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Ken Vandermark & Terrie Hessels

2016

Decoy with Joe McPhee

2013

"McPhee allows the trio space to stretch out and they reciprocate by diligently seeking ways to set off his pocket trumpet and saxophone to best advantage. In spite of the generational differences all four are accomplished breakers of new ground. -John Sharpe, All About Jazz"

Paal Nilssen-Love & Masahiko Satoh

2014

Ab Baars Trio

1995

"the deft and creative musicianship here creates a very sophisticated type of conversation, indulging the full range of musical emotion. Recommended. -Thom Jurek, All Music"

Tim Daisy

2019

"...one of its most curious releases yet: the 18-minute solo piece "Staklo," on which Daisy plays glass instruments, including bowls and glasses (he also blows into bottles). —J.R. Nelson, Chicago Reader"

Lasse Marhaug & Paal Nilssen-Love

2007

"Paal Nilssen-Love with Lasse Marhaug, recorded and edited by Fe-mail/Spunk Hild Sofie Tafjord to create 6 fascinating free-form compositions of sound and texture. "A really fascinating album." -Eyal Hareuveni"

Ken Vandermark

1995

The Ex

1998

"The band's debut release on Touch And Go. This is is a wonderful record for adventurous listeners. Let The Ex jump start your weary ears."

Frode Gjerstad Trio

2016

"There's an infectious enthusiasm in the proceedings, with the musicians constantly interacting with each other's ideas without fear of dismantling effective combinations, always in search of new paths to explore. "

Mats Gustafsson & His All-Stars

1999

Duo Baars - Henneman

2006

"Eminent Dutch multi-reedman Ab Baars is known to skirt the fringes of modern jazz within a variety of mechanisms. Stof presents a largely minimalist portraiture of his craftsmanship, within a tight-knit duo framework with cellist Ig Henneman. Consisting of improvisations that are occasionally embedded into structured compositional elements, the artists pursue freedom of expression throughout. -GLENN ASTARITA, All About Jazz"

Duo Baars Henneman

2007

"Eminent Dutch multi-reedman Ab Baars is known to skirt the fringes of modern jazz within a variety of mechanisms. Stof presents a largely minimalist portraiture of his craftsmanship, within a tight-knit duo framework with cellist Ig Henneman. Consisting of improvisations that are occasionally embedded into structured compositional elements, the artists pursue freedom of expression throughout. -GLENN ASTARITA, All About Jazz"

Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet

2000

"The whole thing starts off in full gear, with the reeds joined in a scream that could wake the dead. It is worth noting that this music reaches points of terrifying intensity at times, although it also balanced by a great deal of more subdued exploration. It seems to alternate between these extremes every few minutes or so, making for a very satisfying experience. –All About Jazz"

Mats Gustafsson & Colin Stetson

2012

"The listener is not excluded from this conversation. Instead, it is extended to her via the duo's adherence to close listening and the economy of their individual and collective expressions. With Stones, Gustafsson and Stetson have encountered not only one another in a magical way, but they communicate the power of beauty itself."

Ken Vandermark

2010

Ken Vandermark's Joe Harriott Project

1999

From Wolves to Whales

2019

"The final track, "For Kenau," sums up the quartet's mission. It trawls a path of extended emotion through long solemn notes and solos, ending with all its fuel spent. - Mark Corroto, All About Jazz"

Henneman String Quartet

2003

"The tension between composition and improvisation and between tradition and innovation creates an uncommon music that knows few equivalents in the world of contemporary jazz music. -- Emanuel Wenger "

Dave Rempis / Jeff Parker / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Jeremy Cunningham

2020

"Each member brings out new facets of the others – Parker’s melodicism warms up Rempis’ tone and invites a new focus on contrapuntal motion in his playing, while Rempis draws some spiky shards of sound from Parker’s otherwise round-toned ax. Flaten’s drive propels Cunningham, and frees him up to play more impressionistically than he otherwise might. And Cunningham – who’s been known to fret that he’s a nail-biting novice to free improvisation – proves himself fully capable of taking on that new challenge using the same remarkable depth of musicality that he applies in more familiar contexts. Put these together and you end up with a record that draws lines between Grant Green’s Iron City, Ornette Coleman’s Body Meta, and Sonny Sharrock’s Ask the Ages."

Strountes

2006