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Marcello Melis (double bass, voice) with Don Pullen (piano), Famoudou Don Moye (drums, percussion) and Sandro Satta (alto sax): a four-part suite dedicated to Sardinia, recorded at Sonic Recording Studio in August 1982.

Roscoe Mitchell (soprano, alto, tenor sax) with his Sound Ensemble and Space Ensemble: Gerald Oshita, Tom Buckner, A. Spencer Barefield, Jaribu Shahid, Tani Tabbal and others, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, June 2 and 3, 1983.

Fourth album by the String Trio Of New York: Billy Bang (violin), James Emery (guitar, soprano guitar) and John Lindberg (bass), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on November 25 and 26, 1983. Five pieces by the members.

Sam Rivers (tenor and soprano sax, flute) with Winds Of Manhattan, an eleven-piece reed and flute ensemble with Steve Coleman and Bobby Watson, recorded at Cine Music Studio, Milan, on September 13, 1982. Six Rivers compositions.

The World Bass Violin Ensemble, seven double bassists including Brian Smith, Rufus Reid, Fred Hopkins and Bob Cunningham, with Thurman Barker on percussion, recorded at Platinum Studios, Brooklyn, in December 1982 and January 1983.

John Lindberg (bass) with Hugh Ragin (trumpet), Marty Ehrlich (alto sax, flute), Billy Bang (violin) and Thurman Barker (drums), recorded live at Cami Hall, New York, on February 27, 1981. Four Lindberg compositions.

Leroy Jenkins (violin) with James Newton (flute), John Clark (French horn), J.D. Parran (clarinet) and Marty Ehrlich (bass clarinet), recorded at CI Studios, New York, on March 22 and 23, 1979. Two long Jenkins compositions.

Third album by the String Trio Of New York: Billy Bang (violin, yokobue flute, gong), James Emery (guitar, soprano guitar) and John Lindberg (bass), recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milan, on November 12 and 13, 1981.

Piano duets by Muhal Richard Abrams and Amina Claudine Myers, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on May 11 and 12, 1981. Seven pieces, five by Abrams, one by Myers and one written together.

Second album by the String Trio Of New York: Billy Bang (violin), James Emery (guitar) and John Lindberg (bass), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on November 25 and 26, 1980. Six original pieces, two by each member.

World Saxophone Quartet (Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, David Murray) recorded and mixed at Sound Heights Studios, Brooklyn, in March 1980 for Black Saint. Eight pieces by the members, including the four-part Suite Music.

Second album of the Colson Unity Troupe: Adegoke Steve Colson (piano), Iqua Colson (vocals), Wallace LaRoy McMillan (saxophone, flute), Reggie Willis (bass) and Dushun Mosley (percussion), recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milan, on July 22 and 23, 1980…

Live duets by Leroy Jenkins (violin) and Muhal Richard Abrams (piano), recorded at Washington Square Church, New York, on March 11, 1977. Six compositions by Jenkins.

Muhal Richard Abrams septet with Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis, Amina Claudine Myers, Leonard Jones, Jay Clayton (voice) and Youseff Yancy (theremin), recorded at Big Apple Studios, New York, in July 1979. Four Abrams compositions.

Debut of the String Trio of New York, Billy Bang (violin), James Emery (guitar, soprano guitar, mandolin) and John Lindberg (bass), recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milan, in June 1979. Three long pieces, one by each member.

Marcello Melis's second Black Saint album, recorded at Downtown Sound, New York, in May 1978 with Enrico Rava, Lester Bowie, George Lewis, Don Pullen, Jeanne Lee, Sheila Jordan and others, plus Mamuthones' bells recorded in Mamoiada, Sardinia.

Charles Bobo Shaw's Human Arts Ensemble with Joseph Bowie (trombone), Luther Thomas (alto sax), James Emery (guitar) and John Lindberg (bass), recorded at GRS Studios, Milan, in May 1978 for Black Saint.

Marcello Melis's first Black Saint album, joining the Gruppo Rubanu vocal quartet, recorded in Orgosolo, Sardinia, in July 1974, with a New York quartet of Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd and Famoudou Don Moye, recorded in May 1976.

The 360 Degree Music Experience, led by Beaver Harris (drums) and Dave Burrell (piano), with Hamiet Bluiett, Azar Lawrence, Cecil McBee, sitar, congas and a steel band, recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York, on 8-9 March 1976.

Paul Bley (piano), Charlie Haden (bass) and Paul Motian (drums) recorded at Mondial Sound, Milan, on 20 July 1990: pieces by all three plus Monk and Ornette Coleman. Soul Note, 1992; remastered Golden Gems CD, 2016.

Chet Baker with the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana in five standards arranged and conducted by pianist Mike Melillo, with Massimo Moriconi and Giampaolo Ascolese, recorded at Arena Gigli, Porto Recanati, on 8 July 1985. Remastered Golden Gems CD, …

Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, Misha Mengelberg, Kent Carter and Han Bennink play three Herbie Nichols and three Thelonious Monk tunes, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on 25-26 June 1982. Soul Note, 1983; remastered Golden Gems CD, 2016.

George Russell Sextet with Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen and Stanton Davis, recorded live at Estrad, Södertälje, Sweden, in March 1970 and first issued by Soul Note in 1982. Remastered Golden Gems CD, 2016.

Enrico Pieranunzi's 1987 Soul Note trio album with Marc Johnson (bass) and Joey Baron (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on 26-27 February 1986. Remastered Golden Gems CD reissue, 2016.

Steve Lacy Quintet album with Steve Potts (alto and soprano sax), Irene Aebi (voice, violin, cello), Kent Carter (bass, cello) and Oliver Johnson (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milan, May 24 and 25, 1979. Black Saint, 1979.

Quartet album by pianist Don Pullen and saxophonist and flautist Sam Rivers with Alex Blake (bass) and Bobby Battle (drums), recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York, October 16 and 17, 1975. Black Saint, 1976.

Six-CD box, the second of Max Roach's Soul Note albums: Pictures In A Frame (1979), In The Light (1982), Live At Vielharmonie Munich (1983), Scott Free and It's Christmas Again (1984), Easy Winners (1985), with Cecil Bridgewater and Odean Pope.

Eleven-CD box, the second of Mal Waldron's Black Saint and Soul Note recordings (1985 to 2000): duos with Steve Lacy and David Friesen, solo Update, records with singers Kim Parker, Tiziana Ghiglioni and Judi Silvano, Anthony Braxton's Six Monk's Com…

Six-CD box, the third of David Murray's Black Saint recordings: Interboogieology (1978), both Live At Sweet Basil big band volumes (1984), Children (1984), Southern Bells with Clarinet Summit (1987) and The Healers with Randy Weston (1987).

Four-CD box of the Mingus repertory bands on Soul Note: Mingus Dynasty's Reincarnation (Milan, 1982) and Mingus' Sounds Of Love (New York, 1987), and both volumes of the big band's concert in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, June 8, 1988.

Four-CD box of Andrew Hill's Soul Note albums recorded in Milan: the solo Faces Of Hope and the trio Strange Serenade (June 1980), Shades with Clifford Jordan, Rufus Reid and Ben Riley and the solo Verona Rag (July 1986).

Six-CD box of Max Roach's albums for Black Saint and Soul Note recorded 1978 to 1986: Birth And Rebirth with Anthony Braxton, Historic Concerts with Cecil Taylor, M'Boom's Collage, Survivors and Bright Moments by the Double Quartet.

Five-CD box of Kenny Wheeler's Soul Note albums, recorded in Italy 1986 to 1994: Flutter By, Butterfly and All The More under his name, Welcome with Claudio Fasoli, Tales with Paolino Dalla Porta, Guest with the European Music Orchestra.

Four-CD box of Archie Shepp's Black Saint and Soul Note albums: A Sea Of Faces (Milan, 1975), Down Home New York (1984), Little Red Moon with Enrico Rava (1985) and the live California Meeting (Sacramento, 1985). Remastered 2015.

Seven-CD box of Ran Blake's Soul Note albums, recorded 1981 to 1999: duets with Jaki Byard, solo Ellington and Monk, Suffield Gothic with Houston Person, a quartet with Ricky Ford, the Sarah Vaughan tribute Unmarked Van and Indian Winter. Remastered …

Nine-CD box of Gianluigi Trovesi recordings, 1978 to 2004: the trio albums Baghèt and Cinque Piccole Storie, the octet's From G. To G. and Les Hommes Armés, and work with Enrico Rava, Guido Manusardi, Alfredo Impullitti and Asymmetrique. Remastered 2…

Eight-CD box of Ed Blackwell's Black Saint recordings, 1976 to 1992: Old And New Dreams, duos and trios with Dewey Redman, Transit with Karl Berger and Dave Holland, David Murray's Morning Song and The American Jazz Quintet. Remastered 2014.

Five-CD box of Chico Hamilton's Soul Note albums, recorded 1989 to 1993: Reunion with the Original Chico Hamilton Quintet, three records with Euphoria and Eric Person, and the solo drum album Dancing To A Different Drummer. Remastered 2014.

Seven-CD box of Oliver Lake's Black Saint and Soul Note albums, recorded 1976 to 1997, with Michael Gregory Jackson, Baikida Carroll, Pheeroan akLaff, Geri Allen, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and Borah Bergman. Remastered 2013.

Six-CD box of Dave Douglas's Soul Note and Black Saint recordings, 1993 to 1998: his string-group albums Parallel Worlds, Five and Convergence, Mark Dresser's Force Green, Rova's John Coltrane's Ascension and John Lindberg's Bounce. Remastered 2012.