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KYLE BRUCKMANN'S: WRACK
"CRACKED REFRACTION" 
WRACK SKIRTS THE BOUNDARIES OF
AN EVER-EVOLVING MUSIC TRADITION. IT IS A CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WITH HIGHLY UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTATION AND A BOOK OF COMPOSITIONS
TAILOR-MADE FOR THE MEMBERS. |
DENMAN MARONEY "DOUBLE ZERO" 
A LIVE SOLO PIANO RECORDING WHICH INVOLVES BOWING AND SLIDING THE STRINGS WITH COPPER BARS, STEEL CYLINDERS,
TIBETAN PRAYER BOWLS, RUBBER BLOCKS AND CD CASES THAT CREATES A UNIQUE SONIC VOCABULARY. |
TAYLOR HO BYNUM,
JOE MORRIS, SARA SCHOENBECK "NEXT" 
WITH INTENSE FOCUS THE MUSICIANS CREATE OTHER WORLDLY SOUNDS, THAT MELD TOGETHER, CREATING
A SINGULAR VISION OF STRIKING- LY COMPLEX IMPROVISED MUSIC. . |
HEIKKI SARMANTO "EVERYTHING IS IT" 
A LONG OVER DUE REISSUE OF THIS FINNISH BIG BAND MASTER PIECE. AVAILABLE ON CD, DIGITAL AND LIMITED EDITION LP. . . . |
THE LOUIE BELOGENIS
TRIO "TIRESIAS" 
A STUNNING AND BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED ALBUM FROM LOUIE BELOGENIS
WITH SUNNY MURRAY AND MICHAEL BISO, THAT INVOKES THE SPRIT OF ALBERT AYLER. . |
WARREN SMITH "DRAGON DAVE..." 
ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON CASSETTE IN
1988, THIS EPIC RECORDING IS A THEATRICAL TALE ABOUT THE COLD WAR THAT EMBRACES JAZZ, FREE JAZZ, BLUES, BIG BAND, SOUL
AND SPOKEN WORD. |
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IMPORTANT
REISSUE FROM FINLAND. VERSATILE MUSIC THAT RANGES FROM JAZZ, FUSION AND FOLK TO ROCK AND EVEN CLASSICAL. . . |
ECO D'ALBERI "ECO D'ALBERI" 
RAW AND POWERFUL FREE JAZZ FROM
ITALY WITH EDOARDO MARRAFFA, ALBERTO BRAIDA, FABRIZIO SPERA AND ANTONIO BORGHINI.
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ODEAN POPE "UNIVERSAL SOUNDS" 
NEW STUDIO RECORDING FROM ODEAN POPE WITH MARSHALL ALLEN, WARREN SMITH, LEE SMITH, CRAIG MCIVER AND JIM HAMILTON . . |
EERO KOIVISTOINEN
"3RD VERSION" 
IMPORTANT REISSUE THAT DIVES DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE FINNISH JAZZ / FUSION SCENE DURING THE EARLY 1970'S. . .
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THE LOU GRASSI PO BAND "LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY VOL. 1"
A STUNNING LIVE RECORDING FROM 2000 WITH LOU GRASSI, MARSHALL ALLEN,
PAUL SMOKER, STEVE SWELL, PERRY ROBINSON & WILBER MORRIS. . .
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A LUSH AND BEAUTIFUL ALBUM WITH FORWARD THINKING COMPOSITIONS. PRODUCED AND WITH COMPOSITIONS
BY MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON (FLYING LOTUS, SUITE FOR MA DUKES).
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HENRY GRIMES, RASHIED
ALI "SPIRITS ALOFT" 
ASTONISHING INTERPLAY BETWEEN TWO MASTERS OF IMPROVISED
MUSIC. DRUMS, BASS, VIOLIN AND POETRY, SERPENTINE INTO A STUNNING MANIFESTATION OF SOUND. |
CATALYST "THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 1 & 2" 
ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ FUSION GROUPS TO COME OUT OF THE
1970'S! FUNK, JAZZ, SPIRITUAL, SOUL AND THE AVANT GARDE BLEND IN A STEW OF SONIC PER-FECTION. |
MATT BAUDER "PAPER GARDENS" 
VARYING
TEXTURES OF IMPROVISATION AND EXPANSION, FROM THE SIMPLE TO THE COMPLEX. . . . |
RECENTLY FOUND LIVE RECORDING FROM 1965 OF BURTON GREENE PERFORMING
WITH MARION BROWN, RASHIED ALI AND REGGIE JOHNSON. |
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IMPROVISED MODERN COMPOSITIONS WITH ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONICS. |
REISSUE FROM 1972, WITH BYARD LANCASTER, KHAN JAMAL,
MONNETTE SUDLER, OMAR HILL, DWIGHT JAMES, RASHID SALIM AND BILLY MILLS. |
KATHERINE
YOUNG "FURTHER SECRET ORIGINS"
MODERN COMPOSER KATHERINE YOUNG EXPLORES THE FULL RANGE OF THE BASSOON IN THIS REMARKABLE SOLO RECORDING. . . |
ELLIOTT LEVIN MEETS THE SEESAW ENSEMBLE
FREE SPIRITUAL PSYCHEDELIC JAZZ
WITH ONE FOOT ROOTED IN THE 1960s AND THE OTHER PLANTED FIRMLY IN THE FUTURE. FOR FANS OF ALICE COLTRANE
AND SUN RA. |
PROFOUND
SOUND TRIO "OPUS DE LIFE"
EXPLOSIVE FREE JAZZ RECORDED LIVE AT THE 2008 VISION FESTIVAL. THE
PROFOUND SOUND TRIO IS THE COMBINED FORCES OF ANDREW CYRILLE, PAUL DUNMALL AND HENRY GRIMES.
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OLD DOG "BY ANY OTHER NAME"
A MIX OF TRADITIONAL JAZZ AND FREE JAZZ NOT TIED DOWN
BY ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF WHAT JAZZ SHOULD BE. . . |
WOOLEY / LONBERG-HOLM / ROEBKE
"THROW DOWN
YOUR HAMMER AND SING"
TWISTED ELECTRO ACOUSTIC IMPROV-ISATIONS THAT EBB
AND FLOW BETWEEN TRUMPET, CELLO, BASS AND ELECTRONICS. . . |
THE NU BAND "LOWER EAST SIDE BLUES"
THE NU BAND MIXES FREE
JAZZ WITH THE THEMES OF POST BE-BOP CREATING A DYNAMIC TAKE ON JAZZ. . .
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FAB TRIO "LIVE IN AMSTERDAM"
WITH JOE
FONDA, BARRY ALTSCHUL AND BILLY BANG. A STRONG AND MOVING LIVE RECORDING OF IMPROVISED AND COMPOSED JAZZ.
EACH ARTIST IS AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR CREATIVITY.
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A REISSUE THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF EARLY 70s JAZZ FUSION. FOR
FANS OF EARLY 70'S HERBIE HANCOCK AND MILES DAVIS. . .
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DAVID HURLEY "OUTER NEBULA
INNER NEBULA"
AN EXPERIMENTAL TAKE ON FREE /
SPIRITUAL JAZZ WITH A HEAVY INFLUENCE FROM SUN RA AND JOHN AND ALICE COLTRANE. . . |
VALERIO COSI "COLLECTED WORKS"
AN ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF JAZZ INSPIRED MUSIC THAT HAS NO MUSICAL BOUNDARIES AS IT MELDS INDIAN, PSYCHEDELIC,
EXPERIMENTAL AND TRADITIONAL JAZZ TOGETHER. |
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JAZZ TRO CONSISTING OF ODEAN POPE, SUNNY MURRAY AND LEE SMITH. . . |
THIS IS NOT
YOUR TYPICAL JAZZ RECORDING. VIBES, CELLO, BASS AND DRUMS COME TOGETHER IN A TRULY UNIQUE FASHION. . . |
ANDREW RAFFO DEWAR
"SIX LINES OF TRANSFORMATION
& MUSIC FOR..."
MODERN COMPOSER ANDREW RAFFO DEWAR PRESENTS
TWO UNIQUE ARRANGEMENTS. ONE OF UNDULATING SCALES AND THE OTHER OF ATMOSPHERIC DRONES. |
INTERPLAY "APOLOGY TO
THE ATONISTS / TRITONE
SUITE"
DYNAMIC FREE AND SPIRITUAL JAZZ
MIXED WITH POETRY AND ELECTRONICS THAT WILL APPEAL TO FANS OF SUN RA. . . .
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HEIKKI SARMANTO "COUNTERBALANCE"
A 70s REISSUE THAT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PINNACLES OF FINNISH JAZZ FUSION.
LOTS OF GREAT FENDER RHODES. .
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A
REISSUE THAT SHOWCASES THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS OF JOE CHAMBERS IN A MID-70s JAZZ FUSION SETTING. LOTS OF INFECTIOUS
GROOVES. . |
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AN AFRO JAZZ RECORDING LIKE NO OTHER.
A BLEND OF JAZZ, FUNK, AFRICAN FOLK AND PSYCHEDELIC VOCALS CHANNELED THROUGH THE AFRICAN BORN BIRIGWA. . |
ODEAN POPE
"WHAT WENT BEFORE VOLUME1"
PART
1 IN A COLLECTION OF ODEAN POPE'S STRONGEST JAZZ TRIO RECORDINGS. . . . |
BYARD LANCASTER
"PERSONAL TESTIMONY" (NOW AND THEN)
A
REISSUE OF STRONG MULTI-LAYERED SOLOS FROM JAZZ MUSICIAN BYARD LANCASTER. .. .
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HENRY GRIMES
AND RASHIED ALI
"GOING TO THE RITUAL"
TWO
POWERFUL FORCES OF THE JAZZ COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER FOR A SPIRITED PERFORMANCE OF LIVE IMPROVISATION. . |
HEIKKI SARMANTO
"A BOSTON DATE"
RELEASED
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THESE EARLY 70s JAZZ RECORDINGS WERE TO BECOME THE CENTER PIECE OF MANY OF HEIKKI SARMANTO'S QUARTET PERFORMANCES. |
A
REISSUE FROM THE 70s THAT EXPLORES TWO SIDES OF JAZZ FUSION. ONE BEING FREE AND EXPERIMENTAL AND THE OTHER,
SOFTER AND MELODIC. . . |
BYARD LANCASTER "LIVE AT MACALESTER COLLEGE"
ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON BYARD LANCASTER'S
OWN LABEL, THIS COLLECTION OF LIVE RECORDINGS CAPTURES THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE 1970s FREE JAZZ MOVEMENT. |
ONE OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN RECORDINGS TO COME
OUT OF BOSTON IN THE 70s. A POTENT MIXTURE OF JAZZ, SOUL JAZZ AND FUSION. . |
HEIKKI SARMANTO
"MOONFLOWER"
HEIKKI SARMANTO REVISITS AND REWORKS MANY OF HIS EARLIEST SONGS IN THIS TOUCHING JAZZ SESSION. . . |
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