Evan Parker, tenor and soprano saxophones / Peter Evans, trumpet / Barry Guy, double bass / Paul Lytton, drums and percussion.

"Parker/Guy/Lytton is already a classic trio, even if this group is continuously changing what we think we know...

Achim Kaufmann, piano / Robert Landfermann, double bass / Christian Lillinger, drums.

"Don't let the picture fool you: these three German musicians may be quite young, but they are real masters at their respective instruments. Achim Kaufmann...

James Carney, piano / Stephan Crump, double bass.

"If you still think there's an untraversable frontier between the so-called mainstream and the so-called avant-garde, it's because you're not noticing what's going on. And what's going on is....

"Two Portuguese, a Belgium, an Italian and a Czech: this is a true European combo. Combo? Well, not the conventional one: there are two drummers, João Lobo and Marek Patrman, and two horn players, Daniele Martini and Toine Thys. The band leader, Hugo...

Out of print for several years on CD and back again, this is a really great on! This is two extremely rare recordings (one previously released on lp and the other never before released) making their debut onto CD by this venerable Chicago jazzer/free...

Brand new release from these American prog/hard rock stalwarts, and cheerful and optimistic it most certainly is not. This features 4/5ths of the original lineup, with John Palumbo, Rick Witkowski, Joey D'Amico and Joe Macre all appearing.

"A few years before Neuschwanstein conceived their masterpiece "Battlement" (to many, including myself, one of the best symphonic prog albums ever from Germany), the band had already written an album-worthy set of tracks that, together, made the concept o

"In 1985, Guigou Chenevier, the leader of the French band ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN, had this funny idea of creating a trio entirely devoted to drums-and-sticks. He chose American Rick BROWN (V-EFFECT, FISH AND ROSES, RUN ON...) and British Charles HAYWARD...

Just when you think that there is nothing worthwhile from the lp era that hasn't already been reissued on CD, comes a small and very pleasant surprise. This is the first album (of two) by a Quebecois progressive/fusion septet who somehow managed...

Note: This video is a documentary and is all in French. Even so, there are a lot of amazing musical excerpts and for the already commited Yochk'o fan, this is a no brainer purchase.

Yochk'o Seffer always created varied and interesting works...

"'Eclat De Vers' is the first one recorded by the Marseilles' band of the same name (That would be shortened for the second album). Well recorded and produced, a certain idea of Progressive rock blends with poetic texts, sung in a style between...

Nice to see these later solo works by the leader of the great chamber-rock/ECM-styled band Noetra appear. This is a duo between guitarist Lapouge and Christian Paboeuf on oboe, flutes and percussion. This album, which was recorded in 1987, but never...

This was the very first release, recorded 1979-81 of this wonderful chamber progressive band who use guitar, oboe, violin, clarinet, saxes, flutes, bass & drums. A gentle, beautifully scored sound that sounds like a completely original cross between...

Whoooooo Hoooooooo! I can't even begin to express how excited I am to see this release pop up. This is the third and I assume the final archival release by this just terrific chamber/progressive band with serious ECM overtones (they were courted by ECM...

"Live In Vienna is the eighth full-length album by German electronic music outfit Cluster and their first and only album with Joshi Farnbauer. It is the first of three live albums recorded by Cluster. Until now Cluster & Farnbauer had never been...

Besides making records no one wants to listen to, I also composer and perform music for plays no one wants to watch. This album is supposed to be some sort of a Greatest Hits" compilation of the hundreds of 'songs' I have written for theatre over the y...

Really a fairly amazing release that I was hipped to by the avant progressive list . It's really quite a instrumental tour-de-force, performed on guitar, bass, drums...

"...an incredibly powerful listening experience. In fact, Heresie is a stunning one-of-a-kind item which has never been duplicated by anyone -- including Univers Zero." – Bill Tilland/All Music Guide

How does a group follow up a auspicous debut..

On Metal/Crystal, French experimental guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas summons the assistance of noise artists Merzbow (Masami Akita) from Japan and Wolf Eyes from USA to weave a spellbinding aural web that spans 2 CDs.Over the years...

Note: these copies have a tiny (and I mean *tiny*) cut-out notch in the mini-lp sleeve; it's so small that if I didn't tell you, you might not even notice it!).

"Isao Tomita is a brilliant interpreter. He has transcribed several classical and...

Third album from a Belgian quartet of vocals, reeds, guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. Their earlier albums are sort of molded on the "1971 UK proto-progressive" sound, with a progressive hard rock edge and this has that as well, but in much smaller...

First album by this Belgian quartet of vocals, reeds, multi-keyboards, guitar, bass and drums. This is molded on the "1971 UK proto-progressive" sound, with a progressive hard rock edge. I heard Cream + Jimi + early Deep Purple + Pink Floyd + T2 +...

Heavy space rock/psychedelic rock influenced by Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, etc. This is basically a one man band created by Luis Simões. Heavy guitars and Hammond organ, bass, drums and more. My favorite line? "Fractal horoscope...and the smell of dope"...

"First off...let me say - I really like this album. The very thought of this album always brings to mind a college professor of mine. The man was very provocative (a good quality for a teacher) and really challenged the pre-conceptions of his...

Catalyst were a really great jazz-rock/kozmigroov band based on our Philadelphia in the early/mid 1970s. The most famous members of the group were Alphonso Johnson on bass (who left early on to join Weather Report) and Odeon Pope on saxes, but all...