Jazz & Improvisation / Free Jazz

Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet with Toshinori Kondo, William Parker and Hamid Drake, live at the Total Music Meeting in Berlin in November 1994: two long pieces, Close Up (Man) and Close Up (Woman).

Fred Van Hove alone at the piano: Prosper, recorded live at Flöz in Berlin in 1981, and Die Letzte, recorded at Studio Casablanca in 1986, the two SAJ solo LPs on one CD.

Radu Malfatti on trombone and Stephan Wittwer on guitar in Innsbruck, February 1977: the duo LP Und? plus Untitled?, a fourteen-minute piece from the same tapes released here for the first time.

Peter Brötzmann solo on clarinets and alto, tenor and bass saxophones, recorded at the FMP studio in May 1976: the twelve pieces of the LP Brötzmann/Solo, from 27 seconds to ten minutes.

Irène Schweizer, Rüdiger Carl and Louis Moholo: the LP Messer, live in Moers and in the FMP studio in 1975, followed by Tuned Boots, the twenty-minute trio piece recorded in Graz in 1977.

Steve Lacy in Berlin: the 1975 solo soprano recordings of the Stabs LP, plus the 1977 quintet with Steve Potts, Irène Aebi, Kent Carter and Oliver Johnson playing Esteem and Follies at the Workshop Freie Musik.

The Globe Unity Orchestra at ten years old, recorded in Baden-Baden in November 1975 with Braxton, Rava, Wheeler, Brötzmann, Parker, Mangelsdorff and Lovens: five pieces from inside the orchestra, nearly all unreleased until this CD.

Following the genre-redefining revelations of A Love Supreme in 1965, John Coltrane began a dramatic shift toward spiritual free jazz, abandoning familiar forms in favor of a more abstract sonic palette and bold questions he'd spend the rest of his l…

Solo piano by Per Henrik Wallin: eight pieces from his 1982 Caprice LP One Knife Is Enough and eight recorded in spring 2003, abrupt shifts between free and fettered playing from one of Sweden’s most individual jazz pianists.

David Maranha's electric organ and Rodrigo Amado's tenor saxophone in a single 41-minute piece recorded live at Out.Fest 2025: drone, noise and free jazz, with liner notes by Stuart Broomer.

Original 1976 spiritual/free jazz double album on Ogun by Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani, Louis Moholo and Chris McGregor.

First edition with LP-size cover of the 1989 CD-only album on BVHaast by the ICP member.

2006 brown vinyl LP on Qbico of wild free jazz noise by Finnish drums and keyboards duo.

Lovely 1986 double album on Impetus with recordings spanning from 1980 to 1985 by the eclectic and inimitable saxophone player, featuring Mike Cooper and Roger Turner among others. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With insert.

Very obscure self-released album of free improvisation by an Italian group featuring Angelo Avogadri.

Sole edition of 1978 album on Sweet Dragon by Danish free jazz quintet. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With original innersleeve.

Sole edition of the 1989 album on Splasc(h) of avant-garde/folk jazz for big band led by the Italian trumpet player. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With insert.

Reeds and fiddle duo by two eminent Swedish improvisers released by Ideal in 2005 in an edition of 300 hand-numbered copies.

Still sealed copy of the original edition privately released on Howard's own Altsax label of the 1973 free jazz album featuring ICP's Han Bennink and Misha Mengelberg.

1985 debut solo album on Amiga blending contemporary jazz, free improvisation and Latin rhythms by the German guitar player.