NEW RELEASES, REISSUES & RESTOCKS FOR NOVEMBER 1OTH:

1.ELLIOTT SHARP'S TERRAPLANE-Blues for Next (KFW 285) Downtown guitar ace E. Sharp wails the blues on this great effort with special guests Hubert Sumlin, Eric Mingus, Dean Bowman and Sim Cain! Finally and appropriately released in time to soothe us for election of either knucklehead. 2 cd set for $26.

2.CUONG VU TRIO-Pure (KFW 266) Featuring Stomu Takeishi on bass, John Hollenbeck on drums and up & coming downtown trumpet star Cuong Vu! $13.

3.ELTON DEAN-QED (Voiceprint) Featuring Paul Dunmall, Nick Evans, Paul Rogers, Jim Dvorak & Simon Picard with our favorite Canterbury alto sax & saxello hero! $17.

4.ANTHONY BRAXTON/BRANDON EVANS-Elliptical Axis 15 (Parallactic 28-30) Massive three cd undertaking by this extraordinary multi-reeds duo composed by Brandon with much help and inspiration from that visionary himself - Anthony Braxton! Old fashioned three cd jewel-case box set for $40.

5.KEVIN NORTON TRIO-"In Context/Out of Context" (Barking Hoop 002) Featuring David Bindman & Bob DeBellis on saxes & flutes and Kevin Norton on percussion, drums & compositions. Kevin is an engaging composer and long-time Anthony Braxton collaborator! $12.

6.KEVIN O'NEIL-"Sous Rature" (Barking Hoop 003) Featuring Jackson Moore and Steve Lehman on alto saxes, Kevin Norton on drums and Kevin O'Neil on guitar and compositions. This quartet is all Braxton alumni and Mr. O'Neil is an amazing new jazz guitarist most worthy of our attention! $12.

7.PHIL MANZANERA-Rare One (Expression) Fascinating rarities collection of early Quiet Sun (w/ Eno!) demos and early pre-Roxy Music out-takes from this phenomenal prog guitar great! $17.

8.DAGMAR KRAUSE & THE COMMUTERS-s/t (Voiceprint) A rare 18 minute ep from one our favorite vocalists from Slapp Happy, Henry Cow & the Art Bears! $13.

9.STEVE WILSON-Bass Communion (Voiceprint offshoot) Cosmic ambient/space solo project from Porcupine Tree's Steve Wilson with Robert Fripp on soundscapes. Two cd set for $22.

10.GINGER BAKER-Middle Passage (Axiom) We just located a dozen copies of this excellent out-of-print Axiom release produced by Bill Laswell with his usual cast of luminaries! $15.

11.ROBBEN FORD-Blues Connotation (West Wind 970083) Featuring Bill Frisell, Ralph Towner, Charlie Haden and Julian Priester. Great blues/jazz/fusion guitar hero and former Miles Davis sideman steps out to show off his plectrum wizardry with an all-star cast! $14.

12.PJ HARVEY-Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (Island 314 548 144) Everyone raved about her recent CMJ mystery set & she has always knocked me out with her Beefheartian, blues-rock whatever. Now, if only her label would send us that promised promo, I could review it! $15.

ADDITIONS TO THE RECENTLY UPDATED $10. SALE CATALOGUE

13.JULIUS HEMPHILL-Coon 'Bidness (Freedom) Classic early avant/jazz/blues gem featuring Black Arthur Blythe, Hamiet Bluiett, Abdul Wadud, Barry Altschul, Baikida Carroll & Philip Wilson! The side-long version of Julius' "Hard Blues" is astounding!

14.CECIL TAYLOR-Trance (Freedom) Long single cd version of 'Nefertiti, The Beautiful One has Come' - featuring Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray live at the Café Monmartre in Copenhagen in 1962 - the beginning of avant/free jazz!!

15.FRANK LOWE-Fresh (Freedom) Superb early effort featuring Lester and Joseph Bowie on trumpet & trombone, Abdul Wadud on cello, Steve Reid & Charles Bobo Shaw on drums. Completely radical reworkings of Monk's "Epistrophy" and "Mysterioso"!

16.STANLEY COWELL-Brilliant Circles (Freedom) One of my favorite modern jazz milestones of all time featuring Tyrone Washington - an incredibly unrecognized tenor sax giant, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Reggie Workman and Joe Chambers - an all-star ensemble and without any doubt - a must have!!