"A brainy, yet highly engaging septet.... should come as a delight to fans of the Claudia Quintet's ethereal chamber-prog." – Time Out NY

"The Cellar And Point is the chamber-like enterprise of a productive partnership..." – The New York Times

The Cellar And Point is an adventurous 'garage chamber' band, developed and led by childhood friends Joseph Branciforte and Christopher Botta. They had long imagined a fluid synthesis of their wide-ranging..

Andrea Centazzo : Percussion & MalletKat
Francesca Gemmo : Grand Piano
Sergio Armaroli : Vibraphone
Carlo Actis Dato : Bass Clarinet & Baritone sax
Franco Feruglio : Double Bass
Lucia Clonfero : Violin
Antonio Merici : Cello

“A thrilling sextet recorded in Italy in the same studio used by ECM. The music ranges between ethereal compositions and bold improvised exploration with some of the best musicians of the contemporary scene led by Andrea Centazzo.” ...

So, this is three separate sessions; two recent sessions from 2017 and 2019 PLUS the 1978 sessions by Henry and Andrea that were released as HALF of Protocol in 1978. Following the below is Eugene Chadbourne’s appreciation of the original Protocol release [Kondo portion not included in this release]!

“Andrea Centazzo and Henry Kaiser have been playing percussion/guitar duets for over 42 years; since the dawn of free improvisation in America. This 2-CD set celebrates their collaboration with new...

"A new edition of Keith Tippett's 1971 jazz rock masterpiece. Remastered from the original master tapes, featuring members of Blossom Toes, King Crimson, Nucleus and Soft Machine."

In late 1970, Keith Tippett put together this 50 piece band, with personnel drawn from the jazz & rock worlds, including Mongezi Feza, Ian Carr, Mark Charig, Elton Dean, Dudu Pukwana, Ian McDonald, Gary Windo, Alan Skidmore, Robert Wyatt, Karl Jenkins, Nick Evans, John Marshall, Paul Rutherford, Brian Godding, Harry...

“I got a right to say FUCK YOU!!!” is how the new album from veteran guitarist Marc Ribot’s trio Ceramic Dog starts off, with Ribot howling in anger at corruption, tyranny, life in general, and nothing in particular. If you’ve got a serious case of outrage fatigue, Ceramic Dog’s explosive cocktail of balls-to-the-wall abandon, chameleonic disregard for style constraints, political commentary, and absurdist humor is just the shot in the ass (or kick in the arm?) you might need. In fact, Ceramic Dog’s new...

Eugene Chadbourne: Guitar, Banjo, Dobro, Voice
"For me playing solo is the purest form of expression. The two solo CDs Strings and Songs give a representativ cross section of my work. In a way they go to the heart of my music."- Eugene Chadbourne...

"This is a reissue of Eugene Chadbourne's album, first released as a cassette on No Prestige Records in 1988.
Dateline: Christmas Day, 1977, San Francisco. On an ailing quarter-track tape deck, in a marathon session, Eugene Chadbourne recorded a series of slide guitar solos playing compositions by the likes of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman, along with a few standards and originals.
Although the recording quality was imperfect, the playing was absolute...

“Eugene and Henry have been playing together of nearly 43 years. Back in 1977 they recorded a guitar duet that Wadada Leo Smith had presented to them: WIND CRYSTALS. This piece was released on Henry’s first album on Eugene’s Parachute label: ICE DEATH. On the 40 year anniversary of the original WIND CRYSTALS, Henry and Eugene recorded an entire album of guitar duets composed by Wadada, including a re-recording of WIND CRYSTALS. This album contains pieces from several different phases of Wadada’s work...

Two of today's most important guitarists meet for the first time in an homage to the great Derek Bailey! [Victo]

Amazingly it was only the second time the two guitarists had ever played together, and the first time in North America. Both are strongly influenced by the country and folk traditions, and it was a real twisted hoedown that took place, with each bringi...

A long, long time ago in the early to mid 80's, a drummer from Florida used to release albums of 'free rock' or improvised rock/weirdness under the name Dimthings or Dimthingshine in funnily packaged, very homemade looking vinyl record packages with ha...

So...Jimmy Chamberlin is the drummer for Smashing Pumpkins (not anymore, dude just quit to do this band full time. Had something to do with not wanting to just "cash the check" anymore. Good for you Jimmy!)YES, we meant to stock this disc. Why?...

“The great drummer Joe Chambers was a stalwart presence on many of the most progressive Blue Note albums of the mid-1960s. But it wasn't until 1998 that Chambers made his own Blue Note debut as a leader with his album Mirrors. Now the venerated drummer/percussionist/vibraphonist/composer returns with Samba de Maracatu, a trio album featuring pianist Brad Merritt and bassist Steve Haines on a sterling set of original compositions, standards, and pieces by Shorter, Hutcherson, and Horace Silver.” ...

“A cross of early Funkadelic and the baddest of the Man in Black...”

“This album was originally released, to virtually no fanfare at all, in 1981, but the recordings date back to 1977-1980. The artist who made this album is called Chance, but his real name is Chance Martin and he was a longtime member of Johnny Cash's band, and also played with, or hung out with, a variety of other musicians, ranging from country slickers to crazy rockers. That musical diversity is definitely reflected on...

"If the “risk” factor, on our music scene seems to be no longer appreciated anymore, by artists in the first place, the recording by the CHANTSONG ORCHESTRA directed by Igor Sciavolino comes as an appreciable gust of novelty and experimentation...

"The great New Jersey band who recorded their self-titled album in 1969. At Mod Sound Studios. Great late '60s psychedelic music with distorted guitars and heavy organ. The album contains all original songs and is mostly psychedelic with a couple...

"Never before released live album, recorded by Dutch "hippie" station "VPRO" in May 1971 is the earliest known live recording so far discovered of Michael Chapman after he started releasing records on the legendary Harvest label in 1969. This period is for Chapman fans of the classic period. A beautiful clear, warm and intimate recording of Chapman duetting with long-time collaborator Rick Kemp on electric bass of which documents material from all three albums in a free-flowing improv-inflected style...

Mark Charig: cornet, tenor horn
Keith Tippett: organ, zither, piano, voice, bell
Ann Winter: voice, bell

Much needed reissue of this rather obscure album which had some very quiet parts, which sounded terrible on the original...