A completely remixed/reworked version of the first Mimir album which was originally recorded between 1989/90 and released in 1991: Edward Ka-spel, Andreas Martin, Silverman and Christoph Heemann concentrate on a variety of analogue synths and Krautrock...

An album so obscure that most of Terje Rypdal's fans didn't even know it existed until it's first reissue (I didn't). Their one and only album, originally recorded and released in 1970. This short lived trio featured guitarist Terje (also playing soprano sax!) Bjornar Andresen-double bass and Espen Rud-drums.
After a really free-jazz start, the album veers between quite free-skronk and free playing with a groove. Obviously, Terje was very influenced by working with Jan Garbarek about the same time.

The 1st North American release by Italian trumpeter/composer/bandleader Pino & his sextet (trombone, saxes, keyboards, bass, drums). His work stradles the boundry between new-jazz & European freemusic. [Victo]

"Since the late 1980's, Carla Kihlstedt and Satoko Fuji have been at the forefront of New Music, performing, recording and touring in Big Bands, rock groups, jazz bands, classical ensembles and improvisational units all over the world. They now get...

Angelika Niescier alto saxophone
Denman Maroney hyperpiano
James Ilgenfritz contrabass
Andrew Drury percussion

"Here is a quartet committed to contrast conventional and unconventional approaches to composition and improvisation. Complex time signatures and intricate notated materials coexist with spontaneous sonic explorations, both timbral and chromatic. The textures and figures are harmonically rich, full of details and with simultaneous organic effects – crude, primal...

If you like the electric 70s jazz/rock sound, there's a lot of great releases from the 70s and into the 80s from the Japanese jazz scene that is well worth investigating. This one is very reminiscent of late period Mwandishi / early period Headhunters...

Tito Pueblo-vocals
Bill Gilonis-guitar (of The Work)
Ilja Komarov-bass
Trixa Arnold-drums

"Tito Pueblo, aka Rob Murphy (Orchestre Murphy), has been responsible for some terrible lapses of judgement & taste. Here he gives us an album of post-Beatles pop songs that deal with the key issues of our times - drinking, sex, love, melancholy, obsession, & drinking. Expect fake French accordion, ludicrous cowboy songs & Flamenco rip-offs."-Chris Cutler

For a short period in the mid/late 50s, Charles seemed to be interested in combining spoken word with jazz and he released a couple of albums that did so as the opening track.
I love Charles, but as much as I do love Charles, these are some of the least enjoyable things that he did as far as my personal tastes go.
Having said all that, this is one of his earliest triumphs, and even if you skip the 12’ track with the spoken word, you still get nearly 50’ of fabulous 1957 Charles Mingus. Recommende

A new, previously unheard and unknown track by Charles with Eric Dolphy? Yeah, I’m in.

“The music Charles Mingus and his group recorded during his landmark 1960 sessions for Candid Records produced three of the most revered jazz albums of the era. INCARNATIONS is a new masterpiece thoughtfully assembled from rare and unreleased material from those sessions that stands proudly in the Mingus canon of masterworks.
All but one of the tracks here are from the November 11th, 1960 sessions Mingus...

This is two amazing shows in stupendous sound quality (those German engineers really know how to twiddle the knobs) from two incredible periods in Mingus’s career, with each show taking 2 CDs to present in full. And both are licensed and taken from the original tapes of Radio Bremen and neither one has been officially released before!

So, what are the truly legendary groups in jazz? Probably less than a dozen: Duke Ellington's Orchestra, The Hot Five with Louis Armstrong, The Charlie Parker...

This 1960 recording, his second on Candid, is absolutely one of the (many) great 60s Mingus recordings. This is one of the large number of totally fantastic jazz albums that were released by Candid during their short lived lifetime in 1960/1961 and is the first time this has been reissued from the original masters. Hugely personally recommended!

“At the time of this recording, Mingus had been working regularly with the piano-less quartet of Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond. The same...

Charles McPherson, alto saxophone
Bobby Jones, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Jon Faddis, trumpet
John Foster, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Roy Brooks, drums, saw

Recorded live on August 14-15, 1972 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England.

“This is Mingus and his sextet at Ronnie Scott's club, recorded over two nights in 1972. This set is somewhere between four and five "stars" depending on the tune.
There's nine performances of tunes like (the 35 minute) "Fable

Thierry Payssan – keyboards
Jean-Luc Payssan – guitars, vocal
Eric Rebeyrol – bass
Charly Berna – drums

This very long lived, mostly instrumental French band are still led by the Payssan brothers and are enjoying 35 years of activity with this new release.
As a little birdie said to me, “Quick thing. When you put the minimum vital on your site, say somehow that the first vocal cut is NOT representative of the rest of the really, really strong disc”, and as always, one should..

Some of you who are fans of US space music will remember synthesist Chuck van Zyl, who released music under the name Xile, his own name, and in collaboration with The Nightcrawlers, among others. For almost 25 years he has hosted "Stars End", a program...

Either a very long CDEP or a short album (35), this is a really wonderful first release by a female singer/composer named Kelsey Michael, plus trombone, trumpet, sax, piano, bass, drums, & electronics (which are very subtle). The effect is kinda like a...

"The six musicians from Oberhausen released their only LP in 1978. Symphonic rock. The LP "Fly away" was released in two different covers: initially (and that’s the version of this CD) with the legendary bull-headed creature from ancient Crete and, subsequently, with a rather plain airplane. The overall circulation was 1000 copies. The six musicians from Oberhausen played symphonic rock in the style of early Genesis or Yes, which, at a time when punk rock hit the scene, was a bit outdated and bound to...

I've had the great pleasure of seeing this band twice and they are extremely entertaining as well as magnificent players/improvisors. And Phil is always a great hoot to see live! Phil Minton (voice), John Butcher (soprano & tenor saxophones), Veryan...

“Phil Minton is a jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter. He is a highly dramatic baritone who tends to specialize in literary texts: he has sung lyrics by William Blake with Mike Westbrook's group, Daniil Kharms and Joseph Brodsky with Simon Nabatov, and extracts from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake with his own ensemble. Minton is perhaps best known, however, for his completely free-form work, which involves "extended techniques" that can be as unsettling as they can be mesmerising. His vocals...

Phil Minton: Voice
Veryan Weston: Piano, Organ, Voice

"Phil Minton and Veryan Weston, friends for many years, wrote a vocal project for a six-member choir on the topic of anarchism back in 1993. In the middle of the project stood the life...

"Unlike Bob Mintzer's '80s offerings on Cheetah (Source and Papa Lips), the band used on this session is a quartet made up of star talent: bassist Eddie Gómez, the elegant pianist Steve Kuhn, and drummer Steve Gadd. On first glance it might appear that Gadd is out of place among these more subtle members of the rhythm section. Being a consummate professional as a studio musician, Gadd is an excellent jazz drummer adding grace, subtlety and tension to a very sophisticated rhythm section...

“Was there ever a more paradoxical band than the Minutemen? Comprising Dennes D. Boon, Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley, all natives of working class seaport San Pedro.
Forever jocular and unpretentious to a fault, the Minutemen were alt-rock's blue-collar, union heavies of the 80s underground while also profoundly avant-garde. This was the age of Reagan, ripe for tearing apart and kicking the crap out of, but rather than get lost in a verbal revolt and a street riot, the Minutemen made their own...

For whatever reason, Orquestra Mirasol changed their name to Mirasol Colores with this, their third album. This was originally released in 1977, and, like almost all electric jazz/rock in 1977, it's beginning to run a little bit low on steam...

"The music is both entertainingly accessible and startlingly inventive, filled with more sonic details than can be grasped in a single listen." – All Music Guide

Over a nearly 35 year-long career, Miriodor have...

Great sounding live, archival release from the period when Miriodor were a trio ("Miriodor" and "3rd Warning"). Both of these albums are unfortunately out of print at this time, so it's also the only way to currently hear this period of the band's...