TAYLOR HO BYNUM SEXTET! BRAXTON IRIDIUM BOX!

TEN NEW 'CLEAN FEED' TITLES: ROB BROWN TRIO, BARRETTO/SCLAVIS, 4 CORNERS w/VANDERMARK, ALVIN FIELDER/DENNIS GONZALEZ, SCOTT FIELDS/JOHN HOLLENBECK, WALLY SHOUP, REUBEN RADDING et al

FIVE EMANEM TITLES incl. PHIL MINTON, LOL COXHILL, JOHN RUSSELL...

CHADBOURNE DVD, FEDERICO UGHI/DANIEL CARTER, MERZBOW, HORACE TAPSCOTT, MOTIAN/FRISELL/LOVANO, METROPOLITAN KLEZMER...

SIX NEW CADENCE/CIMP TITLES including STEVE SWELL/DAVID TAYLOR, ODEAN POPE QUARTET

THE COL LEGNO CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER LABEL, AND THE '441/TEST OF TIME' LABEL WITH ANDREW HILL et al..

AND SO MUCH MORE!!!


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ITÕS HERE!

ANTHONY BRAXTON 12+1 TET - 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 [9 CD + 1 DVD box set] (Firehouse12 04-03-001; USA) A nine-CD-plus-one-DVD box set documenting what Time Out New York called "last Spring's epochal run" at New York's Iridium Jazz Club in March 2006. Described by Braxton as "THE point of definition in my work thus far," these concerts featured the world premieres of Compositions 350 through 358, the final works in his Ghost Trance Music series, recorded over the course of this rare four-night stand on an American stage. Included with the music is a Braxton documentary, interspersed with live concert footage, and an extensive collection of essays, commentary and biographical information. This definitive set is being released in coordination with Braxton's return engagement at Iridium March 29th-April 1st, 2007.
Musicians: Mary Halvorson - electric guitar; Nicole Mitchell - flute, alto and bass flutes, piccolo, voice; Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon, suona; Reut Regev - trombone, flugelbone; Carl Testa - acoustic bass, bass clarinet; Anthony Braxton - alto, soprano, and sopranino saxophones, clarinet, Eb contralto clarinet; James Fei - alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet; Andrew Raffo Dewar - soprano and c-melody saxophones, clarinet; Jay Rozen - tuba, euphonium; Stephen H. Lehman - alto and sopranino saxophones; Jessica Pavone - viola, violin; Aaron Siegel - percussion, vibraphone; Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn, trumpbone, piccolo and bass trumpets, shell.
"Going to hear Anthony Braxton in Times Square is a unique event," writes trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas in his commentary on the second night's first set. "The quizzical looks of tourists who just happened to come down for this set and seem to be asking themselves if this is some sort of introduction to something else or if in fact this is the thing itself. Rapt listeners aware that we are in for a very special treat. The tension was palpable, and it was inspiring to think that after all these years of brilliance-years of composing, performing, teaching, writing, living-this man is still on the front edge of what it means to hear new music, to be in time, to exist. There is a power in this music that urges us to do better, to learn, to grow, to change and adapt. To excel in each moment."
"Braxton is one of the past forty years' great radical musical thinkers," explains AllAboutJazz.com Senior Editor John Kelman. "He simply operates on a different plane than the vast majority, and his compositions reflect the kind of rich complexity that is so beyond the conventional that one really has to listen to them with a different set of ears." His groundbreaking and continually evolving approach to music, developed over the past five decades, embraces a wealth of musical traditions ranging from jazz saxophonists Wayne Marsh and Albert Ayler to innovative American composers John Cage and Charles Ives to pioneering European Avant-Garde figures Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. Fanatically documented by a dedicated following around the world, his multi-faceted career includes hundreds of recordings, an influential legacy as an educator and author of scholarly writings, and awards such as the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship. "The multi-reedist/composer might very well be jazz's last bona fide genius," adds the All Music Guide's Chris Kelsey. "The best of his work is on a level with any art music of the late 20th century, jazz or classical."
THE FIRST FEW ORDERS WE GET WILL HAVE THE BOX SLIPCASE AUTOGRAPHED BY ANTHONY BRAXTON Ð WE ONLY HAVE A FEW OF THESE, SO HURRY!!!
9 CD + 1 DVD BOX SET for $120

MR. BRAXTON AND HIS SEXTET ARE IN RESIDENCE AT IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB, 1650 Broadway at 51st Street tonight [Fri March 30th] through Sunday April 1st; Sets at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. GO!

(By the way, EVERYONE WHO PREORDERED GOT THEIR BOX PERSONALIZED IN BRAXTONÕS OWN HAND & AUTOGRAPHED THE WAY THEY WANTED Ð THEYÕRE ON THEIR WAY NOW!!!)


and, THE SECOND MONSTER RELEASE ON THE FIREHOUSE12 LABELÉ

TAYLOR HO BYNUM SEXTET - The Middle Picture (Firehouse12 04-01-002; USA) The Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet's debut release, The Middle Picture, documents both live and studio performances recorded at The Rotunda in Philadelphia and New Haven's Firehouse 12 over the past two years.
"There is much in-between the pressing issues of the world and the mundane toils of the everyday," writes Bynum in the liner notes. "I call it the middle picture: the pursuit of one's life goals, the search for one's true calling, the cultivation of one's personal relationships. While acknowledging the larger and smaller realities of the world, I try to focus on the middle picture, and hope that some of that positive energy and inspiration can influence the pictures on either side. The music on this album grows out of that middle picture, and is dedicated to that hope."
Musicians: Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet/composer; Matt Bauder - tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet; Mary Halvorson - electric guitar; Evan O'Reilly - electric guitar; Jessica Pavone - viola and electric bass; Tomas Fujiwara - drums.
CD $14




HOLY MacGILACUDDY! TEN NEW 'CLEAN FEED' RELEASES!!!

ROB BROWN TRIO With DANIEL LEVIN/SATOSHI TAKEISHI - Sounds (clean feed 77; Portugal) After a free jazz investment for many years, now something entirely different. Avant-garde? Composer / improviser Rob Brown says it's an irrelevant categorization nowadays. Instead of the conventional sax-bass-drums combo of the New Thing, "Sounds" gives us an alternative combination of alto saxophone with a cello (Daniel Levin) and Japanese taiko percussion set (Satoshi Takeishi), for a quieter, more open, exotic and abstract music performance than the ones usually labelled as jazz. Abstract, we said? Not always: "Tibetan Folk Song" is what the title says, "Moment of Pause" is a ballad, and the three-part suite "Sounds" was conceived for a Nancy Zendora choreography, and you know how dance need time references to construct in space. And you still have "Stutter Step", a reminder of the free jazz convictions of Mr. Brown, a long-time partner of musicians like William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris and Whit Dickey. So, here is one of those situations in which you have a trio of liberated jazz musicians playing their own music. Is it avant-garde? Is it abstract? Does these words matter anymore?
CD $17

4 CORNERS [MAGNUS BROO/KEN VANDERMARK/ADAM LANE/PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE] - 4 Corners (clean feed 76; Portugal) If you already sensed that the free bop style played by Ken Vandermark has roots in rhythm 'n' blues, here is the recording that confirms your impression. The context enables him to show his origins, and is provided here by a rock solid rhythm section formed by Adam Lane (sometimes with his double bass plugged to a distortion pedal, and when that happens it really grooves) and Paal Nilssen-Love, a drummer who seems to have four arms and four legs A second horn, the trumpet of the amazing Magnus Broo, relates to the saxophonist and clarinetist just as Donald Ayler did with his brother Albert. The compositions, by Vandermark himself and Lane, are reminiscent of the Sixties writing of Ornette Coleman, with the addition of a strong melodic suggestibility - "Lucia" is a good example. But the music is not a celebration of past achievements. This is jazz of the 21st century, reflecting the many musical interests of its performers, going from Mingus flavours and Berio's ideas to a Black Sabbath-like energy and the balance of Funkadelic. "4 Corners" was recorded live in a bar atmosphere during a festival in Coimbra, Portugal, and it reflects the very special moment of communication with the audience they were capable to ignite. This is powerful, loud, intense music, the kind that vibrates in your soul beside your senses and your body. With lots of fun but also profoundly serious in its purpose to gather people in these times of cultural and civilizational conflict.
CD $17

CARLOS BARRETTO TRIO + LOUIS SCLAVIS - Radio Song (clean feed 72; Portugal) It's not a new recording, but certainly this re-release by Clean Feed will be a great surprise to all those in North America, Europe and Japan who are interested in what's happening in the jazz and improvised music scene on this little country called Portugal. With the most inventive cover art we've seen in 2006, signed by Rui Garrido, Radio Song is an example of user friendly avant-jazz. It's Free but structured, with obvious connections to the most straightahead jazz, a sense of melody influenced by popular Portuguese song forms and a European flavour. In the recent past, double bassist Carlos Barretto had the companionship of the French champion of the baritone, FranCois Corneloup, and now, on three tracks we have clarinetist and saxophonist Louis Sclavis, also from France, as special guest. And of course these tunes have everything to do with Sclavis' love of the imaginary folk he invented in the past with the band Workshop de Lyon. And for one more example of the internationalization of Portuguese jazz, you'll find here two other local musicians deserving wider recognition: guitarist MArio Delgado, a Jimi Hendrix disciple who knows his jazz chops, and drummer JosE Salgueiro, a master of pulsation and tempo who is also concerned with texture. This CD also features a video clip of Radio Song.
CD $17

ALVIN FIELDER TRIO With DENNIS GONZALEZ/CHRIS PARKER - A Measure Of Vision (clean feed 71; Portugal) Alvin Fielder is a drummer because at age 12 he heard a Max Roach recording and liked it. His family wanted him to study Pharmacy, his fathers profession, and although he became a Pharmacist, music helped shift his destiny. In 1963 he was one of the founders of the now legendary Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), and there, he was in good company: Sound, Roscoe Mitchell's masterwork, was the first recording with his name on it. The records that followed - many of them as a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra - contributed to the development of the myth surrounding this pioneer of free jazz who thinks that music is like painting a portrait or writing creatively: "Drumming is not beating on something", he warns.
If anyone still has doubts about that after all these years of great examples, along comes Fielder with a trio made up of pianist Chris Parker and trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez - a trio sometimes transformed into a quartet (with Aaron Gonzalez on the double bass or Stefan Gonzalez playing the second drum set) and even a quintet, when both of Gonzalez' sons play, in which Stefan plays vibraphone. A challenging association of personalities which includes two young musicians coming from a past in hardcore punk(!); a master of the piano who is as at ease in a straightahead jazz format as he is composing symphonic works; and, last but not least, one of the most gratifying trumpet soloists around. Obviously, a disc by this crew is driven by tradition and history but with a vision for the future, a document of the jazz continuum, alive, pertinent and audacious. There's no way you can be indifferent.
CD $17

SCOTT FIELDS ENSEMBLE With MATTHIAS SCHUBERT/JOHN HOLLENBECK/SCOTT ROLLER - Beckett (Clean Feed 69; Portugal) Here is a new item from the variable ensemble of a self-made man who was a spotter for drug dealers and a thief of hubcaps in his teens, but somehow managed to graduate with degrees in economics and journalism and who has gone on to become one of the most interesting guitarists and composers in the current international scene: Scott Fields. This recording - and what a recording it is! - is the first of a series of settings of Samuel Beckett's short plays, the ensemble now cast as a quartet with cellist Scott Roller, German tenor saxophonist Matthias Schubert and drummer John Hollenbeck. Particularly evident on this CD is Fields' obsession with structures for improvisation, not simply compositions with spaces in which to improvise solos, like in mainstream jazz, but structured improvisation, or, if you prefer, improvisation as a form of composition.
To provide journalists with a name to for his approach to sound organization, Fields has used post-free jazz and exploratory music. Jazz is certainly present, but not in the traditional way the label implies. Unsatisfied with the harmonic systems used in this field, he started to deal almost exclusively with the system proposed by classical contemporary composer Stephen Dembski, especially when writing for large ensembles. On Beckett he uses a variety of tonal systems. In some places - such as Play he relies on Dembski's system, in others, such as Come and Go, he gently incorporates traditional jazz changes, and in some, such as What Where, he uses a mixture of the two. In some ways, this is the most 'jazzy' project he has recorded in many years, and it's certainly the one nearest to the traditional coordinates of this genre. Knowing this, we understand that Hollenbeck is the right choice to deal with pulse: the guy can really swing! And we also understand that Schubert, undoubtedly a jazz sax player, is in comfortable context to do what he knows best.
CD $17

WALLY SHOUP/GUST BURNS/REUBEN RADDING/GREG CAMPBELL - The Levitation Shuffle (clean feed 73; Portugal) Free improvisation isn't only a European thing. The alto saxophonist Wally Shoup is one of the few American representatives of the musical praxis that dropped the jazz part of the free jazz equation and started improvising without idiomatic parameters. And even if he did discover the Music Improvisation Company (British improvisers Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies and Jamie Muir) during the Seventies, he didn't forget Ornette Coleman or Albert Ayler, the pioneers of the new thing, or his teenage love for blues, rhythm & blues, and soul.
Shoup, a regular partner of left field guitarists like Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Nels Cline (Wilco) in noise music situations, clearly prefers the by-now conventional sax-bass-drums jazz format, with Reuben Radding and Bob Rees taking up the other chairs in the Wally Shoup Trio. His other trio with cellist Brent Arnold and percussionist Greg Campbell is simply a deviation from that pattern. The Levitation Shuffle quartet is another thing altogether: Radding plays the double bass part, and again, Campbell takes the sticks, but the combo includes a young pianist, Gust Burns, who impregnates his playing with classical and avant-garde motives and techniques. This is not your regular Shoup recording; for that you have those trios and his duos with Chris Corsano - but it's really Shoup you hear, with his trademark serpentine alto saxophone phrasings on top of spontaneous constructions boiling constantly on the verge of explosion. Careful, or you'll burn yourself.
CD $17

ETHAN WINOGRAD With GORKA BENITEZ/STEVEN BERNSTEIN/ERIC MINGUS et al - Tangled Tango (clean feed 74; Portugal) Carlos Barretto (b), Eric Mingus (b), Ethan Winogrand (d), Gorka Benitez (sax), Ross Bonadonna (g), Steven Bernstein (t), Who would've predicted that the drummer of the punk band Joe Cool, one of the regular groups playing at the legendary CBGB's at the end of the Seventies along with Talking Heads, Television and The Ramones, would become a big name in the progressive jazz scene? And who could've known that the collaboration between Ethan Winogrand and Eric Mingus in the funk-rock sextet New Republik in 1991, would continue through the fall of 2006 with the release of Tangled Tango? But it's true. And guess what? Another surprise: This record is dedicated to 'the spirit, music, and continued presence' of none other than Elvin Jones, Winogrand's main musical influence and life's inspiration.
Multi-instrumentalist Ross Bonadonna, who clearly prefers the guitar, is another old friend playing here. But there are three noticeable newcomers to Winogrand's group, one internationally-known, and the others just now beginning to be recognized outside the boundaries of Portugal and Spain. The first is trumpeter Steven Bernstein, master of the slide trumpet, Tzadik habitue, leader of Sex Mob and the Millennial Territory Orchestra, former member of Lounge Lizards and one third of Spanish Fly. The two others are bassist Carlos Barretto, a front line musician on the Portuguese jazz scene, composer in the neo-bop style but concerned with questions of cultural identity and experimentation, and Gorka Benitez, one of the most important leaders in Spanish jazz saxophone. And the music played by this collection of musicians is what you would guess: present day jazz with elements of diversified origins. Rich, compelling and frequently surprising!
CD $17

BILLY FOX With MARK DRESSER/CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN et al - The Uncle Wiggly Suite (Clean Feed 68; Portugal) Arun Luthra (sax), Billy Fox (perc), Christopher Hoffman (cel), Danny Katz (Shamisen), Deanna Witkowski (p), Gary Pickard (sax), John O'Brien (d), John Savage (as), Mark Dresser (b), Paul Faatz (cl), Percy Pursglove (t), Scott Shaeffer (b), Skye Steele (v)
Percussionist and composer Billy Fox is a specialist in combining worlds that live apart. His Uncle Wiggly Suite is a mix of atonal music, Sixties modal jazz, New Orleans brass bands, Cuban rhythms, Pakistani ghazals, and much more (one of the tracks includes a shamisen, a traditional string Japanese instrument), and he usually combines composition, arrangement and improvisation.
A pupil of soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom, he formed his ensemble with emergent young musicians like himself (Gary Pickard, John Savage and Christopher Hoffman being regular companions), giving the bass position to a master of the instrument and someone always open to new ideas, Mark Dresser, a jazz inventor, as the press already called him. In the past, Fox played it all, punk, rockabilly, speed metal, hip-hop, as well as mambo, and now he's profiting from all those experiences. The basis for these compositions is the murky twilight state of semi-sleep, the borderline states of awareness and near-unconscious thought-with Billy in bed, a cheap keyboard within reach and a minidisc recorder to document the results.
The recording yielded a curious series of notes that he later developed while wide awake, finding harmonic possibilities compatible with the rubato lines that had emerged from his unconscious mind. The structure is classical (a suite in ten parts), the basics are jazz, and the resulting music is from this planet at the beginning of the 21st century. But with a humorous side, inspired by the comics of Howard Garis, and loads of irony.
CD $17

JOAO PAULO - Memorias de Quem (clean feed 75; Portugal) he piano solo format is a natural one for this musician of great inner density. Joao Paulo is a composer of exquisite melodic and harmonic sensibility. He's also a very special improviser, with the same drive, deliverance and proficiency that we recognize in Keith Jarrett. But Paulo isn't just a Lisbon-based disciple of Jarrett's stylings and techniques, even if there are the same Romantic references, more Schumann than Chopin.
CD $17

WISHFUL THINKING [ALEX MAGUIRE/ALIPIO C NETO et al] - Wishful Thinking (clean feed 78; Portugal) Alex Maguire (p), Alipio C. Neto (ts), Johannes Krieger (t), Ricardo Freitas (b), Rui Goncalves (d)
To begin with - and we always begin listening a record by reading its title and the names of the tracks -, a glance to the cover of this disc informs us of a situation of conflict. The international outfit formed by Alipio Carvalho Neto (Brazil), Johannes Krieger (Germany), Alex Maguire (United Kingdom), Ricardo Freitas (Portugal) and Rui Goncalves (Portugal) calls itself Wishful Thinking, the mental capacity to project our most ambitious desires. But the title of the CD is not so positive: "Wishful Thinking" tell us that music, since its inception when human beings were more close to nature and the animal kingdom, is a privileged way (because it needs no words) to express pain, frustration, rage and sadness. Truth is there's an inner logic in this apparent paradox, because it's precisely our melancholy that enables us to think about perfect societies of milk and honey. The music played by this quintet is the conciliation of the two forces that drive human conscience: one makes us look forward, the other pushes us to protest, and lament, and shout in anger. So, there's tears ("Urs's Epitaph - Der Hirt", Alipio's tribute to a departed friend) and laughter (Maguire's "Buffalo Bill") here, and that's fine. Good hard bop with a funky electric bass and a wild piano going from the stride tradition to God knows where, that's what you have here. Take it.
CD $17




NEW FROM EMANEM!!!

PHIL MINTON QUARTET With JOHN BUTCHER/VERYAN WESTON/ROGER TURNER - Slur (EMANEM 4140; UK) "Phil Minton (voice), John Butcher (soprano & tenor saxophones), Veryan Weston (piano), and Roger Turner (percussion). As well as putting this quartet together in the mid-1990s, Phil Minton has been working with the other three musicians in duos. The quartet initially performed utilizing texts from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, as can be heard on their previous CD, Mouthfull of Ecstasy (on Victo). Back again a decade later, they are now improvising without using any known words."
CD $20

JOHN RUSSELL - Analekta (EMANEM 4138; UK) "Three duos and a Quaqua. Russell's monthly Mopomoso concerts usually end with him playing a duo -- this CD contains three examples. The guitarist's first duo with tenor saxophonist Garry Todd was in 1975 and appeared on a long deleted Incus LP -- this is a reunion 30 years later. An ongoing duo has been that of Russell and jazz trumpeter Henry Lowther -- not as unlikely as it may seem. Chefa Alonso, who plays soprano saxophone and percussion, is a new encounter for the guitarist. Also included is the nine-piece Quaqua that Russell organized for the 2006 Freedom Of The City festival with Nicole Legros & Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg (voices), Stefan Keune (alto saxophone), Philipp Wachsmann (violin), Ashley Wales (piano), Ivor Kallin (double bass), Javier Carmona (percussion), and Steve Beresford (electronics)."
CD $20

LOL COXHILL - More Together Than Alone (EMANEM 4136; UK) "Soprano saxophonist Lol Coxhill always sounds good regardless of what area he is playing in and who he is playing with. This present collection just features his free improvising, but with a variety of partners. The late Hugh Davies was a master instrument inventor. Guitarist John Russell is one of the major stalwarts of the London improvising scene (like Coxhill). Henry Lowther has been a much sought-after jazz trumpeter since the 1960s, but has always kept a toe in free waters. Pat Thomas is a remarkable pianist as well as being a dab hand at getting the most out of electronics as can be heard here. There is also a substantial solo performance from one of the pioneers of unaccompanied saxophone improvisation -- someone who remains one of the best practitioners of the art."
CD $20

TERRY DAY [PEOPLE BAND] - 2006 Duos (EMANEM 4137; UK) "These five duos mark Terry Day's return to small group improvising after an over-long absence caused by ill health. He is mainly playing his homemade bamboo pipes, but also uses his voice (reciting two poems and otherwise) as well as an echo toy and a cold water bottle. His partners are Charlotte Hug (viola & voice), Rhodri Davies (harp), Phil Minton (voice), Hannah Marshall (cello) and John Russell (guitar). The duo with Hug comes from the 2006 Freedom Of The City festival."
CD $20

FREEDOM OF THE CITY FESTIVAL [V.A. With NICK STEPHENS/NIGEL COOMBES/TONY MARSH et al] - 2006 (EMANEM 4139; UK) "Three groups from the 2006 festival. The opening trio comprises two musicians from Spain and one from New Zealand who have been based in London for a few years -- Chefa Alonso (soprano saxophone), David Leahy (double bass), and Javier Carmona (percussion). The following quartet came from Brussels just for the festival -- Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg (voice), Adelheid Sieuw (flutes, voice), Jan Huib Nas (guitar), and Guy Strale (clarinet, piano, percussion). The final quartet on this CD comprises four veteran London-based improvisers who have been part of the London scene for decades -- Garry Todd (tenor saxophone), Nigel Coombes (violin), Nick Stephens (double bass), and Tony Marsh (percussion). There may not be any 'household names' on this CD, but all the musicians surely deserve to be much better known."
CD $20




PAUL MOTIAN TRIO With BILL FRISELL/JOE LOVANO - Time And Time Again (ECM 1992; USA) Paul Motian's trio with Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano received ecstatic reviews for "I Have The Room Above Her", Motian's ECM 'comeback' album of 2005, and the recording was a "critic's choice" all around the world. Appropriately so: the trio was formed at ECM, way back in 1984, and its sound concept is a most apt match for the label's production values. Luxuriating in the sensuality of sound while also keenly attuned to each other in the improvisations, Motian, Frisell, and Lovano play a gravity-defying, floating music that is at all moments free and intensely melodic. Album features original compositions by Motian, plus Thelonious Monk's "Light Blue" and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "This Nearly Was Mine".
[in stock Monday]
CD $17


EUGENE CHADBOURNE'S G.O.I.D.With BRIAN RITCHIE/VICTOR DeLORENZO/BRIAN JACKSON/MOLLY CHADBOURNE//ROBERT O'HAIRE, dir. - G.O.I.D. (Get Out Of Iraq Now): April Fool's In Holland 2006 [DVD] (Straw2Gold 03; USA) 109 minutes/NTSC. + 3 hour bonus MP3 materials on the same disc
DVD $19


DANIEL CARTER/FEDERICO UGHI - Mountain Path ('577' Records LES 03; USA)
CD $14


HORACE TAPSCOTT - Vol. 11: The Tapscott Sessions (NimbusWest 2581; USA) This is the newest of master pianist, composer and multi-bandleader - Horace Tapscott's ten volumes of solo piano offerings. The first seven sessions are album-only releases, while Volumes 8 - 11 are CD only releases. This one features eight originals and John Lewis' "April in Paris".
CD $13


METROPOLITAN KLEZMER - Travelling Show: Live (Rhythm Media 05; USA) Released in time for Passover! This disc is a live concert recording with 19 full-length tunes that also includes a Klezbonus track, "Comes Love" by Isle of Klezbos. COME TO THE CD release performance/party Wednesday, April 4th in the heart of New York City's East Village at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A (near E. 3rd St), NYC. 212-777-5660 tickets JUST $7 Admission!
CD $14




NEW ON AUSTRALIAÕS ÔEXTREMEÕ LABEL:

CLAUDIO PARODI - Horizontal Mover (homage to Alvin Lucier) (Extreme 056; Australia) Few musicians have the opportunity to pay homage to their musical idol, much less send them a recording and receive a reply. CLAUDIO PARODI did just this, sending "Horizontal Mover" to Alvin Lucier. The response was nothing short of overwhelming - "I find it absolutely beautiful".
This shows the humility of Lucier, a pioneering artist, and the talent of PARODI in producing "Horizontal Mover", a work that deserves such praise. The words of Lucier are worth repeating in full: "Dear Claudio, I just received the CD of Horizontal Mover. I will have to re-read your description of the process to more fully understand it. But I can say that after listening to it, I find it absolutely beautiful. I am honored to be so honored. The CD will take a foremost place in my archives. Thank you so much. Cordially, Alvin Lucier." PARODI followed his own interpretation of the classic "I am sitting in a Room" using cymbals, drums and toms to invent his own vision of diffusion, resonance and the recording process. Such a process treads a tightrope between concept and music.
Fortunately PARODI's sensibilities are firmly planted in bringing forth music that is both satisfying and challenging to the listener. The sounds keep building on themselves, layer upon layer, to create an intriguing textural music that rewards repeated listening.
"Horizontal Mover" (homage to Alvin Lucier) is the first of seven generative compositions that PARODI is recording for Extreme. Other musical luminaries to be showcased in the series include Charles Hayward, Yasunao Tone (of Fluxus) and Alvin Curran.
CD $16

JOHN RODGERS - A Rose is a Rose... (Extreme LTD07; Australia) Early in his career, John Rodgers was faced with the tough question of whether to pursue a career as a concert violinist, most likely with the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, or to take his chances in the music world. John said no to security and comfort and chose adventure and struggle. The overarching reason being he didn't want to play dead people's music. John Rodgers is very much alive and his debut solo release, "A rose is a rose..." is proof that his talent for violin and composition would be wasted playing renditions of Mozart or Stravinsky.
"A rose is a rose..." features John on both violin and piano with fellow musicians Anthony Burr, bass clarinet, Ken Edie, drums, and John Reeves, voice. John composed all of the pieces, with noted collaboritive help by the performers, writing music that challenges the musician as much as the listener. John also displays his improvisational skills on tracks such as "St Mary's" and "1/1/94". This talent is something that has made the performances of the Australian Art Orchestra a joy to behold. His versatility is displayed in a large orchestra setting, in duos and trios and as a solo performer. "A rose is a rose..." is an accomplished musical statement from a very talented composer and musician. Australia has a new violinist to take note of.
CD $16

SCOTT TINKLER - Backwards: Solo Trumpet (Extreme 058; Australia)
CD $16


BILLY MARTIN/JOHN MEDESKI - Mago (Amulet 026; USA)
CD $14


NOEL AKCHOTE - So Lucky (W&W 129; Germany)
CD $15


TRI07 [JOE BECK/SANTI DIBRIANO/THIERRY ARPINO - Tri07 (Whaling City 37; USA)
CD $15


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NEW FROM CADENCE & CIMP:
[in stock next week]

ODEAN POPE QUARTET - To The Roach (CIMP 353; USA) Odean Pope is a master of improvised music in both technique and thought. A distinguished and distinguishable voice, his latest CIMP event finds him playing tribute to his "boss" of 20 years, Max Roach. This session finds Odean outfitted with a new quartet featuring guitar - unprecedented in the Pope discography. No need to pontificate further. This is pure Pope - a broad view from the typically more lyrical to arguably his most volcanic work on record. There's a surpise at the end of this recording: a few moments of something very special albeit in low low fidelity. This is the complete Pope.
CD $15

STEVE SWELL/DAVID TAYLOR - Double Diploid (CIMP 352; USA) Whoa! Two trombones and two percussionists? What can this be? What it is is music of great rhythm, drive, humor, intensity, and downright fun. If you've come across the talents of either or both Messrs. Swell and Taylor, then you know the contrast of their brilliance. Add in Warren Smith (a senior percussion master) and Chad Taylor (no longer just in the underground) and you have a quartet of great capabilities - even of accomplishing the musical Double Diploid, and more the fun for it. Twice the pleasure just for the asking.
CD $15

STEPHEN GAUCI QUARTET - Wisps Of An Unknown Face (CIMP 351; USA) Stephen Gauci has come on strong in the past three years. A veteran of the business, it's only of recent that he's decided to record. And that still slim body of work has been enthusiastically received by both the public and critics. Here Stephen expands his core trio with trumpeter Nate Wooley - a brilliant choice. The whole of Gauci, Wooley, Filiano, and Grassi is music far more than the sum of its parts.
CD $15

BURTON GREENE - Retrospective 1961-2005: Solo Piano (CIMP 355; USA) Recorded 2005. This is the final release of the precedent-setting recording sessions with Burton Greene that documented this artist's music in quintet (#339), trio (#345), and now solo settings. This trilogy is an important milestone in Burton's career, spanning five decades of defining and redefining his very distinctive artistry. In the undertaking of this project, CIMP affirms that Burton Greene was at the top of his form and focus. And this solo recital confirms the originality, humor, and emotional maturity of this unique artist. As is the CIMP method, extensive notes give insight to both the music and the occasion, setting, and preparation.
CD $15

DAVID HANEY TRIO With MICHAEL BISIO/ADAM LANE - Blues Royale (CIMP 354; USA) David Haney: one of the most originally rooted improvisers and a true original, backed by two of the most probing, inventive bassists in this music: Mike Bisio and Adam Lane. Just the logistics and possibilities of this encounter will intrigue the seasoned listener. Now add in the program concept - Traditional Blues and other music of antiquity - and the challenge further intrigues. Involving and deeply soulful creative improvised music.
CD $15

MAT MARUCCI/DOUG WEBB TRIO - No Lesser Evil (Cadence 1203; USA) Mat Marucci (d) - Doug Webb (ts)- Kerry Kashiwagi (bs)
CD $14




MONSTRANCE [BARRY ANDREWS/MARTYN BARKER/ANDY PARTRIDGE] - Monstrance [2 CD set] (Ape House; UK) XTC's Andy Partridges latest project sees him team up with the original XTC/League Of Gentlemen/Shriekback keyboard player Barry Andrews and PIL drummer Martyn Barker.
The three of them have produced an entire album from a series of live totally improvised sessions!
CD $17

THE MILK AND HONEY BAND - The Secret Life Of The Milk And Honey Band (Ape House; UK)
CD $14

ANDY PARTRIDGE [XTC] - Fuzzy Warbles Collection: Volumes 1-9 [9 CD set] (Ape House BOX01; UK) The box set includes all 8 volumes of Andy Partridge's Fuzzy Warbles, a bonus 9 track CD entitled Hinges, a book entitled A Brief History of Home Taping and a sheet of Fuzzy Warbles stamps.
"Get the Beatles hopped up on nerves and caffeine, expose them to music after 1970, keep their sense of humor but set them worrying about the decline of everything from the environment to a marriage, and sequester them in a home studio. The result might be something like ''Fuzzy Warbles,'' the compilation of demos and outtakes by XTC's main songwriter, Andy Partridge. Fond of the English 1960s but full of brittle surprises and fearlessly low-fi, Mr. Partridge is a fount of tunes and cracked concepts. This huge outpouring is inevitably uneven and for XTC fans only, but it's fascinating to hear the songs with their workings exposed." - JON PARELES, NY Times
(expensive to ship, just so you know)
9 CD set $80



JUST IN ON DVDÉ

21st CENTURY SCHIZOID BAND [IAN McDONALD/MEL COLLINS/PETER GILES/MICHAEL GILES/JAKKO JAKSZYK] - Live In Japan: Official Bootleg Vol 2 [DVD] (SB 02; UK) [NTSC Region 0] Recorded live at Shinjuku Kouseinenkin Hall, Tokyo on 6 November 2002. This DVD features the Schizoid Band performing 14 songs from the first four King Crimson albums plus songs from their individual solo albums. The band features Mel Collins, Jakko M Jakszyk, Michael Giles, Peter Giles and Ian McDonald.
Extra features include: individual band member interviews, the recording of the Official Bootleg Vol 1; debut performance at Canterbury Fayre festival, footage from Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
DVD $28

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21st CENTURY SCHIZOID BAND [IAN McDONALD/MEL COLLINS/PETER GILES/IAN WALLACE/JAKKO JAKSZYK] - Pictures Of A City: Live At B.B. King's, NYC 2004 [2 CD set] (IcenI 2006; Germany) Pictures Of A City documents the [King Crimson alumni] 21st Century Schizoid Band's appearance at the legendary New York venue, BB King's in 2004. The 2 CD set comes in a deluxe full colour digi-pack by acclaimed designer Phil Smee, and contains many photographs as well as extensive sleeve notes and commentary from the group.
2 CD set for $28

21st CENTURY SCHIZOID BAND [IAN McDONALD/MEL COLLINS/PETER GILES/IAN WALLACE/JAKKO JAKSZYK] - Live In Italy: Official Bootleg Vol 3 (SB 03; UK) Captured live in Italy in March of 2003, this documents the band's new era with drummer and former King Crimson member Ian Wallace replacing original Crimson drummer Michael Giles. As well as five Crimson tracks, a live rendition of the McDonald/Sinfield tune Let there be light, McDonald and Giles's Birdman, there is an additional bonus track - a new Schizoid piece, Catley's Ashes, currently being performed live, but included here in its studio recorded demo form and featuring all the band.
CD $20

JAKKO M JAKSZYK With DAVE STEWART/ROBERT FRIPP/HUGH HOPPER/DANNY THOMPSON/MEL COLLINS et al - The Bruised Romantic Glee Club [2 CD set] (IcenI 2007; Germany) The Bruised Romantic Glee Club is a stunning and beautifully packaged 2CD set containing one disc of powerfully haunting original songs and another comprising unlikely cover versions of material by Soft Machine, King Crimson and Henry Cow. Featuring sophisticated production values and inspired guest performances from a stellar cast that includes Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Danny Thompson, Gavin Harrison, Dave Stewart, Hugh Hopper and many others, this is Jakko Jakszyk's most accomplished and heartfelt release to date.
FANS OF CANTERBURY WILL REALLY DIG CD2 ESPECIALLY Ð I KNOW I DO! - MannyLunch
2 CD set for $28

HUGH HOPPER/JULIAN WHITFIELD - in a dubious manner (deliberate; UK) Canterbury electric bass great Hugh Hopper laid these self-produced CDR's upon me when he was in town to play at DMG's Softworks CD Celebration at the Bowery Poetry Club the night of the great blackout!?! He ended up playing a borrowed acoustic guitar, instead of his customary electric (fuzz) bass.
On this duo offering Hugh plays bass, guitar, loops & keys, while Julian sings and plays guitar, bass, loops and keys as well. Their guests include saxists Tony Rico, Pierre-Olivier Govin & Peter Cook, guitarists Trevor Stevenson & Rob Harvey, Robert Jarvis on trombone, Alex Keen on acoustic bass and drummers Andy Ward (from Camel & Bevis Frond) & Liam Genockey (for Trevor Watts).
Can't say that I am familiar with anyone here except for the drummers, but no matter. "Bogey Man", opens with a great, sly, rockin' groove, fuzz guitar, a chorus of saxes and Julian's great 70's style blues/rocking vocals. "Dimension 5" has a fine, mysterious vocals and a strange, hypnotic groove with some backwards sounding loops. What is great is that both the drum machine and vocoder vocals are used sparingly, adding some subtle mystery and some dreamy grooves throughout. "Quagmire" has another laid back and slimy blues groove which kicks into high gear midway when it turns into "Old Chrome Moon" and has some great fuzz bass at the center. Kinda reminds me of The Mothers or Geronimo Black with that greasy horn section. Both Hugh and Julian do a great job of looping layers of strange sounds/instruments/vocals into their mesmerizing and enticing alien blend. It flows together seamlessly like the way those great Soft Machine releases/sets do. A bit funkier and more blues drenched than I would have imagined, but still an unexpected gem!
Limited edition CDR
CD $24

HUGH HOPPER [music] & MATT HOWARTH [comics] With ROBERT WYATT et al - The Stolen Hour (Burning Shed 204; UK) Music by Hugh Hopper and comics by Matt Howarth. The music portion features Hugh on bass guitar, guitar and rhythm loops; Robert Wyatt on cornet & voice loops; Frank van der Kooy, Pierre-Olivier Govin & Simon Picard on saxes; Didier Malherbe on flute loops and Jan Ponsford on voice. 'The Stolen Hour' refers to lost hour of daylight savings time, that was manipulated by the American media conglomerate to make it easier to cover the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia. Hugh has long been working with loops, formerly tape-loops were used on Soft Machine 'Third' & 'Six', as well as Hugh's incredible first solo effort, '1884'.
On 'The Stolen Hour', Hugh creates a series of hypnotic grooves with bass and percussion loops. Three saxists, one flutist and Robert Wyatt's cornet all get a chance to solo over or add their unique sound or voice to these great grooves. Although I know Didier from his longtime work with Gong, and Simon Picard from his work in Paul Dunmall's Octet and with John Wolf Brennan, I don't know Frank or Pierre-Olivier very well. On a few of these tracks Hugh's beloved fuzz bass makes a grand appearance, sounding slightly different each time. That wonderful growling electric bass is what makes all of us Canterbury fans smile and feel at home in this often troubled world. There is a comic strip included on a PDF file on this great disc, I am looking forward to checking it out, as I am a fan of Matt Howarth as well. - BLG
CD $16

HUGH HOPPER With ELTON DEAN/ROBERT WYATT et al - Jazzloops [Ltd Ed CD-R] (Burning Shed ; UK) Ex-Soft Machine 'fuzz-bass' innovator Hugh Hopper has gifted Burning Shed one of the albums of his long and distinguished career. A computer manipulated collage of live and studio performances, 'Jazzloops' possesses the fizz and energy of classic Soft Machine along with an astute awareness the possibilities of contemporary technology that occasionally brings to mind the jazzier extremes of post-Trip-Hoppers DJ Shadow and Koop. Featuring mangled contributions from Robert Wyatt, Elton Dean and John Marshall (amongst many others).
CD $20



RARE VINYL REISSUES !!!

ERIC DOLPHY QUINTET Featuring HERBIE HANCOCK - Gaslight Inn, October 7th 1962 (Get Back 2027; Italy) 180 gram LP version. A 1962 broadcast originating from the Gaslight Inn in New York Ciry is the source for this live Italian bootleg. Eric Dolphy leads a pickup group with Herbie Hancock and Richard Davis, along with drummer Edgar Bateman and trumpeter and flugelhornist Ed Armour [and Joe Carrol vocals on one cut]. Dolphy is heard almost exclusively on alto sax, though he does get in a few typically adventurous solos. The leader's memorable flute makes the nearly twelve and a half minute "Left Alone" the most valuable track. There are also performances of his originals "Miss Ann" and "G.W." Singer Joe Carroll dominates a rather forgettable bluesy treatment "Oh, Lady be Good!" in which Dolphy is only featured briefly on bass clarinet. The broadcast is faded with DJ Alan Grant's voice-over on top of an incomplete rendition of Dolphy's "245." This long unavailable LP, later reissued on CD by the now defunct Stash as Live in New York [and more recently on Lone Hill under its original title], has had its recording quality improved to be the best possible here.
LP $17

ORNETTE COLEMAN With DEWEY REDMAN/CHARLIE HADEN/ED BLACKWELL - Whom Do You Work For? [aka Rock The Clock] (Get Back 2028; Italy) 180 gram LP version. Recorded live in Berlin in 1971, this set features Charlie Haden on bass, the prominent solos of Dewey Redman on tenor, and Ed Blackwell's delightful drumming. But the real stars are the compositions themselves, which are wonderful vehicles for inspired improvisation. Coleman picks up his bandmate's lines as if in mid-thought and extends them seamlessly. Tracks: "Street Woman," "Song For Che," "Whom Do You Work For," "Rock The Clock" and "Written Word."
LP $17
Also available on CD for $17



RAFAEL TORAL - Space Solo 1 (Quecksilber 011; Germany) This is Rafael Toral's 11th release, the first for the Quecksilber label, and another continuation of his "Space Program." After 15+ years of accomplished work on guitar and electronics, the Portuguese musician, producer and sound engineer announced that he was to embark on a long-term project, which was to be a multi-faceted work-in-progress representing his new approach to music. With the release of the first album of the program, the eponymous Space, he managed to disrupt the notions of avant-garde music, choosing to focus on "single sound events." The sounds are generated by self-devised electronic equipment set into action by the performance of gestures, by bodily action (take a look at the video samples of the "Space Study 1" on his web site, where he "plays" glove-controlled computer sinewaves). Thus, the music is created by individual decisions in real time -- just like in jazz, as Toral emphasizes. So basically, this is electronic music played with a jazz sensibility. Toral brings a performative aspect to electronic music that it often sorely lacks. The initial album Space is like a roadmap, accompanied by three distinct serieses: the performance series "Space Studies" (which started in 2004), and the record series "Space Elements" and "Solo Series." The latter are unaccompanied real-time solo recordings on one instrument only (as opposed to "Space Elements," where Toral collaborates with other musicians). The present CD is the first in that series and the second materialization of the program. Whereas Space featured an orchestral approach to composition (and thus a diversity of elements), Space Solo 1 presents the listener with music that is narrowed down almost to a point: everything is concentrated on a single element. The key feature of this music is that it was performed with a degree of skill, a commitment and a depth of exploration that could not be found on an orchestral record. On this album, Toral appears as a musician who simply plays an instrument on an individual, human and physical level. One cannot help but notice that Toral is opening up a new dimension in music -- and maybe also in language. Welcome to a new mode of expression.
CD $15


K. K. NULL [KAZUYUKI KISHINO] - Fertile (Touch 74; UK) K.K. Null is legendary Japanese noise experimentician Kazuyuki Kishino, and this is his first full-length solo release on Touch, following his collaboration with Chris Watson and Z'ev in 2005, which Boomkat called "moving and atmospheric," and The Wire wrote "...a complex dramatic work from a strict economy of means." K.K. Null is a composer, guitarist, singer, mastermind of seminal noise group Zeni Geva and electronic wizard. One of the top names in Japanese noise music and in a wider context, one of the great cult artists in experimental music since the early '80s. Kazuyuki writes: "In June of 2006, I had the good fortune of visiting Darwin in the Northern Territory in Australia and explored in Kakadu National Park with some good friends. I took my digital recorder along with me and did some live field recordings there. First we encountered a flock of wild birds just beside the South Alligator River, and then we happened to find 'bush fire' flaring just beside the road we were on. I also had a unique opportunity to record a magnificent symphony orchestra of insects, frogs and birds in wetlands just before sunset. At that time I had no idea or no specific purpose for using these field recordings, and in the middle of working on this album (Fertile) in my home studio, suddenly came up with the idea of mixing these field recordings into some of the tracks that were unfinished. I felt comfortable with layering & mixing different sounds from different locations and times, digital and analog sounds into one piece. I like also the balance of spontaneity (field recording) and intentional act (studio recording)." After playing the guitar as his main instrument for some twenty years, K. K. Null has gradually moved towards a more electronic approach. In recent years he has concentrated his efforts on his solo & collaborative recordings, exploring the outer territories of electronica. His intense clashing waves of noise, structured electro-acoustic ambience, broken down rhythmics, scattered pitch sculptures and droning isolationist material could be described "cosmic noise maximal/minimalism."
CD $15


MERZBOW [MASAMI AKITA] - Merzbear (Important 136; USA) "Author, activist, painter and sound artist Masami Akita had been at the foreground of experimental music for over 25 years. Inspired by psychedelic rock, free jazz, early electronic composition as well the physical arts, especially Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau, Masami Akita has created a musical language all his own. Merzbear is the sixth Merzbow release in his utterly essential Merz series for Important Records. Merzbear pulses and pounds with distorted droning heavy guitar feedback, pulsing noise-blasts and the swirling analog sounds of Akita's distinct EMS Sythi. Like most of Merzbow's recordings, Merzbear is a significant document of his ever evolving improvisational style. Slowly, he's been moving away from his pure laptop era and re-incorporating elements of his pre-laptop analog days w/ his homemade junk guitar, EMS Synthi & electronics. This hybrid sound brings the past into the present and pounds with total junk-collage Dada urgency as only Masami Akita can do it. Cover art by Jenny Akita."
CD $14

ALESSANDRO STEFANA With MARC RIBOT/LEO ABRAHAMS et al - Poste e Telegrafi (Important 138; USA) "Poste e Telegrafi is the debut solo album from Italian guitarist Allesandro Stefana. Featuring an all-star cast including Mark Ribot & Leo Abrahams, Stefana creates a dreamy world of instrumental perfection and beauty. Inspired by the work of Ennio Morricone, Ry Cooder, Simon Jeffes, Steve Reich and Brian Eno, he has created a thoroughly modern Western world within his compositions and arrangements. With constant references to traditional music and rural blues he utilizes electric and acoustic instrumentation with tremendously compelling results. Acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitars along with banjo, kalimba, baliphones and found objects were all carefully combined with some primitive electronic instruments such as an arpeggiator, omnichord and home made vinyl loops. His sound is entirely original yet clearly rooted in traditions such as film music, blues, experimental, ambient and avant garde musics. Stefana manages his cast of collaborators very well. Most tracks on Poste e Telegrafi are duets with these musicians keeping the sound and arrangement simple and pure. Instruments breathe and pulse with life and excitement in this highly original album. To call this a 'promising debut' would be to dismiss the tremendous success delivered by Poste e Telegrafi."
CD $14


KALEVI AHO - Contrabassoon/Tuba Concertos (BIS 1574; EEC) "Two unusual solo instruments are the focus of this all-Aho disc. Indeed, in the case of the contrabassoon (or double bassoon), Kalevi Aho's work is one of the very few concertos that exists. It is also by far the most demanding and extensive. In fact, the solo part became playable only after recent developments of the instrument itself, extending its compass upwards. While composers have treated the tuba slightly more generously, there was certainly room for another concerto in the repertoire when Aho composed it in 2001. Both instruments are sometimes treated as the buffoons of the symphony orchestra, and are often called in by composers for comic effect. But Kalevi Aho underlines the great capacity of the two for cantabile singing, a quality that he has endeavored to bring out in their respective concertos. A recent release of Aho works was described in Gramophone as 'a superb coupling of two strongly communicative contemporary works.'"
CD $18


CHARLES IVES - Complete Works For Violin And Piano [2 CD set] (Arte Nova 754590; USA)
CD $14

WOLFGANG RIHM - Musik Fur Oboe und Orchester/Styx Und Lethe/Dritte Musik/Ester Doppelgesang (SWR/Hanssler; Germany)
CD $16


WE FINALLY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE GREAT ÔÕCOL LEGNOÕ CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER LABEL FROM GERMANY
[by the time you read this, several of the titlesÕ initial supplies may be gone, so order now for best fill!]

50 YEARS OF NEW MUSIC IN DARMSTADT [V.A.] - 50 Jahre Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1946-96 [4 CD set] (Col Legno 31893; Germany) "The release of this 4CD box set met with worldwide resonance. Col Legno has been urged over and over again to issue a new pressing. There are works by more than forty composers (from Gunther Becker to B. A. Zimmermann), and the performers are themselves champions of their instruments (from the Arditti Quartet to David Tudor to Bernhard Wambach)." Composers: Arnold Schonberg, John Cage, Michael Von Biel, Gunther Becker, Wolfgang Rihm, Josef Matthias Hauer, Rene Leibowitz, Anton Webern, Karel Goeyvaerts, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Hermann Heib, Niccolo Castiglioni, Helmut Lachenmann, Iannis Xenakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Tristan Murail, Brian Ferneyhough, Mario Garuti, Alessandro Melchiorre, Morton Feldman, Gyorgy Ligeti, James Wood, Edgard Varese, Joel Durand, Christopher Fox, Klarenz Barlow, Robert Hp Platz, Gerhard Stabler, Fernando Grillo, Aldo Brizzi, Ernst Helmuth Flammer, Richard Barrett, Alain Bancquart, Toshio Hosokawa, Roger Redgate, Hans-Christian Von Dadelsen, Franz-Jochen Herfert, Volker Heyn, Brian Ferneyhough, Jan W. Morthenson.
4 CD set for $80

GEORGE ANTHEIL//ERIK SATIE - La femme 100 tetes//Sports et divertissements (Col Legno 20010; Germany)
CD $20

GEORGE ANTHEIL - Bad Boy's Piano Music - Piano Pieces (1919 - 1932) (Col Legno 31880; Germany)
CD $20

BELA BARTOK - Musica Viva Munchen V 11: Piano Concerto Nos. 1, 2, 3 (Col Legno 20091; Germany)
CD $20

ALBAN BERG - Jugendlieder (Songs from the Youth) (Col Legno 20219; Germany)
CD $20

LUCIANO BERIO - Unn Re In Ascolto (1981-1983) [2 CD set] (Col Legno 20005; Germany)
2 CD set for $32

PIERRE BOULEZ - Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (Col Legno 20509; Germany)
CD $20

JOHN CAGE//PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE MAINZ - Music For Percussion Quartet (Col Legno 20015; Germany)
CD $20

JOHN CAGE//MARKUS HINTERHAUSER - Works For Prepared Piano (1942-1952) [2 CD set] (Col Legno 20027; Germany)
2 CD set for $32

JOHN CAGE - Musica Viva Munchen V 8: Concerto For Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra/Sixty-Eight (Col Legno 20088; Germany)
CD $20

JOHN CAGE//MARKUS HINTERHAUSER - Sonatas & Interludes (1946-1948) (Col Legno 20001; Germany)
CD $20

HENRY COWELL - American Piano Concertos (Col Legno 20064; Germany)
CD $20

GEORGE CRUMB - Music for a Summer Evening (1974), A Little Suite for Christmas A.D. 1979, Five Pieces for Piano (1962) (Col Legno 20023; Germany)
CD $20

GEORGE CRUMB - Gnomic Variations, Processional, Ancient Voices of Children (Col Legno 31876; Germany)
CD $20


DONAUESCHINGER MUSIKTAGE 1996 - Berio/Tenney/Xenakis... [3 CD set] (Col Legno 20008; Germany)
ROBERT PLATZ (*1951): Nerv II; Turm/Weiter (1994-96)
NICOLAUS A. HUBER (*1939): To "Marilyn Six Pack" (1995)
JAMES TENNEY (*1934): Diapason (1996)
LUCIANO BERIO (*1925): KOL OD (Chemins VI) (1996)
HELMUT OEHRING (*1961)/IRIS SCHIPHORST TER: Polaroids Melodram (1996) fur 1 Taubstumme, 1 Sopranisten, 12
MARC ANDRE (*1964): Un-Fini (1995/96) fur Cymbalon, Harfe, 2 Klavier und 2 Schlagzeuge
GYORGY KURTAG (*1926): STELE Op. 33 (1994)
IANNIS XENAKIS (*1922): Ioolkos (1996)
GUUS JANSSEN (*1951): Verstelwerk (1996)
MARIA CECILIA VILLANUEVA (*1964): Partida (1996)
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN (*1939): Tao (Der Weg) (1996)
3 CD set for $60

GERALD ECKERT - des Nichts, verlorene Schatten for ensemble (1999/2000), ... (Col Legno 20231; Germany)
CD $20

JOHANNES ERNST - New Saxophone Chamber Music: Kyburz/Staude/Mundry/Zimmerman (Col Legno 31890; Germany)
CD $20

EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO FREIBURG - 25 Year Experimentalstudio Freiburg [3 CD set] (Col Legno 20025; Germany)
BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH (*1943): Time and Motion Study II (1976/77)
CRISTOBAL HALFFTER (*1930): Variaciones sobre la resonancia de un grito (1976/77)
DIETER SCHNEBEL (*1930): Monotonien I, IV, V (1988/89)
MARK ANDRE (*1930): AB II (1997)
EMMANUEL NUNES (*1941): Wandlungen (1985/86)
ANDRE RICHARD (*1944): Echanges (1985/86)
DIEGO MINCIACCHI (*1955): Klavierstuck Nr. 4: Vae Victis (1996)
LUIGI NONO (1924 - 1990): Quando satanno morendo, Diario Polacco No. 2 (1982)
ISABEL MUNDRY (*1963): Gesichter (1997)
This Three-CD box set celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the world's most renowned studio for electronic music. Who didn't experiment there and "make the seemingly solid boundaries of the doable tremble"? Stockhausen, Nono, Ferneyhough, Minciacchi, Andre Richard, and Nunes did - to name only a very few. The reissue of this box set is dedicated in gratitude to Andre Richard: he will be leaving the institute after this year.
3 CD set for $60

MORTON FELDMAN/SAMUEL BECKETT - Neither (1967/77) [Opera] (Col Legno 20081; Germany)
CD $20

MORTON FELDMAN - Crippled Symmetry (1983) [2 CD set] (Col Legno 31874; Germany)
2 CD set for $32

MORTON FELDMAN//MARKUS HINTERHAUSER - For Bunita Marcus (1985) (Col Legno 31886; Germany)
CD $20

MORTON FELDMAN - Orchestral Works & Chamber Works (Col Legno 20506; Germany)
CD $20

MORTON FELDMAN - Musica Viva Munchen V 9: Violin & Orchestra/Coptic Light (Col Legno 20089; Germany) Features recordings of two of Feldman's late period works: "Violin And Orchestra" (1979) and "Coptic Light" (1985). Performed by: Isabelle Faust (violin) with: the Symphony Orchestra des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Peter Rundel.
CD $20

MORTON FELDMAN//MARIANNE SCHUPPE - Three Voices (Col Legno 20249; Germany) Feldman's 1982 piece for solo voice, performed here by Marianne Schuppe. "This piece is sung by the Swiss 'deep voice,' Marianne Schuppe in trio with herself, a feat made possible by playing back recordings of her own voice. This is not minimal music; melodic lines arise, sensual, beautiful, and undoctored, swaying like a lullaby, yet boosting the overall rhythmic intensity. There cannot be many works which demand of the soloist such careful timing, intense concentration and voice control."
CD $20

MORTON FELDMAN//MARKUS HINTERHAUSER - Piano & Orchestra/Palais De Mari/Piano (Col Legno 20070; Germany)
CD $20

MORTON FELDMAN//MARKUS HINTERHAUSER - Triadic Memories for piano solo (1981) [2 CD set] (Col Legno 31873; Germany)
2 CD set for $32

BEAT FURRER - Donaueschinger Musiktage 2005 Vol 1: Hortheater fur grosses Ensemble, acht Stimmen, Schauspielerin und Klanggebaude; Klangforum Wien; Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart [H-SACD] (Col Legno 20612; Germany) [Hybrid CD/SACD release, PLAYABLE IN ANY CD PLAYER.]
CD $20

VINKO GLOBOKAR - Eisenberg (1990) for 16 musicians [2 CD set] (Col Legno 20004; Germany)
CD $32

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA - Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (Col Legno 20507; Germany)
CD $20

ROMAN HAUBENSTOCK-RAMATI - Cathedrale I & II (Col Legno 20220; Germany)
CD $20

HANS WERNER HENZE - Piano Works (Col Legno 20250; Germany)
CD $20

CHARLES IVES - Universe Symphony (1911 – 1951), Second Symphony (1897 – 1901) (Col Legno 20074; Germany)
CD $20

MAURICIO KAGEL - Orchestral Works (Col Legno 20502; Germany)
CD $20

MILDO KELEMEN - Grand Jeu Classique for violin and orchestra (1982) (Col Legno 31803; Germany)
CD $20

HELMUT LACHENMANN - Ausklang/Tableau (Col Legno 31862; Germany) "Massimiliano Damerini, piano. Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester (WDR)/Peter Eotvos. Helmut Lachenmann, the German composer born in Stuttgart in 1935, has been at the center of musical debates for nearly four decades and remains there, undaunted, today. His works offer both listeners and performers tremendous challenges -- insurmountable challenges, some would say -- but his music nonetheless is performed and people do listen to it (perhaps in the ways in which the composer intends)."
CD $20

HELMUT LACHENMANN//MARINO FORMENTI - Piano Music (Col Legno 20222; Germany)
CD $20

HELMUT LACHENMANN - Allegro Sostenuto fur Klarinette (auch Bassklarinette), Violoncello und Klavier (1986-88), ... (Col Legno 31863; Germany)
CD $20

HELMUT LACHENMANN - Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (Col Legno 20511; Germany)
CD $20

BERNHARD LANG - DW 8/DW 15/DW 3 (Col Legno 20090; Germany) "DW 8" fur orchesterloops und Zwei turntable-solisten (2003); "DW 15" Songs/Preludes fur altzither, stimme und CD-einspielung (2003); "DW 3" fur flote , akkordeon und violoncello (2000); Dieter Kovacic, Marina Rosenfeld, turntable; Georg Glasl, zither alto; Martina Koppelstetter, voice; Carin Levine, flute; Stefan Hussong, accordion; Michael Moser, cello. Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Peter Rundel. 'DW' means difference and repetition.
CD $20

BERNHARD LANG - Donaueschinger Musiktage 2005 Vol 2: DW 17 Doubles/Schacten II [H-SACD] (Col Legno 20613; Germany) [Hybrid CD/SACD release, PLAYABLE IN ANY CD PLAYER.]
CD $20

GYORGY LIGETI - Works For Piano & Cembalo (Col Legno 20501; Germany)
CD $20

BRUNO MADERNA - Oboe Concertos (Col Legno 20037; Germany) Featuring: "Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Ensemble No. 1" (1962); "Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra No. 2" (1967); "Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra No. 3" (1973). "Bruno Maderna's oboe concertos in a fabulous new recording! Maderna only reached the age of fifty-three. He died in Darmstadt, the town in which he had settled and in which, already 'alienated from the more orthodox serialists,' he had used his compositional technique to link and confront old with new, and the individual with the mass (for instance with juxtaposition of solo instruments with masses of sound)."
CD $20

BRUNO MADERNA - Orchestral Works (Col Legno 20503; Germany)
CD $20

WOLFGANG MITTERER - Works For Organ And Electronics [H-SACD] (Col Legno 20615; Germany) [Hybrid CD/SACD release, PLAYABLE IN ANY CD PLAYER.]
CD $20

OLGA NEUWIRTH - Todesraten (1997) (Col Legno 20033; Germany)
CD $20

LUIGI NONO - Quando Stanno Morendo [H-SACD] (Col Legno 20603; Germany) [Hybrid CD/SACD release, PLAYABLE IN ANY CD PLAYER.] Vocal music, performed by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. "'Ha venido', Canciones para Silvia" (for solo soprano and 6 ensemble soprano; 1960); "Donde estas, hermano?" (for 4 female voices; 1982); "Djamila boupacha" (for solo soprano, 1962); "Sara doice tacere" (for 8 solo voices; 1960); "Quando stanno morendo, Diario polacco n.2" (1982). Recorded 2002.
CD $20

LUIGI NONO - Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell’ Op. 41 di Arnold Schoenberg (1950), ... (Col Legno 31822; Germany)
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LUIGI NONO - Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (Col Legno 20505; Germany)
CD $20

LUIGI NONO - Il, frammento da Prometeo (1981); Das atmende Klarsein(1980/83) [H-SACD] (Col Legno 20600; Germany) [Hybrid CD/SACD release, PLAYABLE IN ANY CD PLAYER.]
CD $20

WOLFGANG RIHM - String Quartets Vol 1 (Col Legno 20211; Germany)
CD $20

WOLFGANG RIHM - String Quartets Vol 2 (Col Legno 20212; Germany)
CD $20

WOLFGANG RIHM - String Quartets Vol 3 (Col Legno 20213; Germany)
CD $20

WOLFGANG RIHM - String Quartets Vol 4 (Col Legno 20227; Germany)
CD $20

WOLFGANG RIHM - 11 Lieder nach Gedichten von Heiner Müller (1999) (Col Legno 20228; Germany)
CD $20

WOLFGANG RIHM - Ins Offene (Col Legno 31883; Germany)
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WOLFGANG RIHM - Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (Col Legno 20508; Germany)
CD $20

WOLFGANG RIHM/SCHUBERT/BRAHMS/GRIEG/HINDEMITH - Mehrere Kurze Walzer/... (Col Legno 20103; Germany)
CD $20

GIACINTO SCELSI - Complete Works For Flute And Clarinet (Col Legno 20035; Germany)
CD $20

GIACINTO SCELSI - Suite No 9/Suite No 10 (Col Legno 31889; Germany)
CD $20

GIACINTO SCELSI - Quattro Illustrazioni (Col Legno 20068; Germany)
CD $20

SALVATORE SCIARRINO - La Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono (1997) (Col Legno 20701; Germany)
CD $20

STEFANO SCODANIBBIO - Geografia Amorosa (Col Legno 20063; Germany)
CD $20

TOM SORA - Music for Mechanical and Electronic Instruments (Col Legno 40001; Germany) 20 tones - 9 compositions for windup music box; Two pieces from the cycle distillation for midi-piano: improvisation collage (2002/2004) & first distillation (2003/2004); Three attacks for midi keyboards (2003) Tom Sora, piano
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS!!
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DIMITRI TERZAKIS - Daphnis und Chloe (1993/94).... (Col Legno 20066; Germany)
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TRADITION AND AVANTGARDE IN JAPAN - Japanese Music For Voice, Koto and Shamisen (Col Legno 20057; Germany) TOSHIO HOSOKAWA (*1955)
Nocturne for jushichigen (koto with 17 strings) (1981)
Banka for voice and jushichigen (1989)
YOSHIZAWA KENGYO II (1808-1872): Chidori no kyoku for voice and koto (Lied von den Regenpfeifern)
YATSUHASHI KENGYO (1614-1685): Hachidan no shirabe for koto solo
YAMADA KENGYO (1757-1817): Nasuno for voice, two koto, and shamisen (Auf der Nasu-Heide)
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GALINA USTVOLSKAYA - Piano Sonata (Col Legno 20019; Germany)
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STEFAN WOLPE - Music For Any Instruments (Col Legno 31809; Germany)
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CHARLES WUORINEN - Chamber Music Vol 1 (Col Legno 20236; Germany)
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IVAN WYSCHNEGROADSKY - Etude on the Rotary Movements for two pianos tuned to quarter-tone apart for 8 hands (Col Legno 20206; Germany)
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IANNIS XENAKIS - Musica Viva Munchen V 8: Anastenaria/ (Col Legno 20086; Germany) world premiere of the full cycle, performed by Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and conducted by Charles Z. Bornstein; "Troorkh" (1991) for trombone solo and large orchestra and "Ais" (1980) for baritone, percussion solo, and orchestra.
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IANNIS XENAKIS - Kraanerg (1968/69) (Col Legno 20217; Germany) In the composition 'Kraanerg' new pitch and tonal structures are found now only in the live part for large orchestra but also in the tape accompaniments. In many of the sounds on the tape, more over, one can still hear that they derive from recorded instrumental passages. But even such passages can usually be distinguished from the live parts by their (more or less extensive) technical distortion. Often their sound has been altered -- for example by damping or slowing and expanding (that is the recordings are played back at a lower speed, resulting in a lower pitch as well) -- so that even when listening to the CD one can distinguish clearly between live sounds and tape sounds (whether they are alternating or overlapped).
CD $20

IANNIS XENAKIS - Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (Col Legno 20504; Germany)
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THE Ô441Õ LABEL and its sister label TEST OF TIME
ToT releases CDs of great mainstream jazz previously only available on LP in Japan!

ART FARMER With CEDAR WALTON/SAM JONES/BILLY HIGGINS//DUKE ELLINGTON - To Duke With Love (441/Test Of Time 11; USA) Test of Time Records is proud to bring you a unique tribute to the great Duke Ellington by none other than Art Farmer. The album was recorded in March of 1975, almost a year after Ellington passed away. It was actually the very first album that Art Farmer recorded for East Wind and the start of a recording partnership with the tight rhythm section made up of pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Billy Higgins. The album contains Ellington favorites such as In A Sentimental Mood, Love You Madly and It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) arranged by Art Farmer himself. It also includes Star-Crossed Lovers (about Romeo and Juliet) that was part of the collection of songs about characters developed by William Shakespeare called Such Sweet Thunder. A rarely performed song called The Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown gets an Art Farmer flugelhorn touch. This memorable homage to the Duke is definitely timeless.
CD $15

ART FARMER With CEDAR WALTON/SAM JONES/BILLY HIGGINS - Yesterday's Thoughts (441/Test Of Time 03; USA) recorded July 16 and 17, 1975. In the Jazz medium, if one speaks of the flugelhorn, Art Farmer comes to mind immediately. He was 'instrumental' in popularizing the use of it, and no one has made it sound more lyrical. YESTERDAY'S THOUGHTS is a ballad effort, which includes Michel Legrand's What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life, Antonio Carlos Jobim's Bossa Nova number, How Insensitive, and Johnny Mercer's Namely You. The title track was written by Farmer's good friend and collaborator, Benny Golson, and features Farmer's warm horn playing. The accompanying rhythm section consists of some of the finest Jazz musicians of the time; pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Billy Higgins. Besides contributing with his outstanding piano solos on numerous tracks, Cedar Walton contributed the up-tempo number, Firm Roots, where the musicians expertly plays off each other.
CD $15

ART FARMER With CEDAR WALTON/SAM JONES/BILLY HIGGINS - The Summer Knows (441/Test Of Time 05; USA) Test of Time Records brings you another fabulous Art Farmer album featuring him on the flugelhorn interpreting ballads composed by Michel Legrand (The Summer Knows) and Burt Bacharach (Alfie) in lyrical fashion that is his trademark. THE SUMMER KNOWS was recorded in May 12 and 13, 1976 at the Vanguard Studios in New York. He is accompanied by the tight rhythm section, consisting of pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Billy Higgins. The album has a little bit variety with a mid-tempo Bossanova performance of "Manha de Carnaval" (Morning of Carnival) from the movie BLACK ORPHEUS and a bluesy number Ditty penned by Art Farmer himself. Sit back, relax and listen to his subtle and delicate mastery of the flugelhorn that has withstood the test of time
CD $15

GREAT JAZZ TRIO [HANK JONES/RON CARTER/TONY WILLIAMS] - Vol 1: Live At The Village Vanguard 1977 (441/Test Of Time 02; USA) In February 1977, three jazz giants came together for a week in the legendary Village Vanguard in New York City, creating the first in a series of live recordings that became the definitive work of the group known as The Great Jazz Trio. This session featured the original Great Jazz Trio dream team of Hank Jones, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, a unique combination of multi-generational musicians (at the time Hank was 58, Ron 39, Tony 31) of different experience & styles (Tony liked rock and led a fusion band called Lifetime).
From the 6-hours of great jazz recorded over 3-days, this album features jazz standards such as John Coltrane's Naima and Charlie Parker's Moose the Mooche. In addition, Ron Carter brought his own blues piece, 12+12 and Hank Jones found a rarely performed piece, Favors, written by Claus Orgermann to perform. Ron Carter and Tony Williams have played together before as part of the Miles Davis Quintet in the '60s. The synergy of this trio was so great, Hank commented, "The two would pick up in an instant anything that I would do. It was like telepathy. That made it so thrilling and fun."
CD $15

GREAT JAZZ TRIO [HANK JONES/RON CARTER/TONY WILLIAMS] - Vol 2: Live At The Village Vanguard 1977 (441/Test Of Time 06; USA) This is the second in the three-part chronicle of The Great Jazz Trio's landmark performance recorded live at The Village Vanguard between February 18th and 20th, 1977. This recording features the original Great Jazz Trio dream team of Hank Jones on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums. During these 3-days, six full hours of flawless music by these top musicians at their best was recorded. The idea for these jazz greats to team up came from the youngest, Tony Williams. After playing together in two earlier occasions, their chemistry was so good that they all decided to perform together again at the urging of Max Gordon, the late owner of The Village Vanguard. It was Max Gordon that christened the group, The Great Jazz Trio. Featured in this volume are Charlie Parkers Confirmation, Sara Cassey's beautiful Wind Flower, Miles Davis' exotic Nardis and drummer Tony Williams' original composition, Lawra.
CD $15

GREAT JAZZ TRIO [HANK JONES/RON CARTER/TONY WILLIAMS] - Vol 3: Live At The Village Vanguard Again (441/Test Of Time 08; USA) his is the last in the three-part chronicle of The Great Jazz Trio's landmark performance recorded live at The Village Vanguard between February 18th and 20th, 1977. This recording features the original Great Jazz Trio dream team of Hank Jones on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums. During these 3-days, six full hours of flawless music by these top musicians at their best was recorded. The idea for these jazz greats to team up came from the youngest, Tony Williams. After playing together in two earlier occasions, their chemistry was so good that they all decided to perform together again at the urging of Max Gordon, the late owner of The Village Vanguard. It was Max Gordon that christened the group, The Great Jazz Trio. Featured in this volume are timeless classics such as Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Lady, Oscar Hammerstein's Softly As in a Morning Sunrise, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's My Funny Valentine, Antonio Carlos Jobim's Wave and Randy Weston's Hi-Fly.
CD $15

ANDREW HILL - Hommage: Solo 1975 (441/Test Of Time 01; USA) Following in the footsteps of the release of PASSING SHIPS and DANCE OF DEATH on Blue Note, our release by Andrew Hill of HOMMAGE is one of the few solo piano effort that he recorded. Captured by the master engineer, David Baker, at the Vanguard Studio in New York City on May 19 & 20 and July 31, 1975, six of the seven tracks are Hill's original compositions. Hill is known for his haunting & cerebral melodies that are rhythmically as well as harmonically complex. Because this recording was his first solo album in his then 20-year career, he was very deliberate in preparing for this session, from his playing right down to the selection of the piano. At his strong insistence, the track "Naked Spirit" was recorded in complete darkness to allow him to let his fingers be guided solely by his spirit. This is a unique and rare recording that illustrates why Andrew Hill deserves a place in jazz history.
CD $15

ANDREW HILL With CHRIS WHITE/LEROY WILLIAMS - Blue Black (441/Test Of Time 10; USA) This is the third release of Andrew Hill's work for Test of Time records after Hommage and Nefertiti. This album, Blue Black, was recorded on February 26, 1975 at CI Recording Studios in New York. All five tracks featured in this album are Hill's originals. Andrew Hill's rich soundscapes are taken to another level in the form of a quartet. Accompanying him are Chris White on bass, Leroy Williams on drums, and Jimmy Vass on soprano sax / alto sax / flute. These are the same players who performed on another Andrew Hill album recorded later in 1975 called Divine Revelations from Steeple Chase Records. Enjoy the imaginative and challenging compositional style of Andrew Hill that has withstood the test of time.
CD $15

ANDREW HILL With RICHARD DAVIS/ROGER BLANK - Nefertiti (441/Test Of Time 07; USA) his is the second release of Andrew Hill's work for Test of Time records after Hommage. Recorded on January 25, 1976 at The Vanguard Studios in New York, all six tracks featured in this album are Hill's originals. The fourth track called Hattie is named after his mother. Accompanying him are Richard Davis on bass and Roger Blank on drums. Richard Davis has recorded with Andrew Hill on over 9 of Hill's albums and considers Davis one of the best bassists playing today. Roger Blank is known for his work with Sun Ra, Frank Foster and Pharoah Sanders. This album was engineered and produced by the late great David Baker. Enjoy the unique style of Andrew Hill that has withstood the test of time.
CD $15

SHEILA JORDAN - Confirmation (441/Test Of Time 04; USA) recorded July 12 and 13, 1975, CONFIRMATION is the second album after PORTRAIT OF SHEILA JORDAN in 1962 from Blue Note. Ms. Jordan waited for more than a decade to get the opportunity to sing the kind of songs she likes with the musicians with whom she liked to work. She said that, if given a chance to record another album, she would dedicate it to her daughter Tracy and to children all over the world. She got that chance. The first side of the original LP, consisting of five tracks, relate to children in one way or another, including Rodgers and Hammerstein's My Favorite Things and Dr. Seuss' Because We're Kids.' Ms. Jordan brings her distinct improvisational style, influenced mostly by instrumentalists like Charlie Parker rather then singers, and makes each of the songs into something uniquely her own. This is illustrated in Charlie Parker's composition, Confirmation. Sheila still performs Pearlie's Swine, composed by Steve Kuhn, as part of her live repertoire almost three decades later.
CD $15

ROMERO LUBAMBO With HERBIE MANN/IVAN LINS et al - Rio de Janeiro Underground ('441' 02; USA) On this album, many guest artists are featured. Let's start with Ivan Lins. Ivan was born in 1945 in Rio de Janeiro. His fame rose as a singer songwriter in 1970 when the composition he wrote, called "Madalena," for Elis Regina, became a hit. Elis continued to perform songs written by him. Ivan Lins became known internationally when Quincy Jones started using his songs. On George Benson's Give Me the Night album (1980) produced by Quincy, the Lins compositions "Dinorah, Dinorah" and "Love Dance" were recorded. Even on Quincy Jones' album The Dude (1980), Lins' composition, "Velas" was recorded.
Herbie Mann, another prominent guest artist, was born in 1930 in New York. In '57, he recorded the classic album Yardbird Suite with Phil Woods. His own unique style started emerging in 1959 when he formed the Afro-Jazz Sextet. In 1961, he visited South America as an American Jazz Festival member and was heavily influenced by Brazilian music. The following year, he visited Brazil again to work with Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Baden Powell to record Do The Bossa Nova. On keyboards, the featured artist is none other than Cesar Camargo Mariano. Mr. Mariano was born in Sao Paulo in 1943. He is one of the top producer / arranger in the Brazilian music scene. In the late 60's, he became known for producing Wilson Simonal, and later worked with top artists such as Elis Regina, whom he later married. From the late 70's until her last album recorded in 1980, Cesar gave her full support during her best years. Now, their son, Pedro Mariano has just released a new album from the Trama label and is garnering attention in Brazil. Besides these great guest artists, other talented musicians join Romero in bringing you the best sounds from Rio de Janeiro. Enjoy!
CD $16

DAVID MURRAY QUARTET With HILTON RUIZ/KELLY ROBERTY/PHEEROAN AkLAFF - Live at the Village Vanguard ('441' 07; USA) David Murray (Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet) is an extremely passionate player. This album was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1995. He is joined by some accomplished musicians: Hilton Ruiz on Piano, Kelly Roberty on Bass, and Pheroan Aklaf on Drums. The tracks included on this title show Murray's full talent. A must have for any David Murray fan or Village Vanguard buff.
"David Murray has a firm sense of direction. Ever since the mid '70s when he came roaring out of the west to take the NYC loft scene." ~ Howard Mandel
CD $16




MORE ARCHIVAL REISSUES & RESTOCKS..

SAINKHO NAMTCHYLAK [NAMCHYLAK] - Aura [3 cd set] (Ponderosa 005; Italy) [now at a lower price!] 1st Disc: 'Aura' is entirely solo vocal improvisation 2nd Disc: 'Adult Games' is entirely a duet between Sainkho and PETER KOWALD! 3rd Disc: 'Initiation' is a trio recording with Vladimir Tarasov [of the Ganelin Trio] and Vladimir Volkov!
CD $35


WHITE BICYCLES [V.A. Produced By JOE BOYD] - Making Music in the 1960s (Fledg'ling 3061; UK) Includes Soft Machine's She's Gone which was only available on Triple Echo LP box and never made it to the CD format! "May 2006 sees the publication of legendary record producer Joe Boyd's autobiography. Fledg'ling are very proud to announce the release of this remarkable companion CD -- tracing the story of Joe's production work in London during the swinging sixties. Carefully remastered. Deluxe digipac with full-color large format booklet. Extensive sleevenotes by Joe Boyd." Artists: Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse; The Incredible String Band; Johnny Handle; Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy & Diz Disley; Pink Floyd; The Purple Gang; Soft Machine; Fairport Convention; Shirley Collins; Nick Drake; Fotheringay; Mike Heron; Vashti Bunyan; John & Beverley Martyn; The New Nadir; Dudu Pukwana & Spear; Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath; Nico; Geoff & Maria Muldaur
CD $16


LOVIN' FIRE [V.A.] - 20 Obscure Gems from the UK and Europe (Psychic Circle 7001; UK) Brand new prog compilation containing rarities, compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Psychic Circle endeavors to go a little bit further than your average comp imprint, and the intention is to assemble themed albums of rare tunes that have been overlooked by other compilers. Psychic Circle's production values are of the highest order, and the sound quality as good as it can possibly be. The original artwork is designed to reflect the musical content, and the 8-page booklet, written by Saloman, is informative and well researched. The names of the bands may not be familiar, but the quality of their music is undeniable. As the '60s gave way to the '70s, it wasn't just fashion that was in a frenzied state of flux. Music, too, was undergoing a seismic transformation. By late '69, progressive rock was becoming established as the prevailing musical genre, a position it was to occupy until the birth of punk in the next decade. This compilation comprises 20 unknown diamonds, previously un-comped on CD, from prog's early days. Artists include: Silence, Ray Owen's Moon, Ipsissimus, The Warm Sensation, Pacific Sound, Apartment 1, White Mule, Left Side, Mayroc, The Exchange And Mart, The Royal Servants, Custer's Track, Rainbows, The Locomotive, Andromeda, Whichwhat, The Influence, Children, Hunter and Paul Nicholas
CD $15

I WALK THE LONELY NIGHT [V.A.] - 20 Obscure Gems from the British Beat Era (Psychic Circle 7002; UK) Walk The Lonely Night is the first compilation in Psychic Circle's "Ballroom Beat" series -- a selection of relatively unknown but nonetheless excellent tracks from UK beat groups and artists which were gigging and recording between 1963 and 1966. Artists include: The Imp-Acts, Karl Stuart & The Profiles, The Zephyrs, Dave & The Diamonds, The Secrets, The Chevlons, Ian Edward &The Zodiacs, The Wackers, West Five, Lee Bennett & The Sunliners, Mark Loyd, The Images, The Mighty Avengers, The Druids, Bobby Allen & The Commanches, The Midnights, Brian Howard & The Silhouettes, Pete Best, The Jynx and The Cyclones.
CD $15


COLIN BLUNSTONE - One Year (Water 193; USA) The debut solo album from Colin Blunstone, lead singer of legendary psych/pop group The Zombies, originally released in 1971. Produced by fellow Zombies Rod Argent and Chris White, One Year is classic baroque pop with lush string arrangements and Argent's unique keyboard sound. Featuring the hit 'Say You Don't Mind,' a number of Blunstone originals and a beautiful cover of Tim Hardin's 'Misty Roses.'"
CD $15

ANNE BRIGGS - The Time Has Come (Water 192; USA) New version of this acclaimed album, previously reissued in sporadically available fashion by the laughable CBS/Columbia remnant empire. New liner notes by Andy Beta; most homes would appreciate an upgrade pf this all-time lip-melter and here it is. "One of the most important figures of the British folk revival of the 1960s, Anne Briggs was a huge influence on such luminaries as Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior and Linda Thompson. This is her second full-length, originally released in 1971. Unlike previous releases which contained mostly traditional songs with little or no accompaniment, this album features many self-penned numbers as well as a few contemporary covers with Briggs playing guitar and bouzouki. Briggs only released two albums and a handful of singles/EPs before retiring from the music business, making this reissue an important document of the British folk revival."
CD $15

GILBERTO GIL - Gilberto Gil (Water 191; USA) First ever U.S. reissue of this album, with new liner notes by Peter Margasak. "Released in 1971 while Gil was living in London, this is the third self-titled release from the bossa nova and tropicalia legend. Gil recorded this album while in political exile from his native Brazil and its somber, straightforward tone is a welcome change from the experimental, psychedelic assault of his 1969 long player. Featuring 8 originals and a brilliant cover Steve Winwood's 'Can't Find My Way Home,' this Water release also contains 3 bonus tracks including covers of Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. A tropicalia classic."
CD $15


COLUMBIA! [V.A.] - The Golden Years of Discos Fuentes: The Powerhouse of Columbian Music 1960-76 (Soundway 07; UK) Soundway Records presents the tropical sound of Colombia. From the salsas and descargas of Cali, Medellin and Bogota to the Afro sounds and raw cumbias of Cartagena and Barranquilla, this is the sound of Colombian dancehalls and clubs in the '60s and '70s, when the legendary Discos Fuentes record label led the way. The sounds emanating from the barrios and beaches of Colombia are a unique mixture of Latin sounds and Afro rhythms, drawing influences from the New York and Puerto Rican Latin scenes, the highlife and rumba of West Africa and the calypso of the Caribbean, as well as the tropical rhythms of the Colombian cumbia, gaita, fandango and porro. Driving percussion, swinging horns, hot pianos and jumping bass lines -- this music was made for dancing.
CD $15


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DMG RECOMMENDED GIG LIST FOR MARCH 30TH, 2007 & BEYOND -




THE DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY ÔFREE IN-STORE MUSICÕ CONTINUES WITH:

Sunday, April 1st -
6pm - MATT HANNAFIN/JULIANNE CARNEY/JAMES ILGENFRITZ!
7pm - BEN GOLDBERG & ELLERY ESKELIN!
8pm - CANCELLED!
ELLIOTT SHARP & NELS CLINE WILL BE ON WFMU RADIO INSTEAD


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THE STONE is located at the NW corner of Avenue C & 2nd St.


March 2007 was curated by Matthew Shipp

3/30 Friday
8 pm - Tazz- w/ Roy Campbell (trumpet) Andrew Bemkey (piano) Chris Sullivan (bass) Michael Thompson (drums)
10 pm - Other Dimensions in Music w/ Roy Campbell (trumpet) Daniel Carter (reeds) William Parker (bass) Rashid Bakr (drums)


3/31 Saturday
8 pm - Rob Brown Trio
Rob Brown (sax) Daniel Levin (cello) Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
10 pm - Mat Maneri - Solo Viola



April is curated by Alicia Svigals

4/1 Sunday
8 pm - The Carmen Staaf Quintet
Carmen Staaf (piano) Dana Sandler (voice) Dan Blake (tenor sax, soprano sax) Kendall Eddy (bass) Austin McMahon (drums)
The NYC debut of the Carmen Staaf Quintet will feature Latin-jazz-influenced originals, new takes on swing and bebop tunes, free conversations and other explorations.

10 pm - Ben Goldberg: New Music for Quintet
Carla Kihlstedt (violin) Rob Sudduth (tenor saxophone) Devin Hoff (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet, composition) angle and particle.


4/3 Tuesday
8 pm - Olivier Manchon's Orchestre de Chambre Miniature
Olivier Manchon (violin) John Ellis (clarinet, sax) Alan Hampton (bass) Beth Meyers (viola) Christopher Hoffman (cello)

10 pm - Teletextile
Pamela Martinez (violin, vocals, piano) Brian Hamilton (piano, keyboards) John Somers (guitar, electronics)
Textural Instrumentals and Visceral songs, www.teletextile.com


4/4 Wednesday
8 pm - Mawwal
Jim Matus (vocals, laouto, saz) Jill OÕBrien (vocals) Joe OÕBrien (bass, vocals) Mike Keys (drums) Bill Buchen (tabla, percussion)
Record release party for MAWWALÕS new CD ÒBlack FliesÓ on Ancient Record. MAWWAL (formerly PARANOISE) performs original World Fusion and arrangements of traditional Middle Eastern music in what has been called Òa new genreÓ by Progression Magazine.

10 pm - Violin-Clarinet Multi-Night
Mari Kimura (violin) Kinan Azmeh (clarinet) multi-cultural, multi-media duos and solos


4/5 Thursday
8 pm - KJ DenhertÑLucky 7, The New CD Concert
KJ Denhert (guitar, vocals, songwriter) Mamdou Ba (bass) Ray Levier (drums) ATN (keys) plus special guests from the CD!
Urban folk and jazz artist KJ Denhert makes her first NY appearance in 2007 with a brand new CD called Lucky 7. All CDs one night only to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of KJÕs label and her seventh release

10 pm - Steve Sandberg and friends
Steve Sandberg (vocals, wind synth) Khabu Doug Young (guitar) Paul Steinbeck (bass) Gilad (percussion) Special guests Gino Sitson, Alicia Svigals and Uli Geissendoerfer.
Spoken word, raga-influenced vocals, breath-controlled keyboard - "music from a country I've never been to but always wanted to visit."


4/6 Friday
8 pm - Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra
Seneca Black, Scott Harrell, Dave Smith, Steve Smyth (trumpets) Tim Albright, Mike Boschen, Joe Fiedler, (trombones) Darryl Hendricks (bass trombone) Ben Kono (alto & soprano sax, flute) Jon Gordon (alto sax, flute) Dan Pratt (tenor sax, clarinet) Chris Bacas (tenor sax, clarinet) Frank Basile (baritone sax, bass clarinet) John Di Martino (piano) Noriko Ueda (bass, composition) Yutaka Uchida (drums)

10 pm - Ivan Milev Band
Ivan Milev (accordion) Entcho Todorov (violin) Maria Koleva (vocals) Panagiotis Andreou (bass) Vasko Angelov (guitar) Seido Salifovski (drums)
Monster accordionist Ivan Milev and his band perform Bulgarian-Balkan folk music.


4/7 Saturday
8 pm - John Zorn Improv NightÑa Stone Benefit
John Zorn (sax) and many surprise guests
Come out and support The Stone! TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm - Alicia Svigals and Uli Geissendorfer, with special guest Iliya MagalnykÑa Stone Benefit
Alicia Svigals (violin) Uli Geissendorfer (piano) Iliya Magannyk (accordion) Musicians from three points on the globe take a sidelong look at klezmer. A Benefit for the Stone!


Performances take place at 8 & 10 pm from Tuesday - Sunday nights,
There are no advance tickets, first come, first served, there is no phone
There is no food or beverage served, just a serious listening environment
Admission for each set is $10, unless otherwise indicated
Check out the website for The Stone at thestonenyc.com


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Dee Pop presents:
THE Freestyle MUSIC SERIES
"All types of creative music"
Every Sunday @ Jimmy's Restaurant
43 East 7th Street * NYC * 212-982-3006


April 1
7pm & 9pm
Mario Pavone, Tony Malaby & Gerald Cleaver


April 8
7pm
Major Over Minor: Rob Thomas, Lindsey Horner, Tanya Kalmanovitch
8pm
Radio I-Ching
9:30pm
Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone

www.freestylejazz.com / deepop@earthlink.net


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Jazz Standard
116 East 27th Street
212-576-2232

Jazz Standard and CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE RECORDS present:

CRYTPONIGHTS AT JAZZ STANDARD

Friday 30 - 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 PM
Nels Cline and Friends Play the Music of Andrew Hill

Saturday 31 & Sunday 1 - 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 PM
The Bennie Maupin Ensemble


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TONIC is located at 107 Norfolk Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets

FLASH NEWS!!!
It seems Tonic, one of our favorite places, will be closing for good on April 15th, unless radical economic help is forthcoming.

Some notable shows that are upcoming [and not yet known to be cancelled]:

Tuesday Apr 4th, 8PM
ADACHI TOMOMI - Performer, composer, sound poet and visual artist from Tokyo, known for his versatile style. He will present solo improvisations with combinations of voice, computer, self-made instruments (electronic/amplified objects) and an original sensor system named "infrared sensor shirt." His performance is characterized by a sense of humor and a singular intensity with visual pleasure. His CDs have been released on Naya records and Tzadik.

Thurs & Friday April 6 + 7, 8 PM & 9:30 PM
MISHA MENGELBERG & ICP ORCHESTRA - Four Shows In Two Nights!!!
"My main thought about the ICP is: How do they do it? The show is always radically different. But perhaps what amazes me most is the way they wander in and out of strictly composed material. The crux of what they do, as the name implies, is improvisation. And they do it as well as anyone out there."--Dave Douglas

Wed April 11th, 8PM
PETER BROTZMANN-MARINO PLIAKAS-MICHAEL WERTMULLER
Peter Brotzmann (Germany, reeds) - the living legend of the European new jazz. A founder of European Free Jazz movement, his work includes collaborations and recordings with Last Exit (with Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock and Ronald Shannon Jackson), Evan Parker, Misha Mengelberg, and Borah Bergman. Recent projects include Die Like a Dog (with William Parker, Hamid Drake and Toshinori Kondo), his homage to Albert Ayler, the Chicago-based Brotzmann Tentet and many more.


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ROULETTE - 20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
8:30 PM / TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242

contact: press@roulette.org http://www.roulette.org/

Roulette is pleased to announce that we have been selected for WNYC's March Salute The Arts *STAR* Initiative! Listen for mentions on 93.9 FM and AM 820; look for them on http://www.wnyc.org/events

ROULETTE IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE OUR MOVE INTO OUR NEW HOME: 20 GREENE STREET in SOHO. With this new space, Roulette will be expanding activities to include over 100 concerts, sound installations, longer runs of music theater and other large productions such as the Avant Jazz Still Moving festival and the annual "Festival of Mixology"
For our expanded events calendar go to: http://www.roulette.org/


3/30: Lynn Book / Katharina Klement

3/31: Elliott Sharp

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The 'Rhythm in the Kitchen' 2007

at the Metro Baptist Church on 410 West 40th Street (just west of 9th Avenue) from March 29th - March 31st.


Friday March 30th

8 pm: Bob Feldman & 30J
(Bob Feldman - tenor saxophone; Tony Romano - guitar; Matt Lavelle - trumpet/bass clarinet; Ken Filiano - bass)

9 pm: Mike Freeman Zonavibe
(Mike Freeman - vibraphone; Little Johnny Rivero - congas; Maximo Rodriguez - bass)

10 pm: J D Parran and Ensemble Helacious
(J D Parran - bass sax; Peter Zummo - trombone; Kevin Norton - vibraphone/percussion)

11 pm: Dick Griffin Duo
(Dick Griffin - trombone; Warren Smith - drums)


Saturday March 31st

8 pm: Noah Creshevsky (composer) and Beth Griffith (soprano)

9 pm: Michael Marcus & Magic Door
(Michael Marcus - clarinet; Aaron James - bass; Jay Rosen - drums)

10 pm: The William Hooker Quartet (performance with film)
(William Hooker - drums; Okkyung Lee - cello; Ras Moshe - tenor saxophone; Sabir Mateen - saxophone)

11 pm: Sayuri Goto Trio with Benny Powell
(Sayuri Goto - piano; Benny Powell - trombone; Essiet Essiet - bass; Chip White - drums)


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Jazz at the Seaport
Seaport District Cultural Association Performance Space presents

Friday, March 30th at 7pm - 2 Sets
BORAH BERGMAN - Solo piano

Front St. at Beekman St. (South St. Seaport)
phone 212.393.9191
subway 2,3,4,5 to Fulton St A to Broadway/Nassau


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This is from our friend LUKAS LIGETI - drummer, composer & Tzadik artist:

SUNDAY, APRIL 1 @ 11 PM @ TRASH BAR (256 Grand St. between Driggs and Roebling, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, http://www.thetrashbar.com): Encore HYPERCOLOR with Eyal Maoz, James Ilgenfritz, and LL

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 @ 8PM @ THE BUSHWICK STARR (207 Starr St. near IrvingAve., Bushwick, Brooklyn, http://www.thebushwickstarr.org, http://www.danielblake.net):

RAOUL BJORKENHEIM/LUKAS LIGETI DUO (guitar & drums)
Bushwick is a really great up-and-coming neighborhood. I live in Bushwick and love it - there is a lot of interesting activity here. Take the L train to Jefferson Ave. and walk less than 1 block south on Starr. My duo with Raoul is a particularly interesting venture, and our concerts don't happen often. This performance is part of Dan Blake's First Saturdays series, it begins at 8 and there will be a few bands; I don't know the order of appearance but the entire program will be very cool, including Dan's own band, the Dan Blake Party.

SUNDAY, APRIL 8 @ 8 PM @ COMA, ABC NO RIO (156 Rivington St. between Clinton and Suffolk, Manhattan, http://www.abcnorio.org):
MARTIN PHILADELPHY'S PAINT, featuring Philadelphy (guitar), Tom Abbs (bass), and LL (drums)

MONDAY, APRIL 9 @ BAR 4 (444 7th Ave. at 15th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn): KEN THOMSON (saxophone, of Gutbucket), EYAL MAOZ (guitar), LL (drums). Sorry, I don't know what time this show starts...please check

SUNDAY, APRIL 15 @ 10 PM @ SHARE (Reboot, 37 Ave. A between E. 2nd and E. 3rd Sts., Manhattan):
MARTIN PHILADELPHY'S PAINT with Philadelphy, Tom Abbs...


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