Available Formats:
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Elements of Style, Exercises in Surprise
The Vandermark 5
2004
Elm City Duets
Joe Morris & Barre Phillips
2008
Digital
Elsewhere
Joe Morris Ensemble
1996
Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement Of Freedom
Hamid Drake & Joe McPhee
2000
Empty Castles
Spectral (Rempis/Johnston/Ochs)
2018
"There was nowhere to hide during this recording session, every note staring back at its creators with fearless eyes. And the resulting musical tension is palpable, as the band tosses ideas up into the air between them, and sets them spinning off into the ether, each one on their own unique path. credits "
2CD, Digital
English Suites
Ken Vandermark & Paul Lytton
CD, LP, Digital
Enormous Door
The Ex & Brass Unbound
2013
Erta Ale
Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit
2014
Escalator
Ken Vandermark, Klaus Kugel, Mark Tokar
2017
Digital, CD
Expansion Slang
Tripleplay
Experiments With a Leaf
John Butcher & Andy Moor
2015
"Experiments with a Leaf is a live recording from October 2013 in Berne, Switzerland, where the duo was playing in a cathedral. The large natural echo in the great space somehow glued the sounds together without the music resorting to a wash of reverberated noise... As a duo, they have no agenda or pre-planned aesthetic: both musicians simply work with their wide and contrasting knowledge of sound and music, and their fine responsiveness to each other and to their surrounding"
Extended Duos
Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love
"With their duo performance in Moscow on the first two discs Vandermark and Nilssen-Love present why they have always been one of the greatest reeds/drums duos on the scene, it is a marvelous state of the art, an exhibition of their excellent interplay, a summary of their art – in a nutshell: a reference to their own past. The last CD, another duo performance, points to the future. Compared to the Moscow concert, the duo seems changed and willing to go somewhere else. In between, with the literally extended and augmented duos, they present something different, something which shows them on new territory, where they have never been before – and especially here they show that they are willing to take that risk and explore that territory (Martin Schray, The Free Jazz Collective)"
Face of Tokyo
Sten Sandell Trio
2009
Fano
Chalachew Ashenati & Ililta Band
"Chalachew Ashenafi, the legendary Gondar azmari (1966-2012) did some tours with The Ex in recent years. A traditional player, but also forward, funny and stubborn. These are his last recordings ever. Astonishing strong music."
Fiets
ozemarie Heggen & Terrie Ex
"Two musicians from very different musical backgrounds. Terrie as electric guitarist of The Ex and improviser, and Rozemarie, double bassist, as a performer of contemporary music and improviser. After a shared experience in the Ex Orkest, a further cooperation seemed clear and resulted in this CD. Openness, intuition, intensity, joy are a few of the basic elements which made the special connection that have taken them both to a different level of music-making. Exploring new territory can definitely be heard in their playing. The eleven improvisations on "Fiets" are little stories, experiences you might have while doing a very Dutch thing; making a ride on your bicycle (fiets). Have a good listen!..."
Finger Wigglers
Joe McPhee & Michael Bisio
1997
First Date
Joe McPhee Trio
2012
Flip & Spike
Joe Morris Trio
1992
Flowers
Joe McPhee
2016
Fluku
Large Unit
"Fluku is a superb album, dynamic, adventurous, colorful and innovative. If you have the chance to see the band live, don’t miss it."
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