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Orbit of Sound
“Orbit of Sound” is the new release from composer/double bassist Max Johnson’s newest trio, with Anna Webber on tenor saxophone/flute, and Michael Sarin on drumset. Formed in 2018, the trio traverses tightly knit composed music and patient, sprawling…
Songs and Poems
*In process of stocking* Songs and Poems is a project born from the necessity to explore, in a chamber dimension, the possibilities of the sound of the word. The quartet joins Blend 3 - the trio of Andrea Grossi with Manuel Caliumi and Michele Bonifa…
Moves
Toronto-based octet Eucalyptus has been steadily gathering a devoted cult following since the release of their debut 10” Eeeeeuuucaaaaaaallyyypppptus in 2012. Led by acclaimed saxophonist and composer Brodie West, the band's languid, kaleidoscopic ja…
Contactos
Cosmic jazz from the Canary Islands, recorded by Argentinian pianist Luis Vecchio.
Bospaadje Konijnehol I
1992 release ** Misha Mengelberg's large ensemble, the ICP Orchestra, wends its way here through a program in three parts. Following the brief, whimsical title piece (helpfully translated as "Forest Path Rabbithole I"), the band launches into a serie…
MiHa
This CD was released as part of the ICP 30th Anniversary celebrations and came in a paper pocket fixed to the inside front cover of the Anniversary booklet.
track 1 recorded at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL on January 31, 1997track 2 recorded at Theater Rom…
Heisse Scheisse
'At its best moments – throughout most of the album in fact – Heisse Scheisse is joyous chaos. The quintet seems to relish playing two or three different overlapping pieces of music. Case in point, Lapsarian begins with a labyrinthine riff-like struc…
Obstacle Illusion
'Obstacle Illusion is born out of my love for a wide array of musics that I've experienced and studied over the years. The album includes edited live concert recordings from my 3-month European tour at the end of 2021 (Centro d'Arte in Padova, Angeli…
I Had the Craziest Dream: Modern Jazz and Hard-Bop in Post War London, Vol. 1
Another luminous compilation from London's Death is Not the End, this time examining the city's modern jazz and hard-bop scenes from the end of the 1940s until the early '60s.
Natural Sources
"Some albums show you right away what kind of spirit backs them. Ronald Snijders solo debut from 1977, Natural Sources, is one of these. It begins with a free improvised, sometimes scatting flute and while the flute goes more and more crazy some scat…
The Uplifting Abyss
*In process of stocking* What would you do if a never before released jazz funk album from 70s Yugoslavia had dropped suddenly into your arms? An album which sounds like a crate diggers holy grail!? Album full of heavy drum breaks, repetitive bass gr…
Björnhorn
*100 copies limited release* Recorded and mixed by Daniel Bengtson at Studio Rymden, Stockholm, Feb 2021Produced by Alex Zethson & Johan BerthlingMastered by Daniel Ögren
All music by Johan Berthling except For Turiya by Charlie HadenDedicated to Mar…
Some Of Them Were Never Unprepared
*In process of stocking* 'As a musician, I've been curious for many years of how collective musical practices can provide a sense of weightlessness, as well as how a focused interplay can blur the lines between musicians and sound sources and create …
Quincicasm (LP)
Saved from the dust of time, here is a truly rare and obscure piece of vinyl by one of the most enigmatic bands in the whole history of British Progressive Jazz. Originally released in 200 copies in 1973 and reissued here for the first time, Quincica…
Bone Of Contention
*In process of stocking* Semantics was a jazz supergroup consisting of Elliott Sharp, Ned Rothenberg and Samm Bennett. Elliott Sharp, born in Ohio in 1951, began playing the piano at the age of six and started to perform concerts two years later. He …
Journal Four
*In process of stocking* No Business Records presents Journal Four by Keith Tippett and Howard Riley.
Recorded on the 9th March 2016 at ‘The Steinway Spirio Two-Piano Festival’ at the PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Soho, London Audio recording supervision b…
Sonoris Causa
*In process of stocking* NoBusiness Records presents Sonoris Causa. Recorded on the 31st May, 2003 at Festival Musique Action in Vandoeuvre, France by François Dietz Design by Oskaras Anosovas Daunik Lazro - baritone saxophone Jouk Minor - contrabas…
Fertile Garden
*In process of stocking* No Business Records presents Fertile Garden by Rob Brown (Selfpropelled Music BMI) and Juan Pablo Carletti (BigMateSongs BMI)Recorded on the 25th August, 2020 at Park West Studios (Brooklyn) by Jim ClousePhotos by by Peter Ga…
Caldera
*In process of stocking* NoBusiness Records presents Caldera by Sam Rivers trio (Sam Rivers, Anthony Cole, Dug Matthews). Recorded on March 9, 2002 at Freeport-McMoRan Theatre, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
Le Temps
'There is a beguiling sense of simplicity in the complexity of le temps. In the scale of its orchestra - containing at least samulnori, clubs, bicycle bells, and bathtub plugs - that could be confused for just the kit. In the breadth of technique, in…