1.JOHN ZORN-Lacrosse (Tzadik 7316) w/ Eugene Chadbourne, Henry Kaiser, Davey Williams, Bruce Ackley & Polly Bradfield; 1st recordings from Zorn's earliest game pieces; from Parachute box; 2cd=$20.

2.GEORGE LEWIS-Endless Shout (Tzadik 7054) w/ Now Orchestra, solo trombone w/ interactive computer, suite for solo piano and narration by Quincy Troupe with percussion. $14.

3.PETER GARLAND-The Days Run Away (Tzadik 7053) Evocative and hypnotic early solo piano music beautifully performed by Aki Takahashi from the early days of minimalism. $14.

We should be getting the above by January 21st; The NY Art Quartet-35th Reunion (DIW) and Zorn's tribute compilation to Dave Brubeck - In His Own Sweet Way (Avant) has been delayed until February!
 

4.[FRED FRITH-MIYA MASAOKA-LARRY OCHS] MAYBE MONDAY-Saturn's Fingers (Buzz 76007) cosmic live trio of electric guitar, koto w/ sampling & Rova tenor/sopranino saxist! $14.

5.HENRY KAISER & ROBERTO ZORZI-Through (Materiali Sonori 90112) wonderful solos & duos acoustic & electric guitars & voice; Zorzi is from Italian progressive unit LA 1919; Italian import for $17.

6.SOFT MACHINE-noisette (Cuneiform 130) Whoa! Completely mind-blowing entire concert from 1970 of a rare quintet version of the ultimate Canterbury prog/jazz/rock legends & never released until now! $13.

7.BILL DIXON & TONY OXLEY-Papyrus (Soul Note 121308) an outstanding combination of two giants an American trumpet master & professor with British drummmer & percussion god!! $14.

8.CHROMATIC PERSUADERS-Extrospection (Timescaper 9619) w/ Neal Kirkwood, Mark Feldman, Lindsey Horner & Tom Rainey; 2nd excellent cd from the downtown all-star quartet! Currently $14.

9.ROBERT MUSSO-Innermedium (DIW 416) w/ Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Dave Liebman, Byard Lancaster, Charles Burnham, Ayib Dieng, Karl Berger & Lance Carter; long awaited studio date; $18.

10.JOE MORRIS QUARTET-Underthru (Omnitone 11904) w/ Mat Maneri; powerful & demanding! $14.

11.TOM VARNER-Swimming (Omnitone 11903) w/ Mark Feldman, Tony Malaby, Pete McCann, Steve Wilson & Cameron Brown; another superb offering of diverse, modern jazz; from French horn hero! $14.

12.PACHORA-ast (KFW 268) w/ Chris Speed, Brad Shepik, Skuli Sverrisson & Jim Black; third fine middle-eastern groove fest from this exotic & delightful downtown all-star quartet! $13.

13.CHARLES GAYLE QT.-Ancient of Days (KFW 263) w/ piano, bass [Juini Booth] & drums; the cosmic saxist in clown-face goes more slow-burn & bluesy this time, showing another side of the storm-force; $13.

14.[STEVE BERNSTEIN'S] SEX MOB-Solid Sender (KFW 244) Wild & wacky 2nd cd from this hilarious qt. who (else would?) cover Nirvana, the Stones, the Dead, James Brown & Buffalo Springfield!?! $13.

15.JON RASKIN QUARTET-The Bass & the Bird Pond (New World) w/ Tim Berne, Michael Formanek & Elliot Kavee; 1st leader date from this Rova sax great of four long, winding & challenging pieces!! $14.

16.GEORGE CARTWRIGHT-Terminal Moraine (Cuneiform 127) Curlew's leader & saxist composed the music, Paul Haines wrote the lyrics, Amy Denio sings & Davey Williams guests w/ Memphis finest! $13.

17.THE GREAT ATOMIC POWER-The Mushroom of Destruction (Transcendental 003) Holy shit! Incredible local unit of burnin' jazz/punk/prog/noise in Naked City-vein, w/ Daniel Carter!! 30 min for $10.

18.SATOKO FUJI ORCHESTRA-Jo (Buzz 76008) w/ Chris Speed, Briggan Krauss, Jack Walrath... fine Tzadik pianist has put together this incredible, unusual, modern jazz orchestra with strong writing!! $14.

19.GEORG GRAWE-MARCIO MATTOS-MICHAEL VATCHER-impressions of monk (nuscope 1006) this amazing Texas-based label has put out (mostly European) only gems so far & this just arrived! $14.

20.SCOTT FIELDS-FRANCOIS HOULE-JASON ROEBKE-hornets collage (nuscope 1005) the excellent trio of acoustic guitar,clarinet & contrabass played DMG earlier this year & quietly blew us away!! $14.

21.KENTA NAGAI & TATSUYA NAKATANI-a-un (no label) local sensation of fretless guitar and percussion who have also played DMG often; Kenta was the hit of Chadbourne's guitar fest! 1st cd for $14.

22.JOHN BUTCHER-Music on Seven Occasions (meniscus 004) w/ Gino Robair, Veryan Weston, Thomas Lehn, Jeb Bishop, Fred Longberg-Holm & Michael Zerang; Butcher is one of UK's finest saxists! $13.

23.RICHARD PINHAS/MAURICE DANTEC-Schizotrope (Cuneiform 131) Live chronicle of Frippian guitar god & leader of French prog legends - Heldon w/ influencial cyberpunk author reading. $13.

24.FRED HERSCH-MICHAEL MOORE-GERRY HEMINGWAY-Thirteen Ways (Palmetto 2055) $14.

25.GEBHARD ULLMAN-Kreuzberg Park East (Soul Note 121371) w/ Ellery Eskelin, Drew Gress & Phil Haynes; Gebhard is a fine saxist & composer leading a downtown all-star quartet; $14.

26.KAMIKAZE GROUND CREW-Covers (Koch 7882) w/ Doug Wieselman, Gina Leishman, Steve Bernstein & Art Baron; covering Stockhausen, Satie, Eisler, Huey Smith & Jimi Hendrix!! $14.

27.CHRIS DAHLGREN QUARTET-Best Intentions (Koch 7877) w/ Rob Brown, Peter Epstein & Satoshi Takeishi; this looks to be great with two fine saxists - Rob & Peter, great percussion & Chris on bass! $14.

28.SONNY FORTUNE-In the Spirit of John Coltrane (Shanachie 5063) w/ John Hicks, Reggie Workman and Rashied Ali; covering Trane's "Ole" and "Africa"; supposedly smokin'!! $14.

29.KAORU ABE & MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI-New Direction (DIW 415) Incredibly scary and legendary Japanese out/jazz/noise duo of sax & guitar concert from 1970!! Both have since passed. $18.

30.RUSSELL MILLS-Pearl & Umbra (Instinct 501) Sonic electronic soundscapes by sorcerer who has collaborated with Eno, Laswell, Zazou, Paul Schutze, Michael Brook & Sussan Deyhim; $15.

31.PAULINE OLIVEROS-Primordial Lift (Table of the Elements 53) w/ Tony Conrad & David Grubbs; more aggressive ambient, space, electronic, drones & sonic stews; probably $14. 

32.JOHN CAGE-Complete Piano Music Vol. 4- Pieces 1950-1960 (DG 6130787) performed on prepared & unprepared piano by Steffen Schleiemacher - 2cd set for $28.

33.DJAM KARET-Burning the Hard City (Cuneiform 128) & Suspension & Displacement (Cune. 129) two essential reissues by this fabulous west coast double electric guitar aggressive/progressive/fusion qt.!! Both cost $13. 

The following above numbered cds are now in stock - 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21. By January 18th we should have the following numbers in stock - 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 23, 24 & 33; and by January 21st we hope to have the rest - 9, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31 & 32. All above DIW titles have been delayed until February, except for the Bob Musso, hopefully. Newsletter 41 should be coming your way during the last week of January. We are still having some e-mail problems, so please bare with us. You can always view or download the newsletters off of our groovy website - wwwDTMGallery.com. Our new computer - a Mac G-4 arrives this week, but it will take some time for all of us at DMG to learn how to put it to good use. Thanks once again for all the great response to the newsletters & reviews. Live love & prosper from Bruce Lee Gallanter & co. at DMG 
 

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