Bailey, Derek / Han Bennink / Evan Parker
Topographie Parisienne [4 CDs]
(Fou Records)
Recorded
in 1981 by audio engineer and label owner Jean-Marc Foussat, the trio
of guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Evan Parker, and
drummer/multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink are heard in an amazing
evening of performance at 28 rue Dunois, in Paris, France, in duo and
trio configurations, exploring material similar to Parker's "Topography
of the Lungs"; essential.
Giuffre, Jimmy 3 (w / Bley / Swallow)
Graz Live 1961
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
After
introducing his new trio with pianist Paul Bley and double bassist
Steve Swallow in two 1961 albums on Verve, clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre
embarked on a tour of Europe, this recently discovered, well-recorded
concert in Graf, Austria the perfect example of his unique concepts
yielding intensely focused, harmonically challenging, rhythmically
abstract, and exquisite chamber jazz.
Brown, Marion
Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee (remastered)
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Merging
and remastering two essential albums from free jazz saxophonist Marion
Brown: his 1966 ESP album "Marion Brown Quartet" with trumpeter Alan
Shorter, bassist Reggie Johnson and percussionist Rahied Ali; and his
1967 Fontana album "Juba-Lee" in a septet with Reggie Johnson, drummer
Beaver Harris, pianist Dave Burrell, trombonist Grachan Moncur III &
saxophonist Bennie Maupin.
Coltrane, John Quartet
Impressions Graz 1962
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Taking
his quartet on a European tour in the fall of 1962, Coltrane's band
with McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on double bass, and Elvin
Jones on drums performed in Graz, Austria at Stefaniensaal, the concert
beautifully recorded by ORF Steiermark and here released as the first of
two volumes, showing both Coltrane's lyrical origins and expanding free
inclinations.
Ayler, Albert Quartets
Spirits To Ghosts Revisited (remastered)
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Three
variations of quartet settings from iconoclastic free jazz saxophonist
Albert Ayler, remastering and combining two Debut Records albums,
"Spirits" from 1964 with Norman Howard (trumpet), Sunny Murray (drums),
and alternating bass between Henry Grimes & Earle Henderson; and
1965's "Ghosts" on Debut Records with Don Cherry (trumpet), Gary Peacock
(bass), and Sunny Murray.
Feldman, Morton (Philip Thomas)
Piano [5 CD BOX SET]
(Another Timbre)
Containing
the majority of minimalist composer Morton Feldman's compositions for
solo piano, 3 CDs of short works and 2 for the magnificent "For Bunita
Marcus" and "Triadic Memories", performed by one of the foremost
interpreters of Feldman's work, Philip Thomas, and presented in a sturdy
5-CD box set with a 52 page booklet of notes from the performer and
artwork.
Koglmann, Franz Septet (w / Clark / Arcari / D'Agaro / Turkovic / Pasztor / Herbert)
Fruits Of Solitude
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
With
a superb septet of improvisers also versed in contemporary music,
trumpeter Franz Koglmann presents sophisticated compositions that
interject the concept of "solitude" in the three-part title track,
alongside Koglmann compositions and Jimmy Giuffre's "Finger Snapper",
using striking orchestration of trumpet, sax, clarinet, bassoon, oboe,
french horn, cello and double bass.
Angles 9
Beyond Us
(Clean Feed)
Now
a distinct edition of saxophonist Martin Kuchen's concept, the Angles 9
ensemble is captured live at the Zomer Jazz Fiets Tour in The
Netherlands in 2018, performing Kuchen's embraceable and lyrical
compositions, allowing his masterful band--including Magnus Broo, Johan
Berthling, Mattias Stahl, &c.--great opportunities for collective
playing and profound soloing.
Rivers, Sam / Cecil McBee / Norman Connors
Emanation (Sam Rivers archive sessions. Vol.1)
(NoBusiness)
The
NoBusiness label initiates its Sam Rivers Archive Series with this CD
of River's Loft-era trio. the leader on tenor & soprano saxophones,
flute & Piano, Cecil McBee on bass and Norman Connors on drums, for
two sets at a Jazz Workshop residency in Boston in the summer of 1971, a
superb concert showing inspired group interaction and River's intense
focus.
Lewis, James Brandon (Lewis / Branch / Stewart / Pirog / Crudup III)
An Unruly Manifesto
(Relative Pitch)
New
York tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis leads a quintet with Jaimie
Branch on trumpet, Luke Stewart on bass, Anthony Pirog on guitar, and
Warren Trae Crudup III on drums, in a free jazz album dedicated to
Charlie Haden & Ornette Coleman and Surrealism, modern creative
music with one foot planted in the 70s and one in the 2010s.
Pavone, Mario Dialect Trio
Philosophy
(Clean Feed)
Three
in-demand New York improvisers--Mario Pavone on double bass, Matt
Mitchell on piano, and Tyshawn Sorey on drums-- recording in the studio
in one of the premiere spaces in the Metropolitan area, Firehouse 12,
resulting in this profoundly authoritatve piano trio album, with five
Pavone original compositions, two from Annette Peacock, and one
collective improv.
Parker, Evan / Kinetics (Anderskove / Melbye / Vestergaard)
Chiasm
(Clean Feed)
Performing
live at The Vortex in London and live at the DKDM studio in Copenhagen,
legendary UK saxophonist Evan Parker joins Swedish pianist Jacob
Anderskov's trio Kinetics with Adam Pultz Melbye on bass and Anders
Vestergaard on drums, recording these four masterful improvisations of
full-force momentum, concentration, exploration and exultation.
Shipp, Matthew
Invisible Light, Live Sao Paulo
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Captured
live at the 2016 Jazz at the Factory Festival in Sao Paulo, this
addition to New York pianist Matthew Shipp's catalog finds the masterful
player presenting his own compositions like "Symbol Systems", "Gamma
Ray" or "Invisible" light alongside unique takes on "Angel Eyes", "On
Green Dolphin Street", "Yesterdays" and "Summertime".
Copland, Marc / Drew Gress / Joey Baron
And I Love Her
(Illusions/Mirage)
Brought
together originally as the rhythm section for John Abercrombie, the
trio of pianist Marc Copland, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Joey Baron
have continued on as a performing trio, heard here in NYC for a lyrical
set of standards, popular tunes, and originals including pieces by
Coltrane, Hancock, Lennon-McCartney, Cole Porter, and John Abercrombie.
Fictive Five, The (Ochs / Wooley / Filiano / Niggenkemper / Eisenstadt)
Anything Is Possible
(Clean Feed)
A
tour-de-force of modern creative jazz from the quintet of Larry Ochs on
tenor & sopranino saxophones, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano
on bass & effects, Pascal Niggenkemper on bass & effects, and
Harris Eisenstadt on drums, the familiar history of the musicians and
the staggering skill of each bearing out the album's title, in 2
collective and 3 Ochs compositions.
Fujii, Satoko ma-do
Heat Wave
(Libra)
Satako
Fujii's 2008 release introducing her then new ma-do quartet of Satoko
Fujii on piano, Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, Akira Horikoshi on drums, and
late bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu, the band name signifying "window" and
"the silence between notes", in an album of superb, lively, eclectic and
absolutely exciting improvisation from 9 original Fujii compositions.
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (feat. Marilyn Crispell / Evan Parker)
Parallel Moments Unbroken [2CDS]
(FMR)
Scottland's
large improvising ensemble of around 20 musicians, merging backgrounds
in free improvisation, jazz, classical, folk, pop, experimental musics
and performance art, in a 2-CD release of a piece commissioned by the
BBC and featuring pianist Marilyn Crispell and saxophist Evan Parker,
written using graphic scores, through composition, photographs and
artwork.
Ochs, Larry / Gerald Cleaver / Nels Cline
What Is To Be Done
(Clean Feed)
The
first release from the trio of Nels Cline, Gerald Cleaver, and Larry
Ochs in a 2016 concert at Gallery5 Arts, in Richmond, Virginia, captured
as part of the trio's series touring around the Northeast each December
since 2015, playing what Larry Ochs describes as music that "seeks
sonically to soothe, to inspire, and to conspire", in three urgent and
powerful improvisations.
Dunmall, Paul Sun Ship Quartet (Skidmore / Kjaer / Solberg / Wastell)
John Coltrane 50Th Memorial Concert At Cafe Oto [2 CDs]
(Confront)
A
stellar line-up commemorateing the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane's
passing, showcasing Paul Dunmall's blistering Coltrane-influenced
quartet together with special guest, lifelong Coltrane devotee
saxophonist Alan Skidmore, and also marking the premiere performance of
the newly formed international trio of Julie Kjaer (DK), Mark Wastell
(GB) and Stale Liavik Solberg (NOR).
Braxton, Anthony (w/ Nels Cline, Greg Saunier, Taylor Ho Bynum)
Quartet (New Haven) 2014 [4 CDs]
(Firehouse 12 Records)
A
4-CD box set documenting the meeting of a quartet featuring
saxophonist, composer and conceptualist Anthony Braxton alongside
improvising guitarist and Wilco star Nels Cline, drummer and Deerhoof
founder Greg Saunier, and trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum, each CD an
hour-long, wide-ranging set leaving behind genre imitations as they
perform Braxton's colorful graphic score.
Dresser, Mark Seven (Nicole Mitchell / Ehlrlich / GoGwilt / Dessen / White / Black / McLagan)
Ain't Nothing But A Cyber Coup & You
(Clean Feed)
The
2nd album for East/West Coast double bassist and composer Mark
Dresser's Seven band, in a diverse set of lyrically intricate Dresser
compositions using unusual and compelling rhythmic structures, with
Nicole Mitchell on flute, Marty Ehrlich on clarinets & sax, Keir
GoGwilt on violin, Michael Dessen on trombone, Joshua White on piano,
and Jim Black on drums.
Bynum, Taylor Ho 9-tette
The Ambiguity Manifesto
(Firehouse 12 Records)
Grown
from a sextet to this 9-tette, cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum's
ensemble brings together some of the finest improvisers from the Boston
and New York scenes for compositions that merge orchestration and allow
flexibility in interpretation, as heard in these 7 lyrical pieces, the
last 3 turning the first 3 on their heads in reworked, expanded
versions.
Gayle, Charles / John Edwards / Mark Sanders
Seasons Changing [2 CDs]
(Otoroku)
Recorded
at Cafe Oto in London in 2017, legendary NY free jazz saxophonist
Charles Gayle is joined by masterful free improvisers John Edwards on
double bass and Mark Sanders for two live sets, released here in a
limited 2-CD album, presenting the fire and range of all three players,
from full-on aggressive and confrontational playing to deeply
introspective.
McPhee, Joe / Lol Coxhill / Chris Corsano / Evan Parker
Tree Dancing
(Otoroku)
A
2010 recording at London's Cafe Oto by the London / New York quartet of
Lol Coxhill on soprano saxophone, Evan Parker on saxophones, Joe McPhee
on saxophones, and Chris Corsano on drums & percussion, with McPhee
introducing the set and starting with a tribute to Ornette Coleman, as
the four perform seven intense "dances" as duos, trios and full quartet.
Brotzmann / Schlippenbach / Bennink
Fifty Years After... Live at the Lila Eule 2018
(Trost Records)
50
years after saxophonist Peter Brotzmann's Octet recorded the legendary
"Machine Gun" album, the trio of Berlin pianist, composer Alexander von
Schlippenbach and Dutch percussionist Han Bennink commemorated the album
at Lila Eule in Bremen, the concert heard here so successful that the
trio decided to release the album and continue on as a working trio.
Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin and George Lewis
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
The
innovative string trio of Daniel Studer on double bass, Harald Kimmig
on violin, and Alfred Zimmerlin on cello, develop focused environments
of timbre, texture, dynamic and space, seemingly abstract yet incredibly
concentrative and virtuosic interaction, here joined by Chicago
trombonist and electronics artist George Lewis adding a 4th profound
layer to their incredible conversation.
Baczkowski / Lopez / Corsano
Old Smoke
(Relative Pitch)
This
smoking album of free jazz leads the New York trio of Steve Baczkowski
on saxophone, Brandon Lopez on bass, and Chris Corsano on drums to fiery
playing as they burn up the stage at Hallwall, in Buffalo, New York in
2018, over seven concise collective conversations expressing both
passion, restraint, and profoundly masterful skill.
Konitz, Lee, Don Friedman & Attila Zoller
Thingin [2000 Edition]
(Hatology)
Reissue
and fresh master of saxophonist Lee Konitz, pianist Don Friedman and
guitarist Attila Zoller's great 1995 Hat release, original compositions
of live melodic interplay.
Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez
Confluence
(Libra)
Having
played in trio settings before, pianist Satoko Fujii and Spanish
drummer Ramon Lopez seized the opportunity to record as a duo in the
studio in NY, bringing just two Fujii compositions to guide them, they
began freely improvising, creating this stunning album of elegant
interaction, peaceful yet detailed, intuitively beautiful and
sophisticated music.
Pinhas, Richard / Tatsuya Yoshida
Ascension
(Magaibutsu Limited)
The
collaboration between Magaibutsu label leader, Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins,
Korekyojinn, Koenji, The World Heritage, &c) on drums, keyboards
& voice, and Heldon mastermind Richard Pinhas on guitar &
effects, continues with this CD of live material from their 2014
Japanese tour, extending the 2015 "Live in Japan" album, including the
8-part "Ascension".
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Edited by snobb - 12 Jan 2020 at 11:20pm