1.WADADA LEO SMITH-Golden Quartet (Tzadik 7604) Featuring Anthony Davis, Malachi Favors & Jack DeJohnette!!! Incredible dream project of Leo's with modern jazz giants! $14.

2.LOIS V VIERK-River Beneath the River (Tzadik 7056) Second cd from this under-recognized goddess of microtonal/minimalism; influenced by Gagaku & Appalachian folk music! $14.

3.DOUSIDZ-empties (Tzadik 7228) Wacky Jap guitar/bass/drums trio based in NYC mixes heavy rock, dub, noise and sexy vocals into a multifaceted & trippy new world of sound!?! $14.

4.BILL LASWELL-Dub Chamber Three (ROIR 8263) Featuring Nils Petter Molvaer, Jah Wobble, Nicky Skopelitis & Karsh Kale; cosmic dub/Indian/electronic/ambient/trip hop! $14.

The above releases should be in stock by April 21st, the below releases should be here now/soon
 

5.MATT SHIPP QUARTET-Pastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear 57084) Featuring Roy Campbell, William Parker & Gerald Cleaver; continuing explorations of avant/jazz to new realms $14.

6.MYRA MELFORD'S CRUSH-dance beyond the color (Arabesque 147) With Stomu Takeishi on el. bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums & sampler; debut of Myra's wonderful new trio! $14.

7.COOPER-MOORE SOLO-Deep in the Neighborhood (Hopscotch 5) Rambunctious/powerful solo piano set from the Guelph Fest in Canada; complete with incident over piano abuse! $14.

8.CHRIS SPEED TRIO-Iffy (KFW 275) With Jamie Saft (Zorn & Saft/Vu) on keyboards and Ben Perowsky on drums; excellent debut from Chris' (Bloodcount, Pachora) fine new trio! $13.

9.MARVIN PONTIAC/JOHN LURIE-The Legendary/Greatest Hits (SBM 18) Mysterious and ridiculous re-release of (supposed) legendary crazed blues/rock vocalist/guitarist!?! $14.

10.NED ROTHENBERG'S SYNC-Port of Entry (Intuition 3249) With Ned on reeds, Jerome Harris on acoustic guitar & bass and Samir Chatterjee on tabla; a superb & beautiful treat! $14.

11.EUGENE CHADBOURNE-I Talked to Death in Stereo (Leo 276) With Brian Richie, Victor Krummenacher & Jonathon Segal; covering Ayler, Rogers & Hart & Gershwin; wackiness! $14.

12.STEVE COHN-Bridge Over the X-Stream (Leo 288) Featuring Jason Hwang, Tom Varner and Reggie Workman; free-floating, cosmic & somber, spirits flowing through the heavens$14.

13.DOMINIC DUVAL & THE C.T. STRING QUARTET-Under the Pyramid (Leo 279) With Tomas Ulrich, Jason Hwang, Ron Lawrence; wonderful & challenging avant string quartet! $14.

14.KENTA NAGAI & CHIM NWABUEZE-working with ladders (self produced) Provocative and strange duo for fretless guitar & musical saw from our local heroes and friends. $14.

15.HAUNTED HOUSE-Live at Downtown Music Gallery (no label) Loren Mazzacane's heavy vibed quartet unleashes the twisted spirits right here at DMG! Limited edition of 100! $10.

16.PHAROAH'S DAUGHTER-out of the reeds (KFW 273) Second delightful post-klez treasure from these fine local heroes in the middle-eastern vein, with great songs from Basya! $13.

17.EGYPT IS THE MAGICK #-How Many Pieces of the Puzzle (psycho-path #1) Bizarre, ritualistic, psych/folk/blues transmission from this No Neck Blues off-shoot in Sun Ra-land! $10.

18.GRAHAM HAYNES-bpm (KFW 270) With Brandon Ross, Marque Gilmore & DJ Spazekraft More space age/ambient oddities from this el. trumpeter w/ variations on themes by Wagner! $13.

19.TOM BRUNO-"white boy blues" (Eremite 022) Solo gig for drums/piano/voice/dance at Roulette in October of '81 from local legend drummer of TEST & NYC Artists' Collective. $14. 

  

20.CHRIS CUTLER/FRED FRITH-2 Gentlemen in Verona (ReR CCFF 3) Brilliant & brutal improv magic from this amazing drums & guitar duo (from Henry Cow)! At Victo soon! $14.

21.TIM HODGKINSON-Sang (ReR TH2) Incredible & demanding music for chamber players, electronics, tape, string quartet and a mass of brass!! Also at Victoriaville in May!! $14.

22.EVAN PARKER/MARILYN CRISPELL/BARRY GUY/PAUL LYTTON-After Appleby (Leo 283/284) Second outstanding excursion from this qt. of giants; studio/live; 2cds for $27.

23.FRED ANDERSON/KIDD JORDAN/WILLIAM PARKER/HAMID DRAKE-2 Days in April (Eremite 23/24) Burning two tenor titans with colossal rhythm team at 2 gigs! 2 cds for $24.

24.EVAN PARKER & JOHN TILBURY-Two Chapters & An Epilogue (Matchless 31) Superb sax & piano duo offering from two masters; John is from AMM & Evan is at the Knit soon!! $15.

25.KEITH ROWE/GUNTER MULLER/TAKU SUGIMOTO-The World Turned Upside Down (Erstwhile 5) Demanding sounds from AMM guitarist, Swiss el. drummer & Jap. guitar. $13.

26.JOELLE LEANDRE-Project (Leo 287) Featuring Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lovens, Richard Teitelbaum & Carlos Zingaro. World-class improvisers match wits with bassist supreme!! $14.

27.JOE MANERI/BARRE PHILLIPS/MAT MANERI-Tales of Rohnlief (ECM 1678) Fine trio of reeds/contrabass/violin with Joe's witty invented language vocals included! $15.

28.KEN VANDERMARK & PAUL LYTTON-English Suites (Wobbly Rail 009) Powerful sax and drums/electronics duo from two greats of the Chicago & British scenes. Two cd set for $17.

29.STEAM-Real Time (Atavistic 118) Featuring Ken Vandermark, Jim Baker, Kent Kessler and Tim Mulvenna. Another great addition to Ken Vandermark's ever probing catalogue. $14.

30.HANS KOCH/MARTIN SCHUTZ/FREDY STUDER-Roots & Wires (Intakt 060) With DJ's I-Sound & M. Singe; another outstanding collaboration from our favorite avant Swiss trio!! $15.

31.SUNNY MURRAY/BYARD LANCASTER/DAVID EYGES-Crossroads (Quixotic 5003) $10.

32.NOAH HOWARD & BOBBY KNAPP-Between Two Eternities (Cadence 1114) $14.

33.JAH WOBBLE-30 Hertz Collection (Meta 62) Featuring Bill Laswell, Jaki Liebezeit, Sussan Deyhim and Natasha Atlas; Jah's best in recent memory of world/dub/drone/strong vocals! $14.

34.STEVE MACLEAN ENSEMBLE-The Opposite of War (ReR SM1) This is Steve's sort of progressive qt. from Maine w/ help from Kit Watkins; an old cohort of Nick Didkovsky. $14.

35.DYLAN WILLEMSA-Ion Sports (Metroscope) Strange string player w/ help from our pal and fretless guitar hero - Kenta Nagai. $14.

36.ADULT RODEO-Texxxas (Shimmy Disc 5099) Second wacky pop cd from this fine somewhat twisted southern rock quartet, with grand production by Kramer. $13.

THE CALIFORNIA CONTINGENT- recently wonder-bassist from LA - Steuart Liebig -e-mailed me, mentioning that the only California based players that I review/rave about were Nels Cline, Henry Kaiser & Vinny Golia. This is partially correct, but I do dig much of what I have heard from Vinny's Nine Winds label and much weirdness from the LA Free Music Society. Steuart sent me a bunch of his cds on Cadence (thanks!) and each one was/is great - an amazing bassist & composer. In the past couple of years, two other great labels have begun documenting the wonderful LA underground scene - Devin Sarno's Win Records & Cryptogramophone! So...
 

37. LYNN JOHNSTON-First We Feel (Win Records 037) Lynn is a monstrous multi-sax hero who has played with Cruel Frederick & Motor Totemist Guild; Alex Cline is on percussion. $14.

38.CRIB-Forward Back (Win Records) Devin Sarno's massive solo electric bass soundscapes erupt and hum; Devin has a great duo release with the ever-amazing guitar god Nels Cline! $14.

39.SOLID EYE-fruits of automation (Win Records 034) Legendary electronic/noise trio and longtime members of the LA Free Music Society; w/help from weird guitarist Rod Poole! $14.

40.UPSILON ACRUX-The Last Pirates of Upsilon (Win 033) Fabulous double guitar progressive-noise qt. from San Diego w/ King Crimson/Beefheart/Faust sounds abounding! $14.

41.ROBERT REIGLE-Tenor Saxophone (AL 1003) Heavy sax explorer who covers Albert Ayler, Giacinto Scelsi, Luigi Nono, Christian Asplund & the music of Papua, New Guinea. $12.

42.ADAM LANE-hollywood wedding (Cadence 1104) Impressive bassist/composer Adam just gave me this great wild, Zappa-like, avant jazz cd w/ Leo Smith & Lynn Johnston-'95-'99! $14.

43.ICEBURN DOUBLE TRIO-Speed of Light/Voice of Thunder (iceburn 003) Short blasts of crazed/inspired double trio action of sax/guitar/percussion from unknowns who know $14.?

NEW REISSUES AND HISTORIC RECORDINGS OF NOTE TO BE PONDERED:
 

44.KEITH TIPPETT/CENTIPEDE-Septober Energy (BGO 245) Finally! Keith's massive 55 piece orchestra extravaganza w/ Robert Wyatt, Mongezi Fesa, Elton Dean, Ian Carr, Paul Rutherford, Dudu Pukwana, John Marshall, Brian Godding triumphant!! Two cd set for $21. 

45.THOMAS CHAPIN-"Alive!" (KFW 248) Wow! The complete works of the amazing Thomas Chapin Trio plus a mind-blowing unreleased live cd, video & superb packaging! 8 cd set for $45. 46.MARC RIBOT & ROOTLESS COSMOPOLITANS-Requiem for What's His Name (Crepuscule 969) w/ Roy Nathanson, Ralph Carney, Anthony Coleman & Sim Cain; early ('92) downtown treasure of brilliant Beefheartian avant blues/funk/jazz/rock coolness!! Only $12.!

47.MARC RIBOT-Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus (Crepuscule 979) Superb solo acoustic guitar renditions of Marc's teacher and Haitian classical composer of renown! $12.

48.MATT SHIPP & ROB BROWN-Sonic Explorations (Cadence 1037) First encounter and recording by these giants of the downtown scene for piano & alto sax! Lp only until now. $14.

49.JAZZACTUEL-3cd box (Charly 1373) Important BYG (rip-off label) collection of out-jazz, psych and electronic from '69-'71 w/ Art Ensemble, Gong, Sonny Sharrock, Steve Lacy, Sun Ra, Don Cherry, Alan Silva, Braxton & MEV!! 36 page booklet by Thurston & Byron. 3cds for $35.

50.ZUSAAN KALI FASTEAU & DONALD RAFAEL GARRETT-Memoirs of a Dream (Flying Note 9008) Spirits free-flowing, space/jazz jam from two live sets in '75 & '77. Donald played w/ Trane, the couple's 1st lp was on ESP & Zusaan continues to play cosmic music! 2 CDs for $20.

51.EDDIE PREVOST-PETER McPHAIL-TONY MOORE-Resoundings (Matchless 08) British improv from marvelous drums/saxes/bass trio from AMM's drummer, plus 20 min. live set! $15.

52.ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO-Jackson in Your House/Message to Our Folks (Charly) Two complete historic lps from 1969 when the Art Ensemble of Chicago were the best!! $14.

53.DON CHERRY-Mu First & Mu Second Part (Charly 291) Complete two lp cosmic duo journey with world travelers/explorers and gentle spirits Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell!! $14.

54.SUN RA ARKESTRA-The Solar Myth Approach Vol. 1 & 2 (Charly) Multi-dimensional space travelling cosmo-jet set 21st century myth science & mystery! Two cd set for $26.

55.ARCHIE SHEPP-Blasé/Live at the Pan-African Festival (Charly 292) 'Blasé' was a mind-blowing studio session w/ Jeanne Lee, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors & Dave Burrell. 'Live' is from Algiers w/ Clifford Thorton, Grachan Moncur, Alan Silva & Sunny Murray! 2 cds for $26.

56.RAYMOND SCOTT-Manhattan Research Inc. (Basta 9078) Essential collection of two plus hours of electronic music from the 50's & 60's made on homemade instruments like electronium, clavivox, circle machine, rhythm modulator with 144 page full-color book. Two cd set for $26.

57.DAVID MURRAY/JAMES NEWTON QUINTET-s/t (DIW 906) w/ John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Billy Hart & Andrew Cyrille; strong quintet with great sax & flute frontline! $18.

58.DAVID MURRAY QUINTET-With Ray Anderson & Anthony Davis (DIW 908) $18.

59.TEDDY CHARLES-Word from Bird (Koch 8542) With Charles Mingus, Jimmy Raney, Art Framer & Eddie Bert; Teddy was a great vibist & adventurous jazz composer for the 50's! $14.

60.PHALANX-In Touch & Original (DIW 826 & 801) Two smokin' quartet releases with James 'Blood' Ulmer and George Adams burning down the voodoo; each DIW import costs $18.

61.ANTHONY MO(O)RE-World Service (Blueprint 313) Sixth intelligent pop release by former Slapp Happy (Dagmar Krause & Peter Blegvad) & Henry Cow member, w/ unreleased trax. $14.

62.JOHN McLAUGHLIN-My Goal's Beyond (Knit Classics 3010) Excellent early jazz guitar gem!! Side 1 was a solo acoustic guitar beauty & side 2 - a wonderful jazz/psych/eastern raga jam w/ Charlie Haden, Dave Liebman, Badal Roy, Airto, Jerry Goodman & Billy Cobham! $14.

63.OHM: EARLY GURUS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC 1948-1980 (Ellipsis Arts 3670) Intro by Eno & featuring Cage, Stockhausen, Messiaen, Luening, Varese, Dockstader, Oliveros, Curran, Subotnick, Ferrari, Xenakis, Klause Schulze, Jon Hassell & Brian Eno!! Three cd set for $29.

64.FREDY STUDER-Seven Songs (Intuition 2056) Mostly acoustic directed improv led by my favorite Swiss percussionist w/ Nana, Miroslav Vitous, Trilok Gurtu, Christy Doran $14.

65.WILDFLOWERS-The New York Loft Jazz sessions (KCR 3037) Outstanding, historic re-issue of weeklong festival at Sam River's loft- The Studio Rivbea from the late 70's. Featuring Anthony Braxton., Marion Brown, Julius Hemphill, David Murray, Jimmy Lyons, Roscoe Mitchell, Sunny Murray, Dave Burrell, Oliver Lake & Ahmed Abdullah. Complete 5 LP set on 3cd set for $25.

66.RED WARRIOR (KCR 3032) Originally on Axiom & produced by Bill Laswell, this studio effort is a fusion classic with the three scorching guitars of Jef Lee Johnson, Steve Salas and Jack DeSalvo!! This is the only one where the title has not been changed.

67.BEAST IN THE SPIDER BUSH (KCR 3029) 'Live at the Caravan of Dreams' was the old title and the players are Cary DeNigris on guitar, Eric Person on saxes, Akbar Ali on violin, Reggie Washington on el. bass & Twins Seven Seven on vocals & percussion!! Live in 1985!

68.TALKEYE (KCR 3028) Formerly 'Texas' and live in Dallas in April of '87 with DeNigris and Masujaa on guitars, Person & Zane Massey on saxes & John Moody on bass! Laswell mix.

69.LIVE AT THE GREENWICH HOUSE (KCR 3030) in January of '86, w/ Vernon Reid & Denigris on guitars, Melvin Gibbs & Reggie W. on basses, E. Person & Henry Scott on horns.

70.MONTREAUX JAZZ FESTIVAL (KCR 3031) in July of '83 w/ Vernon Reid on guitar, Zane Massey on saxes, Bruce Johnson & Melvin Gibbs on basses & Henry Scott on trumpet!!

71.EARNED DREAMS (KCR 3034) Live at the Caravan of Dreams in '84 and featuring Vernon Reid, Akbar Ali, Zane Massey, Henry Scott, Melvin Gibbs & Bruce Johnson!!

--- The above cds are with The Decoding Society, the release listed below is a solo effort---
 

71.PUTTIN' ON DOG (KCR 3033) once known as 'Pulse', a studio date from January 1984 with Ronald on drums & vocals, Onaje Allan Gumbs on piano & Michael Harper on voice.

Yes, I know that this is the largest pre-newsletter ever, but there does seem to be an avalanche of interesting releases coming out this month! Live long & prosper, your pal, Bruce Lee Gallanter
 

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