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Composition 192 (for Two Musicians...) -by Braxton/Newton CD LR 251
Recorded live at the "Unsung Music" Festival in London, June 20, 1996, this piece belongs to a new category of works, which Anthony Braxton calls "Ghost Trance Musics". Braxton had long admired Lauren Newton's work, her reading ability, perfect intonation, dynamic creativity.This concert marked the first time that they performed together. Liner notes by Graham Lock, total duration 62'30.

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11: Compositions (Duo) 1995 -by A. Braxton/B. Larner CD LR 244
nthony Braxton, flute, clarinet, contra-alto, contrabass adn soprano clarinets, sopranino, alto and F saxophones; Brett Larner, 13-string koto, 17-string bass koto. Composition 65 (04.57), Composition 74B (08.12), Composition 72H (02.46), Composition 74E (08.11), Composition 72A [take 2] (03.51), Composition 72F (06.07), Composition 74D + 72E (15.17), Composition 74A (05.27), Composition 72C (04.18), Composition 87 (15.31), Composition 72A [take 1] (03.42). Recorded on 24 March 1995 at Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University.

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2: Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 -by A. Braxton/Ensemble Braxtonia CD LR 233
Anthony Braxton, alto, soprano and sopranino saxophones, flute; Seppo Baron Paakkunainen, flute, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone; Pentti Lahti, flute, soprano and alto saxophones; Pepa Päivinen, flute, tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet; Mircea Stan, trombone; Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola, violin; Teppo Hauta-aho, bass, cello; Jukka Wasama, drums.

Composition No. 144, Composition No. 145.

Recorded at Järvenpää House, Järvenpää, Finland on 7 November 1988.

Front cover artwork (reproduced above) by Lora Denis.

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Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994 Vol.1 -by A. Braxton CD LR 222/223
Double CD. Anthony Braxton plays piano. We have been waiting for this, haven't we? Two discs, 10 jazz standards, over 75 minutes each disc. WOW!!! (Incidentally this is the first piece by Lennie Tristano on Disc 1). But do you think the Marsalis brothers will ever have the courage to listen to this and the intelligence to understand it?

Marty Ehrlich on reeds, Joe Fonda on bass, Pheeroan AkLaff on drums.

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Composition No. 174 (for Ten Percussionists, ...) - by A. Braxton CD LR 217
A new side of ever surprising master composer/musician Anthony Braxton.

A world premier performance by the Arizona State University Percussion Ensemble directed by Dr. J. B. Smith. Recorded Feb 6, 1994 in the Music Theatre at the Arizona State University School of Music, Temple, Arizona.

The CD is accompanied by an 8-page booklet to lead you throught the labyrinth of Braxton's thinking.

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Composition N.96 -by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 169
Recorded in 1981 by a 37-piece orchestra and dedicated to the master composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.

This is a key work in Braxton's music's evolution both on the structural and spiritual levels. Extensive notes by Graham Lock.

Duration 55'35.

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Y? -by Bertrand Denzler Cluster - LeoLab 053
ertrand Denzler Cluster is Benoit Delbecq - piano, Hélène Labarrière - bass, Norbert Pfammatter - drums, and Bertrand Denzler - tenor saxophone. The goal of this group is to play colourful, energetic and living music while exploring the space between composition and improvisation. The recording has been made by Radio DRS at the jazz festival in Schaffhausen. Total time: 58'27

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Allegro Con Brio -by Atipico Trio - CD LR 400
Baritone sax, bass clarinets, alto saxes, piccolo, soprano, and tenor sax. Satirical, serious, undefinable, ironic, meticulous, contemporary, futuristic, dated, impassioned, outrageous — these are just some of the adjectives used by international press to describe the spirit of the trio. The sonic universe which the Atipico Trio navigates knows no frontiers. You need neither passports nor visas to travel with them from the Caribbean to the Middle East, from Africa to the Balkans, from North America to Japan.

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Coventry 1985 - by Anthony Braxton Quartet - CD LR 204/205
Double CD. The legendary Braxton Quartet with Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway at Coventry which was unavailable for some time. The 16 page booklet has a new look and contains detailed notes by Graham Lock.

Recorded live, this is the last concert of the quartet's tour of Great Britain, concluding the series of double CDs.

The coventry concert is special in many respects. Each disc is supplemented by about 30 minutes of Anthony Braxton's conversation with Graham Lock.

Highly acclaimed series of double CDs, a must for Braxton's followers.

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Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 2 by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 382/383
Double CD. Second volume from the now legendary Anthony Braxton's sessions at Yoshi's exploring his concept of "Ghost Trance Music". Two compositions, n. 209 & n. 210, almost hour long each, performed by the same line-up as Vol.1 (A. Braxton, B. Evans, J. Fei, J. Moore, A. Vida, J.D. Parran, K. O'Neil, J. Fonda, K. Norton). Twelve-page booklet containes listening diary by Steve Day. His listening diary for Vol. 1 received much praise in the media.

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Solo ( Milano ) 1979 Vol. 2 - by Anthony Braxton - CD GY 023
Solo (Milano) 1979, it's only natural to release another solo concert played one day later. There are twelve pieces on this CD, but they do not overlap with the compositions performed by Braxton the day before. Five of the twelve pieces come from out of the jazz tradition. Usually Braxton keeps his own compositions and standards separately, but this is a very rare concert when the two came together. Liner notes by Steve Day.

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Solo ( Milano ) 1979 Vol. 1 - by Anthony Braxton - CD GY 020
In the wake of last year's release GY 17 Anthony Braxton Solo (Koln) 1978, yet another historical discovery: a quarter of a century ago Anthony Braxton played two solo concerts in Milano within a space of three days. We bring the entire concert on January 17, 1979. Many Braxton's compositions performed at this concert have never been recorded before.

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In One Breath - by Ama Jazz - LeoLab 020
The most mysterious recording that reached Leo Records' quarters from the Urals (a mountain ridge that separates Europe from Asia). AMA stands for "Association of Musicians of Avant-garde". AMA-JAZZ is a quartet (piano, sax, drums, el.bass) that plays highly charged, powerful, passionate, intuitively structured music. They are of The Ganelin Trio school, and like The Trio in the past they will be compared to the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Total time: 72'33

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I Am Surprised While It Is Actually Happening -by Alati... - LeoLab 038
The debut CD by the four young Italian musicians playing two guitars, percussion, drums, and bass. The music of this quartet is marked by a real sense of adventure. They surprise themselves, and one can actually feel their zest and pleasure of music making. Total duration 64 minutes.

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Duo ( Wesleyan ) 1994 - by Adzinyan / Braxton - CD LR 228/229
Double CD. A double CD documenting a complete concert at Wesleyan University in front of an appreciative audience. A 100-minute dialogue between a master percussionist and an amazing saxophonist who plays hos whole arsenal of saxophones and clarinet. Sit and watch how ideas are being born, developed and brought to a close, just to be started all over again.

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Composition No. 94 For Three Instrumentalists (1980) - CD GY 003
This is a live recording of the previously undocumented Anthony Braxton Trio featuring Ray Anderson on trombone and James Emery on electric guitar and electronics.

The CD comprises two sets which were recorded in Bologna in 1980.

Extensive liner notes by Graham Lock.

The total time is 76'20.

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The Seeker -by Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (Mark Harvey) LeoLab 068
The third CD by The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra led by the music director and conductor Mark Harvey.

Recorded live, the music here spans many traditions, styles and approaches; and blends complex writing with individual, collective and conductor's improvisation.

66 minutes of orchestral soundscapes traverse a wide range of colours, rhythms, textures, dynamics and moods offering imaginative music for the open ear, heart and mind.

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Psalms & Elegies -by Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (Mark Harvey) LeoLab 028
This is the second CD by the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra on Leo Lab.

The orchestra is being led by the composer/pianist/trumpeter, Mark Harvey.

The music is deeply spiritual, for it speaks about life, people, experiences, joys, sorrows...

Three out of four long pieces are elegies for specific people, the fourth moves from the elegaic towards the epic.

Duration is over 76 minutes

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Apparitions -by Adler / Chauncy / Lloyd / Palmer... - CD LR 408
Apparitions - moving and engrossing music born out of immense experience and fresh thought. It mixes old and new -- strings, wind and electronics. It is architectural improvisation -- played with intent and built collectively to create imaginary spaces. The result is fresh, un-selfconscious, vibrant and above all very stimulating music. This is a new group that demands to be heard! Stan Adler - cello/electronics, Paul Chauncy - electronics, Jon Lloyd - soprano sax, Rob Palmer - guitar/electronics, Philipp Wachsmann - violin/electronics.

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Knives ( Solo Piano ) - by Achim Kaufmann - CD LR 409
This is the second CD by Achim Kaufmann for Leo Records, the first one (Double Exposure, CD LR 289) being his quartet with the American saxophonist Michael Moor. The music of the quartet was called "the finest forward-thinking chamber jazz coming out of Europe today". The solo CD is altogether different. It's a result of many years of investigation of the piano. There are 20 pieces on this CD, and in Achim's words "they are different types of knives, different shapes".

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Solo Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice - Venezia by Sun Ra CD GY 021
How many solo piano concerts by Sun Ra have you heard? This historic concert was recorded in Italy in 1977. Eleven compositions, a mixture of jazz standards and Sun Ra originals, total duration 59'24. A must for any Sun Ra follower. Limited edition 1500 copies.

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Solo ( Koln ) 1978 -by Anthony Braxton CD GY 017 Golden Years of New Jazz
Saved from oblivion by Anthony Braxton himself this recording can't be more welcome, for at the time of the release other Braxton's solo CDs are mostly unavailable. But make no mistake: the thing that will strike your ears is how absolutely contemporary this music sounds. Recorded twenty four years ago it sounds as if it has been recorded today. It was a long concert, but we managed to save every sound by editiong out bursts of applause after each piece. Yet it happened to be the longest CD in the entire Leo Records catalogue: 78'02. Liner notes by Steve Day.

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Blue Purge -by Wally Shoup Trio - CD LR 412
The Wally Shoup Trio follows up its critically acclaimed Leo debut "Fusillades & Lamentations" with another batch of improvisations described as "Fire Music with a lot of Soul". Shoup's alto sax, Reuben Radding's bass and Bob Rees's drums spontaneously combust to create intense music that revels in its hard-boiled elegance. As the title suggests, the Wally Shoup Trio explodes in a soulful exorcism. Another original Shoup painting graces the cover.

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Divine Madness -by Sergey Kuryokhin CD LR 813/816
4-CDs. The audio-CD box is supplemented by a 20-page booklet with a collection of photographs and articles written about Sergey by noted music writers.

The total duration of the four CDs is five hours including a whole disc of previously unreleased material.

The box includes long deleted LP tracks: Piano Zoological Elements, Subway Culture, Introduction in Pop-Mechanics, Pop-Mechanics N.17, etc. Total time: disc 1: 76'09, disc 2: 73'34, disc 3: 77'52, disc 4: 72'26

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Nature Morte -by Simon Nabatov Quartet - CD LR 310
To record the work based on Joseph Brodsky's poem "Nature Morte" Simon Nabatov has assembled an extraordinary ensemble: Phil Minton - voice, Frank Gratkowski - reeds, Nils Wogram - trombone, Simon Nabatov - piano. As Stuart Broomer writes in his notes: "Simon Nabatov's "Nature Morte" is a miracle of craft and vision, a rare synchrony of parts in which text, composition and improvisation are heard as essential complementaries." Simon Nabatov has arrived. There is no question this CD will stand the test of time and make jazz history.

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Triptych -by Anker / Taborn / Cleaver - CD LR 441
The first CD in Leo Records catalogue of the Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker with two American partners Craig Taborn on piano and Gerald Cleaver on drums. The method of these musicians is collective improvisation based on many different kinds of music with tremendous capacity for pure linear invention. As Stuart Broomer writes in his notes: "This is extraordinarily melodic music and often contrapuntal...we are in the vicinity of a group that possesses a special presence, the musicians alert to one another¹s nuances, but beyond that, articulating together the complex lacework of our collective time."

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Happening -by Carrier / Maneri / Neumann / Cote ... CD LR 451/452
Double CD. This is the first (double) CD by Francois Carrier in Leo Records catalogue. "He is one of Quebec's (and Canada's) essential musical voices, a saxophonist who has combined commitment and discipline with intuition and inspiration to gradually realize an arresting musical vision, one that is compounded of free-jazz traditions and a compellingly personal melodic invention. On Happening, Carrier combines both long-standing and fresh musical partnerships with free improvisation and contrasting tonal systems to reach levels of sometimes startling immediacy" (Stuart Broomer).

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Introspection - by Perelman / Hertlein / Duval / Baker CD LR 455
Ivo Perelman continues his sonic exploration with string instruments as started on "Sieiro" (with cellist Thomas Ulrich) and followed by "Alexander Suite" (with CT String Quartet). Here he is joined by sympathetic violin player/singer Rosie Hertlein and reaches a new plateau of his chameleonic understanding for string sonorities. Superbly fueled by Dominic Duval (bass) and Newman Taylor-Baker (drums), the music - at times sounding like an intricate contemporary string trio or a powerful jazz quartet - echoes the depth and introspection of Perelman's own work as a visual artist. Includes booklet with 9 beautiful reproductions of his paintings.

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Draught - by Szilard Mezei International Ensemble - CD LR 447
Szilard Mezei is an ethnic Hungarian living in Serbia-Montenegro. The emergence of a major talent from that region can only be compared with the emergence of the Ganelin Trio from the depth of the Soviet totalitarian regime some thirty years ago. The listeners who are open to both the jazz tradition and new music will be struck by the depth of composer-violinist Szilard Mezei's connection to the music of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra and Anthony Braxton, as well as the distinctiveness of his compositional approach. Born in 1974, Sziilard Mezei is strongly connected to the tradition of Hungarian folk music which has a history of collective improvisation, but is not merely visiting the tradition, he is making it his own. Mezei's eight piece international ensemble was recorded live at the 10th festival of jazz and improvised music in Serbia & Montenegro.

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Triskaidekaphonia - by Gratkowski / Lehn / Poore - CD LR 461
I can imagine that, having listened to this recording, some reactionary writers might write that the sounds here are more to do with cockroaches fornicating than music. It takes tremendous courage to play the way these three musicians do. Sensitive ears, however, will decern a lot of highly original and totally unique music performed on a very unusual combination of instruments. Frank Gratkowsi - clarinet, bassclarinet, contrabass clarinet, Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer, Melvyn Poore - tuba, euphonium. Total duration 68'28"

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Allende - by Actis Band - CD LR 462
What is it? Funk? Punk? Avant-rock? Free jazz? Reckless drive? Some kind of mad Mediterranean wedding? No, it¹s everything blended together into one tight snowball by the leader Carlo Actis Dato. Actis Band plays Carlo¹s compositions the way that only Italian musicians can do. Carlo Actis Dato - tenor & baritone saxes, Massimo Rossi - alto and soprano saxes, Karsten Lipp - guitar, Federico Marchesano - electric & acoustic bass, Dario Bruna - drums. Total duration 63'55"

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Joelle Leandre At The Le Mans Jazz Festival - CD LR 458/459
Double CD. In April/May 2005 Joelle Leandre was a resident artist at the Le Mans Jazz Festival. She performed with Les Diaboliques (Maggie Nicols - voice, Irene Schweitzer - piano), William Parker - bass, India Cooke - violin, Markus Stockhausen - trumpet/Mark Nauseef - percussion, electronics, Paul Lovens - drums/Sebi Tramontana - trombone/ Carlos Zingaro - violin. These magic performances are documented on the double CD which contain over two hours of music. There is no question this is the strongest CD by Joelle Leandre in the Leo Records catalogue. Liner notes provided by Art Lange. Total duration: disk 1: 56'49", disk 2: 64'01"

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Cutitout - by Ullmann / Dahlgren / Rosen - CD LR 457
A new trio of equals inspired by the permanent Leo Records' recording artist Gebhard Ullmann. The sound of his bassclarinet and bassflute in conjunction with the amazing sounds of Chris Dahlgren's bass create some fascinating, dark, brooding, and highly original textures. The most sensitive percussion playing by Jay Rosen give shape to snipets of melodies which emerge and dissipate just to start everything anew. Total duration 58'02"

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Biosphere by Carr / Nord / Hofmann / Maddox - CD LR 456
The second release by the same group from Oregon, USA, continuing their exploration of unchartered territories between jazz and free improvisation. Richard Carr - violin, viola, Mike Nord - guitars and electronics, Georg Hofmann - drums / percussion, Art Maddox - piano. As on the first release, the band infuses the spirit of jazz into an improvised music that moves beyond stylistic labels to a place that is liberating to both musicians and audiences alike. In their statement musicians express the hope that the listeners will find their music to be meaningful, emotionally evocative and thought provoking. Total duration 67'00"

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( Birmingham ) 1985 - by Anthony Braxton Quartet - CD LR 202/203
Double CD. Recorded live at the Strathallen Hotel. Duration: first set - 45'04, second - 47'09.

This concert was played several days after the London one. This music is very different, of course. Each double CD is accompanied by extensive notes by Graham Lock.

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( London ) 1985 - by Anthony Braxton Quartet - CD LR 200/201
Double CD. Recorded live at the Bloomsbuby Theatre, featuring Marilyn Crispell - piano, Gerry Hemingway - drums, Mark Dresser - bass. Duration: first set - 56'10, second - 65,30.

This was the first concert of the quartet's tour of Great Britain which was immortalised by Graham Lock in his book Forces in Motion (Quartet Books).

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WWW - by Wintsch / Weber / Wolfarth - CD LR 467
Michel Wintsch (piano) and Christian Wolfarth (drums) have been featured on quite a few CDs in Leo Records catalogue, but it is the first time they joined forces and invited Christian Weber (bass) to form WWW trio. The rapport between these three is so fantastic that nine improvised pieces sound like notated compositions while none of the musicians lose their identity.

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The Urban Choreographic - by Matthew Mitchell, Duncan Haynes - CD LR 466
The second CD by Matthew Mitchell (guitar, electronics) and Duncan Haynes (piano) in Leo Records catalogue. Recorded in London in June 2005 The Urban Choreographic is a result of total immersion into the diversity and intensity of urban survival in a city that is, at it's best, an example of how humankind can exist in uplifting harmony and, at it's worst, a murderous soup of disaffected and conflicting needs and ambitions.

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Albert - by Nauseef / Mori / Courvoisier / Quintus - CD LR 465
This recording by Mark Nauseef (percussion and cheap Cassio), Ikue Mori (computer), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano & prepared piano), and Walter Quintus (recording and mixing) is a tribute to Albert Hofmann who celebrated his 100th birthday on January 11, 2006. Albert Hofmann is the alchemist who discovered the philosopher's stone in the form of LSD. A unique opportunity to hear Albert's voice emerging from the music just to disappear into music again.

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Pictures In A Gallery - Solo Piano - by John Wolf Brennan - CD LR 464
The first solo piano CD by John Wolf Brennan in Leo Records catalogue. It's been recorded live in two different museums in Switzerland and Russia. 27 instant compositions have been inspired by the great paintings exhibited in these museums. As Stuart Broomer writes in his notes, John Wolf Brennan is blessed with a very quick mind, so his improvisations are always stretching to and from form to such an extent that we can readily confuse the spontaneous with the pre-formed. The CD is accompanied by a full colour booklet.

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Compositions 175 & 126 (for Four Vocalists And Constructed Environment) - CD LR 453/454
Double CD. Recorded in 1994 by the 23-piece Creative Jazz Orchestra, Anthony Braxton consideres these two compositions to be one of his most important works. They might be called Anthony Braxton's operas and twenty-page booklet gives full librettos of both. Although the orchestra in question is called Creative Jazz Orchestra the music is much closer to classical/academic avant-guard than to jazz. The scope of Braxton's vision is really amazing, and this double CD is absolutely necessary addition to the collections of Braxton's devotees.

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Awakening - by O'Leary, Swallow, Favre - CD LR 460
Mark O'Leary continues to excite imagination by recording with new and new partners of the highest caliber. His previous recordings with Matthew Shipp, Mat Maneri, Tomasz Stanko, Uri Caine, Ben Perovsky got outstanding reviews. This time he took to the studio two veterans of new music Steve Swallow and Pierre Favre. The music is very different from what you've heard before, and Mark's writing is much more subtle and melodic.

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Steady Now - by Simon Nabatov,Tom Rainey - CD LR 463
Simon Nabatov and Tom Rainey have been playing together in different bands since 1990 -- trios with Mark Helias or Drew Gress, quintet including Mark Feldman, Herb Robertson and Mark Helias, Matthias Schubert Quartet, NDR Big Band and Klaus König Band. In August 2005 they made a recording produced by the NDR Radio in Hamburg. It was a joyous reunion after a two-year break, and the very first time the two played in duo. The result is a set of free improvised pieces with concise dramaturgical inclination and a wide variety of modi operandi, all stemming from the long-term musical bond between them.

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Ninetet (yoshi's) 1997, Vol.1 by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 343/344
Double CD. This is a double CD covering two compositions by Anthony Braxton, Composition 207 and Composition 208, over 70 minute long each. The colossal, grandious undertaking recorded live with six reeds (A. Braxton, B. Evans, J. Fei, J. Moore, A. Vida, J.D. Parran), electric guitar (K. O'Neil), bass (J. Fonda), and drums, percussion (K. Norton) with Mr. Braxton continuing to explore his concept of "Ghost Trance Music". Twelve page booklet with extensive notes by Steve Day.

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Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 3 by Anthony Braxton - CD LR 420/421
Double CD. Five-day Anthony Braxton's residence at Yoshi's in 1997 has become legendary, and his ninetet's performances are a milestone in developing his concept of Ghost Trance Music. This is the third double CD Leo Records is privilaged to release, which was recorded on the third night with the same line-up of musicians: Brandon Evans, James Fei, Jackson Moore, Andre Vida, J.D. Parran, Kevin O'Neil, Joe Fonda, Kevin Norton, and Anthony Braxton himself. The liner notes in the form of listening diary are provided by Steve Day.

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9 Standards (quartet) 1993 by Anthony Braxton and The Fred Simmons Trio - Leo Records - CD LR 237/238
Double CD. Anthony Braxton, alto and sopranino saxophones, flute; Fred Simmons, piano; Paul Brown, bass; Leroy Williams, drums. In motion (14.00), Cherokee (16.21), You go to my head (14.18), On Green Dolphin Street (11.41), All the things you are (09.27), Mr P.C. (13.34), I remember you (13.05), What's new (14.26), Impressions (10.09). Recorded live at Wesleyan University on 25 February 1993.

Front cover collage (reproduced above) Wehr's dam by Stephen Kroninger.

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20 Standards (quartet) 2003 by Anthony Braxton - Leo Records - CD LR 431/434
4-CDs, recorded on two famous European tours in 2003 with Kevin O'Neil on guitar, Kevin Norton on percussion, Andy Eulau on bass, and Anthony Braxton on saxophone. What you have here is 20 different standards (no repeats), 5 hours of music, and notes by Stuart Broomer.

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23 Standards (quartet) 2003 by Anthony Braxton - Leo Records - CD LR 402/405
This 4-CD set was recorded during a series of concerts in 2003 by the new Braxton's quartet with Kevin O'Neil on guitar, Kevin Norton on percussion, Andy Eulau on bass and Anthony Braxton on saxophone. The set is destined to make jazz history not only for Braxton's discovery of the most remarkable guitarist to emerge in a decade, but for its special quality of performing standards in an entirely new way and reinventing the tradition. Braxton's work becomes even more valuable and necessary in view of the forces of reaction in jazz. As Stuart Broomer writes in his remarkable liner notes, while a conservative performer merely echoes and diminishes the tradition, Braxton makes known the social, moral, and historical imperatives that drive this music ...

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(FLAC) I Am One - Stories From The Worlds In-between -by Krusche - CD LR 538
Accordion and voice is not your standard combination for improvised music. Having recorded a wonderful CD of Argentinian tango, Katja Krusche (voice) and Martin Krusche (accordion) are not afraid of breaking a new ground. Katja says: "I understand myself as a vessel that gives expression to the permanent flow between heaven and earth. In my understanding the sound is already there; my mission is merely to lend it a voice, to make it audible". To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_538

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Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 -by Braxton/Leandre -2CDs- CD LR 548/549
2 CDs - This is the meeting of two giants of improvised music that music lovers have been waiting for for a long time. The double CD documents this meeting in its entirety. Anthony Braxton played sopranino, soprano and alto saxes, and contra-bass clarinet. One can write volumes about this meeting, yet two words would be sufficiant to describe what happened in that Heidelberg Cafe on March 17, 2007 - pure magic. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_548/549

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Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 -by Braxton/Leandre -2/2- CD LR 549
CD 2/2 - This is the meeting of two giants of improvised music that music lovers have been waiting for for a long time. The double CD documents this meeting in its entirety. Anthony Braxton played sopranino, soprano and alto saxes, and contra-bass clarinet. One can write volumes about this meeting, yet two words would be sufficiant to describe what happened in that Heidelberg Cafe on March 17, 2007 - pure magic. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_548/549

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Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 -by Braxton/Leandre -1/2- CD LR 548
CD 1/2 - This is the meeting of two giants of improvised music that music lovers have been waiting for for a long time. The double CD documents this meeting in its entirety. Anthony Braxton played sopranino, soprano and alto saxes, and contra-bass clarinet. One can write volumes about this meeting, yet two words would be sufficiant to describe what happened in that Heidelberg Cafe on March 17, 2007 - pure magic. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_548/549

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Trio Mind Games -by Ivo Perelman - CD LR 547
This recording with Dominic Duval on bass and Brian Wilson on drums marks 20th anniversary of Ivo Perelman's recording career. As Art Lange writes in his liner notes, Ivo's creative expression has been almost equally devided between the "abstract" nature of free jazz and the "roots" music of his homeland - folk song and popular music from his native Brazil. Needless to say, Ivo's music developed over these 20 years, but intensity and passion remain constant features of his identity. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_547

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Materiale Umano -by Scoolptures - CD LR 546
Three years of thoughts, reading books, hearing sounds...from Heidegger concept of time to Jung's thoughts on syncronicity, through Cormac McCarthy's "The Road", Pollock's Alchemy, John Cage's concepts..., three years of different cities, faces, deaths, love, births, streets, and ultimately two magic days in the studio, and bingo! - a new band is on the map: Nicola Negrini - bass, metallophone, live electronics / Achille Succi - bass clarinet, altosax, shakuhachi / Philippe Garcia - drums, voice, live electronics / Antonio Della Marina - sinewaves, live electronics. Can't be ignored. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_546

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The Speed Of Dark - Solopiano -by John Wolf Brennan - CD LR 543
John Wolf Brennan is a household name in Leo Records' catalogue. Although this album has been billed as "solopiano" the best description would be "nonsolopiano", for John plays Steinway piano, Yamaha, prepared piano, arcopiano, pizzicatopiano, sordinopiano, tamburopiano, framepiano, Indian harmonium, Irish whistle, Hohner accordion & melodica. Considering his enormous and varied output, John Wolf Brennan has already been called "the very epitome of the 21st century musician". To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_543

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Momentos -by Wodrascka/Lopez - CD LR 542
This is the eigth CD by the pianist Christine Wodrascka and drummer Ramon Lopez on Leo Records. However, seven years passed since the time they recorded their duo "Aux portes du matin". This time they went to the studio to create a work of great intimacy. As Christine writes in the liner notes, they felt great confidence in each other, they were completely focused and they achieved the state when they felt of one mind - they were trying to catch those moments of magic and they definitely succeeded. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_542

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Shimmering -by Joachim Gies & Sound/Body/Cells - CD LR 541
Saxophonist and composer Joachim Gies presents his new German-Israeli trio SOUND/BODY/CELLS. With the vocalist Ronni Gilla who summons up the depths of the human voice, subtle drumming of Denis Stilke and unique sounds of Gies' saxophones, the trio reveals uncharted musical territory. They move between the poles of deep, dark urban music and light, transcendental songs of the shamans. Recorded live and unplugged they capture the energy of the future. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_541

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(FLAC) Unplugged Mind -by Gratkowski / Lapin / Gramss / Bledsoe - CD LR 540
An international meeting in the Koln studio (Germany/Russia/USA/USA) produced fantastic results to the delight of all concerned. Frank Gratkowski - bass clarinet, Alexey Lapin - piano, Sebastian Gramss - bass, Helen Bledsoe - flute. This recording is a testimony to the fact how far spontaneous composing has travelled. All four musicians come from different cultures and backgrounds, yet they manage to create brilliant spontaneous compositions sacrificing their egos in favour of achieving a sensible whole. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_540

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(FLAC) Played -by 1000; Klare /de Joode/Vatcher/Maris - CD LR 539
Quartet 1000 brings together four highly acclaimed improvisers from the Netherlands (Wilbert de Joode - bass), USA (Michael Vatcher - drums), Germany (Jan Klare - sax) and Belgium (Bart Maris - trumpet) who played with all the biggest names in the improvised music. Their approach is adventurous, virtuoso and surprising at all times. The most of band's repertoire is composed by the leader Jan Klare whose pieces are characterised by strong structures while the instruments constantly shift between leading and accompanying roles. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_539

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(FLAC) In Search Of A Standard -by Guyvoronsky / Kondakov / Volkov CD LR 544
The three leading Russian improvisers (Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky - trumpet, voice, Andrei Kondakov - piano, percussion, Vladimir Volkov - bass) have been playing together for several years. This time they have come up with a special project to compose their original pieces with references to jazz standards. The sensitive ear will recognize glimpses of Duke Ellington or Miles Davies. However, they are not aping Americans. Their references are a part of their original compositions. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_544

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(FLAC) In Exchange for A Process -by Jason Stein Solo - CD LR 545
It does take courage to record a solo CD on bass clarinet. But Jason Stein knows exactly what he is doing. Being a very active member of the Chicago new music scene, his solos are not songs, per se, nor displays of bravado or ostentation. As Art Lange writes in his liner notes, "his are, to my ear, spontaneous etudes... Stein's solo improvisations are not abstract exercises. They are literally about the way he plays the bass clarinet, how his breath filters through it and is transformed into degrees of pitch, texture, tone color, percussion, and voice..." To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_545

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Live at Dunois -by Joelle Leandre / William Parker - CD LR 535
The first CD by Joelle Leandre and William Parker (CD LR 261 - Contrabasses) was recorded in 1998. There is eleven years difference between "Contrabasses" and "Live at Dunois". During these eleven years Joelle Leandre and William Parker became the most important and influential bass players on the European and American new music scene. Their new live performance at the "Sons d'Hiver" festival is an instant classic. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_535

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Living Water -by Evelyn Petrova - CD LR 533
With her first solo CD "Year's' cycle", Evelyn Petrova received a lot of superlatives. 'Be the first to see this rising star' (Songlines), 'a rare find, "bright flame" (Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull), 'hearing is believing' (AllAboutJazz). "Living Water" is a duo record, except we never get to hear her new partner -- dancer and performance artist Tany Khabarova. This CD is based on their live performance entitled Taming of a Butterfly. Living Water is very much a continuation of Year's Cycle -- raw, visceral, gutsy and at the same time subtle and complex folk-rooted music. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_533

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Interventions Into Bach And Mozart -by Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky - CD LR 534
Some 30 years ago Guyvoronsky had a dream that Mozart and himself had been drinking wine and confessed their love for music. Mozart encouraged Guyvoronsky to take one of his piano sonatas and compose two more parts. Guyvoronsky did this and recorded the piece. Later on he used the same approach to Bach's French Partita which was written for clavier. Guyvoronsky composed the parts for voice, accordion, flute, bass and trumpet and recorded this as well. That's why the title of the CD is Interventions into Bach and Mozart. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_534

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In Exchange for A Process -by Jason Stein Solo - CD LR 545
It does take courage to record a solo CD on bass clarinet. But Jason Stein knows exactly what he is doing. Being a very active member of the Chicago new music scene, his solos are not songs, per se, nor displays of bravado or ostentation. As Art Lange writes in his liner notes, "his are, to my ear, spontaneous etudes... Stein's solo improvisations are not abstract exercises. They are literally about the way he plays the bass clarinet, how his breath filters through it and is transformed into degrees of pitch, texture, tone color, percussion, and voice..." To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_545

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Painting On Wood (Pittura Su Legno) by Mangia / Lenoci - CD LR 536
This CD introduces a new exciting talent, a vocalist Stefano Mangia from Italy. In his singing he is trying to find some new shades and colours of the voice which are not entirely conventional. Stefano combines tradition with experimentation, finds new expressive possibilities. He studied Mongolian singing, explored the techniques of Pakistani and Northern Indian singing traditions. For this project Stefano and the pianist Gianni Lenochi wrote eight original compositions. The other members of the quartet are Pasquale Gadaleta on bass and Marcello Magliocchi on drums. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_536

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In Search Of A Standard -by Guyvoronsky / Kondakov / Volkov - CD LR 544
The three leading Russian improvisers (Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky - trumpet, voice, Andrei Kondakov - piano, percussion, Vladimir Volkov - bass) have been playing together for several years. This time they have come up with a special project to compose their original pieces with references to jazz standards. The sensitive ear will recognize glimpses of Duke Ellington or Miles Davies. However, they are not aping Americans. Their references are a part of their original compositions. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_544

Download: $6.49

Unplugged Mind -by Gratkowski / Lapin / Gramss / Bledsoe - CD LR 540
An international meeting in the Koln studio (Germany/Russia/USA/USA) produced fantastic results to the delight of all concerned. Frank Gratkowski - bass clarinet, Alexey Lapin - piano, Sebastian Gramss - bass, Helen Bledsoe - flute. This recording is a testimony to the fact how far spontaneous composing has travelled. All four musicians come from different cultures and backgrounds, yet they manage to create brilliant spontaneous compositions sacrificing their egos in favour of achieving a sensible whole. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_540

Download: $6.49

Played -by 1000; Klare /de Joode/Vatcher/Maris - CD LR 539
Quartet 1000 brings together four highly acclaimed improvisers from the Netherlands (Wilbert de Joode - bass), USA (Michael Vatcher - drums), Germany (Jan Klare - sax) and Belgium (Bart Maris - trumpet) who played with all the biggest names in the improvised music. Their approach is adventurous, virtuoso and surprising at all times. The most of band's repertoire is composed by the leader Jan Klare whose pieces are characterised by strong structures while the instruments constantly shift between leading and accompanying roles. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_539

Download: $6.49

I Am One - Stories From The Worlds In-between -by Krusche - CD LR 538
Accordion and voice is not your standard combination for improvised music. Having recorded a wonderful CD of Argentinian tango, Katja Krusche (voice) and Martin Krusche (accordion) are not afraid of breaking a new ground. Katja says: "I understand myself as a vessel that gives expression to the permanent flow between heaven and earth. In my understanding the sound is already there; my mission is merely to lend it a voice, to make it audible". To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_538

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Tea Opera -by Namchylak / Dee -CD LR 537
This CD is the result of Sainkho's extensive travels and performances in China in the Autumn of 2008. She dedicates her album to the tea culture in China, to all the people who have been working for this culture for centuries. The amazing voice of Sainkho is accompanied by live electronics of Dickson Dee with whom she was performing in China. With every new CD Sainkho discovers new sounds from the highest possible notes to the lowest. She is the most astonishing voice on this planet indeed. To buy the audio CD instead of download, please go to http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_536

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Boogie With The Hook -by Eugene Chadbourne In Duets CD LR 242
with: Han Bennink, pizza box, giant bass autoharp,drum set; Eugene Chadbourne, National dobro, Communist 5 string banjo: Whisky and women, duet for giant bass autoharp and Communist banjo 08.15; Han Bennink and Eugene Chadbourne 05.13; various Dutch locations, 1990. Derek Bailey, guitar and comments; Eugene Chadbourne, Deering 5 string banjo and electric rake: In search of Carl LaFong 08.05; Raking a chance on love 01.47; Den Haag, 1995. Charles Tyler, baritone saxophone, Bb clarinet; Eugene Chadbourne, guitar: In between comme C and come saw 13.18; New York City, 1977. Volcmar Verkerk and Eugene Chadbourne, Deering 5 string and long neck banjos, Korean banjo: The banjo duet 14.37; Amsterdam, 1996. John Zorn, alto and soprano saxophones, Bb clarinet, game calls; Eugene Chadbourne, guitars and personal effects: Red lightning part 1 (17.16). Total time 69'06.

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Noci ... Strani Frutti -by / Ernst Reijseger / Hann Bennink - CD LR 176
Live at Europa Festival Jazz.

Pino Minafra - trumpet, voice, didjerido & other things.
Ernst Reijseger - electric & acoustics cello, voice.
Hann Bennink - drums, percussions, voice & other things.

Part 1 - 24'39 Part 2 - 5'35 Part 3 - 14'02

Recorded live 14th July, 1990 at the Festival of Noci in Pugia, Italy.

"Talent and powerful sound exploding through a provocative and risky challenge full of intrigue not only for the audience but for themselves, their musical world and instruments. A tormented search for lost form, replaced by the changing and haunting flow of music and emotions. ... There are really very few wasted notes throughout this long improvised piece, composed through the memory, reflexions and artistic taste of three great musicians."

Quote from the cover notes by Luigi Onori.

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Drowning Migrant -by Andreas Willers - CD LR 532
The Berlin-based guitarist Andreas Willers presents a series of challenging and highly innovative tracks that focus on the fascinating realm between improvised and composed musical structures. By means of multitracking or real time delay-based devices Willers crafts dense, sometimes dark and bewildering musical landscapes with the witty and virtuosic side of his playing shining through for good measure.

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Scratch -by Lapslap: Edwards / Parker / Schistek - CD LR 531
"Scratch" is the companion album to lapslap's debut CD "Itch" released in 2008 to a high critical acclaim. Michael Edwards (tenor sax, computer, midi wind controller), Martin Parker (french horn, computer), Karin Schistek (piano) freely combine computer solos with instrumental trios and any combination in between. The music draws from traditions ranging from avant-garde classical, free improv/free jazz through to improvised electroacoustic/glitch.

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We Were Watching The Rain -by Szilard Mezei Wind Quartet - CD LR 530
Is it jazz? Or perhaps avant-garde, European folk-jazz with elements of Chamber embedded within free-jazz style improvisation? Hence, the challenge of attempting to classify music that generally defies rigid borders. In turn, Serbian violaist Szilard Mezei stands mightily as a supreme genre-buster, which is trait that luminously resonates on this persuasive session. (Glenn Astarita).

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In Transition -by Collective 4tet - CD LR 529
This is the sixth CD by the Collective 4tet on Leo Records with Arthur Brooks (trumpet) taking the place of the late trombone player Jeff Hoyer. William Parker, Mark Hennen, Jeff Hoyer and Heinz Geisser have been playing together for 15 years and Jeff's death was a shock to everybody. On this recording one hears Collective 4tet reassembling itself and brilliantly creating its identity anew. As Stuart Broomer writes, "The Collective 4tet has been one of the great bands of free jazz, ..."

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Collaborations -by Marilyn Crispell Quartet & Quintet - CD LR 528
Marilyn Crispell in quartet with Fredrik Ljungkvist, Palle Danielsson & Paal Nilssen-Love, and in quintet with Magnus Broo, Lars-Goran Ulander, Per Zanussi & Paal Nilssen-Love.

74 minutes of powerful, exciting, breathtaking music recorded live at the Nya Perspektiv Festivals, Sweden, in 2004 & 2007 with the top Swedish musicians. Two pieces with quartet, three pieces with quintet.

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Live in Cleveland, 1975 -by Sun Ra - CD GY 029
Amazing performance by the Sun Ra Arkestra almost 35 years ago in Cleveland, USA. Fifteen musicians, seven compositions, tremendous drive, everybody singing and dancing and the crown of the one hour long gig is Sun Ra's crazy solo on synthesizer. A must for every Sun Ra follower.

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The Universe Is A Disk -by Hubsch's Longrun Development - CD LR 525
This CD is a brainchild of the tubist Carl Ludwig Hubsch who is one of the four composers on the recently released CD LR 513 James Choice Orchestra. Other members of the Hubsch's trio are Matthias Schubert (tenor sax) and Wolter Wierbos (trombone). The highly original music on this CD has been inspired (but not influenced) by the composers Carl Stolling and Karlhinez Stockhausen. It can be termed as structured improvisation, and, considering a very unusual instrumentation (tuba, sax & trombone), it is music of great fun and wit.

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St. Fin Barre's -by O'Leary/Storlokken/Braekhus - CD LR 526
It's the tenth CD by Mark O'Leary on Leo Records and a new departure. It's been recorded in the magnificient Cork's Cathedral St. Fin Barre's. Mark chose his partners very carefully. The church organist Stale Storlokken is a member of Norwegian cult band Supersilent as well as member of Terje Rypdal's trio. Stein Inge Braekhus is a sensitive drummer who works with subtle nuances and dynamic breaks of tension. Although it was recorded in 2002 it marks yet another phase in Mark's recorded journey.

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Portrait Of An Idealist -by Moscow Composers & Namchylak - CD LR 527
"Portrait of an Idealist" is a very special project. It is a homage to Nick Dmitriev, the man who put together Moscow Composers Orchestra at a very troubled time in the history of Russia - the years following "perestroika". It is partly based on the poetry of the great Russian poet Daniil Kharms, and partly on Sainkho's poetry. What Sainkho tried to do was to preserve in music the spirit of perestroika, spirit of changes, the general mood and atmosphere of those years. Musicians of the Orchestra raised for the occasion and brilliantly transformed that atmosphere into the sound.

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Golden Years Of The Soviet New Jazz Vol.IV - CD GY 416
CD 4 of 4: The Ganelin Trio - 75'02

The last volume documenting golden years of the Soviet new jazz is devoted entirely to the legendary Ganelin Trio. First three discs deal with the musicians of the trio playing in different combinations with each other and their own groups while disc 4 boasts two major works by the Trio. Accompanied by a 28-page booklet, this edition will finally help re-evaluate the significance of the Trio for the development of music inside the Iron Curtain. It will also help finding a proper place for the Trio amongst the best new jazz ensembles of Europe and America. Limited edition 750 copies.

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Absolutely Great! (7 CDs) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 910/916
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

7 CDs - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

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Absolutely Great! (7/7) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 916
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

CD 7 of 7 - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

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Absolutely Great! (6/7) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 915
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

CD 6 of 7 - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

To buy the 7 audio-CD box instead of download, please go to LEO RECORDS - CD LR 910/916)

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Absolutely Great! (5/7) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 914
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

CD 5 of 7 - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

To buy the 7 audio-CD box instead of download, please go to LEO RECORDS - CD LR 910/916)

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Absolutely Great! (4/7) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 913
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

CD 4 of 7 - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

To buy the 7 audio-CD box instead of download, please go to LEO RECORDS - CD LR 910/916)

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Absolutely Great! (3/7) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 912
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

CD 3 of 7 - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

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Absolutely Great! (1/7) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 910
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

CD 1 of 7 - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

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Absolutely Great! (2/7) Sergey Kuryokhin In California, 1988 - CD LR 911
- with Club Foot Orchestra, Ut Gret and special guests Andrew Voigt, Henry Kaiser, Larry Kassin, Boris Rayskin, etc.

CD 2 of 7 - Twenty years ago, in the autumn of 1988, Sergey Kuryokhin toured USA and in October of that year he performed for three nights in the Bay Area. Every night he played two sets which started with his long solo introductions. Some 15-20-30 minutes later he was joined by many American musicians, 1) the Club Foot Orchestra consisting of eight musicians, 2) Andrew Voight and Henry Kaiser and eight special guests plus two dancers, and 3) in Santa Cruz he played again with Andrew Voight and Ut Gret consisting of seven musicians. These three nights, two sets each, constitute six CDs. The seventh CD is a bonus - duo recording with Henry Kaiser recorded in California.

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The Dorf - CD LR 523
"The Dorf" is a very large band that plays monthly at the jazz club Domicil in Dortmund, Germany. The orchestra is led by Jan Klare who writes the music for the band. Since November 2006 between 15-25 musicians, out of a pool of about 30 players, come together to rehearse, eat and play a concert in the evening. It is sort of a loose, but still collective thing and it¹s very exciting. "THE DORF IS HEAVY, RAW AND A LOT OF FUN". An additional track which is almost 16 minutes long contains a (mpg) video of a life performance that can be watched on a computer.

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Magic Letters -by Lena Sedykh - CD LR 524
Lena Sedykh is an artist who lives in Moscow. In 2007 she published a book entitled "Magic Letters" which is a collection of her paintings. The concept of the CD is to unite the spirit of her paintings with music. To realise the concept she brought together an international team of brilliant musicians from Russia, USA and Great Britain. Lena Sedykh - voice, Helen Bledsoe - flutes, Nikolai Rubanov bass-clarinet, Vitaly Zaitsev - trumpet, Alexey Lapin - piano, Vladimir Shostak - bass, Marcus Godwyn - drums. Deep and beautiful music reflects the beauty of the paintings which you can enjoy in the 8-page booklet spread. (Note, booklet is not part of the download.)

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Kor - by Joelle Leandre / Akosh S. - CD LR 522
Every new CD by Joelle Leandre on Leo Records becomes a special event. On this dazzling duet recording with multi-woodwind ace Akosh S. (Szelevenyi Akos) at the Olympic Cafe in Paris the musicinas present seven works with a gait that intimates poetry in motion. Glenn Astarita writes in his liner notes that one might call this recoding magic, for the music in whatever form or stylization is rarely as deep, moving and potent.

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Composition 367b -by Anthony Braxton Quartet (Moscow) 2008 - CD LR 518
Performed in Moscow on June 29, 2008 with Anthony Braxton on sopranino, soprano, alto saxophone and contrabass clarinet, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo and bass trumpets, Mary Halvorson on electric guitar and Katherine Young on bassoon, to the ecstatic Russian audience, this is one of the best Mr. Braxton's performances ever both in terms of music and quality of recording. If it doesn't become an all-time classic I shall swallow my tongue.

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Lapslap: Itch -by Edwards / Schistek / Parker - CD LR 516
Ten Improvisations for Instruments and Live Electronics

Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lapslap emerged from a desire to make well-formed music in realtime using computers and instruments. The group freely combines computer solos with instrumental trios and any combination in between: in one set, instrumentation can range from the purely acoustic piano/sax/horn to the completely electric laptop/laptop/synth. The music draws from traditions ranging from avant-garde classical, free improv/free jazz through to improvised electroacoustic/glitch.

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The Synth Show -by O'Leary / Wollesen / Saft - CD LR 521
This is the eighth CD by Mark O'Leary on Leo Records. He's played and recorded with outstanding musicians, old and young. Some writers considered his work to be eclectic, but over the years Mark O'Leary has redefined the very term 'eclectic'. The Synth Show recorded in Brooklyn with Jamie Saft on Synths and Kenny Wollesen on drums encompasses a broad terrain from free jazz to fusion to synthscapes to pop, quite the poly-aesthetic blend spiced by Mark's breathtaking chops.

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Christmas Concert -by Guyvoronsky Kondakov Volkov - CD LR 520
Guyvoronsky (trumpet), Kondakov (piano) and Volkov (bass) are well known Russian musicians from St. Petersburg. There is no leader in this trio and all three are equal parts of the whole. Although they play only original compositions the main idea of the trio is to find the highest level of interaction and improvisation. They performed in California and Don Heckman gave them the highest marks in Los Angeles Times: "...compelling performance, high skills, original approach to the improvisational art..., finding ways to enliven jazz from the wellspring of their own creative culture".

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Caprichos -by Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky - CD LR 519
Caprichos is a less jazzy work by Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky, one of the best Russian composers working today. It consists of 43 short pieces recorded by the Guyvoronsky's trumpet and a string ensemble. While the music for the string ensemble is rigorously structured, the trumpet improvises, flies above and away. It seems that Guyvoronsky can't help it, for his roots, heart and soul are in free jazz. The whole thing is Guyvoronsky's response to Goya's etchings by which he was greatly impressed and inspired.

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Russian Folksongs In The Key Of Rhythm -by Masloboev - CD LR 517
This duo of father and daughter is a real find from the depth of Siberia. Evgeny and Anastasia take the mood of the ancient Russian folksongs and envelop them with subtle rhythmic sensibilities creating something totally unique. Evgeny plays a huge array of instruments - from drums, block-flutes, vargan and marimba to frying pan and kitchen utensils - while Anastasia sings. The genre they create is difficult to define. The closest we can come up with is ethno-jazz. Some pieces from this CD were chosen for the series of programmes about Russia "Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby" broadcast by BBC.

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