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SKM [Stephan Gauci·Kris Davis·Michael Bisio] - Three (2010)
Paul Bley once said that, if you want to change the music, you have to change the conventional jazz instrumentation. Jummy Giuffre did it excluding the drumkit from his trios, one of them precisely...
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TISZIJI MUÑOZ - Presence Of Joy (Samba-Kaya) (1999)
"It’s great playing with Tisziji because he is right in the middle of the music. Tisziji goes right to the center of the music bringing everybody with him. He seizes the right moment. He won’t play...
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TISZIJI MUÑOZ - Divine Radiance (2001)
Tisziji Munoz is both mystical and mythological. His music is spiritually based at its core, and he is an artist who has successfully become insular and removed from the world of jazz and contemporary...
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JERRY GRANELLI & BADLANDS - Crowd Theory (1999)
Drummer Jerry Granelli has always been a conceptual jazz musician. After early associations with Denny Zeitlin, Vince Guaraldi, and Ralph Towner his solo projects took on novel qualities, both for...
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TOMASZ STAŃKO - Chamaleon (2006)
Tracks01. Mademoiselle Ka (Stańko) 02. Euforila (Stańko) 03. Hej! (Stańko) 04. Balladella (Stańko/Skowron/Anthimos) 05. Whistle Walk (Skowron) 06. Green Song (Stańko/Skowron/Anthimos) 07. Chameleon...
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TIM BERNE - Mutant Variations (1984)
Definitely not part of the new traditional scene, alto saxophonist Tim Berne keeps moving forward. This '83 quartet set of all originals is reminiscent at times of mid-'50s Ornette Coleman, notably due...
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TIM BERNE - fractured Fairy Tales (1989)
Tim Berne's music on his CD sometimes looks a little toward Anthony Braxton's free bop lines but also incorporates some electronics, unusual instrumental textures and some just plain weird sounds....
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DIEGO BARBER·CRAIG TABORN - Tales (2012)
If ever there was evidence for the argument that there are actually more accomplished players in jazz than the genre's media can accommodate then it is right here. Diego Barber is a New York-based...
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ROVA - From The Boreau of Both (1992)
One of the better albums in Rova's confusingly expansive discography, From the Bureau of Both features some of the quartet's most immediately rewarding moments, as well as a few on the opposite end of...
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ANTHONY BRAXTON - Compositions 98 (1990)
Tracks1. Part I2. Part IIANTHONY BRAXTON alto, tenor, soprano sopranffino & C melody saxophonesHUGH RAGIN trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpetRAY ANDERSON trombone, alto trombone, slide...
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MARION BROWN - Le temps fou (1969)
In September 1968, Marion Brown, who moved to Europe two years earlier, recorded the soundtrack of the movie by Marcel Camus entitled 'Le Temps Fou' in the legendary Parisian studio Davout. The movie...
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MIGUEL ZENON·LAURENT COQ - Rayuela (2012)
Inspired by Julio Cortáza's sweeping and influential novel, Rayuela (Pantheon, 1963), pianist Laurent Coq and saxophonist Miguel Zenón transform parts of the Argentinean writer's famous work into a...
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ROOTS - Stablemates (1993)
Tracks1. Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)2. Linden Boulevard (Santi Debriano)3. Requiem For A Rabbit (Chico Freeman)4. Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)5. I Remember Eric Dolphy (Nathan Davis)6. Stablemates...
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STEVE LACY TRIO - The Window (1988)
A memorable set and a rare opportunity to hear Lacy with just drums and bass. Some marvellous playing from Johnson and Avenel, and Lacy really goes off into some esoteric yet logical trains of thought....
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TOMMY FLANAGAN - Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978)
This is a typically flawless trio set from the tasteful and swinging bop-based pianist Tommy Flanagan. With the assistance of bassist Keter Betts and drummer Jimmie Smith on this CD reissue, Flanagan...
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TOMMY FLANAGAN - Sea Changes (1997)
It's easy to understand why Tommy Flanagan has been one of the most praised pianists over the '80s and '90s while listening to an excellent trio date such as this CD. With bassist Peter Washington and...
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CARLA BLEY - 4x4 (2000)
The latest in Carla Bley's ever-changing array of ensemble configurations, the 4X4 group features Bley on piano, Larry Goldings on organ, Steve Swallow on bass, and Victor Lewis on drums. Add to this...
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GARY PEACOCK - The Beginnings West Coast Years 1959-1962
"Bassist Gary Peacock, who died in September of 2020, was probably best known for Trio '64, his sole album in 1963 with Bill Evans, as well as his work with Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Marc Copland and...
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GIANNI BASSO & RENATO SELLANI - Body And Soul (2008)
After World War II's wave of adulation and imitation, it's clear that many Italian musicians have branded jazz with individual characteristics. To jazz, they bring a poetic sense of eternal cantabile,...
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ANTHONY DAVIS - Of Blues And Dreams (1979)
The adventurous playing and writing on this reissue hint at both avant-garde jazz and 20th century classical music. Pianist/composer Anthony Davis (who wrote all of the music for the set) is joined by...
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