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    Bobby Bradford, Tom Heasley & Ken Rosser
     
    Varistar
    Superb "chamber jazz" trio improvisations recorded live in the studio in 1999. "Haunting, poignant, shimmering, hypnotic, elegant, sublime, perfectly balanced solos that seem to float in space or on the water."
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    Ed Littman
     
    Ed Littman, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb- Improvisations
    A Stream of consciousness by three musicians that establishes the word mind telepathy.
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    Bonnie Barnett and Ken Filiano
     
    Trio for Two
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    Ed Littman
     
    Splattet
    A funky and agressive Jazz quartet with fresh original compositions and daring improvisational directions.
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    chris morris
     
    improvisations vol 1
    Avant-garde solo piano improvisations with jazz influences.
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    Captain Somebody
     
    When We Get Together
    A completely improvised recording of a trio disconnecting from the jazz tradition....
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    Brian King Nelson Quintet with Aaron Martin
     
    Brothers
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    Bik Bent Braam
     
    Bik Bent Braam goes Bonsai
    Recorded live in 2004 at Bimhuis Amsterdam and De Werf Brugge. Bik Bent Braam performs without a setlist - musicians all provide input, calling out tunes in mid-phrase an deciding tempo and instrumentation on the spot
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    Chris Chalfant & Dennis Warren
     
    New'd Music
    Spontaneous eruptions and intersections of explosive avant-jazz free improvisation at its finest.
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    John Tchicai, Garrison Fewell & Alex Weiss
     
    John Tchicai's Five Points: One Long MInute
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    Top Albums

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    Nathan Hanson & Brian Roessler
    Bellfounding
    Improvised music that is at turns lyrical, bombastic, and ethereally expansive - accessible to the curious, while being challenging to the performers and listeners.
    A limited edition of 50. Printed and numbered by hand. Nathan Hanson - Saxophones Brian Roessler - Double Bass Recording & Mixing: Brian Roessler Artistic direction: Jean Rochard (courtesy of disques nato) Design and printing: Cork Leg Nelson Nathan Hanson and Brian Roessler have been musical partners for fifteen years. In that time they have developed a unique musical sympathy and symbiosis. As a duo they create music that is at turns lyrical, bombastic, and ethereally expansive - accessible to the curious, while being challenging to the performers and listeners. In addition to their duo work they have performed with many different individuals and ensembles including Didier Petit, Douglas Ewart, Carei Thomas, Alden Ikeda, Chris Thomson, Peter Leggett, Fly Manifesto, and Fantastic Merlins, their current quartet with drummer Pete Hennig and cellist Matt Turner.
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    Kite Operations
    Festival
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    Harvest Sound
    Tranquility
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    Bob Bralove & Henry Kaiser
    Ultraviolet Licorice
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    Gary Lucas / Gérald Zbinden
    Down the Rabbit Hole
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      Artists You May Know

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      Don Cherry
      Live at Cafe Montmartre, 1966 Volume Two
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      Albert Ayler, Don Cherry,
      New York Eye and Ear Control
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      Albert Ayler
      Bells/prophecy
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      Top Songs

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      1.
      Paralyzed Mind Of The Archangel Void
      Harmony Rockets
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      2.
      Vignes 1
      Acoustic Guitar Trio (Nels Cline, Jim Mcauley, Rod Poole)
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      3.
      Vignes 2
      Acoustic Guitar Trio (Nels Cline, Jim Mcauley, Rod Poole)
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      4.
      Vignes 3
      Acoustic Guitar Trio (Nels Cline, Jim Mcauley, Rod Poole)
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      5.
      See Sharp
      Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble
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      6.
      Only The Now
      Brian Groder
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      7.
      Landfall
      Brian Groder
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      8.
      Audio Logo
      Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble
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      9.
      Four Steps Toward Parnassus
      Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble
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      10.
      Whimper
      Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble
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