Tzadik

Trumpeter Bernstein joins forces with the Sam Rivers trio; any excuse for new music from Sam is a good thing! "Steven Bernstein, one of the energy centers of the downtown scene here joins legendary reedman Sam Rivers and his trio for an inspiring progr...

"With groups like Sex Mob, Millennial Territory Orchestra and Diaspora Soul, Steven Bernstein is energizing the downtown scene with a passionate and indefatigable creativity. His brilliance continues with Diaspora Suite, the fourth installment in his...

Jaroslaw Bester: Bayan
Oleg Dyyak: Bayan, Clarinet, Percussion, Duduk
Jaroslaw Tyrala: Violin
Mikolaj Pospieszalski: Double Bass
Tomasz Zietek: Trumpet

"A mainstay of Radical Jewish Culture since 1997 and one of the most consistently rewarding groups out of the New Jewish Renaissance, Bester Quartet (formerly The Cracow Klezmer Band) has released six CDs of brilliant New Jewish music on Tzadik. Distinguished by a daring repertoire and a virtuosity that is always at the service

"A mainstay of the Radical Jewish series since their first release in 2000, Jaroslaw Bester is one of the most consistently creative and imaginative musicians in the New Jewish Renaissance. Here he approaches the classic compositions of Cracow-born...

"This is the first CD release by a remarkable composer/performer who has been Composer-In-Residence at the Boston Modern Orchestra Project for the past two years and a key member of the Philip Glass ensemble for well over a decade. Bringing together a...

A beautiful modern exploration of Sephardic melodies, creatively arranged by the masterminds of the popular rock group Elysian Fields.... [Tzadik]

Man, oh man, what a lineup! Peek down below and if you dig a swinging, free sound, be amazed! Four great players, all jazz or close enough to jazz but who often work stylistically apart, all brought together for this fine session. Warmly recommended...

"Per Bloland studied at Stanford with Brian Ferneyhough and Mark Applebaum, has worked at IRCAM and Oberlin, and currently teaches at Miami University. His innovative sound world brilliantly blends custom built electronics with instrumental textures...

''A passport to their unique worlds of sound. Danny Cohen and Mike Boner both hail from California, Horse Cock Kids are based in Munich, but they all share an intense passion for their own self-indulgent fantasies. Songs about sex, degeneracy, puberty,...

"Anthony Braxton, Milford Graves and William Parker are quite literally three of the most important virtuoso instrumentalists in new music, each a vivid conceptualist as well an influential composer/performer. This intense improvisational outing...

Kitty Brazelton has been a mover and shaker in the downtown scene for well over a decade; a singer, bandleader and composer of striking originality. Here she performs two extended suites of twisted, powerful chamber rock blending a ...

Working out of Berlin, Paul Brody is pushing the boundaries of Jewish music with his remarkable band Sadawi. His second CD for Tzadik features five uptempo originals and creative arrangements of Tzadik classics by Frank London, the New Klezmer Trio, Na...

"Paul Brody is a talented composer/performer based in Berlin. Touring Europe for several years to enthusiastic audiences, his band Sadawi has developed into a razor sharp ensemble, one of the very best to mix jazz with traditional Jewish music...

Paul Brody is a remarkable trumpet player, composer and arranger based in Berlin. For his first Tzadik release he has brought together some of the best Klezmer players from the U.S. and Germany to create a Jewish music supergroup. The music combines ex...

''Chris Brown, San Francisco based composer, pianist, and electronic instrument builder, studied composition with William Brooks, electronic music with Gordon Mumma and computer music with David Rosenboom. His music includes pieces for solo instruments...

Chris Brown is a San Francisco based composer who stands firmly in the tradition of West Coast innovators like Terry Riley and James Tenney. Rogue Wave, his first CD in almost a decade, is one of his best a startling retrospective spanning over twenty ...

"Jewish music composer and trumpeter David Buchbinder teams up with Cuban master pianist Hilario Durán and a crew of Canada’s top jazz and world musicians to present this follow-up to the first award-winning Odessa/Havana release. Working with JUNO...

Say what you want, this half man/half android, who was raised by chickens, can really kick on the jams on the guitar. This includes the lovely ballad She Sells Sea Shells By The Slaughterhouse. "Buckethead is one of the most amazing and original guitar...

Fourteen exotic musical miniatures crafted by the brilliant accordionist from Tin Hat Trio, one of San Franciscos most acclaimed and popular bands. Accompanied by bassist Greg Cohen (Masada, Tom Waits, Lou Reed), drummer Kenny Wollesen (Bill Frisell, S...

Excellent album by 1/3rd of the original Tin Hat Trio which features great musicians and great compositions.

Robert Burger has worked with Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Iron & Wine, and was a founding member of chamber...

"A politically motivated quartet at the forefront of the jazz-metal underground featuring four of the most acclaimed musicians in the LA experimental music scene. Playing scorching instrumentals that touch on heavy metal and jazz, the music is uncompromising and intense, filled with precise rhythmic complexity and textural power. Their first release on Tzadik is an incendiary blockbuster and is destined to become an instant classic!"
Richard Giddens: Double Bass
Aaron McLendon: Drums...

''Rubberband trumpet, double axe cello, hammerbridge violin, golfclub sitar/tabla, & a not-so-conventional snowshovel are just a few of the crazy instruments you will hear in thisremarkable debut recording by one of music's most ingenious & eccentric p...

"A musician of remarkable skills and versatility, Marco has been a vital member of the Downtown scene since 2004. This exciting trio project inspired by the popular crime novels of Maurizio de Giovanni brilliantly synthesizes minimalism, jazz, Italian...

Note the Ahvak and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum personnel involved in this one! "Following up on the enormous success of her Trilectic release from 2000, Jewlia Eisenberg has again fashioned a remarkable program of a cappella vocal and instrumental music ...

"The Bowls Projectis an exciting new recording by Charming Hostess, one of the most consistently creative and explorative ensembles working today. Based on inscriptions found on ancient Babylonian Jewish amulets, the texts speak of mysticism and magic...

“"The Ginzburg Geography" is an examination of the lives and work of Natalia and Leone Ginzburg during World War II. As with her other Charming Hostess endeavors, Jewlia Eisenberg plunged deeply into re- search and created songs inspired by their life, love and writings as well as including songs of protest and cultural significance from the time. Jewlia laid down vocals and oversaw the recording of the majority of band tracks but was not able to finish.
Since her passing, her longtime collaborator...

A native of Taiwan, Chien-Yin Chen is a marvelous young composer who spent ten years in Germany studying with Gyorgi Ligeti, and is now living in New York. Her work is remarkably inventive, honest and meticulously crafted. Purr, her debut CD features f...

Studying koto since the age of three, Mori Chieko is one of the worlds most versatile koto virtuosos. She has spent long periods in Italy, London and the United States, collaborated with Michael Galasso, and created music for dance, film and theater, i...

Nice to see Ty, a fine guitarist and a excellent composer, spotlighted on his own album that features 3/4ths of the band he co-founded and is best known for his work with, Gutbucket!
"A founding member of the internationally acclaimed punk/jazz...

"Born in London, raised in the UK and currently composer-in-residence at the Chicago Symphony, Anna Clyne is a composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music that blends ambient soundscapes with sonic gestures that morph and collide in ever changing...

"Born in Wisconsin and a resident of Germany since 1969, Gloria Coates has been composing for over fifty years. Her work is complex, filled with canons, palindromes, polyrhythms, dissonances, glissandi and is distinguished by a wide expressive and...

"In 1985, when the whole world was seized by fear of AIDS, THEM premiered in New York. THEM was not literally about AIDS, but at the time it was impossible to see it separately from it. Created by director/choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones, Dennis...

"The composer/saxophonist Gabriele Coen is a household name on the Italian jazz scene. He is the founder of the noted ensemble Klezroym and has recorded two masterful CDs of Jewish music for Italian labels. For his first Tzadik release he broadens both...

''The hero of last year's Self Indulgent Music collection is back by popular demand, accompanied by his quirky band of kooks and renegades: Museum of Dannys is a compendium of Cohen's best work from the '70s, '80s, and '90s, and features his now-legend...

"Hailing from Israel and currently living in Brooklyn, Haggai Cohen-Milo is a gifted bassist and composer exploring the nexus of Jazz and Jewish music. His Tzadik debut features a tight and exciting band of young virtuosos who passionately perform...

'' Essential listening for anyone who has ever suffered thepains of alienation and rejections -- or wants to!'' [Tzadik]

''From traditional Sephardic melodies to Latin-influenced originals by way of Theonious Monk and Jelly Roll Morton, to an Irving Fields arrangement from the classic 50s Borscht Belt mambo/cha-cha album Bagels & Bongos, Anthony Coleman takes an innovati...

"One of the greatest, and perhaps the very first composer in Jazz history, Jelly Roll Morton was a charismatic and influential figure that helped define Jazz music in its critical early years. Combining ragtime, Latin inflections and more, his music is...

Master of madness, wandering poet, dysfunctional genius Anthony Coleman in a magical evening of songs by acclaimed Yiddish composer Mordechai Gebirtig, whose haunting lyrics and melodies became some of the most beloved and popular songs of their time. ...

"The End of Summer is a collection of Anthony Coleman’s most recent chamber compositions and features his fabulous new ensemble Survivors Breakfast. Born and raised in NYC, Anthony has been a central figure in the Downtown scene since the late ’70s...

''A delightful album of traditional Sephardic tunes, beautiful ballads and crazy original numbers showing off the remarkable chemistry between two highly-engaging jazz personalities.'' Also features Brad Jones (bass) & Mark Ribot (guitar). [Tzadik]

''One of the most original groups in modern Japan, Compostela blends folk musics of Eastern Europe with the tradition of Japanese chindon (street musicians who play at grand openings of supermarkets and pachinko parlors, dressed as geishas and samurai)...

I had never heard the amazing story of Connie Converse before this release, but there's a recounting on Wiki and it is basically the same as below, only longer. What a story!

"Connie Converse was a remarkable composer who worked in the 1950s and 1960s. By 1974, depressed over her lack of recognition and success, she packed up her belongings and drove off never to be heard of again. Little known in her lifetime, she is now viewed as a pioneer of the modern singer/songwriter genre. This exciting.....

The first recording since 1969 from one of the legends of the New York experimental music scene who has collaborated with Anthony Braxton, Sunny Murray, Perry Robinson, Albert Ayler and many others. After two astounding albums incorporating serial tech...

"Sylvie Courvoisier steps out with her long awaited first recording for piano trio! One of the most creative pianists in the Downtown scene, and a long-time collaborator of Mark Feldman, Ikue Mori and many others, Sylvie combines a brilliant technique...

"Swiss born composer/ improviser Sylvie Courvoisier is one of the most creative and imaginative pianists in new music. A frequent collaborator of Mark Feldman, Ikue Mori and Fred Frith, she is a member of Mephista and the leader of her own quintet and...

Another brilliant release by one of the most important bands in the New Jewish Renaissance. Passionately blending tradition and modernity with impressive virtuosity, the Cracow Klezmer Band continues to present some of the most breathtaking new Jewish ...

...one of Europes most original and exciting avant-Klezmer ensembles...this brilliant quartet blends the spontaneity of improvisation, the precision of classical music and the soul of the Jewish tradition. Ever-surprising new music by this thrilling b...

The Cracow Klezmer Band plays Masada Book Two. "Formed in 1997, The Cracow Klezmer Band is a phenomena. Through their spectacular combination of impeccable musicianship, imaginative arrangements and passionate performances they have been universally ac...

''Taraf de Haidouks meets Astor Piazzola in this beautiful recording exploring the secret connection between the gypsies and the Jews. The Cracow Klezmer Band is an astounding quintet of young Polish virtuosos whose dynamic original compositions and cr...