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Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet:
Sax QT (Lorraine) 2022 [4 CDs] (I Dischi di Angelica)

A complement to the New Braxton House Lorraine box, these live performances of
Anthony Braxton's Lorraine system are performed in four European cities by
Braxton himself on alto, soprano & sopranino saxophones, James Fei on sopranino
& alto saxophones, Chris Jonas on alto & tenor saxophonse, Ingrid Laubrock on
soprano & tenor saxophones, and Andre Vida on baritone, tenor and soprano
saxophones. ... Click to View


Anthony Braxton :
Solo Bern 1984 First Visit (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Thirteen years after his breakthrough solo saxophone album For Alto, Anthony
Braxton is heard in an inventive solo concert on the same instrument, performing
at the Altes Schlachthaus Theatre in Bern, Switzerland for a set of original
numbered compositions, the standards "Alone Together" and "I Remember You", and
two Coltrane pieces: "Giant Steps" and "Naima". ... Click to View


Simon Nabatov:
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viola, cellos, bass and drums. ... Click to View


Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp:
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transcendent and turbulent spaces spanning improvisation and composition,
detailed in a 24-page booklet with collages from Ellsworth Kelly. ... Click to
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David Leon:
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unpredictable and continuously intriguing improv. ... Click to View


Barry Chabala / Clara Byom:
(un) natural (Roeba)

The first meeting between two improvisers also versed in contemporary and avant
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Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Madeira / Taylor / Parrinha / Taubenfeld / Carmelo /
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In four parts this primarily acoustic octet of Lisbon improvisers evolve a
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converstations; with Ernesto & Guilherme Rodriguez, João Madeira, Noel Taylor,
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Zosha Warpeha :
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fiddle in works that seemingly suspend time despite beguiling momentum. ...
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Christoph Gallio / Roger Turner:
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During a sabbatical in London, Swiss saxophonist Christoph Gallio (Day & Taxi)
renewed his friendship with percussionist Roger Turner, with whom he had
performed in a trio with Urs Leimgruber; meeting at Turner's London flat, they
developed the spontaneous language heard on this freely improvised album, Gallio
on soprano, alto & C-melody saxophones and Turner on drums & distinctive
percussive devices. ... Click to View


Alex Hendriksen / Fabian Gisler / Paul Amereller:
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on drums present an album of standards, including pieces by Tadd Dameron, Billy
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with extraordinary band interplay and individual soloing. ... Click to View


Nick Dunston:
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A wild "Afro-Surrealist Anti-Opera" from composer & bassist Nick Dunston,
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vocalists, in a gripping hybrid of acoustic and electronic music, using the
studio for post-processing to create Dunston's self-described "warped
narrative", an understatement for this incredibly passionate, surreal and
absolutely impressive work. ... Click to View


Carlos Bechegas / Ernesto Rodrigues / Carlos Santos:
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Lisbon contemporary flutist and improviser Carlos Bechegas, an associate of
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long-time collaborator Carlos Santos in a uniquely electronic, chamber-oriented,
mysteriously crepuscular improvisation captured live at Casa do Comum, Lisbon,
Portugal during the 2024 "SpectraLx" event. ... Click to View


Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin:
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Driven by compelling rhythms and subtle interactions that wind around them, the
trio of guitarist Oren Ambarchi, bassist Johan Berthling and drummer Andreas
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fusing "funk-jazz heads, polyrhythmic skeletons, ambient pastorals, post-kraut
drones and shimmering soundtrack reveries". ... Click to View


Ryuichi Yoshida :
Sakai (Doubtmusic)

Known for his band Blacksheep, along with Gatos Meeting, OKHP, Satoko Fujii
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saxophonist steps out solo for twelve works, eight improvisations and four
compositions, blurring the line between approaches, executed with Yoshida's rich
tone, multiphonic accents, and powerful sonic pressure on the big reed. ...
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Liam Hockley (Avram / Chrysakis / Dumitrescu / Radulescu):
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Canadian clarinetist Liam Hockley, a dedicated advocate for new and experimental
music, performs compositions on a relatively obscure member of the clarinet
family, the basset horn, alone and in layers of up to seven horns, in pieces
from Romanian spectral composers Ana Maria Avram, Iancu Dumitrescu, and Horatiu
Radulescu, along with a contemporary work by Thanos Chrysakis. ... Click to View


Leap Of Faith:
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The core duet of the Boston collective Leap of Faith Orchestra comprised of
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cello, aquasonic & voice, are joined by bassist Albey onBass, drummer Eric
Rosenthal, guitarist Tor Snyder and brass player John Fugarino, making a strong
sextet with a powerful string section in this extended improvisation. ... Click
to View


Ensemble 5 (Geisser / Blumer / Staub / Morgenthaler / Dell):
The Human Factor (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

The long-running quartet of percussionist Heinz Geisser, bassist Fridolin
Blumer, pianist Reto Staub and trombonist Robert Morgenthaler have for years
extended their 4-tet with a 5th guest, here asking vibraphonist Christopher Dell
to join them in the studio after a successful live performance in the spring of
2022, capturing this spectacular, wide-ranging example of collective
improvisation. ... Click to View


Kenny Dorham:
Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia To Matador - Revisited (ezz-thetics by
Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Revisiting and remastering two essential albums from New York hard bop trumpeter
Kenny Dorham, a tremendous musican who died much too young but left a legacy of
20 albums as a leader, here in his 1956 Blue Note album in a sextet that
included Bobby Timmons and Kenny Burrell, and his 1963 United Artists Jazz album
in a quintet with Jackie McLean, Bobby Timmons, Teddy Smith and JC. Moses. ...
Click to View


Silvan Schmid / Tom Wheatley / Eddie Prevost:
The Wandering One - High Laver Levitation Volume 2 (Matchless)

A live recording of freely improvised improv captured at All Hallows Church in
High Laver, Essex in 2023 from the trio of AMM drummer and Matchless
label-leader Eddie Prévost, Zürich and Maastricht trumpeter Silvan Shmid, and
London double bassist Tom Wheatley of the group Widdershins, heard in three
investigative conversations of great creative drive. ... Click to View


Natsuki Tamura / Jim Black:
NatJim (Libra)

Right out of the gate one feels the energy and excitement between Japanese
trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and NY drummer Jim Black, each pushing the other
through strong instrumental character and outrageous technique over nine Tamura
compositions recorded in the studio in Switzerland, their first recording in 25
years since their 1999 Buzz Records album White and Blue. ... Click to View


Joe Mcphee / Ken Vandermark:
Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

27 concise poems written and read by saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Joe
McPhee, punctuated by 9 musical interludes between McPhee on soprano sax and
Chicago reedist Ken Vandermark on clarinet and bass, fortifying McPhee's
captivating words that mix life observations among jazz references to Dolphy,
Monk, Brötzmann, Coleman, &c.; a truly embraceable "book" of poetry. ... Click
to View


Birgit Ulher:
Split Friction - Audiovisual Works [BOOK] (Private)

Published on the occasion of Birgit Ulher's exhibition Split Friction at Errant
Sound in Berlin from November 24-26, 2023, an interdisciplinary project spanning
the intersection between exhibition, video, performance, concert and sound
installation, documented in this 96 page full-color book with images from the
installation, graphic scores, and essays in English & German. ... Click to View


STHLM svaga:
Plays Carter, Plays Mitchell, Plays Shepp (thanatosis produktion)

The Swedish free jazz septet STHLM svaga work at the liminal edges of delicate
improvisation and song, for this album commissioning works from Archie Shepp,
Ron Carter and Roscoe Mitchell, Carter traveling to Stockholm to provide
guidance on his composition "Desert Lament"; the band also performs Coltrane's
"Jupiter" and Per Henrik Wallin's piece "Winter Rhapsody". ... Click to View


Bob Drake:
The Room In The Tower (Crumbling Tones)

A great set of 11 succinct songs and instrumentals from multi-instrumentalist,
prog icon Bob Drake of Thinking Plague, The Science Group, VRIL, and Peter
Blegvad fame, vignettes that play with pop formats in insidious ways around
recurring Drake themes including a Planet of Dogs, three rustic tales, and a
perturbing room in the tower, all noted in a colored foldout poster with lyrics.
... Click to View


Space (Ullen / Bergman / Lund):
Embrace the Space (Relative Pitch)

A startlingly exciting album of piano trio jazz from three creative innovators,
in the followup to the 2022 debut of the Swedish Space Trio of Lisa Ullen on
piano, Elsa Bergman on double bass and Anna Lund on drums, recording in the
studio for eight collective improvisations of extremely well matched, highly
interactive and exhilarating modern improv. ... Click to View


Yedo Gibson:
Conic Tube (Relative Pitch)

Born in São Paulo, Brazil and working in Amsterdam and Lisbon, and also part of
the London Improvisers Orchestra, Yedo Gibson unleashes an album of solo
improvisation on the soprano and tenor saxophones, his "conic tubes" which he
uses to express the potential to change environment and energy through
technically impressive, expressive playing. ... Click to View


Rodrigues / Rodrigues:
Intenso como o Mar (Creative Sources)

With the nearly telepathic communication that only a father & son duo could
have, Lisbon violist and Creative Sources label leader Ernesto Rodridgues and
cellist Guilherme Rodrigues recorded these two string improvisations live at
Cossoul in Lisbon during the "Esta Noite Improvisa-se", a melding of remarkable
technique, concentration and profound expression. ... Click to View


Violaine Gestalder :
Furtive (Creative Sources)

With an impressive resume in improvised and contemporary forms, French
saxophonist Violaíne Gestalder presents three major conceptual works for
multiple players, using studio layering to perform all parts herself on soprano
sax, voice & effects, a comprehensive, yearning, powerful and often mysteriously
beautiful album that draws on her skills as a composer, improviser and
experimenter. ... Click to View


Loris Binot / Violaine Gestalder :
Loris Binot & Violaine Gestalder (Creative Sources)

A contemplative and building collection of electroacoustic improvisations from
French alto & soprano saxophonist Violaine Gestalder, augmenting her horn with
effect pedals, and pianist Loris Binot, using preparations, magnetic bows and
electronics to create sustained and percussive elements, recording in the CIM
auditorium in Bal-Le-Duc, France for five rich and fascinating dialogs. ...
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hatOLOGY and related labels set the bar for excellent sound many years ago, and
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