Jazz & Improvisation / Avant-Garde Jazz

Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures with Ali Jihad Racy, Ralph Jones, Susan Allen, Kevin Eubanks and Hannah Rudolph, recorded at Stagg Street Studios, Los Angeles, on 5 and 6 March 1994.

Rob Brown (alto sax) with William Parker (bass) and Jackson Krall (drums), recorded at Tom Tedesco's Studio, New Jersey, on 22 July 1993. Six Brown compositions.

Trio of Michael Formanek (bass), Tim Berne (alto and baritone sax) and Jeff Hirshfield (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, 26 to 28 October 1992. Eight pieces by Formanek and Berne, liner notes by John Zorn.

Craig Harris (trombone, didgeridoo, vocals) with John Stubblefield, Hamiet Bluiett, Darrell Grant, Bill White, Calvin Jones and Tony Lewis, recorded at Sear Sound, New York, on 24 and 25 June 1993. All compositions by Harris, centred on the seven-part F-Stops suite.

Michael Marcus (reeds, including stritch and manzello) with Ted Daniel (trumpet), Steve Swell (trombone), Fred Hopkins and William Parker (bass), Denis Charles and Sadiq Abdu Shahid (drums), recorded at Sear Sound, New York, on September 7-8, 1993.

Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax, alto clarinet) with Ted Dunbar (guitar), Clint Houston (bass) and Ben Riley (drums), recorded at Sear Sound, New York, on October 2 and 3, 1992. Seven Bluiett pieces plus tunes by Mingus, Julius Hemphill, Houston and Dunbar.

Giorgio Gaslini Quintet with Roberto Ottaviano and Claudio Fasoli (saxophones), Bruno Tommaso (bass) and Giampiero Prina (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on October 6-7, 1987. Seven Gaslini pieces and Jelly Roll Morton's Chicago Breakdown.

Billy Bang (violin) with Sun Ra (piano, synthesizer), John Ore (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums), recorded at Sear Sound, New York, on September 20-22, 1992. Stuff Smith originals and standards, in what the annotator calls Ra's last studio session.

Joe Morris Trio album with Joe Morris (guitar), Nate McBride (acoustic bass) and Curt Newton (drums), recorded at The Outpost, Stoughton, Massachusetts, on June 12, 1993. Five long pieces.

Album by baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett with African drummers Chief Bey, Okyerema Asante, Titos Sompa and Seku Tonge, and Hugh Masekela on trumpet, recorded on 7 July 1987 at Media Sound, New York; Soul Note, 1989.

Album by the collective trio BassDrumBone, Ray Anderson (trombone), Mark Helias (bass) and Gerry Hemingway (drums), recorded on 2 and 3 November 1987 at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, and released by Soul Note in 1989.

Bobby Bradford (trumpet) live with The Frank Sullivan Trio (Frank Sullivan, piano; Scott Walton, bass; Billy Bowker, drums), recorded at the Thomas Center, Gainesville, Florida, on November 11, 1986. Seven pieces, about 57 minutes.

Fred Houn (later Fred Ho) and The Afro-Asian Music Ensemble, a sextet with Sam Furnace, Hafez Modirzadeh, Jon Jang, Kiyoto Fujiwara and Royal Hartigan, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on November 26 and 27, 1987. Soul Note CD, 1988.

Live recording of the World Music ensemble with Andrew Cyrille at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, October 19, 1985, produced by Joachim-Ernst Berendt with Bernd Konrad, Connie Bauer, Dom Um Romão, Pandit Prakash Maharaj, Luis Di Matteo and others.

First album by Fred Houn (later Fred Ho) and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble, recorded at Nola Studios, New York, on April 5, 8 and 9, 1985, with Sam Furnace, Al Givens, Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Jon Jang and singer Carleen Robinson. Liner notes by Amiri Baraka.

Barry Altschul (drums) with Glenn Ferris (trombone), Sean Bergin (alto and tenor sax), Andy McKee (bass) and, on two tracks, Mike Melillo (piano). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, November 25 and 26, 1985.

Bill Dixon (trumpet, flugelhorn, piano) with Marco Eneidi, John Buckingham, Laurence Cook and three bassists, Peter Kowald, William Parker and Mario Pavone. Recorded at Paul Robeson House, Bennington College, Vermont, May 16, 1985.

Max Roach Quartet album of Cecil Bridgewater's two-part composition Scott Free, with Bridgewater (trumpet, flugelhorn), Odean Pope (tenor sax) and Tyrone Brown (electric bass). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, May 31, 1984.

Six compositions by Stephen Horenstein (saxophones, alto flute, piano, shofar) with Israeli musicians, recorded in Jerusalem and Ramat Gan in July-August 1985, one piece in July 1981, and released by Soul Note in 1985.

Six compositions by Stephen Horenstein (saxophones, alto flute, piano, shofar) with Israeli musicians, recorded in Jerusalem and Ramat Gan in July-August 1985, one piece in July 1981, and released by Soul Note in 1985.

Saheb Sarbib (bass) with Joe Lovano and Pete Chavez (tenor sax), Joe Ford (alto and soprano sax), Kirk Lightsey (piano) and Rashied Ali (drums), recorded in New York on January 12-13, 1984. Five Sarbib pieces, a Don Raye ballad and Coltrane's Crescent.

Ellen Christi and Lisa Sokolov (vocals) with Rahn Burton (piano), William Parker (bass) and Tom Bruno (drums), recorded live at Irving Plaza, New York, on June 28, 1984, during the Kool Jazz Festival. Three Christi compositions.

Duo album by Paul Bley (piano) and Geordie McDonald, credited as George Cross McDonald (percussion), ten Bley pieces recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on May 22, 1983, and released by Soul Note in 1984.

Solo piano album by Borah Bergman, six of his own compositions recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on July 24-25 and October 2-3, 1984, and first released by Soul Note in 1985.

Michele Rosewoman's debut as a leader: a quartet with Baikida Carroll (trumpet, flugelhorn), Roberto Miranda (bass) and Pheeroan akLaff (drums), five Rosewoman originals recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on April 26, 1983.

Tom Varner (French horn) with Ed Jackson (alto sax), Ed Schuller (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), recorded in March 1982 for Soul Note, first issued 1983. This CD adds three bonus tracks, with Adam Nussbaum also credited on drums.

Jemeel Moondoc's Soul Note trio album with Fred Hopkins (bass) and Ed Blackwell (drums), recorded live at New York University's Loeb Student Center on November 9, 1981. Four Moondoc compositions.

Saheb Sarbib's Soul Note quartet album with Mark Whitecage (alto sax), Mel Ellison (alto, soprano and tenor sax) and Paul Motian (drums), recorded live at New York University on November 5, 1981. Seven Sarbib pieces and Ornette Coleman's Round Trip.

Peter Kuhn's Soul Note quartet album with Wayne Horvitz (piano, synthesizer), William Parker (bass) and Denis Charles (drums), recorded at Morton Street, New York, in January and December 1981. Four Kuhn compositions.

Live set by the Jemeel Moondoc Sextet (Roy Campbell, Khan Jamal, William Parker, Denis Charles, Ellen Christi) recorded at the 3rd Street Music School, New York, on October 24, 1981: three Moondoc compositions.

Solo piano album by Borah Bergman, recorded in New York in January 1983 and mixed in Milan in April 1983: two works in two parts each, Night Circus and Time for Intensity, played without overdubs.

Walt Dickerson (vibraphone) in trio with Sirone (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on February 4 and 5, 1982: three Dickerson pieces and an eighteen-minute It Ain't Necessarily So.

Ran Blake's solo piano album of Ellington and Strayhorn music, with his own title piece and Brubeck's The Duke, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on May 27 and June 2, 1981.

George Russell's Listen to the Silence, a mass commissioned for the 1971 Kongsberg Jazz Festival, recorded at its premiere in Kongsberg Church, Norway, on June 26, 1971, with the Oslo Conservatory chorus, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal and Bobo Stenson.

Hamiet Bluiett's Soul Note album with Bob Neloms (piano), Buster Williams (bass), Billy Hart (drums), Chief Bey (African drums) and Irene Datcher (voice), recorded at Right Track Recording, New York, on April 9, 1981.

French horn player Tom Varner's quartet with Ed Jackson (alto sax), Fred Hopkins (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), recorded at Sorcerer Sound, New York, on 29 August 1980. Five Varner compositions, released by Soul Note in 1981.

Barry Altschul's quartet with Ray Anderson (trombone), Anthony Davis (piano) and Rick Rozie (bass), recorded at Sound Ideas Studios, New York, on 18 February 1979 and released by Soul Note in 1981.

George Russell's Othello Ballet Suite, recorded with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Jan Garbarek, Bernt Rosengren, Arne Domnérus, Rolf Ericson and Jon Christensen in Stockholm in November 1967, with the Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (Oslo, 1968).

Andrew Cyrille's Soul Note quartet with Ted Daniel (trumpet, flugelhorn), David S. Ware (tenor sax) and Nick DiGeronimo (bass), recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milan, on 21-22 October 1980. Pieces by Cyrille, Ornette Coleman and John Stubblefield.

Andrew Hill's solo piano album for Soul Note, recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milan, on 13-14 June 1980: three Hill originals, Rob It Mohe and the two-part Bayside, plus Lee Morgan's Ceora.