Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Lyn Dobson -- soprano sax, flute, vocals
Hugh Hopper -- bass
Mike Ratledge -- electric piano, organ
Robert Wyatt -- drums, vocals

Noisette was recorded January 4th, 1970, by the short-lived quintet formation of the group, this was this line-up's first gig and this is the concert and same recording that gave us Facelift on Third!
Noisette showcases a band in...

JOHN ETHERIDGE - guitars
THEO TRAVIS - tenor and soprano saxophones, flutes, Fender Rhodes piano, electronics FREDDY BAKER - fretless bass guitar
JOHN MARSHALL - drums
special guest
ROY BABBINGTON - bass guitar (tunes 2 and 9)

The lastest Soft Machine album is, again, a shockingly good jazz/rock album. Shocking that is if you haven’t been paying attention to them in the last four or five years or haven’t had the chance to see them knock it out of the ballpark live, night after

These are the famous (& rather famously disowned by all participants) Giorgio Gomelski deomos from April, 1967, which represent the only recordings by the original quartet formation of the band other than their single: Daevid Allen-guitar, Kevin Ayers-bass/vocals, Mike Ratledge-piano/organ and Robert Wyatt-drums/vocals.
While it is fair enough to say that these recordings are (a) historic, (b) are a must for big fans, (c) allow you to hear some of their later-to-be classic works in their ebryonic...

Unavailable for a decade, one of the hard to find minor classics of British jazz-rock makes a very welcome return on this new, remastered edition. This is the album after Bundles (and after Allan Holdsworth, and for that reason, it probably doesn't...

Roy Babbington : Electric 6-string bass
Karl Jenkins : Soprano sax, baritone sax, oboe, electric piano

John Marshall : Drums

Mike Ratledge : Electric piano, organ

From their beginnings as a psychedelic rock band in 1966, sharing stages with Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, to being one of the originators of electric jazz/rock by early 1969, Britain’s Soft Machine were restlessly creative. The Dutch Lesson captures them..

OK, here it is. The landmark. The album. The first album by the 'classic quartet' lineup of the Softs (Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt). Four musicians, four side-long tracks (man, that must have seemed incredibly heavy in 1970 when this was released!).
Soft Machine were so sophisticated so early that I think that that may have actually harmed their chance for popularity in the long run. This received a lot of attention and good press upon its release, even here in the USA (I...

The second studio album by Soft Machine Legacy, and the first studio recordings by the current line up of the band: Roy Babbington-bass, John Etheridge-electric guitar, John Marshall-drums, Theo Travis-tenor sax, flute, Fender Rhodes...

SOL (Screams of Life, apparently) are a Brazilian band from the south of Brazil, consisting of Gue Martini - vocals, bass, guitar, acoustic guitar. Roger Canal - vocals, guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, escaleta, keyboards. Tetsuo Kakuta - percussion...

"As soon as Martial Solal sat down at the piano in the Theater Gütersloh for soundcheck, all the months of preparation and practice for this solo-concert, and the strain of the travel here from his home in Chatou near Paris seemed to disappear. "At home I don’t even make music, I just practice scales and things", he said, after explaining why he looks forward to play on a great grand piano on stage. "I have two pianos at home: I practiced for years on an old upright piano with a light keyboard touch...

"Hungarian prog band Solaris are back with their 5th studio album. What we have here is transcendant musicianship with all instruments working very well with eachother and having their time to shine. Their music is still filled with the beautiful melodies and occasional latin vocals (maybe a bit more this time around). The composition is top notch and the music flows so very well, you won't ever be bored listening to this album. Its mind boggling that 35 years after their debut this band is still able to...

Toti is a Spanish guitarist who was fronting the experimental early 70s group OM (band which actually accompanied Pau Riba on his legendary Dioptria album). After OM, he released some solo albums moving from jazz-rock to Spanish flamenco guitar. This o...

Special while they last! This is $6.00 off the usual price! Toti is a Spanish guitarist who was fronting the experimental early 70’s group OM (band which actually accompanied Pau Riba on his legendary Dioptria album). After OM, he released some solo...

Toti is a Spanish guitarist who was fronting the experimental early 70s group OM (band which actually accompanied Pau Riba on his legendary Dioptria album). After OM, he released some solo albums moving from jazz-rock to Spanish flamenco guitar. This o...

Torgim Sollidd-trumpet, flugelhorn, drums
Jan Garbarek-tenor & soprano sax
Bjørn Alterhaug-bass, vocals
Ole Jacob Hansen-drums
Knut Riisnaes-flute, tenor sax
Erling Aksdal-piano
Alf Kjellman-tenor sax
Lars Martin Thommassen-trumpet, flugelhorn

I had never previously heard of Torgrim Sollid or this album, but it’s actually a real winner.
This is the first reissue of any sort, of a 1975 album of jazz and folk-influenced jazz. In a lot of ways, this reminds me

Good album of purely improvised rock music that feattures the amaaaaazing guitarist Nels Cline, along with Woody Aplanap & Ken Rosser (guitar), Richard Derrick (bass) and Bob Lee (drums). It was recorded at two different gigs; one in 1997 and one in 20...

“Som Imaginário are the stuff of MPB mythos. Integral to Brazil's Clube Da Esquina movement in the early 1970s, a heady blend of progressive rock, folk, psychedelia, jazz, and traditional Brazilian rhythm flows through the three studio albums the band recorded between '70 and '73. Flying the countercultural freak-flag amid the context of military dictatorship, the Brazilian prog lords shared much of the sense of experimentation and bountiful fuzz bequeathed by their tropicalismo forbearers. But armed...

Günter Baby Sommer Drums, Percussion, Voice

"Günter 'Baby' Sommer is at the height of his musical career. After 'Song for Kommeno' (Intakt CD 190) Sommer, one of the architects of European jazz drumming, now presents his Solo masterpiece...

Günter Baby Sommer drums and percussion
Raymond MacDonald alto and soprano saxophones

“Gunter Baby Sommer, born in Dresden, is one of the pioneers of European Free Jazz.
In a prolific career spanning over 50 years he has developed a unique approach to percussion and a captivating highly personalized style that has taken him around the world, collaborating widely and delighting audiences with charm and virtuosity. He has also developed and made his own exceptional instruments and has an

Antonio Lucaciu: Saxophone
Simon Lucaciu: Piano
Robert Lucaciu: Bass
Günter Baby Sommer: Drums

“Günter Baby Sommer is at the height of his musical career. The Dresden jazz innovator, who together with the pioneering generation of jazz has unbounded drumming and developed his own sound, presents a refreshing album with a cross-generational quartet with the Lucaciu brothers. “The other three members of the quartet are two generations younger. Günter Baby Sommer’s music and presence...

Savina Yannatou: Voice / Floros Floridis: Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Bassclarinet / Evgenios Voulgaris: Yayli Tanbur, Oud / Spilios Kastanis: Bass / Günter Baby Sommer: Drums, Percussion.

"A homage to the Greek village of Kommeno where, in 1943

"The Original Delta Blues is a really fine distillation of the label's..highlights ...of blues legend Eddie "Son" House's 60s recordings.

These 55 minutes of music feature Son House and his National steel guitar, which he played with a slide, and Columbia have managed to include all of House's essential 60s songs.

The powerful a capella spiritual "John The Revelator" is here, as is the slashing slide guitar workout "Pearline", the sarcastic "Preachin' Blues", the bitterness of...

Stephan Thelen: guitar, programming
Bernhard Wagner: guitar, live looping
Christian Kuntner: bass
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
David Torn: guitar, live looping
J. Peter Schwalm: electronics

“Since 2012, the four members of the Swiss quartet SONAR have made an international name for themselves by creating a unique style of avant-progressive, post-minimal rock music. For their new album Three Movements, they have again teamed up with Torn and additionally - for the first t

"Sondheim is the first artist from ESP-Disk's 1964-75 heyday to return, since it was revived in 2005, to issue an album of new material on the fabled label. Sondheim joined the roster with a 1967 session, Ritual-All-7-70, then followed up with 1968's...

"Into The Long Night is the second album by The Sonic Dawn, one of the most remarkable bands to come out of the new psychedelic wave in Denmark. Just a few seconds into this album, you will realize that you are in for a mind altering experience. "It's a trip! By taking the listeners to places they didn't expect to go, we hope to make them aware -- that they'll stop up and think about life for a minute. Awareness is the first step to change in the world," says guitarist and vocalist Emil Bureau...