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The first Wandering The Sound album in 2018 was the trio of Argentinian reedist Guillermo Gregorio, Spanish drummer Ramón López and Polish bassist Rafał Mazur, here extended to a quintet with pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura for a 2019 concert at Alchemia in Poland, a masterful example of free improv based on a poem by Ikkyu Sojun, a Zen master from the 15th century.
At the Fields Edge
Taking its album title and the titles for three compositions from poems by Laura Winter, the German jazz quartet led by clarinetist Theo Jörgensmann with Christopher Dell on vibes, Christian Ramond on double bass and Klaus Kugel on drums present an advanced example of modern creative, chamber-oriented collective free jazz with a stunning level of communication.
Long Tall Sunshine
A really great trio set from drummer Barry Altschul – a record that easily swings between freer moments and straighter swing – thanks to the help of bassist Joe Fonda, and saxophonist Jon Irabagon – who blows tenor, soprillo sax, and alto clarinet! Fonda's bass may well be the rock of the set – a he's always a bit understated, but finds a way to bridge the space between Altschul's loose work on the kit, and the more soulfully cohesive lines of Irabagon's reeds. The tunes all have a loose structu…
Lanquidity
** 2CD version is housed in foil digipak** Strut present the definitive edition of Sun Ra’s classic ‘Lanquidity’ album from 1978 . Recorded overnight at Bob Bank’s Blank Tapes on 17th July 1978 after the Arkestra had appeared on Saturday Night Live, the album is unique in the Ra catalogue. “Most critics felt that it was more of a fusion-inspired record,” explains Michael Ray. “As the name suggests, the album is liquid and languid.” Bob Blank continues, “Musically, it was very ad hoc and freeform…
L'Homme à la Caméra
** Original 1984 copies ** GRRR presents L'Homme à la Caméra by Un Drame Musical Instantané. Un Drame Musical Instantané is a collective of French composers led by Jean-Jacques Birgé. The French group, founded in 1976 presents original, unclassifiable, inventive music, which drifts from jazz to electronic music and contemporary music. In 1984, they composed their own score to Dziga Vertov’s groundbreaking 1929 film The Man with a Movie Camera.
La Mise en Plis
** Original 1984 copies ** GRRR presents La Mise En Plis by Michele Buirette. Artwork – Patrice Roger. Recorded By, Mixed By – Jean-Jacques Birgé. Michele Buirette - accorden. Helene Sage - flute. Bernard Vitat - trumpet. Didier Petit - violancello. Ge Cabannes - contrabass.
Live at Little John, Yokohama 1999
NoBusiness Records presents Live at Little John, Yokohama 1999 by Mototeru Takagi Quartet. Improvised & composed by Mototeru Takagi, Susumu Kongo, Nao Takeuchi and Shota Koyama. Recorded live on the 25th September, 1999 at Little John, Yokohama, Japan by Susumu Kongo and Nao Takeuchi. Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios. Design by Oskaras Anosovas. Cover photo by Mitsuo Jofu 上不三雄. Booklet photos - Shota Koyama by Yutaka Narasaki 楢崎 豊 / Nao Takeuchi courtesy of Papillon / Mototeru Takagi by M…
Live at Jazz Spot Combo 1975
NoBusiness Records presents Live at Jazz Spot Combo 1975 by Itaru Oki Quartet. Improvised and composed by Itaru Oki, Yoshiaki Fujikawa, Keiki Midorikawa and Hozumi Tanaka. Recorded live on the 7th December, 1975 at Jazz Spot Combo, Fukuoka City, Japan by Heihachiro Arita 有田平八郎 (cassette tape). Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios. Design by Oskaras Anosovas. Cover photo by Tatsuo Minami南達雄. Booklet photos by Tatsuo Minami 南 達雄 and Heihachiro Arita / 有田平八郎. Liner noto by Akira Saito齊藤聡. Produc…
Coxhill 85
Lol Coxhill was an English saxophone player, largely known for playing soprano and sopranino saxophones. He began playing aged 15 in 1947 and later in that decade, organised club sessions where he introduced music from the jazz coming from the US. He later toured with musicians in America. Back in the UK, he played with Otis Spann, Jack Dupree and many other musicians. Coxhill was unconventional in so many ways. Rather than a permanent trio, quartet or collaborator, he played with a host of diff…
Loveland
Slam Productions presents Loveland Concert of free improvisation with British George Haslam, Italian Stefano Pastor, Czechs Jan Faix and Jan Šikl plus Slovak Jozef Láska (resident in Prague, Czech Republic, for many years).
This recording is taken from a live concert, held in 2010 in Prague in the Czech Republic. George Haslam on baritone sax and tarogato has been playing since 2002 with local musicians, here he is on a short tour with Stefano Pastor on violin and rhythm. consisting of Jan Faix …
Creation Series
** Edition of 400 ** NoBusiness Records presents Creation Series by Joel Futterman. All compositions by Joel Futterman. Recording engineer Dr. Benjamin Tomassetti. Recorded at the Paradise Studio, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Each track is complete unedited first-take and is in the orderi n which it was recorded. Photos by Michael Wilderman. Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios. Design by Oskaras Anosovas. Producer - Danas Mikailionis. Co-producer - Valerij Anosov.
CD 1 - Recorded 16th June, 200…
Archive Series Volume 5 - Undulation
NoBusiness Records presents Undulation, the fifth release of the Archive Series dedicated to Sam Rivers. Recorded May 17, 1981, Florence, Italy. Re-mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios. Photos (cover and pages 2, 7, 9): Courtesy of Monique Rivers Williams. Cover and Booklet Design: Jeff DiPerna. Liner Notes: Bill Shoemaker. Produced by Danas Mikailionis and Ed Hazell. Co-producer: Valerij Anosov.
Sam Rivers - tenor saxophone, flute, pianoJerry Byrd - guitarRael-Wesley Grant - electric bass gu…
Rested Turquoise
NoBusiness Records presents Rested Turquoise by Szilard Mezei Tubass Quintet. Recorded on 21-22nd August, 2018, KCNS, Novi Sad, Serbia. Recording engineer - Lazar Živanac. Mixed and mastered by Szilárd Mezei & Lazar Živanac. Liner notes by Alexander Hawkins. Cover graphic by Erzsébet Mezei. Photo by Aleksandar Stojković. Design by Oskaras Anosovas. Produced by Danas Mikailionis. Co-producer - Valerij Anosov.Ervin Malina - double bass (right)Ernő Hock - double bass (left)Kornél Pápista - tuba (ce…
The Field
NoBusiness Records presents The Field by Rodrigo Amado Motion trio with Alexander von Schlippenbach. Recorded by Valdas Karpuška at the Vilnius Jazz Festival, Vilnius, October 18th, 2019. Mixed by Joaquim Monte and Rodrigo Amado. Mastered by David Zuchowski. Produced by Rodrigo Amado and Danas Mikailionis. Co-producer - Valerij Anosov. Cover photo by Rodrigo Amado. Inlay photo by Vytautas Suslavičius. Design by Rodrigo Amado.
Rodrigo Amado - tenor saxophoneAlexander von Schlippenbach - pianoMigu…
Walpurgisnacht
NoBusiness Records presents Walpurgisnacht by Total Music Association. Transferred and remastered from the original tape. Tape transfer by Wolfgang Obrecht at Tonstudio RichArt, Munich. Original Cover Design by Manfred Vogel. Design by Oskaras Anosovas. Remastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios. Photography of the musicians by Konstanze Vollmer. Produced by Danas Mikailionis and Ernst Nebhuth. Co-producer - Valerij Anosov. Liner Notes by Hans-Jörg Hussong / Liner Notes (translation) - Ernst Nebh…
Live at Slugs' Volume I
Where have you gone, Charles Tolliver? There was such promise in the concept of Music Inc., and in Strata East, but evidently the music world's attention was elsewhere and this tremendous live set was probably heard by only a few hundred sets of ears. On the back of the record sleeve, Tolliver undersigned his mission statement: "Music Inc. was created out of the desire to assemble men able to see the necessity for survival of a heritage and an Art in the hopes that the sacrifices and high level …
Live at Slugs' Volume II
Owning both this disc and Live at Slugs', Volume 1 is essential for hardcore Jazz fans. Part two of the Slugs' date is just as impressive and again feature three originals all penned by the group. Here we get a better example of Charles Tolliver's compositional work with the touching John Coltrane tribute Our Second Father. Again Tolliver's trumpet is simply stunning.
The rhythm section of Cecil McBee and Jimmy Hopps also deserve mention as these two really drive the quartet along in a similar f…
Live at Century City Playhouse 9/9/79
Finally available after long pressing delays, comes a never before issued recording of Horace Tapscott leading his legendary Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, "Live at Century City Playhouse 9/9/79", documenting the entirety of a 2 hours performance that sprawls across glorious 3 LPs. Easily one of the most beautiful, striking, and historically important records of the year, it’s a joyous explosion of sound, seeded by social, political, and community-based action, at the juncture of spiritual and fr…
Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain 1961-1973
Decca presents Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain 1961-1973. The rediscovery of British jazz of the 60s & 70s is a phenomenon of our days. Some time ago this music seemed forgotten, today it is cult and artists like Shabaka Hutchings and Kamasi Washington call it a formative influence on their own music. British Jazz is cool again! Now, under the title British Jazz Explosion, Universal Music is diving deep into its jazz archives and reissuing the most sought-after, hip and collector-market pricele…
Kirtan: Turiya Sings
Impulse! is releasing a virtually unreleased work by the legendary and late jazz godmother Alice Coltrane, a 1981 recording titled Kirtan: Turiya Sings. The album, to be released on 16 July 2021 as part of the historic label's 60th anniversary celebrations, comprises nine devotional songs originally released in 1982 only on cassette for ashram students. In addition to Alice's voice and instrument, those recordings included parts for synthesizer, strings and effects. In 2004, Alice's son (and pro…