Roscoe MitchellNot Yet A monumental recording of recent concert works by Roscoe Mitchell, for solo percussion, alto saxophone & piano, string quartet, alto saxophoneread more...
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Revolutionary Ensemble, Jerome Cooper, Leroy Jenkins, SironeCounterparts "They morph seamlessly into lengthy, imaginatively conceived improvs, wherein the band's gift for spontaneous composition is given freeread more...
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Richard TeitelbaumSolo Live In 1973 composer/performer Richard Teitelbaum wrote a piece based on listening to and playing very softly with the distant sound of a highway asread more...
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Particle Ensemble, Thomas Buckner, JD Parran, Mari Kimura, Earl HowardParticle Ensemble Thomas Buckner, Earl Howard, Mari Kimura, and J D Parran join forces in the Particle Ensemble. The ensemble - formed after several successfulread more...
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Fred Ho, Quincy Saulpresent The Music of Cal Massey: A Tribute "What Fred Ho has done with his orchestra here is quite remarkable— the first recording ever of Massey’s 1970 10-movement “read more...
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JB FloydAnother Time and Place This compilation of JB Floyd's Keyboard Music with the aid of the Yamaha Disklavier, spanning over 30 years of his career, signifies the greatread more...
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Dan JosephTonalization (for the afterlife) This latest collection of chamber works by New York-based composer and hammer dulcimer player Dan Joseph has as its central work the 33-minuteread more...
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Fred Ho, Green Monster Big BandThe Sweet Science Suite "Ho’s arrangements are as outstanding and unique as Ali’s boxing style." Ken Waxman, JazzWord
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Fred Ho, the Saxophone Liberation FrontSnake-Eaters "...its disciplined/riotous sound suggests that he's not only still going after a long bout with cancer, but is still going strong.read more...
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Ostravská bandaOn Tour Formed in 2005 by Petr Kotík as the resident chamber orchestra for the biennial Ostrava Days, Ostravská banda consists of youngread more...
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Bun-Ching LamHeidelberg Concerts The compositions featured on Disc 1 attempt to translate poetic or artistic sentiments into sound. It presents the many different cultural traitsread more...
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Mari KimuraThe World Below G and Beyond Mari Kimura is a creative violinist carrying on the tradition of renovation and transformation of her instrument by composing for herself, usingread more...
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Robert Dick, Thomas BucknerFlutes & Voices Flutes & Voices is utterly brilliant improvisation, finding two longtime musicians in top form. Thomas Buckner and Robert Dick have somewhatread more...
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If, BwanaAssemble. Age! "This is strange, haunting, serious music, hardly the kind of stuff you're going to rave about in the pub with your pals, but somethingread more...
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JD ParranWindow Spirits "Each piece brings a world of surprise and drips with keen ear for detail. “Window Spirits” is a fine record shining attention toread more...
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Jerome CooperA Magical Approach Drummer/percussionist Jerome Cooper's fruitful musical legacy with the Revolutionary Ensemble and stints with saxophonist/composer Anthonyread more...
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Fred Ho, The Green Monster Big BandCelestial Green Monster On Celestial Green Monster, Fred Ho and the Green Monster Big Band - assembled from Ho¹s favorite musicians with whom he had the pleasure andread more...
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Connie Crothers, Michael BisioSession at 475 Kent Connie Crothers and Michael Bisio make an absolutely outstanding duo. The four improvised works on this recording radiate intensity and beauty.read more...
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Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe MitchellSpectrum "This is an important recording and it confirms my conviction as to the importance of these two composer-improvisers. It should expand theread more...
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JB FloydIn Crossing The Busy Street Here's the perfect example of how creativity can be ageless, transcending musical genres and not necessarily using an obscure and experimentalread more...
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Borah Bergman, Stefano PastorLive at Tortona The five pieces on this recording highlight Bergman's amazing ability to have each hand go its own way. Instead of accompaniment andread more...
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Tom HamiltonLocal Customs Tom Hamilton is unquestionably among the most inquisitive minds around. Local Customs explores some obscure notions about music theory andread more...
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Revolutionary Ensemble, Jerome Cooper, Leroy Jenkins, SironeBeyond the Boundary of Time Beyond the Boundary of Time documents one of the last live performances of the legendary Revolutionary Ensemble before Leroy Jenkins¹s deathread more...
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Thomas Buckner, Roscoe Mitchell, Jérôme Bourdellon, Dalila KhatirKirili et les Nymphéas This deluxe package includes a film by Jean-Paul Fargier Habiter le Présent/To Live the Present, featuring the musicians recorded atread more...
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Nils BultmannTerminally Unique Nils Bultmann plays a mean viola, handles keyboards well enough and improvises with vocals and breath for good measure. He has collaborated withread more...
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"Blue" Gene TyrannyThe Somewhere Songs "The most original aspect of Tyranny's works is the way they create continuity: they're tonal, yet rigorously asymmetrical. Theyread more...
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Thomas BucknerNew Music for Baritone & Chamber Ensemble Baritone Thomas Buckner performs works by Annea Lockwood (Luminescence), Tania Leon (Canto), and Petr Kotik (Conceptuality/Life) on this recordingread more...
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Timeless Pulse: , Pauline Oliveros, George Marsh, David Wessel, Jennifer Wilsey, Thomas BucknerQuintet "Timeless Pulse sometimes recalls the soundscapes of Gunter Muller, Butch Morris, David Shea and AMM, and is thus recommended to fans of themread more...
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Thomas Buckner, Jérôme BourdellonTotem "Totem is a brilliant disc from two masters of extemporized form, often spanning culture and time in each gesture. While I have long admiredread more...
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Dan JosephArchaea "A major player on the New York new-music scene...." - Time Out New York This recording consists of three extended chamber worksread more...
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W. A. MathieuThe Indian Parrot Mutable Music is pleased to announce this latest release by William Allaudin Mathieu, pianist, composer, teacher, recording artist, and author. Aread more...
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Leroy Jenkins, DriftwoodThe Art of Improvisation "Individually the four players are marvelous; collectively they are something special. This is a beautiful work." - Chris Kelsey, read more...
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Thomas Buckner, Mel Graves, George MarshHomage "This project is the product of over thirty years of musical collaboration and personal friendships. The three of us met in the San Franciscoread more...
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Earl Howard5 Saxophone Solos Earl Howard is a virtuoso saxophonist and has developed an extended repertoire for the instrument including Cinco Centavos for solo saxophone andread more...
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Thomas BucknerContexts "At once ethereal and earthy, Buckner travels the poles of idiomatic borrowings, referencing European intellectual art music and spontaneousread more...
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Borah Bergman, Lol Coxhill, Paul HessionActs of Love With a unique, two-handed approach that dispenses with the traditional notion of piano playing as competing or interlocking lines, Borah Bergmanread more...
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George Marsh, W. A. MathieuGame / No Game "The album's 21 tracks... generate engaging soundscapes that transcend the sublime feeling of rapture that possesses the improviser, andread more...
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David Rosenboom, JB Floyd, Trichy SankaranSuitable for Framing On April 19th, 1975, at Northern Illinois University, three musicians met in a milestone event from which emerged a unique, improvising trio withread more...
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Noah CreshevskyHyperrealism "I do not exaggerate when I say that I have never heard anything like Noah Creshevsky's music before - though I can hear the ghost ofread more...
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Roscoe MitchellSolo [3] Sudden music! All alone, unprotected, Roscoe Mitchell confronts Silence: the void, the vast unknown. One and a half of the 38 pieces in thisread more...
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Revolutionary Ensemble, (Jerome Cooper, Leroy Jenkins, Sirone)The Psyche In 1970 the idea of revolution was everywhere - the raging war in VietNam, the desperate antiwar protests that erupted, the ongoing civil rightsread more...
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Joseph BaconGuitar Music of Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), the greatest of Brazilian composers, was a man of instinct, vigor and passion; the antithesis of the academicread more...
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JB FloydTransporting Transmittance Much of pianist/composer/improviser J. B. Floyd’s music is keyboard centered and for many years he has explored the fascinating musicalread more...
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Earl HowardStrong Force "There is little in today's world of music that is more complex and challenging than Howard's ensemble scores, so alien to melody andread more...
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Mel GravesEar Shot "Ear Shot is nice music to dig while sipping your favorite beverage on your front steps on a sunny day (or one that deserves to be)."read more...
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Jerome Cooper, Thomas BucknerAlone, Together, Apart Jerome Cooper's playing here stands out for its uniquely light but driving touch, although he spends only a fraction of the disc on drumset,read more...
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Randy WestonAncient Future "In African music," Randy Weston observed in a 1998 interview, "there aren't the categories of the past, the present and theread more...
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Thomas Buckner, Tom HamiltonJump the Circle, Jump the Line "This is the kind of music that backs my dreams (& occasionally my nitemares) up! A totally different (but quality) musical adventure.read more...
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Jerome CooperIn Concert: From There to Hear "Imagine a drummer who plays this flute with one hand, bass drum and high-hat with his feet, and triggers drum loops, chord sequences andread more...
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Roscoe Mitchell, Thomas Buckner8 O'Clock: Two Improvisations The full spectrum voice of baritone Thomas Buckner has been heard for more than two decades in questing improvisations alongside multi-read more...
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Big BlackEthnic Fusion Big Black had more than his usual accumulation of drums set on one side of the room. Tumbas, congas, bongos, miscellaneous percussion devices.read more...
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Mel GravesDay of Love This album was the culmination of thirty years' worth of Graves' musical exploration. Ostensibly a jazz album, the disc explores lyricalread more...
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Muhal Richard AbramsThe Visibility of Thought This is the first CD with chamber music by Muhal Richard Abrams, one of the most highly respected musicians in the contemporary music scene. He isread more...
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Thomas Buckner, Roscoe MitchellSpace - New Music for Woodwinds and Voice/An Interesting Breakfast Conversation "Putting Roscoe Mitchell, Thomas Buckner and Gerald Oshita in a room together is as good a way as any to ensure a high level of freakiness.read more...
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