Samantha Boshnack – Trumpet; Compositions
Ryan Parrish – Tenor and Baritone Saxophones
Paris Hurley – Violin
Lauren Elizabeth Baba – Viola
Paul Cornish – Piano
Nashir Janmohamed – Double Bass
Dan Schnelle – Drums

Trumpeter and more importantly, composer (although she’s a fine trumpeter!) Sam is one of my very favorite up ‘n’ comers and if you haven’t already experienced her uniformly great body of work, this is a great place to start!

“The trumpeter and

PROMO COPY

“The genius chamber/symphonic keyboardist of SAENA and NIRGAL VALLIS, José Luis Fernández Ledesma, and Margherita Botello, a female singer/multi-instrumentalist who has been performing for a long time (also participating in SAENA).
Including Ledesma's guitar, the two perform multi-performance/overdubbing, from minimal + ethnic synth reminiscent of Franco Battiato's 3rd, to ambient/symphony and rhythmic chamber, very attractive content. An imaginary masterpiece with impressive ethnic and magical...

Billie Bottle: Voice, piano, synth bass, bass guitar, Hammond organ, organ, electric pianos, keyboards, mellotron, drum programming, programming, swanee whistle, vibraslap
Viv Goodwin-Darke: Flutes, voice, ‘cello, iron, crumhorn
Roz Harding: Alto sax, voice, tenor recorder, kettle, wind chimes
Anna Batson: Bassoon, voice, crumhorn, hoover
Emma Holbrook: Drums, Cymbals, Percussion, pandeiro, voice

Billie is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who is hugely influenced by the.

“Bourbonese Qualk were an experimental music group from England who where active from 1979 until 2003. The group were always obsessively and uncompromisingly focused on controlling their work - they ran their own record label, recording studio, tour organisation and music venue and refused to integrate into the commercial music racket.They saw their music as a revolutionary cultural force - a belief that radical musical forms must be part of positive social change. Despite this position, the group....

“Bourbonese Qualk were an experimental music group from England who where active from 1979 until 2003. The group were always obsessively and uncompromisingly focused on controlling their work - they ran their own record label, recording studio, tour organisation and music venue (the legendary 'Ambulance Station') - they refused to integrate into the commercial music racket turning down publishing deals from major labels - stubbornly opting for total independence.
In 1984 Bourbonese Qualk occupied...

Matthew Bourne - piano
Emil Karlsen - drums

“Matthew Bourne is a renowned pianist with a reputation as a fearlessly unpredictable improviser. Emil Karlsen is an independently minded drummer who plays with power and delicacy. The Embalmer documents one of Karlsen and Bourne’s first meetings. Recorded in a single session in 2020, The Embalmer sees a wide-ranging musical discourse between the two musicians unfold in its most lean form across the six improvised tracks.”

"The idea for the show came when Bowie was approached by Burt Sugarman to create something for The Midnight Special rock series. Bowie's idea was a highly theatrical cabaret extravaganza featuring him and various rock groups and artists, performing in a futuristic setting. Michael Lipman, a Los Angeles lawyer specialising in the music industry, set up the deal in which Bowie was to have complete artistic control.
When news of the forthcoming event became public, British newspapers cried that the...

I miss Lester and his music and his humor (and labcoat). And this was a fun, unexpected album when it appeared on ECM in 1981.

"Lester was pomo before there was pomo. The Amazon.com reviewer says that its suspended between "kitsch and concerto.".

Dougie Bowne: Guitar, Electronics, Drums
Matt Nelson: Bass, Prepared Bass

“Dougie Bowne is a producer, drummer, electric guitarist, and composer of remarkable versatility. An early member of the New York Downtown scene, he has worked with John Cale, Iggy Pop, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, The Lounge Lizards, Cassandra Wilson, Jack Bruce, Marianne Faithful, Cibo Matto, and many, many others.
Here he uses all of his formidable talents to create a bass, drum/guitar duo...

“The emotionally charged and tightly focused album offers a collection of lush, atmospheric songs with a wide lyrical scope making it the most intimate yet universal of Bowness’s solo releases.
Mixed by his longtime partner in no-man, Steven Wilson, and mastered by Calum Malcolm (The Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout), the album – co-produced by Bowness and Brian Hulse – combines electronic soundscapes, acoustic instrumentation and unexpected rhythms.
Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Kavus Torabi and Evan..

"This is the debut release by Box: Raoul Björkenheim (guitars, viola da gamba), Trevor Dunn (bass), Ståle Storløkken (keyboards, electronics), Morgan Ågren (drums). Something of an international supergroup, the founding of this excellent ensemble is a...

Gary Boyle was the guitarist and leader of Isotope. This was his second solo album, recorded and released not too long after Isotope ended and continues in a similarly 'plugged-in jazz' way, which will be good to hear for fans of Isotope! This one has....

“Carla Bozulich, an art-punk heroine with almost three decades of exceptional, iconoclastic musical activity under her belt, presents the third record of her storied career to be issued in her own name. Boy is Carla's self-proclaimed pop record and is a refreshing and much-needed reminder of what pop can mean in the hands of a ferociously commanding singer/lyricist who has cut her teeth on genre-bending, genre blending, and DIY production for 25 years. Boy is unmistakably a pop-influenced album by way...

“Legendary & award winning melodic drummer, Terry Bozzio is releasing worldwide, what he calls a “Life's Work” project of Art & Music. Terry has worked with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Korn, UK, Missing Persons, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Alan Holdsworth, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, Quincy Jones, Ken Scott, Metropole Orkest, SMAP, Loudness' Munetaka Higuchi & “X” Japan's Hide - as well as Film score composers Basil Poledouris, Mark Isham & Patrick O'Hearn.
Says Bozzio, “I've been composing, (not just song..

“The collaborative trio of Ben Goldberg (clarinet, contra alto clarinet), Geof Bradfield (soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet) and Dana Hall (percussion) explores new directions on General Semantics. Their Delmark Records debut features original music by the trio as well as unique interpretations of Duke Ellington, Cecil Taylor, and Hermeto Pascoal. The unusual instrumentation-especially the lack of a bassist- enables the musicians to transcend traditional instrument roles of accompaniment...

Bobby Bradford, cornet / Mark Dresser, double bass / Glenn Ferris, trombone.

"This is a trio of living musical poets. Cornetist Bobby Bradford was the partner of John Carter until the death of this astonishing clarinetist and he played with...

“Not much is known about Don Bradshaw-Leather, but his self-released 1972 LP 'Distance Between Us' is certainly one bizarre egg. It's not without reason that it is included in the infamous Nurse With Wound list of Steven Stapleton's favourite weird records. The four lengthy tracks here are dense, swirling and hellish tapestries of blurred instrumentation, squawking voices and seemingly no layout of progression from point A to point B in various movements (i.e. it's all one giant progression, but almost...

This is a French-only Blue Note release by this Swiss-born pianist who leads a band consisting of fine if unknown French musicians on trumpet, bass, drums and percussion. It's recorded and mixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studios, so you know it...

“Sahari may be Aziza Brahim’s best album to date. The 2019 album finds the Sahrawi artist, whose emigration to Spain lives on in her music, showing further advances even beyond the brilliance of Abbar El Hamada. Never truly a desert blues singer, there were always touches of that style in her slightly weathered but elegant voice, and that has been played against elements of Spanish and flamenco to give Brahim something truly fascinating and unique.
Sahari moves Brahim even further, and the listener...

This is a never before released live gig in excellent sound, from 4/74 by this jazz rock band who played flute, organ/electric piano, saxes, bass, drums & vocals. I can hear elements of Supersister at times, & maybe even a little bit of the Mothers...

The great second album (of 3 great ones and then a number of not so great ones) by this Swiss band who operated in Germany and are thought of as being a 'krautrock' band and who were in terms of the music and the spirit, if not actually of German...

Brainville (mk 1) was
Daevid Allen-guitar and vocals
Kramer-keyboards/bass/guitar
Hugh Hopper-bass
Pip Pyle-drums

It's amazing to see this document released, especially as I was at this gig in NYC at the Knitting Factory! (I just happened to be in NYC visiting family at the time, but how was I going to pass up a chance to see this??).

"Brainville was the band formed by Daevid Allen, Hugh Hopper and the late Pip Pyle all revered musicians within the Canterbury Scene....

This is the original, first release by this 'Canterbury supergroup + Kramer' band, put together by multi-instrumentalist & producer Kramer in the early 90s. Long out of print until this recent reissue!

"Separately, Daevid Allen, Hugh Hopper, Kramer and Pip Pyle as members of Gong, Soft Machine, Bongwater, Hatfield & The North and Shockabilly, are among the surviving members of 'art-rock'.
Together as Brainville, their mind-bending live performances spark a psychedelic noise unto the rock of..

"The Most Dense, Cacophonous Branca Symphony Yet Is Finally Available Again!! Ensemble Performers Include Branca Guitar Army Veterans Stephan Wiscerth & Miriam Mcdonough (God-Like Rhythm Section), Al Arthur, Evans Wohlforth, Han Rowe (Foetus Inc.), Jon Bepler & Tim Sommer (Atlantic A&R Guy Who Signed Hootie & The Blowfish... Go Figure!) On A Variety Of Uniquely Exquisite Branca-Engineered Mallet Guitars, Re-Fretted Guitars And Electronic Harpischords."

"Recordings of Branca's music cannot fail...