Jazz & Improvisation / Quartet

Wayne Shorter quartet with Herbie Hancock, Cecil McBee and Joe Chambers, recorded on 14 June 1965 for Blue Note and first released in 1980. Japanese UHQCD, UCCQ-9742 (2024).

Jackie McLean quartet session with Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Art Taylor, recorded on 28 September 1962 for Blue Note and first issued in Japan in 1979. Tone Poet 180g LP reissue.

Andrew Hill's Judgment!, a quartet session recorded on January 8, 1964 at Van Gelder Studio with Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Elvin Jones, produced by Alfred Lion and first released by Blue Note in 1964.

3-CD box collecting Eberhard Weber's Colours albums Yellow Fields (1975), Silent Feet (1977) and Little Movements (1980), with Charlie Mariano, Rainer Brüninghaus, Jon Christensen and John Marshall, recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.

Six-CD box of Paul Motian's first six ECM albums as leader, recorded 1972-1984 in New York and Ludwigsburg, with Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Charles Brackeen, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano and others. Old & New Masters series, 2013, notes by Ethan Ivers…

Second album by the Finnish free jazz quartet Fågelbörs: sax, trumpet, bass and drums in an Aylerian spiral of chaos and joy, with marching band reveries and slow blues dissolves. Limited edition of 200 LPs on Monk's Hood.

Free improvising quartet of Rachel Musson (tenor saxophone), N.O. Moore (electric guitar), Olie Brice (double bass) and Eddie Prévost (drums), recorded live at Iklectik, London, on 8 September 2021.

2023 stock** "Such is the strength and conviction with which the Sudo Quartet performs that thoughts immediately turn to how they developed such a cohesive group sound. But when uniting four virtuoso stylists from the European free improvisation scen…

Recorded on March 14th, 2024 by Mikko Innanen in Hietsun Paviljonki, Helsinki Maria Faust- alto saxophone Mikko Innanen - alto, sopranino and baritone saxophones Fredrik Ljungkvist - soprano and tenor saxophones Liudas Mockūnas - sopranino, s…

On this maiden recording, Chicago-based bassist Jason Roebke leads a new quartet, featuring his original compositions and a stellar lineup. The music, which was brilliantly recorded at Steve Albini's legendary Electrical Audio and expertly mixed and …

Reunion concert of the Eddie Prévost Band, Prévost (drums) with Geoff Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Gerry Gold (trumpet, flugelhorn) and Marcio Mattos (double bass), recorded live at Café Oto, London, on 17 February 2020.

Jemeel Moondoc and his bandmates are masters of the terrifying art of communicating how they feel, an art which, of course, takes both great intelligence and great discipline… A fire burns in Jemeel Moondoc’s music and once it was ignited it keeps sp…

The grand old man of Finnish Jazz, Eero Koivistoinen, has not kept still in his old age. Far from it, he's played with rappers from the younger generation, Argentinian tango singers, you name it. The Eero Koivistoinen Quartet, onto its 10th year in e…

*2022 stock.* The band consists of Italians living in Belgium - Daniele Martini and Giovanni di Domenico, as well as two Portuguese residing in Netherlands - Gonçalo Almeida & João Lobo. Tetterapadequ is a free-jazz quartet firmly rooted in the tradi…

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.

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.

Quartet of saxophonists Maurizio Giammarco and David Liebman (tenor and soprano), bassist Furio Di Castri and drummer Daniel Humair, recorded live at the Big Mama club in Rome on 26 and 27 January 2000.

Second Soul Note album of Gebhard Ullmann's Basement Research quartet, with Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax), Drew Gress (bass) and Phil Haynes (drums), recorded at Tedesco Studios, New Jersey, on 2 and 3 May 1997. Eight Ullmann compositions.

Debut album of bassist Drew Gress's quartet Jagged Sky, with David Binney (alto sax), Ben Monder (guitar) and Kenny Wollesen (drums), recorded at Sound On Sound, New York, on 4 and 5 August 1997. Nine Gress originals and two Bartok Mikrokosmos pieces…

Joe Morris (guitar) with Mat Maneri (violin), Nate McBride (bass) and Curt Newton (drums), recorded at The Outpost, Stoughton, Massachusetts, on August 22, 1995. Seven Morris compositions.

Quartet album by pianist Guido Manusardi with Jerry Bergonzi (tenor sax), Dave Santoro (bass) and Victor Lewis (drums), released by Soul Note in 1996. Nine tracks, including two takes of Laura.

Chico Hamilton and Euphoria (Eric Person, alto sax and flute; Cary DeNigris, acoustic guitar; Kenny Davis, bass) play seven Eric Dolphy compositions and two Hamilton pieces. Soul Note, 1994.

Andrew Cyrille (drums) with James Newton (flute), Anthony Cox (bass) and Alix Pascal (acoustic guitar), recorded at Sear Sound, New York, on 8 and 9 May 1993. Two compositions by each member.

Chico Hamilton (drums, vocals) and Euphoria: Eric Person (alto and soprano sax), Cary DeNigris (guitar) and Reggie Washington (bass), recorded at Manhattan Center Studios, New York, in December 1990. Six band originals plus Alone Together and Tickle …

Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax, alto clarinet) with Ted Dunbar (guitar), Clint Houston (bass) and Ben Riley (drums), recorded at Sear Sound, New York, on October 2 and 3, 1992. Seven Bluiett pieces plus tunes by Mingus, Julius Hemphill, Houston and Dun…

Second Soul Note album by Stéphane Furic's quartet with Chris Cheek (tenor and soprano sax), Patrick Goraguer (piano) and Jim Black (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on May 12-14, 1992. Eight pieces, including Prince's Diamonds And Pearls…

Billy Bang (violin) with Sun Ra (piano, synthesizer), John Ore (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums), recorded at Sear Sound, New York, on September 20-22, 1992. Stuff Smith originals and standards, in what the annotator calls Ra's last studio session.

French bassist Stéphane Furic (now Furic Leibovici) leads a quartet with Chris Cheek (tenor and soprano sax), Patrick Goraguer (piano) and Jim Black (drums), recorded at Blue Jay Studio, Massachusetts, in July 1990. Five pieces, including the suite K…

Live quartet album by Niels Lan Doky (piano) with Randy Brecker (trumpet), Chris Minh Doky (bass) and Daniel Humair (drums), recorded at the jazz club La Villa, Paris, on April 2, 1992. Six standards and one Lan Doky original.

Organ quartet album by Jeff Palmer (Hammond B3 with bass pedals) with David Liebman (soprano sax), John Abercrombie (guitar synthesizer) and Adam Nussbaum (drums), recorded at Sound On Sound Studio, New York, on November 24, 1987, produced by Paul Bl…

Live album by the Teddy Charles Quartet, with Harold Danko (piano), Ray Drummond (bass) and Tony Reedus (drums), recorded on 25 June 1988 at the Teatro Romano, Verona, and released by Soul Note in 1989.

Claudio Fasoli (tenor and soprano saxophone) with Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass) and Daniel Humair (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on March 26, 1986. Soul Note LP, 1987.

Bobby Bradford (trumpet) live with The Frank Sullivan Trio (Frank Sullivan, piano; Scott Walton, bass; Billy Bowker, drums), recorded at the Thomas Center, Gainesville, Florida, on November 11, 1986. Seven pieces, about 57 minutes.

The Jimmy Giuffre 4 (Giuffre on tenor and soprano sax, clarinet and bass flute, Pete Levin keyboards, Bob Nieske electric bass, Randy Kaye drums), recorded at RBY Recording Studios, Southbury, Connecticut, on April 24, 1989.

Horace Parlan quartet album with Per Goldschmidt (baritone sax), Klavs Hovman (bass) and Massimo De Majo (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on March 12 and 13, 1987.

Barry Altschul (drums) with Glenn Ferris (trombone), Sean Bergin (alto and tenor sax), Andy McKee (bass) and, on two tracks, Mike Melillo (piano). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, November 25 and 26, 1985.

Max Roach Quartet album of Cecil Bridgewater's two-part composition Scott Free, with Bridgewater (trumpet, flugelhorn), Odean Pope (tenor sax) and Tyrone Brown (electric bass). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, May 31, 1984.

Michele Rosewoman's debut as a leader: a quartet with Baikida Carroll (trumpet, flugelhorn), Roberto Miranda (bass) and Pheeroan akLaff (drums), five Rosewoman originals recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on April 26, 1983.

Claudio Fasoli (tenor and soprano sax) with Kenny Drew (piano), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass) and Barry Altschul (drums): six Fasoli compositions recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on February 22 and 24, 1983.

Tom Varner (French horn) with Ed Jackson (alto sax), Ed Schuller (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), recorded in March 1982 for Soul Note, first issued 1983. This CD adds three bonus tracks, with Adam Nussbaum also credited on drums.