The Complete Duos: Europa · America · Japan by PETER KOWALD An embarrassment of riches, here is the complete set of duos that Peter Kowald released with FMP, originally across many LPs . Spanning the globe, and approaches to music-making, each release worked beautifully as both a Kowald mixtape and a unified album. Now available together for the first time, THE COMPLETE DUOS is a must for any fan of creative, improvised music.
FIFTEEN Tyshawn Sorey Oblique - 1 Pi Recordings : 2011 TS, drums; Loren Stillman, alto sax; Todd Neufeld, electric guitar; John Escreet, piano; Chris Tordini, bass. It's been a while since we've had a contest on the site, so this holiday season we're doing two giveaways. We're proud to kick things off by offering a brand new copy of one our favorite releases of the year: Tyshawn Sorey's Oblique - I [...]
Günter "Baby" Sommer, 1979. Photo: Dagmar Gebers. Dedication by WAUER | SOMMER Looking for mind-scrambling new sounds? We guarantee this spellbinding combination of church organ and percussion is unlike anything you've heard. Recorded in a Berlin cathedral in 1981, brilliant classical organist Hans-Günther Wauer and world-class percussionist Günter "Baby" Sommer summon a series of cosmic drones, hypnotic soundscapes, and spiralling cascades of echoing notes. It evokes vintage Tangerine Dream and Popol Vuh, while remaining simply sui generis .
He was always there. Like a trip to Liberty Island, a ride on the Cyclone, or a visit to the Frick Collection, there are things a New Yorker believes he should definitely get around to checking out, at some point. There would always be time to see Paul Motian at the Village Vanguard. After all, he was always there. His seeming ubiquity made news of his death hit all the harder. He won't always be there? The fuck is that? Also: he was eighty? Many extremely fine tributes have been written [...]
Pearls by GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA We're proud to offer one of the stone masterpieces of European jazz. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Globe Unity Orchestra convened an astonishing group of Europe's finest musicians - plus Anthony Braxton! Pearls showcases the band's many modes, from the epic title track - which generates noir-ish dramatic tension through unusual groupings - to a passionate rendition of Monk's "Ruby, My Dear." Essential listening . A Penguin Guide 4-star record, much lauded in its day and [...]
TRAVELIN' MAN DEPARTURE #1 Stanley Cowell Musa: Ancestral Streams Strata East : 1974 SC, piano, electric piano, kalimba (African thumb piano). We're not sure why it's taken us so long to devote a post to the wonderful pianist and composer Stanley Cowell . Like many fans and critics, we're probably guilty of overlooking and underrating his work from the late '60s and early '70s. He recorded [...]
Photo: Dagmar Gebers / FMP-Publishing ...Superstars by BREUKER | CUYPERS A true gem - and never before available on CD or digitally. Willem Breuker, best known for his big band efforts , has a rare chance to stretch out in this intimate duo setting from 1978. His partner is the under-recorded and brilliant pianist Leo Cuypers. The pair offers up startling stylistic juxtapositions from pop melodies to manic marches to stirring Klezmer; quote Beethoven and Charlie Parker; and deliver humorous interludes [...]
SUNDANCE [edit] Father of Origin Juma Sultan | Frank Lowe | Ali Abuwi eremite : 2011 (rec. 1971) JS, bass, hand drums & percussion, alto saxophone; FL, tenor sax, percussion; AA, bass, hand drums & percussion, alto saxophone . Perhaps in your web searches you have come across a site called Juma's Archive. Perhaps, on finding Juma's Archive , you have drooled (as we have) at the seeming bounty held within, teased and tempted by the short sound snippets [...]
We are extremely excited to be able to present a guest post from musician/producer/label operator Jeff Gauthier. Jeff - in addition to having a superlative first name - has a new album (see below), just out on his Cryptogramophone label. He recently co-produced the latest Angel City Jazz Festival , and followed up on that by herding a number of his favorite West Coast musicians into The Stone in NYC's East Village. Gauthier, in fact, is in the middle of presenting a two-week run of Crypto- and Crypto-friendly bands at The Stone. Do check [...]
ENLEVEZ LES BOULINS, LE CROISEUR SE DÉSAGRÈGE AUSSI LARGE QUE LONG QUAND LE SON DEVIENT AIGU, JETER LA GIRAFE À LA MER Jacques Thollot Quand Le Son Devient Aigu, Jeter La Girafe À La Mer Futura : 1971 JT, drums, percussion, piano, organ You may recall Brian Roessler 's name from the marvelous series of three posts [...]
Hello, friends of D:O! Just wanted to take a moment to alert one and all to our inaugural radio show, which is kicking off today, 31 October, at noon EST (or 4pm GMT) . It is going out via the WFMU 24-hour web stream Give the Drummer Radio , run and hosted by 'fmu DJ and music maven supremo Doug Schulkind . Here is: our playlist page . Here is: a link that will open right [...]
Marilyn Crispell, 1996. Photo: Dagmar Gebers / FMP Pianosolo — A Concert in Berlin by MARILYN CRISPELL Consider for a moment that Marilyn Cripsell came to jazz/improvised music - what she calls spontaneous composition - at age 28. Her early musical education was almost entirely based around the classical, Baroque, or modern classical canon (with a particular interest in such figures as Stockhausen and Schoenberg). While a student at the New England Conservatory of Music in the mid-1970s, Crispell heard A Love [...]
C.O.D. BELLS AND CHIMES Ornette Coleman Ornette at 12 Impulse : 1968 OC, alto, violin; Dewey Redman, tenor; Charlie Haden, bass; Denardo Coleman (credited as "Ornette Denardo"), drums. You're going to like this or you're not. But try not to be put off by the Curious Case of the Twelve-Year-Old Drummer; there's more here than that red herring. Some great soloing by Dewey Redman, for one thing. [...]
Berlin Skyscraper by BUTCH MORRIS Critic Greg Tate calls this massive double album One of the Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time - and we're not going to argue! Berlin Skyscraper marks the apex of Butch Morris's famed conduction recordings. An ensemble of the finest Euro jazz and classical players combines compositional strategies and daredevil improv, startling textures and unexpected rhythms, into a visionary testament. As Art Lange wrote, "There's really nothing in jazz or classical music comparable to these [...]
YOU GO TO MY HEAD (Part 1) COMP. 23K Anthony Braxton Donna Lee America : 1975 AB, alto; Michael Smith, piano; Peter Warren, bass; Oliver Johnson, drums. Brooklyn is suffering something of a Braxton hangover, after the rousing four-day festival of shows at the newly opened Roulette last week . We figured some hair of the dog might get [...]
Peter Kowald Quintet by PETER KOWALD QUINTET An important, vibrant early document from the late, great bass player/composer Peter Kowald, never before on CD. Here are four loose-limbed performances from a 1972 concert; quiet moments of intense focus from Kowald and drummer Paul Lovens alternate with full-throated rave-ups from all five band members. (The three others are Peter van de Locht, alto; and Günter Christmann & Paul Rutherford, trombones.) For those that dig the low end, freedom, beauty. Please note too another early FMP additional to the [...]
JAIR TAHAH Masada Alef DIW : 1994 John Zorn, alto; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron; drums. The first salvo in what would turn out to be a tremendous creative outlet for Zorn: the Masada songbook. Here, on the occasion of the Jewish new year, are a couple of tunes from that first Masada record. Recorded at a marathon session [...]
PEOPLE IN SORROW (PART II) Art Ensemble of Chicago People in Sorrow Pathe-Marconi : 1969 Joseph Jarman, saxophones, clarinets, percussion; Roscoe Mitchell, saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion; Lester Bowie, trumpet, percussion; Malachi Favors, bass, percussion, vocals. Dear C, Why does it seem like we only write when there's a need to apologize? You've probably noticed we've been a bit absent lately - from our lives and from the site. Maybe it was the extreme weather or the [...]
Pink Pong by GEORG GRÄWE QUINTET Known mostly by collectors willing to pay large sums on eBay, Pink Pong is a remarkable 1977 album by a 21-year-old wunderkind who was equally comfortable in the worlds of rock and Schoenberg. This is adventurous chamber jazz that tweaks the tradition, explores new sonic textures, and strategically embraces beauty and structure. As the Rough Guide to Jazz put it: "An agile and tremendously gifted improviser, Gräwe has one of the most advanced harmonic sensibilities in contemporary jazz; he's a serious student of [...]
Originally posted 13 August 2007 WAYANG II (SHADOWDANCE) WAYANG IV, SECTION 2 (SUSTAINED TONES) Anthony Davis Episteme Gramavision : 1981 AD, piano; George Lewis, trombone; Abdul Wadud, cello; Shem Guibbory, violin; Dwight Andrews, flute, bass clarinet, piccolo; Jay Hoggard, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone; Jay Hoggard, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone; Mark Helias, conductor; Warren Smith, bass drum, gong, xylophone, tympani, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone; Pheeroan akLaff, gong, drums. [...]
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