"With a remarkable trajectory as both a trumpeter and a composer, Dave Ballou performs in and composes for orchestras and big ensembles (Either/Orchestra, Meridian Art Ensemble, John Hollenbeck’s Large Ensemble, Woody Herman Big Band and so on), but here we find him playing solo, sometimes using pre-notated materials, others improvising on the edge. In the crossroads of jazz and classical music, he interpreted Bach’s “Bradenburg Concertos” and worked with the recently departed third stream mentor...

Klaus Ellerhusen Holm b-clarinet, bass clarinet, bass amplification
Roger Arntzen double bass
Ivar Grydeland pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, drum machine
"For some time, and for two released albums, Ballrogg was the name of the duo formed by clarinetist and saxophonist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm (Honest John, Large Unit) and double bassist Roger Arntzen (In the Country, Chrome Hill), identified by a captivating approach which combined an exploration of the influence of

Joachim Badenhorst, bass clarinet, clarinet and tenor sax / Frantz Loriot, viola / Pascal Niggenkemper, double bass.

"After the success of its debut recording (Jazz Magazine gave “Fremdenzimmer” a Choc award, for instance) and extensive touring..

By the end of 2022, Indonesia will see the completion of its first high-speed rail line. According to the globe-trotting musicians of Balungan, however, the train is already at the station. The 13-member band kicks off its debut, Kudu Bisa Kudu, with the nostalgic steam whistle and intentionally garbled boarding call of “Javanese TGV”, but as soon as the driving bassline gears ups, it’s clear that we’re riding a 21st-century conveyance. Gang vocals, hairpin-curve guitars, and...

Lucian Ban - piano
John Surman - baritone & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet
Mat Maneri - viola

This is everything you would want from an exploration of folk music melodies of Romania from these three distinctive players. Surman particularly sounds amazing here - like he was born to play this music!.

“Their mutual interest in the work of Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók led to their new recording, Transylvanian Folk Songs, an assortment of arrangements

Michel Banabila-Early Works: Things Popping Up from the Past $18.00 "Numerous threads run through the music of sound artist, composer, and producer Michel Banabila (born 1961), whose contemporary work ranges from adventurous electronic cross-breeding of chamber instrumentation through industrial rhythmic sampling and outwardbound modular synthesis to deeply elegiac drones. This set collects the Dutch artist's instrumental 1980s work -- beautiful minimal loop-based electronica, classical-influenced pieces..

This album of very early material by Banco was issued once before on CD, but that release has not been in print for a long time. While it is quite different than what we think of as Banco, it's actually rather good, especially for something so early....

This is a reissue of “En Concierto Mexico”, featuring the band’s performance of 5/28/99 with a different cover. It’s a great show, but we don’t want you to buy it again if you already own it!

“It is, probably, the best Banco live recording. The sound is perfect, the selection of songs reflects well both band's past and present (to date) material. Only the album "Nudo Live" presents equal sound quality.
Even tracks from the album "Il 13" ("Brivido", "Sirène", "Bisbigli") sound well in the...

Francesco Di Giacomo / vocals
Vittorio Nocenzi / piano, keyboards, vocals
Rodolfo Maltese / guitar
Filippo Marcheggiani / guitar
Alessandro Papotto / sax, clarinet, flute
Tiziano Ricci / bass
Maurizio Masi / drums
Recorded live in November 2010 at Teatro Tendastrisce, Rome, Italy and previously released as a part of 2011 ''Prog Exhibition - 40 anni di musica immaginifica'' 7CD + 4DVD V/A box set.

"Besides PFM, Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso is perhaps the best known

Jon Camp / bass
Matthew Corry / vocals, lyrics (1,2,3,6,7)
Chris Gill / guitars & programming
Rick Hambleton / percussion & drums
Robert Webb / keyboards
Ria Parfitt / whispers (4)
Halfway House Male Voice Choir / choir samples (6)

This record partially answers the questions, ‘whatever happened to bassist Jon Camp from Renaissance and whatever happened to Robert Webb, the keyboardist of England?’!!
The main man in this group is the guitarist, Chris Gill, who recor

"Performances by Ellen Band and David Lee Myers blend sonic environments and specialized electronic circuitry. Myers generates his signature 'Feedback Music' using custom-built devices that 'sing their own songs'. The resulting sounds represent nothing...

The music here is a 'reinvention of the Sicilian band sound along contemporary lines'. "This repertoire is little known or played by todays Sicilian bands and Barovero and BellArte have made a huge effort in trawling the archives of numerous musical as...

“Relatos Suburbanos is the 3rd CD by this Brazilian big band, which includes musicians of Amanajé, Comboio, Hermeto Pascoal Big Band and many other formations. All compositions are originals and by three of the musicians. Very intense and intricate arrangements, as well as is the execution.”

The one and only album released by this Chilean progressive/fusion band which is released for the first time on CD here and with over 12' of bonus material. All instrumental, they used Fender Rhodes piano and synths, electric and acoustic guitar, flute...

"In 1978, Brian Eno put out Music for Airports, his first 'ambient' album. It was a four-part piece, composed in the studio, devoid of all but the most basic aspects of song, challenging listeners to re-imagine what music might be. Twenty years later...

Billy Bang, violin
"The long out-of-print first solo record by American violinist Billy Bang (1947-2011), recorded in 1979 and first released on Hat Hut Records, featuring his own compositions, extrapolated at length in the intimate live concert, as well as traditional and improvised material. Remastered from original tapes and augmented by newly discovered recordings from the same concert. Part of the large cache of historical Hat Hut records that Corbett vs. Dempsey continues to release. Original...

Unique, lo-tech, electro-wave, instrumental, Ethiopian pop music from the 80s. If you like classic era Ethiopian pop and electronic / space music, this low-budget but utterly charming mash up should make your shoulders do the shimmy!

“Ethiopian minimal wave from 1986. Teranga Beat presents Yishak Banjaw's first international release. Yishak Banjaw is a composer and keyboard player from Addis Ababa known to his country for his innovative compositions and unique sound. His ability to transform...

“Tony Banks, the renowned founder member and keyboard maven of the rock band Genesis, continues his acclaimed series of orchestral compositions with Five. The suite opens with Prelude to a Million Years, originally commissioned for and performed at the Cheltenham Music Festival. Banks signature melodic gifts and feel for cinematic scale are all in evidence in Five, just as they were in Six (8.572986) and Seven (8.557466), a work of stirring beauty (ProgSheet). Naxos is proud to present this recording....

“Working together since 1982, Cyro Baptista is one of Zorn's closest friends and collaborators. Banquet of the Spirits is his tight touring quartet of young lions and features Brian Marsella, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz and Tim Keiper on keyboards, bass and drums. Here they follow up their acclaimed CD of the Book of Angels Caym with a Latin Jazz-tinged interpretation featuring the rising star Brian Marsella on piano and keyboards. Breathtakingly beautiful, this is one of the most seductive installments of...

Madman virtuoso Cyro Baptista has played with an incredible range of musicians, from Paul Simon, Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson and Herbie Hancock to Medeski, Martin and Wood, Phish and Sting. A distinctive composer and vocalist in his own right, Be...

“Since arriving in the U.S. in 1980 from Brazil, Cyro Baptista has emerged as one of the premier percussionists in the country. Coinciding with the rise in the public’s interest of world music, Cyro has managed to record and tour with some of music’s most popular names. His mastery of Brazilian percussion and the many instruments he creates himself, have catapulted him into world renown.
renowned percussionist and Composer Cyro Baptista to the Ropeadope community. His vast talent and penchant for....

One of the most charismatic and versatile percussionists around, Cyro Baptista has worked with everyone from Herbie Hancock, Sting and Paul Simon to Phish, Laurie Anderson and John Zorn. Following up on his brilliant first CD for Tzadik Beat the Donkey...

''An historical band of Italian Folk revival, surely one of the best, Barban has developed a sound more and more personal and mature. In their recordings they have shown the richness and the beauty of the tradition of their homeland region, Lombardy, f...

Baraban, one of the top bands on the Italian folk scene, comes out with its 6th album. It's an intense and refined work which is destined to stir up emotions. No doubt this is the most mature work of the Milan-based group, sounding ancient and modern, ...

“This is Annie Barbazza’s first solo album. She is a rising star of the international avant / prog scene. She was on stage with Greg Lake and plays bass with Paul Roland Band. She performs with Henry Cow’s John Greaves as a duo and she already has an album on Manticore records, produced by Greg Lake, Moonchild, with pianist Max Repetti.
This album has a long history: Lake originally wanted Annie to played all the instruments, but the record slowly turned into an all-star friends collaboration for...