Jazz & Improvisation / All styles

"Not since Albert Ayler stalked the hamnar of Stockholm and reverberated his fire music off the walls of LES tenements has there been an avant-garde jazz saxophonist who can all out wail like Virginia Genta can.  Don’t let her calm presence fool you.…

Die Schachtel is proud to present a recording that embodies the virtuosity of Thollem McDonas and Stefano Scodanibbio in the spirit of Claude Debussy's rebellious creativity.  As Terry Riley wrote: “Anyone who has heard Thollem or Scodanib…

RESTOCKED: 2-CD collection of the ex-leader of legendary Afro-spiritual/deep funk/free jazz group from 1970s Ohio (later in SF), The Pyramids. Their music is one of the most deep attempts by African-Americans, deep sounds like Strata-East, aggressive…

10 CDs documenting three full concerts from March, September & November 1978 at the Horseshoe Tavern; 8 hours of excellent music, well recorded and available here for the first time (none have been on bootleg lists) and a long radio interview with…

UK free jazz guitar icon in unreleased solo material remastered from the original reel-to-reel recordings recorded in London, 1974, Bailey playing mostly electric guitar.  Previously unreleased recordings, remastered from original reel-to-reel tapes.…

 'It could be a walrus. Some very large, ungainly, semi-aquatic creature expelling air through a hole layered with tissue and fat and hairs. But then multiple apertures open at once and the creature just spouts information, chaotic from one angle, st…

Michel Doneda (saxophone soprano) and Taavi Kerikme (piano). Recorded in april 2008 in the studio of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre by Tammo Sumera and in december 2009 in Kanuti Gildi AAL by Ats Treimaa. Mastered by Margo Kolar. Design by …

PAT THOMAS (piano and synthesizer), CLAYTON THOMAS (double bass), RAYMOND STRID (percussion) recorded in concert at the 2009 Perspectives Festival, Västerås, Sweden.

'Objects 1’ is the latest release of Tasos Stamou combining improvised sets and sound installation. This 35 min. piece was live-recorded at ‘6.d.o.g.s’, Athens, using a variety of handmade mechanical and electronic devices. Self-operated cymbals, …

Awesome 5 CD box set recorded over 3 nights in Oslo on February 19-21, 2009 at Victoria, Nasjonal Jazzscene. This time out the Tentet +1 includes Mats Gustaffson, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Joe Mcphee, Johannes Bauer, Per Ake Holmlander, Fred L…

Musica Improvvisa is a cutting-edge project of multi-sensorial improvisation, an open dialogue among different musical experiences, narratives and aesthetics that charters the unexplored soundscape of the telluric territory of the new Italian improvi…

Limited edition of 1000 copies. 3 CD Box + a Book. The digipack contains a 115 pages book with 3 essays written by Ed Hazell and Jemeel Moondoc about Jazz Lofts Era in New York City, the Black Artists Movement and musical environment, many beautif…

Nectars of emergence is the exciting debut release of Mural, consisting of Australia's foremost improviser Jim Denley (alto saxophone, flutes) with Norwegians Kim Myhr (acoustic guitars, preparations) and Ingar Zach gran cassa, percussion). The tr…

Tapestries for Small Orchestra, eminent trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon's new multi-disc set, includes two audio CDs of specially commissioned original music plus a documentary film featuring exclusive interviews and session footage (DVD available onl…

Great album by this Detroit group. The songs range from sticky amoeba-like free ooze to stuff of some international album Folkways suppressed because it was too fucked up for public consumption. Pretty fantastic sleeve. 500 made.

Our Swedish hero of sublime saxophones, Mats Gustafsson, performs in three different duo constellations, spanning over three 7″ singles, all collected in a limited 99 copies box of wonder, on Kning Disk KD003-005. Mats collaborates with Fred Lonberg-…

Afro-Danish saxophonist John Tchicai spent his youth playing alongside the greats, recording and performing with Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp and Don Cherry. For this recording, Tchicai is joined by John Coxon, Mark Sanders and Ashley Wa…

Another fine disc from the Treader label, this time featuring the marvellous Evan Parker alongside John Coxon (Roland MKS 80, piano and harpsichord), Mark Sanders (Drums and percussion) and Ashley Wales (bass drum, riveted tambour and piano). As the …

That is one slick title, is it not? Though I must say, I for one would have preferred it had they gone with ShippMan. Oh, perhaps not... Both repeat offenders on the Treader label, Jason Pierce (of Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 notoriety) teams up wit…

6CD set. Sun Ra & the Arkestra played every Monday night at Slug's Saloon in the Lower East Side of NYC for over 5 years, from 1966-1972. This is the 1st released documentation of this long residency, comprising 2 complete shows (6 hours total) recor…

The Modern Sound Quintet were formed in Stockholm by Trinidadian steel drum master Rudy Smith. On Otinku, Smith wails out on his set of 'pans' (as I believe the vernacular goes) in an improbably slick bebop mode, accompanied by a rhythm section capab…

Recorded live at Alto Adige Jazz Festival in Bolzano, Italy in June of 2007. All compositions by Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 63, Composition No. 92 (part 1-2), Composition No. 164 (part 1-2), Composition No. 59

This is the collaborative masterpiece of the 3-piece unit, sim (Oshima Teruyuki on guitar and composition, Ootani Yoshio on computer, electronics, etc, and Uemura Masahiro on drums) and Otomo Yoshihide (turntables, self-made synthesizer). The noise o…

Originally released on Saturn Records in 1979, both Sleeping Beauty and On Jupiter are studio recordings by the large Ra ensemble (including electric guitar and electric bass) and, for the most part, feature the first recordings of the titles include…

Never mind the piano, the pianist is Fine! Milo Fine describes the particular piano as 'more remains than intact', yet he still manages to get the right music out of 'that wonderful beast'. The earlier date is unaccompanied piano improvised mainly at…

RESTOCKED, last copies around: an amazing collection of music -- the complete performances of the Sun Ra Arkestra during a one week stay at the Detroit Jazz Center in the early 80s! The massive 28 CD set offers a wonderful chance to see this creative…

The first chapter of this vinyl series opened with Zu duelling with Iceburn, the follow up is a face to face that puts Mats Gustafsson in front of Paolo Angeli. Talking about the swedish saxophonist (here he plays also alto fluteophone) what should I…

Wolfgang Schliemann's Tre Pezzi per Percussione (Three Pieces for Percussion) is subtitled "Spesso Usate in Maniera non Convenzionale": often used in not conventional ways. Most of the time, Schliemann's approach is closer to sound art than, say, jaz…

Eddie Prévost (drums) in trio with Tom Chant (soprano saxophone) and John Edwards (double bass), six improvisations recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston-upon-Thames, on 28 August 2000.

Guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto's 1978 jazz-funk and fusion album, written and arranged by him, reissued in 2026 on clear sky blue vinyl in Universal's J-Fusion Renaissance series. Japanese edition with obi.

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre quartet with Longineu Parsons (trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, recorders), Leonard Jones (bass) and King L. Mock (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on June 18, 1979.

Giorgio Gaslini Chamber Trio (Gaslini, piano; Roberto Bonati, bass; Roberto Dani, drums) live at Teatro Dal Verme, Milan, February 29, 2008: the Fonte Funda Suite for Antonioni and, with Riccardo Luppi (tenor sax), a new version of La Notte.

Michael Marcus Trio: Marcus (tenor sax, saxello, clarinet) with Tarus Mateen (acoustic and electric bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums), recorded June 14, 2004 at MuRec, Milan, one track live at the Blue Note, New York, January 2005.

Giorgio Gaslini and the Proxima Centauri Orchestra live: the Urban Griot suite, Guantanamera and Because The Night (Sassuolo, June 18, 2002) and Odissey (Lecco, September 21, 2001). Released by Soul Note in 2003.

Guido Manusardi Quartet: Manusardi (piano) with Roberto Rossi (trombone, shells), Lucio Terzano (bass) and Gianni Cazzola (drums), twelve Manusardi originals released by Soul Note in 2007.

Giorgio Gaslini's Sacred Concert and three-part Jazz Te Deum, recorded live on June 26-27, 2000 in Santa Maria di Betlem, Sassari, with the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, the Coro Polifonico Santa Cecilia and trumpet soloist Paolo Fresu.

Trio of Stéphane Furic Leibovici (double bass, compositions), Chris Cheek (tenor and soprano sax) and Patrick Goraguer (drums), recorded in New York on December 5, 1997 and released by Soul Note in 2003.

Mal Waldron (piano) and David Friesen (bass) in duo, recorded live in July 1985 at the Hyatt on Sunset, Los Angeles, and first released by Soul Note in 2006: standards plus Waldron's Fire Waltz.

Nobu Stowe (piano) in improvised duos with Alan Munshower (drums) and trios adding Badal Roy (tabla, voice), released by Soul Note in 2008, plus one Stowe composition.