Bass
All records with bass · Solo bass only
African Acid Is The Future: Ambiance II
Second volume of African Acid Is The Future's Ambiance series: live recordings from a 2018 AAITF party by Les Filles de Illighadad (Niger) and Edmony Krater (Guadeloupe), with remixes by Dauwd, Maryisonacid and DJ Oil.
Undone: Live At The Crypt
Double LP by Dave Okumu, Tom Herbert and Tom Skinner, recorded live at The Crypt in Camberwell, London, on 15 June 2018: covers of Abercrombie, Björk, A.K. Paul and Miles Davis alongside originals.
Héloise
Live recording from Donaueschingen, 17 October 1992: Michael Riessler's project on Abélard and Héloise, with Valentin Clastrier, Michel Godard, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Rabih Abou-Khalil and others, recorded by Südwestfunk.
Sturm
Edition Musikfabrik: Steffen Schleiermacher's Das Tosen des staunenden Echos, Kaija Saariaho's The Tempest Songbook (Olivia Vermeulen, Peter Schöne) and Michael Wertmüller's antagonisme contrôlé with Peter Brötzmann, Dirk Rothbrust and Marino Pliakas…
Sieben Intraden für Ensemble
Portrait CD plus DVD of Oxana Omelchuk: eleven works from 2004-2018, from solo viola d'amore to ensemble and video, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik, Studio Dan, Schlagquartett Köln, Rie Watanabe and the composer herself.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 19 (2004): thirteen pieces chosen by Arild Andersen from his ECM albums recorded 1975-1999, with Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, Masqualero, Ralph Towner, Nana Vasconcelos, Vassilis Tsabropoulos and others.
Bells For The South Side
Double album by Roscoe Mitchell with his four trios (Craig Taborn, Tyshawn Sorey, Hugh Ragin, William Winant and others), recorded live in September 2015 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago during the AACM's 50th anniversary.
Souvenance
Double album of music for oud, quartet and string orchestra by Anouar Brahem, with François Couturier (piano), Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet), Björn Meyer (bass) and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under Pietro Mianiti. Recorded in Lugano, May 20…
No End
Keith Jarrett alone on electric guitars, Fender bass, drums, tablas, percussion, voice, recorder and some piano, in twenty untitled overdubbed pieces recorded at his Cavelight Studio, New Jersey, in 1986. Double CD, ECM, 2013.
Dresden - In Concert
Live double album by the Jan Garbarek Group: Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones, selje flute), Rainer Brüninghaus (piano, keyboards), Yuri Daniel (bass) and Manu Katché (drums), recorded on 20 October 2007 at the Alter Schlachthof, Dresden.
Travels
Pat Metheny Group (Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Dan Gottlieb, Nana Vasconcelos) live in Dallas, Philadelphia, Hartford, Sacramento and Nacogdoches, July-November 1982. 2CD.
Live
Double live album by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin (Bärtsch, Sha, Björn Meyer, Kaspar Rast, Andi Pupato), recorded 2009-2011 in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, England and Japan, with Thomy Jordi on bass on the final track. Mixed at Studios La Buissonne.
Odyssey - In Studio & In Concert
3-CD box: Terje Rypdal's complete double album Odyssey (Oslo, August 1975) with Brynjulf Blix, Torbjørn Sunde, Sveinung Hovensjø and Svein Christiansen, plus Unfinished Highballs, recorded live by Swedish Radio with the Radiojazzgruppen in Södertälje…
Kurtágonals
Electronic album on themes by György Kurtág jr., arranged by László Hortobágyi, with Kurtág jr. and Hortobágyi on synthesizers and computers and Miklós Lengyelfi on bass and effects. Recorded August 2008 at the Guo Manor, Budapest.
Business Is Bad
Nine songs by Karen Mantler (vocals, harmonica, piano) with Doug Wieselman (guitar, bass clarinet) and Kato Hideki (bass), recorded in Brooklyn between October 2012 and April 2013. XtraWATT/14, 2014.
Into The Woodwork
Into the Woodwork (XtraWATT, 2013) is a studio album by the Steve Swallow Quintet: Swallow (bass), Carla Bley (organ), Chris Cheek (tenor saxophone), Steve Cardenas (guitar) and Jorge Rossy (drums), recorded 15-16 November 2011 at Studios La Buissonn…
So There
So There (XtraWATT, 2006) sets readings by poet Robert Creeley to music by Steve Swallow (bass), with Steve Kuhn (piano) and the Cikada String Quartet; recorded 25 August 2001 in West Shokan, NY, and 27-28 August 2005 in Oslo.
Damaged In Transit
Damaged in Transit (XtraWATT, 2003) is a live trio album by Steve Swallow (bass) with Chris Potter (tenor saxophone) and Adam Nussbaum (drums), recorded on tour in France in December 2001; nine Swallow compositions, produced by Swallow.
Appearing Nightly
Appearing Nightly (WATT, 2008) is a live album by Carla Bley (piano, conductor) and her 17-piece big band with Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond, Andy Sheppard and Lew Soloff, recorded 17-18 July 2006 at the New Morning, Paris.