Jazz & Improvisation / All styles

Original 1982 LP on Hampel's own Birth records with his composition played by himself Jeanne Lee and Thomas Keyserling. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.

Original 1977 split LP on FMP with solo cello and double bass live improvisations. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.

Original 1981 LP with textured sleeve on Centro Attivita' Musicali / Materiali Sonori. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.

2011 LP on ILK Music in an edition of only 150 copies available for sale. With 2 inserts.

Rare second pressing with white labels from 1983 in original 1972 gatefold sleeve of one of the very early Incus releases from 1972, the revolutionary and monumental album by Barry Guy, Derek Bailey and Paul Rutherford.

Very rare first album on FMP's SAJ series from 1972, with silk-screened folded cover and innersleeve, and Johansson's uncompromising first solo album.

Original 1972 LP on Les Disques Pierre Cardin, with typical sleeve with round corners, of superb fusion / free improvisation by the French masters, never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Original 1979 LP (recorded 1976) on L'Escargot, of superb experimental fusion / free jazz by the French masters, never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Rare 1995 CD-only release on FMP of solo contrabass improvisations at their best.

Very rare original edition on Spectator Records, with fold-out sleeve, of 1971 Danish classic, including Ole Matthiessen of Tordenskjolds Soldater and Carsten Meinert Musictrain fame. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.

Excellent 1984 album on Leo Records by the German clarinettist featuring Vladimir Tarasov and Vyacheslav Ganelin among others.

Rare second pressing from 1978 of stunning album of out-there improvisations with electronics with Michel Waisvisz, Han Bennink and Maarten van Regteren Altena. One of I.C.P.'s very best and never re-issued on either CD individually or LP.

Very rare LP on Roaratorio limited to 399 copies with unique hand-painted sleeves by Judith Lindbloom, presenting Lacy's wildest recordings with electronics, one from from 1968 with Richard Teitelbaum and one from 1974 with Michel Waisvisz and Han Bennink.

Very rare 1983 private pressing of just 200 copies of radical album for prepared tenor saxophone, feedback and voice. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.

Original 1970 edition on ECM of the landmark first album by the improvisation supergroup with electronics composed of Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Jamier Muir and Hugh Davies, with Christine Jeffrey. Adventurous and essential.

Rare original 1976 edition on Incus of the second and last album, with recordings from 1969/70, by the improvisation supergroup with electronics composed of Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Jamier Muir and Hugh Davies.

Rare original 1976 edition on Incus of the second and last album, with recordings from 1969/70, by the improvisation supergroup with electronics composed of Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Jamier Muir and Hugh Davies.

Very rare original 1977 edition on Incus of superb classic album of British improvisation with electronics, featuring Ian Brighton, Barry Guy, David Bourne and Philipp Wachsmann.

Very rare original 1975 edition of Davie's own tiny ADMW Records of the outstanding duo's album of world music echoes, folk root allusions, musique concrète and pure improv.

Original 1976 edition on Incus of Parker's essential first solo album.

Rare second edition on Incus of the very adventurous 1972 first album by the towering imrpovisers' duo using electronics, pre-recordings and homemade instruments.

Excellent 1999 CD-only release by the Enseble featuring a.o. Philipp Wachsmann, Barry Guy, Walter Prati and Paul Lytton. With slipcase.

Rare 2016 re-issue on Pladeselskabet Centrifuga, in an edition of 300 copies with insert and stamped innersleeve, of ultra-rare Danish free-jazz monster from 1967 (originally on V 58).

Original and only edition on Tangent of the 1973 album by John Stevens' and Trevor Watts' Ensemble featuring Derek Bailey, Dave Holland and Kenny Wheeler. With rare insert limited to copies exported to France. A classic never re-issued on either CD or LP.

Very rare, privately produced 2009 CD by the master of Danish improvisation to celebrate the 40-year Anniversary of the same Hugh Steinmetz Sextet that recorded the legendary “Nu!” LP on Debut.

Excellent CD-only album on Olufsen from 2000 by the avant-garde big band put together by Hugh Steinmetz after Cadentia Nova Danica with lots of first-class Danish musicians.

Lovely 1975 album on Japo of sax/flute and guitar duos by the illustrious Czeck musicians. Never re-issued on either CD or LP. Black labels edition.

Excellent and diverse album on Supraphon from 1978, a wild hybrid of modal and postbop arrangements populated with Penderecki and Ligeti-like choral writing in a dizzying array of styles.

Original 1972 LP with an overvew of Surman's music in 1968-1969 featuring Tony Oxley, Mike Osborne, Alan Skidmore and Kenny Wheeler among others.

Very rare promotional copy with standard (non-gatefold as opposed to the regular release) sleeve and original insert of the 1969 LP on Victor by the quartet featuring Masayuki Takayanagi, Mototeru Takagi and Motoharu Yoshizawa, one of the wildest albums by some of the most important artists in the history of Japanese free jazz.

2015 album released by ILK in a numbered limited edition of 100 copies with poster by one of Scandinavia’s most exciting and acclaimed musicians.

condition (record/cover): EX/VG+ (record plays great / sleeve has very minimal ring wear on the back and 1.1/2" spine and upper seam splits) Christian Vander: drumsJef Gilson: pianoJeff Saeffer: tenor saxophoneJef Catoire: double bassA1 & A2 recorded in June 1969, in Paris. A3 & B recorded in June 1973.

Fred Jackson's only album as leader, with Earl Van Dyke (organ), Willie Jones (guitar) and Wilbert Hogan (drums), recorded at Van Gelder Studio on February 5, 1962. Blue Note Tone Poet LP reissue.

Lee Morgan quintet session with Jackie McLean, Larry Willis, Reggie Workman and Billy Higgins, recorded for Blue Note on 16 November 1965 and first released in 1981. Tone Poet 180g LP reissue.

Musical messages from Oslo, New York, Basel and Lugano – recorded between 2018 and 2022 – are juxtaposed and recombined on an absorbing recording that features Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen solo and in a series of duets . With such partners as Craig Taborn, Chris Potter, Sinikka Langeland and Jorge Rossy,  the musical frame of reference is very broad.  Elements from Langeland’s’s archaic-sounding folk to Potter’s post-Coltrane saxophone and Taborn’s whirlwind modernist piano each find their p…

In Mingus Plays Piano, Charles Mingus swaps the thunder of his double bass for distilled lyricism at the keyboard. Recorded in 1964, this rare solo album uncovers a private Mingus, weaving spontaneous meditations and bittersweet standards into a living, breathing portrait of creative solitude.​

Looking Ahead is the debut album by American jazz musician Ken McIntyre, recorded with fellow alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label in January 1961. From the beginning Mr. McIntyre considered himself part of the avant-garde or ''new thing'' movement in jazz, as spearheaded by musicians like Ornette Coleman, Bill Dixon and Cecil Taylor, although his own music was considerably more traditionally melodic than theirs. He played a whole fleet of reed instruments, inc…

Hank Mobley's sextet album with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Billy Higgins, recorded at Van Gelder Studio on December 18, 1965. Blue Note Tone Poet LP reissue.

Bomb! *100 copies limited edition* Aftershock marks the fierce vinyl debut of Finnish trio The Fuckings, a privately issued LP (edition of 100) capturing four slabs of unrelenting, high-intensity free improvisation. Recorded in Helsinki in November 2024 and released in April 2025, the album is a visceral tribute to the legacy of boundary-pushing sonic violence. Composed of Janne Martinkauppi (saxophone), Ilkka Vekka (guitar), and Petri Pirtilä (drums), the group channels a storm of raw interplay…

This vinyl album by Micheal Mantler is new old stock from Ecm archives. Original first pressing – printed in the USA in 1977. The record has never been played and the vinyl is in mint condition. However, the sleeves are sealed but may have slight marks and ringwear on the cover and signs of aging.  In 1977, Michael Mantler and Carla Bley's WATT label unleashed a quietly revolutionary take on Silence that still resonates today. This wasn't just a reissue - it was a complete reinvention, stitched …