Back in print/stock:
JIM O'ROURKE - Halfway to a Threeway [CD ep] (Drag City 178; USA) It seems like it was only a few months ago that Jim O'Rourke changed everything with the release of the incredible Eureka. And by George, it was only a few months ago. Well never mind -- here he is again with a little more of the same: pop music, but credibly different this time, of course. The pop stylings of Jim O'Rourke will never seem familiar to any of us (that's not his style, silly) but his combination of folk, classic rock, (smooth jazz) and the inevitable twist of the old avant-garde is always something new. Having established himself last time out as some kind of songwriter and singer in his own write, Jim presents more funky, catchy, poppy songs with and without vocals that are sure to spin semi-endlessly on turntables, digital discburners and those fab MP3 players across this land of ours
"Renaissance pop wizard - Jim O'Rourke reinvents his area of exploration each year, slowly evolving through genres - ambient, electric & acoustic guitar improv, electronic sounds and more recently elegant pop music. This year, his superb pop treasure - "Eureka" remains one of 1999's best, he also produced the latest Stereolab release in a grand fashion, his duo improv cd with Loren Mazzacane is quite lovely, he played with Sonic Youth on their engaging tribute to 20th century classical composers and is helping to produce their next rock release. Last night (12/14) his pop unit opened for Stereolab and he claims this will be the last tour that he will be singing his own tunes on. Lucky for us lovers of quaint pop, he leaves us with this fine four song ep to help us through the cold, hard winter into the next century. 'halfway' was recorded over 8 months this year with a number of Jim's regular pals - Rob Mazurek, Tim Barnes, Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche & Sam Prekop. Even moreso than 'Eureka', the overall vibe here is one of melancholy, delicate, laid back, touching, beauty - somewhere between the charming pop of Burt Bacharach, the Beach Boys and Belle & Sebastian. This precious music is mostly the quiet strumming of acoustic guitars, the ultra-melodic ringing of Darin's bass and the moody elegance of Rob's cornet. Even the "da, da, da" choruses feel just right. As we enter the next century, Jim O'Rourke remains one of the few to capture the innocent spirit of days long gone from our youth. For me and hopefully for you, this is yet another wonderful pop gem to be savored" - BLG
CD $12
JIM O'ROURKE - Eureka (Drag City 162; USA) Jim is doing for himself what he's more than generously done for other so-called musical talents. Everybody wants a little pop in their lives and the O'Rourke is no exception. There is no way to listen to Eureka without hearing the eccentricity, the progressive musical textures, the utter lack of anything like pop music, but at the same time it's magnificent in scale, pleasant to listen to, catchy and even reminiscent of other records you might actually have heard on The Casey Casem Show. If Bad Timing was regarded as a crossroads of O'Rourkian interests, Eureka is a six-lane clover-leaf junction of singer-songwriter traditions, production styles of the 70s, confusion and contradiction as well as the riveting sound of the artist putting all his cards on the table.
"Jim O'Rourke is becoming the renaissance man of the ever evolving Chicago scene. In less than a decade, he has gone from being a young hot shot guitar improviser and sound manipulator, collaborating with the likes of Henry Kaiser, Eddie Prevost, Gunter Mueller, Loren Mazzacane and Sonic Youth, as well as being the other half of Gastr Del Sol. He is also becoming a much in demand producer for Smog, Edith Frost, the Hoffman Estates thing...His last two solo cds, as well as the later Gastr releases, show him moving into a completely new direction - often acoustic, yet eclectic and possibly inspired by his idols - Van Dyke Parks, Brian Wilson, John Fahey & Burt Bacharach. "Eureka" is another ray of sunshine, elegant and uplifting, quaint and rich in delightful textures, quite the pure pop masterpiece. Jim even does most of the singing on "eurika" in a rather precious Robert Wyatt like style, and does most of the composing, too. The two covers are Ivor Cutler's "Women of the World" and Burt Bacharach's "Something Big." Interesting choices. The overall vibe of this fine work is that it sounds as if it were recorded in the innocent days of the mid 60's, a lovely hopeful day in spring. The only question that remains is the strange cover drawing of the pudgy mostly bald baby with a rabbit doll held to its crotch, hmmm. Superb! " - BLG
CD $14
OHM [V.A.] - Early Electronic Gurus Of Electronic Music: 1948-1980 [Expanded Edition: 3 cd set + DVD + book] (Ellipsis Arts 3690; USA) "An amazing three CD 48 track compilation to sumup the early years of electronic music in the 20th century. Spiffy plastic sleeve holds a book and a fold out sleeve with 3 cds. These guys will probably win awards just for the design alone. Music that ranges from Clara Rockwell playing Tchaikovsky on the theremin and Messiaen performed on the Ondes Martenot (a theremin with a keyboard) to the music concrete of Pierre Schaeffer's school to Louis & Bebe Barron (the Forbidden Planet duo), John Cage, Edgard Varese, Richard Maxfield (unreleased too!) Stockhausen, MEV (unreleased), Raymond Scott, Reich, Oliveros, Subotnick, Tudor, Riley, Czukay, Luc Ferrari, Xenakis, La Monte Young (amazingly & it's even unreleased - a drift study, only two notes but they change), Charles Dodge, Paul Lansky, David Behrman, MEV (unreleased), Maryanne Armacher (unreleased, adds to the available recorded documentation of her work), Klaus Schultze, Jon Hassell (unreleased and very welcome here), Brian Eno and others. Whew! Forward by Brian Eno. Articles and words by Joel Chadabe, Otto Luening, Francois Bayle, D.J. Spooky, Kyle Gann, Robert Moog, writer Simon Reynolds, Pete Namlook (FAX), David Toop, Thurston Moore, Bill Laswell and others. So it sounds cool and even looks cool - a great place to check out the roots of todays electronic music." - David Beardsley
"This three-CD, 42-track compilation, spanning 1937-1982 (though largely comprised of performances from the '60s and '70s), includes pieces by many of the big names in experimental electronic music: John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Milton Babbitt, Laurie Spiegel, Robert Ashley, LaMonte Young, Morton Subotnick, and Iannis Xenakis. That alone would make this anthology impressive, but there are also contributions from composers who have made some impact with rock and pop recordings (Brian Eno, Klaus Schulze, Holger Czukay of Can, Jon Hassell), along with some names that are not commonly discussed in highbrow serious music circles (Raymond Scott), some composers not always associated with electronic music (Olivier Messiaen, Edgard Varese), and a host of names that aren't too well known beyond the avant-garde community. What is most impressive about this set, however, is that is not only serves as a reasonable overview of pre-1980 electronic music, but also is much more accessible in content to non-experts than many such compilations would have been. Contrary to the stereotype of serious electronic music as being difficult to listen to, many of the pieces are quite engaging for novices and electronic specialists alike. That's not to say there aren't plenty of more jarring or abstract pieces with minimal ambience or cut-up assemblages, or even occasional tracks that most listeners might find downright annoying (such as MEV's cacophonous "Spacecraft," mercifully placed at the very end of the first disc). On the whole, however, the set achieves the effect of both educating and entertaining, and is likely to expand the audience for a music that is too often unwilling to offer inviting introductions that might incite listeners to explore further. The 98-page booklet includes detailed track descriptions and comments, usually by the composers/performers themselves, as well as a forward by Eno" - Richie Unterberger, AMG
Sadly, this is out-of-print, the once-adventurous Ellipsis Arts label having been bought out, and now being used as an imprint for Nap music [new age poop] We found the last few copies at great cost to us.
FIRST THREE TO ORDER THIS GET IT FOR $30 !!! Then it will be back to the normal price of ..
3 CD + 1 DVD set for $42
and, for those who bought the very first edition of the OHM box back in 2000 without the DVD..
OHM [V.A.] - Early Electronic Gurus Of Electronic Music: 1948-1980 [DVD] (Ellipsis Arts 3694; USA) This is the bonus DVD that was included with the 2nd edition [2005] of the 3 CD OHM box set. For those of you who already own the box set sans DVD, here is your chance to get this great 2&1/2 hour DVD without re-buying the whole thing over.
"Two and a half hours of rare archival performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video works by the pioneers of electronic music, including: Clara Rockmore, John Cage, Jean-Claude Risset, Steve Reich, Morton Subotnick, Holger Czukay, Bebe Barron, Paul Lansky, Leon Theremin, Iannis Xenakis, Milton Babbitt, Laurie Spiegel, David Behrman, John Chowning, Robert Ashley, Max Mathews, Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Lucier, Mother Mallard, Robert Moog."
DVD $18
KATH BLOOM - Finally (Chapter 051; Australia) Originally released in 2006 by Chapter Music, Finally is seminal folk-cult figure Kath Bloom's return to active musical duty -- her first officially-released album since 1984, mostly containing tracks she recorded in the 1990s (previously only available on homemade cassettes and CD-Rs) and two newer tracks recorded in 2005. The daughter of world famous oboist Robert Bloom, Kath grew up in New Haven, CT, where she started playing guitar among the headstones of her local cemetery as a teenager. She met avant-garde guitarist Loren MazzaCane Connors in 1976 and together they recorded six limited edition albums of fragile folk and blues melodies, ending with final album Moonlight in 1984. Soon after her collaboration with Connors ended, Kath and husband Stan Bronski moved to Florida together to live amidst the orange groves, buying and rehabilitating old houses. After a period of child-rearing and family life, Kath began to return to recording in the early '90s. Director Richard Linklater discovered Bloom's music around that time and featured her song "Come Here" in his 1995 film, Before Sunrise. By then, Bloom had begun recording again in earnest, self-releasing a series of cassettes and CD-Rs, starting with Love Explosion in 1993 and Come Here: The Florida Years in 1999. The songs on Finally, selected from Kath's CD-R releases with two new tracks, reveal an older, wiser songwriter, as accomplished and affecting as Lucinda Williams or Gillian Welch. Most tracks primarily feature Kath's gentle guitar picking, haunting vocals, and mournful harmonica, and the material ranges from vintage to brand-new ("You And I Keep Falling," "Finally") to as far back as her days with Loren ("Fall Again," "Come Here"). Presently, Kath is playing with her band Love At Work (which includes long-time collaborator Tom Hanford and husband Stan), offering a musical tour de force of programs for children and adults, as well as playing solo shows in the Northeastern USA.
CD $16
A new entry in Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour series, and now at lower prices!
BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME [V.A.] - Series 2 - Vol 1: Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour [2 CD set] (Chrome Dreams 5025; USA) "Following the huge success of the previous 2 compilations featuring tracks played by Bob Dylan on the first series of his Theme Time Radio Hour, we now proudly present a further 50 tracks as played by Bob across the second series of the show. The selections are just as eclectic, fascinating and enjoyable as those he played during the first series, and again each show was themed by subject matter. With extensive liner notes again provided by Dylan expert and editor-in-chief of Isis magazine Derek Barker, this latest collection is certain to match the success of the previous volumes and once again is set to become a must-have-item for Dylan fans and of fans of American roots music alike." Dylan plays artists such as The Carter Family, Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, Frankie Lee Sims, Mildred Jones, Elvis Presley, Little Willie John, Warren Smith, The Ravens, Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Tex Wills & His Texas Playboys and dozens more.
2 CD set for $20
still available..
BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME [V.A.] - Series 1 - Vol 2: Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour [2 CD set] (Chrome Dreams 5021; USA) "Following the huge success of the first collection of tracks taken from Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Shows, his weekly on-air stint during which he plays the songs that have remained closest to his heart over the years, here is volume two. Offering a further selection from the initial series, this latest 2CD set features one further track from every show Dylan presented in the first series, as aired on the XFM radio station, between May 2006 and May 2007. Once again a hugely eclectic choice of songs, many of which Bob first heard on the radio as a teenager in Minnesota, are included, and every effort has been made to track down the exact recordings Dylan played, many of which are today valuable rarities, previously unavailable for many years. With extensive notes provided by Isis magazine's Derek Barker, this second selection will prove just as enticing to fans of both Dylan and of American roots music." Featuring tracks from: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Babs Gonzalez, Eddie Boyd, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Boozoo Chavis, Muddy Waters, and many more.
2 CD set for $20
BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME [V.A.] - Series 1 - Vol 1: Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour [2 CD set] (Chrome Dreams 5019; USA) "In May 2006, Bob Dylan's voice floated over the airwaves and into people's homes via the medium of radio. Nothing unusual there of course -- Bob's been on the radio for more than 45 years. But what was different this time was that Dylan was the host of the show, the DJ, the one playing the records by artists other than himself. Over the year that followed, Bob was back every week with a further choice of songs, hand-picked from his own collection and covering virtually every genre ever invented. This 2CD set takes one track from each of the 52 shows that Dylan presented, and in doing so gives a fascinating glimpse into the tastes and passions of a man who himself has become a musical style all of his own."
2 CD set for $20
[you might be back-ordered on this one - we only have a couple]
BOB DYLAN - The Golden Years 1962-1978 [2 DVD set] (Chrome Dreams 06; USA) "This DVD Set is a 2-disc documentary covering Dylan's life and music from his school days to his conversion in the late 1970s to fundamental Christianity. With contributions from colleagues as diverse as his high school English teacher, his school friends and other members from his first bands, to folk musician Martin Carthy, Dylan's only ever songwriting partner, the late Jacques Levy, author Clinton Heylin and many, many others. The disc set features rare film footage; unseen photographs and numerous other features. This program is the finest film from this section of Bob Dylan's life and career yet to emerge." Run time: 206 mins. NTSC format, All Regions (0); Screen Format 4:3; Stereo Sound Mix.
DVD $24
LEGENDS OF BENIN [V.A.] - Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat [2 LP set] (Analog Africa 65; USA) Analog Africa presents Legends Of Benin, a collection of super-rare and highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by four legendary composers from Benin: Gnonnas Pedro, Antoine Dougbe, El Rego et Ses Commandos and Honore Avolonto, each with a sound all their own. What you are about to hear is distinctively Benin -- a thick brew of agbadja, soul, cavacha, funk, Afrobeat, and Afro-Latin sounds all mixed in with heavy traditional rhythms. Gnonnas Pedro is the king of modern agbadja: a rhythm hugely popular in Togo, Benin and Ghana, based around three pieces of percussion, each with a different tone. Traditionally a rhythm used during burial ceremonies, Gnonnas adopted and modernized it in the mid-'60s, calling it "Agbadja Modern." The track "Dadje Von O Von Non" was originally recorded in 1966 and is Gnonna's first modern rendition of agbadja. Also featured here is the crazy, kick-ass funk track "Okpo Videa Bassouo" recorded in 1973, as well as the sublimely contagious track, "La Musica en Verite." Honore Avolonto was one of Benin's most prolific composers, releasing Benin's most successful LP in the late '70s. That album was recorded with Black Santiago, a band fronted by amazing trumpeter Ignace De Souza, another legend, with whom he recorded the Afrobeat track, "Dou Dagbe We." Avolonto has fronted some of Benin's most powerful bands and some of those "partnerships" with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and Les Commandos are presented here. Beware -- killer Afrobeat meets frenetic funk. El Rego et Ses Commandos were responsible for Benin's first Afro-soul-funk track with the support of Ghanean singer, Eddy Black Power. The "Jerk" scene in Benin was triggered by the success of "Feeling You Got," and its infectious accordion riff. "E Nan Mian Nuku" is an Afro-Latin tune combined with a kind of bossa nova, and "Vimado Wingnan" is Benin's most sought-after funk track. Out of all the artists here, Antoine Dougbe is the least known even in Benin, but he created his own style which he dubbed Afro cavacha -- a fantastic mixture of Congolese rhumba, Latin sounds and traditional vodoun rhythms. All of his vinyl releases, especially the ones released on his own Editions Dougbe Antoine label, are incredible and have become some of Africa's most sought-after collector's items. This compilation includes a 44-page, full-color booklet with ultra-rare pictures and detailed biographies. Enjoy the mind-blowing sounds of Benin.
2 LP set for $26
also available on CD for $22
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Special Tribute to Joe Maneri from Michael Anton Parker
It's a special opportunity right now to celebrate Joe Maneri's 82 years of living and his profound contributions to the world around him. Joe had been facing serious medical challenges for some years, but I still had hopes of another chapter. There's little to regret, though, because he gave away vast treasures in love and beauty to hundreds of people who shared intimate conversation and tutelage. His genius has been experienced, documented, studied, and revered by enough people to ensure its permanent role in human culture. I'm only one of dozens of people who would go so far as to say that being around Joe and his music was possibly the most powerful spiritual enlightenment they will ever experience. That's really a serious statement. By coincidence, this morning while I was out on the farm doing some weeding, my thoughts were uncharacteristically fixed on the idea of gods and masters and spiritual systems and I reached the firm conclusion that the only things I "worship" are truth, beauty and love. Truth is mostly the business of scientists, and beauty and love are around us in big and small ways everyday, pretty much anywhere we're willing to find them, but beauty and love with transformational intensity is usually a gift we can only hope to humbly receive from people like Joe a handful of times in our lives.
Joe taught me some of the biggest lessons about beauty and love that I've ever had in my life. He created the rarest kind of art, the kind that makes everything else in life seem crass and trivial. It wasn't just a fluke where some little moment during a concert or recording seemed like an epiphany. It was minute after minute of transcendental immersion in infinitely nuanced melody and rhythm. It happened dozens of times in different places, situations and moods. It was as real and solid as Joe's bones, skin, muscles, lips, blood vessels, organs, and brain. It revealed the ultimate spiritual potential of human beings. There are lots of ways to find purpose in our existence, but that's one of the best I've come across. Thank you Joe!
Okay, now I want to talk about love, and this is the most important thing I could say about Joe. During his concerts, Joe would sometimes talk about love, and I paid attention to every word and thought about it. It wasn't a joke or a mannerism or a facile social gesture. Joe was really serious and I recognized how urgent and cathartic his message was. I can't remember when it clicked with me because there was a long stretch of years where I'd make a pilgrimage (usually to NYC) a few times a year for a Maneri experience, but at some point I started to really understand what he was saying about love. It was about the people in the room, our trials and tribulations, our faith in the healing power of beauty, the act of communion as we listened together, how much we needed each other, the gifts that were passing between us, accepting the true nature of art as an act of human fragility, accepting ourselves, accepting other people, letting our hearts breathe. It was about so many other things too, far beyond that gathering in that room. It was about our whole lives and all the other people on the planet. Love is the answer. Even when we think a situation is too serious for such idealistic notions, love is still the answer. Love is more serious than anything. This is what I learned from Joe. Thank you Joe!
Usually when people write about Joe there is this whole story about Arnold Schoenberg and microtonality and his academic accomplishments, but my foremost association is Duke Ellington. Joe was a kid in Brooklyn during the big band era. He experienced the racial separation of "white" and "black" scenes at the time, and when he went into Manhattan and heard Duke Ellington for the first time, it turned his world upside down. One of the most magical experiences of my life happened at Joe's house, in his music room, when we were sitting around chewing the fat with his old buddy Stu Vandermark. When they started talking about Duke Ellington, they realized that I was so caught up in the new music happenings that I hadn't spend enough time with some of the music's roots. So Joe grabbed a Duke Ellington CD and popped it in his cheap boombox. His face went into a huge grin with the sweet explosion of the first notes, and his body went into its instinctual chair dance. He proceeded to give me a lesson on how to feel the rhythms and move with it. Tune after tune, we were counting and tapping and having a blast, Joe and Stu peppering the lesson with all kinds of insights about this or that musician taking a solo. When I heard about Joe's passing the other day, I decided to wrap up my day by listening to Duke Ellington for a few hours. It was the best way I could observe my memories of this sweet, generous, explosively joyous man. Thank you Joe!
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mat Maneri and Randy Peterson for transforming Joe's ultimate musical potential into a reality that people like me could actually touch and feel. I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to Joe's wife Sonja, because I know that Joe would have never gotten anywhere close to 82 years without her in his life!
- Mike Parker - 8-27-2009
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Recent USED & RARE CDs
Almost all of these are 1 Copy Only
All Items Are In At Least MINT MINUS Condition Unless Otherwise Noted
[bar code punch holes and other manufacturer's overstock marks are NOT noted on CDs, UNLESS they are being sold for more than original price as rarities]
GERI ALLEN With WALLACE RONEY/VERNON REID/LENNY WHITE et al - The Gathering (Verve; USA) sealed copy
CD $25.00 USED
GERI ALLEN With WALLACE RONEY/VERNON REID/LENNY WHITE et al - The Gathering (Verve; USA)
CD $20.00 USED
GENE AMMONS - Greatest Hits Vol 1: The Sixties (Prestige/OJC 6005; EEC)
CD $15.00 USED
ARRAYMUSIC - Strange City/Ville Etrange (ArtifactMusic 02; Canada)
CD $10.00 USED
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO [LESTER BOWIE/ROSCOE MITCHELL/JOSEPH JARMAN/MALACHI FAVORS/DON MOYE] With CECIL TAYLOR - Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming Of The Masters Series Vol 2 (DIW/Columbia; USA)
CD $14.00 USED
AXIOM COLLECTION II [V.A./BILL LASWELL PRODUCTIONS] - Manifestation (Axiom 514 453; USA) This album contains mostly UNRELEASED mixes, non album versions, edits, of various Laswell productions for the Axiom label
CD $30.00 USED
DAVE BARGERON/MICHEL GODARD With JOE 'SUNNY' BARBATO/KENWOOD DENARD - TubaTuba [Tuba Tuba] (Enja 9133; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED
KENNY BARRON QUINTET - Images (Sunnyside 3021; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
GARY BARTZ With EDDIE HENDERSON/MULGREW MILLER/DAVE HOLLAND et al - The Red & The Orange Poems (Atlantic; USA) promo-stamped cover
CD $20.00 USED
GARY BARTZ With EDDIE HENDERSON/MULGREW MILLER/DAVE HOLLAND et al - The Red & The Orange Poems (Atlantic; USA) sealed copy
CD $25.00 USED
DJANGO BATES - Autumn Fires (And Green Shoots) (JMT; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED
JAMIE BAUM With DAVE DOUGLAS/KENNY WERNER/DREW GRESS et al - Sight Unheard (GM 3031; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
ADRIAN BELEW - Lone Rhino/Twang Bar King (GottDiscs 012; UK)
CD $12.00 USED
BRIAN BLADE FELLOWSHIP - Brian Blade Fellowship (Blue Note; USA)
CD $16.00 USED
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS With CLIFFORD BROWN/LOU DONALDSON/HORACE SILVER et al - A Night At Birdland Vol 1 (Blue Note; USA) '87 ed.
CD $9.00 USED
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS With CLIFFORD BROWN/LOU DONALDSON/HORACE SILVER et al - A Night At Birdland Vol 2 (Blue Note; USA) '87 ed.
CD $9.00 USED
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS With LEE MORGAN/PHILLY JOE JONES/ROY HAYNES/RAY BARETTO et al - Drums Around The Corner (Blue Note CNSR; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
THEO BLECKMANN With BEN MONDER/MATT MORAN/SKULI SVERRISSON/JOHN HOLLENBECK - Origami (Songlines 1534; Canada)
CD $10.00 USED
CARLA BLEY/STEVE SWALLOW - Go Together (ECM/Watt 24; Germany) US ed
CD $20.00 USED
PAUL BLEY/GARY PEACOCK/TONY OXLEY/JOHN SURMAN - In The Evenings Out There (ECM 1488; Germany) U.S. ed
CD $25.00 USED
MICHAEL BRECKER QUINDECTET [15tet] With PETER GORDON/ADAM ROGERS/LOIS MARTIN/ERIK FRIEDLANDER/JOHN PAITUCCI et al - Wide Angles (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
GARY BURTON - Rarum IV: Selected Recordings 1973-1986 (ECM 8004; Germany) U.S. ed
CD $12.00 USED
[BY ANY MEANS] CHARLES GAYLE/WILLIAM PARKER/RASHIED ALI - Touchin' On Trane (FMP 48; Germany) slight scuffs
CD $10.00 USED
FRANCOIS CARRIER/MICHEL LAMBERT/JEAN-JACQUES AVENEL - Within (Leo 512; UK)
CD $10.00 USED
JOHN CARTER With BOBBY BRADFORD/MARTY EHRLICH/DON PRESTON/FRED HOPKINS/ANDREW CYRILLE et al - Fields: Roots & Folklore IV (Gramavision; USA) small notch cut on spine
CD $35.00 USED
JOHN CARTER With BOBBY BRADFORD/MARTY EHRLICH/DON PRESTON/FRED HOPKINS/ANDREW CYRILLE/THOMAS CHAPIN/FRANK LONDON et al - Shadows On A Wall: Roots & Folklore V (Gramavision; USA) small notch cut on spine
CD $35.00 USED
JOHN CARTER With BOBBY BRADFORD/MARTY EHRLICH/RICHARD DAVIS/ANDREW CYRILLE et al - Castles Of Ghana: Roots & Folklore II (Gramavision; USA) small notch cut on spine
CD $35.00 USED
BILL CHARLAP With ELVIS COSTELLO/HANK JONES/JOE LOVANO et al//BILLY STRAYHORN - Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (Blue Note; USA) promo sticker over bar code on backcover
CD $25.00 USED
DON CHERRY/KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI With THE NEW ETERNAL RHYTHM ORCHESTRA [MANFRED SCHOOF/ALBERT MANGELSDORFF/PETER BROTZMANN/WILLEM BREUKER/GERD DUDEK/PAUL RUTHERFORD/KENNY WHEELER et al] - Actions (Pre-Release 008; EEC)
CD $25.00 USED
DON CHERRY/LENNART ABERG/BOBO STENSON With ANDERS JORMIN/ANDERS KJELLBERG/OKAY TEMIZ - Dona Nostra (ECM 1448; Germany) u.s. ed.
CD $20.00 USED
STANLEY CLARKE/AL DiMEOLA/JEAN-LUC PONTY - The Rite Of Strings (I.R.S.; USA) name written small on disc label
CD $30.00 USED
ALEX CLINE/KAORU/MIYA MASAOKA/G E STINSON - Cloud Plate (Cryptogramophone 121; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
ORNETTE COLEMAN With DON CHERRY/CHARLIE HADEN/BILLY HIGGINS - Change Of The Century (Atlantic 81341; USA)
CD $7.00 USED
COP SHOOT COP - Ask Questions Later (Interscope; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
MARILYN CRISPELL/GARY PEACOCK/PAUL MOTIAN With ANNETTE PEACOCK - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: The Music of Annette Peacock [2 CD SET] (ECM 1626/27; Germany)
CD $40.00 USED
SONNY CRISS - Crisscraft (32 Jazz; USA)
CD $20.00 USED
BILL DIXON With BARRY GUY/WILLIAM PARKER/TONY OXLEY - Vade Mecum 1 (SoulNote 121208; Italy)
CD $10.00 USED
DAVE DOUGLAS SEXTET With CHRIS SPEED/GREG TARDY/JOSH ROSEMAN/URI CAINE/JAMES GENUS/JOEY BARON - Soul On Soul (RCA Bluebird 63603; USA) no outer slpcs
CD $20.00 USED
DAVE DOUGLAS SEXTET With CHRIS SPEED/MARTY EHRLICH/JOSH ROSEMAN/URI CAINE/JAMES GENUS/JOEY BARON - In Our Lifetime: For Booker Little (New World 80471; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
DAVE DOUGLAS' TINY BELL TRIO With BRAD SHEPIK [SHOEPPACH]/JIM BLACK - Songs For Wandering Souls (W&W 042; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED
MARK DRESSER/FRANCES-MARIE UITTI - Sonomondo (Cryptogramophone 104; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
GEOFF EALES TRIO With CHRIS LAURENCE/MARTIN FRANCE - Master Of The Game (EditionRecords 1011; UK)
CD $10.00 USED
MARTY EHRLICH With URI CAINE/MICHAEL FORMANEK/BILLY DRUMMOND - Song (Enja 9396; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED
MARCO ENEIDI/GLENN SPEARMAN CREATIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA - Creative Music Orchestra: American Jungle Suite (Music & Arts 4 980; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
BILL EVANS With EDDIE GOMEZ/JACK DeJOHNETTE - At The Montreux Jazz Festival (1968) (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
ERIK FRIEDLANDER'S TOPAZ With ANDY LASTER/STOMU TAKEISHI/SATOSHI TAKEISHI - Quake (Cryptogramophone 118; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
ERIK FRIEDLANDER'S TOPAZ With ANDY LASTER/STOMU TAKEISHI/SATOSHI TAKEISHI - Skin (Siam 50008; USA)
CD $20.00 USED
BILL FRISELL With DON BYRON/GUY KLUCEVSEK/KERMIT DRISCOLL/JOEY BARON - Have A Little Faith (Nonesuch/Elektra 79301; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
BILL FRISELL With HANK ROBERTS/KERMIT DRISCOLL/JOEY BARON - Where In The World? (Musician/Elektra 61181; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
CHARLES GAYLE 3 - Precious Soul (FMP 113; Germany)
CD $14.00 USED
DIZZY GILLESPIE/CHARLIE PARKER With THELONIUS MONK/BUDDY RICH/CURLY RUSSELL - Bird And Diz (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
JIMMY GIUFFRE 4 - Liquid Dancers (SoulNote 121158; Italy)
CD $10.00 USED
GOLDEN PALOMINOS [ANTON FIER/BILL LASWELL/RICHARD THOMPSON/NICKY SKOPELITIS/CARLA BLEY et al] - Drunk With Passion (Venture Nation/Charisma; USA) cut corner on booklet
CD $30.00 USED
GRANT GREEN With WILBUR WARE/AL HAREWOOD - Standards (Blue Note; USA) slight scuffs
CD $25.00 USED
GUTBUCKET - Sludge Test (Cantaloupe 21033; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
JOE HARRIOTT QUINTET - Free Form (GottDiscs; UK) sealed copy
CD $25.00 USED
JERRY HARRISON With ADRIAN BELEW/NONA HENDRYX/BERNIE WORRELL/YOGI HORTON et al - The Red And The Black (CDR; EEC) 1st solo album [1981] from Talking Heads' guitarist/keyboard man. CD-R with all packaging
CD $15.00 USED
JOEL HARRISON - pa ssing tr ai n [Passing Train] (Intuition; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED
HATFIELD AND THE NORTH [RICHARD SINCLAIR/DAVE STEWART/PHIL MILLER/PIP PYLE] With ROBERT WYATT - Hatfield And The North (Caroline 1833; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
JULIUS HEMPHILL BIG BAND With MARTY EHRLICH/J D PARRAN/BILL FRISELL/JOHN PURCELL/JOHN STUBBLEFIELD/FRANK LACY et al - Julius Hemphill Big Band (Musician/Elektra 60831; USA)
CD $30.00 USED
JOE HENDERSON With WYNTON MARSALIS/STEPHEN SCOTT/CHRISTIAN McBRIDE/GREGORY HUTCHINSON//BILLY STRAYHORN - Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2: TONY MALABY/RALPH ALESSI - Trio + 2 (Palmetto 2099; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
ANDREW HILL With JOHN GILMORE/FREDDIE HUBBARD et al - Compulsion (Blue Note RVG; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
WAYNE HORVITZ & ZONY MASH With TIMOTHY YOUNG/KEITH LOWE/ANDY ROTH - Upper Egypt (KnitWorks 259; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
WAYNE HORVITZ With ELLIOTT SHARP/DOUG WIESELMAN/BILL FRISELL/BOBBY PREVITE et al - This New Generation [aka Dinner At Eight expanded] (Musician/Elektra 60799; USA) [This CD edition adds four cuts from the Dossier LP 'The President' with Elliot Sharp and Bill Frisell twin guitars!]
CD $25.00 USED
BOBBY HUTCHERSON With JOE HENDERSON/McCOY TYNER/BILLY HIGGINS - Stick-Up! (Liberty; USA) late '80s CD ed
CD $9.00 USED
AHMAD JAMAL With RAY CRAWFORD/ISRAEL CROSBY - Chamber Music Of The New Jazz (Argo/Verve; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
KEITH JARRETT/GARY PEACOCK/JACK DeJOHNETTE - The Out-Of-Towners (ECM 1900; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON/AXEL DORNER/ANDREA NEUMANN - Barcelona Series (Hat ology 559 S; Switzerland)
CD $12.00 USED
J J JOHNSON With WYNTON KELLY/CHARLES MINGUS/HANK MOBLEY/HORACE SILVER et al - The Eminent Volume 2 (Blue Note RVG; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
BRAD JONES' AKA ALIAS With DAVID GILMORE/BOB DEBELLIS/JEFF LAWRENCE/ABE FOGLE et al - Uncivilized Poise (KnitWorks 247; USA)
CD $20.00 USED
FRANK KIMBROUGH TRIO With BEN ALLISON/JEFF BALLARD - Quickening (Omnitone 15203; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
KING CRIMSON [ROBERT FRIPP/BILL BRUFORD/ADRIAN BELEW/TONY LEVIN/TREY GUNN/PAT MASTELOTTO] - On Broadway: Live in NYC, November 20-25 1995 [2 CD set] (DGM KCCC 5/6; USA)
CD $35.00 USED
FRANZ KOGLMANN & LEE KONITZ With TONY COE/BURKHARD STANGL/KLAUS KOCH et al - We Thought About Duke (hat Art 6163; Switzerland) original cover
CD $25.00 USED
FRANZ KOGLMANN & LEE KONITZ With TONY COE/BURKHARD STANGL/KLAUS KOCH et al - We Thought About Duke (Hat ology 543 S; Switzerland)
CD $20.00 USED
LEE KONITZ With SONNY DALLAS/ELVIN JONES or NICK STABULAS - Motion: The Complete Sessions [3 CD set] (Verve 314 557 107; USA)
CD $50.00 USED
DAVID KRAKAUER'S KLEZMER MADNESS With ADAM ROGERS/TED REICHMAN/OREN BLOEDOW/KEVIN NORTON/BEN NEILL - Klezmer, NY (Tzadik 7127; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
STEVE LACY SEXTET With BOBBY FEW - Live At Sweet Basil (RCA/Novus; USA)
CD $40.00 USED
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS [EDWARD KA-SPEL et al] - The Whispering Wall (ROIR 8286; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
URS LEIMGRUBER/JACQUES DEMIERRE/BARRE PHILLIPS - Wing Vane (Victo 079; Canada)
CD $10.00 USED
ARTO LINDSAY - Hyper Civilizado: Arto Lindsay Remixes Of Mundo Civilizado (Gramavision 79519; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
CARLA BLEY'S LOST CHORDS With STEVE SWALLOW/ANDY SHEPPARD/BILLY DRUMMOND - Lost Chords (ECM/Watt 32; Germany) US ed
CD $20.00 USED
LOVE [ARTHUR LEE et al] - Da Capo (Elektra; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT//ERIK BAUERSFELD - The Rats In The Walls/The Outsider/The Haunter Of The Dark [2 CD set] (CDR; EEC) Serious and chilling dramatized readings by Erik Bauersfeld from early 1970s of these H P Lovecraft classic horror tales, privately produced; CD-R with all graphics
CD $25.00 USED
FRANK LOWE With JOSEPH JARMAN/RAYMOND LEE CHENG/WILLIAM PARKER/RASHIED SINAN - Black Beings (ESP Disk 3013; USA) This new edition contains 15 MINUTES of unreleased material from the sessions
CD $9.00 USED
BRUNO MADERNA - Grande Aulodia (Stradivarius 57010; Italy)
CD $10.00 USED
TONY MALABY TRIO With PAUL MOTIAN/DREW GRESS - Adobe (Sunnyside 1137; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
JOHN McLAUGHLIN With JOHN SURMAN/BRIAN ODGES/TONY OXLEY - Extrapolation (Polydor 841598; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
MYRA MELFORD THE SAME RIVER TWICE With DAVE DOUGLAS/CHRIS SPEED/ERIK FRIEDLANDER/MICHAEL SARIN - The Same River, Twice (Gramavision 79513; USA)
CD $30.00 USED
MULGREW MILLER TRIO - Live At Yoshi's Vol 1 (Maxjazz; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
BLUE MITCHELL SEXTET With JIMMY HEATHH/CURTIS FULLER/WYNTON KELLY/PHILLY JOE JONES/SAM JONES - Blue Soul (Riverside/OJC 765; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
LEE MORGAN - The Best Of Lee Morgan (Blue Note; EEC)
CD $10.00 USED
PAUL MOTIAN TRIO With BILL FRISELL/JOE LOVANO - I Have The Room Above Her (ECM 1902; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
DAVID MURRAY With OLU DARA/KAHIL EL'ZABAR et al - The Tip (DIW 891; Japan) sealed copy
CD $30.00 USED
SUNNY MURRAY With ALBERT AYLER/DON CHERRY/HENRY GRIMES/LOUIS WORRELL/LEROI JONES [AMIRI BARAKA] - Sonny's Time Now (DIW 355; Japan)
CD $50.00 USED
SUNNY MURRAY/CHARLES GAYLE - Illuminators: Suite For Jean Phillips (Audible Hiss; USA) slight scuffs
CD $40.00 USED
SEBASTIAN NOELLE/NOAH JARRETT/FERENC NEMETH With JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET - Freedom Trail (Nolimit 1002; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
ALAN PASQUA With NELS CLINE/AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE/SCOTT AMENDOLA et al - The Antisocial Club (Cryptogramophone 135; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
[V.A. TRIBUTE To JACO PASTORIUS] GOSPEL FOR J.F.P. III - Tribute to Jaco Pastorius (Moonjune 005; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
DANILO PEREZ With JOHN PATITUCCI/BEN STREET/BRIAN BLADE - ..Till Then (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
PRAXIS [BILL LASWELL/ALEX HAAS/PAT THRALL/PETE WETHERBEE et al] - Mold (Yikes! 7775; USA)
CD $25.00 USED
PRELAPSE [ALEX LACAMOIRE/REV. MASON WENDELL/DANE JOHNSON/ANDY SANESI/JEFF HUDGINS] + JOHN ZORN - Prelapse: Unreleased Naked City Tunes et al (Avant 053; Japan) sealed copy
CD $30.00 USED
DON PULLEN With GEORGE ADAMS/MICHAEL URBANIAK/HANNIBAL MARVIN PETERSON/RANDY BRECKER et al - Tomorrow's Promises (Atlantic/Koch; USA)
CD $25.00 USED
JOHN RAPSON With ANTHONY BRAXTON/BOBBY BRADFORD/ALEX CLINE/WAYNE PEET/BILL ROPER - Dances And Orations (Music & Arts 4 923; USA)
CD $25.00 USED
ARTHUR RHAMES TRIO With JOHN ESPOSITO/JEFF SIEGEL - Live From Soundscape (DIW 401; Japan) sealed copy
CD $35.00 USED
HOWARD RILEY - Consequences (33Jazz 126; UK)
CD $12.00 USED
HOWARD RILEY TRIO With BARRY GUY/TONY OXLEY - Angle (Columbia 494433; UK) S
CD $40.00 USED
JAY RODRIGUEZ With MARCO BENEVENTO/JAY RUSSO - Live At The Fez, NYC 07.03.03 [2 CD set] (Kufala 29; USA)
CD $12.00 USED
SONNY ROLLINS With TOMMY FLANAGAN/MAX ROACH/DOUG WATKINS - Saxophone Colossus (Prestige/OJC 291; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
BRANDON ROSS With RON MILES/CHARLES BURNHAM/MELVIN GIBBS/STOMU TAKEISHI/J T LEWIS - Puppet (Intoxicate 1011; Japan)
CD $30.00 USED
NED ROTHENBERG & SYNC [JEROME HARRIS/SAMIR CHATTERJEE] With MARK FELDMAN/ERIK FRIEDLANDER - Inner Diaspora: Sync With Strings (Tzadik 8114; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
ADAM RUDOLPH/GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA - Web Of Light (Meta 007; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
ANGELICA SANCHEZ With TONY MALABY/MICHAEL FORMANEK/TOM RAINEY - Mirror Me (Omnitone 12203; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
JENNY SCHEINMAN QUARTET With DAVE McNAB/TODD SICKAFOOSE/SCOTT AMENDOLA - Live at Yoshi's (Avant 045; Japan)
CD $14.00 USED
GEORGE SCHULLER & THE SCHULLDOGS With TONY MALABY/GEORGE GARZONE/DAVE BALLOU et al - Tenor Tantrums (New World 80522; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
JOHN SCOFIELD BAND - Up All Night (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
SCOLOHOFO [JOHN SCOFIELD/JOE LOVANO/DAVE HOLLAND/AL FOSTER] - Oh! (Blue Note; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE//ORSON WELLES & THE MERCURY THEATRE - Julius Caesar: Excerpts from the 1937 Broadway Play (CDR; EEC) Shockingly staged in modern day/facist government dress! [of course you can't HEAR that]. This is NOT the radio broadcast - instead it is the cast of the play recorded In the theatre itself! CD-R with all packaging
CD $15.00 USED
MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO With WILLIAM PARKER/WHIT DICKEY - Prism (Brinkman 09; USA) original edition and cover
CD $25.00 USED
SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE [JOHN STEVENS/KENNY WHEELER/DEREK BAILEY/EVAN PARKER/DAVE HOLLAND] - Karyobin (Chronoscope 2001; UK)
CD $75.00 USED
SPRING HEEL JACK [JOHN COXON/ASHLEY WALES] With ROY CAMPBELL Jr/JOHN TCHICAI/JASON SPACEMAN/JOHN EDWARDS/MARK SANDERS - Songs & Themes (Blue Series/Thirsty Ear 57183; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
SPRING HEEL JACK [JOHN COXON/ASHLEY WALES] With WADADA LEO SMITH/EVAN PARKER et al - The Sweetness of the Water (Blue Series/Thirsty Ear 57146; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA - 10th (Thrill Jockey 118; USA)
CD $10.00 USED
CECIL TAYLOR/TONY OXLEY - Leaf Palm Hand (Jazzwerkstatt 26; Germany)
CD $14.00 USED
McCOY TYNER With GARY BARTZ/WAYNE SHORTER/WOODY SHAW et al - Expansions (Blue Note; USA) sealed copy
CD $20.00 USED
MARZETTE WATTS With SONNY SHARROCK/BYARD LANCASTER/CLIFFORD THORNTON/HENRY GRIMES/KARL BERGER/JUNEY [JUNI, JOONEY] BOOTH/J C MOSES - Marzette Watts (ESP/Abraxas; Italy)
CD $30.00 USED
KENNY WERNER TRIO With RATZO HARRIS/TOM RAINEY - Live At Visiones (Concord; USA)
CD $20.00 USED
KENNY WERNER With DREW GRESS/BILLY HART + JOE LOVANO/MARK FELDMANTONY MALABY/DAVE BALLOU et al - Beauty Secrets (RCA; USA) slight scuffs
CD $25.00 USED
KENNY WHEELER With JOHN TAYLOR/HENRY LOWTHER/JOHN PARRICELLI et al - A Long Time Ago (ECM 1691; Germany) US ed
CD $20.00 USED
MATT WILSON With ANDREW D'ANGELO/JOEL FRAHM/YOUSUKE INOUE + LEE KONITZ/NED SUBLETTE/PETE McCANN - Going Once Going Twice (Palmetto 2032; USA)
CD $9.00 USED
JOHN ZORN With JEFF BUCKLEY/DAVE TRONZO/ZEENA PARKINS/MARC RIBOT/FRANK LONDON/FRED LONBEREG-HOLM et al, et al - Cobra: Live At The Knitting Factory (KnitWorks 124 (A); USA) withdrawn CD
CD $50.00 USED
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DMG RECOMMENDED NYC GIGS for August 14th and onwards
The Stone is Located on the NW corner of Ave. C & 2nd St. on the Lower East Side
Admission for each set is $10, Unless otherwise indicated
August 2009 at the Stone curated by Tyshawn Sorey
8/21 Friday
8 pm - Pete Robbins (alto sax), Mario Pavone (bass) & Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
10 pm - Tom Rainey (drums) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) & Mary Halvorson (guitar)
8/22 Saturday
8 and 10 pm - Mario Pavone Quartet - Mario Pavone (bass, compositions) Tony Malaby (saxophone) Dave Ballou (trumpet) Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
8/23 Sunday
8 and 10 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT--A Stone Benefit - John Zorn (saxophone), Tyshawn Sorey (drums, piano, trombone), and many special guests Please come out and support the Stone! - $20
8/25 Tuesday
8 pm - "Crash, Braaaww, Thud, Aaaaah" - Fay Victor (voice, compositions) Tyshawn Sorey (percussion) with special guest Roswell Rudd (trombone)
New York debut performance of this trio! TWENTY DOLLARS
10 pm - In Medias Res - Tyshawn Sorey (drums, composition) Nate Wooley (trumpet) Steve Ruel (woodwinds) Terrence McManus (guitar) Christopher Tordini (bass)
A concert-length composition composed during the spring of 2009. This will be the first and only performance of this composition for the year.
THREE SPECIAL NIGHTS
WU-WEI - featuring Todd Neufeld, Cory Smythe, Thomas Morgan, Christopher Tordini, Ben Gerstein, Masabumi Kikuchi and Tyshawn Sorey
Composer amd multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey presents his long form composition Wu-Wei, originally commissioned by Roulette and supported by the Jerome Foundation and the Van Lier Fellowship.
8/26 Wednesday
8 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter One
Cory Smythe (piano) Christopher Tordini (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (composition)
10 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Two - Todd Neufeld (guitar) Ben Gerstein (trombone) Cory Smythe (piano) Tyshawn Sorey (drums, compositions)
8/27 Thursday
8 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Three - Ben Gerstein (trombone) Cory Smythe (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums, compositions)
10 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Four - Cory Smythe (piano) Christopher Tordini (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums, composition)
8/28 Friday
8 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Five - Todd Neufeld (guitar) Cory Smythe (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Christopher Tordini (bass) Ben Gerstein (trombone) Tyshawn Sorey
10 pm - Wu-Wei: Postlude
Todd Neufeld (guitar) Masabumi Kikuchi (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) First performance with this improvising quartet in nearly a year! FIFTEEN DOLLARS
8/29 Saturday
8 pm - Thomas Morgan (bass, acoustic guitar)
Performing compositions and improvisations for solo bass and solo guitar.
10 pm - Kyle Quass Quartet - Kyle Quass (trumpet) Cory Smythe (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
8/30 Sunday
8 pm - An Evening with Steve Lehman and Craig Taborn - Steve Lehman (saxophone, live electronics) Craig Taborn (piano, live electronics)
10 pm - An Evening with Steve Lehman and Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn (piano) Steve Lehman (sopranino and alto saxophones)
Performances take place at 8 & 10 PM [separate admission for each set] from Tuesday - Sunday nights.
There are no advance tickets, first come, first served, there is no phone
There is no food or beverage served or allowed, just a serious listening environment. Check out the website for The Stone at thestonenyc.com
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Tomchess @ gallery tribes This Fri Aug 28th at 10pm
Tomchess - oud, ney, morsing, compositions
Will McEvoy - upright bass
Paul Austerlitz - bass clarinet
CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL at
A Gathering of the Tribes, 285 East 3rd St, 2nd Floor (between Avenues C and D)
North side of the street, just come up to the second floor, you won't miss it.
Phone: 212-674-3778 / suggested donation 5$
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August 29, 2009 at 4pm - for free!
Generate Records celebrates 10 years of experimental sound
Founded in 1999 by percussionist Jeff Arnal - Generate Records is an independent label dedicated to experimental music. We are thrilled to celebrate 10 years with an afternoon of performances, label compilation CD and 3 new 7 inch releases by groups performing on the August 29th show:
1) Gordon Beeferman: Music for an Imaginary Band featuring:
Gordon Beeferman - piano, compositions / Nate Wooley - trumpet,
Evan Rapport - alto sax / Matt Bauder - tenor sax,
Josh Sinton - baritone sax, bass clarinet / James Ilgenfritz - double bass,
Alex Lambert - drums
A real 7-piece group consisting of some of NYC's most creative musicians. Featuring brand-new compositions - gnarly, lyrical, whimsical, free-form -- an idiosyncratic mix of new- music, jazz and free improv.
2) Ernesto Diaz-Infante and Jeff Arnal -
have been working together since 1999. Mantra strumming guitar meets
percussion inspired by gamelan and funk - an inner bite within a minimalist shell.
3) Aperiodic with Kevin Parrett, Benjamin Perkins, Matthias Schulz
Formed in 1997 with 3 longtime members of the indie rock scene. Aperiodic has been on hiatus for a decade but have remained busy in such groups as Enon, A.D.M., Patterns of Static, Chicago Aissawa, and Holy F*ck.
Roosevelt Live Festival - River Walk Commons
Roosevelt Island, New York, NY
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COLLECTIVE LANGUAGE:
feat. Gregg Bendian, drums & Zach Brock, violin [The Mahavishnu Project]
with Jon Irabagon, sax [2008 Thelonius Monk Award winner] & Peter Brendler, bass
presents
A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO RASHIED ALI
Interpreting the music of "Interstellar Space" and late-period Coltrane
Sat. Sept. 5th at 7:30pm
At Poisson Rouge - (212)505-3474
158 Bleecker St, New York NY
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September 6, 2009 at 8pm
Show No Mercy presents: GNAW
featuring:
Mick Barr (solo) + Castevet
(NYC experimental black metal)
+
Period - Mike Pride - drums, Charlie Looker - guitar, Darius Jones - sax, Chuck Bettis - electronics & throat
@ Public Assembly - 70 N. 6th St. - Brooklyn, NY
take L train to Bedford - $10
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ROULETTE Presents:
20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242 - www.roulette.org
3 NIGHTS: SKELETON$ BIG BAND: New Works for a Larger Ensemble
Wed-Fri Sept 7, 8 & 9 - 8:30 PM - SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit described by Pitchfork as "an outsize global-a-go-go mélange of unceasing polyrhythms, Afrobeat guitars, free jazz, and Timbaland's approach to kitchen-sink percussion". SKELETONS usual quartet is expanded here for three nights of new compositions, ideas, and improvisations. A rare opportunity to hear the band explore the outer limits of their work! Featuring excerpts and new arrangements from their record in progress "PEOPLE" , a long form piece based around conversations in Greyhound busses and stations, and beyond... Skeletons have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels.
INTERPRETATIONS: Works by Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph Thurs Sept 17 - 8 PM
The Interpretations Series returns with a concert of world premieres by Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph with performances by Rudolph, S.E.M. Chamber Orchestra, Tom Buckne,r and a special reading by Lateef. Yusef Lateef is a Grammy Award-winning composer, performer, recording artist, author, visual artist, educator and philosopher who has been a major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades. In recognition of his many contributions to the world of music, he has been named an American Jazz Master for the year 2010 by the National Endowment for the Arts. Composer and hand percussionist Adam Rudolph, hailed as "a pioneer in world music" by the New York Times, has released over two dozen albums as leader and has recorded with such luminaries as Omar Sosa, Jon Hassel and Don Cherry.
Gordon Beeferman's MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY BAND - Tue Sept 22 - 8:30 PM
Music for an IMAGINARY BAND, led by composer-pianist Gordon Beeferman, is a (real) 7-piece group comprised of some of New York's most uniquely creative musicians - Nate Wooley, Evan Rapport, Matt Bauder, Josh Sinton, James Ilgenfritz, and Michael Evans. The band explores the territory where classical 'new-music,' jazz and free improvisation intersect. Beeferman's compositions range from the gnarly to the operatic, and are both incredibly detailed and very free; the band's intensive improvisational explorations are tethered to highly structured frameworks.
The Mara Rosenbloom Quartet CD Release - Wed Sept 23 - 8:30 PM
"Lyrically contemplative and rhythmically pulsatingŠthis quartet plays music that renders believable a future for jazz." All About Jazz. The Mara Rosenbloom Quartet (Mara Rosenbloom, Darius Jones, Nick Anderson and special guest) has been performing together as a unit for 2 solid years. Tonight will mark the official showcase of their debut release School of Fish, featuring the original music of Mara Rosenbloom. The music is a celebration of community and human interaction - how we forge unspoken bonds, react, drift apart, and out of inherent need, find each other again.
Music of Mario Diaz de Leon Performed by International Contempoary Ensemble (ICE) and Talea: CD Release Event - Fri Sept 25 - 8:30 PM
In celebration of his new CD on John Zorn's Tzadik label, the renowned ensembles ICE and Talea come together to perform the chamber music of Mario Diaz de Leon. Hypnotic and ritualistic, the music mixes acoustic and electronic elements, and draws from influences including noise electronics, free improvisation, new age, spectral music, and underground metal. Mario Diaz de Leon is a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City with degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory and Columbia University, and has studied with George Lewis, Fabien Levy, and Randy Coleman, among others. Ensembles such as ICE, iO Quartet, and Romania's Hyperion Ensemble have performed his work internationally. Mario is a member of the Shinkoyo collective.
Lisle Ellis "Stomping Ground" - Sat Sept 26 - 8:30 PM
Lisle Ellis, is a New York-based bassist, composer, visual artist, and teacher and tonight he presents Stomping Ground - a "band" of shifting dimensions and a "song" without end. It investigates ideas of community and a spectrum of diversity through traditional, experimental, and futuristic concepts, attempting to convey meaningful music through a shared sensibility of custom, territory, and gathering together. Lisle Ellis considers his Stomping Ground project to be a multifaceted proposal. At its core is a cross-generational approach that mixes veteran artists with newcomers from diverse communities, backgrounds, experience and brings them together in an encounter with an intricate compositional framework for creating structured improvisations. A layered ever-evolving system of Ellis' design, "Formings", utilizes graphic, gestural, and conventional notations to determine interactive behavior within the ensemble.
The Hassay-DeChellis-Nakatani Trio "An Evening of Spontaneous Beauty"
Wed Sept 30 - 8:30 PM - The Hassay-DeChellis-Nakatani Trio perform purely improvised music that draws from everything and nothing all at the same time. With Gary Hassay (saxophone), Dan DeChellis (piano), Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion), they each have very distinct voices and styles, yet allow each other to wrestle themselves into unfamiliar territory creating spontaneous works of music that excite and inspire any audience. They are intense and bombastic at once and suddenly hushed and delicate the next. Their years of collective improvising experience has allowed them to develop the ability to 'turn on a dime' at any given moment. This is a concert that should be experienced with open minds and open ears.
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September 15, 2009
7pm - Diana Wayburn (flute/percussion/piano) / Justin Wood (flute/sax) / Dawoud Kringle (sitar) / Isabel Castellvi (cello) / Ryan Kotler (bass)
8pm - Kaoru Watanabe (taiko drums/silver & Japanese bamboo flutes)
9pm - Kuni Mikami (piano) / Gaku Takanashi (bass)
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center -
L.E.S Gallery Café / The Suffolk -107 Suffolk St, NY, NY
F train to Delancey or the J, M or Z to Essex
Information: (212) 253-2280 - Cover: $10 (includes 1 drink)
Afro-Asian, Inc. presents an evening of Cross Cultural New Music supported through MetLife Creative Connections featuring Kaoru Watanabe, Kuni Mikami & Diana Wayburn. The composers present original compositions drawn from such diverse musical traditions as Japanese folk songs, Noh, Kabuki, Gagaku, West African polyrhythms, Baroque counterpoint, jazz & contemporary improvisational techniques. The composers will talk about their instruments, the traditions & repetoire which inspire their work and improvisational practices they are employing. The audience is invited to participate in Q&A as part of these dialogues.
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Friday, September 25th at 8pm
AACM Presents:
MATANA ROBERTS - Solo Saxophone
THURMAN BARKER'S STRIKE FORCE!
Featuring: Bryan Carrott, Eli Fountaine, Ray Mantilla & Thurman Barker!
At The Community Church of New York
40 East 35th St. (between Madison & Park Aves.)
Info: 212-594-7149 / www.aacm-Newyork.com
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TROUBLE presents You Are Here (aka The Maze) installation & performance festival 2009
September 10 - October 2, 2009 Death By Audio: 49 South 2nd St, Brooklyn Doors @ 8pm; performances 9pm - late EVERY NIGHT! open bar by Delicious Beverages Friday - Sunday, 8pm - 10pm $8 at the door You Are Here (The Maze) is a performance festival in a sculptural maze taking place at Williamsburg's Death By Audio from September 10 - October 2, 2009. Emphasizing the sprawling and interconnected nature of New York's underground, a trip through the maze offers a peak inside NYC's diy art/music scene. A meditation on passage and desire, You Are Here engulfs the space and presents beckoning inhabitants, dead ends, and uplifting epitaphs. Medium and genre vary and overlapping and simultaneous performances are frequent, each performer establishing a different corner or dead end as his or hers. The following performance schedule should be used only as a loose guide. You Are Here subverts prefab expectations for both audiences and performers-there is no prescribed order, start time or end time, duration, location of performance, relation of audience to performers, and so on. All of the participating artists have been asked to create something site-specific since the performances will, in fact, take place within the maze. Audiences will be asked only to expect something unusual.
Maze schedule
Thursday 9.10.09
Skeletons Big Band , Knyfe Hyts 81, Pterodactyl
Gowns , Dan Friel & Social Junk
Mincemeat +Delicious Beverages
Friday 9.11.09
The Sian Alice Group , Nine 11 Thesaurus
Experimental Dental School, Reading Rainbow
+Delicious Beverages
Saturday 9.12.09
Extra Life, Lichens
Pygmy Shrews , Up Died Sound SETH (jeff and lala from excepter)
Interdependence Project + Delicious Beverages
Sunday 9.13.09
The Present , Opsvik & Jennings
Rich Johnson, Blast Off!+Delicious Beverages
Monday 9.14.09
Calvin Johnson , Arrington Dionyso
Desolation Wildnerness, Regattas & City Center
Tuesday 9.15.09
Loud Objects, Twisty Cat
Random Cutting, Mega Calderos & Aftermath
Wednesday 9.16.09
White Suns , Chaos Magic
Little Big , Buckets of Bile & Bird Music
Thursday 9.17.09
Grooms, Videohippos
Starring PC Worship, Anamanaguchi & Dome Theater
Friday 9.18.09
Ty Segal, The Mantles
The Holy Experiment, BJ Rubin
Worlddancearound, Dome Theater +Delicious Beverages
Saturday 9.19.09
High Red Center, Alexis Gideon
Make A Rising, Shelly Short & Ribbons
+Delicious Beverages
Sunday 9.20.09
Vaz, Clan of the Cave Bear
Necking, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk + Delicious Beverages
Monday 9.21.09 Sam Mickens/Mike Pride Duo
Jantar, Nsumi & tbd
Tuesday 9.22.09
Drummer's Corpse, Hunter Gatherer
Aaron Seigel & Meredith Arena
Wednesday 9.23.09
Shooting Spires, Legs
Grafitti Monsters, Crime Novels & Lord Easy
Thursday 9.24.09 Sam Hillmer/ Arrington Dionsyo Duo
Charlie Looker, Daniel Carter Quartet
Total Bolsheviks
Friday 9.25.09
Effi Briest, Electroputas
Regattas, Chuck Bettis & Mikey IQ Jones
BJ Rubin, Dome Theater + Delicious Beverages
Saturday 9.26.09
The Sleepy Doug Shaw, Hannah Marcus / Tianna Kennedy
The Screaming Females, Cheap Ventilators
The Weird Fantasy Band +Delicious Beverages
Sunday 9.27.09
Symbol, Laurel Halo
The Slowest Runner in the World & Post Abortion Stress
Monday 9.28.09
Telecult powers, Syn. Toffs
Bassoon & Alterazioni Video Collective
Tuesday 9.29.09
The Coathangers , Nervehunt (Justin from Teeth Mountain / Ryan from Wavves)
Xray Eyeballs & Swimmingcitiesoceanofblood
Wednesday 9.30.09
Nymph, Emma Kupa (of Standard Fare) & Ava Luna
The native of Australia Katherine Buckell in a LIVE performance
