Over the past decade, the Swiss-based Hat Art/Hat Hut/Hatology label have been releasing a large number of essential 1950’s and 1960’s Avant/Free/Progressive Jazz reissues and rare recordings. Consider this: the remastering on each of these releases is top notch plus and often better than the initial recordings plus Hat fills each disc with 2-3 albums (more bang for your buck), mostly from the same era. A number of these reissues are currently out-of-print on CD. We’ve gotten promos of many of these (thanks to our friends at Squidco) and every one of them sounds great! We’ve only gotten 3-4 copies of each of the below titles so this sale is limited. We generally sell the single Hat CD’s for $17 to $18 and the 2 CD Sets for $20 so this is indeed a sale, around $5 off of each!
Here’s the deal:
Take five or more and get $1 off of each one!
You might want to list an alternative or two to meet the minimum for the
discount:
ALBERT AYLER with FRANK WRIGHT / DONALD AYLER /
MICHAEL SAMSON / CLYDE SHY / RONALD SHANNON JACKSON - La Cave Live,
Cleveland 1966 Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics 1123; Switzerland)
Never-before released recordings of tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler's
1966 band recording in his home town of Cleveland at club La Cave,
recorded over two nights in a superb sextet with brother Donald on
trumpet, Frank Wright on tenor sax, Michel Samson on violin, Clyde Shy
on double bass and Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums, performing Ayler's
compositions and Don Cherry's "D.C.".
2 CD Set Sale $16
ALBERT
AYLER with GARY PEACOCK / SUNNY MURRAY / NILS BRONSTED / NILS-HENNING
ORSTED PEDERSEN / RONNIE GARDINER - Summertime to Spiritual Unity (Hat
ezz-thetics 1151; Switzerland) Remastering and reissuing two
tracks--"Summertime" and "C.T"--from saxophonist Albert Ayler's 1964
Fontana album My Name Is Albert Ayler with bassist Nils-Henning Orsted
Pedersen, drummer Ronnie Gardiner and pianist Nils Bronsted; and his
classic and passionate 1965 ESP Disk release Spiritual Unity with double
bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Sunny Murray.
CD Sale $12
ALBERT
AYLER with DONALD AYLER / MICHAEL SAMSON / LEWIS WORRELL / RONALD
SHANNON JACKSON - At Slugs' Saloon 1966, Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics
1131,Switzerland) Combining the two Italian ESP/BASE LPs from 1982 and
the 1995 ESP reissues, this spectacular concert with perhaps Ayler's
most essential band--Ayler on tenor sax, Donald Ayler on trumpet, Michel
Samson on violin, Lewis Worrell on double bass and Ronald Shannon
Jackson on drums--is fully remastered to bring out more details from the
complete, ecstatic 1966 concert.
CD Sale $12
ALBERT AYLER
QUINTET with DONALD AYLER / MICHEL SAMSON / WILLIAM FOLWELL / BEAVER
HARRIS - Lost Performances 1966, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1146;
Switzerland) In 1966 tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler toured northern
Europe with his ensemble of Donald Ayler on trumpet, Michel Samson on
violin, William Folwell on double bass & Beaver Harris on drums, a
stellar group performing some of Ayler's most substantial compositions,
heard in concerts in Rotterdam and Helsinki, and in the soundtrack to a
film recorded in Munich.
CD Sale $12
PAUL BLEY TRIOS with MARK
LEVINSON / GARY PEACOCK / BARRY ALTSCHUL / BILLY ELGART - Play Annette
Peacock Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1142; Switzerland) Annette Peacock's
response to the free-blowing loft scene was to compose using spacious
intervals, allowing great harmonic and rhythmic freedom, inspiring
pianist Paul Bley and his trio as heard in two unique interpretations of
the same pieces from two exceptional working bands: one with bassist
& drummer Mark Levinson & Barry Altschul, the other with Gary
Peacock & Billy Elgart.
CD Sale $12
DON CHERRY with GATO
BARBIERI / KARL BERGER / JF JENNY CLARK / HENRY GRIMES / ED BLACKWELL -
Complete Communion & Symphony For Improvisers (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1122;
Switzerland) Following a 1964 Albert Ayler tour, trumpeter Don Cherry
remained in Europe, working on new concepts of improvising based on form
itself, developing his concepts with saxophonist Gato Barbieri,
vibraphonist Karl Berger & bassist J.F. Jenny Clark, composing two
brilliant albums: 1966's Communion with Barbieri, Henry Grimes & Ed
Blackwell; and in 1967 Symphony for Improvisers as a septet.
CD Sale $12
DON
CHERRY with GATO BARBIERI / KARL BERGER / JF JENNY CLARK / HENRY GRIMES
/ ED BLACKWELL - Where Is Brooklyn? & Eternal Rhythm Revisited (Hat
Ezz-thetics 1129; Switzerland) Reissuing two albums showing trumpeter
Don Cherry's musical evolution through the 1960s, recorded two years
apart--Where is Brooklyn from NY in 1966, and Eternal Rhythm recorded in
Germany in 1968--demonstrating the development of his style from
Ornette-influenced free jazz into music influenced by Northern Indian
music and the percussion of Southeast Asia.
CD Sale $12
ORNETTE
COLEMAN with DEWEY REDMAN / JIMMY GARRISON / ELVIN JONES - New York Is
Now & Love Call, Revisited (Hat-Ezz-thetics 112; Switzerland) An
overlooked chapter in Ornette Coleman's recording career, these two Blue
Note albums recorded in NY in 1968 and issued in '68 & '71 feature
the innovative alto saxophonist joined by West Coast tenor saxophonist
recently moved to NYC, Dewey Redman, and Coltrane sidemen, drummer Elvin
Jones & bassist Jimmy Garrison, for two sessions of inventive and
accomplished free jazz.
CD Sale $12
ORNETTE COLEMAN with DEWEY
REDMAN / DON CHERRY / CHARLIE HADEN / ED BLACKWELL / DENARDO COLEMAN /
DR. EMMANUEL GHENT - Ornette At 12, Crisis & Man On The Moon,
Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1148; Switzerland) Reissuing and remastering
two Impulse! albums from saxophonist Ornette Coleman: 1969's Ornette At
12 with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and his then 12-year-old son Denardo
on drums; 1972's Crisis adding Don Cherry on trumpet; and a
lesser-known 1969 EP, Man On The Moon, with electronics from Dr.
Emmanuel Ghent and Ed Blackwell on drums.
CD Sale $12
JOHN
COLTRANE with McCOY TYNER / JIMMY GARRISON / ELVIN JONES - Favorites:
Naima / My Favorite Things 1963 / A Love Supreme, Revisited (Hat
Ezz-thetics 1134; Switzerland) Well-recorded performances of Coltrane's
most noted works - "Naima", "My Favorite Things" and "A Love
Supreme"--in superb concerts from Berlin in 1963 and Antibes in 1965
with his classic quartet of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison
and drummer Elvin Jones, revealing the expansion and freedom these
compositions receive through the flexibility of live performance.
CD Sale $12
JOHN
COLTRANE - Songs of Praise / New York 1965 Revisited ((Hat Ezz-thetics
1134; Switzerland) Recorded during an extended stay at the Half Note in
NYC from saxophonist John Coltrane's Quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner,
double bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones, originally
recorded for radio broadcast, here reissued and resequenced to
demonstrate Coltrane's evolution in presentation & performance,
while also mapping a future to his music.
CD Sale $12
MILES
DAVIS QUINTET with JOHN COLTRANE / PAUL CHAMBERS / JIMMY COBB - Live
Europe 1960 Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1135; Switzerland) Culled from
two concerts on Norman Granz's Spring 1960 European tour, Miles' seminal
50s band was on the point of dissolution, Coltrane soon to leave to
form his own classic quartet, and the distinction between the old and
new is evident in Coltrane's expansive and intricate soloing over
standards and Kind of Blue material including "So What" or "On Green
Dolphin Street".
CD Sale $12
MILES DAVIS QUINTETS with WAYNE
SHORTER / HERBIE HANCOCK or CHICK COREA / RON CARTER / TONY WILLIAMS or
JACK DeJOHNETTE - Stockholm 1967 & 1969 Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics
1130; Switzerland) Two live recordings from the Miles Davis Quintet of
the 1960s, first from Stockholm in 1967 with the classic 60s quintet of
Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams; then
two years later also in Stockholm with the "Lost Quintet" of Miles,
Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, pushing
new directions with tracks including "Bitches Brew".
CD Sale $12
ERIC
DOLPHY with FREDDIE HUBBARD / JAKI BYARD / BOBBY HUTCHERSON / RICHARD
DAVIS / GEORGE TUCKER / TONY WLLIAMS - Outward Bound to Out to Lunch
Revisited (Hat-Ezz-Thetics 1143; Switzerland) Arriving in NY in 1959,
saxophonist, flute & bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy joined some of the
finest avant jazz players, releasing his 1st album as a leader in
1960--Outward Bound--with Freddie Hubbard, Jaki Byard, George Tucker
& Roy Haynes; subsequently tagged as an anti-jazz musician, it would
be 4 years before his masterwork Out To Lunch would be released, both
albums here reissued & remastered.
CD Sale $12
MORTON
FELDMAN // JUDITH WEGMANN / ANDREAS KUNZ - For Joh Cage
(Hat-Ezz-Thetics 1036; Switzerland) First performed in 1982, Morton
Feldmans' monumental composition for piano and violin dedicated to peer
John Cage creates a distinctive environment of instrumental interaction
where patterns are subtly varied in a virtual suspension of time as the
music drifts and reflects, beautifully rendered in this 2021 recording
by pianist Judith Wegmann and violinist Andreas Kunz.
2 CD Sale Set $16
MORTON
FELDMAN // JUDITH WEGMANN - Triadic Memories (Hat-Ezz-Thetics 1025;
Switzerland) The second of four connected solo piano works by Morton
Feldman, Triadic Memories is about that reality, the acoustic space
created by the piano's strings and soundboard, as Feldman attempted to
expand the temporal frame of his music, heard here in Judith Wegmann's
2019 recording, where thThe second of four connected solo piano works by
Morton Feldman, Triadic Memories is about the acoustic space created by
the piano's strings and soundboard, as Feldman worked to expand the
temporal frame of his music, heard her in Judith Wegmann's 2019 studio
recording where that space is revealed by a magnificent Bosendorfer
280VC piano.at space is revealed by a magnificent Bosendorfer 280VC piano.
2 CD Set $16
DIZZY
GILLESPIE & CHARLIE PARKER with AL HAIG / JOHN LEWIS / BUD POWELL /
CURLEY RUSSELL / ROY HAYNES / MAX ROACH / et al - Live, Revisited
(Hat-Ezz-Thetics 1156; Switzerland) Three essential concerts remastered,
from the legacy of be-bop trailblazers, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and
alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, with Don Byas, Al Haig piano, Curley
Russell, Max Roach & Sidney Catlett at Town Hall 1945; with John
Lewis, Al McKibbon & Joe Harris at Carnegie Hall 1947; and with Bud
Powell, Tommy Potter & Roy Haynes at Birdland 1951.
CD Sale $12
JIMMY
GIUFFRE / PAUL BLEY / STEVE SWALLOW - Free Fall Clarinet 1962,
Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics 1119; Switzerland) Reissuing clarinetist
Jimmy Giuffre's 1963 Columbia album Free Fall, presenting trio
performances with bassist Steve Swallow and pianist Paul Bley recorded
after their 1961 European tour, along with duos between Giuffre and
Swallow and several solo tracks from the clarinetist himself, propelling
himself and his band into his sophisticated, risk-taking chamber jazz
compositions.
CD Sale $12
JOE HARRIOTT QUINTET with SHAKE
KEANE / COLERIDGE GOODE / HARRY SOUTH / PAT SMYTHE / BOBBY ORR / PHIL
SEAMEN - Free Form & Abstract Revisited (Hat ezz-thetics 2-112;
Switzerland) Two essential early 60s release from famed UK saxophonist
Joe Harriott, an innovator bringing free jazz concepts to the British
audience with his quintet of Shake Kane on trumpet & flugelhorn, Pat
Smythe on piano, Coleridge Goode on double bass and Phil Seaman on
drums, referencing the new forms of jazz from US artists like Don Cherry
and Ornette Coleman.
"Joe Harriott was another of those
outstanding unknown/legends of early British out/jazz. When Ornette
Coleman's quartet moved to NY in 1960, they changed everyone's
perception of what modern jazz could become. Many critics were furious
with this change, referring to it as "anti-jazz" along with John
Coltrane & Eric Dolphy. At the very same time in 1960, another
amazing young alto sax hero from the West Indies but living in London -
Joe Harriott put together his legendary quintet - with the same fire,
freeing of boundaries and brilliant new approach called "free form" or
"abstract!" Harriott's incredible quintet included two other West
Indians - Shake Keane on trumpet & flugel and Coleridge Goode on
contrabass, plus Pat Smythe on piano and Phil Seamen (one of UK's
greatest jazz drummers of all time & teacher to Ginger Baker).
'Abstract' goes even further than the previous album Free Form to burn
down the bridges to the past, even freer and even more spirited,
although it is from only two years later!" - Abstract "It is hard to
believe that 'Free Form' is from 1960 - almost forty years ago! This
music is a complete blast, so tight, so quick, so joyous, overwhelming
spirits soaring. Both Joe's alto and Shake's trumpet consistently match
wits burnin' together, in the tradition of Diz & Bird updated to
Ornette & Don Cherry! Many of Harriott's challenging compositions
have that Monkish zig-zagging of lines with Ornette's quartet's
brain-frying level of intensity! Word is that Joe Harriott had developed
his thing independent of Ornette's influence - making this all the more
amazing on many levels!" - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
2 CD Set Sale $16
ANDREW
HILL with ERIC DOLPHY / JOE HENDERSON / JOHN GILMORE / KWENNY DORHAM /
FREDDIE HUBBARD / RICHARD DAVIS / CECIL McBEE / TONY WILLIAMS / JOE
CHAMBERS / et al - Point of Departure To Compulsion!!!!! Revisited (Hat
Ezz-Thetics; 1139 ,Switzerland) Remastering pianist Andrew Hill's
distinct and exemplary albums issued on Blue Note Records in 1965 &
1967: Point of Departure, illustrating Hill's complex and exciting
compositions in a front line with Eric Dolphy, Joe Henderson, Kenny
Dorham and Tony Williams & Richard Davis; and the percussively rich
Compulsion with John Gilmore, Freddie Hubbard, Cecil McBee, & Joe
Chambers.
CD Sale $12
NOAH HOWARD QUARTET with RIC COLBECK /
DAVE BURRELL / SCOTTY HOLT / CATHERINE NORRIS / SIRONE / BOBBY KAPP/ et
al - To At Judson Hall (Hat Ezz-thetics 1152; Switzerland) Saxophonist
Noah Howard's move from New Orleans to New York City brought him into
the circle of early 60's free jazz players including Albert Ayler,
joining Sun Ra's Arkestra, and performing at Slug's Saloon; this release
reissues two ESP albums, his working band's 1966 Quartet album, and the
extended and interestingly orchestrated sextet album, At Judson Hall.
CD Sale $12
THELONIOUS
MONK QUARTET with JOHNNY GRIFFIN / AHMED ABDUL-MALIK / ROY HAYNES -
Live at the Five Spot 1958 Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics 1147; Switzerland)
Revisiting and remastering two 1958 albums on the Riverside Label (Monk
in Action and Misterioso), then remastered as At The Five Spot on
Milestone in 1977, this quartet show a different take on Monk's music
through the authoritative playing and interpretations of Monk's music by
tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, intensified by drummer Roy Haynes and
bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik's solid support.
CD Sale $12
NEW
YORK CONTEMPORARY FIVE with ARCHIE SHEPP / JOHN TCHICAI / DON CHERRY /
DON MOORE / J.C. MOSES - Copenhagen 1963, Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics
1124; Switzerland) Though short-lived, the New York Contemporary Five
brought together NY free players Don Moore on bass, J.C. Moses on drums,
Archie Shepp on tenor saxophone, and Don Cherry on trumpet with Danish
alto saxophonist John Tchicai, in a remastered edition of their 1966
album "Consequences", expanded with Shepp's revisiting of the material
in a sextet with Sunny Murray and Ted Curson.
CD Sale $12
GEORGE
RUSSELL with ERIC DOLPHY / DON ELLIS / JOHN PEIRCE / STEVE SWALLOW /
JOE HUNT - Ezz-thetics & The Stratus Seekers, Revisited (Hat
Ezz-Thetics 1132; Switzerland) Essential to any collection charting the
transition from Birth of the Cool era jazz to the modern explosion of
harmonic and compositional forms, are pianist George Russell's two most
essential albums from 1961 & 1962--Ezz-thetics and The Stratus
Seekers--in a sextet & septet including Eric Dolphy, Don Elliss,
Steve Swallow, &c., remastered to reveal their vital clarity.
CD Sale $12
ARCHIE
SHEPP with JIMMY OWENS / GRACHAN MONCUR III / CHARLES DAVIS / MICHAEL
ZWERIN / DAVE BURRELL / WALTER DAVIS / RON CARTER / REGGIE WORKMAN /
BEAVER HARRIS / ROY HAYNES / ED BLACKWELL / et al - The Way Ahead /
Kwanza / The Magic of Ju-Ju Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics 1145;
Switzerland) Three albums and three distinct groupings in this essential
remaster & reissue of two late 60s and one 70s Impulse! albums from
saxophonist and composer Archie Shepp, in configurations of septets and
nonets with luminaries of the day performing Shepp's rhythm-centric
jazz focused on the Afrocentric experience, drawing on blues and
spirituals in free jazz settings.
CD Sale $12
ARCHIE SHEPP
with MARION BROWN / PERRY ROBINSON / ROSWELL RUDD / GRACHAN MOCUR III /
HOWARD JOHNSON / CHARLIE HADEN / REGGIE JOHNSON / BEAVER HARRIS - Fire
Music To Mama Too Tight, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics; Switzerland) Archie
Shepp's second album for Impulse! merges the fire of free jazz with an
incredibly eclectic set of styles, his inclusive approach to composition
integrating a vast source of styles from Ellington to Ipanema; this is
paired with Shepp's octet release, including an epic 20 minute work for
American artist Robert Thompson reflecting his paintings in powerful
thematic and abstract expression.
CD Sale $12
ARCHIE SHEPP
with JOHN TCHICAI / ROSWELL RUDD / ALAN SHORTER / BOBBY HUTCHERSON /
REGGIE WORKMAN / BARRE PHILLIPS / JOE CHAMBERS - Four For Trane To Live
At Newport - Revisited (Hat-Ezz-Thetics 1150; Switzerland) Influenced by
and working with John Coltrane, saxophonist and composer Archie Shepp
paid tribute to 'Trane with his 1965 Impulse! album Four for Trane, here
remastered and joined with tracks from the live album John
Coltrane/Archie Shepp: New Thing At Newport, accompanied on each by
acclaimed free jazz players including Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Reggie
Workman, Barre Phillips, Joe Chambers…
CD Sale $12
WAYNE
SHORTER with JOHN McLAUGHLIN / SONNY SHARROCK / CHICK COREA / HERBIE
HANCOCK / MIROSLAV VITOUS / JACK DeJOHNETTE - Adams Apple To Super Nova
Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics ) Following the evolution in form and
approach of composer and tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter from his 1966
Blue Note album Adam's Apple with Hancock, Workman and Chambers
(including a pre-Miles "Footprints") to the 1969 Weather Report
precursor Super Nova with John McLaughlin, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav
Vitous, Chick Corea, and Jack DeJohnette.
CD Sale $12
HORACE
SILVER with JOE HENDERSON / CARMELL JONES / WOODY SHAW / LARRY RIDELY /
ROGER HUMPHRIES - Live in New York, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1137;
Switzerland) Recorded around the time of his most famous records, Song
For My Father and The Cape Verdean Blues, lyrical hard bop/Blue Note
pianist and composer Horace Silver's band is heard live at The Half Note
in NYC and at "The Cork & Bib" on Long Island with his spectacular
band including trumpeters Carmell Jones & Woody Shaw and saxophonist
Joe Henderson.
CD Sale $12
SUN RA ARKESTRA with JOHN GILMORE /
MARSHALL ALLEN / DANNY DAVIS / ROBERT CUMMINGS / PAT PATRICK / CHRIS
CAPERS / RONNIE BOYKINS / ROGER BLANK / et al - Heliocentric Worlds to
Nothing Is, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1103; Switzerland) The two
volumes of "Heliocentric Worlds", recorded 7 months apart in 1965,
represent perhaps one of greatest chapters in Sun Ra's legacy, bringing
together his immense orchestration skills with future-leaning free jazz,
allowing his players expanse inside disciplined compositions that
reflect on both space and the then-new freedom explored by jazz
soloists.
CD Sale $12
CECIL TAYLOR with JIMMY LYONS / BILL
DIXON / HENRY GRIMES / ALAN SILVA / ANDREW CYRILLE - With (Exit) To
Student Studies, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1133; Switzerland) Changing
approaches to his music with new quartet of Jimmy Lyons on alto sax,
Alan Silva on double bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums, pianist Cecil
Taylor's incredible 1966 concert in Paris presented four extended
compositions, here remastered and reissued with a track from a
compilation LP--"With (Exit)"--extending his quartet with Bill Dixon on
trumpet and Henry Grimes on double bass.
CD Sale $12
THE THING
with MATS GUSTAFSSON / INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN / PAAL NILSSON-LOVE / JOE
McPHEE - The Thing She Knows... (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1028; Switzerland)
Named for a Don Cherry composition included on this album, the core trio
of The Thing--Mats Gustafsson on reeds, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on bass
and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums--is joined by saxophonist and pocket
trumpeter Joe McPhee, recording classic free jazz and harmolodic pieces
by Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer, Frank Lowe, & Joe
McPhee.
CD Sale $12
CLIFFORD THORNTON / ARTHUR JONES TRIO
with ARCHIE SHEPP / GRACHAN MONCUR III / DAVE BURRELL / EARL FREEMAN /
SUNNY MURRAY / et al - Ketchaoua / Scorpio (Hat EZZ-thetics 1154;
Switzerland) Two powerfully intense 1969 free jazz recordings by
American ex-patriots, saxophonist Arthur Jones and cornetist Clifford
Thornton, recorded days apart in the same studio and released on BYG
Records, Jones this reissue's connection with his own trio, and joining
Thornton for four uniquely configured sessions that include Archie
Shepp, Grachan Moncur III, Dave Burrell, and Sunny Murray.
CD Sale $12
TONY
WILLIAMS with WAYNE SHORTER / SAM RIVERS / HERBIE HANCOCK / BOBBY
HUTCHERSON / RON CARTER / GARY PEACOCK - Life Time & Spring,
Revisited (Hat Ezz-thetics 1126; Switzerland) Remastering &
reissuing drummer Anthony Williams first two albums: Life Time was
recorded for Blue Note shortly after joining the Miles Davis Quintet,
employing two bassists--Richard Davis and Gary Peacock--along with
mentor Sam Rivers and Davis alumni Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter;
Spring reflects the new freedom of 60s jazz in a quintet with both Wayne
Shorter & Sam Rivers.
CD Sale $12