Avant Garde: Structured Improvisation and Jazz: Avant-Garde Jazz
LARRY OCHS / ROVA SPECIAL SEXTET: The Mirror World (for Stan Brakhage)
Two dynamic landscapes for inspired improvisers: 1 for sextet (rocking.) and 1 for creative music orchestra (elegiac), both inspired by the hand-painted films of legendary Stan Brakhage.
CD price: $25.00
UNITED BRASSWORKERS FRONT: In Between Stories
Their sound is eclectic; its members are equally at home performing Bach chorales, Angolan protest songs, avant-rock, afro-beat, Romanian brass band music, New Orleans “second line”, and be-bop or free jazz.
CD price: $12.97
MANCUSO-SUZDA PROJECT: Lines
Our duo is a unique blend of contemporary classical percussion and jazz saxophones with a variety of instruments from cacti to water drums.
Recommended if you like Dave Holland, Scott Robinson.CD price: $15.00
NEIL WELCH: Narmada
An aggressive record that blends late 60's avant garde with loops, subtle sound-scapes and Indian ragas.
CD price: $13.99
TRIO CAVEAT: Compliments Of The Season
Saxophone player Jonathan Moritz (tenor and soprano saxophones) is joined in Trio Caveat by James Ilgenfritz (bass) and John McLellan (drums), and their sound is a delightful minimalism that will surely challenge even the most serious listener.
CD price: $12.97
TIPPO: Live, 13.06.2007 at 21:00
This is David Leikam's creative music quartet debut CD release and features musicians from the SF Bay Area and Los Angeles, CA. The band combines the elements of jazz, industrial, and conducted improvisation into a powerful mix, here.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
JIM DISNER: Persistence
"Music nerds making music for music nerds."
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
YOON SUN CHOI AND JACOB SACKS: Imagination
This avant garde duo pays homage to Joe Raposo, the influential yet under-appreciated artist, using his compositions as starting points for a series of experiments in texture, form and improvisation.
Recommended if you like Ran Blake, Jeanne Lee.CD price: $15.00
SOUND FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY: India and Africa
An avant-garde group playing all original music by its members, balancing composition and improvisation and incorporating jazz, world music, and classical influences.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $10.00