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Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans: Electric Fruit

Weasel Walter/Mary Halvorson/Peter Evans
2011-03-18

544

The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer

Wadada Leo Smith / Ed Blackwell
2010-12-22

320

Decoy and Joe McPhee: Oto

Decoy and Joe McPhee
2010-09-16

800

Michael Gregory Jackson: Clarity

Michael Gregory
2010-06-08

715

Bit Heads

Daniel Blacksberg
2010-05-24

246

Wadada Leo Smith: Spirit Catcher

Wadada Leo Smith
2010-05-12

324

Von Freeman: Vonski Speaks

Von Freeman
2010-05-10

589

Giuseppi Logan: The Giuseppi Logan Quintet

Giuseppi Logan
2010-04-08

754

Sounds of Liberation: New Horizons

Byard Lancaster

2010-03-11

721

Motion Trio

Rodrigo Amado
2010-02-26

136

Marion Brown: Why Not?

Marion Brown
2010-01-13

763

Peter Brotzmann: Die Like A Dog

Peter Brotzmann
2009-12-19

794

Creative Addition

Bengt Nordstrom
2009-12-08

204

Bobby Bradford: With John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble

Bobby Bradford
2009-10-23

800

David S. Ware Quartet: Live in Vilnius

David S. Ware
2009-10-19

881

Canada Day

Harris Eisenstadt
2009-10-04

346

House of Art

Rasul Siddik
2009-09-03

376

The White Album

The New Black

2009-07-23

256

Walk that Fine Thin Line

Greg Nagy

2009-07-11

342

Nathan Davis: The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76

Nathan Davis
2009-06-11

686

Peak Inn

Vinnie Sperrazza
2009-06-03

191

Solidarity Unit, Inc.: Red Black & Green

Solidarity Unit, Inc.
2009-05-07

574

Sunny Murray: Big Chief

Sunny Murray
2009-04-03

609

Charles Tyler: Saga of the Outlaws

Charles Tyler
2009-03-24

376

Journey into the Valley

Faruq Z. Bey with the Northwood Improvisers
2009-02-25

334

Small Spaces

Mike Baggetta
2009-02-24

206

Sleepthief

Ingrid Laubrock
2009-01-25

350

Live in Vilnius

Trio X
2009-01-19

652

Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings

Anthony Braxton
2009-01-19

1,267

Grachan Moncur III: Evolution

Grachan Moncur
2008-12-30

476

J.R. Monterose: J.R. Monterose

J.R. Monterose
2008-12-23

461

Re:Action

Sean Conly
2008-12-21

328

In Former Times

Memorize The Sky
2008-12-20

385

Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah

Roscoe Mitchell
2008-09-28

738

Trauma

The Flying Luttenbachers
2008-08-21

163

Solo in Berlin 1975

Paul Rutherford
2008-08-07

199

Up To Earth

Chris McGregor
2008-07-20

293

In the Midst of Chaos

Orange
2008-07-03

261

New York Eye and Ear Control

Albert Ayler
2008-06-15

303

Sucker Punch Requiem: An Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat

Lisle Ellis
2008-05-01

158

Pendulum

Mike Taylor
2008-04-07

222

Bitter Love Songs

Scott Fields
2008-03-16

184

New York Art Quartet

New York Art Quartet
2008-03-07

301

Globe Unity Orchestra: Globe Unity - 40 Years

Globe Unity Orchestra
2008-02-10

783

Peter Br

Peter Brotzmann
2007-08-15

562

Intention

Amanda Monaco 4
2007-07-21

272

Don Cherry: Live At Cafe Montmartre 1966

Don Cherry
2007-06-30

263

Allen Lowe: Jews In Hell/Radical Jewish Acculturation

Allen Lowe
2007-05-27

607

Blown Bone

Roswell Rudd
2007-01-01

304

Middle Earth Masters

Soft Machine
2006-12-09

256

Byard Lancaster: From A Love Supreme to The Sex Machine

Profile | 2012-08-25

1,010

Joe McPhee: A Band Apart

Multiple Reviews | 2011-10-13

177

Tatsuya Nakatani: Essences and Abiogenesis

Multiple Reviews | 2010-09-17

397

Une, Deux, Trois: Solo, Duo and Trio Improvisation from Europe

Multiple Reviews | 2010-09-14

399

Rag, Saddle and All: Curlew and George Cartwright / Davu Seru

Multiple Reviews | 2010-07-19

278

Muhammad Ali: From a Family of Percussionists

Interview | 2010-07-07

1,171

David Haney: Blue Flint Girl and Live from Yoshi's

Multiple Reviews | 2010-06-12

325

Frode Gjerstad: A Feral Storm from Norway

Multiple Reviews | 2010-05-31

425

Keefe Jackson and Aram Shelton: Seeing You See and Two Cities

Multiple Reviews | 2010-05-29

417

David S. Ware and Joe Rigby: Loft Jazz Soloists

Multiple Reviews | 2010-05-23

400

Michael Jefry Stevens: What About...?; Memphis; A Scent in...

Multiple Reviews | 2010-05-15

312

Andrew Cyrille: Tell Us Only the Beautiful Things; Opus de Life...

Multiple Reviews | 2010-04-03

626

Thomas Lehn: Backchats and Somethingtobesaid

Multiple Reviews | 2010-04-03

371

Curtis Clark, Marilyn Lerner and Chad Taylor: Chasing the Piano

Multiple Reviews | 2010-03-12

406

High Octane Free Improv: Adam Caine Trio & Vinny Golia/Damon...

Multiple Reviews | 2010-02-18

433

Harris Eisenstadt

Profile | 2010-02-07

726

Burton Greene and Perry Robinson: Two Voices in the Desert;...

Multiple Reviews | 2010-02-06

265

Duck Baker: Everything That Rises Must Converge; The Waltz...

Multiple Reviews | 2010-01-16

368

Alone, Again (Naturally): Peter Brotzmann, Olaf Rupp, Henry...

Multiple Reviews | 2010-01-11

334

FMP Records: A Snapshot of German Jazz History

Record Label Profile | 2009-12-25

635

Revolutionary Ensemble: Vietnam and Beyond the Boundary of Time

Multiple Reviews | 2009-11-07

490

Transit: Quadrologues & Nate Wooley: The Seven Storey Mountain

Multiple Reviews | 2009-11-07

356

Bobby Bradford: Self-Determination in the Great Basin

Interview | 2009-10-28

1,237

Harris Eisenstadt: From Mbalax to Canada Day

Interview | 2009-10-05

1,398

William Parker: Live at the Sunset, In Transition, Live at...

Multiple Reviews | 2009-10-03

383

Bill Dixon: In Medias Res

Interview | 2009-09-15

1,555

Four on Clean Feed: Darren Johnston, Luis Lopes, Daniel Levin,...

Multiple Reviews | 2009-09-05

244

Trio 3: At This Time and Berne Concert

Multiple Reviews | 2009-08-08

375

Weasel Walter: Revolt

Interview | 2009-08-03

1,176

Nels Cline: Acoustic Guitar Trio & Gauci/Cline/Filiano/Pride

Multiple Reviews | 2009-06-28

333

Nate Wooley: Throw Down Your Hammer and Sing and Crackleknob

Multiple Reviews | 2009-05-09

371

Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase and Rudi Mahall:...

Multiple Reviews | 2009-05-05

415

Cleve Pozar: The Web of Percussion

Profile | 2009-05-03

566

Give The Cellist Some: Okkyung Lee / Daniel Levin / Peggy Lee /...

Multiple Reviews | 2009-04-04

508

Joe Morris: MVP LSD, Elm City Duets, High Definition and...

Multiple Reviews | 2009-04-04

451

Ravish Momin: The Business of Time

Interview | 2009-03-03

1,539

Alfred Harth: Forty Years of Synaesthetic Improvisation

Interview | 2009-01-05

1,666

Weasel Walter: Oculus ex Abyssus and Firestorm

Multiple Reviews | 2008-11-30

464

Louis Moholo: with the Chris McGregor Trio and Marilyn Crispell

Multiple Reviews | 2008-11-28

455

Joe Morris: What You Can Throw & The Story of Mankind

Multiple Reviews | 2008-10-07

352

Porter Records: A Collector's Rewards

Record Label Profile | 2008-10-04

679

Elton Dean / Steve Miller Trio / Soft Heap: British...

Multiple Reviews | 2008-08-24

387

Michael Dessen / Cosmologic: Between Shadow and Space / Eyes...

Multiple Reviews | 2008-07-25

505

Guitar and Drums Duos: Derek Bailey/Tony Oxley, Mark...

Multiple Reviews | 2008-07-19

193

A Power Stronger Than Itself

Book Review | 2008-06-23

268

Chris McGregor: Eclipse at Dawn and Very Urgent

Multiple Reviews | 2008-06-01

462

New Chicago Underground: Jason Adasiewicz and Tigersmilk

Multiple Reviews | 2008-05-11

311

Ken Vandermark: Vandermark 5, Free Fall, Sonore & Territory Band

Multiple Reviews | 2008-04-06

382

Joe McPhee: A Legend In Heavy Company

Multiple Reviews | 2008-03-16

188

Bob James and Paul Bley: Early Free Piano Trios on ESP-Disk

Multiple Reviews | 2008-03-13

391

Sunny Murray

Interview | 2003-10-14

2,351

Bernard Stollman: The ESP-Disk Story

Interview | 2005-11-21

2,071

Prince Lasha's Inside-Outside Story

Interview | 2005-12-05

2,791

Buell Neidlinger: From Taylor to Zappa to the Carpenters

Profile | 2003-12-16

1,340

Read "Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings"

Anthony Braxton: Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings

Extended Analysis | 2009-01-19

1,267

Bill Dixon: In Medias Res

Interview | 2009-09-15

1,555

James Spaulding: '60s Sideman Extraordinaire

Interview | 2004-02-11

837

Dizzy Reece: From In to Out

Interview | 2006-03-07

1,076

Sonny Simmons

Interview | 2004-07-24

1,108

Warren Smith

Interview | 2004-11-30

1,133

The Humus of Don Cherry

Profile | 2005-10-20

1,179

Barry Altschul: Another Time, Another Place

Interview | 2008-02-19

1,210

Muhammad Ali: From a Family of Percussionists

Interview | 2010-07-07

1,171

Alfred Harth: Forty Years of Synaesthetic Improvisation

Interview | 2009-01-05

1,666

Alvin Fielder: It's About Time

Interview | 2007-07-16

869

Byard Lancaster: From A Love Supreme to The Sex Machine

Profile | 2012-08-25

1,010

Pianist Burton Greene

Interview | 2004-06-11

1,843

Francois Tusques et le Nouveau Jazz Francais

Profile | 2006-01-10

991

Peter Brotzmann: Peter Br

Extended Analysis | 2007-08-15

562

Ted Curson: Atypical Ted

Profile | 2005-06-02

1,252

Michel Portal: Meanings, Feelings and Rivers

Interview | 2005-07-01

802

Paul Rutherford: A Musician's Impulse

Interview | 2006-06-13

983

Bobby Bradford: Self-Determination in the Great Basin

Interview | 2009-10-28

1,237

Carlos Ward: A Tough and Lyrical Journey

Profile | 2007-09-22

951

Impressions of Eric Dolphy

Profile | 2008-03-12

1,010

Archie Shepp: Knowing the Life

Interview | 2007-08-23

891

Weasel Walter: Revolt

Interview | 2009-08-03

1,176

Prince Lasha

Profile | 2004-12-01

920

Kent Carter and the Continental Continuum

Interview | 2004-08-13

1,052

Marshall Allen's Muse

Interview | 2004-10-18

944

Jackie McLean: Destination Out

Profile | 2004-05-07

663

Hamiet Bluiett

Profile | 2004-04-17

794

Ted Daniel: Brass Tapestry

Interview | 2007-11-14

945

Minnesota Sur Seine 2005: Intercommunal Music on the Mississippi

Live Review | 2005-12-16

820

Harris Eisenstadt: From Mbalax to Canada Day

Interview | 2009-10-05

1,398

Bobby Few is Coming Through

Profile | 2005-05-14

949

Ravish Momin: The Business of Time

Interview | 2009-03-03

1,539

Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World

Interview | 2004-03-01

1,074

Atavistic Records: Down Beats and No Wave

Record Label Profile | 2006-07-23

710

Bill Dixon: The Morality of Improvisation

Profile | 2005-08-20

798

Roscoe Mitchell: Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah

Extended Analysis | 2008-09-28

738

Peter Brotzmann: Peter Brotzmann: Die Like A Dog

Extended Analysis | 2009-12-19

794

Clean Feed Records

Record Label Profile | 2004-07-03

624

Misha Mengelberg: More than Instant Composition

Profile | 2005-05-24

1,005

Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah's First

Extended Analysis | 2005-10-13

833

Irene Schweizer: Ramifications

Profile | 2007-11-27

640

Marion Brown: Marion Brown: Why Not?

Extended Analysis | 2010-01-13

763

Grachan Moncur: Grachan Moncur III: Evolution

Extended Analysis | 2008-12-30

476

Eric Dolphy: Iron Man / Live at the Five Spot, Vol.1; Nathan Davis: The Other Side of Morning

Multiple Reviews | 2005-10-10

305

Not Two Records

Record Label Profile | 2005-04-11

797