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DOMINIC DUVAL STRIGS & BRASS ENSEMBLE - American Scrapbook (2002)
American folk music takes many forms, from the austere jangle of tautly strung banjo strings to the urban blues wail wrung from a burnished saxophone bell. Dominic Duval’s freshly minted ensemble...
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BARRE PHILLIPS·JOËLLE LÉANDRE·WILLIAM PARKER·TETSU SITOH - After You Gone (2004)
The story behind this album brings together the names of six of the top bass players on the free improv circuit. Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, William Parker, and Barry Guy were approached to...
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CHARLES TOLLIVER - The Ringer (1969)
This is the Charles Tolliver record to get, although it may be hard to find. The masterful trumpeter, in a quartet with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Steve Novosel, and drummer Jimmy Hopps, plays...
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CHARLES TOLLIVER - Impact, Live Germany (1972)
Tracks01. Impact (Charles Tolliver)02. Brillant Circles (Charles Tolliver)03. Truth (Stanley Cowell)04. Prayer For Peace (Stanley Cowell)05. Absecretions (Stanley Cowell)06. Our Second Father (Charles...
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CHARLES TOLLIVER - Live in Tokyo (1973)
CDs led by the great and vastly underrated trumpeter Charles Tolliver are few and far between. This live set (originally released by the Japanese Trio label) finds Tolliver leading his Music Inc....
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CHARLES TOLLIVER - Impact (1975)
Trumpeter/flügelhornist Charles Tolliver often straddled the line between the lyricism of hard bop and the adventurous nature of the avant-garde. Released in 1975, Impact contained a stimulating...
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THOMAS STRØNEN - Pohlitz (2006)
The most recent solo offering from Food's Thomas Strønen takes things in a decidedly different direction. A renowned jazz percussionist and drummer, Strønen abandons the traditional drum kit setup and...
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JOE MORRIS QUARTET - At The Old Office (2000)
This record documents a Knitting Factory gig in late 1999, featuring Joe Morris with Mat Maneri on viola, Chris Lightcap on bass, and Gerald Cleaver on drums (all but Cleaver appeared on 1998's A...
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CHARLES MINGUS - Change One (1975)
Charles Mingus' finest recordings of his later period are two Atlantic LPs, Changes One and Changes Two. The first volume features four stimulating Mingus originals ("Remember Rockefeller at...
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CHARLES MINGUS - Change Two (1975)
Along with its companion volume Changes One, this is one of the great sessions from one of the best working bands of the 1970s. Starting with the spirited "Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A," this...
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IRÈNE SCHWEIZER·HAN BENNINK - Selftitled (1995)
This is a recording that finds Han the Man of the dynamite drums "behaving himself," as he is fond of saying. He only behaves himself if he finds the situation really warrants it, such as in the case...
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IRÈNE SCHWEIZER·PIERRE FAVRE (1990)
This is the fourth in the series of piano-drum duos recorded by IrËne Schweizer for Intakt. This one with Pierre Favre, the drummer she's known perhaps the longest since her defection from the world...
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IRÈNE SCHWEIZER·PIERRE FAVRE - Ulrichsberg (2003)
Two free-improv titans at work – and both Swiss. Percussionist Favre has been a huge presence in Europe since the 1960s, and his relationship with pianist Schweizer goes back to 1966. A hard-hitting...
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CHICK COREA - Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971)
Chick Corea’s first unaccompanied album initiated the solo piano idiom at ECM, and proved to be extremely influential. Alongside music created in the moment, some powerful melodies are explored here,...
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CHICK COREA - Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972)
This is the second of two LPs recorded by Chick Corea shortly after he broke up the avant-garde quartet Circle, saying that he wanted to communicate to a larger audience. As with the first set, these...
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WYNTON KELLY - Kelly Blue (1959)
Recorded for Riverside, this set mostly features the influential pianist Wynton Kelly in a trio with his fellow rhythm-section mates from the Miles Davis bands, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy...
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YOUN SUN NAH - Voyage (2008)
"A wonderfully clear voice, with superb melismatic control and dynamic poise. A welcome new presence on the international jazz scene." -- Jazzwise"When South Korea's still-infant jazz scene comes...
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ANTHONY BRAXTON·DEREK BAILEY - Royal (1984)
A reissue of Derek Bailey and Anthony Braxton's Royal, expanded to include both intended volumes. Volume 1 was originally released in 1984; the second volume was never issued. The second release in a...
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YELENA ECKEMOFF - A Touch of Radiance (2014)
Trained in an intensive ten-year classical piano program at Moscow's Gnessins School, and after quietly making records for over two decades, Russian native Yelena Eckemoff has been transitioning to a...
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JOHN LINDBERG - Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists (1984)
Bassist John Lindberg is best known for his associations with the String Trio of New York and for a time with Anthony Braxton, but, as witness this stimulating set, he also has the potential to be a...
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