A DELUGE OF NEW (TZADIK & EMANEM) RELEASES, REISSUES and EVEN MORE MISCELLANEOUS TREASURES FOR OCTOBER 11th, 2002

TWO TZADIK'S THIS WEEK, NEW CYRO SOON & PAINKILLER LIVE DELAYED UNTIL MID NOVEMBER, SO PLEASE BE PATIENTS

DANNY ZAMIR & SATLAH - Children of Israel (Tzadik 7169) This is the
third amazing Satlah release for Tzadik. This is an expanded version
the regular trio (Danny now playing more soprano sax plus alto,
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on contrabass & Kevin Zubek on drums) plus an
entire six member all-star saxophone chorus featuring John Zorn,
Marty Ehrlich, Ned Rothenberg, Doug Weiselman, Paul Shapiro and Anat
Cohen. The other thing which makes this cd different from the first
two, is that it consists of Danny's arrangements of traditional
Israeli tunes suggested by his mom. Right from the opening, sound of
this release is incredibly warm, pure and enchanting. This gem was
co-produced by Zorn and Bill Laswell and they have done a magnificent
job. Danny's soprano, which he has picked up more recently sings
with maturity and depth, amazing for one so young. As his soprano
soars on top, the chorus of saxes also answer with rich, beautiful,
waves of passionate colors. The rhythm team also continue to mature
with immense support, that throbbing bass and those dancing drums are
always weaving their lines around Danny's sax exultation. On a few
of these songs, Zorn's fire-breathing alto sax screams and erupts
adding just the right amount of spice to this delicious stew. On
"How Pretty are the Nights", Mr. Zorn's horn pushes the already
powerful inner spirit into heavenly bliss. Danny's superb soprano
has that intoxicating Trane-like snake-charming tone on "A Happy
Song" as Shanir plays some hypnotic, mystical acoustic bass.
'Children of Israel' is destined to be one of this year's best
releases and one of the jewels of the immense and ever-expanding
Tzadik catalogue. CD only release for $14.

FRANK DENYER - Fired City (Tzadik 7082) Composer, theoretician,
inventor and instrument maker - Frank Denyer is a legendary figure in
the Giacinto Scelsi/Harry Partch tradition. His music is utterly
unique, intensely personal and often requires specialized new
instruments of his own design, as well as radical playing techniques.
'Fired City' presents six of his most dynamic compositions, performed
by the Barton Workshop (Christian Wolff specialists) and supervised
by the composer himself. This British born composer has studied
ethnomusicology at Wesleyan, African music in Nairobi and is a
Professor of Composition at Dartington College in England. "Towards
the Darkness" is three double bassists, three flutes and two
percussionists. This piece is stark and filled with suspense and
considering there are only eight players, there is a rich palette
dark utterances. "Beneath the Fired City" is for just two
non-standard percussionists and is quite minimal with each sound
surrounded by a sea of silence. "Quick, Quick, the Tamberan is
Coming" is for four overdubbed bass flutes, those large deep-toned
ones, we so rarely see/hear. This piece is quite haunting with those
flutes quietly buzzing, humming and floating in slow moving flutters
which build density as it evolves. "The Hanged Fiddler" is a trio
piece for violin, sustained viola and percussion. The strings are
constantly being shifted as their notes are bent up and down a most
eerie way. "Resonances of Ancient Sins" is the most extreme piece
here with a number of almost violent outbursts, but still minimal.
It is filled with low sonorities from a contrabass sax, bass tuba,
flutes and someone hitting a box. "Prison Song" is the longest work
and is for a quintet of flute, clarinet, trombone/melodica, muted
violin and percussion. This piece also evolves slowly with
occasional notes once again bathed in silence and floating in the
distance. I can certainly see/hear how fans of Scelsi or Morton
Feldman would enjoy the carefully placed notes on a large open
canvass of silence. CD only release for $14.

DANIEL CARTER/PETER KOWALD/JONATHAN LaMASTER/LAURENCE COOK -
Principal Hope (Sublingual 012) With the recent passing of free
spirit, constant traveler, inspired teacher and contrabassist bassist
extraordinaire, Peter Kowald has left us a large and growing legacy
of recordings, videos and memories of outstanding gigs throughout
(and more often recently here in the US) his long and colorful
career. This wonderfully sublime and richly recorded studio date was
actually released almost six months ago, but due to distribution
problems, hasn't been available to us until now. Although, we are
all saddened by Peter's recent death, this release is amongst his
best, as it does a fine job of capturing his and the rest of this
fine quartet's unique magic. Reeds and trumpet master, Daniel
Carter, is perhaps the busiest of all downtown musicians, constantly
gigging and sitting in with just about anyone and everyone, no matter
what type of music they play. Jonathan LaMaster plays acoustic and
electric violins, leads the Saturnalia String Trio (who backed Daniel
on a cd last year) and runs the low-key but consistently cool
Sublingual label from Cambridge, Mass. Drummer/percussionist
Laurence Cook has been around for a few decades and has recorded with
Jemeel Moondoc and Thurston Moore in recent years. Commencing with
"Awakening", the quartet explode with a dynamic force, Daniel's tenor
sax and Jon's violin weaving intense lines around each other (rather
Ayler-like) as the busy, pulsating rhythm team ascend and enhance the
free spirit of release. "Spirit of Hope" is a beautiful, haunting
piece for flute, spidery strings and insect-like percussion. "New
Flakes on Dirty Snow" is an even further out, quick spinning and
sailing freely. The quartet tone down and show more solemn and
lyrical side on the delicate "M.S. Darling". Peter's delightful,
melodic bass strumming radiates at the center of "Danse de la
Liberte", as Daniel's warm toned tenor, Jonathan's buzzing violin and
Laurence sprawling drums levitate us all higher into a more hopeful
world. Kowald creates some odd, other world effects on "Schone Tone"
for bowed bass and bass clarinet - somber, dream-like and mildly
alien. There are some truly cosmic moments here, especially on "The
Many and the Few" with bit of strange echo adding a haze to the muted
trumpet, gently mutated strings and floating cymbals. Jonathan plays
bowed el. violin on "Atlantis by Sine Wave", which has an eerie,
dream-world like ambiance. What is great about this cd is that
although Daniel Carter is more often known for his more extreme
blasting in Test and Other Dimensions, he plays much restraint here,
showing a side we often don't see/hear. As is customary for most of
Peter Kowald's performances for the past few years, we get his
enchanting throat-singing into his bass on the next to final piece,
"A Prayer for Universal Peace", which a wonderful prayer-like,
fluttering sequence of melancholy beauty. This is a thoroughly
magical work and a fitting way to remember our good friend and
inspiration - Peter Kowald. Also included is some concert footage
and biographical info on all artists involved. Slimcase CD only
release for $13.

GERRY HEMINGWAY - Songs (between the lines 024) Featuring James Emery
on guitars, John Butcher & Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxes, Herb
Robertson on trumpet, Wolter Weirbos on trombone, Thomas Lehn on
analogue synth, Kermit Driscoll on basses, Lisa Sokolov on vocals and
Gerry Hemingway on drums, voice, music and lyrics. Gerry tells us
that he has been working on this unusual project for quite a while
and that it will, no doubt come as a surprise to anyone accustomed to
his other bands or projects. I have always been fascinated by the
feisty avant/jazz singer Lisa Sokolov, who I've heard with William
Parker's Little Huey Orchestra and was knocked out by her exuberant
set at this year's Vision Fest. "Succotash" opens with a cool,
subtle, funky groove - both Lisa's voice and Herb's muted trumpet
getting' down and dirty. Gerry uses a drum machine/sampler on many
of these tunes, with the essence of taste, no sequencer, just that
well placed beat as seasoning or a subtle groove here and there.
Gerry himself sings/speaks through some odd device on "Anton", is
stripped down with some angular sax squawks on top of it's
suspenseful beat. Gerry creates a somber groove on "In Your Arms" by
sampling some vocal percussion sounds. Both Wolter's trombone and
James' acoustic slide guitar back Lisa's bluesy, dreamy voice in a
fine, funky, smoky way. It makes me wanna do a slow dance with some
fine woman. Lisa sounds ever soulful throughout this slightly
twisted but funky delight. James plays especially eloquent, bluesy
acoustic guitar on "Hall of Mirrors" which is a melancholy treat.
Gerry has put much thought into his lyrics as well, covering war due
to greed, the confusion that the complexities of life provide and a
variety of thorny subjects that will take some time to absorb.
"Thump It" has a couple of intricate lines that bounce together
between two themes at once, the horns play their funky lines together
as Emery runs a quick stream of notes throughout. Lisa adds a great
deal of soul, passion and sly power to these songs, as well as
providing a few different voices or characters to consider. What's
interesting is that Gerry has gotten some of players, who known more
for their intense improv skills to actually deal with his subtle,
enchanting melodies. Wolter Weirbos playing some funky trombone and
even Thomas Lehn playing subtle synth squiggles. At 76 plus minutes,
there is quite a bit to take in here, but it is consistently engaging
throughout, though often on a more subtle level. I was and am a
sucker for intelligent pop music and this does qualify. CD only
release with lyric booklet for $15.

FIELDWORK [VIJAY IYER/AARON STEWART/ELLIOT HUMBERTO KAVEE] - Your
Life Flashes (Pi Recordings 5) This excellent all-star trio features
current NY jazz piano wiz Vijay Iyer (from Roscoe Mitchell's Note
Factory, Burnt Sugar & leader of an amazing quartet), Aaron Stewart
plays impressive tenor sax (for Muhal Richard Abrams) and Elliot
Kavee has played dynamic drums for numerous sessions (Joseph Jarman &
Henry Threadgill) since moving here from the bay area a few years
back. Considering there is no bass player present, the trio do a
fine job writing and playing intense and fully fleshed out pieces
that push all three members of this solid trio. Vijay is the main
composer, writing all but two of the ten tunes, with Aaron writing
the other two, but all three must shape these pieces. Right from the
opening, "In Medias Res", Vijay has written a difficult, quick moving
piece with tight, intricate, overlapping lines that all three members
play with gusto. "Accumulated Gestures" also has the trio connecting
on a couple of levels, as one persons solos, the other two must
always play the underlying current, which always shifts, tempo-wise
and dynamically. Even when they appear to have a freer episode, it
snaps back to the chart on a dime. All three all well matched,
playing as one dynamo. The currents are always shifting between
quick, tight sections and more organic moving waves. Vijay often
does a marvelous job of having his right dance around Aaron burning
tenor while his left hand pounds out the rhythmic scheme with
Elliot's powerful drums, sometimes those roles are switched. This is
a pretty exciting endeavor throughout and another winner from the
that label of gems - Pi Recordings. CD release for $15.

ASSIF TSAHAR CONDUCTS THE NEW YORK UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA - the
labyrinth (hopscotch 12) This immense nineteen piece orchestra
includes such noted players as Okkyung Lee on cello, Todd Nicholson
on bass, Matt Lavelle on trumpet, Charles Waters and Oscar Noriega on
clarinets plus many newcomers like Reut Regev on trombone and Tatsuya
Nakatani on percussion, both of whom have impressed me over the past
year. The NY Underground Orchestra consists of seven strings, three
basses, two flutes, three trumpets, two clarinets, trombone and
percussion. 'the labyrinth' is broken into ten sections or "paths".
A "labyrinth' is a puzzle one must navigate through in order to find
the end, this music also takes difficult paths. Strange strings
glisten and shimmer, drifting like ghosts This music seems to deal
more with textures than solos and often sounds like more restrained
contemporary classical music which never swings but moves cautiously.
Strings slowly swirl, sometimes are plucked, the trombone moans, as
the tempo quickens, the 'bone starts to soar with eerie strings
sustained and bent into odd shapes. The trumpeters erupt through
"the 5th path", as the agitated strings swirl around them. Assif
mentions being inspired by Sun Ra, William Parker and Butch Morris in
the liner notes and we can hear some of those Butch Morris-like
shifts in direction throughout, perhaps cued by Assif's hands. There
are points when things start to get stranger, like the somewhat alien
textures of "the 7th path", which hover like a disturbing dream
sequence. Towards the end of this sprawling work, the orchestra
begins erupting in more agitated flashes, more chaotic and more
dense, yet there remains an inner thread which holds it together,
sometimes obvious, sometimes buried. CD only release for $14.

HUGH RAGIN - Sound Pictures for Solo Trumpet (hopscotch 13) Solo
trumpet records are pretty rare and often for good reason, as I would
imagine they are pretty challenging to pull off. Bill Dixon has that
six cd set, certainly an extreme example, Baikida Carroll has an old
double album on Hat-hut and Leo Smith has a Tzadik cd from last year.
More recently younger players have picked up the challenge - Greg
Kelley, Axel Dorner and Fritz Hautzinger, but those cats deal more
with electronics and minimal extremes. Hugh Ragin has been around
for a long while, has recorded with Anthony Braxton and David Murray
in the past, has a few releases on Black Saint and CIMP, a recent
quartet cd with Assif Tsahar, Hamid Drake and Peter Kowald, but seems
to be under-recorded. Trumpet players from Miles Davis to Mongezi
Feza to Leo Smith to Dave Douglas have utilized those echoplex
devices and effects and Hugh Ragin has also been enticed by those
layers of echoes. On the opening piece, "For the Joy of Sound Space
& Music", he lets loose flurries of notes which shimmer with echoes,
creating a haze of spiraling notes. "Parisian Sunrise" is a somber,
warm toned ballad, stark, sad and taken at a slow pace, so that each
note is caressed and well placed in space. Hugh has composed a suite
of "Rhythm Units" in nine parts, each one deals with a different
vibe, feeling or idea. Sometimes Hugh will stretch a note out
acoustically and bend it or twist it into an odd shape, but never
losing sight of the melodic core. By part "#4", he starts to really
stretch certain notes with elastic ease, reminding me a bit of Lester
Bowie's odd fragments. Sometimes those notes are stretched beyond
recognition, like those minimalist players do. "Ballad for Miles" is
a beautiful, eloquent, muted trumpet lullaby, quietly echoed with
graceful reflections. "Perpetual Motion" is a variation of a piece
by Paganini and a difficult exercise of quick streams of notes.
"Emergency Exit" is a good way to end things with two layers of
lines, one is a hypnotic sequential repeating phrase on top of some
quick flutters of buzzing notes. CD only release for $14.

CHAINWORKS - Red Room/Live in Baltimore (Sachimay 9358) Chainworks
are/is Dan DeChellis on keyboards, Brian Moran on electronics and
Matt Hannafin on exotic percussion. Dan runs the ambitious and
ever-evolving Sachimay label, once from Boston and now a local hero.
Both he and Matt have played as a fine duo here at DMG. I recall
Matt as having one of the strangest percussion setups I've seen with
odd cymbals, chains and pieces of metal. There has been a
renaissance of unusual improv and sonic explorations in Baltimore
over the past few years, culminating with the annual High Zero
Festival (at the very same Red Room), which occurred last month and
features some thirty hard-core improvisers from around the world,
many on their own home-made instruments. Chainworks should certainly
feel right at home in this environment. It is often hard to tell who
is doing what, since all three players create alien textures. When
Dan plays his (sampled) piano, it does become easier to identify.
These three long pieces move slowly through different atmospheres,
quiet yet sinister in places. Matt seems to bowing, rubbing or
tapping his cymbals, using chains and doing small gestures of minimal
percussive sounds. Brian appears to be providing static, electronic
squiggles and occasional sonic eruptions. Their sound rarely gets
dense or too extreme. It is not until midway into the second piece
that they finally explode in near violent waves, which doesn't last
for very long. By the third piece, Dan plays some almost normal and
melodic piano passages, subtle and sly, which slowly evolves through
some more mesmerizing soundscapes. Overall, this is another chapter
in the better explorations of downtown style improvisations. CD only
release for $10.

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE & CHRIS FORSYTH - "march" (evolving ear 04/pax
recordings 90256) This is the second release from east coast/west
coast experimental guitar duo who have also played here at DMG.
Although San Francisco based Ernesto has a bunch of rather new
age-like solo piano cds out, when he played here at DMG last week
(10/6/02) with balloonist Ricardo Arias, he played his acoustic
guitar in only unconventional ways, never plucking any normal notes.
Both Ernesto and Chris Forsyth are members of Dan DeChellis' Focus
Quintet and Chris is also a member of WOO Revelator and All Time
Present. On "march" Ernesto plays acoustic guitar once more, as well
as piano and drums and Chris also some piano, as well as electric
guitar. There are some thirteen pieces here, none with titles, like
the previously reviewed cd by Chainworks. It sounds as if Chris
playing with on/off or toggle switch on his electric guitar just
coaxing occasional sonic eruptions. Ernesto also seems to rubbing or
tapping the strings of his acoustic guitar from time to time.
Ernesto also sings or whispers with hushed vocals, as well as adding
ultra subtle percussion punctuation at times. Everything moves in
slow motion, a few notes scattered here and there, delicate fragments
drift on a sea of silence. There are a few occasional alien sounds
which are difficult to identify, perhaps it is some odd guitar
manipulation, hard to tell. Each sounds is well placed and evokes a
series of impressive, disjointed images. At 66 minutes, this does
seem to go on for it too long, although most of it is interesting if
one is patient enough to wade through slow moving, free floating
specks of electric and acoustic detritus. CD only release for $10.

ALL TIME PRESENT - distant microphones pick up both (Evolving Ear 05)
This is Chris Forsyth's group and it is their second release. It
features a line-up of three guitars - Chris, Rich Gross and Ethan
Sklar and two drummers - Toshi Makihara & David Gould. Chris has a
duo with guitarist Ernersto Diaz-Infante and also plays in WOO
Revelator. I believe Toshi is from Philly and once played with Dr.
Chadbourne and I recall David Gould from a jazz trio that Elliott
Sharp once had. This fascinating release was recorded live at
various spaces in NY, Baltimore, Philly and DC from 1999-2001.
Obviously improvised with a good deal attention to detail, close
listening and quick response. There are moments when this sounds
like one of those magical Dead space jams, with a few layers of
connecting spirits at work. There is little soloing going on here,
it is more about creating moods, textures and blending ideas/sounds
into one unified tapestry. What I like about this is that it is
pretty focused and rarely gets too loud or too noisy. CD only
release for $10.

NEW RELEASES and A REISSUE FROM OUR EUROPEAN HEROES:

EVAN PARKER - Six of One (PSI 02.03) Solo soprano sax recorded in St.
Judes on the Hill Church in London on June 18th of 1980. This is a
reissue of a rare Incus lp # 39, plus a seven minute unreleased track
from the same session. Long out-of-print and finally available on CD
only for $17.

PAUL DUNMALL & TONY BIANCO with PAUL ROGERS & MARCIO MATTOS - Hour
Glass 2002 [2 CD set] (Emanem 4208) Two outstanding hour long studio
trio sessions featuring Dunmall on tenor sax, Mattos on double bass &
electronics and Bianco on drums from February of 2002 and Dunmall on
soprano sax, Rogers on custom made A.L.L. 6 string bass and Bianco on
drums from April of 2002. Two incredible hour long pieces organized
by the fabulous British drummer Tony Bianco featuring that colossal
British sax master Paul Dunmall with two different contrabass
legends, one each session. Two cd set for $26.

PAUL ROGERS - Listen (Emanem 4078) The entire sensational solo double
bass set from the 1999 Le Mans Festival, plus an equally amazing near
twenty minute solo bass performance from a decade earlier at a cozy
London pub. Along with Barry Guy, Paul Rogers has become the
incredible British contrabassist to watch over the decade. Rogers is
Keith Tippett's bassist of choice in the consistently colossal
Mujician quartet and of course, he is the main musical partner with
UK sax god - Paul Dunmall. Both Pauls blew us all away at the Vision
fest earlier this year and a week later at the AlterKnit, it was
their first time in NY together and few will forget their legendary
performances. 67 minutes of unreleased solo A.L.L. custom made six
string bass with sympathetic strings added. CD only release for $17.

PAUL LOVENS/JOHN EDWARDS/PAUL HUBWEBER - PaPaJo (Emanem 4076) An
astounding drums/double bass/trombone trio of three of Europe's
finest improvising avant/jazz masters. Lovens is a legendary drummer
who has been an integral part of the Euro Free Music scene since the
sixties and has played with Cecil Taylor, Eugene Chadbourne, Evan
Parker and the Globe Unity Orchestra. John Edwards is a fine double
bassist who has also worked with sax greats - Evan Parker, Paul
Dunmall and Jon Butcher. I don't know Mr. Hubweber very well, but
his trombone playing here puts him up there with UK legends Paul
Rutherford, Nick Evans and Radu Malfatti. This is an entire 74
minute concert recorded in Bremen on the final day of a six day, six
concert tour and this trio was in wonderful form. CD only UK import
for $17.

THE ALL ANGELS CONCERTS - various performers [2 CD set] (Emanem 4209)
These are the highlights from a concert series curated by IST members
harpist Rhodri Davies and cellist Mark Wastell. Featuring duos by
Steve Beresford & Roger Turner, John Butcher & Matt Hutchinson, Oren
Marshall & Mark Sanders, plus solos from Eddie Prevost (AMM
percussionist), John Russell, Alan Tomlinson, Veryan Weston and
others. Previously unreleased performances from 1999-2001. Two CD
only UK import set for $26.

CLIVE BELL & MIKE ADCOCK - Sleep it Off (Emanem 4077) Twelve succinct
improvisations with (Wire writer, ethnomusicologist & Jah Wobble band
member) Clive Bell on shakuhachi, akha & Thai khene, pi saw, stereo
goathorns, bird calls & harmonica and Mike Adcock on prepared piano,
accordion, Indian harmonium, Tunisian reed pipe, sansa, bird warbler
and more harmonica. I heard Clive Bell add his magic pipes to Jah
Wobble's Invaders of the Heart band last year. Both of these fine
players create a fascinating, kaleidoscopic world of exotic sounds.
CD only UK import release for $17.

ERNST REIJSEGER & FRANCO D'ANDREA - I Love You So Much It Hurts
(Winter & Winter 77) Ernst is a fabulous Dutch cellist, who was once
a member of the wonderful ICP Orchestra and the Clusone Trio. The is
his third wonderful release for the award-winning Winter & Winter
label, after a solo effort and a collaboration with a Sardinian
choir. This time Ernst collaborates with an equally great Italian
jazz pianist Franco D'Andrea, who has upwards of twenty fine modern
jazz releases under his belt. The duo perform originals plus covers
of "Night and Day", "In a Sentimental Mood" and "You Do Something to
Me." An excellent duet. CD only release for $15.

JON ROSE & STEVE HEATHER - Strung (Sublingual 011) This features a
fabulous eclectic ensemble of Mary Oliver (ICP Orchestra) on viola &
Hardinger fiddle, Cor Fuhler on keyolin, turntables & piano innards,
Andy Moor (The Ex) on electric guitar, Alex Waterman on cello, Anna
McMichel on regular violin, Richard Barrett on string samples,
Allison Isadora on electronically enhanced violin, Steve Heather on
percussion, drums & whipolin (disemboweled cello with hurdy gurdy
attachment) and Jon Rose on various stringed instruments too numerous
and too difficult to describe easily, plus a quartet of virtual
string players. 'Strung' another one of Jon Rose's bizarre offerings
- a small orchestra of highly modified or "excited" strings and
percussion. Featuring 24 short pieces of revolving string players,
exploring the inexhaustible sonic possibilities of their modified
instruments. Completely fascinating and nearly impossible to
describe who is doing what to their unique hybrid instruments.
Slim-case CD only release for $13.

FRANK PERRY - Temple of the Ancient Magical Presence (FMR 78) This
fascinating cd consists of new and old music for solo percussion,
duos and trios featuring Ovary Lodge (Keith Tippett & Roy
Babbington), Evan Parker (sax/duo), Paul Lytton & Paul Lovens
(percussion trio), David Toop & Jin Hi Kim (?/komungo trio), Trevor
Taylor (percussion/duo) and Cathy Stevens & Chas H. Dickie
(violin/viola & cello trio). Frank Perry was the incredible
percussionist for Keith Tippett's magical free improv trio - Ovary
Lodge, who recorded two albums around 1972. Perry has an incredible
set-up of hundreds of cymbals, drums and assorted percussion
instruments. This collection of unreleased works spans sessions in
recorded in1972, 1980, 1990 and 2000. Tippett complete-ists (like
Manny & myself) might want to know that the Ovary Lodge track is only
6 _ minutes long, however the fabulous duo with Evan Parker is almost
18 minutes. Consistently engaging throughout. CD only UK import
from the impossible to keep in stock FMR label for $17.

MODERN CLASSICAL and ELECTRONIC RELEASES for OCTOBER 11th:

BERNHARD GÜNTER/STEVE RODEN/RICHARD CHARTIER - For Morton Feldman
(Trente Oiseaux 024) "Presents one piece by each artist and I am
amazed how well these pieces, in spite of being quite different in
style, work together to constitute a whole. They also express the
influence Morton Feldman's sublime works have had (and still have) on
us in our personal ways of creating music. Richard Chartier's "How
Things Change" is a rather intimate, pensive piece made of abstract
electronic sounds and long stretches of silence, while Steve Roden's
"Stasis" is probably the most hypnotic and atmospheric set of slowly
orbiting loops he has ever created. I, who likes to say that the
safest thing to expect from me is the unexpected, have composed a
piece for winter rain, small brook and sho, which is titled "Fuyu no
Ame" (For Morton Feldman), a piece that belongs to what I have called
my 'enhanced musique concrète' strain of work, but sounds like else
nothing I have done." -- Bernhard Gunter. CD only German import
release for $15.

VOICE CRACK/GÜNTER MUELLER - Buda_Rom (For Four Ears 1344) Both Andy
Guhl and Norbert Moeslang from Voice Crack play "cracked everyday
electronics", while Gunter Mueller plays select percussion and
electronics. This fascinating collaboration has been working since
1995 and was documented on several cds - 'Table, Chair & Handstands"
with Jim O'Rourke and with Erik M in the quartet Poire Z (cd on
Erswhile). This is the first time they have worked as a trio and
this release features long pieces recorded live in Budapest plus four
remixes done by Voice Crack. CD only Swiss import for $14.

BANG ON A CAN - Classics (Cantaloupe 21010) Perhaps too difficult for
the academy, the Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars emerged from the scruffy
environs of downtown New York playing a new kind of music, with a new
kind of energy, for a new kind of audience. This is the music that
made them famous -- their breakthrough CDs for Sony Classical, newly
packaged and re-mastered onto one 74-minute disc. Featuring music
from Bang on a Can co-founders Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia
Wolfe plus acclaimed composer-clarinetist Evan Ziporyn, and
innovators Nick Didkovsky, Annie Gosfield and Lois Vierk. With this
music, Bang on a Can cracked open a powerful new world. Hear why. CD
only reissue collection for $15.

ROBERT ASHLEY & PAUL DE MARINIS - In Sara, Mencken, Christ and
Beethoven There Were Men And Women (Lovely Music 4921) New definitive
cd reissue of this original Cramps label album from 1974, an early
classic from Robert Ashley (previous cd version on Cramps is now
deleted). This deluxe slipcase version features an 110 page book,
reproducing the original Wolgamot text along with fascinating liner
notes explaining the whole project from Keith Waldrop and Robert
Ashley. The cd features one long composition with Ashley reading a
text by poet John Barton Wolgamot. The poem has128 stanzas; each
stanza is made up of the same phrase, into which are introduced four
variables, three are names or groups of names or constructions of
names, and the fourth variable is formed by the adverb of the active
verb. The result is considered "one of the most unusual and difficult
linguistic textures in the English language". The underlying music is
supplied by Paul DeMarinas on Moog synthesizer. Here's Ashley on De
Marinas: "{Paul} has elaborated seven different modular combinations,
each of which can be controlled by programmed impulses. These derive
from the sound of the reading of the poem passed through the
regeneration high frequency filter and successively translated into a
series of command impulses." CD only release for $25.

DOWNTOWN ENSEMBLE - Downtown Only (Lovely Music 3081) The DownTown
Ensemble was formed in 1983 by co-directors Daniel Goode and William
Hellermann. The Ensemble has several points of focus: music for open
(unspecified) instrumentation, emerging composers, commissions,
graphic scores, ritual/intermedia music, and large ensemble works.
While the Ensemble has a consistent core of players, performances
always involve a variety of other artists. There have been over fifty
such collaborations since the group's inception. This Lovely Music CD
presents four of them. Features works by Daniel Goode, William
Hellerman, Mary Jane Leach and Peter Zummo. CD only release for $14.

A FEW MISCELLANEOUS NEW RELEASES FROM SOME IMPORTANT NON-DOWNTOWN FOLKS:

JOHN SCHULLER - lesser angel of failure (world misery recordings 001)
When I first got this promo in the mail, I glanced at the return
address from world misery recordings and thought, "Oh no, not more
death metal poop to toss into circular file?!?" Lucky for me, Manny
insisted I hear it and we were completely blown away by this bizarre
treasure. Can't say that I've heard of Seattle based John Schuller
before, but his wonderfully weird cd does include the playing of
violin visionary Eyvind Kang and Bill Horist, another name that
sounds rather familiar. Beginning with "another hanging", we get an
enchanting electric guitar and piano tinkling intro, which is later
overtaken by restrained but heavy feedback mutations, with some lead
guitar squirming out of the thick mass/mess. By the time we get to
the title track, we get someone named Brad Mowen singing in a
bizarre, dweezling (invented?) language, a sort of alien lullaby.
"vanilla sufi" features exotic zither sounds, distant droning
electronics, ritualistic drumming whatnot, all in a mesmerizing haze.
While John plays warped piano on "e tempo di morire", Brad once again
mumbles/laughs with his alien voice like a deranged mental patient.
Things get even stranger on "civil war bukakke" with layers of more
mutant transmissions, screechy death-rattle violin and swirling
carnival psychosis. There is a central enchanting yet disturbing
melody, which is played by Eyvind's completely tortured violin and
John's somber, sustained el. guitar squall. On "kweekamae mao", we
get more ridiculous layers of alien vocals from John and Brad,
recalling some early Residents-like weirdness. Schuller claims
inspiration from the Sun City Girls (amongst others) who are also
living in Seattle and I can hear some Secret Chiefs in there as well.
Considering I had never heard of John Schuller before, this is
certainly a surprising treasure of grand alien transmissions from
another world. CD only release for $13.

KING CRIMSON - Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With (Sanctuary;
US) This is a CD EP clocking in at 34 + minutes with 10 tracks, many
of which are short sound/voice collages. But the four main pieces
that take up most of the length of this sorta preview to next year's
full length CD The Power To Believe include a newly re-recorded
studio version of Lark's Tongues In Aspic IV, which is absolutely
killer and makes the pristine version found on Construction Of Light
two years ago sound way lifeless by comparison; as well as Potato
Pie, which halfway through turns into a Led Zeppelin blues cruncher
(!) with Adrian Belew -as-Jimmy Page guitar (Custard Pie?); an
alternate version of Eyes Wide Open (with Adrian on acoustic
alongside the band) from what will appear next year, and the
Tool-like title track. Robert Fripp continues with the Zen art of
hiding in this work, but after several live and studio products, Pat
Mastelloto and Trey Gunn finally make an outstanding impression as a
world class rhythm section. Worth it just to hear Lark's IV played
with fire-breathing gusto! CD only release for $10

TOMAS SAUTER/SAMUEL JOSS/LUKAS BITTERLIN - TOY Out Goes the Rat (Unit
4130) Tomas plays acoustic & electric guitars, Samuel plays acoustic
bass and Lukas plays drums and they are from Switzerland. Youthful
Tomas has been coming in our store regularly and just laid three cds
on me to check out. Turns out he is a tasty jazz acoustic guitarist
who has obviously been listening to Bill Frisell and Pat Metheny. He
writes all of the tunes here and they are laid back, highly melodic,
sorta folky, bluesy things. If this were a blindfold test, many of
us would have guessed it be the next Frisell release with Tony Scherr
on acoustic bass and Kenny Wollesen on way subtle drums. When picks
up his electric guitar on "blue demon", it is still pretty laid back,
as he plays just a few notes at a time and lets them drift. Nice
vibe throughout, but it does lack that same fire that Frisell has
lost over the past few years. CD only release for $14.

THE MASTERS OF SACRED STEEL - None but the Righteous (RopeAdope
Records 93123) Curated by John Medeski, the sensational 17 track
collection showcases the legends of gospel pedal and lap steel from
the Arhoolie archives. Simple defined, "sacred steel" is a sect of
gospel music that puts pedal steel guitar upfront, instead of the
organ, the usual lead instrument in gospel. Until the 1990's, this
amazing music was known only to the members of the House of God and
Jewel Dominion Church communities. In the these Pentacostal churches
across the land, this music has been an essentila part of their
services for nearly 100 years. This astounding, heartfelt collection
features both the elder originators of this style and their
spectacular up-and-coming innovators. I am completely bowled over by
this dynamic collection.-BLG CD only release for $16.

OLD & IN THE GRAY - self/titled (Acoustic Disc 51) This superb
bluegrass treasure reunites Peter Rowan, David Grisman and Vassar
Clements from the original acoustic revolutionaries - Old & In the
Way. Herb Robertson fills in on banjo and vocals for the late Jerry
Garcia and Brynn Bright fills on acoustic bass. Classic covers
include a nifty version of "Honky Tonk Women", "Pancho & Lefty" and
"Rainmaker." CD only release for $15.

KENNING # 12 - The Audio Edition (Small Press Distribution) Kenning
is a newsletter of contemporary poetry and nonfiction writing. This
double cd presents some twenty-one poets and writers reciting their
special words, sometimes back by musicians, sometimes not. The
writers and musicians featured include Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka,
Edwin Torres, Charles Bernstein, Seacreature, Hannah Weiner, Andrew
Levy & Gerry Hemingway, Bobbie West, Eileen Myles, Nathaniel Mackey,
Groundzero Telesonic Outfit International, plus many others. The
second cd features one long poem by Leslie Scalapino called "WAY".
Some of this poetry makes sense to me, some doesn't. Most of these
words are at least interesting and take some work to penetrate their
meaning. What does stand out is when someone plays with, chops up,
mixes serious with humorous intent. Each person/each work represents
a different character or idea or a way of putting something on
display. One excerpt is some folks on the street's response to the
question, "What is Language for?" Nothing goes on for too long to
lose it's appeal. Even Leslie Scalapino's lengthy "WAY" is pretty
interesting throughout it's nearly hour journey. Two CD only set for
$15.

MANY REISSUES & HISTORIC RECORDINGS for OCTOBER 11th, 2002:

PAUL MOTIAN TRIO PLUS - Monk in Motian (W&W/JMT 919020) Featuring
Bill Frisell on guitar, Joe Lovano & Dewey Redman on tenor saxes,
Geri Allen on piano and Paul Motian on drums & direction. This was
drum-master Paul Motian's first release for JMT and it is indeed a
classic. Paul's fabulous trio with Frisell & Lovano add two special
guests, Geri & Dewey and the entire quintet a fabulous job of
reinterpreting ten of Thelonius Monk's gnarly gems - "Crepescule With
Nellie", "Ugly Beauty" and "Trinkle Tinkle". CD only reissue with
those great W&W high-class cardboard covers for $15.

HERB ROBERTSON BRASS ENSEMBLE - Shades of Bud Powell (W&W/JMT 919019)
Featuring Robin Eubanks on trombone, Brian Lynch & Herb Robertson on
trumpets, Vincent Chancey on French horn, Bob Stewart on tuba and
Joey Baron on drums. This was trumpet master, Herb Robertson's third
wonderful release for the JMT label and he keeps just getting better.
Using bebop piano giant - Bud Powell's legacy as a
composer/improviser/innovator, Herb's classic tribute makes a
statement on a few different levels. He creates revitalized (new)
music with what seems to unorthodox instrumentation (brass quintet &
drums) and on a deeper level, he explores the compositional and
harmonic implications of Bud Powell's distinctive music. CD only
reissue for $15.

GREG OSBY - Mindgames (W&W/JMT 919021) This is M-Base sax great, Greg
Osby's second fine studio date for JMT. The featured players include
Kevin McNeil on guitar, Geri Allen & Edward Simon on keyboards,
Lonnie Plaxico on bass, Paul Samuels on drums and Greg on alto &
soprano saxes. Still transcending boundaries, Osby continues to
explore new realms with spherical ballads, modern jazz/rock and funk
alternatives. Mysterious and compelling! CD only reissue for $15.

JIMI HENDRIX - Experience [2 CD set] (Sunspots 516) Featuring the
Jimi Hendrix Experience with Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell, plus
special guests, Dave Mason, Chris Wood and Rocky Dzidzourno on
percussion. This was the Experience's final performance, performed
at Royal Albert Hall on February 4th, 1969. It was recorded and
filmed, but only shown once before it mysteriously disappeared for
good. This double cd includes the entire long show, with five tracks
that were left off the original lp version. Two CD only set in nice
album-like double cardboard cover for $20.

INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - U (Collector's Choice 288) This double
concept album release from 1970 veers wildly from flat-out raga
material to children's lullabies to exotic world/psych influences.
Intended as a soundtrack for a theatrical stage show called, "A
Surreal Parable in Song and Dance". Quintessential and never before
released on cd. Could this be the final chapter in the saga of the
Incredible String Band being released on cd?!? Two CD only set for
$20.

PATTO - Patto (Akarma 185) First phenomenal effort from 1970
featuring the legendary British jazz/blues/rock quartet - PATTO!!!
Patto featured the featured the gripping blues/rock vocals and
inspired lyrics of Mike Patto (later with Centipede, Boxer and a
stint w/ Spooky Tooth), plus the completely astounding jazz/rock
lightning lead guitar of Olly Halsall!! On their one long cut,
"Money Bag", Olly takes a nine minute guitar solo that still
astonishes everyone who hears it for it's super-human speed and
fluent stream of notes - is it sped up? Apparently not! Long
out-of-print and finally back, thanks to those fine folks at Akarma.
Italian import CD reissue copies in impressive cardboard album covers
for $17.

PATTO - Hold Your Fire (Akarma 190) Second fabulous release (1971)
from one of the greatest British rock/jazz/prog bands of all time
featuring the astonishing guitar work of Olly Halsall, the splendid
vocals and insightful lyrics of Mike Patto and the superb rhythm team
of Clive Griffiths & John Halsey who would later play with the
Rutles. Previously known as Timebox and later known as Boxer, Patto
were known for completely obliterating any other bands unfortunate
enough to appear on stage after or before them. No one could match
their blend of hard rock with jazz chops and great vocals with
intelligent and provocative lyrics. Legendary guitar hero Olly
Halsall played both faster and with a highly individual choice of
notes than anyone since. He joined John Hiseman's Tempest and was a
perfect foil for Kevin Ayers for many years after that. Hear why
Nels Cline, Gary Lucas and myself still rave about this incredible
and unrecognized guitar god! Sadly, both Halsall and Patto are now
dead and gone. We still have a reissue copy of the album/record with
great gatefold sleeve, on high quality import vinyl for $20. We now
(finally!) have Italian import CD reissue copies in impressive
cardboard album covers for $17.

AGITATION FREE - Malesch (Garden of Delights 069) Their debut was
pensive and relaxed masterpiece, originally released on Vertigo. The
32-page booklet abounds with photographs, discographies and tons of
details. From the master tapes, this is a new definitive reissue that
was previously released on Spalax and originally issued in 1972. "Not
willing to compromise, and heavily into the avant-garde (many members
studied with the influential Thomas Kessler), it took a long for
Agitation Free to finally get an album out. By that time they had
developed a cosmic styled rock with a strong ethnic element. Although
in the spirit of Ash Ra Tempel and Pink Floyd, they had their own
individual identity, with a largely improvised music that was
predominantly instrumental, featuring lots of electronics, keyboards
and dual guitars and a great flair for invention. 'Malesch' documents
their trip to North Africa and the Middle East, blending location
recordings together with their own compositions and improvisations
and is still quite a unique experience even today, combining cosmic,
avant-garde and ethnic musics with great invention." - Crack in the
Cosmic Egg (the ultimate progressive bible). CD only import reissue
release for $16

AGITATION FREE - Second (Garden of Delights 071) This was the band's
second masterwork and is even better than 'Malesch', the first
effort. It was originally released on Vertigo's swirled label and now
comes with an impressive 32-page colored booklet Like their first,
it was previously reissued on the Spalax label. Their second treasure
adds bouzouki, mellotron, 12-string guitar to their classic twin
guitar, heavy Krautrock sound. Recorded and released in 1973, a few
months after the first and incredible 'Malesch'. 'Second' is at the
frontiers of experimental, progressive and avant-jazz. If 'Malesch'
was experimental recording with a touch of progressive, 'Second' just
appears as a progressive recording with experimental touch, revealing
the incredible music of the band in an easier and even HIGHER way. CD
only import reissue release for $16

THE SHADOK MUSIC - compilation (Shadoks 036) Incredible cool budget
priced collection of impossible rare, completely unknown and
consistently great psychedelic bands mostly from the US, sometimes
other countries. This wonderful German label mostly releases
extremely limited high quality vinyl editions of impossible rare
psychedelic gems from the late sixties and seventies, that often cost
big bucks and disappear quickly. They have started doing CD reissues
as well over the past few years, that sell for more affordable prices
($14 or so). I just checked out their amazing 18 track comp of their
back and current catalogue and this has to be one the best psych
collections I have heard in years! The line-up includes bands
neither of us have ever heard of like Peacepipe, My Indole Ring,
Fate, The Brain Police, Merry Airbrakes and The Spoils of War. A
must have for those of us who long for those psychedelic relic
collections. CD only collection for $10.

THE IMPRESSIONS - The Young Mods' Forgotten Story (Sunspots 518)
Originally released in 1969, this was Curtis Mayfield's last amazing
effort with the Impressions, before embarking on a stellar solo
career. An excellent swan song that paved the way for great things
to come from Curtis & Co. Classic tracks include "Mighty, Mighty
(Spade & Whitey)", "Choice of Colors", "Seven Years" and the superb
title track. Italian import CD only reissue for $15.

GOPAL KRISHNAN - The Art of the Vichitra Veena [2 CD set] (Ocora
561048) Gopal Krisnhan, maestro of the vichitra veena (the 'strange'
veena, a rare zither played like a Hawaiian guitar) accompanied by
the wonderfully melodious tabla-playing of Latif Ahmed Khan. Recorded
April 16, 1985. Two CD set for $24.

TURKEY - Music from the Yayla (Ocora 561050) Ceremonial melodies from
villages in south-west Turkey, the captivating musical universe of
peasant communities featuring saz, (lutes of different sizes), violin
and sipsi (a small oboe). French import CD only mid-line reissue
for $13.

MONGOLIA - Shamans & Lamas (Ocora 561059) Two aspects of ritual
Mongolian music: shamanist seances (a blend of imitative animal
sounds, throat noise, heavy breathing and recitatives) and
Tibetan-influenced Buddhist liturgies. French import CD only
mid-line reissue for $13.

MADAGASCAR - Bara Country/various artists (Ocora 561089) Vivacious
festive music of the Bara, a southern people with a vast song
repertoire and several rare instruments (jejy musical bow, kilangay
xylophone-on-legs and kiloliky reed whistle ensembles. French import
CD only mid-line reissue for $13.

THE 7 for the PRICE OF 6 CD SALE CONTINUES WITH THESE TITLES:

FLYING BULGAR KLEZMER BAND - Tsirkus (Traditional Crossroads 4292)
These happening Heebs hail from Toronto and we just found a box of
their promos underneath a gefilte fish stand near Tonic on the Lower
East Side, with different four different titles. I had just heard of
them in that great klezmer book that came out last year and I am much
impressed with their fine blend of joyous, brooding, wry (rye?),
klezmer-inspired, new Yiddish music. The often sly, insightful,
perplexing and occasional hilarious lyrics are a hoot, but it is the
swirling, ever-changing, circus-like atmosphere of the music that is
uplifting throughout. I can't wait to check out the other three
titles. A 7 for the price of 6 CD only sale list item or $10.

FRED FRITH - Technology Of Tears (SST; USA) One of Fred's absolute
classic releases from the '80s, originally released as a double LP
set and cassette, this is music for 3 different dance pieces.
Although most of the instruments were played by Fred, stunning
significant contributions were made by John Zorn, Christian Marclay,
Jim Staley and Tenko. The CD, only released on the now-defunct Swiss
label Rec Rec, did not include the 3rd piece "Propaganda" (which took
up side 4 of the LP) which is found here. Among his top works!
CASSETTE $10.00 7 for 6 SALE. (Out of print, but we have it!)

More copies were found of these two items in case you were among the
unlucky who were told we ran out of them a few weeks back...

GOLDEN PALOMINOS - A History: Vol 1 1982-1985 [Golden
Palominos/Visions Of Excess] (Mau Mau; UK) Contains 6 (of 7) cuts
from the now totally-out-of-print self-titled super-classic 1st album
with Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, M E Miller,
David Moss, Nicky Skopelitis, Fred Frith and Jamaaladeen Tacuma when
it was still one of the most wondrous noises of early '80s "downtown
music", before they became one of the leading 'alternate rock' bands
of the era on leader Anton Fier's next Palominos album Visions Of
Excess, of which the entire album (all 8 tracks) can be found here,
involving an all-star cast of Laswell, Arto, Syd Straw, Jody Harris,
Richard Thompson, Michael Stipe, Jack Bruce, John Lydon, Bernie
Worrell, Henry Kaiser, Mike Hampton, Chris Stamey, andCarla Bley!
Whew! Were those ever heady days!
CD $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

GOLDEN PALOMINOS - A History: Vol 2 1986-1989 [Blast Of Silence/A
Dead Horse] (Mau Mau; UK) Contains 9 (of 10) cuts from leader Anton
Fier's stellar 'alternative rock' band's 3rd album Blast Of Silence
with an all-star cast of Bill Laswell, Syd Straw, Peter Blegvad, Jody
Harris, Robert Kidney, Nicky Skopelitis, Jack Bruce, Bernie Worrell,
Lisa Herman, T-Bone Burnett, Chris Stamey, Carla Bley and Sneaky Pete
Kleinow; as well as 6 (of 7) cuts from the 4th album A Dead Horse
with the basic group of Fier, Laswell, Skopelitis, Kidney and Amanda
Kramer, along with guests Worrell, Mick Taylor, Chuck Leavell, Jeff
Bova, Aiyb Dieng and Larry Saltzman. Whew!
CD $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

...AND WE JUST GOT MORE BLUE NOTE SALE CD'S FOR OUR VAST SALE LIST -
MANY NEVER BEFORE ON IT! CHECK 'EM OUT:

CECIL TAYLOR - Unit Structures (Blue Note/USA) w/ Jimmy Lyons, Ken
McIntyre, Alan Silva, Henry Grimes, Andrew Cyrille & E G Stevens,
Jr.; with an extra cut.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

BOBBY HUTCHERSON - Dialogue (Blue Note/USA) w/ Sam Rivers, Andrew
Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis and Joe Chambers. Superb modern
jazz! 2002 RVG re-master; w/ 2 extra cuts.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

BOBBY HUTCHERSON - Components (Blue Note; USA) w/ Freddie Hubbard,
James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Joe Chambers
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

BOOKER LITTLE & MAX ROACH - Booker Little 4 & Max Roach (Blue
Note/USA) w/ George Coleman, Tommy Flanagan, Art Davis [tracks 1-6];
plus 2 extra cuts w/ Louis Smith, Frank Strozier, Phineas Newborn, C
Newborn, G Joyner & C Crosby .
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

CHARLES MINGUS - Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note/USA) w/ Eric
Dolphy, Clark Terry Zoot Sims, Jaki Byard, Charles McPherson, Charlie
Mariano, Richard Williams, Britt Woodman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dannie
Richmond et al. 4 of the cuts are here in their never-before-released
unedited length, and 5 more are previously unreleased altogether! 12
tracks total.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

WAYNE SHORTER - Super Nova (Blue Note/USA) w/ John McLaughlin, Sonny
Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Airto &
Walter Booker.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

WAYNE SHORTER - Night Dreamer (Blue Note/USA) w/ Lee Morgan, McCoy
Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones; extra alternate cut.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

LENNIE TRISTANO and WARNE MARSH - Intuition (Blue Note/USA) This
includes seven '49 Tristano cuts w/ Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Billy
Bauer, Arnold Fishkin, H Granowsky, Denzil Best; and 12 tracks [ 8
stereo w/ 4 mono alternates] of the '56 Marsh album Winds Of Marsh
[stereo] a/k/a 'Jazz Of Two Cities' [mono] w/ Ted Brown, George
Tucker, R Ball, J Morton [no Tristano]. Said by many to herald the
start of free jazz [pre-Ornette].
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

HANK MOBLEY - Straight No Filter (Blue Note/USA) This classic CD has
9 cuts from 4 lineups incl. Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock,
Donald Byrd, Billy Higgins, Freddie Hubbard, Andrew Hill, "Philly
Joe" Jones, Paul Chambers, B Harris, Bob Cranshaw, Butch Warren.
Connoisseur series 2001 re-mastered; w/ extra cuts.
CD only reissue for $12.00 7 for 6 SALE.

HANK MOBLEY - Dippin' (Blue Note/USA) w/ Lee Morgan, Harold Mabern,
Billy Higgins and Larry Ridley. CD only reissue for $12.00 7
for 6 SALE.

HANK MOBLEY - Peckin' Time (Blue Note/USA) w/ Lee Morgan, Wynton
Kelly, Paul Chambers & Charlie Persip; w/ 2 extra alternate takes.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

JEAN-LUC PONTY - King Kong: Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa (Blue
Note/USA) Five Zappa compositions and one by Ponty [on which Zappa
plays (uncredited)] Frank also produces.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Africaine (Blue Note/USA) w/ Wayne
Shorter, Lee Morgan, Walter Davis Jr., Jymie Merritt & Dizzy Reece; 6
cuts. 1998 connoisseur remaster.
CD only reissue for $12.00 and/or 7 for 6 SALE

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Drums Around the Corner (Blue
Note/USA) Percussion heavy sessions from '58 and '59 w/ Lee Morgan,
Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt (or Paul Chambers on 2 cuts), and 4
drummers/percusionists Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes and Ray
Baretto! 8 tracks, only one of which has ever been released before
anywhere! 1999 Connoisseur re-master. Reissue CD only for $12.00
and/or 7 for 6 SALE

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Three Blind Mice Volume 1 (Blue
Note/USA) Live at the Rennaissance Club 3/62 w/ Freddie Hubbard,
Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton & Jymie Merritt; w/ 2
extra cuts.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Three Blind Mice Volume 2 (Blue
Note/USA) Live at the Rennaissance Club 3/62 w/ Freddie Hubbard,
Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton & Jymie Merritt; w/ 2
extra cuts added from Village Gate 8/61.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Roots And Herbs (Blue Note/USA) w/
Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons (or Walter Davis Jr. on 2
cuts) & Jymie Merritt; 3 extra alternate cuts for a total of 9
tracks.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - The Freedom Rider (Blue Note/USA)
w/ Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons & Jymie Merritt; w/ 3
extra cuts from Japanese only album 'Pisces' for a total of 8 tracks.
1998 re-master.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Buhaina's Delight (Blue Note/USA)
w/ Freddie hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton &
Jymie Merritt; 4 extra alternate takes for a total of 10 tracks.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE.

PAUL CHAMBERS SEXTET - Mosaic (Blue Note/USA) w/ John Coltrane, Kenny
Burrell, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver and "Philly Joe" Jones. 1996
re-master
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

DON CHERRY - Complete Communion (Blue Note/USA) w/ Gato Barbieri,
Henry Grimes and Ed Blackwell. Excellent! Connoisseur series/2000
re-master.
CD only reissue for $12.00 7 for 6 SALE

SONNY CLARK - My Conception (Blue Note/USA) w/ Donald Byrd, Hank
Mobley, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey; the 3 bonus cuts w/ Clifford
Jordan, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Pete La Roca . 2000
Connoisseur series re-master.
CD only reissue for $12.00 7 for 6 SALE

SONNY CLARK - Leapin' And Lopin' (Blue Note/USA) w/ Ike Quebec,
Tommy Turrentine, Charlie Rouse, Butch Warren & Billy Higgins; 1
extra cut.
CD only reissue for $10.00 7 for 6 SALE

JOHN COLTRANE - The Ultimate 'Bluetrane' (Blue Note; USA) w/ Lee
Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers & "Philly Joe"
Jones; 2 extra cuts and CD-Rom material.
CD only reissue for $12.00 7 for 6 SALE

FREDDIE HUBBARD - Goin' Up (Blue Note/USA) w/ Hank Mobley, McCoy
Tyner, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones . 1997 Connoisseur re-master.
CD only reissue for $12.00 7 for 6 SALE

A FEW RECOMMENDED GIGS FOR OCTOBER 11th - OCTOBER 18th:

Friday October 11th-
DAVEY WILLIAMS at Roulette at 8:30; rare solo guitar from this
distinctive out electric guitarist, who plays with Curlew and so
rarely come to town!!

Saturday October 12th-
RASHIED ALI & SONNY FORTUNE DUO at Tonic at 8 & 10 pm - two old
masters, Rashied once played drums w/ John Coltrane and Sonny played
fire-breathing alto-sax for electric Miles sessions in the
mid-seventies! This looks great
JOHN STUBBERFIELD QT. & REGGIE NICHOLSON UNIT at the NY Ethical
Culture Society at 8pm, AACM presents these shows & they are always
great!!
LOUIE BELOGENIS/ROY CAMPBELL QT. at Tonic at midnight!!

Sunday October 13th-
DOM MINASI & ED SCHULLER DUO here at DMG at 7pm for free! Dom is a
spectacular, avant-jazz el. guitarist who plays lightning quick
out/jazz guitar runs and has that fabulous jazz guitar tone. Ed
Schuller is also a fantastic contrabassist. Dom will be celebrating
the release of his second wonderful trio release!
DEE POP'S SUNDAY NITE SERIES begins at 7pm w/Arnold Hammerschlag,
Michel Gentile, Masa Kamaguchi, Phil Haynes. Continues at 8 with the
Fully Celebrated Orchestra. Rolls on at 9 with Collapsing Symmetry.
Crushes all with Jeb Bishop, Tim Mulvenna & Kent Kessler at 10 and
spits on your grave with the Sam Graham Trio at 11. At CBGB's Lounge

Wednesday October 16th-
GUY KLUCESVEK solo accordion at Tonic at 8pm! Always a treat!

Thursday October 17th-
ACID MOTHER TEMPLE at the Knit!! Japanese psychedelic overlords are
back to blow minds once more!!!

Friday October 18th-
WHITE OUT w/ THURSTON MOORE & JIM O'ROURKE at Tonic!
ELLIOTT SHARP'S TERRAPLANE at Bowery Poetry Project at 11pm!!
Elliott plays the blues with immense authority and powerful electric
blues/rock guitar!!

Sunday October 20th-
COOPER-MOORE & JESSE DULMAN here at DMG at 7pm for free!!
Cooper-Moore plays a variety of his fabulous home-made instruments
and Jesse Dulman is an amazing new tuba hero!!

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