1.FRED FRITH/ENSEMBLE MODERN-Traffic Continues (W&W 044) w/ Ikue Mori & Zeena Parkins; completely brilliant chamber works piece dedicated to Tom Cora w/ superb production & packaging! $14.

2.DEREK BAILEY-JAMAALADEEN TACUMA-CALVIN WESTON-Mirakle (Tzadik 7603) The grandpappy of free/jazz/noise guitar once again explodes over this powerful avant/funk rhythm team! $14.

3.DANNY ZAMIR-Satlah (Tzadik 7139) w/ John Zorn; young Israeli alto sax hero & composer Zamir's Not-For-Sale Trio are pushing the post-klez/Masada/Ornette boundaries into a passionate future! $14.

4.OTHER DIMENSIONS IN MUSIC w/ MATT SHIPP-Time is of the Essense…(AUM Fidelity 013) A cosmic offering from NY's finest free/jazz qt. of Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter & William Parker! $13.

5.BILL FRISELL-Ghost Town (Nonesuch 79583) Solo acoustic guitar? Waiting for promo. $14.?

6.GARY LUCAS-Improve the Shining Hour (KFW 265) 18 track compilation of rarities from our fave local guitar god! w/ Capt. Beefheart, Nick Cave, Peter Stampfel & Mary M. O'Hara! At DMG 4/1-$13.

7.STEVE SWELL-NED ROTHENBERG-TOMAS ULRICH-Flurries Warm & Clear (CIMP 203) superb trio of trombone/alto sax/cello; Swell always knocks me out & nice to see anything new from Ned! $14.

8.MARK DRESSER & FRANCES-MARIE UITTI-Sonomondo (Cryptogramophone 104) Spell-binding duo improv of contrabass & cello (w/ two bows) from two giants of extended technique!! $14.

9.BRAD SHEPIK-the well (Songlines 1531) w/ Peter Epstein, Skuli Sverrisson, Michael Sarin & Seido Salifoski; great guitar/saz/tambura player from Pachora & Tiny Bell Trio unleashes second fine cd! $14.

10.CUONG VU-Bound (Omnitone 12002) w/ Jamie Saft, Stomu Takeishi & Jim Black; debut cd from this wonderful trumpeter who co-leads Saft/Vu (Avant cd) and is in Dave Douglas' triple trumpet project! $14.

11.GREGG BENDIAN'S INTERZONE-Myriad (Atavistic 119) w/ NELS CLINE, Alex Cline & Steuart Liebig; 2nd amazing release from this incredible progressive/jazz unit w/ monster guitarist-NELS!! $14.

12.DANIEL CARTER & SATURNALIA STRING TRIO-Meditations on Unity (Sublingual 005) w/ Matt Heyner; fascinating blend of master sax/trumpet hero DC w/ Boston's best string trio & electronics! $14.

13.JOE MORRIS QUARTET-at the Old Office (KFW 272) w/ Mat Maneri, Chris Lightcap & Gerald Cleaver; four long, swirling, complex, challenging pieces from Joe's fine qt. in an intimate setting! $13.

14.BILL LASWELL-Emerald Aether (Shanachie 78035) Shape shifting reconstructions of Irish/Celtic music from the master producer of the re-mix projects of Miles Davis & Bob Marley. $14.

15.DAVEY WILLIAMS & NUMB RIGHT THUMB-Texas was Delicious (Megalon 06) Curlew's wacky guitar monster DW combines forces with this bizarre improv/noise ensemble from northern Florida! $13.

16.TOM VARNER-RON HORTON-TOMAS ULRICH-LOU GRASSI-Neo Neo (CIMP 201) This looks to be a great date from this all-star french horn/trumpet/cello/drums downtown ensemble! $14.

17.DORGON & LAURA CROMWELL-Upsidedowncross (Jumbo) 2nd cool duo cd from our pals - $12.

18.DORGON & SU GRUPO-s/t (Jumbo) w/ Curtis Hasselbring, Ted Reichman, Matt Moran & Laura Cromwell; nice debut cd from from the mysterious Mr. Dorgon & his fabulous new quintet! $12.

19.KAHIL EL ZABAR-BILLY BANG-HAMIET BLUIETT-The Power (CIMP 205) Looks great! $14.

EUROPEAN/ELECTRONIC/EXPERIMENTAL/MODERN JAZZ & OTHER NON-DOWNTOWN CDS:
 

20.STEVE LACY-ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET-Monk's Dream (Verve 314-543-090) Every one raved about the reunion of these jazz giants/Monk interpreters who played at the Jazz Standard last week! $14. 21.LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA-Proceedings (Emanem 4201) w/ Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, John Butcher, S. Beresford, Simon Fell & Philipp Wachsmann; outstanding comp. & improv!! 2cd - $25.

22.JOE McPHEE & JOHNNY McLELLAN-Grand Marquis (Boxholder 004) intense & diverse duo of the tenor sax & drums from the unstoppable Joe McPhee & a fine Boston based drummer! $14.

23.RAPHE MALIK-CECIL McBEE-CODY MOFFETT-storyline (Boxholder 005) fire-breathing trumpet god Raphe actually lays back a bit with this demanding & well rounded rhythm team! $14.

24.GLENN SPEARMAN-Free Worlds (Black Saint 207)w/ Paul Plimley, Lisle Ellis, Raphe Malik, Marco Eneidi plus guitars, synth, tabla & voices; more throttling, cosmic music from the late tenor great! $14.

25.KEVIN DRUMM-Comedy (Moikai 8) Third demanding solo release from this distinctive Chicago-based guitar manipulator who is a favorite of Thurston Moore, Alan Licht & Jim O'Rourke! $13.

25.KEVIN DRUMM & MARTIN TETREAULT-Particles & Smears (erstwhile 006) Compelling duo's first collaboration of experimental guitar/electronics & turntables weaving weird layers of sounds. $13.

26.INGRAM MARSHALL-Ikon & Other Early Works (New World 80577) Previously unreleased tape pieces covering Ingram's unique & interesting work from the seventies. $14.

27.KENNETH GABURO-Tape Play [Ten Works for Electronic Tape] (Pogus 21020) Fascinating collection of bizarre unreleased tape pieces spanning 1964 - 1992; partially Zappa-esque! $10.

28.IF, BWANA-Clara Nostra, for 106,476 Clarinets (Pogus 21019) My pal - Al Margolis plays clarinet here and has assembled a ridiculous mass of clarinet layers manipulated beyond recognition! $10.

29.RAFAEL TORAL-sound mind sound body (moikai 7) This is Portuguese guitarist-composer-minimalist fifth release of his spacious drone music; somewhat like Fripp and Eno! $13.

30.BUCKETRIDER-the adoration of the lamb (Dr. Jim 24) Even more extreme jazz/noise/rock trio of alto sax, guitar & drums from down under who are worthy of much more recognition! $10.

31.CHARLIE KOHLHASE-KEITH HEDGER-NATE McBRIDE-CURT NEWTON-Konk (Boxholder 03) Charlie & Keith are a swell sax/trumpet frontline from Boston, the rhythm team backed Joe Morris. $14.

REISSUES AND HISTORIC RECORDINGS OF NOTE RELEASED IN MARCH OF 2000:
 

32.SONNY & LINDA SHARROCK-Black Woman (Eastwest 1290) w/ Milford Graves, Dave Burrell, Sirone & Ted Daniel! Finally! Mind-blowing free/jazz insanity at its peak, from 1969-Sonny's 1st! $24.

33.ISKRA 1903 [DEREK BAILEY-PAUL RUTHERFORD-BARRY GUY]-Chapter One 1970-1972 (Emanem 4301) Important reissue of two early Incus lps, plus unreleased sessions from three guiding lights of the early British free improv scene; guitar/trombone/bass at its finest! Three cd set for $34.

34.RAY RUSSELL/GARY WINDO QUINTET-Live at the ICA/Retrospective (Moikai 4) Incredible gem from legendary British avant/jazz guitar hero!!! Two long cds capture the fire & magic of this amazing jazz/noise el. guitar giant & the late Canterbury sax legend Gary Windo; live & studio! 2 cds for $18.

35.JULIE TIPPETTS-Sunset Glow (Blue Print) w/ Keith Tippett, Elton Dean, Mark Charig, Nick Evans, Brian Godding, Harry Miller & Louis Moholo; enchanting 2nd solo effort from the great voice of… $15.

36.MATCHING MOLE-s/t (Columbia 471489) w/ Robert Wyatt (Softs), Phil Miller (Hatfield), Dave Sinclair (Caravan) & Bill MacCormick (Quiet Sun); first fab effort from Canterbury super-group!! $16.

37.QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE-Lost Gold & Silver (Collector's Choice 109) Legendary 78 min. live set from Frisco's finest psychedelic dual guitar jammers, plus more unreleased gems! 2 cds=$23.

38.THE BYRDS-Live at the Fillmore-February 1969 (Columbia 65910) 16 trax of fine country-rock meets psych from the originators of this sound! Clarence White & Roger McGuinn swirl guitars together! $14.

39.ROSCOE MITCHELL-Live at the Muhle Hunziken (Cecma 60007) Solo soprano, alto & bass saxes!! Stunning & intense explorations for three solo saxophone live from 1986 & long out-of-print! $14.

40.JOHN LINDBERG & MARTY EHRLICH-Unison (Cecma 60005) Bandmates from Braxton's Creative Music Orch.- this is an exquisite live duo of contrabass & reeds from two giants w/ a Mingus tribute! $14.

41.HUGH RAGIN TRIO-Metaphysical Question (Cecma 60006) w/ John Lindberg & Thurman Barker; outstanding trumpeter Hugh has recently blown us away w/ Roscoe Mitchell & David Murray! Great trio!

Our friend Hoppy Kamiyama recently stopped in our store to drop off a bunch of cds from his wonderful God Mountain back catalogue, which has been in limbo for a while. This includes the first s/t Ground Zero with Zorn & Eye as guests, both Koenji cds (Tatsuya from Ruins solo project), all five cds by Hoppy's all-star improv unit Optical 8 (first two feature Ribot & John King on wailing guitars, the last three feature Otomo on guitars & turntables & Reck from Friction on bass) and Hoppy's great solo cd compilation 'Groove-allegiance'. All of these releases are $16., except for the final Optical 8 which is a double live cd for $26. The self-titled Tipographica cd, one of the greatest Japanese progressive bands of all time also came in & is selling for $18. - much cheaper than anywhere else, if you can even find it!

A couple of additions to our recommended calender: 

PETER KOWALD & WILLIAM PARKER -two masters of the contrabass will play a free duo performance at the Goethe House (83rd & 5th Ave.) at 7pm this Friday March 17th!! Don't miss this!!

Guitar god NELS CLINE was just added to the Tonic calender for Saturday March 25th at 8pm for one set only! Joining him will be Vinny Golia on reeds, Ken Filiano on bass & Gregg Bendian on drums. Gregg's new Interzone cd w/ Nels & Alex Cline should be at DMG by this Friday and Nels' new cd 'Inkling' on Cryptogramophone is due to be released in May, even though it is advertised currently.  

Hours: Sunday though Thursday noon `till 9pm, Fri. & Sat. noon to 10pm. Sundays we have in-store concerts from 7 to 8:30, please don't call then. We're now located on Bowery, between Bond St. and Great Jones St., three blocks south of our old location on E. 5th St.

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