This is the fifth release by this quite popular Norwegian folk-rock band, which originally was released in 1980 and this limited edition release marks its first appearance on CD.
This is supposedly their last great release (I never heard what came after, so I can’t attest to that), but I can attest to the fact that this is a very good one. Some little 80s style production touches show up here, but I actually think that they give this a little bit of a distinctive air and I quite enjoy them (and...

Joe Fonda (bass), Michael Jefry Stevens (piano), Herb Robertson (trumpet), Harvey Sorgen (drums) with Napoleon Maddox (voice).

"Dubbed "one of the great and often underappreciated jazz groups of the modern era" by the All Music Guide, and...

For this 1998 release, Brigitte Fontaine teams up with an unlikely cast of collaborators from across the '90s' avant-pop spectrum, enlisting Sonic Youth, jazz legend Archie Shepp, the singer simply known as M, French rock groups Noir Désir and les...

Fontanelle are a long-running band who came out of the ashes of the spacerock/drone band Jessamine. This one really takes the elements of early 1970s electric jazz and takes all the good bits from a number of groups, but most significantly from Herbie...

Mike Forbes - tenor saxophone
Andrew Scott Young - double bass
Weasel Walter - drums

“The fully packaged CD-R version of "Hard Living" with 4 panel digipak featuring photography by Lydia Lunch and full color disc print. Limited to 100 copies.

“Recently unearthed and launched forth, this 2010 studio session, recorded wtih Colin Marston (Krallice et al.) in NYC features this rogue unit of asskickers in prime form smack dab in the middle of a tour. Four long tracks of brutality.

John Roulet - drums & percussion
Marc Sichel - bass
C.W. Vrtacek - amplified acoustic guitar and keyboards

Forever Einstein use guitar, electric bass, & a wonderfully idiosyncratic drummer to unique ends, performing well thought out & playful instrumental rock music that is highlighted by a great sense of dynamics & sensitivity from all. Their immediately identifiable ''power trio with smarts'' sound has won them a broad range of acclaim. All three players are really superlative...

John Roulat - drums & percussion
Marc Sichel - bass
C.W. Vrtacek - amplified acoustic guitar and keyboards

Forever Einstein use guitar, electric bass, & a wonderfully idiosyncratic drummer to unique ends, performing well thought out & playful instrumental rock music that is highlighted by a great sense of dynamics & sensitivity from all. Their immediately identifiable ''power trio with smarts'' sound has won them a broad range of acclaim. All three players are really superlative....

"For those of you who grew up on the Return to Forever / Mahavishnu Orchestra / Weather Report strain of modern jazz, you will love this group. There's no mincing words about the Phenomena tag this band is proud to own — terrific music made by a wonderful band that cannot be a trade secret for too much longer. Viva Forgas !" – All-Music Guide

"Composer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Forgas has been making music for the last four decades, and now in the heart of his fifth one...

"Physicalist is the third album from New York City synthesis trio Forma. Since their acclaimed self-titled debut in 2011, Forma have been perfecting a distinctive style of improvised kosmische and minimalism that blends swirling arpeggios, ambient soundscapes, and driving motorik beats.
Physicalist is a sprawling, double LP journey featuring new member and multi-instrumentalist John Also Bennett.
The first Forma album to include acoustic instrumentation, Physicalist owes more to American...

Live at the Baked Potatoe!

Michael Formanek Double Bass

With his extensive artistic biography, Michael Formanek is one of the most outstanding figures in American jazz... As a composer, as a bassist in ensembles, and as a soloist. Although the bass often plays in the background, bassists write
jazz history. So does Michael Formanek, who makes an impressive solo statement with Imperfect Measures (24 years after his first solo album).
About the creative process, Formanek writes: "I came to realize that for me...

Michael Formanek Double Bass
Tim Berne Alto Saxophones
Mary Halvorson Guitar

With his impressive artistic biography, Michael Formanek is one of the outstanding personalities of today's jazz:
as a composer, as a bassist in ensembles and as a soloist. He belongs to the series of well-known bassists and composers such as Charles Mingus, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden, Barry Guy.
Formanek's musical world, his immense experience, his knowledge of the jazz tradition and the avant-gard

"This trio was among the earliest on the Italian progressive scene...an album that lies halfway between psychedelic beat music and early progressive rock, comparable to Vanilla Fudge and New Trolls' heavier 1960's singles".-Scented Gardens of the Mind

Pianist Joel and soprano saxist Phillip have been friends and musical compatriots for over 35 years! The more I become familiar with his work, the more I become convinced that Joel is one of those guys like Dick Hyman who can encompass the entire...

"Pianist Anat Fort's ECM debut, A Long Story (2007) may have featured her "dream team"—and was all the better for it—but there's something to be said for the comfort and chemistry of longtime collaborators. Bassist Gary Wang and drummer Roland...

Craig Fortnam - voice, guitars, organ, synth, piano, percussion
Nicky Baigent - Bb clarinet, bass clarinet
Luke Crooks – bassoon
Harry Escott – cello
James Larcombe – piano
Brian Wright - violin, viola
Hugh Wilkinson – vibraphone

“All at sea. Anchorless. Adrift. Ark is the first album to be released as a Craig Fortnam solo album. As the composer for North Sea Radio Orchestra and Arch Garrison, Craig has always made music with meaning, emotional heft and depth of...

It wasn't readily apparent (this is a good thing) when I played and enjoyed this, but Fossil is a solo project by guitarist Hiraku Sekine. There are always at least 2 guitars going, and sometimes more, both electric and acoustic/nylon string, so I was ...

Michael Foster: tenor & soprano saxophones, compositions
Jared Radichel: double bass
Joey Sullivan: drums & percussion

"The Ghost was formed as both a tribute to my disparate influences in free jazz, harsh noise, and the gay underground community, and as a middle finger to the suffocating heteronormative establishment of improvised music. "Vanished Pleasures" stands as a new direction for this project, utilizing overt compositional frameworks to convey the anxieties of aging, sexual..

After leaving Fairport, Sandy Denny joined up with Trevor Lucas, Jerry Donahue, Pat Donaldson and Gerry Conway and recorded just one album, the beautiful, self-titled debut. It's considered one of the greatest releases of British folk-rock, but the...

Andr Duchesne's fantastic post-Conventum band released these two lps in the early 90's. All instrumental, slightly folk-tinged, R.I.O. style progressive compositions performed by four guitarists & drums. Highly recommended! [ReR]

Jean-Marc Foussat (Synthi AKS, vocals)
Christian Rollet (drums, percussion)
Quentin Rollet (alto sax, sopranino sax, keys, voice)

"Improvised trio featuring sound engineer and Synthi player Jean-Marc Foussat, and father and son Christian and Quentin Rollet. Foussat is famous for his hundreds of recordings of Derek Bailey, Steve Lacy, Massacre, Carlos Zingaro, Joëlle Léandre, and many others free improvisers, for labels like Hat Hut, Tzadik, and Rectangle. He made a cult record in 1983...

Arun Luthra, sax/Billy Fox, percussion/Christopher Hoffman, cello/Danny Katz, shamisen/Deanna Witkowski, piano/Gary Pickard, sax/John O'Brien, drums/John Savage, alto sax/Mark Dresser, bass/Paul Faatz, clarinet/Percy Pursglove, trumpet/Scott Shaeffer...

"The first album by former Residents composer Hardy Fox after the era of Charles Bobuck. An album full of love songs, a glimpse into Hardy Fox's younger self. Electronics and rock meet to create lovely minimal pop tunes that any Residents fan will surely love.
Fox says: "Here's a new idea. How about writing a love song? Oh, you say it's been done, maybe overdone. So why would I be so foolish as to tackle such a subject so fraught with cliches and meaningless sentiment. Probably because I am stupid....

“Hardy Fox was the primary composer of The Residents. Hardy first stopped touring with The Residents due to health issues. Soon afterwards, he left the group completely to concnetrate on his solo work...
A week before his death, Hardy recorded the very touching farewell recording to his fans, 25 Minus Minutes. During the last months of his life, Hardy submitted several recording to be released after his death. Killing Time is one of them.”