32-string automaton violin + string ensemble; a work for a casino-music driven player-piano; a dueling banjo and interactively bowed violin, &c. &c.; masterfully inexplicable! |
![]() Rova Saxophone Quartet: The Circumference of Reason (ESP Disk -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four decades into their project, the SF Bay Area saxophone quartet ROVA of Bruce Ackley (soprano & tenor), Steve Adams (alto & sopranino), Larry Ochs (tenor) and Jon Raskin (baritone) continue expanding their magnificent repertoire with original compositions, collective improvisations, and a piece from Glenn Spearman (Cecil Taylor, Double Trio) arranged by Larry Ochs. |
![]() Russell, John / Ray Russell / Henry Kaiser / Olle Brice: The Dukes of Bedford (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring the lineage of the Dukes of Bedford, the Russell lineage in Bedford, England, in groupings of acoustic & electric guitarists John Russell, Ray Russell, and Henry Kaiser along with double bassist Ollie Brice, from duos to quartets, eight Duke "Russells" from 1680 to 2003 are explored through intricate and joyfully creative and technically amazing string improvisations. |
![]() Saeki, Minami / Wakana Ikeda / Yoko Ikeda / Taku Sugimoto / Stefan Thut / Manfred Werder: Sextet (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock While touring Europe in the autumn of 2017, Minami Saeki (voice), Wakana Ikeda (flute), Yoko Ikeda (viola), and Taku Sugimoto (guitar) visited Switzerland and met up with Swiss musicians Stefan Thut (cello) and Manfred Werder (glockenspiel & typewriter), recording these five minimal improvisations in a recording session at the concert venue Theater Delly. |
![]() Savoldelli, Boris: Biocosmopolitan [Used Item] (MoonJune -- USA ) Price: $11.70 ![]() ![]() In Stock Vocalist Savoldelli in an exquisitely-crafted album of overdubbed vocal work, with help from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bassist Jimmy Haslip; elaborite harmonies, interlocking rhythms, exultant influences. |
![]() Scheen Jazzorkester / Thomas Johansson: As We See It... (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Norway's Scheen Jazzorkester in their 7th album, commissioning works in their goal to make a large conventional jazz orchestra more spontaneous through composition, here recruiting trumpeter Thomas Johansson, co-founder of Cortex and Friends and Neighbors, to compose this set of six ardent works incredibly executed by this 13-piece band; breathtaking creative jazz. |
![]() Schwarm 13: At Studioboerne45 (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Schwarm, or "Swarm", 13 is a German ensemble performing instant compositions, directed by clarinetist Rudi Debrunner and saxophonist Max Stehle, who also provides conceptions for the band, which is comprised of reeds, guitar, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, double bass, and voice, presenting (appropriately) 13 improvisations captured live at Studioboerne45. |
![]() Schwerdt, Oliver: Storming Bauhaus [2 CDs] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Eschewing his many monikers (Birg Borgenthal, Elan Pauer and Ra Ra da Boff) pianist Oliver Schwerdt steps away from EUPHORIUM_freakestra, uses his given name, and takes the stage of the Bauhaus building in Dessau where such legends as Fred van Hove and Alexander von Schlippenbach have played, to record these four exemplary and extended, kinetic & free solo piano improvisations. |
![]() Skumsnes Moe, Guro / Philippe Petit: Guro Skumsnes Moe & Philippe Petit (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bringing together two noise improvisers and experimenters, Guro Skumsnes Moe from Sult and MoE performing on octabass & electric bass, and Philippe Petit (who has albums on Aural Terrains, Monotype and Bolt) performing on synthesizer and turntables, both also providing vocal utterance, for two thick journeys of twisted, diverse and often deep sonics bridged by an abstract interlude. |
![]() Smith, Wadada Leo Organic: Heart's Reflection [2 CDs] (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An incredible double CD from trumpeter Leo Smith's Organic with Michael Gregory, Pheeroan AkLaff, Angelica Sanchez, Skuli Sverrisson, Brandon Ross, &c &c... incredible electric and acoustic jazz from the legendary improviser and innovator! |
![]() Stangl, Burkhard / Kai Fagaschinski: Musik-Ein Portrat in Seh (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Occupying a unique area between composition & folk music, classical & jazz/improv, tension & serenity, these duos also include recordings from Klaus Filip and dieb13. |
![]() Swell, Steve: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Improviser (Swell Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A diverse and engrossing solo album from NY-based, global travelling trombonist Steve Swell, showing vast creative and technical skills through unusual techniques that balance with inventive and lyrical approaches to the horn, a tour-de-force of modern playing. |
![]() Takase, Aki / Christian Weber / Michael Griener: Auge (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Bringing an innate lyricism to free improvisation in the piano trio format, albeit a thoroughly modern take on that format where all performers are equal and active participants, from Aki Takase on piano, Christian Weber on bass, and Michael Griener on drums, performing five Takase originals, one from Griener & Takase, and 8 collective works. |
![]() Tamura, Natsuki / Satoko Fujii / Ramon Lopez: Mantle (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock While on a tour of Japan in 2019, Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and Spanish drummer Ramon Lopez asked trumpeter Natsuki Tamura to join them, and to join in a challenge to write a new piece of music for the trio each day while on tour; this studio album selects the finest of those compositions, performed with nearly telepathic control in a mix of fire and lyrical beauty. |
![]() Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 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. |
![]() Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fun, odd and eccentric album constructed from extracts of hours of tape reels and audio cassettes by Montreal turntablist Martin Tetrault, a mix of plunderphonic sources, unusual turntable technique, and experimental audio collage drawn from an insanely diverse set of sources, in this sequel to his 1992 "Snipettes!" cassette, here with 31 new fascinating miniatures. |
![]() Third Coast Ensemble: Wrecks (RogueArt -- Austria ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Merging France's Nautilis Ensemble with musicians from Chicago created this large improvising orchestra, here in a new suite composed by Rob Mazurek and dedicated to Great Lake Michigan and the devestation of thousands of shipwrecks over many centuries, using historical data, first hand accounts of shipwrecks off both shores, magical realism and steampunk aesthetics. |
![]() Toys'R Noise: Manivole [VINYL] (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using toys and handmade instruments alongside guitar, bass, synths, plundered recordings and electronics, the French Toys'R'Noise trio are a live performing group that borrows from electro-beat rock forms with overtones of IDM/ambient forms, building extended sections and then amusing with quick-witted sections that bridge a clear love of the music. |
![]() Ulher, Birgit / Franz Hautzinger: Kleine Trompetenmusik (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Translating to "Little Trumpet Music", the duo of trumpeters Birgit Uhler and Franz Hautzinger, Uhler also performing on radio & objects, use extreme techniques and approaches to their improvisations, focusing on extraneous sounds from their instruments in enigmatic and captivating ways, expansively defining reductionism in masterfully idiosyncratic ways. |
![]() Various Artists: 910 Noise Presents: Douceur Violente (ACK Recordings -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 910 Noise presents: Douceur Violente A 14 track compilation of electronic and noise artists from Wilmington, North Carolina. |
![]() Various: Amsterdam . Berlin . Moscow . Losoncy [2 CDs] (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A double album of experimental works and songs, virtual meetings curated by composer Dante Boon, recorded in the performer's individual cities as ensembles formed from musicians who have never met, including the Moscow duo The Same Ensemble of Sasha Elina and Kirill Shirokov, Amsterdamn's Seamus Cater's Tree Space, Berlin's Konzert Minimal, and sound artist Gabi Losoncy. |
![]() VocColours & Andrei Razin: Ganglia (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Four voices--Norbert Zajac, Brigitte Kupper, Gala Hummel, Iouri Grankin--sing and speak over the piano work of Russian improviser Andrei Razin in a moody and often startling album that set tonal environments or disorient the listener through constrasting layers of vocalization, as Razin darts among them or sets an atmosphere of lingering tones; often curious, frequently stunning. |
What Is Music / Volume 1: Liquid Metal Dreaming (MusicNow -- Great Britain ) Price: $4.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock
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![]() Wilmington Sound Orchestra: Play Russolo (Bad At Raving Foundation -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two interpretations of Luigi Russolo's 1914 Futurist noise composition "Risveglio Di Uns Citta" ("The Awakening Of A City"), performed forwards and backwards, from a live performance at Squidco headquarters in Wilmington, NC. |
![]() Windemo & Strid / Warnheim & Ingves: Split Series Vol. 1 (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two very different but openly creative improvising duos on a split CD, initiating the Swedish label and concert organizer FRIMS's split recording series: first 4 improvisations from legendary free improvisers Raymond Strid on drums & percussion and guitarist Mattias Windemo; then an extended dialog from new generation players Marcus Warnheim on alto saxophone and Karin Ivgves on piano. |
![]() Yuganaut: Sharks (Engine -- USA ) Price: $9.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock Eclectic and playful jazz from the trio of Tom Abss on bass instruments, Stephen Rush on keyboards, trombone and toys, and Geoff Mann on drums, percussion and trumpet. |
![]() Zetterberg, Torbjorn & The Great Question: Live (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Caught live at Jazzklubb Fasching in his home of Stockholm, Swedish bassist Torbjorn Zetterberg's The Great Question band with Susana Santos Silva on trumpet, Mats Aleklint on trombone, Jonas Kullhammar on saxophone & flute, Alberto Pinton on reeds, and Jon Falt on drums, perform 6 inventive compositions in an amazing concert of modern, upbeat, innovative jazz. |
![]() Zorn, John Incerto (Marsella / Smith / Lage / Roeder): Full Fathom Five (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Zorn expands the canon for his lyrical jazz quartet Incerto of Brian Marsella on piano, Ches Smith on drums & Haitian Tanbou, Julian Lage on guitar and Jorge Roeder on bass, composing a suite of seven subtle and passionate nocturnes inspired by the night imagery of Shakespeare, merging jazz and chamber forms with a Downtown NY sensibility; gorgeous. |
![]() Zorn, John: Azoth (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two compositions by John Zorn for solo cello and two works for cello and rhythm section, performed by cellists Jay Campbell (JACK Quartet) and Michael Nicolas (Brooklyn Rider, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)), with drummer Ches Smith and bassist Jorge Roeder taking the rhythm chairs; exciting and innovative compositions in virtuoso performances. |
![]() Zorn, John: Les Maudits (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An outrageous interpretation of Alfred Jarry's fictional character Ubu performed with with the International Contemporary Ensemble and core Downtown New York performers Ikue Mori, Ches Smith and Zorn himself, using Zorn's quick cut approach to composition; presented along with a work inspired by French poet Charles Baudelaire and an elegy to painter Paul Gauguin. |
![]() Zorn, John: New Masada Quartet (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock John Zorn remakes his Masada Quartet with the new quartet of Kenny Wollesen on drums, Julian Lage on guitar, Jorge Roeder on bass, and the leader and composer himself on alto saxophone, the band having honed the elements of the Masada Songbook through live performance in NYC since 2019, here captured in Bill Laswell's studio in 2021 for 8 lyrically ecstatic recordings. |
![]() Zorn, John: Transmigration Of The Magus (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Inspired by the Gnostic philosophies of the Nag Hammadi library, Zorn invokes the mystical journey of the soul through the bardo as a tribute to the passing of Lou Reed, presented by his Gnostic Trio of Bill Frisell, Kenny Wollesen, and Carol Emanuel, plus guests. |
![]() Schlippenbach Trio: Winterreise (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock |
![]() Cutler, Chris: Twice Around the Earth [Used Item] (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Dorner, Axel & Mark Sanders: Stonecipher (Fataka -- Great Britain ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The mystifying duo of Axel Dorner (trumpet, electronics) and Mark Sanders (drums, percussion) blurs the line between electronic and acoustic in this enthralling album. |
![]() Mori, Ikue & Steve Noble: Prediction and Warning (Fataka -- Great Britain ) Price: $11.50 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Drummer Steve Noble assaults his drum kit in a way that excellently parallels Ikue Mori's electronics, producing an enthralling blend of acoustic and electronic music. |
![]() Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |
![]() Guionnet / La Casa / Samartzis / Warburton: Parking (Collection Paris) (Swarming -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two improvisations by saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet & violinist Dan Warburton recorded in Paris & Melbourne parking garages 14 years apart, registering the behavior and characteristics of environmental and instrumental sound within these unique spaces, edited by Eric La Casa and Philip Samartzis as a 4-channel master by synchronizing two sets of independent stereo recordings. |
![]() Science Group, The (Cutler > Tickmayer > Drake): ...A Mere Coincidence... (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock |
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Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
AMM (Previost / Rowe / Tilbury): An Unintended Legacy [3 CDs]
Morris, Joe: Perpetual Frontier The Properties of Free Music [BOOK]
Neto Quartet, Alipio C.: The Perfume Comes Before The Flower
Bisio, Michael / Kirk Knuffke Duo: Row for William O.
Courvoisier, Sylvie / Mary Halvorson: Crop Circles
Fujiwara, Tomas / Ben Goldberg / Mary Halvorson: The Out Louds
Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning
Corsano / Courviosier / Wooley: Salt Task
Halvorson, Mary / Kirk Knuffke / Matt Wilson: Sifter
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Lyons, Jimmy : Push Pull [2 CDs]
Van Hove, Fred / Roger Turner: The Corner
Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey: Buoyancy
Alcorn, Susan: Soledad
Parker, Evan & Sylvie Courvoisier: Either Or And
Graves, Milford / Don Pullen: The Complete Yale Concert, 1966
McPhee / Saft / Morris / Downs: Ticonderoga
Bisio, Michael (w/ Kirk Knuffke / Art Bailey / Michael Wimberly): Accortet
Baars, Ab / Ig Henneman / Ingrid Laubrock / Tom Rainey: Perch Hen Brock & Rainy | Live @ The Jazz H