HERMETIC ORGAN VOLUME 13 - BIENNALE MUSICA VENEZIA

COSMIC LIEDER

DRUNK ON THE BLOOD OF THE HOLY ONES

LIVE AT JAZZFESTIVAL SAALFELDEN 2011

NEW MASADA QUARTET VOLUME THREE

HANNIGAN SINGS ZORN VOLUME TWO - ARCHIVAL SERIES

Julian Lage, Gyan Riley Julian Lage and Gyan Riley have a magical rapport, a deep mutual respect, and have recorded some of Zorn's most melodious and intimate compositions. In addition to the many books of music written for their trio with Bill Frisell, they have also worked together as a duo on The Bagatelles (2015), Midsummer Moons (2017), Book Beri'ah (2019), and Quatrain (2023). For this fifth duo CD Zorn turns again to William Shakespeare for inspiration and has composed a varied collection of ballads, dances, lullabies, and fantasies that will delight, stimulate, and inspire. Her Melodious Lay contains nine poetic, through-composed pieces that blend classical, folk, jazz, film music, and more into a strikingly dramatic musical vision. Modern guitar music at it's very best!

PETIT OISEAU

William Parker's new album expands on the ancient DNA/cultural codex that connects West Africa to Middle America, combining mesmerizing group work (bass, baritone sax, alto sax, doson'ngoni, congo, guiro, timbale, accordion) and solo pieces on bass and doson'ngoni. AUM. 2006.

2024 release. Tzadik is proud to present Asterisms, a beautiful and exploratory instrumental project by Sean Ono Lennon, one of the most creative and versatile musician/composer/producer/songwriters working today. Sean has written countless songs, composed film scores, produced, and performed on dozens of albums-and here he steps out as the leader of an all-star band of Downtown luminaries. Years in the making, the music is powerful, trippy, and intensely imaginative, blending rock, electronics, jazz, and more into an exciting new musical soundscape. With driving rhythms, a stunning lyricism, and a brilliant sense of orchestration, this album is sure to surprise and delight music fans the world 'round. Beautifully recorded, this is modern instrumental music at it's very best-essential!

VESSEL IN ORBIT

SOTTO VOCE

Louie Belogenis, Trevor Dunn, Ryan Sawyer / Remaining true to the alchemical beginner's mind, Terton is a band that places exploration and improvisation first and foremost. Featuring saxophonist Louie Belogenis, bassist Trevor Dunn, and drummer Ryan Sawyer, the music pushes the envelope of free jazz and points in many directions at once. In Tibetan Buddhism, a terton uncovers and reveals esoteric spiritual teachings currently unknown and unpracticed. Like the teachings referred to, the music here are similar treasures-a music deeply buried within the human psyche waiting for an opportune time to appear. Louie, Trevor and Ryan mine this hidden terrain with great honesty, imagination, and craft.

STANDARDS

AKHENATEN SUITE: LIVE AT VISION FESTIVAL XII

TODAY ON EARTH

WILDLIFE

On Clustrophy, Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen leads his multinational and multitalented quintet, Innkvisitio, through inventive bursts of forward-looking jazz that not once goes for the obvious. Innkvisitio consists of drummer Joonas Riippa, keyboardist Seppo Kantonen and three saxophonists: Fredrik Ljunqvist (of Sweden), Daniel Erdmann (of Germany) and Innanen, who is quickly establishing himself on the international jazz scene. Clustrophy is firmly rooted in the history of modern jazz and at the same time forward-looking - or "retro-futuristic", as Innanen puts it. The album-opener "Earth's Second Moon" sets the tone: Riippa's drumming and Kantonen's cosmic electronics provide the perfect bedrock for the three saxophonists to do their thing. Tracks: 1. Earth's Second Moon 2. Vraa-Tender 3. Clustrophy 4. a Panoramic View from the Top Floor 5. Underground 6. The Grey Adler Returns Again 7. Ardennes at Dawn 8. Jantaraboon II 9. Detto the Magician 10. 757 11. Jam Afane.

Heart Trio features three lifelong-devoted fellow travelers on the path of healing through sound. World-renowned & revered bassist-composer-leader William Parker has performed and recorded extensively with both Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake over the past 30+ years. And, the three of them are the core since 2012 in Parker's reborn In Order To Survive quartet. Heart Trio is, remarkably then, their debut as a trio on record.

William here plays doson ngoni, dudek, and flutes of bamboo, cedar & walnut. Cooper-Moore on his hand-crafted ashimba and harp; Hamid Drake on frame drum and drum kit. All of this music was collectively composed at the time of it's creation. This is music for sunrise and sunset. Daily music. Healing, centering, mantra, heart music. From William's notes included with the release: "The theory behind this music is the music itself. Empty and fill the heart and soul with sound, letting it dance. Without pretense. We are trying to get to a flow-Earth, sky, and flowing water sounds that jump out of the painting." William Parker received Lifetime of Achievement Honors at Vision 2024.

BASS DUO

IN EACH DAY SOMETHING GOOD

SHAKTI

I PLAN TO STAY A BELIEVER: INSIDE SONGS OF CURTIS

BIG GUNDOWN 15TH ANNIVERSARY (SPECIAL EDITION)

PIECES FOR GUITAR