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Karlheinz Stockhausen - Stockhausen Day Royal Albert Hall, London Saturday 2nd August, 2008 BBC Prom 20 ---------------- Details from: http:...

Heres something in the spirit of the recent Aki takase and crew playing Fats Waller. another bunch of free improvisers paying tribute with t...

Regular readers of this blog may recall that we posted two albums by Kahil El'Zabar back in August, both of them released on the Sound A...

Two concerts from AMM, at once similar and contrasting.  The first is an FM recording from WDR of a 1994 concert in Bielefeld, from a series...

Continuing with the bass clarinetists, the time has come to have a listen to Rudi Mahall. Actually, he's a sideman for this project, whi...

September 18,2007 SLAMMIN' THE INFINITE Steve Swell: trombone, composition Sabir Mateen: reeds Matthew Heyner: bass Michael Wimberly: dr...

for tantris who posted a great live MEV show some months back. Heres the 2nd MEV,album from 1968..theres nothing quite like this in the free...

An excellent audience recording from this summer's European concert schedule; the music from this trio, in a set lasting just over one h...

Joe Maneri & Mat Maneri duo Athens Creative Music Encounter 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA April 4, 2004 lineage: AUD > DAT > Tascam sta...

School Days Athens Creative Music Encounter 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA April 4, 2004 lineage: AUD > DAT > Tascam standalone > CDR ...

Joe Maneri Trio Athens Creative Media Encounter, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA April 3, 2004 linage: AUD > DAT > Tascam Standalone > CDR...

Day 3. The Vandermark 5 was formed during the spring of 1996. Since that time it has been a major outlet for the compositional and improvisa...

Peter Brotzmann Tentet Athens Creative Music Encounter, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA April 4, 2004 lineage:  AUD > DAT > Tascam standalone...

Athens Creative Media Encounter, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA April 3, 2004 linage: AUD > DAT > Tascam Standalone > CDR > CDR > E...

DAVE REMPIS has emerged, over the past few years, as one of the most active young players on Chicago's improvised music scene. His work ...

Day 3 First concert: Peter Brötzmann has led a number of internationally renowned, large group improvising ensembles since the late 1960s. T...

 Over the course of the past three years, several of the world's most renowned and influential improvisational jazz musicians have found...

When I bought this LP, thirty odd years ago, I'd never heard of Ray Russell. I bought it primarily because it featured Harry Beckett, wh...

There's been an encouraging spate of Chris McGregor and Brotherhood rereleases lately, some of which has been featured on this blog befo...

 The German radio station SWR2 had a long association with Stockhausen, and broadcast over several years extracts from his enormous opera cy...

Continuing with the bass clarinet theme (after the previous posting of Michel Pilz), here are two in one go. In particular, Michel Portal ha...

Looking back through the blog, I see that no Zorn recordings have been posted, which is surprising considering all the Masada and Bladerunne...

hey ,having some problems with volume 3 of this set so heres the final volume..possibly the most adventurous grouping in the set. though Dag...

Recorded in the studio in NYC 17th March 1971.   Chick Corea, piano, flute, percussion Anthony Braxton, alto, flute, sopranino, clarinet, co...

Recorded in Germany, 28 th  November 1970, location not specified. (The record is indeed grammatically mis-titled, as above).    Chick Corea...

After a little interruption, here's the follow up to the Penck series. Double album this time. As usual, info via Rick Lopez's disc...

Kahil El' Zabar Ritual Trio: Another Kind Of Groove Sound Aspects CD016 Recorded May 26th 1986 in Germany. Billy Bang (violin, bells) Ma...

Kahil El'Zabar with David Murray Golden Sea Sound Aspects Records 027 Recorded January 28,1989 in Chicago Kahil El'Zabar (traps, ear...

Baikida Carroll The Spoken Word Hat Hut M/N 1979 Hat Hut Records, Switzerland Baikida Carroll Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Prepared Trumpet Recorded...

This is a fairly brief set of Charles Tyler tunes recorded at the WKCR Studios, NY, NY, arguably the best jazz radio station anywhere. Four...

Details: MIROSLAV VITOUS QUARTET Live at 'Onkel Pö' in Hamburg, Germany, 1980-01-31 LINEUP Miroslav Vitous -b John Surman -sax,bcl...

This one was somehow prompted by a discussion in the comment section of an earlier posting where one commentator professed his admiration f...

11 p.m. - Ad hoc group organized by Joe Morris Joe Morris Ad Hoc Group Athens Creative Media Encounter, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA April 1, 20...

Peter Brotzmann & Nasheet Waits Athens Creative Media Encounter, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA April 1, 2004 source: AUD > DAT > Tascam...

Following on from the recent Hamburg Concert, and with special thanks to Boromir for posting the interim Bergamo piece, we continue with Cir...

During the next few weeks I will be posting this entire festival in chronological order. Josh Love wrote:  Over the course of the past three...

As the last pictures post seemed to please a lot of you, here are a few 1970's covers from the French magazine Jazz Hot. Particularly ni...