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Jumala Quintet

2005

"Flaherty sees it a bit differently. “We are a bit restrained, or polite; just a little, but in a good way I think.” This restraint allows interaction to be heard more clearly, and “Weighing of the Heart” presents a timbrally stimulating example of how unified the group vision can be, with McPhee’s pocket trumpet soaring above the interplay. -Marc Medwin, One Final Note"

Ken Vandermark

2002

"With these duos I think that we tried to be as free from musical categories and boundaries as we could, playing what the music suggested not what our preconceptions dictated. -Ken Vandermark"

Lotte Anker / Fred Lonberg-Holm & Dave Jackson / Dirk Serries

2016

"Anker and Lonberg-Holm’s duet plays on all their strengths. Their extended improvisation takes a kind of narrative approach with the titling, “Ice King” / “Melt” / “The Frigid Air” / “Cold Only Hurts Those Who Feel,” and the playing is thrillingly free. Anker and Lonberg-Holm both have a way of taking tuneful lines to their scorched edges, successfully mixing atonal leaps with extended techniques. -Lee Rice Epstein, Free Jazz Blog"

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"

English

2020

"Unreleased archive recordings of English, Seoul South Korea, 2007."

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."

Ab Baars & Ig Henneman

2019

"Proceeds raised from sales of this recording will go toward a cause recommended by Ab, PEN America (pen.org/about-us/), which "stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. "

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

Brandon Lopez

2019

"Solo bass improvisations"

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."