Digital

FME

2004

""What is here, though, is beyond these landmarks of traditional jazz. The world is not flat and neither is jazz, and if you can place some faith in that, you can get into this. FME pays tribute to four innovators of free jazz and improvised music: saxophonist and trumpeter Joe McPhee, percussionist Paul Lytton, guitarist Joe Morris and saxophonist Peter Brötzmann." -All About Jazz"

Joe McPhee

2001

"This set is one of the most essential recordings of late-'60s free jazz, and anybody remotely interested in the period needs to hear it. -Thom Jurek, All Music"

Joe Morris Quartet

1999

Deep Listening Band / Joe McPhee Quartet

2003

"One never knows what Pauline Oliveros will do next, but whatever it is, she is sure to go beyond boundaries and categories. She is sui generis, an artist whose wide open creativity is both inspiring and challenging. On Unquenchable Fire, the musicians have brought the full force of their intelligence and sensitivity to Oliveros’ vision, creating a listening experience both memorable and evocative. -Florence Wetzel, All About Jazz"

Francisco Lopez

2011

"Composer and sound recordist Francisco López operates in an area where music and sound merge. With its rich variety of sonorities and its percussive quality, the piano is an ideal instrument for his purposes; and Dutch pianist Reinier van Houdt, with whom López developed the piece, is an ideal performer. -Rene Van Peer"

Barrage Double Trio

1996

Joe Morris, Brad Barrett, Eric Stilwell

2017

"I think this is what Joe Morris continues to do for so long and with so much stubborn obstinacy. This record, like every one of his last records, is his last position on the creative frontier, what he calls a “perpetual frontier”, a temporary position that may be already uncomfortable for him and already calls the desire to explore again, to move even further ahead. There are personalities that never stop, are tireless, they endure routines, are bold. Joe Morris is one of these people. And, in the art world, to be daring, it always pays."

Vario-34

1993

Ab Baars + Mariëtte Rouppe van der Voort

2003

"…Rouppe van der Voort performs miracles in dexterity on the piccolo in "E si fussi pisci", turning it into a penny whistle sliding out of control. Stopping on a dime 45 seconds before the end of the piece, she prompts a quiet and fragile coda that is so perfect you'll go back to the booklet to make sure it was not scored. Other highlights include the busy and playful title track, the tender "Duet for John and Bob" and "Bells," where Baars launches into a soulful non-idiomatic tenor sax solo. Veer and Haul is a title that evokes big ships performing clumsy maneuvers, but Baars and Rouppe van der Voort's lines are sketching a fascinating dance".
--François Couture, All Music Guide "

Ab Baars

1997

""Netherlands reed king Ab Baars has played with everyone from Guus Janssen to Franz Koglmann and led his own wonderfully playful avant quartet. But Verderame marks his first outing unaccompanied and takes an unusual understated tack. Over the course of nine originals -- many of them tributes to friends and inspirations -- and a gorgeous reworking of Billy Strayhorn's "Lotus Blossom," Baars offers a wonderfully personal album of warm reflections, tender microtonal explorations, and quick-witted charm." -Thom Jurek, All Music"

Spaceways Inc.

2002

Morris / Klingsberg / Quinn / Sabin / Sengupta

2019

"My goal with Instantiation is to create unique and rewarding experiences for listeners by synthesizing the meta-properties of Free music in new and creative ways. I rely on the attention to the material and the individual and collective artistry of the ensemble of players to realize a unique result with each performance. - Joe Morris"

Joe McPhee & John Heward

2008

"The purity and range of tone emanating from the pocket trumpet and soprano give this recording presence, notwithstanding the design of Voices, which itself glows with integrity. Integrity that is cultivated from diversity, invested with purpose and substance, and evocative of whatever the next moments offer. -Lyn Horton, All About Jazz"

Lean Left

2010

"Fist two volumes from this powerful punk-rock-free jazz-improvised music quartet integrated by Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Andy Moor & Terrie Hessels."

Lean Left

2010

"Fist two volumes from this powerful punk-rock-free jazz-improvised music quartet integrated by Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Andy Moor & Terrie Hessels."

Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet

2012

Diskaholics Anonymous Trio

2006

The Chicago Reed Quartet

2016

"Furthermore each contributes two pieces to the book and the resulting variety of approaches engenders a winning program which ranges between tightly scripted and looser confederations. -John Sharpe, All About Jazz"

Resonance Ensemble

2012

Evan Parker & Joe McPhee

2013

"It's a must for free-jazz disciples of Parker and McPhee, but the uninitiated may also find much to enjoy in this gracefully rational and divertingly varied exhibition of improv. -John Frodham, The Guardian"