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Benjamin Duboc, bass / Edward Perraud, drums / Jean-Luc Guionnet, alto sax.

"If you identify alto saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet and drummer Edward Pérraud with the minimal and abstract free improvisation of the French band Hubbub...

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, double bass / Joe McPhee, tenor sax / Joe Morris, guitar / Nate Wooley, trumpet.

"Now Is is the definitive confirmation of the wide international status obtained by the Norwish bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten. From being...

Jorrit Dijkstra, alto saxophone, lyricon, analog synthesizer / James Falzone, clarinet / Jeb Bishop, trombone / Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello, analog electronics / Jason Roebke, bass / Frank Rosaly, drums, percussion.

Great disc from six players...

Bruno Chevillon (double bass), Jean-Marc Foltz (clarinet)

"When, at Jazz à Mulhouse 2004, in Alsace, at the end of August, at another of his memorable festivals, Bruno Chevillon gave me a CD-R with a recording of his duo with Jean Marc...

Gary Pickard soprano and alto sax / Miki Hirose trumpet / Matt Parker tenor sax / Evan Mazunik keys / James Ilgenfritz double bass / Arei Sekiguchi drums / Billy Fox maracas / Julianne Carney violin (track 3).

"If Billy Fox's previous releases.

Arun Luthra, sax/Billy Fox, percussion/Christopher Hoffman, cello/Danny Katz, shamisen/Deanna Witkowski, piano/Gary Pickard, sax/John O'Brien, drums/John Savage, alto sax/Mark Dresser, bass/Paul Faatz, clarinet/Percy Pursglove, trumpet/Scott Shaeffer...

Nick Fraser drums
Tony Malaby saxophones
Andrew Downing cello
Rob Clutton bass

"What do Anthony Braxton, Wynton Marsalis, William Parker and Dave Liebman have in common? The fact that they have played with a drummer from the Toronto jazz scene, Nick Fraser, one of those few cases of a musician so flexible that he can practice all the tendencies of this music. Or, when he is the band leader and composer, chooses to cross those different styles, as that combination enables his...

Nick Fraser drums / Tony Malaby tenor and soprano saxophones / Kris Davis piano.
"Little by little (we would prefer otherwise, but that’s how things go), all that the Canadian scene has to offer comes to light. Drummer and composer Nick Fraser is a..

Lori Freedman Bb & bass clarinets
Scott Thomson trombone

Scott Thomson and Lori Freedman first played together in Toronto in 2006 where they immediately identified shared musical affinities: dynamics of tone and timbre, heterodox lyricism, the internal propulsion and forward motion of openly improvised material, freedom of expression, and play. Their instant rapport led them to record Plumb (2007, Barnyard Records), the first recording in Thomson’s and a notable addition to Freedman’s...

André Roligheten tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet and bass saxophone
Thomas Johansson trumpet, flugelhorn and percussion
Oscar Grönberg piano
Jon Rune Strøm double bass
Tollef Østvang drums and percussion

"No, Roligheten, Johansson, Grönberg, Strøm and Østvang aren’t newcomers in the Flat Earth Society. They’re stating something much more exciting than a pizza-like world: that the Earth is music, with all its flats and sustains. That music as they love it is the Sixties...

André Roligheten tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Thomas Johansson trumpet
Oscar Grönberg piano
Jon Rune Strøm double bass
Tollef Østvang drums

"When a story is good and the following one is even better you naturally expect that new narratives coming next will explode your expectations, and here it is, with a title saying it all about what you’ll find inside: “What’s Next”. And what you’ll find inside is one more aspect of a huge field of possibilities when dealing with the...

André Roligheten tenor saxophone and clarinets
Thomas Johansson trumpet
Oscar Grönberg piano
Jon Rune Strøm double bass
Tollef Østvang drums

"Here is another gem from the Norwegian scene, showing us that music can be energetic and melodic at the same time, as it was proposed by free jazz mavericks like Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and John Carter. The songs are even more melodic than those played by the bands in which we find André Roligheten, Thomas...

The name of this band says it all. Friends and Neighbors was the title of a fundamental album by Ornette Coleman dating from 1970, and the music played by these Norwegian improvisers has as reference and starting point the “new thing” of the Sixties.

Fred Frith guitar / Darren Johnston trumpet.

"This is the first duo effort to be released by Canada-born, but long time contributor to the San Francisco Bay Area scene trumpeter Darren Johnston,and the legendary guitar iconoclast FredFrith. They can also be heard together on the fine release “Reasons For Moving,”(Not Two, 2007), alongside Larry Ochs, Devin Hoff and Ches Smith, but in this more intimate musical gathering, the results are truly astonishing. The genesis for this session was...

Nobuyasu Furuya, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute/Hernani Faustino, double bass/Gabriel Ferrandini, drums and percussion.

"Born in Japan, but living and playing in Lisabon, Nobuyasu Furuya is agitating the waters of the jazz and improvised..

Danilo Gallo bass, fx
Massimiliano Milesi tenor and soprano saxophones
Francesco Bigoni tenor saxophone, clarinet
Jim Black drums
Lorenzo Corti guitar

"Italian jazz is a reality on its own, due to its caustic humor, the folkish way it uses melody, the liking for rhythm patterns, the cinematic perspectives and we could continue to bring arguments to the list. When bassist (every kind of bass, be it double bass, electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, bass balalaika, whatever...

"Known for his partnerships with Ray Anderson and Peter Evans, Colombian expatriate Ricardo Gallo is becoming a noteworthy voice as a pianist and composer in American creative jazz. After obtaining critical acclaim with his Bogotá bands...

"After a few seconds into Reaching For The Infinite, there can only be two reactions. First, seasoned listeners will feel satisfaction, while new ears will flood with intrigue. The album, the first disc of the sophomore five-CD set Amsterdam pianist Miha Gantar, kicks off a journey through several modes and lineages around the farthest reaches of the keys.
With his first release, 2022's five-CD Introducing, Slovenia-born artist pulled from musical disciples as diverse as his history with music itself..

"Amsterdam based Slovenian pianist and composer Miha Gantar has a very personal and very wide music vision, and the simultaneous release of several of its aspects seems logic, from the point of view of the artist but also of the listener, who is capable, this way, to achieve a complete experience of that sound world of a new, fresh, surprising and much welcomed player in the international creative music game. Each configuration (solo: “Origins of the Pure”; duo: “Songs and Serenades”; trio...

Bernardo Tinoco tenor saxophone
João Almeida trumpet
João Fragoso double bass
João Sousa drums

"If you were still uncertain about the relevance and the freshness of Portugal’s contributions to the worldwide jazz and improvised music circuits, this is for you: Garfo (Fork in English) is a band formed by four of the youngest generation of musicians active in the city of Lisbon. Lead by saxophonist Bernardo Tinoco, but with all members composing its repertoire, they play a empathi

Stephen Gauchi, tenor sax/Nate Wooley, trumpet/Mike Bisio, double bass/Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten, double bass.

"The name “Basso Continuo” refers not to early music but rather to the double double bass backbone Mike Bisio and Ingebrigt Haker...

Personel: Charles Gayle (as), Hilliard Greene (b), Jay Rosen (d)

"From the streets of New York to the hotels of the world, what changed in the life of Charles Gayle since his hobo days? Some more money, for sure, but considering the earnings made..

Personel: Charles Gayle (ts), Gerald Cleaver (d), Sirone (b)

"Assuming you are familiar with the remarkable discography of saxophonist Charles Gayle, the first thing you are bound to notice about this recording is that it is somewhat less intense..

Frode Gjerstad alto saxophone
Steve Swell trombone
Jon Rune Strøm double bass
Paal Nilssen-Love drums & percussion

"Frode Gjerstad’s name can be legendary in Norway and all the European continent, due to the fact that he was practically the only one to contrast himself, from the beginning, to the saxophone style which defined the Scandinavian approach to jazz for 40 years, the one defined by Jan Garbarek, but his trio with Jon Rune Strom and Paal Nilssen-Love is relatively new...

Jean-Brice Godet clarinets, radio, dictaphones
Pascal Niggenkemper double bass, objects
Sylvain Darrifourcq drums, percussions, zither
"The name of French clarinetist Jean-Brice Godet may not ring a bell in the minds of American, German or Japanese jazz fans, but if we say he’s a regular companion of the celebrated bassist Joelle Léandre and remember that he already worked with the likes of Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith you have sufficient indication that an album signed by him really...

Magnus Broo, trumpet / Sten Sandell, Hammond B3 organ, piano, voice/ Johan Berthling, double bass / Paal Nilssen-Love, drums & percussion.

"The association of trumpeter Magnus Broo with the Sten Sandell Trio was very much intended and searched...

Adam Roberts,bass/Andrew Barker, drums/Charles Waters, alto sax, clarinet.

"The Gold Sparkle unit, Duo (Waters, Barker) Trio (with Adam Roberts) or Band (Quartet with Roger Ruzow), is a collective new jazz ensemble based in New York City...

Personel: Alex Cline (d), Bobby Bradford (t), Ken Filiano (b), Vinny Golia (sax)

"Here is an item in Vinny Golia’s discography that gives a global sense to his life as an artist. Before being a musician, Golia was a painter. A very particular...

Personel: Dennis González (t), Ken Filiano (b), Mike Thompson (d), Oliver Lake (as)

"Music always speaks for itself, and this disc is no exception: a spirited dialogue between four musicians who are not only conversant in the idiom of improvised...

Personel: Dennis González (t), Ellerry Eskelin (ts), Mark Helias (b), Mike Thompson (d)

"Aside from this new release, the Dennis González NY Quartet is also featured on an earlier Clean Feed release, “NY Midnight Suite,” which was recorded...

Personel: Charles Kohlhase (sax), Croix Galipault (d), Dennis González (t), Joe Morris (b), Nate McBride (b)

"From someone who was absent from the jazz scene for ten years, trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez's recent hyper-activity put his name in focus...

Personel: Dennis González (t), Ellerry Eskelin (ts), Mark Helias (b), Mike Thompson (d)

"Dennis González is an extraordinary musician and composer that has developed his activity since the early 70’s. Unlike many musicians who establish...

João Paulo, piano / Dennis González, Bb cornet and C trumpet.

"This music is the result of an encounter between two great musicians living in two very distant parts of the world: Texan trumpeter/cornetist Dennis González and Portuguese pianist...

Dennis González, C trumpet - Bb cornet / João Paulo, piano, accordion, electric piano.

"After the success of the first encounter between the Texan trumpeter and the Portuguese pianist, “Scapegrace”, here is the second volume of a partnership...

Peter Van Huffel Alto & Baritone Saxophones, Effects
Roland Fidezius Electric Bass, Effects
Rudi Fischerlehner Drums, Percussion

"Peter Van Huffel’s journey through the combination of jazz and rock, alien to the fusion tradition of the seventies and the collage of the nineties, proceeds with yet another opus from the Gorilla Mask gang, as always inclusive of the mindblowing rhythm section of Roland Fidezius and Rudi Fischerlehner. “Brain Drain” is a mishmash of punk, metal, jazz, free i

Peter Van Huffel Alto & Baritone Saxophones, Effects
Roland Fidezius Electric Bass, Effects
Rudi Fischerlehner Drums, Percussion

"Peter Van Huffel’s journey through the combination of jazz and rock, alien to the fusion tradition of the seventies and the collage of the nineties, proceeds with yet another opus from the Gorilla Mask gang, as always inclusive of the mindblowing rhythm section of Roland Fidezius and Rudi Fischerlehner. “Brain Drain” is a mishmash of punk, metal, jazz, free i

Peter Van Huffel alto saxophone
Roland Fidezius electric bass, effects
Rudi Fischerlehner drums
"After the broad success of “Bite My Blues”, Canadian saxophonist Peter Van Huffel’s Berlin band Gorilla Mask is back with more music; not to cover the foot imprints of his previous work but going beyond a good number of steps. You can’t say anymore that this project consists of a mix of jazz with punk and metal – the kind of sonic assault heard on “Iron Lung” has an identity of its own...

Peter Van Huffel alto saxophone
Roland Fidezius electric bass, effects
Rudi Fischerlehner drums

"After the broad success of “Bite My Blues”, Canadian saxophonist Peter Van Huffel’s Berlin band Gorilla Mask is back with more music; not to cover the foot imprints of his previous work but going beyond a good number of steps. You can’t say anymore that this project consists of a mix of jazz with punk and metal – the kind of sonic assault heard on “Iron Lung” has an identity of its own, inc

Peter Van Huffel alto and baritone saxophones, electronics
Roland Fidezius electric-bass, effects
Rudi Fischerlehner drums, percussion

"With this new release, the long-standing trio looks back on four album productions and nearly 13 years of performing together as a band under the direction of leader and saxophonist Peter Van Huffel, during which time they developed a unique sound and their distinctively wild and energetic approach to music. “Mind Raid” is however the first album created...

Frank Gratkowski alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
Simon Nabatov piano

"German reed-player Frank Gratkowski and Russian-born pianist Simon Nabatov have been making music together in a wide variety of constellations and contexts for over 30 years. The fruitful collaboration began in Klaus König’s large ensemble projects, found the two interpreting Nabatov’s musical readings of Russian literature, or as members of numerous ad hoc settings. Playing in duo, however, always allowed.

Gordon Grdina guitar, oud
Mat Maneri viola
Christian Lillinger drums

“The GLM trio brings together three world class improvisers from North America and Europe. The album was recorded live at the Armoury Studios and It captures the unedited intensity and excitement of the band playing live with the flawless audio expected from the studio experience.
Gordon Grdina is a JUNO Award (Canadian Grammy) winning oud/guitarist whose career has spanned continents, decades and constant genre...

Phillip Greenlief alto and tenor saxophones, Bb clarinet
Scott Amendola drums, percussion, & live electronics

“One of the most engaging team-ups in exploratory jazz celebrates 30 years of simpatico collaboration and creativity with the release of Stay With It, their first outing on the Clean Feed imprint. It finds Phillip Greenlief and Scott Amendola developing the febrile dialogues mapped out on their deliciously bristling 1995 debut, Collect My Thoughts, an absorbing set that saw the pair.

No, the piano jazz trio format is far from being at an end, and here is one more example of that, one of the best to boot. German players Achim Kaufmann, Robert Landfermann and Christian Lillinger show us that the traditional combination of a grand...

Mats Gustafsson slide and baritone saxes
Craig Taborn piano
"Two very different musicians from the wide range of the jazz spectrum, Mats Gustafsson and Craig Taborn played together just once, for the 2015 edition of the Ljubljana Jazz Festival, and that explains the chosen title of this LP. The meeting seemed improbable, but in what concerns improvisation, if the protagonists are committed explorers of spontaneity anything can happen, even the most extraordinary music. That was the case – the...

Massimo Pupillo, bass / Paal Nilssen-Love, drums / Peter Broetzmann, tenor sax / Toshinori Kondo, trumpet.

"Recorded live in Lisbon, at the 2011 edition of the festival Jazz em Agosto, “Snakelust” is the most fantastic upbringing, to this date...

Klaus Ellerhusen Holm clarinet alto saxophone
Hernâni Faustino double bass
Nuno Morão drums percussion

"Here is an example of a specially well succeeded co-operation between a notorious representative of the Norwegian scene (Klaus Ellerhusen Holm) and two of the Portuguese one (Hernâni Faustino and Nuno Morão), combining the recordings of live presentations in a couple of spaces dedicated to creative music in Portugal, Salão Brazil (Coimbra) and SMUP (Parede). If you’re a Clean Feed...

João Hasselberg double bass/electric bass
Pedro Branco guitar
Albert Cirera sax on tracks 5, 8
Afonso Pais guitar on tracks 1 (Left side), 6
João Paulo Esteves da Silva piano on tracks 1, 6
Luis Figueiredo piano on track 3
João Lencastre drums

"Only a few months after the debuting success of the album “Dancing Our Way to Death”, the partnership of the Portuguese, but living in Copenhagen, double bassist João Hasselberg and the also Portuguese, but established in

Boris Hauf, tenor and soprano saxophone
Keefe Jackson, tenor saxophone, contrabassclarinet
Jason Stein, bass clarinet
Frank Rosaly, drums
Steven Hess, drums, electronics
Michael Hartman, drums.

"What can you expect from a Berlin-based saxophonist (tenor and soprano) who also has a parallel activity as an electronic musician? Well... the unexpected. And the surprise here is not only the instrumental configuration – three horn players, three drummers - but also the musicians...

Fritz Hauser drums and percussion
Pedro Carneiro marimba

"Despite both artists enjoying remarkably intensive careers which have seen them collaborate with many of the finest talents operating in free-improvisation, experimental and classical music, Pas de Deux marks the auspicious first ever encounter between Swiss drummer Fritz Hauser and Portuguese marimba maestro Pedro Carneiro.
Across seven sequential passages, sculpted from recordings made at Lisbon’s Namouche studio last winter...

Evan Parker tenor saxophone / Alexander Hawkins piano.

"Saxophone colossus Evan Parker is no stranger to the duo format with a pianist, and the recordings with the likes of Agustí Fernández, Sylvie Courvoisier, Matthew Shipp, Georg Graewe, Stan Tracey, Borah Bergman and John Tilbury are there to confirm it.

His encounter with Alexander Hawkins isn’t just one more experience in that context, however. “Leaps in Leicester” may put him in known territory instrumentally (after all, which...