Music at the Apex, and Outside Emanations from:

Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura! Dunmall/Haslip/Gibbs/Ricard! Trevor Watts Moire & Celebration Bands! Frode Gjerstad/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Kevin Norton! Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert! Uri Caine Ensemble: Gershwin! Samuel Blaser/Russ Lossing/Joachim Badenhorst/Drew Gress/Gerry Hemingway!

Rocket Science: Peter Evans/Evan Parker! Francois Houle & Havard Wiik! Charles Evans/Dave Liebman Quartet! Chris Abrahams! Mike Cooper! Alvin Fielder & Ike Levin! David Weiss Ensemble Play Wayne Shorter! Benedict Taylor! Big Blood! Os Mutantes!

Graham Bond 4CD Box Set with Jack Bruce/Ginger Baker/John McLaughlin/Dick Heckstall/Jon Hiseman! Dino Valente! Early Captain Beefheart DVD! Mark Cunningham! Morton Feldman! Lars-Gunnar Bodin & Bengt Emil Johnson! Pierrot Lunaire!

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The DMG Free Weekly In-Store Performance Series Continues in 2013 With:


Sunday, August 11th Double-Header:
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Sunday, August 25th:
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Sunday, September 1st:
6pm: FRANK GRATKOWSKI & THOMAS HEBERER - Alto Sax & Trumpet!

Sunday, September 8th:
No In-Store during Guelph Fest in Ontario!

Sunday, September 15th:
6pm: DANIEL CARTER / NICOLAS LETMAN-BURTINOVICH! Multi-Horns & Contrabass!


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Three New Ones from the Dynamic Duo of Natsuki Tanura & Satoko Fujii!

The longtime couple of pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura continue to challenge us - here's three exciting new discs! Ms. Fujii will in town and playing for six nights at The Stone from August 20th - 25th during her residency. She is one of the most adventurous pianists on the planet and will be playing with different musicians on practically every set. This summer has been pretty slow as far as avant-garde music goes in Manhattan. The Stone remains the place to be with great weekly residencies from Michael Moore, Ned Rothenberg, Zeena Parkins and Anthony Coleman. Next week Mary Halvorson (8/13-8/18), then Ms. Fujii and ending August with Fred Frith (8/27-9/1).


SATOKO FUJII - Gen Himmel: Piano Solo (Libra 201-033; Japan) Although Satoko Fujii has performed and recorded in duos, trios, quartets up to various large ensembles, she hasn't recorded very many solo efforts. Hence, this solo piano effort is something special. The very first sound we hear is Ms. Fujii rubbing the strings inside the piano which is filled with suspense. She soon plays some slow dark chords over the eerie subterranean sounds. "In the Dusk" is a lovely, somber song, more like a ballad with a tender melody at the center. This music seems like a departure for Ms. Fujii, being more introspective, more cerebral. Things evolve, becoming more intense as they go. One of the things about Ms. Fujii which I gig the most is that she doesn't sound like any other pianists and doesn't have one particular style. Each piece feels as if it is in the moment or developing from no one source. The pieces still fit together somehow although we can never predict where they will end up. Parts of these pieces are more melodic than most things we've heard from her in the past yet end up where we least expect them to be. It is nice to know that Satoko Fujii still has some surprises up her sleeve. In a blindfold test, I would never know who this was, but I'd still be impressed nonetheless. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

NATSUKI TAMURA - Dragon Nat (Libra 102-032; Japan) Solo trumpet offerings are still relatively rare although this is the third one from Mr. Tamura and Peter Evans has two at this time. Similar to his wife and constant collaborator Satoko Fujji, Mr. Tamura remains beyond categories and unpredictable in all musical situations. This disc begins with a somber, stark piece called "Shiro", each note is fragile and carefully placed, some sounding like bent-note flatulence in the last section. The mood here is mostly laid back, warm and often haunting. Natsuki adds bits of silly but charming vocals and hand percussion on "Wunderbar", which reminds me of someone's deranged uncle. There is nothing particularly experimental about this disc but there is something modest and quietly enchanting. Natsuki Tamura has nothing to prove - he creates a masterful dream-like ambiance. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

KAZE [CHRISTIAN PRUVOST/NATSUKI TAMURA/SATOKO FUJII/PETER ORINS] - Tornado (Libra/Circum Libra 202; Japan) Christian Pruvost & Natsuki Tamura on trumpets, Satoko Fujii on piano and Peter Orins on drums. The is the second disc by Kaze, a fine quartet with two French musicians (Pruvost on trumpet & Orins on drums) with with Satoko on piano and Natsuki Tamura also on trumpet. Like the last disc by Kaze, this one is equally adventurous with piece written three of the four members (everyone but Pruvost). Both trumpeters are superb players and well utilized due the strong compositions and daring improv sections. Mr. Tamura's "Wao" is first and it is an intense, high-flying trumpet feast with intricate parts for the piano and drums to work their way through. This piece ends with some intense bent-note double trumpet insanity. The overall vibe on a couple of these pieces is one of restraint and well-balanced, well-written sections. The final piece is an epic length (20 minutes) work by Ms. Fujii called "Triangle". Satoko starts off by scraping something inside the piano mysteriously while both trumpets play those twisted radiator sounds loved by lowercase specialists worldwide. Soon the trumpets are playing those thoughtful harmonies together constantly shifting their textures with some equally forthright piano and drums interaction and some intense explosive sections. There is a version of Kaze playing at the Satoko Fujii at The Stone in a few weeks (8/23/13 at 10pm), but the personnel isn't listed yet so we don't know if ether of the French musicians will be here or not. In the meantime, this disc is one of this year's best so please don't miss out. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16


New from FMR!

PAUL DUNMALL/MARK SANDERS/PAT THOMAS - Descent III (FMR 354; UK) Featuring Paul Dunmall on tenor & soprano sax, Pat Thomas on piano and Mark Sanders on drums. Although UK sax titan Paul Dunmall has recorded with master drummer Mark Sanders on some twenty previous discs, this is his first recorded outing with keyboard wiz and author Pat Thomas. Dunmall playing with pianists is very rare (outside the excpetion of Keith Tippett in the Mujician quartet). Mr. Thomas is an immensely diverse and creative keyboard player who has worked with the likes of Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Charles hayward, Gail Brand and the Mancini Project. This session was recorded at Birmingham Conservatoire in February of 2013. Like most (all?) discs from Mr. Dunmall on the FMR label, this is an all improvised affair and a powerful one at that. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

PAUL DUNMALL/MARK HANSLIP/PHILIP GIBBS/ED RICARD - Weeping Idols (FMR 356; UK) Featuring Paul Dunmall and Mark Hanslip on tenor saxes with Philip Gibbs and Ed Ricard on guitars. Paul Dunmall has a knack for discovering little known (usually) British musicians and collaborating with them of recordings. Although Mr. Dunmall and Phil Gibbs have recorded on dozens of recordings, this is the first time we heard of Mark Hanslip or Ed Ricard. Plus the instrumentation of two tenors and two guitars is certainly unique. This disc was recorded in a studio in Bristol, UK in 2012. This disc starts out calmly and quickly builds to more intense levels of intricate improv. Both guitarists sound very different and are using different effects, Mr. Gibbs (?) with a purer sounding jazz guitar tone and Mr. Ricard playing through a variety strange effects-laden sounds. The saxes quiet down to let the guitars create alien soundscapes. Both saxes and Mr. Gibbs swirl tightly and quickly together while Mr. Ricard takes his time to unleash the occasional dense, warped rock guitar sound wave. I dig the way duos (often both saxes) turn into trios and then into quartets, evolving together seamlessly. Although this is free terrain, there is a sense of calm, the spirits are there but rarely reaching beyond anything overwhelming. Sometimes there are two or three lines of dialogue occurring at the same time but things often settle down to a more refined level of communication. It is hard to tell either of the saxes apart since they work so well in similar areas. Nothing like finding sympathetic partners to make great music with and that is definitely the case here. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

FRODE GJERSTAD/KEVIN NORTON/DAVID WATSON - Live Tipple (FMR 358; UK) Featuring Frode Gjerstad on alto sax & clarinet, David Watson on electric guitar and Kevin Norton on drums, vibes & percussion. This disc was recorded at the Buttonwood Tree in Middleton, CT in April of this year (2013). Norwegian saxist, Frode Gjerstad, is immensely prolific with some 70+ discs on a variety of labels. Frode has worked with Downtown percussionist Kevin Norton several times previous to this disc but this is the first time he has played and recorded with Downtown guitarist (and occasionally bagpipes player) David Watson. One of the things that makes this session so special is the playing of Kevin Norton, a master of percussion and textures. Mr. Norton plays the vibes, often bowing them and using them most selectively and subtly. This is an all improvised affair and there is something magical in the way it unfolds and evolves. Frode starts off on clarinet and plays an array of quiet, fractured sounds. The trio take their time to explore different combinations of instruments, textures and dynamics. It takes Mr. Watson a while to take off finally soaring when Mr. Norton erupts with an amazing vibes solo. Frode reminds me of Guillermo Gregorio on clarinet at times, playing those bent notes carefully and then twisting them into all kinds of odd shapes. Considering that this is a first time trio session, it is well-crafted and inspired throughout. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

VCDC [STINE JANVIN MOTLAND/FRED LONBERG-HOLM/STALE LIAVIK SOLBERG/FRODE GJERSTAD] - Insult (FMR 359; UK) Featuring Ms. Stine Janvin Motland on voice, Frode Gjerstad on clarinet, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Stale Liavik Solberg on drums. Even though Mr. Gjerstad and Mr. Lonberg-Holm have played together on a few previous sessions (a duo, trio & quartet), I know of the other two musicians here (Stine & Stale) from a duo called Motsol also on the FMR label. Plus Mr. Solberg has recorded in a trio with Martin Kuchen and Steve Beresford. The instrumentation of voice/clarinet/cello/drums is unique and this is recorded at a gallery in Stavanger. There are two long pieces here, both 20+ minutes in length. The quartet take their time and work quite well together. There are moments when it is hard to tell who is doing which sound. Is that the voice or the cello or the clarinet or some combination of all three?!? Ms. Motland's voice is fascinating, bizarre and well-utilized without ever screaming or going too far out. The playing here is well-matched. Sometimes, one person will start with a sound and then another instrument will finish that lines making blend of sounds into a seamless stream. A strange and wonderful cross-cultural connection. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

TREVOR WATTS CELEBRATION BAND - Live In Macedonia, 2004 (FMR 351; UK) Trevor Watts on alto & soprano sax, percusion & compositions, Amy Leake, Rob Leake & Marcus Cummins on saxes, Geoff Sapsford on guitar, Roger Carey on bass guitar, Jamie Harris on percussion and Giampaolo Scattoza on drums. After the Moire Music Ensemble came to an end, Trevor watts organized the Celebration Band which is fronted by four saxists, instead of four African drummers, plus an added guitar with another bass guitarist and drummer. I only know of two of the musicians on this disc previously: saxist Marcus Cummins who lived here for a spell and worked with Jeff Shurdut and conga-player Jamie harris who has toured with Mr. Watts as a duo and once played a fabulous set with Mr. watts at CBGB's canteen. Celebration is a perfect name for this band since they are extremely funky and make us feel like celebrating. Mr. Watts is obviously influenced by African music and this band is filled with infectious grooves, with layers of interlocking lines swirling tightly together. All but one of the six songs features a sax solo or two and each solo spins furiously. Besides a number of burning sax solos, there is also inspired solos from the bass guitar, lead guitar (by a guest guitarist) and drums. The groove is often fast and furious and unrelenting at times. There are no vocals on this disc unlike the other watts disc reviewed today and every song makes me feel great. How can music this infectious and fresh still not resort to any commercial formulas?!? Say yeah! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

TREVOR WATTS MOIRE MUSIC DRUM ORCHESTRA - Live In Latin America, Vol 1 (FMR 357; UK) The Moire Music Drum Orchestra features Trevor Watts on alto & soprano saxes, Nana Tsiboe, Nee-Daku Patato, Nana Appiah & Jojo Yates on African drums, thumb piano & vocals, Colin Gibson on bass guitar and Liam Genockey on drums. The Trevor Watts Moire Music Orchestra has some ten releases with different sized ensembles from a trio to a septet on several labels (ECM, ARC, FMR and Intakt). I caught them in the early days of the Victo Fest (1990) and have been a fan ever since. This great sextet version of the band was recorded live on the Back To You tour at four gigs in Venezuela and Mexico in October and November of 1990. There is something jubilant about this band. They have an infectious central groove that feels just right. The four African drummers are up front along with Mr. Watts sax and everyone is getting down together. What has always surprised is that although Mr. Watts started out as one of the founding members of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, one of the first and most influential "free" bands from the UK, he has consistently evolved into a more rhythmically inclined, groove-fest master. He is the leader here and the one featured soloist. His playing throughout this disc is creative, uplifting and consistently spirited. Each of the four songs here are long and festive. The vocals, which are often call and response in nature, also help to get us into that swell groove. Mr. Watts' saxes ride on top of the groove and his solos are long, winding and magical. Taking us away with him on a journey to a place where we can forget about our troubles and share in positive thoughts. Help yourself to feel good today. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

FRANCOIS CARRIER/MICHEL LAMBERT With NEIL METCALFE/GUILLAUME VILTARD/DANIEL THOMPSON - Shores And Ditches (FMR 340; UK) Recorded while touring in Dec 7th in the wonderful acoustic of St leonards Church, London this CD is the third on FMR by the brilliant Canadian alto saxophonist Francois Carrier, who is based in Montreal, Canada The cd pit's him with his long time companion and excellent fellow Canadian drummer Michel Lambert, and English musicians flautist Neil Metcalfe, Guitarist Daniel Thompson and double bassist Guilaume Viltard The results are 58 Mins of sparking and tantalising improvisations of supreme quality and creative achievement alongside the music the album artwork includes many mini snapshots of Carriers other love photography, in which his astute ear is matched by his ever open eyes that capture the unusual, the abstract, that often missed in the pace of modern life Altogether the two paint a picture of a whole human being totaly alive and open to his existence and who can eloquently echo his experiance in music and art A major new voice in improvisation!
CD $16

NEIL METCALFE/GUILLAUME VILTARD/DANIEL THOMPSON - Garden Of Water And Light (FMR 341; UK) Featuring Neil Metcalfe on flute, Guillaume Viltard on double bass and Daniel Thompson on guitar.
According to the liner notes this disc was recorded on autumnal evening in the winter just about a year ago (December of 2011), a night that was calm and beautiful. Not like tonight (11/7/12) with a heavy snow storm blowing outside. This is a marvelous trio, spinning a cosmic web lines in and around one another. Mr. Thompson appears to be playing an acoustic guitar or a hollow body jazz guitar with the pick-ups turned way down. I love the way these three musicians blend their sounds, weaving their lines intricately. The bowed bass, scraped strings and ghost-like flute sounds are a marvelous combination. Mr. Thompson's scraped guitar strings sounds like Joe Morris at times, making sounds which are both eerie and difficult to tell who is playing which instrument. This disc is superbly recorded and perfectly balanced. FMR is known for high quality recordings and this disc is improv at its best! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16


URI CAINE ENSEMBLE With RALPH ALESSI/CHRIS SPEED/THEO BLECKMANN/MARK HELIAS/JIM BLACK et al//GEORGE GERSHWIN - Rhapsody In Blue [Ltd #d Ed of 500] (W&W 205; Germany) Caine chooses Gershwin's outstanding masterpiece "Rhapsody In Blue" (Gershwin wrote this in 1924) as the core piece of his interpretations and fills this amazing opus with the spirit of a new path, a renewal of jazz, and intoxicating rhythms which have reached the American continent from Africa, and not least, Klezmer melodies played more than hundred years ago in the homeland of their ancestors. Mr. Caine is an exceptional composer and bandleader who knows how to write tailor-made arrangements. The following members belong to the Uri Caine Ensemble: the voices Barbara Walker and Theo Bleckmann, who present themselves in a duet "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off". Barbara Walker, who comes from the world of Gospel, also sings the duo "Slap That Bass" with Mark Helias, and Theo Bleckmann interprets "But Not For Me". He is, like Uri Caine, one of the musicians who can cross completely and convincingly the anyhow unnecessary border between serious and light music. Rounding out the ensemble are Joyce Hammann on violin, Ralph Alessi on trumpet and Jim Black on drums; outstanding musicians who have been part of Uri Caine's close circle for many years.
Ltd Ed #d LP for $54

(Regular $17 CD edition will be availble in a week or so)



Two New Ones from Peter Evans' More Is More label!
[in Stock Monday]

ROCKET SCIENCE [EVAN PARKER/PETER EVANS/CRAIG TABORN/SAM PLUTA] - Live At The Vortex (More Is More 133; USA) A collaborative improvising quartet, assembled by trumpet master Peter Evans, and featuring three of his favorite instrumental innovators: saxophonist Evan Parker, pianist Craig Taborn and computer musician Sam Pluta. Each player has broadened the previously known boundaries of his chosen instrument and married this craft to a refined musical sensitivity. The players have a wide variety of history between them; Taborn and Evans have collaborated and recorded with Parker for several of his ECM recordings ("Boustrophedon" and "The Moment's Energy"), Pluta and Evans have worked together in a variety of contexts since 2008, both duo (Pluta's "Sum and Difference") and in the Peter Evans Quintet.
"I haven't heard this yet but I am just as excited as you should be! This quartet will be playing at The Stone on September 15th and 17th. Be there or be square!" - BLG
CD $12

CHARLES EVANS With DAVID LIEBMAN/TONY MARINO/RON STABINSKY - Subliminal Leaps (More Is More 132; USA) Charles Evans' Subliminal Leaps presents the seasoned baritone saxophone artist as a unique voice in the creative music community. On this audacious new project, written specifically for soprano saxophone great David Liebman, Evans has devised methods of combining chromatic harmony, serial writing, and free improvisation employing the rare combination of the baritone and soprano saxophones. It is widely known that Liebman put down the tenor saxophone for fifteen years to fully actualize his desire for a personal soprano voice. Evans, the apprentice, has followed Liebman's lead in many ways. Specifically, the exclusive devotion to the soprano's distant lower relative, the baritone, for over fifteen years has rendered him ready for profound creation with the premiere living soprano master.
The baritonist has worked diligently to broaden the expressive range of his instrument, with specific care towards the difficult altissimo register as well as the application of chromatic improvisation/composition on the big horn. This is strengthened by the use of freely associated triads, intervals, and chromatic lines in polyphonic improvisation with the other members of the group. As Evans notes in the liner-notes, the quartet members truly leave their egos at the door, beautifully expressing and understanding the composer's musical vision.
Accompanying the saxophonists are two musicians that are masters in their own right. Bassist Tony Marino, through his longtime tenure in various Liebman groups, brings a level of artistry on the upright that is rarely matched. Pianist Ron Stabinsky proves to be the glue to the ensemble, bringing an incredible precision to the notation, along with a creative versatility to each movement of the piece.
Evans' music is genre nonspecific and avoids employing the traditional jazz vocabulary. The combination of jazz instruments, 20th century classical techniques and harmonies, and free improvisation demonstrate Evans' refusal to be limited or allow his music to be pigeonholed. Compositionally, the music grew from very strict 12-tone serialism (the specific row can be heard in the bass on the outset of "Certain Soprano.") Other then the poly-chord progressions used, all melodic material in the piece, from the dreamy sonorities of "Dreamed-Out March" to the subtle and intentionally hidden piano and baritone unisons in "Subliminal Leaps," were constructed through Webern-inspired 12-tone strictness. Indeed, the combination of the structural cohesion of Schoenberg's compositional rigidities with the looseness of spontaneous improvisation has created a work of profound meaning and expression.
"Subliminal Leaps," a composition written for Liebman's specific instrumental voice, utilizes devices with him in mind, many of which were cultivated and refined in past years by the innovative saxophonist. Several poly-chord progressions are featured in the piece. "Mahler Method" is another fine example of the actualization of Evans' writing within Liebman's personal unique language, with all parties demonstrating profound and introspective improvisations."
"The instrumentation of bari & soprano saxes, piano and bass is certainly unique - Mr. Evans has written strong material especially for this line-up. The opener, "Dreamed-Out March" begins with a healthy dose of both saxes pushing each other, swirling tightly together which is followed by a a spirited solo piano section. Without a drummer, the sound of the quartet is more chamber-like with the bassist holding down the central pulse or counterpoint for the piano and saxes. "Certain Soprano" is a mellow piece for elegant piano with sublime harmonies for both saxes, which sound perfect together. In the freer moments, Charles and David do a fine job of weaving around each other in a most organic way, remaining connected no matter where they sail or soar to. At times conversing like old friends, spirited and intricate. From the cover it appears this set was recorded in a church- the sound is splendid throughout. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $12


New on Songlines!

SAMUEL BLASER CONSORT IN MOTION With JOACHIM BADENHORST/RUSS LOSSING/DREW GRESS/GERRY HEMINGWAY - A Mirror To Machaut (Songlines 1604; Canada) Featuring Samuel Blaser on trombone & compositions, Joachim Badenhorst on bass clarinet & tenor sax, Russ Lossing on acoustic & electric pianos (Rhodes & Wurlitzer), Drew Gress on double bass and Gerry Hemingway on drums. This is Swiss trombonist, Samuel Blaser's seventh disc as a leader or co-leader and every previous disc has been different, either personnel-wise or at least in the approach. This is rthe second time that Mr. Blaser has called his project Consort in Motion, which blends the Baroque music of and inspired by Guillaume de Marchaut and Guillaume Dufay with jazz improvisations. The personnel for the first disc featured the late drummer Paul Motian while the personnel here consists of a strong quintet with young Belgian reeds wiz (Badenhorst) and three well-chosen Downtowners (Hemingway currently living is Switzerland, Lossing & Gress). As with any project that Mr. Blaser works on, you can tell that a good deal of thought and work went into this fine offering. Since I haven't listened to very much Baroque music, I can't compare this to anything else. I did find the writing and arranging, especially for the reeds and trombone to be superb throughout. Although most of the opening themes do have a Baroque-like sound, it is often the spirited solos and unpredictable arrangements that make this special. The sound of soft, sparse electric piano, muted trombone, eerie bass clarinet and skeletal bass & drums is filled with lush mystery on "Douce Dame Jolie". It sounds like ghosts conversing in a graveyard. The overall sound of this quintet is dreamy with bursts of crafty interaction, not always restrained. What is odd is to hear Mr. Lossing play occasionally distorted and/or wah-wah electric piano, which adds a darker mid-seventies sound that we haven't heard from him before. Mr. Blaser has done a marvelous job of organizing a unique ensemble here with consistently creative arrangements as well as a number of inspired solos from the reeds, trombone and piano. This is is yet another winner in this week's sweepstakes of swell discs! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16

FRANCOIS HOULE/HAVARD WIIK - Aves (Songlines 1601; Canada) Featuring Francois Houle on clarinets and Havard Wiik on piano. This is a first time recorded collaboration between the Vancouver-based clarinet ace, Francois Houle and Norwegian pianist Havard Wiik. Mr. Houle has worked at length with another pianist Benoit Delbecq, as well as with Gordon Grdina, Joelle Leandre, Yitzhak Yedid and a trio called LaConnor. You should know of Mr. Wiik from his work with Atomic, Ken Vandermark and Axel Dorner. Both musicians contributed compositions to this discs as well as doing a number of duo improvisations. This is a live recording from the Vancouver Academy of Music and the sound is superb. There is something special going on here, you can tell from the first note. The first piece, "Father Demo" by Mr. Houle is a well-written, formal sounding work closer to modern classical than jazz, with Francois' clarinet dancing carefully between the categories of jazz and beyond. Playful, serious, complex, tight. thoughtfully composed with no flashiness. On "Sparrowhawk", Houle plays two clarinets at once, creating soft, haunting harmonies with Mr. Wiik's sparse, elegant piano. It is difficult to tell that a third of these pieces are improvised since this duo works so well together, seamlessly weaving several lines or ideas into one stream. Each piece gives the duo a chance to stretch out and/or explore a variety of approaches. The main difference between the piano/clarinet duo with Francois & Mr. Ebelbecq and this duo is that Mr. Wiik doesn't play inside the piano, which is a specialty of Delbecq's. Hence, the adventure is in the more focused written or improvised material. This is an outstanding duo who play together extremely well, no matter where they go. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16


DAVID WEISS With RAVI COLTRANE/MARCUS STRICKLAND/TIM GREEN/JEREMY PELT/GERI ALLEN et al//WAYNE SHORTER - Endangered Species - The Music Of Wayne Shorter: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Lincoln Center 2012 (Motema 120; USA) Trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader David Weiss distinguishes himself by consistently coming to the table equipped with all the vital ingredients to make exciting, world-class music; knowledge, expertise, and a deeply-rooted, rock-solid foundation, gleaned from years of hard work and an admirable resume of long-term associations with some of jazz's quintessential figures. These elements, plus the less tangible factor of his enthusiastic reverence for this music combined with a drive to always push the music forward, have become cornerstones of his work, both in the studio and on stage. Such is the case with the New Jazz Composers Octet ("sound of the new jazz mainstream" - Ben Ratliff, The New York Times), The Point Of Departure Quintet, and The Cookers (which began more than ten years ago and has morphed into one of the most respected working bands in jazz today). And, such is the case with another very special project that has, as Weiss explains, "taken on a life of its own," Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter, a twelve piece mini big-band devoted to reimagining the music of jazz's greatest living composer, and approaching his music the way he would/does, as an ever-changing, ever-evolving body of work.
Endangered Species began as a mini big band comprised of artists that were all recording for the same record label. The idea was to focus on a legendary composer and arrange his music for this twelve-piece band assembled for the occasion. Weiss chose Wayne Shorter as he admittedly always looks for an excuse to delve further into Shorter's music. He explains, "I consider Wayne to be one of the most important composers in the history of this music and arguably the greatest living composer we have today in jazz. I also thought a composer of such breadth and scope should have an ensemble devoted to re-examining, expounding and expanding his music. I think we did our first gig in 2004 or 2005. I was able to pull together six or seven charts for the first gig and was happy with the results so I wanted to continue the project and see what it could develop into. We did a few gigs a year after that and I would always try to add a new arrangement or two for every gig. In 2012, we did a week at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, in conjunction with the master himself performing that same week in one of the concert venues at JALC, which resulted in this CD."
CD $15

and, in case you missed this..

WAYNE SHORTER With DANILO PEREZ/JOHN PATTITUCCI/BRIAN BLADE - Without A Net (Blue Note; USA) Without a Net is Wayne Shorter's first Blue Note recording date since August 26, 1970, when he recorded Odyssey Of Iska. (For many years it was thought that Moto Grosso Feio was also recorded on that date due to incorrect liner info based on missing information that the notes admit to - said mistake also replicated on the One Way CD reissue - but that was actually a session on April 3 1970). Anyway, that's 43 years!
Shorter has pursued many paths since the, as a member of Weather Report, and as a bandleader. This quartet was assembled for a 2001 European tour and has been playing together ever since. It shows. The interplay Shorter shares with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Pattitucci, and drummer Brian Blade is not merely intuitive, it is seamlessly empathic. All but one of these tunes were recorded during the group's 2011 tour. The lone exception is "Pegasus," recorded with the Imani Winds at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. There are six new tunes here; the quartet is credited with two of them. Shorter also revises some others, including set opener "Orbits" (the original was on Miles Davis' Miles Smiles) and "Plaza Real" (from Weather Report's Procession album). The only outlier, "Flying Down to Rio," is a version of the title tune from a 1933 film. Fireworks from this band can be heard everywhere. But the group aesthetic is especially noticeable in the penetrating romanticism of "Starry Night," where what appears restrained -- at least initially -- is actually quite exploratory and forceful. It's also apparent in the slow deliberation at play in the brooding "Myrrh." "Plaza Real" is a different animal here. Shorter's soprano soars and swoops through the melody, extending it at each turn as Perez offers bright, pulsing chords to highlight the harmonic richness on display. Blade digs deep into his tom-toms, and finds an alternate polyrhythmic route that underscores the elegance and momentum in Shorter's lyric invention. The album's centerpiece is the 23-minute "Pegasus," which expands the band into a nonet. It is a tone poem that commences very slowly and deliberately. But its form gradually opens to allow for great expressions of individual and group freedom. Shorter's athletic soprano solo is breathtaking. The arrangement on "Flying Down to Rio" turns its catchy yet off-kilter melody into a group dialogue centered around a swirling series of complex harmonic statements. Pattitucci introduces "Zero Gravity to the 10th Power" with a funky vamp before layers of melody, harmonic extrapolation, and rhythmic interplay are added. By the time Shorter takes his tenor solo, we've heard everything from Latin grooves to modal assertions to classical motifs and some near explosions from Blade. While any new album from Shorter is an event at this juncture (he's nearly 80 yet in peak form here as composer and soloist), Without a Net is special even among the recordings made by this outstanding group. - Thom Jurek
CD $15


CHRIS ABRAHAMS - Memory Night (Room40 453; Australia) [The Necks'] Chris Abrahams' Memory Night is his third album for Room40 -- Play Scar and Thrown preceding this album. Widely-recognized as the pianist for Australian liminal improvisation trio The Necks, Chris Abrahams' solo work etches out an entirely different universe. It's a place that is entirely his own, unashamedly unique and at times startling -- yet always alluring. On Memory Night, Abrahams' expands his sonic palette, building on the uneasy frontiers of the highly-regarded Play Scar. Never content to revisit past glories, Abrahams charts course into unfamiliar sound spaces, where electronics and instruments meet in a constant state of tension and release. Nothing is quite what it appears upon first listen and as a result Memory Night demands an attentive ear. Recorded across 2011 and 2012, Memory Night is a haunted series of pieces that provoke and compel. Chris Abrahams has created what can only be described as a profound rendering of contemporary composition -- a powerful, yet delicate evocation of sound, where instruments and electronics melt and are reformed.
CD $17

MIKE COOPER - White Shadows in the South Seas (Room40 454; Australia) It's difficult to know how to summarize the meandering journey that has been the life and times of Mike Cooper. Having just celebrated his 70th year of mischief making, here's what we can tell you: a young Mike Cooper can be spotted playing a beatnik guitarist on an anti-nuclear march in London beat cult film That Kind of Girl. His first band, The Blues Committee, played with and supported blues legends such John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and Jimmy Reed. Cooper was central in launching several of the first folk and blues venues outside London, especially in and around Reading. He was a regular on John Peel's program from 1969-1975, recording numerous sessions. His free music group The Recedents was formed in 1982, threading directly into London vibrant improvisation community. He moved to Italy in 1988 after a slew of musical projects during the '80s in the UK and EU. Since 1994 he has spent increasing amounts of time touring and exploring Oceania. One of the outcomes of his exploration is Beach Crossings-Pacific Footprints -- a radiophone work commissioned by Italian and Australian radio -- that traces the history of colonization in the Pacific by Europeans from Tahiti up to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. His recordings have been re-issued numerous times by labels across the globe. Original pressings are found for obscene prices via various outlets. White Shadows in the South Seas is his latest offering and follows up directly from his lauded Rayon Hula album. It's a pacific sunset-like dream spanning the horizon in pulsing waves of richly-colored rhythms, tropical sound fields and pacific-inspired slide guitar.
CD $17


ALVIN FIELDER/IKE LEVIN - Together Again (Charles Lester 26-012; USA) Alvin Fielder on drums and Ike Levin on tenor sax & bass clarinet. You might recognize the name of reedsman Ike Levin from his dozen discs in duos and trio with Joel Futterman and Kash Killion. You have no doubt heard of legendary drummer Alvin Fielder who has worked with many greats like Kidd Jordan, Charles Brackeen, Ahmed Abdullah and in the mid-sixties with Roscoe Mitchell on his debut album. Both of these musicians were originally based in Chicago and involved with the AACM with Mr. Levin ending up in San Francisco and Mr. Fielder in his home state of Mississippi since 1969. These two have recorded together on a half dozen discs so far. This is a studio recording, made in Richmond, CA and it has superb sound. You can tell that these two have played together at length since they work so well, no matter where they go. There is an exuberant quality to this music, both men are burning with that inner flame, but not erupting too far. "Shadings" is actually laid-back and simmers nicely, the duo taking their time and playing with warmth and quiet resourcefulness. Mr. Levin has a rich, well-worn tone on tenor and never resorts to screaming. Mr. Fielder is a master percussionist, who knows the history of jazz drumming and continually approaches each piece differently, adding depth, nuance and rhythmic textures throughout this entire long and consistently inspired offering. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $15


BENEDICT TAYLOR - Transit Check (Cram 02; UK) Featuring Benedict Taylor on solo viola. Last year I reviewed a trio disc featuring Daniel Thompson on guitar, Alex Ward on clarinet and Benedict Taylor on viola. I hadn't heard of Mr. Thompson or Mr. Taylor before, but I was very impressed nonetheless. I had a chance to meet and speak with these two fine young musicians in May of this year (2013) at Cafe Oto while checking out an amazing solo set with Keith Tippett. We just received this solo viola disc in the mail this week and we know that solo viola discs are extremely rare. This disc was recorded during a tour in Paris and includes a small drawing of Mr. Taylor in performance. Benedict has a unique sound as he twists notes on his viola in all sorts of bent ways. It sounds as if he is playing through an amp without any effects. There is a tradition of free/jazz violin from Michael Sampson (who played with Albert Ayler), to Ornette Coleman to Leroy Jenkins and Billy Bang. Taylor sounds like he is drawing from that tradition while doing things his own way. He pushes hard and plays intensely with passion and finesse. His music is concentrated, consistently fascinating and at times extreme yet focused. I thought that an entire disc of solo viola might not have enough going on, but I was wrong about that. This disc is an incredibly powerful effort and remains both enchanting and unsettling throughout. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $10

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DANIEL THOMPSON/ALEX WARD/BENEDICT TAYLOR - Compost (Cram 01; UK) Featuring Daniel Thompson on guitar, Alex Ward on clarinet and Benedict Taylor on viola. This disc was recorded live at Shoreditch Church in London in 2011. This is one of the freshest and most startling improv sessions I've heard in recent times - don't miss out on this! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
CD $10


CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - The Lost Tapes: 1966-1970 [DVD] (IMV 17; USA) "The Lost Tapes is a music documentary film tracing the roots and history of this iconic musical legend. It features rare live and studio performances of The Captain and his Magic Band. Limited collector's edition." Region 0; run time: 39 minutes.
DVD $18


BIG BLOOD [COLLEEN KINSELLA/CALEB MULKERIN] - Radio Valkyrie + 1905 + 1917 [2 LP set] (Feeding Tube 103; USA) This is only the second proper full-length LP by this Portland Maine-based duo, although there are vast arrays of CD-Rs and split releases littering their wake. After spending time with both the cosmically-shifting Cerberus Shoals and the folkily psychedelic Fire On Fire, Caleb Mulkerin and Colleen Kinsella decided to opt for something more personal and hermetic. Thus, we have Big Blood. The band's multi-phasic discography has thus far reminded people of everything from the Parson Sound to Opal to Portishead at different moments, yet none of these thumbnails comes close to capturing the elegant mystery of their essence. Sometimes electric guitar lines weevil hauntingly in the aether while acoustics strum quietly up front. At other points, muted chimes of freedom push against vocals and cloppety rhythms that recall White Noise's "Making Love Without Sound." Still others vibe early Comus or The Third Ear Band. In all, the scent of smoke hangs as heavy over this record as any we've heard. And friend, we've heard a few. Edition of 500; includes download code.
2 LP set for $24

TELLAVISION [FEE KURTEN] - Music on Canvas [12" EP] (Feeding Tube 103; USA) Gorgeous first album [10 songs] by German visual/sound artist, Fee Kurten, whose previous work has been available only via the German Bloody Hands label. Singing in English, accompanying herself on electronics, harmonica and strings, Fee creates oddball vistas of minimal pop aktion reminiscent of early Young Marble Giants, mixed with overtones lifted straight from the women of the Neue Deutsch Welle, and the slangy delivery of Omnivore. The results are a beautiful, throbbing Euro-American art-pop hybrid that functions in truly Internationalist terms. Some of it is akin to the nudest American avant-garage inventions around, other parts bleed like the waffle-filled air of the deepest Belgian underground. Just when you think you have Tellavision's modus operandi decoded, something different happens and you have to start re-evaluating your conclusions. Surreal, abstract, imagist, literal and utterly lovely, this is music for sitting around an internal campfire, crackling like crazy. Edition of 300.
LP $18

MARK CUNNINGHAM - Blood River Dusk (Feeding Tube 98; USA) The debut solo album by Mark Cunningham (Mars, Don King, Raeo, Convolution, Bestia Ferida, etc.) was originally released on CD in 1997. The label went out of business almost immediately, however, so the project has been more or less unheard since it was recorded. Feeding Tube only learned about its existence in the course of working with Mark on their recent Mars LPs, and when he gave us a copy it pretty much blew them away. Mark's trumpet tone on much of it reminds us all what a goddamn central record Miles Davis' On the Corner was for the whole no wave scene. The same weird muted tone is smeared all over this record, whether it's spread across detourned tango rhythms or heisted motorik pulsing, there's a constant presence of Miles' compact menace lurking in most notes. The album itself is bizarrely Barcelonan in structure. That Spanish city (to which Mark expatriated himself after the end of Don King) has been a place where dance music, noise rock, and electronic improv have all thrived inside a single tent. Each of these threads presents itself on parts of Blood Red Dusk (the title of which is a tribute to the writing of Cormac McCarthy), but the blend is always held together by Mark's trumpet and/or bass work. Blood River Dusk is a masterpiece of both the Barcelona underground and the post-no wave scene. Includes a small booklet with an interview where Mark lays out the entire saga. Choice. Edition of 300. Download included.
LP $20


GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION With JACK BRUCE/GINGER BAKER/DICK-HECKSTALL-SMITH/JOHN McLAUGHLIN/JON HISEMAN/ALEXIS KORNER/ERNEST RANGLIN/DUFFY POWER/BIG JIM SULLIVAN/IAN HAMER et al - Wade in the Water: Classics, Origins & Oddities [4 CD + Book Box set] (Repertoire 5250; Germany) Repertoire has established a fine reputation for quality reissues of classic recordings from the 1960s and '70s. That said, this box set by the Graham Bond Organisation sets a new standard even for them. Containing four discs and 96 tracks from early 1963 through 1967, this collection includes previously unreleased material - a great example is disc one's first cut, "Roll 'Em Pete," recorded for EMI in early February of 1963 by the Graham Bond Trio with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, as well as the first version of their standard "Cabbage Greens," with the Velvettes as the female backing chorus. What's notable about these sides is how assured they are: the group had just recently left Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated less than a month before and had played exactly one gig. Disc one moves forward with the band savagely backing R&B vocalist Duffy Power and later, guitarist Ernest Ranglin as the G.B.'s. in early 1964. None of this material is filler; it is all quality. John McLaughlin joined the band briefly, making it the Graham Bond Quartet, and after being fired by Baker, the great saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith entered the fold, making the legendary "Organisation" complete. Bruce and Baker, and even Heckstall-Smith, would leave eventually as well, but the excellent meld of blues, R&B, rock, and jazz (check the amazing hard rock, free jazz freakout in the blues jam, "I Love You," from 1967 -- and it all takes place in under three minutes) would roll on for another year-and-a-half or so. These four discs are loaded with live tracks, alternate takes, unreleased demos, live sides, and even an entire gig from 1964 to close out the last disc. Wade in the Water: Classics, Origins & Oddities is not a mere odds and sods collection, but a deep, well-rounded portrait of the band from its beginnings at EMI to its glory years at Decca to Columbia and its eventual dissolution in 1967. The influence of these sides on British music cannot be overstated. It would inform not only the British blues scene, but its R&B and rock scenes, both at the time and in the future. One can hear Bond's influence on everyone from the Who and Georgie Fame, to the latter-era Jam and Paul Weller's solo material, the James Taylor Quartet, and the acid jazz scene in general. The notes are beautifully annotated, with a solid intro by producer Pete Brown, who, along with Heckstall-Smith, did a fine job remixing and remastering the material.
4 CD set + Book box set for $70


MORTON FELDMAN//S.E.M. ENSEMBLE ORCHESTRA [PETR KOTIK et al] - Turfan Fragments/For Samuel Beckett (Dog With A Bone 04; USA) 2013 repress. The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble. Petr Kotik, Conductor. "For Samuel Beckett and The Turfan Fragments are Feldman's only chamber orchestra compositions. Both were commissions: The Turfan Fragments by the Swiss-Italian Radio Orchestra in 1980, For Samuel Beckett by the Schonberg Ensemble, Amsterdam, in 1987. Both titles are descriptive and suggest how Feldman arrived at a particular concept for each piece. The Turfan Fragments is a succession of short sections, which could indeed be described as fragments. The title relates the composition to manuscripts from Turfan (the southwest region of present-day China), which are in the collection of the Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin. These calligraphic remnants, going back to the ninth century, were brought to Germany before World War I and Feldman must have seen them while living in Berlin in 1971. In contrast, For Samuel Beckett is based on a single idea of several chord progressions unfolding continuously for almost an hour. In 1977, Beckett wrote a text for Feldman, to be used as the libretto for his opera Neither. Feldman's description of Beckett's writing most eloquently suggests what was on his mind when composing For Samuel Beckett: ?here's something peculiar about it [the Beckett's text]. I can't catch it. Finally I see that every line is really the same thought said in another way. And yet the continuity acts as if something else is happening. Nothing else is happening. What you're doing, in an almost Proustian way, is getting deeper and deeper saturated into the thought."
CD $15

MORTON FELDMAN//S.E.M. ENSEMBLE [PETR KOTIK et al] - For Philip Guston [4 CD set] (Dog With A Bone 02; USA) Performed by Kristine Scholz and Mats Persson. This fine release presents Morton Feldman's complete production of his music for two pianists, including the previously unrecorded piece "Work for Two Pianists" (1958). In the booklet you will find Mats Persson's essay: "To Be In The Silence - Morton Feldman and Painting." Packaged in hardcover sleeve (ala the Kairos label), with 72 pages of binlingual (Swedish/English) notes.
Looking for just one Morton Feldman CD to give to someone that you like more than yourself? There's more than one correct answer to this elusive question, but this overwhelming set (closing in on 300 total minutes) is an utter classic, with paralyzing sonic power. Feldman is recognized as one of the 20th century's most influential composers. Feldman's artistic principles were shaped in the early 1950s by his association with composers John Cage, Earle Brown and David Tudor, and painters Philip Guston, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Robert Rauschenberg, to name a few. In keeping with Feldman's aesthetic privileges of scale over form, For Philip Guston, composed in memory of his late friend, expands to a monumental five hours. On the front cover of the comprehensive 4CD set is a reproduction of Feldman's portrait by Philip Guston. The 16-page liner notes include a conversation between composers Walter Zimmerman and Petr Kotik, exploring the many facets of Feldman's music. Recorded in 1995 and performed by S.E.M. Ensemble (Petr Kotik, flute, alto flute, piccolo; Joseph Kubera, piano, celeste; Chris Nappi, vibraphone, marimbaphone, glockenspiel, chimes).
4 CD set for $40


LARS-GUNNAR BODIN & BENGT EMIL JOHNSON - Semikolon (Paradigm 29; UK) Originally created as a 6-part radio series in 1965, and released in 1966 by Sveriges Radio. This is the first LP recording by either of these composers. Recorded at EMS (Elektron Musik Studion), the newly established studio facility at Swedish Radio. This pioneering work did not easily fit in any category that existed at the time. Inspired by the work of Oyvind Fahlstrom (who was a pioneer of concrete poetry along with the Lettrists and Futurists), a few young Swedish artists began exploring new text-based experiments. The only other artist releasing records of similar soundworks at this early time in Sweden was Ake Hodell who had released two 7" singles. These Swedish sound poets differ in style from their other European counterparts mainly due to their easy access to the high quality facilities available at EMS, with its own in-house engineers and sophisticated studio equipment. Given the close relationship at that time between EMS and the national Swedish radio station, their works often have a strong narrative (radio art) quality. Semikolon is one such work. By 1967, Bodin and Johnson had together finally agreed upon a term for this particular style of sound poetry; text-sound composition. This term was then taken up by other Swedish artists working in the same field including Hodell and Sten Hanson, and soon became internationally-recognized. The following year Bodin and Johnson in association with Fylkingen inaugurated the first annual festival of text-sound composition. This international festival, and the commissions it gave rise to, became a major part of the work at Fylkingen and EMS. The festival ran for 10 years. 7 LPs from the early years were released by Sveriges Radio and more recently Fylkingen have compiled the series as a 5CD set. Naturally, both artists were included in the festivals, but they also created a large body of work which appeared on many of the essential anthologies of European sound poetry at the time, including the Revue OU and Klankteksten (released by the Stedelijk Museum in 1970 to accompany their exhibition of concrete poetry), as well as other international compilations. Both artists have also worked in the area of pure electro-acoustic composition, and these works are also mostly available on compilations. This record though, is a collaboration rather than a compilation and retains a timeless contemporary feel that is shared with other radio art projects like the Horspiel Heute series released by Luchterhand in the '70s. This new vinyl edition of the original LP adds an extra 7-minute composition by Bodin, also taken from the original Semikolon radio series. Includes 4-page, hand-numbered insert; edition of 300.
LP $22


OMENYA [MARK DAVIS] - Kali Mantras (Soleilmoon 183; USA) "Omenya is the solo project of Mark Davis, a musician and visual artist who lives in the forested mountains of North Carolina, USA. Kali Mantras is his fourth album, following releases for Klanggalerie (Austria), Tantric Harmonies (Russia), and Purple Soil (Czech Republic). Although he cites Zoviet France and Rapoon as inspirations, Davis' music is imbued with a silky richness that sets it apart from the angular starkness of the more well known British acts. Kali Mantras is a hypnotic blend of organic rhythms and ambient electronics, infused with ritual chant and minimalist atmospheres. It evokes the golden glow of warm autumn sunlight filtered through trees, or the quiet time just before dawn, when the eastern sky traces a jagged silhouette above a dewy mountain meadow. The five long tracks of the album carry the listener through a dreaming wakefulness, transporting us from nature's earthly temple into humankind's highly developed spiritual ceremonies, and finally returning us to our own perfect place, surrounded by long blue waves of comfort and tranquility. The packaging for this CD is hand printed and assembled in India, giving it a rustic and handmade feel entirely appropriate for the music it contains."
CD $15


PIERROT LUNAIRE [ARTURO STALTERI/GAIO CHIOCCHIO/JACQUELINE DARBY] - Gudrun + 2 (MP 62; Italy) 2011 remaster of 2nd album (1977) + two alternate track edits! Recorded in 1975-76, was planned for release in September 1976 on the experimental Vista label, but it was delayed and released a year later. It saw the entrance of the welsh soprano Jacqueline Darby, replacing Vincenzo Caporaletti that was more interested in jazz, and a sound shift toward a classical-inspired avantgarde, more disjointed than their first work. The trio was assisted by a guest drummer, Massimo Buzzi, on three of the eight tracks. Continuous rhythm changes, musical and spoken samples, classical inspired piano and vocal parts, are the main ingredients of this album that can bring to memory early Faust or similar groups.
"Of the avant-progressive scene in Italy - i.e. Opus Avantra, Alfredo Tisocco, Franco Battiato and many others, Pierrot Lunaire's second has to rate as one of the very best. It's difficult to describe the music as the combinations of a vast array of influences make this practically unclassifiable. There are operatic vocals over distorted electronics, somber piano interludes, baroque harpsichord and other strong classical moves; symphonic rock, folk, medieval and systemic musics all combine to different degrees and often contrast with one another. For instance, a familiar pop melody sung in Italian over menacing Faust-like buzzing radio static is one of the many unusual combinations during this album's duration. All of this makes for one incredibly brilliant album, often difficult, always surprising, and to this day remains an icon of original music. For the adventurous only."- Mike McLatchey/Expose
"One of the great magical mystery avant/prog trips of all time!" - MannyLunch
CD $20

JIMMY LYONS With LESTER BOWIE/ALAN SILVA/ANDREW CYRILLE - Other Afternoons (Actuel 9; USA) Never yet released on CD. "His first outing as a leader (recorded in Paris on August 15, 1969). Jimmy Lyons (alto sax) with Lester Bowie (trumpet), Alan Silva (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums). 'Jimmy Lyons is regarded by every musician who played with him as an under-heralded genius. He was the one alto player to take Charlie Parker's classic bop fluidity and drive it into the fire music of first generation free jazz" Original artwork & gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl.
LP $13

SONNY SHARROCK With LINDA SHARROCK/BEB GUERIN/JACQUES THOLLOT - Monkey-Pockie Boo (Actuel 37; USA) 37th volume in the BYG Actuel series; gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl. The quintessential Actuel album and your basic cornerstone of Free Music 101. "An album recorded in Paris (on June 22nd, 1969) with his wife Linda plus Ben Guerin (bass) and Jacques Thollot (drums). Sonny Sharrock was one of the top avant-garde guitarists and his playing was intense and ferocious. He mixed together Jimi Hendrix and Pharoah Sanders." "Sharrock was the first guitarist to really embrace fire music. He wanted his playing to mirror the emotional scream of the tenor saxophone." --Thurston Moore and Byron Coley
LP $15


WARNE MARSH With RONNIE BALL/PAUL CHAMBERS/PAUL MOTIAN/PHILLY JOE JONES - Warne Marsh (Atlantic 1291; USA) 180 gram repro of this 1958 release. Saxophonist Warne Marsh plays with Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Ronnie Ball (piano) and Paul Motian (drums).
LP $15


WHICH WAY DOES THE BLOOD RED RIVER FLOW? [V.A.] - Blues And Spirituals on the Testament Label (Mississippi 46; USA) "Compilation of some of the best songs recorded for the Testament label between 1961 and 1967. Here we have the deep spirituals of Fred and Annie McDowell, the haunting music of Peg Leg Howell, the long form lonesome blues of Skip James contemporary Jack Owens, the pretty drifting tunes of Elijah Brown, and the plaintive ballads of Jimmie Tarlton. A really intense and strong record. No filler allowed - just the heaviest stuff we could find. Old school 'tip on' cover. A co-release with our friends at Sutro Park, the king of all contemporary blues reissue labels."
LP $16


OS MUTANTES - Ao Vivo (Som Livre 4036097; Brazil) Repro of Os Mutantes' first live album, originally released in 1976. This was the band's final album until their 2006 reunion.
LP $16

OS MUTANTES - E Seus Cometas No Pais Do Baurets (Polydor 2451010; USA) 180 gram exact repro reissue, licensed from Universal. Originally released in 1972, this is the last album to feature all three founding members of the band (although Hoje e o Primeiro Dia do Resto da sua Vida was released that same year as Rita Lee's solo album). Songs include the surprisingly synth-oriented "Balada do Louco," freak outs like "Cantor de Mambo" and "Dune Buggy" and the anarchic anthem "Posso Perder Minha Mulher, Minha Mae, Desde Que Eu Tenha O Rock And Roll."
LP $17

OS MUTANTES - Jardim Eletrico (Polydor 2451002; USA) 180 gram exact repro reissue, licensed from Universal. Originally released in 1971. "One of the absolute highlights of the album is the humorous 'El Justiciero,' which features Spanish lyrics and also some Spanish-style guitar play. Other great songs are 'Tecnicolor,' which has lyrics in English, the melodious and slightly Beatlesque 'Virginia,' and 'Tudo, Tudo, Tudo,' a song that features a bluesy mouth harmonica. On these and other tracks on the album, the music of Os Mutantes is just as playful and creative as ever." -- All Music Guide
LP $17


BOB DYLAN - Robert Zimmerman Plays Bob Dylan: '61-'63 (Doxy 685; Italy) "As the title, Robert Zimmerman Plays Bob Dylan, implies, these recordings show the young man we all now know as Dylan finding his way in NYC after bumming a ride from Madison in the early months of 1961. Featuring songs that were left off of his first two Columbia LPs, Bob Dylan and The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, as well as other assorted demos and unreleased recordings, this essential LP of early recordings perfectly captures his growth from traditional folk music interpreter into what he would become: America's greatest living songwriter."
LP $24

BOB DYLAN - Finjan Club In Montreal, July 2, 1962 [LP + CD] (Doxy 327; Italy) "Of the handful of live dates available from 1962, Finjan Club In Montreal, July 2, 1962, may be Bob Dylan's most passionate and commanding performance. In addition to being a stellar performance, with great sound quality for the era, this live date is also of note for including many rarely heard Dylan originals including 'The Death of Emmett Till,' 'Quit Your Lowdown Ways,' and 'Let Me Die in My Footsteps'. Doxy is pleased to present this deluxe version of the show on 180 gram vinyl + bonus CD with detailed liner notes."
LP + CD for $30


DINO VALENTE - Dino Valente (Tompkins Square 2929; USA) First-ever vinyl re-issue - in glorious mono - of the 1968 psych classic by Dino Valente (Quicksilver Messenger Service).
"A fascinating enigma of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, Valente is most famed as the author of the song 'Get Together', and lesser-known as the songwriter for the more famous 'Hey Joe' which he sold the rights and credit to while in jail.
His one-off solo single in 1964, a folk pop song called 'Birdses' became the inspiration for Gene Clark to name his new band the Birdses, amended of course, to the Byrds, because of his admiration for Valente's single. The definitive '60s love-and-peace anthem 'Get Together' was recorded on the Jefferson Airplane's first album, and taken into the Top Ten by the Youngbloods - and of course 'Hey Joe' has been covered by many, the most ubiquitous version still being Hendrix's. Valente was an original member of Quicksilver Messenger Service - although imprisonment kept him from being recorded with them until their third album. In 1968, following that spell in jail for drug possession, he got a deal with Epic Records, recording an album produced by Bob Johnston (most famous for overseeing some of Bob Dylan's classic '60s output, as well as Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash). It was idiosyncratic even within the psychedelic community. Valente sang elliptical, stream-of-consciousness hippyisms without much in the way of narrative, beginning, or end, but with an evocative lyricism. The accompaniment is mostly stripped down guitar playing pleasingly haunting minor folk-jazz acoustic chords, swelled by wads of studio reverb. A few years ago, Mojo's 67 Lost Albums You Must Own article included this album: 'On leaving Quicksilver Messenger Service after changing his name to avoid the taxman, the chemically deranged but incredibly charming Dino Valente knocked off this beautifully elongated acoustic ramble, then promptly disappeared. Emotional, aching and gloriously daft in places, its stream of lo-fi consciousness spawned generations of bedroom strumming by moody suicidal peaceniks. All a bit intense on the surface, it's wonderfully engaging even today. In the current climate of Devendra Banhart, James Yorkeston et al, Valente sounds neither out of place nor out of time."
LP $18


KRAFTWERK [FLORIAN SCHNEIDER/RALF HUTTER et al] - Live At Ebbets Field In Denver, May 20, 1975 ('B13' 196; Italy) "Amazing 1975 live performances from these kraut-rock originators playing tracks from their Ralf und Florian and Autobahn LPs immediately prior to and during their very first North AmBerican tour. Clear white vinyl in a clear PVC sleeve with blue lettering pressed in a limited edition of 500 copies."
LP $30


THE MANDRAKE MEMORIAL - Puzzle (Poppy 40006; USA) Gatefold exact repro reissue of the third album by psych/prog outfit The Mandrake Memorial, originally released in 1970. Anyone who lived in Philadelphia in the late '60s would remember the Mandrake Memorial well. They opened for many of the star rock bands who passed through the city, and in terms of local popularity, they were probably only second to the Nazz. Outside of Philadelphia, they were scarcely known whatsoever, though they did manage to produce some fine second-division psychedelia. As vocalists they were adequate, but they were accomplished players and interesting writers, dressing their solid melodies with liberal jazz and Middle Eastern influences. Guitarist Craig Anderton became a noted music technology writer, contributing to magazines such as Electronic Musician.
While Mandrake Memorial's second LP (Medium) had moved them in a more self-consciously progressive hard rock direction, their third and final album Puzzle went somewhat off the deep end in that regard. There was little left of the song-driven psychedelia of their first and best album, and what had replaced it came close to drowning in an inchoate blend of late psychedelia and early progressive rock. There's much apparent ambition on this record but little coherence, alternating semi-improvised-sounding noodly instrumental passages with not-so-great songs and positively weird swells of operatic doomsday voices and cinematic electronic rock. It sounds like a concept album without a concept, complete with brief interludes and preludes. Parts of the ten-minute "Bucket of Air" make it clear that they probably did their share of listening to Pink Floyd's A Saucerful of Secrets, but the Floyd seemed positively economic next to this squawky aimlessness. Occasional gasps of their original song-oriented brand of wistful psychedelia can be heard, but it's overwhelmed by the messy crossfire of half-formed fusions of hard rock, classical, and other miscellany.
LP $15


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FOR COLLECTORS OF THE RAREST JEWELS IN MODERN JAZZ!


WAREHOUSE FIND! ONLY ONE COPY EACH!

LONG OUT-OF-PRINT - nearly 20 years! - HAT ART CDs [6000 series]

(Yes, we sent the summary version of this list out on Thursday, but got a ton of email requesting reviews for each of these items, so here they are with great descriptions - many by Thom Jurek, who's got a great pair of ears, a very perceptive mind, and a vocabulary to match!)

Virtually all of these '90s Hat Art CD series releases were NEVER REISSUED on the later Hat-Ology and Hat[Now] series and have been out-of-print for almost two decades - and ALL these titles are now gone - so this is an incredible ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITY to get these amazing recordings in their original sealed wrappers!

Following this list at the bottom are the remaining Hat Art CDs that we have for normal prices and 20% discount, but this first list is the ONLY ONE COPY EACH expensive RARE ones:



JOHN ZORN With BILL FRISELL/ELLIOTT SHARP/WAYNE HORVITZ/ZEENA PARKINS/ARTO LINDSAY/CHRISTIAN MARCLAY/BOBBY PREVITE/GUY KLUCEVSEK et al - Cobra: Deluxe Edition [#d 2 CD set] (hat Art 6040; Switzerland) RARE ORIGINAL FIRST CD EDITION with Kiriko Kubo artwork covers for both jewel cases and on machine #'d slipcase;
ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
Ltd #d 2 CD set $100


RAY ANDERSON/HAN BENNINK/CHRISTY DORAN - Azurety (hat Art 6155; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

RAY ANDERSON/HAN BENNINK/CHRISTY DORAN - Cheer Up (hat Art 6175; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

ANTHONY BRAXTON With ENSEMBLE MODERN FRANKFURT/CREATIVE MUSIC ENSEMBLE - 2 Compositions (Ensemble) 1989 [No 147]/1991 [No 151] (hat Art 6086; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

ANTHONY BRAXTON With PAUL SMOKER/ARI BROWN/MISHA MENGELBERG/JOE FONDA/HAN BENNINK or PHEEROAN AkLAFF//CHARLIE PARKER - Anthony Braxton's Charlie Parker Project 1993: Live & Studio [2 CD set] (hat Art 6160; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $60

DAVE BURRELL - Windward Passages: Live 1979 Basel (hat Art 6138; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

JOHN CAGE//EBERHARD BLUM - 62 Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham [2 CD set] (hat Art 6095; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $50

JOHN CAGE//EBERHARD BLUM - Atlas Eclipticalis For Three Flutes: Piccolo, Flute, And Alto Flute (hat Art 6111; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

JOHN CAGE//EBERHARD BLUM - Fontana Mix & Solo For Voice 2 (hat Art 6125; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

JOHN CAGE//EBERHARD BLUM/MARIANNE SCHROEDER/ROBYN SCHULKOWSKY/FRANCES-MARIE UITTI/NILS VIGELAND - Music For Five: 45' 34'46.7766" 31'57.9864" 27'10.554" 26'1.1499" 4'33 [No 2] [0'00"] Music For Five Two [2 CD + Booklet set] (hat Art 6070; Switzerland) slim double-jewel case ed; ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $60

JOHN CAGE//EBERHARD BLUM/MARIANNE SCHROEDER/ROBYN SCHULKOWSKY/FRANCES-MARIE UITTI/NILS VIGELAND - Music For Five: 45' 34'46.7766" 31'57.9864" 27'10.554" 26'1.1499" 4'33 [No 2] [0'00"] Music For Five Two [2 CD + Booklet set] (hat Art 6070-1&2; Switzerland) slipcased two-jewel-case ed; ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $70

JOHN CAGE//IVES ENSEMBLE - Ten: Ten (First Recording), Ryoanji, Fourteen (First Recording) (hat Art 6159; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

JOHN CAGE//IVES ENSEMBLE + MAYUMI MIYATA - Two, Five & Seven: Two4, Two6, Five2, Five5, Seven, Seven2 (First Recordings) [2 CD set] (hat Art 6192; Switzerland) Seven2 is not a first recording; ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $70

JOHN CAGE//PANNONISCHES BLASORCHESTER - Fifty-Eight (First Recording) (hat Art 6135; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

JOHN CAGE//RADIO-SINFONIE-ORCHESTER FRANKFURT - Sixty-Eight Quartets I-VII (First Recordings) (hat Art 6168; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

COE, OXLEY & CO. [TONY COE/TONY OXLEY/CHRIS LAURENCE] - Nutty: Live Willisau Jazz Festival 1983 (hat Art 6046; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

CHRISTY DORAN'S PHOENIX With RAY ANDERSON/MARTY EHRLICH/URS LEIMGRUBER/HANK ROBERTS - Phoenix: Duets (hat Art 6074; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

MORTON FELDMAN//EBERHARD BLUM/NILS VIGELAND - For Christian Wolff (First Recording) [3 CD set] (hat Art 6120-1/2/3; Switzerland) slipcased double jewel cases ed; ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
3 CD set for $100

MORTON FELDMAN//EBERHARD BLUM/NILS VIGELAND/JAN WILLIAMS - Crippled Symmetry: Why Patterns?, Crippled Symmetry (First Recordings) [2 CD set] (hat Art 6080; Switzerland) slim double-jewel case ed; ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $60

MORTON FELDMAN//EBERHARD BLUM/NILS VIGELAND/JAN WILLIAMS - Crippled Symmetry: Why Patterns?, Crippled Symmetry (First Recordings) [2 CD set] (hat Art 6080-1&2; Switzerland) slipcased two-jewel-case ed; ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $70

MORTON FELDMAN//EBERHARD BLUM/NILS VIGELAND/JAN WILLIAMS - For Philip Guston (First Recording) [4 CD set] (hat Art 6104-1/2/3/4; Switzerland) slipcased two jewel cases ed; ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
4 CD set for $100

MORTON FELDMAN//JOSJE TER HAR/JOB TER HAAR/JOHN SNIJDERS - Trio (First Recording) (hat Art 6195; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

MORTON FELDMAN//MARIANNE SCHROEDER - Works For Piano (hat Art 6035; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

MORTON FELDMAN//MARIANNE SCHROEDER/ROHAN DE SARAM - Patterns In A Chromatic Field [2 CD set] (hat Art 6145; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
2 CD set for $70

MORTON FELDMAN//STEFFEN SCHLEIERMACHER + ISABEL MUNDRY/MATS PERSSON/KRISTINE SCHOLZ/NILS VIGELAND - Works For Piano 2 (hat Art 6143; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

THE GANELIN TRIO [VYACHESLAV 'SLAVA' GANELIN/VLADIMIR TARASOV/VLADIMIR CHEKASIN] - Non Troppo (hat Art 6059; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

JIMMY GIUFFRE 3 With PAUL BLEY/STEVE SWALLOW - Flight (Bremen 1961) (hat Art 6071; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

GERRY HEMINGWAY QUINTET With MICHAEL MOORE/WOLTER WIERBOS/ERNST REIJSEGER/MARK DRESSER - The Marmalade King (hat Art 6164; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

ANDRE JAUME With JEAN-FRANCOIS CANAPE/YVES ROBERT/FRANCOIS MECHALI/MICHAEL OVERHAGE/GERARD SIRACUSA/HEINER THYM/JACQUES VEILLE - Musique Pour 8: L'oc (hat Art 6058; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

HANS KENNEL MYTHA - CONTEMPORARY ALPHORN ORCHESTRA With CARLOS BAUMANN/MARCEL HUONDER/BILL HOLDEN - Mythahorns (hat Art 6110; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

HANS KENNEL MYTHA - CONTEMPORARY ALPHORN ORCHESTRA With CARLOS BAUMANN/MARCEL HUONDER/STEFAN SCHLEGEL - Mythahorns 2 (hat Art 6151; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

FRANZ KOGLMANN PIPETET With TONY COE/TOM VARNER/GERRY HEMINGWAY/GUILLERMO GREGORIO/ROBERTO OTTAVIANO/ROBERT MICHAEL WEISS/BURKHARD STANGL/KLAUS KOCH et al - Cantos I-IV (hat Art 6123; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

FRANZ KOGLMANN PIPETETT/KOKOFIL/QUARTETT With ROBERTO OTTAVIANO/KLAUS KOCH/ROBERT MICHAEL WEISS/PETER BARBORIK et al - Ich (hat Art 6033; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

FRANZ KOGLMANN With ROBERTO OTTAVIANO/KLAUS KOCH/THEO JORGENSMANN/GEORG LEHNER/ERICH SAUFNAUER/RUDOLF RUSCHEL/RAOUL HERGET/ROBERT MICHAEL WEISS/PETER BARBORIK - Schlaf Schlemmer, Schlaf Magritte (hat Art 6108; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

STEVE LACY/MAARTEN ALTENA - High Low & Order (hat Art 6069; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

JOELLE LEANDRE & ERIC WATSON - Palimpseste (hat Art 6103; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

URS LEIMGRUBER - Statement Of An Antirider: Solo Saxophones and Flute (hat Art 6013; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

URS LEIMGRUBER/ADELHARD ROIDINGER/FRITZ HAUSER - Lines (hat Art 6149; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

JOE McPHEE PO MUSIC With ANDRE JAUME/URS LEIMGRUBER/CHRISTY DORAN/RAYMOND BONI/LEON FRANCIOLI/FRITZ HAUSER - Linear B (hat Art 6057; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $60

PAUL PLIMLEY & LISLE ELLIS - Kaleidoscopes (hat Art 6117; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

FREDERIC RZEWSKI - De Profundis (First Recording): Performed By The Composer (hat Art 6134; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

FREDERIC RZEWSKI - North American Ballads & Squares: Performed By The Composer (hat Art 6089; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

GIACINTO SCELSI//MARIANNE SCHROEDER - KA & TTAI: Suites #s 9, 7, 10 For Piano (First Recordings) (hat Art 6006; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

SLIDE RIDE [RAY ANDERSON/CRAIG S HARRIS/GEORGE E LEWIS/GARY VALENTE] - Slideride (hat Art 6165; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

PAUL SMOKER TRIO With RON ROHOVIT/PHIL HAYNES - Genuine Fables (hat Art 6126; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN//EBERHARD BLUM - Spiral: For A Soloist (Flute, Voice, and Shortwave Receiver) (hat Art 6132; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

RICHARD TEITELBAUM With ANTHONY BRAXTON/GEORGE E LEWIS - Concerto Grosso (1985) For Human Concertino And Robotic Ripieno (hat Art 6004; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

JAMES TENNEY//TOMAS BACHLI/GERTRUD SCHNEIDER/ERIKA RADERMACHER/MANFRED WERDER - Bridge & Flocking: Pianos (First Recordings) (hat Art 6193; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA - Concerto Piccolo: Live At Zurich Jazz Festival 1980 (hat Art 6038; Switzerland) never opened, but zip has been pulled on wrapper of ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $30

MIKE WESTBROOK TRIO With CHRIS BISCOE/KATE WESTBROOK - Love For Sale: Live At Teatro Dubois, Paris 1983 (hat Art 6061; Switzerland) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40


KIMUS [V.A. With STEVE LACY/RAN BLAKE/FRITZ HAUSER/FRANZ KOGLMANN/MARTIN ALTENA/HABARIGANI] - #5 - A Hat Art CD Sampler Presenting Alternate Takes And Unreleased Titles [Ltd #d Ed] (hat Art 16005; Switzerland) (limited #d edition of 1500 CDs) Each one of these 13 tracks [or takes] was left off the respective six album releases being promoted here: Slap That Bass [two takes] and What Do You Want Wid Bess [alt] by Ran Blake [NOT on That Certain Feeling]; Castel Fritz and Burio Hauser by Fritz Hauser [NOT on Pensieri Bianchi]; original unused takes of I Feel A Draft, Cloudy, and Rain by Steve Lacy [NOT on Itinerary]; Monoblue [take 2] and For Max [take 2] by Franz Koglmann [NOT on The Use Of Memory]; Rif [take 2] by Martin Altena [NOT on Cities & Streets*]; and Hoi Hoi [take 2] and Extra Goodies [take 2] by Han's Kennel's Habarigani [NOT on Habarigani Two].
ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

[*a little note here - versions of Rif were present on both Altena's Cities & Streets, and Rif CDs - the version of Rif on this Kimus CD is none of those]


KIMUS [V.A. With ANTHONY BRAXTON/FRANZ KOGLMANN/BOBBY BRADFORD-JOHN CARTER] - #3 - A Hat Art CD Sampler Presenting Alternate Takes And Unreleased Titles [Ltd #d Ed] (hat Art 16003; Switzerland) (limited #d edition of 1500 CDs)) Each one of these 9 tracks [or takes] was left off the respective four album releases being promoted here: Slow Fox [take 2], Autumn In New York, and Es Rinnt Aus Dem Hirn [take 2] by Franz Koglmann [NOT on Orte Der Geometrie]; Composition 101 [take 2] by Anthony Braxton [NOT on Four Compositions (Solo, Duo & Trio) 1982/1988]; Transformation by Bobby Bradford-John Carter Qnt [NOT on Comin' On]; and Composition 6A [take 2] by Anthony Braxton [NOT ON Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989]
ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

KIMUS [V.A. With FRITZ HAUSER/HABARIGANI/GIACINTO SCELSI-MARIANNE SCHROEDER/ARNOLD DREYBLATT/PAULINE OLIVEROS] - #2 - A Hat Art CD Sampler Including Alternate Takes And Unreleased Titles [Ltd #d Ed] (hat Art 16002; Switzerland) (limited #d edition of 999 CDs) 11 track sampler of five Hat album releases includes these 8 unreleased cuts: Der Pendler by Fritz Hauser/Lauren Newton [NOT on Zwei]; alternate take of Scelsi's Suite No 10: Ka [6 tracks NOT on Ka & Ttai]; and a 15 minute version of Pauline Oliveros' Roots Of The Moment [NOT on that CD]
ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

KIMUS [V.A. With JOHN ZORN-GEORGE LEWIS-BILL FRISELL/FRANZ KOGLMANN/GEORGE GRUNTZ] - #1 - A Hat Art CD Sampler Including Alternate Takes And Unreleased Titles [Ltd #d Ed] (hat Art 16001; Switzerland) (limited #d edition of 999 CDs) 8 track sampler of three Hat album releases includes these 5 unreleased cuts: Melanie (live) by Zorn-Lewis-Frisell [NOT on News For Lulu]; Yesterdays (take 2), Caravan, and Ezz-Thetic (take 2) by Franz Koglmann quintet with Steve Lacy [NOT on About Yesterdays Ezzthetics]; and Emergency Call by George Gruntz Concert Band from the night before the one on the CD release [NOT on Happening Now!].
ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40

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WE ALSO have ONE COPY EACH of the following SEALED JAPANESE EDITIONS of HAT ART releases Same Packaging/Covers as the Swiss Editions, and with a Japanese Hat Hut obi outside the jewel case, but actually printed/manufactured in Japan with different catalog #s

(Some of the cases have cracks from storage, but all are sealed and will be shipped that way. ones with cracks will be sent with replacement cases for you to put on when you unseal wrapper)


ALBERT AYLER With DONALD AYLER/MICHEL SAMPSON/BILL FOLWELL/BEAVER HARRIS - Lorrach, Germany and Paris, France 1966 (hat Art/BRJ 4110; Japan) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

ANTHONY BRAXTON With DRED SCOTT/CECIL McBEE/ANDREW CYRILLE/JON RASKIN - Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989: For Warne Marsh (hat Art/BRJ 4112; Japan) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50

ANTHONY BRAXTON With RAY ANDERSON/JOHN LINDBERG/THURMAN BARKER - Performance (Quartet) 1979 (hat Art/BRJ 4107; Japan)
CD $50

MICHIHIRO SATO With TOM CORA/FRED FRITH/BILL FRISELL/CHRISTIAN MARCLAY/STEVE COLEMAN/SEMANTICS [ELLIOTT SHARP-SAMM BENNETT-NED ROTHENBERG]/TENKO/GERRY HEMINGWAY/NICOLAS COLLINS/JOEY BARON/MARK DRESSER/TOH BAN DJAN [IKUE MORI-LULI SHIOI] et al - Rodan: Duos, Trios, And Quartets (produced by John Zorn) (hat Art/BRJ 4102; Japan) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $40
[SEALED COPY of Swiss edition available for $20]

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT With JIMMY LYONS/SUNNY MURRAY/ALAN SILVA/JEROME COOPER/RAMSEY AMEEN - It Is In The Brewing Luminous: Live At Fat Tuesday's February 8/9 1980 (hat Art/BRJ 4108; Japan) ONE SEALED COPY ONLY
CD $50


BTW - NONE of the items in the above 'One Copy Only' lists were previously offered in our preceeding Hat Art Sale lists - they REALLY ARE THAT RARE!]




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